Homemade Shimmer Lip Balm

I have had a lot of fun messing with essential oils. Since I started having headaches and the pain meds they prescribed me were to strong to be able to function in my normal capacity, I started looking for more natural ways to feel better. Most searches lead me to essential oils so as Search further I learned other ways to use oils as well.

Tonight I decided to attempt lip balm. I am still working on the exact measurements of my recipes but this one included :

Beeswax
Coconut oil
Jojoba oil
Almond oil
Vitamin E
Peppermint oil
Orange oil
Eucalyptus oil
Shimmer powder I had from cosmetics (minerals keep it natural)
Honey (for a little flavor)

I used a make shift double boiler as to not scorch the wax, melting all the ingredients together and waiting until all other ingredients are melted before adding the essential oils (so they don't evaporate).
I used a 10cc syringe to fill the mini cups with the mixture. (Found some little paint saver cups at the craft store).

It does not take long for the mixture to solidify but I put it in the fridge to hurry it up. I did this partially because I am impatient and partially because I didn't want the ingredients and shimmer minerals to separate.

They are in my fridge right now and later I will let you know how it went!!!

Back up off me!!

After doing charge nurse in the ER for the last 2 nights I am done with people! Oddly enough I held it together though, UNTIL... a coworker told me that I needed to be careful not to flood someone because they are a good nurse and that's how we lose good nurses.....

REALLY???????

I had emergency traffics down the hall and more coming in. I had to rush patients out of trauma rooms that were intubated so we could intubate more. I tried my hardest to make a bad situation better and thought I was keeping it together until this was said to me. It was the famous "straw" that has broken several camels' backs. I was down one if the halls trying to get a patient moved for the nurse so she wouldn't be bothered with it. ( the nurse that this person was speaking of in the first place). I called the psych suite to give report and I could not speak. I was so upset that I just squeaked. The psych nurse on the other line was confused by my inability to talk and I said that I would just come back there for report . As soon as my body got into the suites class box (nurses area) the tears started flowing. She quickly understood my release (I think it was a psych nurse thing) and offered me chocolate. I took a deep breath in and suddenly felt better to be able to get it off my back. I owe that psych nurse my sanity for the rest of the night because I was ready to just go home after that.

I realized that even when we are feeling good about how we are doing things, there will always be someone there to let us know where we are failing on some aspect. We can either allow these fault finders to get to us or we can run to the psych suite, eat a little chocolate, and carry on.

Sometimes I get distracted.....

Those of you that know me know that I have a hard time staying on task.  I have a lot of really great ideas but rarely am ever able to organize them enough to have a complete thought.  This is something that I am trying to work on.  I am hoping to start sharing some of my ideas on this blog, and yes, some of my completed projects.

I went to art school out of high school with a small but helpful scholarship to Winthrop University (yet another incomplete project all in itself).  I have always loved to draw, paint, and create.  Crafts are a way that I have always loved to spend my time because you would have something at the end of the project that you could say that you have created with your own hands and spirit.  Being able to create something that you put yourself into is rewarding in itself and giving that to someone your care about is a way to give a piece of yourself to that person.  I love recieving gifts that people have made!  It is so much more personal because that person did not just spend money on that gift but they spent their time as well. 

I am hoping to share some creations as well as thoughts about EVERYTHING in this blog because although I have a lot of great ideas for creating things... I do get a little distracted sometimes. SQUIRREL!!!