Chocolate Ice Cream

What I really like about this recipe is that there's no need for an ice cream maker.  Not only that but there's only three ingredients!  I made a double batch which amounts to one on those 1/2 gallon tubs you can buy from the store.  Now, the ice cream itself is exceedingly chocolaty and the texture is a bit more like frosting than the ice cream I normally eat.  I'm not entirely sure if that is because of the lack of artificial stuff or the recipe itself.  That said, it was a big hit with my family.

You can find it here...

Ingredients:

• Cocoa Powder....7 tbsp
• Sweetened  Condensed Milk....1/2 cup and 2 tbsp
• Heavy Wipping Cream....1 cup

Hair Mask Update

I've been wanting to update you on my most recent experimental mask and now is a good a time as any.  This time I completely made up my own instead of someone else's recipe.

Notes: I didn't measure out the ingredients at the time, so they could differ and depending on your hair you may want to make some of your own changes.  I left this in for about 40 minutes but had planned one to two hours.  It worked how I wanted but I feel an extra hour or two wouldn't have hurt.  This is a "hot oil" treatment so it works best warmed up in the microwave.

Coconut oil... 1 tbsp.
Coconut milk... 2 tbsp.
Olive oil... 2 1/2-3 tbsp.
Honey... 1tbsp.
Lemon extract or lemon juice... a few drops to 1/2-1 teaspoon
Vegetable shortening... 1 tbsp.
Cinnamon... 1-2 teaspoon

PROS

• Smells delicious
• Soft silky hair
• Lasts longer than just a hot oil treatments (with out adding other stuff)

CONS

• I used too much shortening and it was hard to shampoo out
• Created a weighted down look on the bottom half of my hair, strangely not the top though, I suspect this could easily be fixed by adding less shortening next time