Summer, Tis the season to have...

Sun screen!


Hehe, In Houston it's climbing in to the hundreds and the suns beating down; It's important to remember it the perfect conditions to damage your skin from extensive ultra violet rays from the sun. So sun block is a must if you don't want to have you what looks like age spots on your skin.

I know you say " oh but sun screen causes pimples on your skin!" :(
Ahh, but they have sun screen specifically designed to protect your skin and not leave you full of pimples. (He~ I should know I have supper oily skin.)
So, I currently like to use Neutrogenas' "Sport face" sunblock.
It's SPF 70 and is oil free! :D
so people like me don't have to deal with constantly washing my face!! *yay!*
I have been using it for about two months and so far its worked great.
The other thing I like about it is that after I apply it to my skin It doesn't feel heavy; It lets my skin breath, which I absolutely love! {I really don't like the feel of heavy sunblock.}.Oh, yes, It's also sweat proof. Hehe And I have put it to the test when I go to my wushu class there isn't any AC so I sweat a lot and It still stays on! :D

So, Hope every one has an awesome summer time! enjoy the pool! ;)

나디아/Screw ball:)

curse the mild wild mondays!!

안녕하새요!
yo, people! whats diggin' in the land of blogger? have you all been wondering the a wondrous mountains of daisy's waiting for summer to come. Or just dwelling in the caves wishing that the moon lit drops of water were as cold as ice, so you could escape the summer heat. Either way I think you'll like my little skin care surprise!

Today I'd be postin' about green tea.
green tea is consumed by a lot of people on a daily basis and while it keeps you insides super squeaky clean, it also dose that for you face!(man, who knew! (; )
I, as you know have very mild rosacea. And trying to find some thing natural, (that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg.) to use cam across green tea.
I last posted about rice water which has its great benefits. But so dose green tea.
So I use it together, along with my regular washing stuff, my normal toner, and my simple oil free moisturizer.(It dose help to keep acne under control.)

I only use the rice water like once or twice a week thought ( Its only when ever I get around to cooking my rice. Hehe...) but Because I drink green tea like twice a day {once in the morning for that extra lift, and once at night, the warmth soothes and calms me.} It is having a much faster visible affect on my skin. And, the affect is, GOOD!
But when I do use rice water I don't use the green tea that same wash.

So, now here's where you learn the awesomeness about green tea!
For me green tea smooths my skin, makes my rosacea go away and keeps my pores closed(but I don't apply it when it's hot to my face only after it has been chilled in the fridge.) It also has gotten rid of these, what seemed like "permanent bags" under my eyes. (It happens when you stay up till like 2 in the morning play spyro dawn of the dragon... hehe gotta love my ps2...)
It also gave my skin a natural healthy kind of firmness I had lost from staying up so late.(yeah, I know. Staying up just isn't the way to go; that's why I have gone in to sleep rehab, I have a strict schedule of be in bed by nine- nine thirty and wake up at 6.) And apparently it, if used for a long time in a regular basis, leaves your skin with all of the affect I have said above permanently!
(Of course by then you already have gotten so set in applying green tea to your face that you probably won't stop.)
So, are you ready to rock?! Hahaha! :D

Okay, first you'll need a cup,some green tea,
(I prefer to use the lose green tea, but, it really is a more personal choice.)

and filtered or bottled water (works best because there aren't as many impurity's.).

step 1. get a cup of water and place it in the microwave for one minuet, or, you could heat up the water on top of the stove in a tea pot.(the time may vary in a tea pot.)

step 2. let the water get at a comfortable temperature.

step 3. put either some green tea lives in a little mesh filter thing, or use the already in a bag tea. put it in the water and let it sit for about 3 mins.

step 4. (my favorite step!) drink the green tea, until there is about one fourth a cup of tea left.(I would advise you not to add any sweeteners to your tea, as this is going on your face I don't think it would be fun to have a sticky face. (: )
step 5. apply the green tea to your face. (you can just splash it on.) and leave it there as if it was a toner.
after the green tea has air dried on you face you can apply regular toner, moisturizer, etc!
(also make sure you wash your face before putting the green tea on your face.)

thanks for reading!
-나디아/screw ball

heya!
how was your moms day?
mine was okay... the restaurant we went to for brunch was okay my mom and grandma liked the food, as well as my sister but me not so much; it was all to breakfast-like. It should have had more of a luchie feel. ( hehehe... "lunchie".)
They absolutely loved the gifts I gave them though! {which pleased my ever so much!} and they loved the chocolate cover cake balls my sister made. sorry no pic for that.
*hehe* You wouldn't believe how that smile describes my gran-grans love for food.


my Mom model this lovely hand made gift I made for her!


My sister and I having a good laugh.
we all ended up with fat bellies and a craving for some mineral water shortly after our "brunch".

And my gran-gran modeling this lovely hand made headband. (heheh I made them!)
we ended our brunch at life four in the afternoon and paid about 100$ for our "not worth a hundred bucks lunch."
I would not recommend this place for mothers day as the food was not fancy, or something that One couldn't make at home with a little effort. well I'm wishing a late but still meaningful happy mothers day to all the moms out there!
(If any anybody is interested in buying one of my flower head bands
please email me an luis_nadia@yahoo.com, or just visit my eBay account betey_boo .)


Now for my bouns post!!
(you know your all like OMG!) ;)

Have you tried a rice water wash?
well sister I'm say you should!
many women and girls have all said it make your skin softer, reduces wrinkles and make your skin fairer!
It is believed it dose all the thing stated above because when you rinse your rice you take some of the nutrients away so if you put the that make you digestive system clean and shiny on your face you get a beautiful result, I have mild rosacea so maybe it will help get rid of it.
but please note that it most likely will take a week or two for you to see any real results although the softer skin is like instant!
well here is how to use this wonderful water!

1# Wash the rice once to get rid of the dirt in the water.



2
After rinsing the rice for the first time, drain the rice water into a separate container. Drain it more than once so that you won't find any rice grains in the water.

3
Put the bowl of rice water into a sink, and wash your face gently with the water, by scooping it up and splashing it deliberately and carefully on your face about five or six times.

4
Empty the rice water into the sink, and rinse your face with regular cold tap water the same number of times to close skin pores.

5
Pat your face dry with a clean towel, and enjoy fresher, tighter and smoother skin.
these instructions are from wikihow.

hope ya'll enjoyed my post, bye!

- screw ball/ 나디아

Soon dooboo Jjigae - 순두부 찌개

아녕하세요!
Hello! What's up? Nothing- really? Oh-my I've been busier than a bumble bee!
So you ask "why?", Because I made soon dooboo Jjigae! It means soft tofu stew in English.
I looked the recipe up on the Internet yesterday and found two completely different recipes that I both liked, but I came to this conclusion "why can't I have meat and lot's of vegetables in my stew?!" and I mixed up the two very wonderful recipes to make my Soon dooboo Jjigae!
The original recipes are from the two lovely blogs, thanks so much Christina Kim, and Dr. Ben Kim! (I'll post the original recipe websites at the end of this post. :) )
Some of you Might be wondering why did I make this; what drove me to make this delicious stew?Well, I've had this stew be for at friends houses and I have always love how it comforts you in a way- what I'm trying to say is that when it could outside and your in your nice comfy lion slippers and your hungry, there's nothing better then a warm soup to heat you up. except for Soon dooboo Jjigae! It's aroma just warms you, and it's not only the fact the the soups hot. It's the fact that the soups slightly on the spice side so it warms you up and gets you blod-a pumpin'!
Now enough chitter-chatter! let's get cracken'!

You will need:

* Red chili powder
* White onion
* Garlic
* Sesame oil
* Kimchi
* yellow or white flesh potato
* carrot
* red and green bell pepper
* zucchini
* oyster mushrooms.* (OPTIONAL)
* spring or green onion
* miso (or soybean paste)
* one egg (any color can be brown or white.)
* 1 or two packages of silken tofu


TIP: If you use two packages of silken tofu I do not recommend adding the egg.
Only use the egg if you are using one package of tofu.


Let’s start buy adding 4 tablespoons of sesame oil, to a medium sized pot. then dump in some red chili powder about 2 tablespoons, stir this around until the chili powder becomes a slightly darker red, just Before it starts to burn. Then add a half a large white onion (chopped!) and about 1Tbsp of minced garlic.

After letting this cook for about 4 or 5 minutes, or, until the onion be
comes tender.


Then add about 3/4 cup of chopped kimchi (with the juice!!) to the mixture. *Yummy!!*
After letting this cook for 2 minutes, let’s get ready to add some fresh vegetables!

You should have one zucchini, One yellow or white flesh potato - whichever you prefer will do. One small carrot and *a good handful of oyster mushrooms.* (OPTIONAL) One spring onion, about half a red bell pepper, half a green bell pepper. And good handful of broccoli. Chop all this to medium sized pieces. (like in the picture above)

TIP: when you are frying the onion garlic and kimchi all together you can put the heat on low and cook it for 7 mins and this way you have more time to prepare for the next step!

Now add 5 or 6 cups of water and add the zucchini, broccoli, red and green bell peppers, (and mushrooms if using) to the mix - let things boil on for another 5 minutes or until the zucchini is tender.


Now it’s time to add the miso( or soybean paste.). For about 5 cups of water, you'll need a heaping tablespoon of miso. And when I say heaping, I mean heaping!
Then add one or two package(s) of light silken tofu.

Bring to a boil and cook for about 5 mins.

Then add a beated egg. You want the egg to look like in the example below.
Then stream in the egg and cook for 4 mins with frequent stirring.

Let cool until at a comfortable temperature, serve, and enjoy!

Serves 4 or 6.

(Depends on how much soup you serve to people.)


Thanks for reading! To visit the sites of the original recipes go here and here.


Some of the picture here are from the original recipes. I could not have made this recipe if it weren't for the original recipe’s creator’s Christina Kim, and Dr. Ben Kim!


If anyone has any questions at all feel free to post them!


- Screw ballz/ 나디아