5 Reasons to Throw Away Your Old Makeup

I'd like to recomment you to read CHICTOPIA's article on why you should throw out your old makeup.

There, you'll know five common excuses people make for not throwing away makeup – and of course, some easy-to-do corrections!

In case the beauty product doesn’t even indicate a little numbered jar or batch code, here are some general tips that can guide you on when to throw away that makeup.

SHELF LIFE OF COSMETICS
• Powder: 2 years.
• Foundation: 6 months
• Pencil Eyeliner: 2 years (remember to sharpen every so often!).
• Gel/Liquid Eyeliner: 3 months
• Mascara: 3 months
• Lipstick/gloss: 2 years
• Nail polish: 1-2 years
• Skin care: 6 months
• Sunscreen: 6 months
• Hair products: 1 year
• Fragrance: 1 year
(source, Good Housekeeping)

Don't Worry, Be Happy!

I'll print this pic to remind myself - Don't worry!

Free Owl Recipe Card

I rarely bake this year cause I try to control my weight now, ha, ha,...

Last year I enjoyed baking so much. Banking make me lots of fun and giving others my homemade bakeries make me so happy. Anyway, there is one thing I don't like. I gain weight few kilograms, so sad T.T

Even though i look a bit chubby now, I still love baking, and search for some tasty recipes : D

I've saved lots of yummy recipes in my computer. I plan to collect them and will start baking as usual soon (after I loss weight 2-3 kilograms \\(^.^)//). 

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I love paper and cute illustration so I'd like to keep my bakery recipes in the cute way.

I heard someone usually write down their recipes on the recipe cards. I think that's a good idea! So I try to look for some cute recipe cards. I found many cute recipe cards in the internet, some of them are free but the others are not.

One free printable I like so much is 'Owl Recipe Card' from My Owl Barn. This recipe card has a space for your favorite recipe on one side and instructions on the other. Each card has a space for the title, dish type, preparation time, shopping list and the recipe, and is adorned with adorable owl illustrations.

Click here to download 4x6 free recipe cards

and click here for more detail.

 Enjoy! Have a nice day.

Chinese Broccoli Beef Noodle Stir Fry

By SteamyKitchen

I thought the noodle and beef lovers would like to try this recipe like me.

I'm so hungry suddenly I saw it. It's look yummy. I read through the recipe quickly. It isn't difficult to find the ingredients and to cook. 

Thank you so much, steamy kitchen for the recipe and many beautiful photos.

chinese broccoli beef noodle stir fry recipe

Servings: 4

From Noodles Every Day

ingredients:

3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons oyster sauce
3 tablespoons Shaoxing wine, sake or dry white wine
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon tapioca starch or cornstarch
1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
1 pound beef sirloin, thinly sliced
1 pound fresh or 10 ounces dried noodles
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 large garlic cloves, crushed and finely chopped
1.25 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1 pound Chinese broccoli or regular common broccoli, cut into bite-size chunks or florets
Freshly ground black pepper

directions:

In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon each soy sauce, oyster sauce and rice wine. Add the sugar and continue to whisk until completely dissolved. Stir in the tapioca starch and continue stirring until smooth. Add the sesame oil and beef, and mix well. Marinate for 20 minutes. Drain and discard the excess marinade.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook the noodles until 1 minute shy of done and drain. (We'll finish cooking the noodles at the end)

Heat 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil in a skillet or wok over high heat and stir-fry the garlic until fragrant, about 1o seconds. Add the beef and stir-fry until tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Add the remaining tablespoon of oil and when hot, add the Chinese broccoli, stir frying so that the oil coats the Chinese broccoli. Pour in the 1/4 cup of the stock, turn the heat to medium-low and cover with a tight fitting lid. Cook the Chinese broccoli until tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer the Chinese broccoli to the same plate.

Add the remaining cup of stock and the remaining 2 tablespoons each of soy sauce, oyster sauce, and rice wine to the same skillet and bring to a boil over
high heat.

Add the noodles and cook until the liquid has almost completely evaporated, leaving the noodles lightly moistened,2 to 3 minutes. Return the beef and broccoli to the skillet and toss to mix the ingredients thoroughly. Season with pepper to taste and serve.

2011 Summer Photo Contest

Simple Shapes Summer Photo Contest is here!

Show off your baby nusery, bedroom, living room, office or anywhere you use Simple Shapes wall decals! For all of Simple Shapes past customers and soon to be customers, don't miss your chance to enter into Simple Shapes Summer Photo Contest! From now until September 7th, they will be accepting entries for Simple Shapes Summer Photo Contest! Simple Shapes have lined up some great prizes for not just the 1st place winner but also 2nd and 3rd place!

To Enter:

Go to Simple Shapes Facebook page here....

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Cheers, Have fun!!!