The Aloe Vera plant has been known to treat skin Infections, improve hair growth, remove make up and even soothe sunburns.

There are other uses of Aloe Vera that you probably didn’t know which are unusual yet effective. Here is our list:

1. Used as a shaving gel

You might have been probably using shaving gel from the stores which are probably mixed with chemicals to enhance its effectiveness. Instead of using the shaving creams, you may use aloe vera. The Aloe Vera plant has anti-inflammatory properties and is packed with enzymes. It also has a natural moisturizer to guve you a fresg feeling after shaving. The best part is that, it will not only give you a clean, smooth shave but also you can use it as an aftershave gel. Hitting two birds with one stone.

2. Soothes asma

If you are suffering from asthma or know someone who is, you can put aloe vera gel in boiling water and inhale the steam for immediate relief. It’s nature of being anti-inflammatory reduces inflammation and lowers mucus production in your system. You can also use the plant’s gel to treat sore throats by mixing some aloe vera in water and gargle with it three times a day.

3. Cleans your pet’s ears

Cleaning your pet’s ears can be tricky. One, the pets could be sturbon during the process, or two, you might just be lacking the best tools to use. You can use Aloe Vera gel to do the job. Just apply the gel to your pet’s ears and use a clean cloth to wipe it off, along with all the accumulated dirt and grime.

4. Sanitize hands

Being the pandemic era, it’s healthy to sanitize your hands just so you stay safe from the virus. And what’s the best way to do this in the best natural way ever? You guessed right – using aloe vera. You can make your own aloe vera sanitizer by mixing half a cup of aloe vera gel with half a cup of alcohol and a few drops of your favorite essential oil. This mixture will help you stay hygienic and also keep your skin soft and fragrant as well.

5. Boosts dental health

Toothaches are nightmares that you can’t even wish for your worst enemy. You can make a natural mouthwash by mixing a few spoons of aloe vera gel in a cup of water. Aloe vera has compounds that strengthen your teeth, reduce cavity and makes them glow. It also prevents bad breath.

6. Bleeding

You can use aloe vera to reduce bleeding when you injure yourself. Just apply the get to the wounds and relax to see it’s magic

7. Treat burns

Kitchen mishaps are always there. And you could be wondering how to treat the minor mishaps. You can use aloe vera to treat the burns by applying it to the affected area.

8. Healing stretch marks

Aloe vera is known for softening skins with its natural properties. You can use it to heal stretchmarks by applying to the area where you have the stretchmarks.

9. Reduce dandruff

Use alpe vera plant gel to reduce hair dandruff with homemade aloe vera shampoo. Combine aloe vera juice with coconut milk and wheat germ oil. Massage into the scalp and rinse.

10. Maintains genital skin health

And finally, aloe vera gel may be gentle enough for genital skin, and there’s even clinical evidence that it may help heal genital sores from the herpes simplex virus.

Bonus

11. As a lubricant during sex

Aloe vera gel may be used as a safe alteranative to synthetic lubricants. Aloe vera gel is natural and gives assurance of safety in your genitals unlike synthetic lubricants which might be mixed with chemicals.

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Lying down in bed and relaxing could be one of the thoughts that come to mind at such a time. But is it a good idea really? Maybe not.

There are things that you should avoid during your period. Here is our list:

Eating salty foods
Eating foods high in sodium only makes bloating worse during your menses. Avoid salty foods at all cost.

Leaving your tampon/pad on for too long
It’s not a good idea to wear your pad or tampon for longer than 3-4 hours. It’s not only unhealthy but also will make you uncomfortable.

Do not eat a lot of dairy foods
Dairy foods such as milk and yoghurt might sound like a good idea. However, having dairy foods during your periods may make you gassier which might roundly contribute to having an irritable bowel.

Avoid caffeine
Caffeine increases breast tenderness and increases anxiety and heart rate. Having caffeine will just worsen your periods.

No unprotected sex
Period sex might be a kink to some. It’s not a bad idea, but have it wrapped. There are high risk of contracting an STI during your menses. The increased risk is due to the presence of blood during sex which makes blood-borne diseases easy to transfer.

Do not get breast exam
Getting breast exams is always a good idea but of course not during your periods. Your boobs are sensitive during menses and they could easily raise unnecessary red flags due to the cystic breast changes.

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In South Korea, a bunch of people with massive debts and in the throes of financial ruin find themselves invited to a mysterious game that promises them a big payday if they stand victorious. Seong Gi-hun is one of these people. Having lost his job, his marriage and the custody of his daughter, Gi-hun lives with his ageing mother and spends his days gambling.

Gi-hun accepts the game invitation and is taken unconscious to a mysterious location, where he wakes up in a dormitory with 455 other players who are only identified by numbers on their clothes. Men in pink jumpsuits and black masks with shapes on them are the staff that manage the players.

Squid Game has come as a surprise to many, one that will glue your eyes to the screen for nine episodes straight! The originality of the idea, the visual effects and of course, the acting are outstanding and incomparable to anything we have ever seen on television in our lives!

Here 10 lessons from Squid Game

1. Sweet is victory
In the very first scene in the first episode of this movie, children are seen playing a fun game. One thing I noticed here is that the victory of the kid on the “offense group” though not materially paid, overwhelmed the kid. In his words he said “at that moment I felt on top of the world”. This too happens in the football games young children play domestically; although for fun, the feeling of victory can not be under told. From this I learnt “Victory is always Victory no matter the circumstance and the prize won; it should be satiable”.

2. Consistency
If 47 year-old Seong Gi-hun, had quit playing the game with the stranger he meant, on receiving the lots of slaps from him, then he wouldn’t have experienced victory at last. Like I said before, ‘Victory is Victory’; you can see how Seong Gi-hun forgot about the handsome reward of 100,000 won that attracted him to the game-he was just bent on returning the hot slaps he was given. I learnt “No matter how many times we fail, one win clears the failures”

3. Inverse motivation
Sometimes we get motivated to win, just to prove someone wrong. At first, Seong Gi-hun was lured into playing ddakji by the handsome prize he would be given if He won. But later on, after failing lots of times and receiving slaps as compensation for his inability to pay his opponent as agreed, his mind drifted from the prize to be won, to returning the slaps back to his opponent. I learnt from this scene that “The greatest drive that push a man to the top, is when he is made to defend his esteem”.

4. Unforseen positivity
I must admire the confidence and bravery of Seong Gi-hun to accept playing ddakji with the man that approached him. Although he had no money on him, he accepted to pay 100,000 won if he failed. Such bravery; such risk. I learnt: “We should be brave enough to take risks when necessary; our rewards comes sometimes through heavy risks”.

5. Jaundiced
without allowing the strange man speak, Seong Gi-hun just assumed that the man was a Christian on evangelical mission. If the man wasn’t persistent enough to explain himself, Seong Gi-hun would have believed he was a preacher. I learnt “assumptions are not facts!”

6. Trust but verify
Seong Gi-hun went to visit his friend and was told by his friends mother that his friend had traveled abroad for a business trip and was making it big in life. Seong Gi-hun felt a little bit intimated and was in a state of “make them cut soap for me now” he started recounting how he took the guy to school when he was younger. Only for Seong Gi-hun to discover his friend was a huge debtor and was also a partaker in the Squid Game and had never left the country. I learnt “Although some stories are true, we must learn to confirm that our love ones are safe and most importantly know everyone has a problem underneath his chest”.

7. Be kind but with sense
The Bible says we shouldn’t be too wise nor too foolish: that is to say “too much of everything is bad”. Due the “green light; red light game”; the first game that was played by contestants, on a normal circumstance, a foolish person would have tried to rescue a shot participant and get himself killed too. I learnt “use wisdom in all circumstances”.

8. Save a life when opportune to
Seong Gi-hun would have been eliminated in the green light; red light game but he was saved thrice. First, by using his wisdom to hide underneath a dead body during the chaos and uncontrolled shots. Second, by his friend who advised him to get up and try reaching the finish line, if not he would be killed. Third, by the unknown player who held him from falling when it was time for them to remain still. I learnt “everyone can help another in the very way they can; no excuse! And also, helping involves sacrifice”.

9. Be calm during chaos
Green light; red light, being the very first game they played, the contestants didn’t understand what the instructor meant by the word ‘eliminate’. When they discovered it meant death, there was chaos which led to them forfeiting the rule of standing still and got their selves killed. I learnt, “in the very possible way we can, be still when there’s chaos; fright can only make things worse”.

10. Love is sacrifice
Seong Gi-hun wasn’t ready to play the squid game just because of earning money to flex or pay debts, so he just kept the business card of the facilitator in his pocket. Not until he reasoned that his daughter would be leaving the country with her stepfather and mother to the US; he couldn’t claim his daughter legally if he was financially buoyant, hence he needed to play this game to get quick money. I learnt “Relationships are the very important sacrifice one could struggle to keep”.

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Kenyan models have made boss moves in working with top brands both locally and internationally. The models have also used their platforms to impact positive changes in the society.

They have proven that modelling is not just about the runway but also a bridge to benefit the community in various dimensions.

They make a statement in the industry from their dress code to their achievements. You may check out this amazing modelling dress here

Like any other career, models put in all the work and earn a living from it.

Here are 5 popular Kenyan models

Cecilia Mwangi

Cecilia Mwangi was Miss World Kenya 2005 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Computer technology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

Cecilia does fashion and commercial modelling as well as being an activist.

She was involved in the ant-Jigger campaign in central Kenya as the project ambassador.

Cecilia has also efficaciously led several other charitable events.

As a fashion and commercial model, she is one of the few models in Kenya who kept addressing societal problems as her main agenda.

Her works in creating positive change in the society gained her recognition from the University of Nairobi’s Women Students’ Welfare Association.

Other projects that Cecilia has been involved in include the school for homeless and orphaned kids. This school teaches performing arts and has a music production studio

The other community project she is involved in is at Mukuru Kayaba, a slum in Nairobi. She helps them with self-help projects and educates them on reproductive health.

Ajuma Nasenyana

Ajuma Nasenyana is a Kenyan model who is renowned in the fashion industry as a glamour model. She has been famous for working for the world’s renowned lingerie brands Victoria’s Secret. Not to mention, she has also worked for the designer such as Carlos Mienes to name some.

This renowned model was born in the wonderful place of Turkana District, Lodwar, Kenya. As a result, she is a Kenyan model who belongs to the black ethnicity. Her parents were the ones who motivated Ajuma, no matter what obstacle. That might be the reason why she has been able to be this famous at an early age.

Being a model Ajuma stands tall at the height of 5 feet 10 inches or 178 cm. Her bust measures about 84 cm or 33 inches, her waist about 64 cm or 25 inches, hips about 91 cm or 36 inches. On top of that, she is blessed to have short black hair paired with a pair of brown eyes.

In the year 2003, this model was seen in the Miss Tourism Kenya competition. During that time, she was crowned as Miss Nairobi and got to know about Lyndsey McIntyre of Surazuri Modeling Agency. After that, a Gamma Photo Agency approached her to do a story on McIntyre’s scouting work where she was mainly featured.

Malaika Firth

Malaika was born on 23rd March 1994, in Mombasa Kenya. The model is 5’9’’ tall. Firth started to model when she relocated from Kenya to Britain at the tender age of 17. Although she was born in Kenya, Malaika now operates from Britain. At this age, Firth was signed to model under the Premier Model Management. When Firth was 19 years old, she made history by becoming the 1st black model to score a Prada campaign.

Evelyn Njambi

The former Miss Kiambu County 2016 and reigning Miss world Kenya has engaged in various charitable activities countrywide, including supporting children to access quality education. She has worked with the Red Cross Chapter in Kiambu to donate text books and uniform to children, as well as sanitary towels to girls all over Kenya.

She also made it to The Top 5 of the world’s fairest.

Charity Mwangi

Mwangi, Former Miss world Kenya 2015 and an Agricultural Resource Management graduate from Kenyatta University started a personal campaign dubbed ‘Mtoto Aishi initiative” that turned a painful experience into a beautiful cause that aims to educate mothers, nannies and child caregivers on first aid to avert infant death in domestic accidents.

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