Art Break! - Advent Calendar

I wanted to make a advent calendar for PB and I, so I started by buying a cheap chipboard one off the internet.

When it arrived it was poorly painted, which was ok because we are going to repaint it.

I painted the doors red or green.

And painted the doorknobs gold.

I made a little wreath to attach to door 24.

And a little stained glass window.

I put '24' on in gold, like a house number.

I painted the holder light yellow and wrote numbers on the door with a white paint pen.

I then made a little tree and painted some cats to look like the twins.

I made a base of foam and cardboard, which I then painted green.

The base tree and Phil's butt.

With baubles.

Before paint

Done!

All together! The snow is ripped up cotton balls.

And when it's all put together:

Verdict: PB loves it!

Regulator-Köhler

This is a nutritional supplement containing the basic (as in alkaline) minerals of calcium, potassium, magnesium, and zinc.

They are sodium free, which is good if you can't have too much sodium.

They are for 'A balanced acid-base balance and a functioning energy metabolism are important prerequisites for physical and mental well-being. ' according to the bottle.

The capsules are medium-sized with a matte finish (which I'm guessing is a coating to get it past the stomach acid).

It says take 2-3 a day, I took one a day because I do what I want.

Price: 2/5 ($31.34 for 100 capsules)

Altapharma - Brausetabletten (Effervescent Tablets) - Magnesium + Calcium + D3

These tablets are a rhubarb and lime flavour.
They contain magnesium, calcium, and vitamin D3.
They are also lactose and gluten free.

It had a rosé beige colour, smells mildly of lime, and tastes mildly like rhubarb and lime.
I would have liked more of a lime flavour, but you know how I feel about citrus.

This is a fun, cheap source of calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D3. Price: 5/5 ($3.12 for 20 tablets)
Taste: 4.5/5

Teatox - Fresh Focus - Organic Green Tea with Ginseng

I got this for my birthday! (Thanks PB's parents!)

This is a green tea with orange peel, ginger root, applemint, rosemary, eucalyptus, guraná, and ginseng.

It is a medium, warm, yellow-brown colour when brewed.

The smell is a little spicy. It tastes like green tea, faintly of eucalyptus, and a little bitter.
But it is very nice!

Because of the guraná, best to keep this as a morning tea.

Price: 1/5 ($15.80 for 70g)
Rating: 5/5

Kleenex Balsam - Tissues - box of 60

When PB had a cold, I got these for him to help protect his nose.
He went through the box in a day, so it was good to know he wasn't hurting his poor skin.

They don't have a scent but do feel almost like they have a balm in them.
But they are not greasy at all!
They are so soft.

For a cold, these are really nice.

Price: 2/5 ($2.85 for 60 tissues)
Scent: 2.5/5 (none)
Effectiveness: 5/5

Art Break! - John Oliver Embroidered Cushion Cover

In the 18th of February, 2018 episode of 'Last Week Tonight', John Oliver said he wanted the line "He's still going to the same hole, where the same worms will eat him too." crocheted on a pillow case.

Well I don't know about crochet, but I can embroider it!

And don't @ me if you don't like this. I don't care about your political opinions and death is an undeniable truth of all life, irrespective of your thoughts.

I just like art projects.

I started with a floral pillow case.
I wanted a contrast between the dark nature of the quote and the beauty of the nature that corpses will contribute to.

Also the pretty florals reflect the hope the quote brings, in its own way.

When the pillowcase arrived, I'm not going to lie, I was disappointed.
It wasn't bright but muted, light brown rather than white.

But lets go with a more earthy theme then.

I was going to do the text in black, but in light of the pillow's actual colour range, I changed it to a dark green.

For the dots above the i's I was thinking of making them tine flowers.

I tried it and it looked really cute.

Calendula.

Violet.

Dasiy.

Broad-leaved statice.

I also considered adding a worm, but then decided this would be too 'cartoon'-y. Less is more.

So, all done!

Verdict:  I think it turned out really nice!

Mum - Dry - Anti-Perspirant - Cool Pink

I picked out this antiperspirant because my mum used to use it and I wanted to travel back in my olfactory memories, kinda lame I know, but scent is a powerful memory trigger.

However my journey though time went wrong because the scent has since been changed.
It doesn't smell like it did, back in the day when it was in a glass container.

This is the old one I remember:

I could not find a single photo of this online! 

Bring back crystal pink!

The scent is pleasant though, powder and floral.
It's a medium strength scent but isn't overbearing.
'Cool pink' is a surprisingly good description of the scent, at least to my synesthesia having butt.

As an antiperspirant it works really well, no breakthrough sweat.

Price: 5/5 ($3.29 for 50mL)
Scent: 5/5
Effectiveness: 5/5