Wednesday, April 30, 2008

YouTube - Woman Pissed About Butt Implants

Just because you got that check in the mail from Bush doesn't mean you have to go and do something stupid!
Love the Buns you got!

YouTube - Woman Pissed About Butt Implants

Just rub some cow grease on your face

I got this off an Indian newspaper. I use mostly vegan cosmetics. This article is rather shocking.

What Goes in your Cosmetics
A dressing table or bathroom contains perfumes, moisturizers, rouge,lipstick, antiaging skin products, face powder, oils, nail polish,sunscreen, hair conditioning, coloring products and deodorants. A miniscule percentage read the ingredient list on any of these products, preferring to go by the glamour of their advertisements.
Lets take some of the ingredients. The main ingredient in all cosmetics is oil/grease. Unless it specifically says plant oils ,where does it come from ?
A rendering plant is a collection centre for all kinds of dead animals. Carcasses of every decaying body come from everywhere,including factory farms where disease has decimated herds of swine,cattle and poultry. At the plant, the bodies are all dumped together into a huge cooking pot. After a period of cooking, the bodies are subjected to extreme pressure in order to extract the fat from bones,skins, etc. Old cooking grease thrown out by restaurants is added in the pot. Fat is the final product of the plant.
A majority of this fat is sold for cosmetics, especially to manufacturers of lipstick and eye makeup. Some of the most prestigious cosmetic companies in the country are the chief customers of rendering plants. Anyone looking at the elegant ads portraying glamorous models wearing beautiful makeup would never suspect that it is truly a makeup of the refined, colored and perfumed oil derived from dead dogs, cows or pigs. How much of this abominable blend is ingested into the body from the lips and the pores of the skin?
Keratin is a protein taken from the horns , hooves,feathers, quills and hair of animals, the scales and claws of reptiles, the shells of tortoise,turtle,terrapin, and the feathers, beaks and claws ofbirds,the armour of crabs,the plates of baleen whales.It is used in shampoo, conditioner,bodywash, body lotion, toner, facial moisturizer,makeup foundation, mascara, lipstick, color cosmetics in hair rinse,and permanent wave solutions (perms).Then there is Gelatin or Gel used in shampoos, face masks, and other cosmetics. This is made by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones with water. Alternatives: carrageen , seaweeds , agar-agar, pectin from fruits, dextrins, locust bean gum, cotton gum, silica gel.
The perfumers use Ambergris from whale intestines. Castoreum from muskrat and beaver genitals and civet paste which is an oily secretion painfully scraped from a gland very near the genital organs of civet cats.
Then come the fatty acids..
Stearic Acid: Fat from cows, sheep, dogs and cats,the stomachs of pigs. Used in cosmetics, soaps, lubricants, hairsprays, conditioners, deodorants,creams, Also known as: Stearic Hydrazide, Stearamide, Stearamine,Stearates, Stearyl Betaine, Stearyl Imidazoline, Stearoyl Lactylic Acid, Stearone, Stearoxytrimethylsilane. Alternative vegetable fats, coconut Hyaluronic Acid.:A protein found in umbilical cords and the fluids around the joints. Used as a cosmetic oil.
Alternative: Plant oils
Arachidonic Acid:A liquid unsaturated fatty acid taken from the liver of animals . Used in skin creams and lotions to soothe rashes.
Alternatives: synthetics, aloe vera, tea tree oil, calendula ointment.
Linoleic Acid, Nucleic Acid : Used in cosmetics, shampoos,conditioners, etc. .
Oleic Acid :Usually obtained commercially from inedible tallow. In soft soap, bar soap, permanent wave solutions, creams, nail polish, lipsticks, many other skin preparations.Also known as: Oleyl Oleate,Oleyl Stearate. Alternatives: coconut oil.
Palmitic Acid :From fats, oils . Mixed with stearic acid. Found in shampoos, shaving soaps, creams. Also known as: Palmitate,Palmitamine, Palmitamide. Alternatives: palm oil, vegetable sources.Myristic Acid: In most animal fats. Used in shampoos, creams,cosmetics. Also known as : Isopropyl Myristate, Myristyls, Oleyl Myristate, Myristal Ether Sulfate. Alternatives: nut butters, oil oflavage, coconut oil, extract from seed kernels of nutmeg, etc.
Glycerin, Glycerol: A byproduct of soap manufacture (normally uses animal fat). Alternatives: Vegetable glycerin – a byproduct of vegetable oil soap.seaweed,. Unless it specifically states vegetable glycerin it is usually the one derived from animal fat.
Mink oil :is made by killing minks and taking the fat layer they have just under their skins. Some cosmetics companies take amounts of mink oil from live minks. by inserting a needle into the abdomen and extracting the fat. Used in moisturizers , anti aging creams andsoftening leather. Alternatives nut or seabuckthorn oil
Tortoise oil and turtle oil: extracted from internal organ fat of sea turtles. In soap, skin creams, nail creams, sun protection creams Alternatives: vegetable emollientsCochineal : Red pigment from crushed female cochineal insect. 70,000 beetles re crushed to make one pound of red dye. Used in ALL red/pink colouring in cosmetics
Spermaceti: Waxy oil derived from the sperm whale's head or from dolphins. Used in skin creams and shampoos . When wax is used it is called Cetyl Alcohol. Alternatives: vegetable cetyl alcohol (e.g.,coconut), synthetic spermaceti.
Allantoin.: Uric acid from mammals. In cosmetics (especially creams and lotions) Also known as: Alcloxa, Aldioxa. Alternatives: extract of comfrey root, synthetics.
Carbamide.: Excreted from urine. In deodorants, hair colorings, hand creams, lotions, shampoos, etc. Also known as: Imidazolidinyl Urea,Uric Acid. Alternatives: synthetics.
Cholesterol: A steroid alcohol in all animal fats and oils, nervous tissue, egg yolk, and blood. Can be derived from lanolin. In cosmetics, eye creams, shampoos, etc. Steroids or sterols from animal glands . Steroids include sterols which are alcohol from animals or plants. Used in creams, lotions, hair conditioners, fragrances.Alternatives: plant tissues, synthetics. sterols from plant sources.
Collagen.:Fibrous protein derived from animal tissue. Used in anti ageing creams.
Alternatives: soy protein, almond oil, amla oil .
Elastin.:Protein found in the neck ligaments and aortas of cows.Similar to collagen. Alternatives: synthetics, protein from plant tissues.
Guanine. Pearl Essence: Fish scales. Used in shimmery makeup like lipstick ,nailpolish and eye shadow. Alternatives: mica, rayon,synthetic pearl.
Placenta. Afterbirth: Contains waste matter eliminated by the fetus.Derived from the uterus of slaughtered animals. Animal placenta is widely used in skin creams, shampoos, masks, etc.Alternatives: kelp
Shark Liver Oil.or Squalene :Used in lubricating creams and lotions.Alternatives: vegetable oils.
Tallow. Tallow Fatty Alcohol :Rendered beef fat. Tallow Acid, Tallow Amide, Tallow Amine, Tallow Glycerides, Tallow Imidazoline,Talloweth-6, Sodium Tallowate. In soaps, lipsticks, shaving creams, other cosmetics. Alternatives: vegetable tallow, paraffin and/or ceresin.
Quaternium 27: From tallow. Found in deodorants, skin care preparations.
Vitamin A: Can come from fish liver oil. Used in creams, perfumes,hair dyes, etc. Alternatives: vegetables, synthetics.
Biotin: Vitamin H. Vitamin B Factor. In every living cell and in larger amounts in milk and yeast. Used in cosmetics, shampoos, and creams. Alternatives: plant sources.
Panthenol: Dexpanthenol. Vitamin B-Complex Factor. Provitamin B-5. Can come from animal or plant sources or synthetics. In shampoos,supplements, emollients, etc. Derivative: Panthenyl.
Vitamin D-Ergocalciferol, Vitamin D-2- Ergosterol, Provitamin D-2-Calciferol. Vitamin D-3: Vitamin D can come from fish liver oil,milk, egg yolk, etc. Vitamin D-2 can come from animal fats or plant sterols. Vitamins D-2 and D-3 may be from fish oil. All the D vitamins can be in creams, lotions, other cosmetics, vitamin tablets, etc.Alternatives: plant and mineral sources, synthetics.
Wax.:From animals and plants. In lipsticks, depilatories, hair straighteners.
Alternatives: vegetable waxes.
Lard: Fat from hog abdomens. In shaving creams, soaps, cosmetics.Alternatives: pure vegetable fats or oils.Polypeptides: Obtained from slaughterhouse wastes:
Alternatives: plant proteins and enzymes.
This is a very small list but enough to let you make an informed choice. "Natural Sources." can mean animal or vegetable sources. Most often in the health food industry, especially in the cosmetics area, it means animal sources. Such is the hypocrisy of the companies that use these products that they boast "NO ANIMAL TESTING" on their products !
-By Maneka Gandhi
To join the animal welfare movement contact gandhim@nic.in

Friday, April 25, 2008



When someone dies
they come back again
every time you speak their name
or see their picture
when you eat the bread they used to love
and drink the tea with honey

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Every Day is Earth Day!

Every day is Earth Day we Humans just don't know it. This Rose was a gift to me from the Earth. Thank you Mother Earth.



I have been following the principles set forth by The Perelandra group. It is very different and I find it does work. It is called the Co Creative Process. You work with Nature in Partnership. Check it out.
http://www.perelandra-ltd.com/

Monday, April 21, 2008

Rules to Swing by

When we were little, but big enough to get in a swing, we had no rules. You just got in the swing and took your chances. If you fell and broke your arm, then you fell and broke your arm. Your mom took you to the emergency room and not the lawyers office. The next day you were back on the swing again.
Sometimes there might be some dumb kid in front of your swing and as you swung, you hit him in the head (accidentally). He might cry or even get mad, but he never stood in front of a swing again in his life. This is called learning a lesson.
My kid once stood in front of a tire swing as a bunch of kids went on a crazy ride. The tire swing whacked her in the body and shoved her into a metal pole. She passed out and had a concussion. I took her to the doctors, not the lawyers office. She learned a lesson as did every kid on that play ground. And of course she got lots of hugs and kisses from me.
But now we have rules. Posted in the play yards.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Like A Virgin

The point of this post is to show what a women of fifty looks like. Now I know this gal eats good and does yoga to extremes. She has never been a druggie or drinker. So this would be a women of fifty who has taken good care of herself through the years.
But this year she had some obvious work done. Yep she did. I bet she had fat grafting in her cheeks and a moderate face lift.
The first Picture shows her more as she would look in 2008. The tissue under the eyes is starting to appear sunken. The cheeks are starting to slide down the face and lips are smaller. All this is natural aging no matter how well you treat yourself.
For her to stay in the limelight and not suffer insults on her normal aging process she has opted to do a little something about it. The face is always exposed and so ages much faster than the body. Since she has been an exercise fanatic her whole life her body looks great, even with the boob job. But you cant exercise your face. I know they sell lots of contraptions you can use to exercise the face but they don't work as the face just is not set up for exercise!
The problem I have with what she had done is this: Look at some pictures of Marlene Deitrich. She tried to do the same thing and it just did not hold up for long. Madonna is starting to look just like her. The cheeks are just too severe. The old apple head look is starting. Here is a pic of aging Marlene http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1497733120/nm0000017
It must be hard to be in her position where she still wants to rock. Mick Jagger and his crew all look like crap and no one cares because they are guys.

Madonna Plastic Surgery

Friday, April 18, 2008

Friday Food Report

This is the Friday Food Report coming to live from my very own Kitchen.
OK yesterday was a good day for food. I had:
1 Mango
3 Banana's
2 Avocado's
2 Tomato's
1 Apple
handful of chives
handful of mushrooms
kombu seaweed
This is all the live fresh food I ate. This is not juiced. This was eaten in different combo's but mostly I just ate a banana or had a tomato.
Then to round it out I had about 4 cups of black or green tea and then some rice and assorted nuts.
When I asked my little girlfriend how many fresh veggies she had, well sadly she had none. Is that typical for most people? I gotta say yes. Most of us just eat so much fractionated food. Yes pasta is OK but it is not fresh. A sandwich is tasty but also not fresh. Tortilla chips,,,,yum.....salsa.....yum too, but also not fresh.
Have a banana. If you are hungry try some fresh fruit or an avocado. Oh yeah I also had my sprouted bread that I just love so much. I had it with some Miso on it.
When you eat like this you get a very mellow feeling. I think the banana has something to do with that. I am going to try to have 2 or 3 of them everyday and see if they help me sleep better. I had a very easy sleep last night. Could it be from the banana? It also helped with the restless leg syndrome I get in bed. Must be the magnesium.
Anyhoo that is my food report for today.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Favorite Places



Here I am in my favorite place: A Bookstore


Yeah just give me a strong cup o' Earl Grey and a couple hours to roam the stacks and you have one happy Diva.

When I live in San Fran we had a corner book store called Christophers. It was so tiny and so filled with books and other good stuff. It was also a dog neighborhood so whenever anyone got a new dog they would go there and they would take a pic of your pup and post it on the front door. You could come back a few months later and ooh and ahh at how big your dog had gotten.

They also had poetry readings. I really miss that. Poetry is one art that needs to be read aloud and preferably by the author.
I went to my first open poetry reading the other night. Actually it was a poetry potluck! I read a couple of my poems for the first time ever to a group of strangers. I guess I was a Poetry Virgin. It felt kinda scary fun to read them. There were some good poets there and I just had the best time and the food was damn good too. There were all ages of poets there from 20 up to 83 years old. Simply fascinating.

Here is a link to a nice place I have found for poetry and pictures, Princess Haiku:

Monday, April 14, 2008

Virtual Fountain

Here is a rose quart fountain for Love & Bliss. Enjoy!

Monday, April 7, 2008

Little Tree in the Big Bar

See the tree. See the tree grow. See the tree grow in the bar. See the tree grow in the bar and through the roof.

Hidden peaceful place to get tippled in Santa Fe. After imbibing walk next door and load up on excellent chow. Next walk around the plaza and have a coffee from Ispiritu Cafe.



Here is the Bar. I will miss this place when I move.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Tiny Bird Edna

here she is with her husband of almost 30 years
On Edna St. Vincent Millay
This little bird woman ate and drank way too much crap. She became a morphine addict and that was just to supplement all the Gin and other doctor prescribed pharmaceutical pain pills she took on a daily basis.
In the video we see the home she lived in for about 20 years. It looks so peaceful. Why was she not able to find any peace there? She was a meteor of shinning womanhood in her day. A star on the level of our singer/dancer Madonna. St. Vincent was a Poet. A hugely famous and for her day, very wealthy poet. She would tour the country and give readings to packed halls and auditoriums. She was loved by America. And yet she died a sad weakened 58 year old recluse.
Oh she had some fun in her day. She had many lovers of both sex and kept some of them as friends till the end. She loved fine clothes and had a special interest in horses. She was such an Amazing woman.
A stone placed for her in St. John the Divine reads: Take up the song; forget the epitaph
She had written this for a friend who had died and in the end it was carved into her own tombstone.
I have been reading her poems lately, she had a voice, unique seducer, oh baby did she have a voice.