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There are many ingredients that can go into making herbal lip balm. And not every ingredient works well together. In fact, sometimes certain combinations will cause your lip balm to fail miserably. Too much beeswax and it will be too hard to get out of the container. If you use too much oil it will be too runny.
Lip balms are great because they're inexpensive and easy to make. They're also very effective at keeping lips moisturized throughout the day. However, most lip balms contain petroleum jelly, which isn't exactly healthy for your skin. Instead of petroleum jelly, try making your own herbal lip balm using natural ingredients. Here are some suggestions:
1) Calendula Flowers – Calendula flowers are popularly used in cosmetics due to their healing properties. They're packed full of vitamins C and A, plus minerals like iron, zinc, copper, magnesium, manganese, and potassium.
2) Yarrow – is loaded with flavonoids, which are potent antioxidants that fight off free radicals.
3) Shea Butter – This is the perfect base ingredient for lip balm. Shea butter is rich in vitamin E, which helps keep skin soft and supple. Plus, it's naturally antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory.
4) Sweet Almond Oil is packed with vitamin E and its moisturizing properties can help soothe your skin
5) Vitamin E Oil – is another excellent antioxidant. It's especially beneficial for dry, cracked lips.
6) Beeswax – Beeswax is a fantastic emollient that keeps your lips smooth and hydrated. It also protects them from harmful UV rays.
Visit my shopper site for links to where to get the herbal supplies and ingredients.
Watch the live video for a walk through of how we infuse the herbs and use it to make Lip Balm. I'm working on a Free herbal skin care recipe book, if you'd like access once it's published subscribe to our newsletter. You will be the first to get it.
Video Transcript
Hello, everybody. My name is Zakia Ringgold. Thank you for joining me in yet another live stream. This stream is all about making our herbal infused lip balm.
On our last stream, I was telling you how we went to a soap makers gathering and we got a lot of goodies, and I got boxes, and I need to fill those boxes up for an event that's coming up in October. So what we're going to do on this stream is show you how I go about making herbal infused lip balm. It's a very simple process. I'm going to show you how we actually infuse the calendula, which is still sitting right here. Now, hopefully we have enough.
I need about 500 grams of the herbal infusion, and if I don't have that, I'm going to supplement it with a little bit more jojoba oil. There's nothing wrong with using a little bit of jojoba oil on the skin. And so actually, if we don't have enough with this infusion, then I'll just supplement it with that. We're also going to be using some Baraka shea butter. We also got a box of herbs from baraka, and we may have some time to do an unboxing of that on this broadcast.
Well, hello there, Laura. Good to see you. All of you that are watching on YouTube, super chats have just been enabled. So send me a super chat just so I can see how that goes. And let me give Laura right there a round of applause.
Wait a minute, let's unuse that. Let's go ahead and give Laura a round of applause. Again. Laura has been an immeasurable part of Soap nation. Her and her sister all the way in California have been along with me, I think since about 2016.
So number one, thank you for watching. Number two, I forgot I got to pull you guys up on here because when I stream on the book, they don't actually show me those comments as they are coming up. So let me open up my Facebook folks over here so you guys don't think I ignore you while I'm live streaming. There we go. I'll pull you up and mute myself, and then that way I'll be able to see comments if they come up on the Facebook side.
We also have Gail checking in. Hello there, Gail. Where are you watching from? I don't think I've seen you live before, but welcome to the stream. And if you have any questions for me while we are going, I will be sure to answer that.
I have already put our beeswax into the container there because beeswax takes quite a bit of time to actually melt down. And so what we're going to do on this stream is kind of walk you through the process. We have some really cute lip balm containers. Can you guys see that? So they have a little flower on there.
They have a mirror inside. And then they also have the space for the actual lip balm. We are going to be doing a fruity combination with the lip balm. It's going to be a combination of both apple and lemon. So I don't know what we're going to call it, but it's going to smell good, and people are going to like having it on their skin, particularly on this lips.
I was tempted to call this stream winter is Coming. So get them chat lips under order. So what I'm going to do, since the beeswax what we did was we poured a container full of beeswax into our double boiler. From there, what we're going to and I just wanted to have that there for show so you can see what the ingredients are. Three Rivers, California 6 Miles Of Sequoia well, hello there, Benita.
Long time no see. Very happy to see you again. I'm going to go ahead and slowly add the shea butter into the beeswax there, and then that's going to continue to melt down. I should have put it in even smaller chunks. The smaller the chunks are, the easier it is to melt down.
So I'm going to just use my little spatula here and get that broken into just a couple of smaller pieces just so it's easier to melt a belt. But we have some California folks. Bonita, where are you from?
I always forget. All right, so while that's melting, let's talk about this infusion. What we did was we filled this jar here with olive oil and jojoba oil. To that we added our calendula leaves. Now, in order to strain that out, you do need like a cheese cloth or an herb press.
It's not really an herb press. It's more of a potato press. But I use it as an herb press to try and get all of those essential goodies out of the infused oil into our strained container. So the first thing I do is I let this sit typically in the sun for about four, sometimes five, sometimes six weeks. I always have some type of an infusion going.
You look fat. Let me pull your comment up there, Ms. Gail, first of all, thank you, my dear. I'm going to take that compliment, and I'm also going to show you all the other two infusions that I have had going for quite a while. So this one is spearmint, and as you can see, it has turned the olive oil this beautiful shade of green.
So all of those qualities of the herbs are now in the oil. Hi, Ebony. Good to see you on the Facebook side. And then this one also has peppermint and spearmint. I use these infusions for our beard bombs and our beard oils.
And I'm also going to be using it for a heel die, because I'm telling you guys, I've been talking about my feet, but I'm not being smart or anything, but it's just what it is. It is what it is. Thank you all for the hearts and the thumbs up on the Facebook site. And then I also see bonita said she's from Rhode Island. So we have California, Rhode Island, and I know we have plenty of people from Philadelphia watching and all of you folks on Twitter.
Hello. Good to see you. So now what we're going to do is we're going to try and strain out the olive oil from the calendula. I have had all kinds of issues when it comes to straining my infusions. Normally the cheesecloth that I use will fall down into the container.
We don't necessarily want that. So I now put a rubber band to try and hold it in place. So let's see what we get. You get what you get and you don't get upset. Well, I'm going to tell you what, I'm getting a bit of a mess every time.
Hello from North Carolina. Baby love. Her name is Baby Love. Guys, I'm not just singing because I want to sing, but that's where she's from. Hello there.
Welcome to the broadcast. Now let's talk about this potato press or herb press. This one that I have actually had several different strainers on there. I always go with the smallest one because that then allows me to press the herbs down into there. So as you can see, we're not getting the remainder of the herbs, but we're getting all of the oils down here in the bottom and the herbs are remaining on top on the cheesecloth.
So what I'm going to do here is I'm just going to put that there and I'm just going to grab these herbs from the top there because once we get a good amount, what we'll do is we'll then press those into this container here. So let's pour again. And what the cheesecloth does is it really helps to strain those herbs from the infusion so that we're only getting the oil down at the bottom. And of course, I put that right in front so you guys can't see. But that's what's happening there.
And then I just take the dried herb leaves because I don't want to waste the oil. I'm going to press those out in just a minute and then we'll pour again. Now, what would be better is if I use my little spatula to try and just get the oil. And it is a long process. It doesn't have to be this long.
I mean, you could not strain it this way. But I kind of like to see about how much oil I have, which is really good.
And now we'll keep on pouring and I am getting a little bit of spillage, a little bit of spillage going on. And I'm going to need my scale in just a minute to see if I have all of the oil that I need. Let me grab a paper towel and our scale.
And I don't know if you guys, some of you are connected with me on Facebook. We have started our cream soap that we did at the gathering, which is pretty cool. I added too much water to it. It's a little bit too runny, but I know what the problem is and what I did wrong, so I'll be able to fix that in the next batch. This first batch will go out to family because it's the same recipe.
It'll just be a little more runny than what I would want to sell. Hey, Shanta. Good to see you. So we have that kind of straining through, so it'll slowly go through. Can you guys see all that?
Yeah, very pretty.
I'm trying to get as much of the liquid portion out as I can without making too much of a mess. I'm succeeding kind of, sort of a little bit that way. I can't tell who's watching on the Facebook side, but hello, Facebook. Hello, Twitter. Hello, YouTube.
Hello, Twitch. Very good to see all of you. If you are new to me, I am Zakia of Livestopeschool.com. We are doing an herbalinfusion lip balm. So typically in order to make a lip balm, you just need a beeswax and an oil.
However, we don't just do a beeswax and an oil. We infused the oil with an herb. The herb that we're using is calendula. We also had a little bit of yarrow in here because of the properties of yarrow. So we infused that for about five weeks.
And basically what that was, was we put maybe about that much. Half of the container was filled with the herbs, and the remainder we covered with olive oil and jojoba oil. So those have been infusing for about that five week period. And now we're at the point where we need to strain it out so that we can make our lip balms. Our lip balms are going to be a part of a little gift box that we're making for an in person event that we are attending.
And so you're getting a chance to see how I go about making that. Aside from these oils, we are adding shea butter to the beeswax. Then we're also going to be adding some vitamin E oil just to punch it up a notch. And so hopefully you guys will enjoy getting a chance to see how I go about this process of infusing it so that you get, like, a really high quality lip balm. It's not just some oils that have been melted together.
It's kind of done in a way where it's like, okay, what are the benefits of all of these things? And we put them onto your skin. Now, the only question I have is, how much oil do I have in there? Because I need about 500 grams of it for this recipe. And so over here, what you're seeing is the shea butter, and the beeswax are melting down on our double boiler.
Before the stream, what I did was I started to melt down the beeswax because it does take quite a while. I could have put it in the microwave. It feels like you know how you can bake something in the oven or you can bake something not really. You can nuke something in the microwave. It just feels better and tastes better when you do it the slow way.
If you have the time, definitely go ahead and do it in a double boiler. And if you don't, I don't think it will hurt anything to put it in the microwave, but that's just a preference I have. And it does take longer doing it this way. I'm not going to tell you. Oh, yeah, it'll be done in minutes.
That is not true. It kind of does what it won't while it's melting down.
And I'm just taking my spatula here and just breaking up the shea butter as well as the beeswax that are in this container here. Also trying to buy myself some time to let that calendula infuse oil over there seep through.
And then I transfer over here, grab that bud and come on back. I think at this point we'll be able to start using the herb press.
Yeah, because I'll bring this up closer. There is a lot of oil. There is a lot of oils and a lot of oil in my hand. There's a lot of oil still left in here. So I'm going to press that out with the herb press to try and get as much as I possibly can out of there.
Waste not, won't not. That's what they say. Waste not, wanting not. That's what they say. All right, so what else do I have on the table while I'm waiting for that to go through?
I have my kitchen scale. That's what we're going to use to make sure that we have I believe this recipe calls for 500 no, I need 540 grams of the infusion here. So I'm going to use the scale to make sure I have that. Then I do have my little oil press. I don't know if you saw how small these containers are for the lip balm, but this is going to help me to not have a million a billion spills going on as I am filling these lip line containers.
Now, I have 20 of those, but in case I have more, I do have these little pencils that are lip balm containers. So we're going to use the remainder of whatever mixture we have to make that the pencils came up, which is good. All right, so let's go ahead and try our press here, see what we get.
Oh, you guys can't see it, but it's coming out slowly.
Put that back. Let me grab another jar.
Namelyme.com for all of that. That will be a long time pressing. A long time pressing. And the reason I like these Mason jars in particular, do you see how that herb press that's right on top of there, make life a whole lot easier. So then what I'll do is I'll just take a handful of the calendula, a couple of handfuls and then I'll just press it down.
And I need one more container. I need one more container to put the fence herbs in.
How many of those jars do you have? Way too many. When Colbert first started, I got every Mason jars because I just knew that I was going to hunker down and have to do everything here at home. Not the case. And I'm not going to throw these calendula buds out.
I will actually use them in soap. So there's a lot of things that you can do and it makes it a very sustainable product. I actually got a calendula calming bar of soap at the soap makers give a gathering. So that gave me some inspiration. And I see you guys are still giving hearts over there on the Facebook side.
So thank you for that. Or the thumbs up. It looks like I might have spilled some of that oil out and now we'll press it one more time and I give it about a couple of minutes of a press. Couple of seconds. Here we go.
To talk about minutes, girl, you ain't pressing nothing for no minutes. I'll do it again.
Now what I'd like to do is kind of have that go back that way so I can get these cylinder leaves out.
And again, not throwing those away. We will use those in an actual soup.
This is where it's getting juicy. Caroline.
I wish you guys could hear it. I don't know that it's picking up that quickly. And now we'll push down again.
I don't know that we got 500 grams. We're going to see them.
Oh, no, it didn't cut off. I thought it cut off.
And then again we'll pull this out one more again for good measure.
I wish you guys could smell it. It does give a really nice smell.
And see that all would be wasted if I didn't have this press and you could press more. I don't have that much arm or finger strength to do it, but you could get more. Probably about another 2oz.
Now if I wasn't streaming, I would have some music going, but because they got this whole copyright thing, I ain't trying to get in that kind of trouble.
Do you guys think we're going to actually have 500 grams? I don't know. I hope so.
Great arm workout. I enjoy what you're doing. I am at the beginning stages of soap making with many more lovely products in the future. Keep going. Thanks, baby.
Love. Great arm. But it's not really working out my arms. Laura it's more of my hands. And I always get nervous when I'm doing anything with my because we need them and carpal tunnel is such a big deal.
So I always get worried when I'm doing that kind of motion, I guess you could say. All right, now I'm going to pour the rest of this, and I'm okay with just a few of the herbs getting in there. It's not going to kill anything, but look, we got about the same amount from what we pressed versus what we poured. I think we got more from what we pressed, so that's why I never just say, oh, I'm done. I got them all out, and then get rid of the herbs.
Got more dishes than I want it, but you know what adds. All right, so I'm going to take this off. This is the cheesecloth that we use. Just going to toss that over to the side and grab a paper towel.
Okay, place your bets. How many of you think we have enough of the infused olive oil and jojoba oil? How many think we have enough between these two jars? Do we have 500 grams? Looking a little light.
All right, let me plug our scale in without turning power off.
We need that to stay hot.
It's almost there, but I still have some clumps in there, and we need it completely melted in order for it to be a bomb. I do you think it will be enough? Laura is always positive. Like, you got it, girl. Don't even worry about it.
All right, let's see. We need a bowl.
Let's see what we get. I'm just going to set this on grams.
Yeah, we're going to have enough because that's already at 200. 300, 400.
I think I said I need 500, but I'm going to take it to 520.
We're at 506, 513, 521. We went over by one, but, you know, who's counting? All right, so that is our infused herbal olive oil. To that, I'm going to add our vitamin E oil. What did my recipe say here?
Oh, shoot. I was supposed to have 540. All right. And then I'll do 20 grams of the vitamin E. And vitamin E is a very thick oil.
It almost has, like, a watered down honey appearance. That's how dark it is. I'm coming in late. Hey, herbal root woman. How are you doing?
Did you infuse your oils using heat, or I let it sit out for five weeks? Good question. I let it sit out. The only reason I didn't do it over here because I didn't need it really quickly. So I was just kind of preparing because I knew I was going to make it.
Like, I have my peppermint and my eucalyptus. They've been infusing forever, so it's time for them to come out. But I never got around to making the beard oil, so they've kind of been waiting for me. I'm waiting for it, that kind of situation. All right, so what I'm going to do is I'm just going to go ahead and add the infused oil into our double boiler over here.
This isn't the best double boiler, because I'll show you it in a minute, but I would rather the second pot be sitting right over top of the boiling water, but instead, it's on, like, this little strainer thing. So it takes a little while longer. You can kind of sort of see the steam from here. I don't think that it's coming across on the video, but now I'm just scraping both the infused oil and the vitamin E into this mixture here. Now, this would be 100% natural, but we are going to add a flavor oil to it.
We're doing a combination, I believe, of lemon drop and apple. And it's a sweetened fragrance oil, because you know how when you put a lip balm on I won't say that I was a kid, but I know some kids actually lick their lips. So this is actually a sweetened flavor, and it's edible. Who wants to lift b blacks off their lips? Some people do.
So that's what we have going there, if my part would stay hot enough. So that's the only reason I don't like this particular double boiler, is it does take forever for this stuff to melt down together.
But it's getting there. And if you're not live streaming, it's highly therapeutic to kind of watch it melt down, scraping the sides where the beeswax tries to stick to making sure all that shea butter melts down.
And this right here, if you didn't want to add any flavor or no scent to it, no color, you could use this as a lip balm just as it is, once it cools, it'll get to a really nice consistency. But we actually need to get it into the containers, which is why I have this little oil. It's a confectionary funnel is what we have here, and that will allow me to get precise amounts into the lip balm containers. So I'm just going to give this a bit of a stir. I wish there was, like, a fast forward way that we could do this on live, but typically, if this was prerecorded, this is where it would have been sped up for all of you.
And if I feel like it's taking too long, which I'm starting to feel like, what I'm going to do is I'm going to pop this sucker in the microwave, even though I said just a minute ago we like to let it cook for a little while because it just tastes better, feels better. But I'm about to break that rule because nobody got that kind of time. Nobody has got that kind of time.
I know what I can do. Since we're talking about our herbal infusions, our friends over at Barraca Shea Butter have sent us another package of herbs that I really want to show you all. There's coconut powder, there's lemongrass, all from Donna, which is really, really exciting. I know I've shown you all the hibiscus before, so I'm going to give this one final stir, and then I'm going to show you what we've got from them. And I'm also going to clean up this mess that I've got going on.
What you're saying, Laura? I used peppermint essential oils to get rid of spiders. Oh, cool. Thank you. You're welcome.
I've heard that about peppermint essential oil. I've never tried it, but I have heard that it's a great way to get rid of insects. But now that I know you've tried it, I'm going to say Laura said right on the broadcast, that's exactly what I'm telling people. Laura told me that you can use that to get rid of spiders. Now, what I'll do, because I have now used this, is I'm going to put a label on the top of this with today's date and the herbs that I used in here.
We used a combination of calendula and yarrow for this infusion. If you're doing infusions for the first time, please don't let anyone try and make it seem like it's rocket science or only a chemist could do it. Really what an infusion is doing is it's extracting the herbal properties out of the herbs into the oil. Generally, what you want to do is you want to make sure that your herbs are covered with a light oil. It doesn't have to be olive oil.
It can be almond oil, avocado oil, grapes. I wouldn't necessarily use grapeseed oil, and that's only because grapeseed oil has a very short shelf life, which means that you won't be able to use the oil for very long because the shelf life is about six months for grapeseed oil. So what I'll do is, once this broadcast is over, I will put a label right here on the top of this lid, indicating that this is an infusion with jojoba oil, olive oil, calendula, and yarrow. And I'll put today's date on it, and I would typically put, like, the expiration date of two years, but I'm not going to do that because there's no way that's going to make it for two years. I'll use that in a soap and probably going to use it in our calendar illusion.
And then this was our herb press that we use. This really helps to get that extra oil that was trapped around the herbs. So if you don't have yourself an herb press, this is a really good idea to get one.
And then, of course, we use our shea butter, and this is what we use to measure out our calendula. Do not toss your herbs. Do not toss your herbs, especially if it's like a calendula. Calendula can be used to color your soap naturally. You can use the flowers to decorate the tops of your soap.
So if you are someone who has some infusion, try and use it until the last drop. There's no reason to get rid of it.
Buddy, you're looking like Microwave City in a minute. It's taking a little too long. All right, so I'm going to go ahead and show you all the herbs that we got from Baraka. Shea butter. Yes.
I will need the scale. Oh, no, I'll use the pipette. The last thing we're going to add to it is the sweetened flavor oil.
Okay. I'm not sure who's still washing. I can't tell. But I'll see comments and all of that on the replay. All right, so let's grab our box.
Oh, goodness. These came in last week. I just didn't get a chance to show you all, but these are some new products that Baraka is carrying. Now, I will tell you, I have never used this one or there's two of them I've never used. So I'm excited to try this one.
Here is a coconut powder. So I think it's the inside of the coconut dried to a powder state. This might be really good.
I want you to be able to see that what that texture is, I'm sure. Let me see. Let's open it up. Last time I tried their coconut oil, when you open it, it smells like real coconuts are in the jar. So what do we got?
This is edible. This has to be edible. Excellent source of fiber and protein. Traditionally harvested in remote northern Ghana communities. No additives, fillers or sweeteners.
Wild harvested and hand collected. Natural taste. Now, as to not destroy it by putting my finger in there, I'm going to grab a little spatula, give it a taste. We're not getting it all over. Oh, yeah.
Tastes like coconut chips. So this might not make it to skincare. I could see sprinkling this in like a smoothie over a salad. But it's a coconut powder, so I'm really excited about trying that one. We also got ourselves some moringa powder.
I've seen so many demonstrations of soap making with moringa powder and all the claims that people make about it. But it has that beautiful green color which will turn the soap green. And it says, excellent source of antioxidant and antiinflammatory. Again, harvested in gyna communities. No additive.
Wild harvested. Natural taste. Don't know that. I'm going to change it to that one, but that's what we got there with the moringa powder. We also got some pepper powder.
Now, I don't think this is the same as chili powder, but you can also add chili powder into your solves, and then that helps with pain. So again, excellent source. Wild harvested. And look at the color on that. What else do we got, Johnny?
We had some it looks like finely grained ginger powder. I'm going to smell this and you see. I didn't smell that pepper.
Oh, that smells good. That smells really good. So our herbal journey is just getting started. We also got ourselves some lemongrass powder. I think my number three selling soap is the lemongrass soap with the lemongrass essential oil.
So this is what it looks like in the bag there. I don't know if you can see. I'm hoping.
It's, like, sealed, but you can see the consistency of it. It's a finely drained lemongrass. Let's see, as soon as I opened the bag, I could smell the lemongrass. Now, that might be good in a tea. That might be good in a tea.
And one thing about some herbs, from some places, you never know if it's fresh. The smell is one of the first ways that you can tell if something is fresh for sure. Yummy on the powders. Right, we got two more things in here. Turmeric powder.
We love turmeric for all of its benefits and all of the great things that it does. And I'm also going to be using Turmeric and tea. So we have the tea, of course, we can have the turmeric and orange soap that we made, but then we can also use Turmeric for naturally coloring the soap. So there's a lot of uses of that one. And then last but not least, shut up and keep on talking.
Caroline. We got ourselves some shae oil. Now, we all know about shade. I have never seen shea oil. Never, ever have I seen it.
All right, so I want to actually feel this.
Well, I don't know how that would be processed. I'm going to have to call the owner and say, how in the world do you make shea oil? Because if it was just shea butter melted, it would get solid again. Right. But this isn't solid again.
It's still liquid form. So that's pretty exciting.
You see me keep peeking over here like I'm trying to buy you some time, trying to keep you out that microwave, but you just don't want to do it. It has, like that really not even a soft nutty. It smells like shape.
Put the little lid on it here, I'll show you all the consistency. Look at that.
Melts right into the skin. You might not even need to do anything with that. You could just use that as is. That feels really nice. Laura says, Can I put some on my oatmeal and coconut and the ginger oatmeal?
That would be a good idea.
I like that. So these are the new powders. I think there's more. I think there are more. So we got the coconut powder.
I'll put it on this side there. So we got the coconut powder, the meringue powder. Moringa powder. Not meringue. Meringue and moringa are two different things.
We got moringa powder. We also got the turmeric powder, the ginger powder, pepper powder, the shea oil, which is like, genius. And then we also got the lemongrass powder. So I'm really excited to try some of these and try and come up with some formula. It's always fun to formulate with different ingredients as you get them.
So I'm excited about trying those. I'm going to put this over here, sir. And of course, it's a star because it's misbehaving. Right. You, sir, are going into the microwave.
We're like, almost there. Even the handle isn't even hot. I can touch it here. I'll pull it out so you all can see what was gone.
So that's how much it has melted so far. There's so, so much more that we need for it to do in terms of melting. I'm going to fix that there. I'm going to pop this baby in the microwave. Normally they say 32nd burst.
We're going for three minutes. We're going for a straight 30 minutes to get this thing.
My microwave is on the print too, so it may not make it to it. And I just got some kind of a notification on the YouTube side. All right, so I'll put that on there, and then I'm going to pull our containers over, because what we want to do is be prepared to get them into their containers. So what I did was hopefully that's coming up on the screen. These are the individual lip balm containers that we'll be using.
And they're different colors. Really cute. And then they have a mirror on the inside, and they have this little piece there, and then they close down like that. Now I have to use different ones, because what I just did was put my thinking fingers in there. So I've already sanitized these, so I'm not going to do the same thing.
I'm going to go ahead and turn this off so I don't burn myself. Unknowingly and unplug it. I can't move it because this base is actually pretty hot. Now, this little doohickey here, gladson. What this does is it allows me to get an exact pour into each one of the containers.
Now, what I think I want to do no, that's the right one, because it has two other little spouts on the side. So if you want more to come out at a time or less to come out, there are two additional spouts that you can use to switch them out. This gives me minimal, minimal mess when it comes to trying to get my oils in such a small opening. Can we order from them? Yes, you can go to Barakashaybutter.com.
I'll put a link under the video for you. Tell them live soap. School sent you? You'll get 15% off your order. All right.
That baby is mounted, and now it's too hard to get a punch.
I'm going to use a Target bag so that Max needs to go out.
Max needs to go to the party. That's what that is. So we got to hurry up and wrap this thing up so it's now melted. Guys, I'm using this Target thing so I don't burn my hands. Now we got to get a new bachelor, new gloves.
I waste a lot of gloves. And I was telling another soap maker, she was like, how do you keep account for your cost? Always account for even the gloves and what it is, because you'll start to improve your production time if you're accounting for that kind of stuff. All right, new spatula. Just give her a nice little stir.
Where's my pipette? I said pipette. Where are you?
Ask and ye shall receive. All right, so we're going to give it I want to say 5 ML is what we're adding in here.
That would be three of the apple.
And I am a proponent of making sure a lid goes back on to what you take it off of.
Yeah. Shay oil. Gail. I mean, it makes sense that there would be a shade oil, but we always hear about butter, butter, butter. All right, so now we're going to add just two more of the lemon to this, just to sweeten it up a bit.
You know me. I start there. Let's see what we got.
Not enough. It's not enough.
But you didn't stir it. Yeah, but I should smell something.
One more to apple.
The apple is almost gone, so I guess that's the one I've been using the most.
All right, if that's not enough, in the words of Smokey's Mama, make it enough.
All right, so now that we have that, we're going to go ahead and pour it into our confectionery.
And now it's not too hot to the touch.
And then from there, what we do come over here.
I don't know who was the genius. Look at me. Not me.
That one's kind of crooked.
Oh, it's dripping.
We got a little bit of a drippy situation. Hold on. Now, hopefully you all were able to see as I poured those in, it went really quickly. So I'm going to do this site here.
No, I'm not, because it got too hot.
If that happens, I'm going to put it right on this hot water down here and let it melt back down. So what this will do is that will melt it because these weight started to get hard at the bottom. So let's find one. It's already starting to solidify. And this will just be a nice, cute little lip balm to go into the box.
So the box will have just little things that people can try. It's inexpensive for them, and it's like, oh, I like this, or I don't like that. But that way they're not getting these huge items that they're never going to use. Zakia would love for you to do a bid on all your equipment in your studio. It is time to do that one because I think I have everything kind of squared away.
There's two more pieces of equipment that are coming. I just got a monster of a shower press machine. I will turn the camera for you all to see that over there. This here is actually a shower steamer press. It will allow me to press about five shower steamers at a time, and it'll also put my logo inside of there.
We haven't even talked about upstairs in the office, but I think that would be a really good broadcast to kind of like, just walk you around all of the goodies that we have going on in here. So, yeah, I'd be happy to do that. Did it actually show you? I couldn't see what you all were seeing, but hopefully you were able to see that machine over there. So that's what we have for the herbal lip balm.
The idea is you want to be able to infuse your herbs. First of all, knowing the properties of those herbs and why you're infusing them. Don't get overwhelmed by the terms. It really doesn't take a whole lot. And see, that's another reason why I have kind of held off on doing, like, a studio tour, because it can be overwhelming to see all of that stuff and think you have to get all the things.
When you're making an infusion, the only thing that you need are your oils, your herbs, and a mason jar. I am clean extra, and it's like, oh, well, I got to have an herb press. I got to have this, I got to have that. I got to have a confectionery funnel. You don't necessarily need all of those things.
I just like them because it kind of enhances the process. It kind of makes it feel more like an art form when I'm doing it, instead of just, oh, I'm just mixing this thing up with a particular oil. But, yeah, I will do a complete studio tour. I think that would be fun. Maybe it'll show me some things I can get rid of or why I actually have some stuff.
My favorite part of the soap studio is in this corner over here. It has my still for making hydrosols. It has my crockpots, my KitchenAid, my electro press, which is an individual bath bomb mold, my wax melter for candle making, my electric kettle. So all of the equipment kind of stuff is over there in that corner. And then I have these cabinets.
There's two cabinets that are full of herbs as well as my sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide. And it also has clays and salts down there. I'm kind of giving you a talk through instead of a walk through, but this will help me to plan for when we do the walk through. Behind me is my pride and joy in terms of my books that I've written and then things that I always need when I'm making products. So there would be my spatulas.
A little saying here that says, Be the maker. Not sure if that it does come up on the screen. My gloves. I turn around and get a pair of gloves at least three times per broadcast. I have soap cutters up here.
I have my log splitter. I have a Target bag on the shelf below that. There are pictures for measuring out the live solutions, mixing bowls, and then a ton of regular loaf molds. I have three of those, £30.
You guys have seen me use this. I have three of these 30 pound slab molds, and then I have five. Don't judge me of these seven and a half pound slat mold, which I actually need to be making some soapless right about now. This is a built in cabinet. That is some very old liquid soap.
When we first moved into the soap studio, I made that liquid soap thinking that I was just going to have a bar of liquid soap where people could be going to live streams and tell me, Zakia, mix your tumeric with your ginger or your plane with your you see, I never got very far with it.
It has the one liquid soap in that one. This is our merch, right? So we have our live soap school water bottles. There's a sign here that says, there's no business like soap business. The interesting thing about that is it's NaOH.
That's how it's spelled. 50 points to anyone who knows why that matters or what NaOH is. I don't know how many soap makers I have on here, but NaOH is the chemical symbol for sodium hydroxide. So it's kind of like tongue in cheek. There's no sodium hydroxide business like soap business.
That's what that says. Then these are just some bars of soap that had seized in the pot. I can actually use them, but the condos like art, so I have them up there. Then there's the white saying false. We have all of the colorants that we use.
A ton of fragrances here. Alexa is hanging out a little bit lower. And then over there on that side sorry, I don't know that one. I know, Alexa. My bad.
This is a lie tank for mixing up lie. Right next to that, we have two tanks. One of them holds just palm oil, and the other one is a mixture of coconut oil and olive oil for when I'm master batching my recipes. And so there's a lot of stuff in here that I haven't shown you, like, on that side. But I will do a proper video tour.
It'll be pre recorded, and then I'll load it to YouTube, because if I'm doing it live, I kind of get off track quite a bit very easily. And then we miss all of that. So that's what we have. I will figure out what the DeJesus I did. Oh, now it's working.
It just got little stolen. All right, let me grab paper towel so I can at least finish the ones we have, guys.
So if it ever gets clogged or anything like that, just put it in some hot water so that it can unclog itself and you can finish with your lip balm.
I think I showed you these pencils, but I'm going to fill these pencils as well.
Somebody texted me.
Oh, that's overflowing.
I may have a hot Mess Express in here when I go to take them out.
Oh, shoot.
So as to not waste it.
Let's go get some jars.
These are good lip balm pins as well.
Yes, Gail is a soap maker. Sorry, Gail, I didn't see your answer, but you are correct.
50 golden bubbles for you, my dear.
We don't want water in there. Why don't we want water in there? I would need to dry that tip off beforehand. The reason we don't want water in there is because we don't have a preservative in there. And what would happen is bacteria could start to grow inside of the lip balm.
So when I say we don't want water in there, I didn't want water to drip in there before I started pouring the oil mixture in there. Hi, is that Lara's hair care? Welcome to the stream. I'm Zakia, and if any of you are just joining, touching on the replay, all of that, I'm Zakia of live soap school, where I actually live stream my process of growing a handmade business from my basement to my dining room to now my soap studio that is in the backyard of my house. We've now had this studio for a year.
In August, during the pandemic, we started doing virtual conferences and more digital marketing stuff, so I didn't get a chance to live stream as much with the soap making side of the house. Thank you. It's me, your sister. Hey, Cheryl. Hey, girl.
You already know them guys. That's my sister in love. Hey, Cheryl. All right, so let me get this off. So she already knows all that stuff.
All right, and now what we'll do is we'll go ahead and get our lip balm. So these will be larger lip balm containers, and we got to the last of it.
Now, I don't want to waste this. I'm just going to finish it off.
Now, a lot of you have ordered the herbal bomb. This is not the same as the herbal bomb. This is just a lip balm. Hey, everyone. Thank you.
It's me. Got it. Didn't miss that Facebook. I don't know what's going on over there on that side of the house. Like, it's kind of flashing, so I don't really know what's happening.
So I'm just going to fill the recipe as to not waste it. Now, notice I have not put the lid on anything. The reason I'm not putting the lid on anything is I don't want condensation, because remember, we're putting a very hot mixture in there, and if I put the lid on there, it's going to sweat, which is then going to cause that condensation, which is the water on top of the herbal mixture. And we don't want that. We don't want anything that's going to introduce any kind of bacteria.
And bacteria grows with water. So we want to wait until this is completely cooled before we go ahead and put the lid on it.
Now, if you don't have brand new containers, see how I'm taking this from the manufacturer? Like, out of the packaging, if you ever get packaging. Maybe it was Handmedown, second hand, anything like that. What you want to do is make sure that you sanitize it before you put any kind of products in there that can either be given a bad solution of bleach water, like one part bleach water to four parts water, or douse it with 70% alcohol, not 90%, because 90% or higher, it's not going to stay on there long enough. So give it that 70%.
The water won't allow it to evaporate so quickly and that's something that you can do. So just douse it with the alcohol, wipe it out and then you're good to go. I see two of these that I missed and then we'll go ahead. I don't know. Can you guys see when I pour that and I only pour it to the line on the inside, these are 1oz containers and that line is the marking.
That tells me 1oz. If I go beyond that line, I'm actually giving away quite a bit of product and I got to wrap this thing up. I got to call and get on there at 400.
Got a few more.
That should do it.
And that didn't do it. I think I have about two more.
I saw another one, maybe three. You guys can see on the inside, but on the inside, I can see that there's about that much that's still in there that needs to get forward.
Come on. I got one more, but there is nowhere to fall. This one isn't full.
Do you know how you sometimes don't go enough with some of them?
Yes. Empty. So, number one, thank you all for joining me. And no, I didn't let the dog out, so that's what we need to do immediately because his alarm did go off. But I'm Zakia of Live Soap School.
Thank you for keeping me company. I think it was me. I need to let the dog out. I can't see Gail. Gail was saying the great suggestion of giving you all a tour of the soap studio, which I will do in one of the next three broadcasts.
We will have a tour. I'm Zakia. Thank you all for being here. And now we have our lip balms ready to go for the show. Bye, everybody.
Can I get that one and finish?


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Does dementia damage the nerve cells in the brain?
During dementia, nerve cells in different areas of the brain become damaged and eventually die.
What type of dementia causes the death of brain cells?
Alzheimer's disease – This is the most common cause of dementia. In Alzheimer's disease, an abnormal protein surrounds brain cells and another protein damages their internal structure. In time, chemical connections between brain cells are lost and cells begin to die.
Does dementia cause nerve damage?
Dementia is caused by damage to or loss of nerve cells and their connections in the brain. Depending on the area of the brain that's damaged, dementia can affect people differently and cause different symptoms.
What causes loss of nerve cells in the brain?
Causes – Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in the part of the brain called the substantia nigra.
How does loss of brain tissue cause dementia?
The loss of brain tissue results in a shrunken brain, enlarged ventricles and more space between the folds. Most disorders associated with dementia are progressive, degenerative and irreversible.
When do you lose nerve cells in Parkinson's disease?
The loss of nerve cells is a slow process. The symptoms of Parkinson's disease usually only start to develop when around 80% of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra have been lost. What causes the loss of nerve cells?
What happens to dopamine in the brain when nerve cells die?
If these nerve cells die or become damaged, the amount of dopamine in the brain is reduced. This means the part of the brain controlling movement cannot work as well as normal, causing movements to become slow and abnormal.
What happens to nerve cells in the brain with dementia?
In some types of dementia (such as Alzheimer disease), the level of acetylcholine in the brain is low. Acetylcholine is a chemical messenger (called a neurotransmitter) that helps nerve cells communicate with one another. Acetylcholine helps with memory, learning, and concentration and helps control the functioning of many organs.
What causes the death of neurons in the brain?
Dementia is caused by neurodegeneration – the damage and death of the brain's neurons. Depending on the types of neurons and brain regions affected, the form of dementia differs.
What kind of brain damage causes reversible dementia?
If brain damage is more extensive, treatment often does not reverse the damage, but it can prevent new damage. Conditions that cause reversible dementia include the following: Other infections (such as Lyme disease, viral encephalitis, and the fungal infection cryptococcosis)
What causes a person to have Lewy body dementia?
Dementia is caused by neurodegeneration – the damage and death of the brain's neurons. Depending on the types of neurons and brain regions affected, the form of dementia differs. For instance, frontotemporal dementia mainly affects the frontal and temporal lobes, whereas Lewy body dementia affects part of the frontal lobe and the motor cortex.


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Thugs has stormed the Palace of the Oba of Lagos located at Iga Idugaran, Lagos Island, destroying vehicles and carting away several artifacts.
In a video which has gone viral on the Internet, the thugs are seen making away with the staff of office commonly referred to as 'Opa Ase'.
A resident of Lagos Island said that the thugs who invaded the palace were the same ones who set the family home of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu ablaze.
"When the thugs went to attack Sanwo-Olu's father's home, some of them were shot by the police. This infuriated them and they were able to engage the police in a gun duel and overpower them. The policemen, who are attached to the Adeniji Adele Police Station, quickly made a retreat.
"The angry youths made their way to the Palace of the Oba of Lagos. They claim the king is part of the government. The thugs have only been attacking government institutions," he said.


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Live feed Summer sales 2022: SSD, smartphone, LEGO, the best live offers
The first weekend of the 2022 summer sales has arrived. It's been a crazy week and we think the shops will be full all day. Be smarter and shop online. If you are looking for the best in technology: smartphone, gaming PC, 4K TV, etc., you are in the right place. Even during the weekend, our teams stay on deck and deliver all the best offers on the web up to the minute. Keep the tab of this live open, it would be a shame to miss the last stock of a gold promo!
The summer sales run from 22 June to 19 July 2022. For 4 weeks the promotions will intensify in the stores next to you, but also on all online sales sites.
Recall that sales are structured in a very legal way and are done in a way that traders can sell their shares. Also, this is the only time of year when selling at a loss is legal.
So even during the first week, the best deals are mind blowing. Here are some, selected with love.
- OLED TV: LG 55 C1 goes up to € 879, a price never seen before for the best 4K TV of 2021
- This excellent Xiaomi electric scooter reaches a super tempting price, € 429 from Darty
- The Lenovo Legion 5 gaming PC with RTX 3070, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD for € 1199 instead of € 1658 on Cdiscount
- LEGO: Hogwarts Castle comes in at € 369 instead of € 446
- The iPhone 13 is on sale for € 829 instead of € 909 at SFR
- Cheap smartphone: for the sales, the Xiaomi Redmi 9C reaches 119 €, an aberrant price
- Buy Zelda Skyward Sword on Nintendo Switch for € 29 instead of € 32 on Cdiscount
- Buy the most Zen LEGO: the Bonsai proposed at 34 € instead of 49 € on Amazon
- Buy the WD_Black SN850 SSD for € 160 instead of € 180 and increase the storage space of your PS5 by 1 TB.
- Buy the 27-inch Odyssey G7 for € 472 instead of € 649 on Amazon
Smartphone, SSD … All high technology at the best price thanks to the 2022 summer sales!
Shortage of components, tense global geopolitical situation, health crisis … for many complex reasons that add up to each other, the global situation of the technology market is very particular.
Add to that the fact that technology evolves very quickly and in many different directions, we find ourselves in a world where most people struggle to navigate. And that's normal, if it's not your job, there's enough to get lost in the midst of these long technical names and acronyms.
This is where we come in. At JVTECH, getting to know us is our job. We not only closely monitor technical developments in our environment, but also the different ranges offered by manufacturers and the price curves that accompany them.
One of our ambitions is to make you benefit from this experience. During an important event such as the summer sales, we therefore prepare many articles that help you identify the best offers for each type of product.
The various online sales sites will highlight some products. Sometimes the deal is really great, sometimes it's a call offer that mostly prompts you to fill the cart, and still other times the good deal isn't even one.
In the face of all this confusion, we spend hours every day scrutinizing the price changes of any product that may be of interest according to our fairly broad editorial line (4K TV, PC, gaming, smartphone, etc.). When a really good plan comes up, we introduce it to you.
PS5, Switch and PC gamer: the videogame universe in the spotlight during the sales on JVTECH
As you can imagine, even if JVTECH goes far beyond the simple world of video games, we have not forgotten our origins and we maintain a very special attachment to the videogame universe.
So, whether it's games (Zelda, Horizon …), accessories (screen mounts, controller chargers …), PC components (SSD, graphics cards …) or even consoles, everything related directly or indirectly the game will be followed on our site, and therefore on this direct, during the summer sales 2022.
Right now, component prices are calming down again. If you add a good promotion to this favorable climate, there will certainly be great things to do until July 19th.
Who is participating in the 2022 summer sale operation?
- Discount : we are sure of one thing, the Cdiscount balances are making noise. As part of the top third of French online sites, Cdiscount has it under the hood.
- Shopping street : founder of the French Days and participant in sales every year, Rue du Commerce is a commercial site not to be overlooked and there you can make great transactions!
- Fnac : having an impact on both culture and high-tech, Fnac is a more than essential actor for these summer sales!
- Darty : being one with Fnac since its merger, Darty is an important site not to be overlooked during the sales! In fact, both in appliances and in high-tech, Darty makes a big impact with its offerings!
- Baker : The Boulanger catalog is not just about large appliances. In fact, we find at this leader in the sale of smartphones, PCs, TVs and others that are often offered at a very competitive price.
- E.Leclerc : E.Leclerc is not only known for food, he is also a leading player in high-tech products. And therefore a site not to be missed for these 2022 summer sales.
- Amazon : the leader in online sales is at the forefront of these 2022 summer sales!
The 2022 summer sales: instructions
What is the date of the 2022 summer sales on the internet?
The 2022 summer sales run from Wednesday 22 June and end Tuesday 19 July. The summer sales will therefore allow you to take advantage of numerous reductions, promotions, discounts and reduced prices for 4 weeks.
How much discount can we have during the 2022 summer sales?
Summer sales can offer discounts of up to -70% on certain products and equipment! On average, there are promotions in a range of 20 to 40%. Now is a great time to save money! Plus, if you've got any discount coupons aside, there are ways to make big price cuts on your favorite products during these 2022 summer sales.
Which stores will participate in the 2022 summer sales?
The best known brands participate. Thus, we find Amazon, Discount, Fnac, Darty, Baker, Micromania-Zing, Culture, E.Leclerc, Orange, Red by SFR, Shopping street, SFR, Sound-Video, Zavvi… You will thus have the advantage of choice and you will be able to take advantage of the many promotions and discounts at all these merchants for these 2022 summer sales.


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Zoho Vs Freshbooks
- FreshBooks is our choice as the most effective audit software program for invoicing in 2022.
- It's economically valued, has several invoicing attributes as well as is easy to use, making it optimal for business owners that send a lot of invoices.
- With FreshBooks' automation and modification features, you can send persisting billings as well as approve settlements online.
- This review is for small company owners who want to learn more about FreshBook's bookkeeping software program and also why it's our best choice for invoicing.
It's not easy to find invoicing software application with audit abilities. It's even more challenging to locate excellent invoicing software application and audit performance at an affordable cost. That's what makes FreshBooks such an suitable alternative for local business.
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The Verdict
FreshBooks is our selection as the best small company invoicing software application due to the fact that it is economically priced, simple to make use of, as well as it has a feature-rich system that permits individuals to promptly and quickly send billings and accept repayments.
Budget-friendly pricing100/100
Free trial100/100
Durable integrations50/100
Invoicing as well as expense pay100/100
Mobile app100/100
Editor's score90/100
Accounting software application must permit you to track the condition of invoices so you understand when customers obtained their expenses and when their balances schedule, as well as it needs to also assist in on-line invoice repayments so clients can pay you straight from the invoice. In our evaluation of accounting software, we tried to find applications with invoice-related timesaving attributes, such as repeating billings, the option to send out billings from a mobile application, and also the ability to track billable time and also expenditures and also include them to billings.
After much research and analysis, we recommend FreshBooks as the best invoicing software for 2021.
FreshBooks provides several pricing strategies that are based upon the number of energetic clients you're collaborating with and the included attributes. The firm uses a 30-day totally free test so you can completely test the software program before deciding if it's right for your business.
FreshBooks has a number of prices plans to pick from. At the time of this testimonial, Freshbooks was running a 50% discount promotion.
Source: FreshBooks
Presently, FreshBooks is slashing its prices by 60% for six months. Here are details on the strategies as well as costs for FreshBooks reflecting the discount:
- The Lite strategy is $15 each month, which allows you to bill up to 5 customers. You can get in touch with your savings account, accept billing payments, track your time as well as access the mobile app. There's no cap on the number of estimates as well as billings you can create.
- You can send out repeating invoices, automated settlement suggestions as well as cost late costs. Cooperation with your accountant on FreshBooks is free with this plan.
- The Premium strategy is $55 each month, and also you can bill as much as 500 customers. This strategy includes whatever in the Plus strategy, and it has actually boosted monitoring and reporting attributes.
- The Select strategy is a personalized plan intended for organizations that bill greater than $150,000 every year or have greater than 500 clients. Pricing is custom for this strategy. You will certainly require to call Freshbooks for a estimate.
Freshbooks add-ons
- Each added customer you contribute to your account sets you back $10 per month. Individuals consist of organization staff members, companions as well as specialists . There's no extra price to add your accountant, though.
- FreshBooks Payments expenses 2.9%, plus 30 cents per transaction. With this service, you can accept on-line billing repayments. You can also approve repayments utilizing Stripe.
- The Advanced Payments add-on expenses $20 per month, plus 3.5% and 30 cents per transaction. This bank card handling solution includes a digital terminal, so you can accept settlements over the phone and also in person. It also has a feature that allows your clients to license recurring payments.
There's no added cost to make use of the FreshBooks mobile application, though you need to sign up for among the paid plans pointed out above to utilize it.
Key takeawayKey takeaway: FreshBooks offers several rates plans. Strategies start at $15 per month, they sustain 5 active customers and also range in rate approximately $55 per month. Freshbooks used a 50% discount rate at the time of our testimonial.
The consensus was that it must save time when we asked tiny organization owners what they desired most from their accounting software. Right here are some FreshBooks functions that help you achieve your bookkeeping tasks much faster.
FreshBooks assists you develop, send out as well as manage billings efficiently. Creating billings is easy with FreshBooks The invoice display shows you exactly just how your papers will appear when you send them, so you do not need to click a sneak peek button to make sure they look right. You click the suitable fields to include brand-new consumers, product and services , terms, descriptions, and notes — you do not need to create them on a different display and after that add them to an billing. You drag and also drop them into location if you want to reposition lines on an billing.
FreshBooks makes it easy to format invoices.
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Below are extra invoicing timesavers:
- You can personalize invoices as well as other papers to match your branding by adding your logo design or a image and transforming the font style, accent, and also design template color.
- Transforming proposals as well as estimates to billings can be performed in two clicks as opposed to creating brand-new billings from the ground up. The software program additionally permits you to replicate a past invoice and also tweak the details, which may be much faster than developing a new billing.
- Adding a discount rate, deposit request or payment schedule additionally takes simply a couple of clicks.
- You can schedule FreshBooks to immediately send out persisting billings and payment suggestions; you can likewise set it to add late charges to past-due invoices either as a percentage or flat fee.
- After your billings are sent out, you can see when customers watched them, so you don't ask yourself whether the invoice was received or obtained lost in a spam folder.
- When you're away from the office, you can make use of FreshBooks' mobile application to send out billings.
- FreshBooks supports numerous languages and currencies, which is a beneficial, convenient feature if you have global customers.
Faster Payments
When you established FreshBooks Payments or connect your Stripe account as well as send billings to clients electronically, you can approve charge card payments through the system, permitting your clients to pay online by clicking a settlement button on the invoice. Each billing documents how much your client paid and whether there are any type of superior equilibriums, so you do not need to by hand track this information.
Mobile App
Available for both iOS and Android gadgets, FreshBooks' app includes almost all of the functions discovered on the browser variation of its software application. You can track billable time, take images of receipts as well as document expenditures, develop and also send billings, conversation with clients, as well as approve payments.
Expense Tracking
Using the application, you can photo receipts and log them as expenditures. You can then categorize them, connect them to transactions imported from your bank account or bank card, as well as note them as billable so you can add them to billings. Expenses can be affixed to jobs or clients so you can see what you're investing, assisting you stay on budget plan.
Task Management and Time Tracking
FreshBooks can act as the hub for your jobs. After welcoming factors, staff members, as well as clients to projects, you can share data and notes as well as established due dates. Your contributors and workers can track their time, enabling you to conveniently keep an eye on the hours invested in a task. You can additionally bill customers for hrs tracked and also expenditures incurred on their tasks.
FreshBooks automates the proposition process, making it possible for local business owner to bid and also track proposals in one place.
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Nearly 80 assimilations and applications are readily available for FreshBooks, permitting you to include functions or link FreshBooks with various other service programs you currently utilize for analytics, organizing, advertising, tax help and also more.
Customer Roles
You appoint them a duty that establishes what functions they can accessibility when you add individuals to your account. Service companions can do every little thing except add or remove applications and also integrations . Accounting professionals can access your dashboard, billings, reports as well as costs . Staff members can access projects, track their time and additional costs. Specialists are a little various because they have their own account. With their account, contractors can only see the tasks you've welcomed them to and also track their time against those jobs.
Did you know?Did you recognize? FreshBooks stands apart because of its durable invoicing capacities, but that's not the only factor it's our finest pick. You can track invoices, tasks, and expenditures ; run records; and also access greater than 80 assimilations. Its mobile app lets you produce as well as send out billings when you're on the go.
FreshBooks Pros
FreshBooks is a straightforward and user-friendly cloud-based accounting application that's easily accessible across all your gadgets. It's simple to create invoices, sight invoice settlements and also deal with all your common tasks.
FreshBooks offers fantastic capability, which is a big plus for service-based organizations invoicing customers. Company owner intend to focus on running their service; they do not intend to spend hours resolving troubles with their accountancy software application. A basic, straightforward system from FreshBooks makes this feasible for business owners and also local business owners that consistently send invoices.
Secret takeawayKey takeaway: FreshBooks stands out because it's easy to use and is very intuitive. You can swiftly and also easily create and also send out invoices, automate bookkeeping processes, and also lower for how long it takes to make money.
FreshBooks Cons
FreshBooks offers the ideal invoicing functions for small businesses, it isn't without its drawbacks. As an example, it lacks supplier, stock management and also purchase-ordering features, so it isn't well fit for businesses with inventory. Rather, it's developed for service- or project-based companies as well as consists of time-tracking and also project monitoring tools.
An additional disadvantage of the application is that you can not take care of or view records employee from the application. While you might utilize the internet browser on your phone or tablet to access your FreshBooks account to do this, it's inconvenient if you're on the go.
TipTip: FreshBooks isn't well fit for small companies that bring an stock or that need purchase order functions. You can't watch reports from the mobile application; rather, you'll need to use the web browser on your mobile phone or tablet to run reports.
Consumer Support
FreshBooks provides customer assistance by phone as well as email; there's additionally an in-program real-time conversation. Assistance isn't offered 24/7, yet it has extended weekday hours: Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET. There are likewise sources to reveal you exactly how to utilize the software application if customer assistance isn't readily available.
The company's internet site is detailed as well as response to fundamental inquiries can be quickly discovered. Along with FAQs, you can find a searchable knowledgebase, a cost-free webinar, a blog site with valuable bookkeeping and organization pointers, and totally free e-books.
Secret takeawayKey takeaway: FreshBooks gives customers support by means of phone, email as well as live conversation. It additionally has a searchable knowledgebase as well as online tips and assistance.
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The Verdict
FreshBooks is our option as the very best local business invoicing software application because it is cost effectively priced, easy to use, and also it has a feature-rich system that allows customers to promptly and also quickly send out billings and also accept settlements.
You can attach with your bank account, approve billing payments, track your time as well as accessibility the mobile app. You can send out persisting billings, computerized settlement tips and charge late fees. With this service, you can approve online invoice payments. FreshBooks assists you develop, send and take care of billings efficiently. A simple, simple system from FreshBooks makes this feasible for entrepreneurs as well as tiny company owners who regularly send out invoices.


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Keep your vehicle on the straight and narrow, and head to Firestone Complete Auto Care for your 1996 Suzuki Sidekick wheel alignment. Schedule your alignment online now.
An alignment involves making adjustments to your Suzuki Sidekick's suspension system, which serves to attach your wheels to your vehicle. In an alignment service, calculated changes are made to the angles of your tires. This is so that your tires hit the road at an optimal angle for your vehicle's performance — just as Suzuki intended. When the system is aligned to Suzuki specifications, all of your tires experience equal pressure. As a result, you get several benefits: your car handles better, the treads on your tires can wear more evenly, and there's less strain put on your car's suspension system. Before we adjust the alignment of your 1996 Suzuki Sidekick, we'll start by checking the current alignment angles. Then, we'll adjust the angles as needed until they match recommended measurements from Suzuki. Plus, we'll check to make sure your tire pressure is at an optimal level.
It's wise to have your Suzuki Sidekick alignment checked (and corrected as needed) roughly every 6,000 miles. Even one misaligned wheel can wreak havoc on your fuel efficiency, and could lead to premature wear and tear on your vehicle if left unaddressed. You may need to have your alignment checked if you notice any of these signs while driving your 1996 Suzuki Sidekick: a feeling that your car pulls to one side, rapid or uneven wear on one or more tires, a steering wheel that feels off center or crooked while driving straight ahead, or noticeable squealing noises from your tires. Unfortunately, you won't see any warning lights on your Sidekick dashboard if your wheel alignment is off.
Let's talk numbers: Suzuki Sidekick wheel alignment might be more budget-friendly than you think. In the long run, it could actually help you save money. Properly aligned wheels may help increase fuel efficiency and tire lifespan, so you can fill up less often, plus get more miles out of your tires. Regular wheel alignment checks and adjustments could also cut down on future auto repairs. Call your local Firestone Complete Auto Care for an accurate 1996 Suzuki Sidekick wheel alignment estimate.
Your Suzuki Sidekick runs best when it's well cared for. Keep your car running newer, longer with repairs from Firestone Complete Auto Care. Learn more about 1996 Suzuki Sidekick repairs below.


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In the summer of 1994, the owners of NaturVet adopted a white Labrador Retriever named Winston, who was diagnosed with arthritis and hip dysplasia. And while the vets said Winston couldn't be helped, they knew giving up on Winston was never an option. So with that, they began researching alternative medicines with the help of a holistic doctor.
In just a few months, they developed a natural joint formula that allowed Winston to enjoy 10 happy years of swimming and playing with his brothers. And since they knew there were many more pets like Winston who could benefit from natural pet supplements, NaturVet was born.
They have spent over 20 years making natural products that give pets a superior quality of life, and they are FDA-regulated, and they also get audited by a third party to ensure the utmost safety and quality. Their labels carry the National Animal Supplement Council Seal, which proudly offers a symbol of quality assurance. At NaturVet, the idea is to address the cause, and not the symptom, and it's all for the health of pets.
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Beenie Gunter ft DJ Chris 'Kabaka': New Music Uganda
9 August 2021
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Ugandan dancehall artist Beenie Gunter has dropped a new jam dubbed 'Kabaka' featuring DJ Chris.
In 'Kabaka' (loosely translated from Luganda to mean 'The King'), Beenie Gunter crowns himself Uganda's dancehall king amidst stiff competition. However much he is the leader, he maintains that he also got a chance to learn.
Read Also: Beenie Gunter Reveals Plans to Drop an Album in 2021
The audio was produced by fast-rising music producer and songwriter Boris Kintu, while the lyrical video was edited by Jamaican videographer Chiney from Chiney Movement studios.
The lyric video gives fans gives fans an opportunity to sing along to the hardcore patois in the jam.
Despite receiving criticism for singing in Patois yet he is a Ugandan native, Beenie Gunter argues that singing in Patois is part of diversity and trying something new to spice up his game.
Signed under Talent Africa Music Group, the Guntalk City boss earlier this year announced that he'll be dropping an album before 2021 ends.
Gunter further noted that he has also lined up several collaborations featuring international artists.
Read Also: Beenie Gunter Sues Former Manager Over Social Media Logins
So far, he is flying high with his singles that include; Trust Mi, Ride Pon It ft. DJ Ali Breezy among others.


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Christopher Cotton Pleated Linen Shorts - Warm Grey
The Christopher short is a pleated style, constructed from a textured cotton/linen cloth. They sit slightly higher on the waist and finish just above the knee with a wider leg. Finished with back flap pockets and French bearer fly.
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U.S. properly being regulators on Friday lifted a suggested pause on the use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, giving narrate and local officials backing to distribute the doses, which can perhaps be viewed as serious in getting lifesaving photographs to arduous-to-attain communities.
The announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration comes after the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, is referred to as ACIP, suggested earlier Friday for the continued use of the J&J vaccine, asserting the advantages of the shot outweighed the threat. The committee is an out of doors panel of consultants that advises the CDC.
Members of the advisory panel didn't point out U.S. regulators limit the use of the J&J vaccine basically based on age or gender, but they did point out that the Food and Drug Administration consider including a warning imprint for females beneath the age of 50.
In a assertion late Friday, the FDA and CDC said they were confident that the vaccine is safe and efficient in combating Covid-19, including the threat of the blood clots is "very low."
"Security is our top priority," Performing FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in a assertion. "This pause was an example of our intensive safety monitoring working as they were designed to work—identifying even these puny number of situations."
"Now we possess lifted the pause basically based on the FDA and CDC's evaluate of all available information and in consultation with clinical examiners and basically based on recommendations from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices," Woodcock said. "Now we possess concluded that the known and capability advantages of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine outweigh its known and capability dangers in individuals 18 years of age and older."
In the route of a press conference on the announcement, Woodcock said properly being-care providers will possess to still evaluate revised reality sheets from the FDA about the vaccine, which contains puny print about uncommon blood clots. Other folks that possess questions about the vaccine will possess to still recount to a properly being-care provider, she said.
J&J's Covid-19 vaccine, care for Pfizer's and Moderna's photographs, obtained an emergency use authorization from the FDA to originate distributing the doses across the U.S. An EUA grants conditional clearance basically based on two months of safety information, pending one other submission for plump approval, which veritably requires a minimal of six months of information.
On April 13, the FDA and CDC requested states to temporarily quit the use of J&J's vaccine "out of an abundance of caution" following studies that six females, ages 18 to 48, developed cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in combination with low blood platelets. CVST occurs when a blood clot forms in the mind's venous sinuses. It will prevent blood from draining out of the mind and may perhaps well finally cause a hemorrhage and other mind wound.
Within hours of the warning from U.S. regulators, greater than a dozen states, along with some national pharmacies, halted inoculations with J&J's vaccine. Some locations replaced the J&J photographs for scheduled appointments with either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.
The U.S. govt was anticipated to purchase the suggested pause rapidly after the favorable vote from the committee.
Prior to Friday's vote, the committee debated whether or now not to point out in opposition to the use of J&J's vaccine or endorse it with U.S. regulators enforcing a warning imprint. The committee also considered limiting the vaccine's use basically based on age or other threat factors.
In the route of the assembly, CDC official Dr. Tom Shimabukuro said there had been no studies of the condition in these that obtained the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine. There had been three studies of CVST in patients who obtained the Moderna vaccine, he said, despite the incontrovertible reality that the patients didn't possess the low level of blood platelets viewed in the J&J recipients.
Blood platelets assist the physique form clots to heal wounds. U.S. properly being officials warned the use of a therapy care for blood thinner heparin on these with low blood platelets may perhaps well perform their condition worse.
Rare blood clots with low platelets are occurring at a payment of 7 per 1 million vaccinations in females ages 18 to 49 for the J&J shot and zero.9 per 1 million in females age 50 and older, in accordance to a trot presented on the CDC panel assembly. CDC has confirmed 15 situations total of uncommon blood clot conditions, which contains 12 females who developed blood clots in the mind. Three females died and 7 remained hospitalized, in accordance to the presentation.
There are no confirmed situations in men, despite the incontrovertible reality that officials possess said they are reviewing capability additional situations.
Dr. Michael Streiff, a hematologist at Johns Hopkins University Faculty of Remedy, said the condition, in customary situations, is extraordinarily uncommon. "I'm able to repeat you from my trip, treating these patients, I've genuine never viewed it," he told the committee in the course of a presentation Friday.
Earlier this week, J&J said it would resume the rollout of its vaccine in Europe after regulators there backed the only-shot vaccine with the recommendation that a warning be added to the imprint. The European Medicines Company researched all available evidence, it said, including the studies from the US.
U.S. lifts pause on use of Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine, clearing way for states to use doses