When Do Meteor Showers Happen?
Meteors are also known as ‘shooting stars’ and have quite a few myths and legends associated with them. Meteor showers happen when dozens of bits of rock or dust collide with the Earth’s atmosphere. Usually, these bits are as small as a grain of sand. A few can be as large as a pea. When they collide, they heat up gas particles and leave a glowing trail.
Meteor showers are less visible when the moon is bright. Areas that aren’t full of city lights are ideal for viewing meteor showers.
There are many different kinds of meteors. The meteors which experienced watchers look for with the most anticipation are called ‘earth grazers’. These meteors skim the earth’s atmosphere in a manner similar to that of a stone skipping across water. They are slow and colorful and put on a longer show than the others.
Meteor showers which are regularly anticipated are the Leonid meteor shower, the Perseid Meteor Shower and the Geminid meteor shower.
The Leonid meteor shower happens every year and this year the best seats for viewing the show were in Asia, where as many as 200 to 300 meteors were expected to fall every hour. The Leonids are made when the earth plows into the debris left by the comet Tempel-Tuttle. All Leonids can be traced back to a hub in the constellation Leo.
The meteor shower was expected to peak on Tuesday, November 17th.
The Perseid meteor shower happens every year. These meteors seem to come from the constellation that is known as Perseus. The Perseid meteor shower radiates from a hub on the constellation known as Perseus. The meteor showers happen in August, while the earth is passing through the debris shed by the comet Swift-Tuttle. This year, the brightest Perseid shower occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. That night, as many as 80 meteors per hour, were seen streaking across the sky.
The Geminid meteor shower started on December 6th and is expected to end on the 18th. It is said to be one of the best meteor showers of the year and appears to radiate from the constellation Gemini.
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Bridal Showers of Yesteryear-Did They Get It Right?
After reading a book about showers published in 1948, I found myself thinking how simple and practical things were once. They prepared for a shower for a new bride easily without elaborate planning.
The invitations were not very exciting but usually consisted of a correspondence card that you sent notes on with a magazine picture pasted to the front. The decorations were mostly the same one or two items fastened to walls and a centerpiece for the table. Favors and centerpieces sometimes were quite simply made, but very cute.
The party menu consisted of 3 -4 items that were not considered fancy, but special as opposed to the everyday menu. The ingenuity in food sometimes lifted it from the doldrums, but it still was not the feast that most prepare for parties in today’s world. The food was good, but not fancy and not overly expensive. A time of entertainment was more about honoring the guest of honor, company and games than food.
It seems in those days a young girl getting married might have several showers, so a general shower, rarely was planned. Each kind of shower had its specific gifts to bring and often its own set of games or activities. For example a bride to be could have a kitchen shower where she would receive the types of gifts you would use in the kitchen. Items for cooking or serving and all the million and one utensils and cooking items considered necessary at a time when women still cooked most meals There could be a linen shower where the gifts would be towels, sheets and table linens( because they had several sets depending on what time of day and what occasion). There were showers for gardening where the bride to be could expect to receive gardening tools, gloves, seeds, plants, and little practical items. The Travel Shower saw that the honeymooner items like sunglasses, jewelry cases, lingerie bags, toiletries and suitcases possibly. There were dozens of kind of showers so that each friend could give the girl a party. It seemed like a very smart idea.
The practical hostess may discuss what each person would bring in order to avoid duplications. The guest would bring fairly small gifts by today’s standards and several guests would ‘club together’ as the book said in order to buy something more expensive.
The party atmosphere was kept up without the expense and fuss most of us go to today. Presenting the gifts in clever ways such as hooking one end of streamers to each gift and have the gifts scattered about the house. The bride would be given the streamer and told to follow it. She would follow each one till she gathered it all together to open. Sometimes there were clues and it was more a mystery. Small gifts may be hung on a tree at a garden shower or a laundry shower might have gifts presented in a new hamper. Often lots of little gifts were piled into a large basket for presentation. I’ve seen gift streamers from a large umbrella or a total game made out of finding gifts just by playing ‘hot or cold.’
They seemed to love games. It was a very down to earth affair with good clean fun and great conversation. The games were sometimes silly, often they just played bridge and sometimes the girl or couple was involved in some silly antics as part of the entertainment.
The showers sound very nice and hostesses kept in mind that you could invite more friends if the menu were simple and cost kept down. There must have been tons of opportunities to go to showers and every newly engaged or about to have a baby woman was feted greatly. Sounds to me like our ancestors had some swell ideas.
Tags: Bridal, Right, showers, They, YesteryearDid
The Body Shop Strawberry Shower Gel Review
I have not shopped in the Body Shop for years and since my favourite brand of bath foams have not bought out any new ones recently I decided to give them a go. The first one I chose was the Strawberry Shower gel. I had to get the shower gel as they did not have this in the bath foam as I wished but I have on many occasions before used shower gel as bath foam and it has worked fine.
~~PACKAGING~~
The gel comes in a clear plastic bottle which shows off the red liquid inside. The front of the bottle has the Body Shop logo and the product name on and at the bottom of the label is a small picture of some strawberries. On the back of the bottle we have a label containing all of the product ingredients and the directions for use.
The lid is plastic and is a simple flip design, it can be unscrewed if you wish but the flip lid works perfectly fine and the liquid s easy to get out.
~~USE AND RESULTS~~
I am not a fan of showers but for the purpose of this review I decided to use this as a shower gel first. I found it worked well and was simple to use. The gel just needs to be massaged into the skin either with the hand or on a flannel and it can be used all over the body. The results I got when I came out of t he shower were good and my skin was left feeling soft and moisturised. I was also able to smell the gel on me for a good few hours after using it.
The scent is of strawberries and it is lovely. You can smell the scent from the moment you open the bottle and it only intensifies when the gel is being used. I found that I could smell it on my skin for a good few hours after showering in it. When I used this as a bath foam I noticed how the smell wafted around the whole of the upstairs of my hose and was great. The smell lasted for the whole duration of my bath, usually around 15 minutes. I was able to smell this on my skin after bathing in it but not as strong as when used as a shower gel.
When this is used as a bath foam it makes a good lather. The liquid just needs to be poured under a running tap and it immediately starts to make the lather and bubbles. They lather lasted for a good amount of time and was nice and light. When I washed my hair in the bath the lather did not go as it does with some bath foams. The results on my skin after bathing in this were lovely and I felt very soft and moisturised. My skin felt clean and I was left with a comforting feeling as I could faintly smell the strawberries.
The gel has not had any negative effects on my skin, and I have asked hubby to try this and it has not affected his sensitive skin, he was not overly keen on the scent left on him after though.
~~INFO~~
The shower gel comes in a bottle size of 60ml which is good for a trial as if like me you have never used this before and you get roughly 7 showers or 5 baths from this size. It can be bought in a larger sized bottle.
The product ingredients for those wishing to know are:-
Aqua (Water) (Solvent/Diluent), Sodium Laureth Sulfate (Surfactant), Glycerin (Humectant), Cocamidopropyl Betaine (Surfactant), Cocamide DEA (Surfactant), Coco-Glucoside (Surfactant), PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil (Emulsifier), Parfum (Fragrance), Phenoxyethanol (Preservative), Glycine soja (Soybean Oil) (Emollient/Skin Conditioner), Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Citric Acid (pH Adjuster), Fragaria vesca (Strawberry Juice) (Natural Additive), PEG-55 Propylene Glycol Oleate (Surfactant), Propylene Glycol (Humectant), Benzophenone-4 (Sunscreen), Disodium EDTA (Chelating Agent), Limonene (Fragrance Ingredient), Cinnamal (Fragrance Ingredient), Linalool (Fragrance Ingredient), Citral (Fragrance Ingredient), CI 17200 (Colour), CI 14700 (Colour
The shelf life of the gel is 12months once it has been opened. The packaging is 100% recyclable.
This product has been produced without animal testing.
~~PRICE AND AVAILABILITY~~
This is only available to buy from the Body Shop, you can buy this from their online store as well as the high street shops. The small bottle which I have is priced at £2.50 which is quite steep for such a small bottle but it is currently on offer on line for £1.75 which I feel is more reasonable.
~~RECOMMENDED?~~
Yes, I am happy to recommend this shower gel as it smells wonderful, leaves skin feeling clean, moisturised and smelling wonderful. It doubles up as a bath foam which is a bonus for me. I am definitely going to be buying the larger sized on when next in town. The full 5 stars from me.
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Tags: Body, Review, Shop, Shower, Strawberry
Bathroom showers business
If you are buying a new home, or your home is under construction or you are planning some changes to your existing bathroom then we have some ideas for you. Also if you want to know about bathroom showers business then too you will find this article helpful. People want their bathrooms to be as elegant and functional as any other part of their house. Admittedly you will not spend more than 30 to 60 minutes inside your bathroom even on days when you are free. Still the bathroom is a private place where you enjoy a good bath.
Some people still uses bathtubs for their showers but lot may people are now replacing their bathtubs for walk-in showers. There are bathroom stores that stock shower panels with an array of functions from giving you steam baths and have pores in the panels which will throw water on your body at high speeds to give you the feel of a water massage treatment. The great thing about these bathroom shower panels is that they are all in one ready to install units. That means you do not have to do a complete overhaul of your bathroom. The functional bathroom shower panel will be installed right where your existing shower is fitted.
Apart from the multi-functional shower panel you can also have the roman shower screen and that’s one of the best shower accessories that you will find in the market. The roman shower screen is the usual over bath shower so you basically just stand underneath such a shower and get a complete body wash. Another accessory for your bathroom shower area is a shower enclosure or a proper shower curtain. If you bathroom is a small one or a large one in both cases a shower enclosure helps the shower water remain within the enclosure thus aiding maintaining a clean bathroom
Now if you are looking to start a bathroom shower’s business you can see that there are various bathroom shower accessories that are needed to run such a business. People keep shopping for bathroom shower gears and accessories. Top of the shopping list for bathroom showers and shower accessories is a shower panel, shower tray, shower enclosure, shower door, shower grabs etc. Many companies around the world make bathroom shower gears and accessories and Kohler is amongst the well-known bathroom shower brands.
A bathroom shower trading business is often seen as a successful business model. What is really good about a trading business is that it is your own business and you can source products from anywhere and sell them to your buyers. Certainly quality products and the right price coupled with a reasonable margin for your business partners is an important aspect of a trading business. Products from places such as China and India are of good quality with product prices being reasonable. But if you are looking for high-end bathroom showers then countries such as Germany and Sweden are know to be makers of high quality products.
If you think that you would be more successful if you can have a dealership of a successful bathroom showers brand then you can always approach the company with a business model and tell them that you are interested is selling their products. With such a business model you have a couple of option on the kind of business model you would prefer. You can choose to become a vendor for the company and distribute their products to the various bathroom shower stores and other retailers. The company usually gives you a list as to the number of bathroom shower stores and retailers you will supply goods to and your area of operation. Or you can open your own exclusive bathroom showers store and sell that brand exclusively.
When homeowners are renovating and building a new bathroom for their home they will go shopping for various bathroom material ranging from bathroom sink, bathroom titles, water geyser, taps, and of course bathroom showers. This is where you get your bathroom showers business from. Amongst the high-end shower accessories that people do shopping for is the DTV or digital showering which is basically a system where you can control the shower panel electronically. It will also have a waterproof radio installed within the shower panel and you can listen to music right while having a bath. This technology is a couple of years old only and its been catching with home buyers and owners in a huge way.
If you are one of those who would like to use the internet to spread your bathroom showers business then that’s the right way to go about it. Create your own website and you can sell all your bathroom shower products. If you do not have knowledge about web development and design then hire someone who can do that for you. Add pictures of your products and some text explaining the functionality of those products. Add a shopping cart to your website so if someone wants to buy that product right from your website he/she can do that.
Initially business might not be brisk because people are not aware of your products and website. For that you would need to use internet marketing methods for your website to gain popularity. As the housing market grows and expands all over the world the demand for bathroom shower gears and accessories should remain steady therefore the a bathroom showers business is one where growth and business opportunity will remain good.
