I like mixing things.
Does this mean I should have been a bar-tender? A chemist? A sound technician?
– Nah. I think I just inherited Clara’s mixing habits, foremost among them the mixing of lemon squash with raspberry squash, producing pink lemonade.
Only this morning, after my shower, still wrapped in a big towel, I looked critically at the two unfinished bottles of body oil — Neutrogena’s Norwegian Formula and Garnier’s Ultimate Beauty Oil — and said: “The time has come for you two to merge, my friends.” I carefully poured most of the light sesame stuff into the darker Argan-Macadamia-Almond-Rose stuff, shook it up (mixed, not stirred), and let things rest. Mind you, the Neutrogena oil had already undergone a mixing session a few weeks earlier, when I got tired of its mild yet distinctive scent, decided it needed a bit of oomph, and added to it a powerful few drops of vanilla essential oil.
I find the end result quite pleasing.
In a similar way, I ‘ve been known to mix my shampoos, hair conditioners, and body lotions. I decided that my current body lotion, by Laline, had too strong a coconut note to it. So first I added my fail-proof sensitive skin product, Aderma Exomega. But not only did it fail to overcome the coconut, it was too thick for the bottle’s pump to handle. Quick, Dove go fresh to the rescue! The concoction works beautifully.
In the kitchen, however, I’m more careful about what I mix. The pink lemonade has become a classic in our family. But other than that, I usually restrict my mixtures to stuff that I eat, as opposed to ingredients meant for the whole family plus possible dinner guests. I might enjoy my plain yogurt mixed with apple sauce or fruit yogurt, but that’s my personal preference which I wouldn’t inflict on anyone else. I might think nothing of stirring together two different types of soy sauce plus a dash of BBQ sauce, a spritz of dry wine and a generous dash of brandy, but — oh wait, that’s just what I put into the marinade the other day. Plus orange marmalade, sliced lemon, garlic and ginger.
Told you. Mixing is fun.
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