{"id":453,"date":"2017-06-22T11:18:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T11:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=453"},"modified":"2017-06-22T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T11:18:21","slug":"saving-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2017\/06\/22\/saving-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because the 5th<\/sup> of June was World Environment Day<\/strong> thought it might be a good idea to share some tips on saving money and the environment.<\/p>\n

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These days many people use toothpaste, facial or body scrubs with those teensy plastic micro beads in them. \u00a0Well\u2026 those little plastic toxic bombs go down the drain from your basin, shower or bath and eventually land up in rivers, lakes and seas. Very simply, the fish cannot avoid them and we eat the fish. These things are causing untold havoc in the environment.<\/p>\n

By now we all probably know how useful bicarbonate of soda is for cleaning stuff around the house \u2013 but you can also use it instead of various beauty products. Here\u2019s an alternative for your various scrubs. A much cheaper and more environmentally sound one.<\/p>\n

Use an old spice jar \u2013 one of the ones with little sprinkle holes in the top and fill it up with bicarbonate of soda. Make sure the lid still seals well \u2013 you don\u2019t want the bicarb to get wet. Keep it in your bathroom or shower where you can easily access it.<\/p>\n

This alkaline substance has antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties. But before you start using this \u2013 try a test patch on your skin to check that you don\u2019t have any bad reactions to it.<\/p>\n

In addition to being antiseptic and anti-inflammatory it helps balance the skin\u2019s pH \u2013 so if you have acne or spots you can mix a spoon of bicarb with a bit of water to make a paste. Apply the paste to the affected area for a few minutes and then wash it off with cold water. Do this until your skin clears up.<\/p>\n

You can whiten your teeth by sprinkling a bit of bicarb on your regular toothpaste and brushing your teeth once a day. Only do it for a few days though \u2013 not all the time – otherwise you can hurt the enamel on your teeth.<\/p>\n

Get rid of residue of hair products on your hair \u2013 put a blob of shampoo in your hand and sprinkle some bicarb into it. Wash your hair as normal. It removes all the yukky stuff very effectively.<\/p>\n

Sprinkle some bicarb onto a face cloth and use it as a body scrub to get rid of all the dead skin and flaky bits. Rinse well when you are finished.<\/p>\n

Or simply sprinkle some bicarb into your hand add warm water and gently use it as a face wash\/scrub. This works especially well if you don\u2019t wear a lot of make-up.<\/p>\n

Take care,<\/p>\n

Sibo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because the 5th of June was World Environment Day thought it might be a good idea to share some tips on saving money and the environment. These days many people use toothpaste, facial or body scrubs with those teensy plastic micro beads in them. \u00a0Well\u2026 those little plastic toxic bombs go down the drain from … Continue reading “Saving the Environment”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,80,50,48],"tags":[61,29,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}