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Baking soda on face

Baking soda can be harmful to your face because of its alkaline properties, which can disrupt your skin’s natural pH balance:

pH balance: Skin is slightly acidic, with a pH of 4.5–5.5, while baking soda has a pH of 9. Increasing the pH of your skin can lead to dryness, irritation, and other side effects.

Natural oils: Baking soda can strip your skin of its natural oils, which can make it more sensitive to the sun and other elements. This can lead to dry, itchy skin, which eventually cause wrinkles.

Acid mantle: Baking soda can disrupt the acid mantle that protects your skin from infection and breakouts. This can make your skin more vulnerable to acne-causing bacteria.

Abrasiveness: Baking soda’s gritty texture can be abrasive and cause small tears in your skin, which can also lead to infection.

For the sake of your skin, avoid anything that has to do with baking soda and your face.

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you are celebrating the day our Saviour came to earth.

I hope we are celebrating it with more than hot chocolate. I decided to do a bonus recipe on how to make chocolate. I know I wasn’t really posting much this year but I’ll make it my New year’s resolution to do so.

Chocolate

You’ll need; Cocoa powder,butter or coconut oil,sugar and vanilla extract.

1. In a bowl, mix 1 cup of cocoa powder and 1/2 cup of sugar. Adjust the sugar to your taste.

2. Gradually add your coconut oil or melted butter (about 1/2 cup) to the cocoa powder mixture. Stir well until you get a smooth paste.

3. Add a splash of vanilla extract ( about 1 spoon) for flavor. You can also experiment with other flavorings like almond extract or spices.

4. Taste the mixture and adjust the flavorings or sweetness if needed.

5. Pour the mixture into molds or spread it onto a parchment lined baking sheet.

6. Place the molds or baking sheet in the refrigerator for about 1-2 hours or until the chocolate hardens.

7. Remove the harden chocolate from the molds or break into smaller pieces.

8. Serve and enjoy a chocolatey Christmas with your family.

Tips for 4c hair

The 4c hair is the thickest and coiliest type of hair. It is common among Africans and Black Americans. It is actually hard to manage 4c hair so I’m giving tips on managing the 4c hair.

How to comb 4c hair

The mistake most people make when combing their 4c hair is combing it dry.Get your 4c hair wet before combing. Start by finger combing. Then use a wide tooth comb. Never use a fine tooth comb to comb your 4c hair. It causes breakage of hair at the tips. So when combing your hair start with :

Finger combing

Then you brush with the brush below.

Brush

Then a wide tooth comb.

Remember never use a fine tooth comb.

Spritz your hair daily with water.Use a spray bottle to spritz your hair daily. Then use a moisturizer. Doing this daily helps to retain moisture in your hair and prevent hair breakage.

Love to all African queens. Love your hair and keep relaxers away.

Bye Afro-queens and other readers

Chocolate Pancakes

I promised so I have to do this. This is a Christmas inspired recipe. I got it because you celebrate the Christmas season without Hot Chocolate. So I thought of a very easy recipe.

Ingredients

All purpose flour

Cocoa Powder

Milk Powder

Water

Sugar

Oil

Steps

Put flour in a dry bowl

Add the cocoa powder and milk powder (don’t put too much cocoa powder or it would be bitter)

Add sugar

Add water (the amount of water you add determines how thick the batter is)

Drizzle oil in the pan

Pour some batter and fry

Serve hot with syrup or honey

And remember to have a very merry Christmas.