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Oatmeal Bath For Dry Skin

Dry skin is not only uncomfortable, it may also look and feel rough and develop fine lines. Staying hydrated and caring for your skin gently are important steps for avoiding dry skin, but what you put in your bath water may also help your skin retain moisture and protect it from further drying and damage. If you have severely dry skin, cracking or open sores, though, consult your health care provider before using bath additives.           Oatmeal Bath Adding colloidal oatmeal to your bath may help moisturize your skin as well as reduce any itching. Colloidal oatmeal is oatmeal ground to a fine powder. You can buy packaged colloidal oatmeal or make your own by grinding oatmeal in a coffee grinder or blender. To prepare a bath, turn on the hot water, pour 2 cups colloidal oatmeal into the stream and allow the tub to fill. Enter the bath only once the water is lukewarm. Alternatively fill a sock with 1 cup regular, non-instant oatmeal, tie the sock closed and

How To Apply Eye Shadow On Hooded Eyes

  If you sometimes wish you were born with a different eye shape because you think yours look too secretive and mysterious, read on. The key to bringing hooded eyes into focus is simply to add light and a little bit of a lift. It's possible to make your eyes stand out in all the right ways. You're in for a treat. Makeup can give you an eye lift without the painful surgery.                                   Instructions 1 Smooth foundation evenly on clean eyelids. Follow with an eye makeup primer for color that lasts. Pat concealer a notch or two lighter than your skin tone underneath eyes to camouflage dark circles. This alone helps open up eyes. Dust translucent powder under your eye area to ensure your concealer stays in place. 2 Make sure eyebrows are groomed and shaped to frame your eyes and face. Define brows by filling them in with an eyebrow pencil or powder. This eliminates any sparse patches between hairs as w

Introduction Of My Life

decided to write about my life.  Maybe it can help encourage other sisters and teens around the world. Hopefully, the bloggers enjoy me sharing my life story. First of all I live in Memphis with my family, I'm a Stylist/ Makeup Artist currently handcrafting leather earrings. I really like making women feel good about themselves, but my passion is singing...I grew up singing in the church choir. You know I was always taught to do what you LOVE!! But sometimes what you love most doesn't pay the bills, so you got to do what you gotta do to make it in life. Things have change so much since the 70s. In my mind "I'm saying" (If I could live my life over again) what I would do different! Reality has kick in.. it is, what it is! I must learn to make the best out of my life good or bad. Females I thought was my friend is not a friend at all. I've trusted men in my life to love me and be there for me, I'm talking about the men I married. Yes, I've been married

Gel Polish Reviews

I've been trying some different gel polish on my nails to see what polish works the best. So, far its not nail-aid 10x Lasting (Gel Top Coat) every three days my nails crack and peel This gel polish cost $3.89 in Wal-Mart. Rate-3 stars Sally Hansen nail hardener is great to help strengthen the nails and will help protect nails, also My polish last for 3 days without the gel polish. Sally Hansen cost $2.99 in Wal-Mart. Rate-7 stars   Sally Hansen Salon Gel Polish Kit     Professional salon results at home have never been so easy. Saving you time and money. Up to 10 salon gel manicures at home & up to 2 week wear. · Salon tested · Safe · No dry time & nails feel protected · Easy removal The LED lamp will cure (set) your manicure to a solid, high-gloss finish with zero dry time. Starter Kit contains all you need: · 1 LED Lamp · 1 Gel Base Coat · 1 Gel Nail Color · 1 Gel Top Coat · 10 Nail Cleanser Pads · Acetone Remover · Cuticle

Help For Troubled Marriages

Being a Christian does not insulate your marriage from times of trouble. Like every other person walking around and breathing, Christian relationships can be ransacked with the pain of infidelity, the cold distance resulting from bitterness, and the loneliness of conflict. Here are 5 things you can do to bring a sense of stability and sanity to a troubled Christian marriage: 1. Recognize there is a problem As a counselor, I am always amazed at the energy that is spent in denying the existence of a troubled relationship. Spouses - male and female - will go to great lengths to avoid dealing with a problem. Problems will be denied, overlooked, or even ignored in hopes that they will somehow resolve themselves. Sadly, it does not happen, and couples find their relationship in dire circumstances. Couple Tip: Admit there is a problem. You do not necessarily have to agree on the cause of the problem. Simply agreeing a problem exists can cause a change in attitude.

How To Act Like A Lady

Acting like a lady is a skill that takes time to learn. Most ladies learn their ladylike behavior from the time they're little girls. However, you can learn to act like a lady later in life too. A few etiquette classes and practice will get you on your way to ladylike behavior.               As manners, attitudes, and styles of dress change over time, so has the conventional understanding of what it means to be a “lady.” Though the term may seem outdated, there are certain aspects of ladylike behavior that are undying: elegance, courteousness, and a sense of respect toward oneself and others. Read this article to learn how to be a true modern-day lady.   Instructions 1 Observe other ladies to see how they act. Watch old movies, and actresses like Audrey Hepburn, to get a good feel for how a lady should conduct herself. 2 Enroll in etiquette classes. Many times these are geared for younger girls; however, most et

Don't Judge Me

We living in a world of judge mental people around the world. I feel like don't judge my journey if you haven't lived my past. Ladies no one in this world is perfect, of coarse we strive for perfection, but we are still human and with that being said; we are going to make some human errors in life. Don't judge my choices in life, if you don't understand my reasons. Ladies, I know some of you have had to make some decisions in life because of your situation and others have judge you due to lack of understanding. Its not easy living in a world being judge by people other than God himself...no one in this world has the right to judge your past nor future. People are being judge by employees, employer's, mothers, dads, friends, jobs, aunts, uncles, son, daughter, grandparents, authorities, church members, pastors and creditors. You can't escape judge mental people in this world. I may be replaceable, but I'm not disposable!  Life is too short fo

Weight Watchers Reviews

My opinion on weight watchers, I know a young lady who tried weight watchers and she told me that it didn't work for her at all. I say drink plenty of water, put small amount of food on your plate, exercise at least 3 times weekly, watch your sugar count and get plenty of sleep. Your body will be in shape without weight watchers or taking diet pills. have done weight watchers twice, after the birth of my children. I have tried the new points system and I haven't lost much weight. I have been on it for about four months and lost about 10 pounds. I am very frustrated with it and haven't seen the results like I had the first two times (30 pounds). I am older now (40) and realize my metabolism has slowed. Just pretty unhappy.                                       Name I am a Lifetime Member. Rejoined to lose some weight in July, 2012. Using the extra

Green Fashion

Green is a very pretty color in many fashion ways.   Women look very different in clothing depend on the size, skin tone, weight, body structure and height  

Latest Dress For Job Interview In 2013

Finally, you get an interview after you send most effective resumes and waiting for few weeks. Everybody understand how essential first impressions are, and that means you should wear best dress for job interview to present the appropriate signs to your prospective company. The primarily is you need to understand if the business heritage is corporate and conservative or more modern. Your interview dress should really deliver the message that you have the insight to recognize what the job and business need and that you can do with this. Yeah, you may not get job interview due to the things you dress in, but because your current expertise, educations as well as skills. There are lots of ideal applicants candidates harm their probabilities of success by clothing inappropriately. After getting the job, you may wear no matter what the company allows of. But the truth is you have to get the job first. So, you have to wear the best dress for job interview . Every person attempting to appea

How To Apply Emotional Intelligence In The Workplace

Emotional intelligence describes a person's ability to perceive, assess and manage his own emotions and those of others. While it would seem that personal emotions should have no place in a workplace, humans cannot separate themselves from their feelings even when they try to act professionally. Instead of pretending emotions do not exist at work, learn how to better manage them to succeed and improve relationships with your colleagues and supervisors. Instructions 1 Step outside yourself to become more aware of your emotions. Self-awareness is a pillar of emotional intelligence. By gaining a greater awareness of your feelings, you will better understand what causes you to become angry, happy or sad. Perhaps the other person involved in the situation or the situation itself makes you react in certain ways. 2 Learn how to manage your emotions. Managing emotions does not involve suppressing them; the term refers to evaluating the

Emotional Intelligence-What Everyone Needs To Know

When emotional intelligence first garnered significant media attention back in the 1990s, it really hit home for people. For the first time we all had an explanation for an unusual finding: people of average intelligence outperform people with the highest levels of intelligence the vast majority of the time (70% to be exact). Suddenly we had a name for the main determinant of success in life: emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is critical to managing your behavior, moving smoothly through social situations, and making critical choices in life. There are four emotional intelligence skills and they group under two primary competencies: personal competence and social competence. Self-Awareness is how accurately you can identify your emotions in the moment and understand your tendencies across time and situation. Self-Management is how you use awareness of your emotions to create the behavior that you want. Social Awareness is how well you read the

Coco Chanel Bio

Lived: Aug 19, 1883 - Jan 10, 1971 (age 87) Romance: Boy Capel · Étienne Balsan Founded: Chanel Related Movies: Coco Before Chanel · Coco Chanel · Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky Buried: Lausanne Parents: Jeanne Devolle · Albert Chanel Fashion designer Coco Chanel, born August 19, 1883, in Saumur, France, is famous for her timeless designs, trademark suits, and little black dresses. Chanel was raised in an orphanages and taught to sew. She had a brief career as a singer before opening her first clothes shop in 1910. In the 1920s, she launched her first perfume and introduced the Chanel suit and the little black dress.      Quotes "A woman has the age she deserves." – Coco Chanel Nature gives you the face you have at 20; it is up to you to merit the face you have at 50. – Coco Chanel « prev 1 / 2 next » Early Life Famed fashion designer Coco Chanel was born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel on August 19, 1883, in Saumur, Fra

Health Benefits Of Coconut Oil

The health benefits of coconut oil include hair care, skin care, stress relief, maintaining cholesterol levels, weight loss, increased  immunity , proper digestion and metabolism, relief from kidney problems, heart diseases, high blood pressure,  diabetes , HIV and  cancer , dental care, and bone strength. These benefits of oil can be attributed to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid, and its properties such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial and soothing properties. Coconut oil is used extensively in tropical countries especially India , Sri Lanka , Thailand , Phillipines etc, which have a good production of coconut oil . The oil was also once popular in western countries such as United States and Canada ; however, there was a strong propoganda in 1970s spread by the corn oil and soy oil industry against coconut oil . Coconut oil was considered harmful for the human body due to its high saturated fat content till the last decade (2