My bonnets and “bonheur”

A fashion on my topmost

I love wearing hat and bonnet. I’ve been collecting both since 1991 after I moved to The Netherlands.I have quite a lots of them by now. But as we are in winter right now,let me show off solely some of my bonnets I have and I will advert some hats later when the summer approaches

In the beginning of my collection of some bonnets,I often bought them from shops, mostly because of the weather, let’s say, just to cuddle my head and to keep it warm in the winter time.Its function was purely to protect my topmost from the wind, the cold, the drizzle,the snow or whatever what matters to the head and the hair.

But nowadays, the function of a bonnet for me, (I think,also for a lots of modern women of these days) is more than what mentioned above.I apply it  as a piece of ornament which give me fairly much pleasure,joy and uniqueness. It’s been merged  as a fashion on my topmost.

So I barely care whether it’s cold,windy,drizzly,snowy or even rainy. I put it on whenever I feel like to.As I always treat myself special, I then treat my bonnet special too. I would make it distinctive. When I have bought a plein bonnet from a shop,for example, I would adorn it with a flower or a bow. Lately,it’s a bit difficult to find a bonnet I truly like,not quite sure whether I became more selective as well as wisier with purchasing or there’s really nothing so cute or pleasingly preferable in shops I run into. But never mind, I just decided to make it myself currently. And I am very proud, contented and cheerful with the products I made. (see the pic.on the right and below. These are the latest ones I made during the Chrismas evening while sitting watching movie on our cozy couch )

As mentioned above,I’m still gathering quite a lots of bonnets at present after having already thrown some away. As years have gone by, some are worn out, obsolete or dowdy, and I didn’t like them any more. Some were relegated to the public textile box so that I won’t  see them again. And here they are,some outstanding,colorful and floral ones that are still in use and I'm fond of them fairly pretty much.They are not only just a “bonnet” but they are also such “bonheur” ,a happiness and pleasure ,and definitely a headgear fashion on my topmost.I also love to wear it during the cooking workshop,it can be served perfectly as a chefcap. 

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(Do you also adore wearing bonnet ? do you have some beautiful ones that you want to show off ? Let’s share them with me and others here)

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Life is full a surprise !

Another awesome week has gone by. My week routine is  enhanced with product development for Theparitales’s webshop that will be launched in the very near future. It’s another mission with many tasks and responsibities. I hardly have time for anything else rather than work at this time of the year.While I want to keep all practices going on as usual, of course ,the week working routines, such as the visits to clients, the cooking workshop, teaching Thai Conversation,must remain alive. Unfortunately, I had to skip a hobby “solo-latino” dance for the last month of this season and the begin of the next one. Dance buddies won’t see me on dance floor from the end of November 2015 till the end of Januari 2016. Friends won’t see me traveling to join social activities neither outdoor in the country nor abroad.I won’t see friends as often as before.Talking on phone, connecting by all kinds of media is still on ,though seldom. Somethings less important must be cut off.   I must manage my time in very appropriate proportion. Definitely, work and family must be in very good harmony too.

Eventhough I haven’t had much time for social contact as mentioned above. I let one in last Saturday. It was one of my students Thai conversation class who left to Vietnam for 2 weeks in begin November. He sent me such a lovely postcard from Hanoi, which was quite a surprise and I cheerfully appreciated his thoughtfulness. He caught up via whatsapp and line when he was back.That´s ravishing. So he came over last Saturday to show me the photo album he made from his recent vacation. It was such an awesome catch up. And I told him I loved the postcard he sent. That’s a November surprise which rejoiced me a lot.

a lovely pop-up postcard from Vietnam

After the guest left that early afternoon, there came the postman. He brought a tiny packet addressed my name. The handwriting was not familiar at all. So I absolutely had no clue from whom that could be. 

However ,I unpacked and I saw this.

The used cigarbox with label ` roken brengt u en anderen rondom u schade toe` which means `smoking can bring about serious damage to you and others around` That´s a great `caution`,I thought.

I turned the box around and saw another label on the back which said `roken kan het sperma beschadigen en vermindert vruchtbaarheid` That means `Smoking can damage sperm and decrease fertility` I was silent !

I was not sure whether anyone was making joke with me or something. The box was taped and I really wanted to know what was inside. I cut the tape and found out !!!

Skincare for acne scar and  skincare cream for face and body !

I bursted my laugh out loud !

My dearest friend, how can I love you more ? What a surprise ! As my latest converstations with friends were mostly about my acne problems and even the conversation ended, their thought was still concerned with my beauty.It was the very good closed friend who came to see me a week ago sent these to me. Thanks so much !That friends always think about each other is another felicity of mine. I´m blessed to have and to be surrounded with wonderful family,friends and anyone I encounter. I must tell you my life is really full of a surprise ! 

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Till next time,

Pari

Tea Tree Oil Products

These are Tea Tree Oil Products I’ve been using recently.

This is tea tree oil in a 10ml-bottle. (left pic)

Tea tree oil is suitable for skincare. Besides the extract oil from Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea tree leaves),this product is also composed of  the following ingredients.Chamomilla Ricutita flower extract which is known for its soothing, anti-inflammatory and anti-irritant properties. Caprylic/capric trigyceride which is  derived from coconut oil and glycerin, that is excellent emollient and skin-reparing ingredient to help repair skin surface as well as to resist moisture loss.Other than that are Isopropryl Myristate,which is good for absorption through skin and Limonen that posesses strong smell of oranges and is commonly used in cosmetic products to mask unpleasant odor.This product is dermatologically approved and I’ve been using it for about a month or so and I can see the improvement on my skin. It performs such a great purifying effect on pimples,blackheads as well as black spots.

As Tea tree oil is extracted from the leaves of tea tree which named Melaleuca Alternifolia,that’s why it’s also called Melaleuca oil.

Surprisingly enough, I haven’t known or heard about this oil before. Neither had I seen it advertised on papers nor on television earlier. Until one day when I was facial treated by my beautician. She applied tea tree oil on my face as she saw quite a lot of tiny acnes all around and told me that the oil posseses disinfecting properties. That sounded  for me absolutely eliciting and inducing. As I have been suffering from acne uncommonly already for a long time now.And I had tried many products according to my doctor’s prescription, but it didn’t help so far.So after the treatment that time I decided to purchase one little bottle of tea tree oil for my own use. Moreover,I studied even more about it too.

 

After a week of using this tea tree oil product, I felt my skin softer with healthier look.Some acnes dried and dropped off my face .So I bought more products which composed of tea tree oil to apply for my skincare instead of the old daily products I used to wear. And frankly speaking, they works amazingly.I’m still using them todays.

To give you clearer images of some tea tree oil products ( I use ) I attached some pictures here.

P.S I,in fact, have tea tree oil day&night cream too but didn't add any picture herewith. Let me update you some other time.

Till next time,

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