What is a shampoo bar?

We’ve all used liquid shampoo that is typically manufactured by large companies, which remove all the goodness, and replace it with cheap alternatives. Shampoo bars, on the other hand, are made from 100% natural ingredients that cleanse and moisturise your naturally curly tresses the way Mother Nature planned it!

Shampoo bars do not contain any of those nasties that the big manufacturers add. Therefore, when you buy a bar of shampoo, it is guaranteed that no harsh chemicals will encounter your hair, potentially damaging it. This means that there are:

 

No artificial perfumes – promising a natural essence
No Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS), an unnatural chemical designed to remove grease
No Sodium Laureth Sulphate (SLES), which can potentially cause skin irritation
No Phthalate, which is basically a plastic softener
No artificial colours, so the colour you see is the natural colour created when mixing ingredients together
No Sodium Polyacrylate, which is used in products to absorb water
No added Vegetable Glycerine, a sophisticated complex that draws moisture in
No animal products, meaning that shampoo bars are completely Vegan friendly
No Petroleum based Detergents that could harm the environment
No alcohol, which is not good for your hair
No urea, Formaldehyde, or DEA which can all be quite toxic
No Silicones, which weigh your hair down

What a Pa-Lather!

When trying to explain the goodness and pros of shampoo bars, many people worry that a bar won’t lather up the same way as a liquid shampoo. This is only partially true, shampoo bars do lather, but whilst liquid shampoo’s lather up due to the unnatural, harsh synthetics, that are added during manufacture, shampoo bars lather up due to a natural form of glycerine that exists naturally in its ingredients.

Large companies remove the natural glycerine, and replace it with a much cheaper alternative, which creates the lather you are used to. These added synthetics are most commonly:

 

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS)
Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES)
Cocobetaine and/or Propylene Glycol

None of these products is necessary at all, as the natural ingredients would produce the lather all the same. Fatty acids are the reason that shampoo bars are able to lather, which created during the saponifying process between the fatty acids and the natural butters and oils. Fatty acids consist of:

 

Lauric
Linoleic
Linolenic
Myristic
Oleic
Palmitic
Ricinoleic
Stearic

Each of these contributes to the lather process in a very way, if a large amount of each is present:

 

Palmitic, Stearic and Ricinoleic, all contribute to creating the soft and creamy bubble-action lather
Lauric & Myristic, both create a cleansing and rich bubble-action lather
Ricinoleic, Oleic, Linoleic and Linolenic contributes to the shampoo bar’s conditioning qualities
Lauric, Myristic, Palmitic, Stearic, all contributes to the hard consistency of the bar

Strip Show

Another common worry is that shampoo bars will strip your hair of all those essential oils that your naturally curly hair so desperately needs, in order to keep its elasticity, shine and gorgeous bounce. However, this is not the case.

Bars of shampoo (or even soap) are made up of molecules that essentially, are carbon atoms. Carbon atoms are created when you mix the soap with water. These atoms have two ends: the first draws water towards it, creating the lather-effect mentioned before. The other attracts oil, which you want to get rid of. When rinsing the product out of your hair, the oily end detaches and is removed from your hair, whilst the precious water-based added remains, giving your hair that much needed moisture.

The process of adding fatty acids to shampoo bars, is called “Super Fatting”, and as a result of this process, ensures that shampoo bars cleanse your curly locks, look after not only your hair but your skin, and scalp, too. Finally, they are gentle and suitable for even the most sensitive of skin.

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For further information regarding the benefits of using Babassu shampoo bars in your hair care regime visit Anita Grant

Oddest bars around the world

If you feel bored with conventional bars, let’s try a new style of enjoying yourselves in the strangest bars below. It can be a bar in the cave or even ice. All of them are designed and decorated creatively based on unique themes.

 

Cova d’en Xoroi, Spain

The bar was built when a cave in the cliffs was to be improved. It is a favorite bar of both local people and tourists vacationing in the south of Minorca. In the afternoon, visitors can sit under big umbrellas on the outdoor terrace to have an overview of Balearic Islands. Besides, at night the Cova d’en Xoroi always has impressive performances.

 

Cova d’en Xoroi in Spain

 

 

Cave Bar, Jordan

In 2000-year-old city of Petra, Cave Bar is allowed to open for the commercial purposes. The walls of the bar are close to a part of an ancient tomb named the Crowne Plaza Resort. In the bar, tables are placed in a spacious area so that reddish light makes it look mysterious and bloody. Several tables are set in niches for those who like privacy.

 

Cave Bar in Jordan

 

 

Floyd’s Pelican Bar, Jamaica

Floyd’s Pelican Bar about one mile away from the southwest coast of Jamaica has the roof made of huge palm leaves. Because the bar has no individual rooms, and visitors can stand waist-deep in water to enjoy drinks. It is accessible to come there by boat or swimming.

 

Floyd’s Pelican Bar in Jamaica

 

 

Absolut Icebar, Sweden

Absolut Icebar is opened in Yukkasyarvi village to the north of Sweden. This seasonal restaurant opens only from mid-September to mid-April. The whole bar is covered with ices and colorful lights. Made out of huge blocks of ice nearby Torne River, the walls are extremely cold. The temperature inside the bar is always kept at about 23 degrees.

 

Absolut Icebar in Sweden

 

 

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From Bartender to Bar Manager

Bartending is a really old profession that dates back to the 1800’s. People often have this impression of a bartender having a life full of fun; flirting with men/women; working late nights and making so much money on tips, that it put a white-collar job to shame.

However, this is not the case; bartending is a tough life reserved for a select few only. It is generally a 10-12 hour job—depending on your establishment—and will force you into a world of your own. You will have schedules that never end; barely any time off; and will rarely get the time for family and friends. That is off course, if you make a career out of it; which demands a level of understanding about different drinks coupled with a passion to learn and experiment not forgetting a bartending license. You will know when you reach the top; when you’re working for the best, or tossing out your own drinks which only you can get right (and others are trying to catch up).

Most people often take up bartending without having a passion for it and end up making a mockery of the same. It is a full-time job and will require your best skills; it will test your patience. But yes! Eventually a couple of years (at times even a decade) down the line you will find it fun and exciting—once you get used to the lifestyle that it presents. And although you do start off as a bartender, you will end up as a bar manager and own your own bar. Almost everyone who takes up a bartending as career option must have had this thought at least once.

Going from bartender to bar manager isn’t usually easy. You will always…

•  Not always have a warm welcome when you’re the new guy/girl at the establishment
•  Not be the only bartender
•  Be sharing the Tip Jar
•  Be fighting a ‘cold war’ with the rest to get your share of the lot
•  Have to put up a great personality when at the bar

Getting to the level of a bar manager depends on two factors. Firstly, if you don’t mind getting there; and secondly, if only want to get there. Some people prefer staying as bartenders simply because they like the life and the character that their job brings to them. On the other hand, there are some who simply take-up bartending to get better experience; but what they eventually look out for is being a bar manager. They are two very different jobs and both play completely different roles. As a bartender you have a very straight forward job, you come, do your shift and go; whereas in the case of a bar manager, you have to prepare for the entire evening or the whole day (depending on the type of establishment) check for supplies and a lot more.

The requirements for a bartender are simple, if you are in Texas, then you will need a TABC permit or an alcohol license (depending on your county or state). After that, it is all about how much effort you can put on the job that will make all the difference.

Learntabc.com helps you learn online through TABC classes and helps you getting a TABC license, TABC permit, Tabc Certification Alcohol License and Bartending License in the state of Texas. SafeWay Certifications, the parent company of TexasFoodHandler. com, has been offering a complete solution for city/county required food safety requirements since 2004.

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Is Bar School Really Necessary?

In some countries including the US, there are usually a number of different options for people who want to work in the hospitality industry. Many entry level jobs don’t require any direct experience or qualifications. However, you may still have seen adverts on the internet from your local bar school, offering to make you an expert in all things bar related in a matter of weeks. Are these schools actually worth the money or are they just a waste of time?

In all honesty, the jury is still out. Bar schools can be good for you, but it depends on exactly what you are after, and your own personal preferences. The first and most important thing to note is that you do not NEED any qualification a bar school can give you in order to become a good bartender. You don’t even need one if you plan on taking bar work seriously as a career. Many bars and clubs will have their own training schemes and will be more interested in your work experience, personal attitude and appearance than in any qualification you might have.

At least, that’s the idea. The problem is that in an economy where more and more people are looking for jobs, you need to stand out. Bar school qualifications might not be necessary, but if an employer is faced with two candidates of similar experience and one has bar qualifications and the other does not, it’s quite easy to figure out which one they would pick. Sometimes you have to give yourself every single advantage, especially if you are handing in a resume rather than meeting the owner of the bar in person.

Bar School can also give you a massive head start on your first job. Many schools offer work placement and ‘guarantee’ they will help you find work after you receive your qualifications. Experience in making cocktails and serving drinks can mean you are more likely to be hired because the bar will be able to put fewer resources into training you. You may also find it easier to get a promotion for similar reasons.

However, bar school can also be quite expensive. Depending on the type of course you take it might require months of work before you earn back the initial cash you spent on your course. Some bar school work also revolves around theory such as learning how beer and wine is made, which isn’t particularly useful in the real world.

Bar school can be a blessing or a waste of time depending on your own personal situation, so think about your own career goals and budget carefully before you make the decision.

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Photo Processing High

Post processing of digital photos can be divided into two phases. The first stage, can accurately restore digital photos to look at the human eye can see; the second phase, to some special processing on the photos to increase the effects, synthesis and so on. If you want to learn digital photography post-processing, we must start from the first stage. As the Raw format to maximize the retention of electronic film a photo of the original information, so the most suitable for post-processing and high-fidelity restore human vision.

This paper to discuss with everyone dealing with the Photoshop Raw format photos of some of the most basic methods and techniques.

One, set up the digital darkroom with ACR

Raw photo software can handle a lot, but I believe that Adobe CameraRaw (referred to as ACR) best suited to beginners, the software interface shown in Figure 1.

ACR is that it is a plug-in, PhotoshopCS3 above all own, and seamless integration, and Photoshop. Simple interface and reasonable function division makes more easy to use ACR, in meeting the professional players on the high quality picture processing requirements and also for entry-level players on the pictures is simple, fast requirements.

II, multi-format output photo Raw format e-film deal, we will generally output as JPG, TIFF and other formats for easy viewing and printing. In the ACR, the press can do the following.

Start Photoshop, drag a Raw File Icon to the window, ACR will automatically run and open the Raw files, the interface as before Figure 1. Click the bottom left of the “memory image” button, will pop up a dialog box. Shown in Figure 2, in the bottom left of the “format” option, we can set a variety of output image format.

3, Raw picture film cleaning combat

Beautiful scenery is like shooting all the content, the general picture according to the process flow is:

adjust the white balance correction exposure, contrast, shadow, light Correction and adjustment of high color image sharpening and noise reduction output cut and other modified Images

Here we pass to describe a typical case of washing with ACR Raw basic techniques of film. Figure 3 is a display of Tibetan Shangri-La residential landscape of Raw electronic film.

This photo following major issues: White balance does not reflect the characteristics of light at dusk

less exposure, less contrast color flat lack of sharpness, soft

Not worry about these issues, ACR can be easily resolved, come together.

1. Lossless quality white balance correction

Order to restore the light conditions when shooting at dusk, we first carried out on the image of the white balance correction. ACR software to the top position in the order of the slider is the White Balance correction tool (Figure 4), which provides two preset white balance adjustment mode slider, and a drop-down menu, color temperature and color provide precise control of white balance possible, and this adjustment is non-destructive image quality.

We select the cloudy white balance modes to enhance images of warm, reflecting sunset colors.

Experience: First, we can recall the actual circumstances, such as sunlight, cloudy, incandescent, etc., directly under the white balance option is selected the corresponding option, if the picture is not restored to the human visual system at the time, fine-tune the color temperature slider can be accurately restored.

2. Exposure Correction Complete the white balance correction, the next improvement is the photo exposure and contrast. White Balance command below is followed by the exposure, recovery, fill light, black, brightness, contrast and other adjustments command.

Tips: How to determine due to exposure and overexposure

The top in the functional area, we can see a chart like many small hills, this is the histogram, it can accurately display the photo exposure situation. When a large number of crowded peaks to the far left or far right and the formation of truncated faces, on that picture there is less exposure or overexposure problems, while the corresponding sides of the chart at the top of the small triangle will be lit.

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