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Hi! My name is Beth Graves. I am a christian wife, mother of 2 and proud grandmother of 5 beautiful grandchildren. I am a self-proclaimed beauty enthusiast! I am in no way saying I am an expert but I am having a blast learning and sharing with all of you on my beauty journey. Come join me, find and feed your passion for anything beauty with me.
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Vaseline! Miracle Goo or Poo??

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Vaseline! Miracle Goo or Poo??

Hello! My fellow beauty enthusiasts! Above is a question many of us have asked ourselves. Let us start with when Vaseline (Petroleum Jelly) was first introduced to us. The person who gave us this mysterious jelly was Robert Chesebrough. In, 1872, Vaseline was brought to us right out of the oil field. Doesn’t sound like a very pretty start, does it?

I know! I know! Just the thought of using a gooey jelly as a beauty product, does not sound very appealing, especially on the face, but I did some research. I found that the largest concern of people was that this miracle goo would clog their pores and cause irritation or acne breakouts. This is not 100% true. The fact is that the molecules in this petroleum jelly are too big to go into the pores. It actually acts like a protective barrier on the skin. What causes the irritation or acne breakouts is when it is put on a skin surface that has not been cleansed well; then the dirt underneath the barrier clogs the pores.

I found there are so many uses for this miracle goo. I just had to share some of them with you! So, here we go, starting with my favorite:

  1. Longer, thicker and fuller eye lashes – Apply small amount with finger, cleaned old mascara wand or an inexpensive brow spoolie to your upper and lower lashes including the root at bed time (cleanse off in morning). It will take about a week to see some noticeable results. Wow! is all I can say.
  2. Eye makeup remover – Apply small amount with fingers to the eye then gently massage and wipe off with tissue or a cotton round.
  3. Long lasting perfume – Apply a dab on pulse points then follow with perfume.
  4. Dry flaky winter lips – Mix 1/4 teaspoon vaseline with some course sugar and apply it to your lips in circular motions for 2 minutes. Wipe off with cloth and you will have some beautiful soft lips.
  5. Yummy chocolate lip gloss – Melt 1 Hershey kiss for 15-30 seconds. Mix with about 1 teaspoon of vaseline. You can store this in a small travel container that you can get at Amazon or some department stores.
  6. Stuck zipper – Apply small amount on metal part of zipper and  Voilà!  No more stuck zipper!
  7. Shine shoes and hand bags – Apply small amount with fingers and then buff with soft clothe.
  8. Stuck nail polish cap – After you get it open, rub small amount around rim of bottle. This also works on super glue caps.
  9. Protect child’s eyes – Apply above eye brows before washing your child’s hair in bath tub and water will go around their eyes. Where was this tip when my children were little???
  10. Stuck rings – Apply around ring and finger then your rings will come off.

This is just a list of my Top 10 uses. I could go on and on, but I believe you would get a little bored. Thank you so much for joining me today. Please comment below one of your favorite uses for vaseline. Please don’t forget to subscribe! You can also connect with me through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram or You Tube. All the links are on your right.

 

 

Recipes

Frances’s Breakfast Chocolate Gravy Recipe (Little Healthier Version)

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 My mom!

Chocolate gravy

Hello! Beauties! Today I want to share a very special recipe of mine with you. This recipe was passed down to me by my mom (pictured above). I have altered what was her original recipe to be a little more healthier but still very tasty. The recipe is my mom’s famous breakfast chocolate gravy that she made for us every Sunday morning. For this Sunday breakfast she would also make homemade biscuits, eggs (to order), bacon and sausage. Even my married siblings would come home these mornings to join us for this big breakfast. Sometimes even some extended family members along with friends would come join us. It was nothing for there to be at least 10 or more people there for Sunday breakfast. This recipe is even more special to me now because sadly my mom died January 6, 2012. I still miss her so much each and every day. I now cherish all the memories of the good times we shared together with each other, family and friends.

Ingredients needed:

  • 1/2 cup Splenda
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Cocoa powder
  • 3 Heaping Tablespoons of all purpose flour
  • dash of salt
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2-1 teaspoon of vanilla (optional)
  • 1 Tablespoon stick real butter (optional)

Mix all dry ingredients in small sauce pan. Stir in the water and place on medium heat (5) and stir with a whisk or spoon constantly for the most part, most especially at the end. You want to cook it until it thickens to an smooth gravy texture, not real thick. Usually takes using my electric stove about 8-10 minutes. Then remove from heat and add vanilla and butter and stir together.

My husband and myself now just halve our (Grands)biscuit and pour some chocolate gravy on top and eat it along with some either turkey bacon or turkey little smokie sausages.

The only things I changed in my mom’s recipe is I use 1/2 cup splenda instead of 1 cup of regular sugar and I add only 1 Tablespoon of real stick butter to whole pan.  I have heard some people uses milk instead of water but my mom never used milk. My mom always allowed each person to add their own amount of butter to their own serving of the hot gravy. Also most of the time her biscuits were homemade from scratch, sad to say, I did not inherit that talent from my mom…..trust me, I have tried and they were not pretty!……LOL! Those big Sunday breakfast meals and time together with her, family and friends still gives me so many great memories.

I hope you enjoy this unique southern breakfast recipe. I know we do, of course in moderation. It is always a treat when we do. Please subscribe to my blog if you haven’t already so you will be notified when I release new articles. I plan on sharing at least one recipe a week along with other beauty/health/fashion related articles. If there is a recipe you would like for me to share with you, a beauty/health/fashion product you would like to read a review about or for any questions please leave them in comments. I enjoy, read and respond to each one. Also, connect with me with any of my social media icons. I am just a click a way!