Simple Homey Gifts You May Consider
Tea towels
I personally can’t get enough of these beautifully designed towels. I think it’s fun to pick them up when traveling, to have on hand as a gift for a host, because of their unique variety. I love the Swedish designed ones – let’s face it, those Swedes are all about design in everything they do.
Serving spoons/forks
how many holiday dinners have you had to use an old soup spoon or burnt wooden spoon for the mashed potatoes because you needed one more serving utensil? I never buy them for myself and so wish I had more. ??·
an obvious choice, but who doesn’t love flowers? I think small bouquets are the nicest for dinner parties. Something as simple as hyacinth with a pretty ribbon tied around them.
with a pretty (perhaps jadeite) pie plate as part of the gift. Cobblers and crumbles are great for everyone to taste 
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Whenever you ask “what can I bring?” and your host says “oh just yourself,” don’t believe it! Always bring something. Even if it’s a bottle of wine…NEVER go empty handed.
Milk Protein Will Block The Effect of Tea
Consuming milk is good for health, but the bunch advantage of milk will disappear if tea is mixed with milk. A research in German shows that the soothing effect of black tea towards the relaxation of artery will lose if once it is contaminated with milk.
Tea is a drink the most consumed in the world, after water off course. Especially after reported that consuming tea will help to reduce the possibility of heart disease and cancer, tea is consumed in wider range. Stangl and his research team sound that the females who consumed a half-liter of black tea has a looser artery than those who aren’t consuming tea. Artery relaxation is proved to be concerned with increasing of blood flow, which is caused by tea. This condition will make the heart disease may reduced.
The effects towards human heart is actually depends on eNOS, an enzyme that synthesize nitro-oxide messenger. Tea will increase the activity of eNOS. But if tea is mixed with tea up to 10%, the relaxation effect won’t be seen anymore.
Research by Stangl has shown that casein protein of milk has blocked the effect of tea. This kind of protein has specifically tight the matter of tea , that is catecin, or which is called EGCG. Catecin is a polyphenol, a material which is considered taking responsible for the health effect of tea
Strengthening The Color of Henna
To make hair shines more natural, some ingredients may be put and mixed together with henna to strengthen the color result. Some of them are :
(1) eggs
to get a more shiny hair, add 1 egg into henna paste before apply it on hair piece
(2) plain yoghurt
plain yoghurt is functioned as moisture. You may add 2 spoonful of plain yoghurt to henna paste. Yoghurt is very good to be used in dry and reclace hair.
(3) spices
For extra highlight and fragrant hair, you may add some spices powder into henna paste. 1/2 teaspoon of ginger powder, nutmeg or cinnamon will enrich the red and brownie color of hair, and make your hair grow fragrant.
(4) Vinegar
Goldie and chopper color of hair can be reached by adding 2 teaspoon of vinegar into the henna paste.
(5) Tea
In addition to water, you may mix tea into your henna paste. Use 3 teabags to strengthen the color. You may choose black tea or Ceylon tea for brown hair.
