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Fingerloop braiding with 5 loops is easy to learn and can make a wide variety of braids. Above are just a few variations of square and flat five-loop braids. The loop braiding method I teach can easily be extended up to 7 and 9-loop square and flat braids, which are bigger and have even more color-pattern possibilities (see my other tutorials)
NEW: For an even easier intro to loop braiding, see my more recent tutorial on 3-loop braids, —Strong, pretty cords and flat braids, that are super-fast to make…Eight- and nine-year-olds can learn these with adult help.
The diagram below outlines the basic 5-loop method, click on it once, and then once again to enlarge it to full size:
For tips on how to prepare your bundle of loops for braiding, see my photos just below the videos—I don't spell this out in the videos themselves.
[Update: I just added some ideas on ways to finish off your braid: tassel, mini-braids, etc.]
The video below shows the loop set-up, demos the braiding moves for a square braid very slowly, gives tips for trouble-shooting and for efficient ways to hold the loops.
(If it's too slow for you, try following my 7-loop video, but using only 5 loops. That video moves a bit faster.)
Btw—don't braid over the top of a table, off the edge is much better. (See other ideas below the videos.) I just do this in the videos because the table makes a good background.
Also, when you first start the braid, don't worry if the loops are somewhat tangled or twisted at the very top. That very first part will not show after the braid starts developing. If it is extreme, it's easier to fix after the braid is done—you just untie that initial knot, shake/comb out the twists, and retie the knot.
The other videos give more tips, and also show how to make a flat, wide, ribbonlike version of this square braid, using almost the exact same method, just one small difference.
Part 2 (below) has more slow braiding practice and general braiding tips. If it's too slow and 'talky' for you, slide the little bubble below the screen to skip ahead. Or skip down below the video and check out my written tips and photos, and the flat braid videos.
At the end of this video, I start to show how to divide the braid into two little braids for making a loop at the end of the braid. This got cut off, but is also explained in the videos on making a flat, wider, ribbon-like version of the braid further along in this tutorial.
[You can also start a braid this way, to have a loop at the top of the braid, or to have a loop at both ends.]
Setting up your loops—photo tutorial:
Cut 5 double-length strands (all the same length), fold each strand in half, and then tie all the ends together in one large overhand knot. Experiment with colors. The braids can look very different depending on the color set-up of the loops. Smooth cotton yarn or string is probably the easiest material to braid with. My 3-loop tutorial gives several suggestion and links for good yarn for 3 and 5-loop braids. I make most of the samples on this blog with embroidery floss, but that's fairly thin for 3 and 5-loop braids, so I usually teach and make videos using something thicker. ("Fairly thin" just means it'll take longer to finish the same length braid, it doesn't mean you can't use it!—it would make a strong, fine braid with a delicate pattern.)
See photos below for an easy way to tie this loop-bundle onto a fixed point before you start braiding:
In the photos, please ignore the knots at the bottom of the loops! Your five loops should each be a single, folded strand with no knots at the bottom. Those knots might get in the way when you are first braiding. (They are used with bicolor loops)
You can tie onto anything available. Best if it's between waist and shoulder height, and gives you enough room to extend your arms all the way out to the sides.
I usually use a short header cord tied into a loop, and hang it over the handle of an upside-down C-clamp (G-clamp) clamped onto the edge of a table. I never braid over the top of a table except in the videos—it makes a good backdrop to show the loops, but it's a terrible position for braiding.
Flat, wide braid and a divided/split braid—2 variations of this square braid:
My first videos above showed how to make a square braid. You can also make two other types of braids with these same braiding moves: A flat braid and a divided braid.
A 'divided' braid is like braiding two little braids at the same time. It's how you form a loop or buttonhole in your braid. It's also a first step to learn before making a flat braid.
A flat braid will be twice as wide as the square braid, and thinner. It might not look all that different while you are braiding it. But, after it's done, the braid can be opened (book-style) and spread out to be flat. That's because the upper and lower layers of the braid were only connected along one edge, whereas the square braid's upper and lower layers are connected along both edges.
Or, if you are over-tightening your flat braid, it may braid in a more squished-together shape, rather than folded in half. In this case, the braid will end up less flat and wide, and will have more of an oval cross-section when it is done. I call this outcome a "3/4-flat" braid. It's actually a nice shape, with its own distinctive color patterns (see photos). However, it is an indication that you are pulling too tightly, and in general should loosen your tension when you braid, except for when you are specifically trying to get a 3/4 flat braid.
My photo below shows two 3/4-flat braids (the third pink and black one, and the third orange and black one).
Pulling tightly is not a good way to braid! Square braids come out too constricted, and the "flat" ones won't be flat. Plus it is hard on your fingers and your whole body. It's probably my fault—I notice that in the videos I spread the loops apart too often (while thinking about what to say and show next!) and it looks as if I'm trying to pull them really tight. It's actually a very gentle pull—wide, but not hard.
A divided braid is like braiding two braids at the same time—useful for braiding a loop or buttonhole into one or both ends of your braid. To close the loop back up, you return to the braiding moves for a square (or flat) braid.
Flat and divided braids both require a new move: a slightly different way to take the loop off the index finger. For a divided braid you do this on both the left and right sides. For a flat braid you do it only on the right side, while on the left side you do the regular move that you learned first. (I describe the new move below the following videos demoing it.)
In the videos below, I'm braiding a flat braid with a buttonhole-type loop at the top and the bottom of the braid. The flat braid in this video is much bulkier than the ones in the photo above, because I used thicker yarn, and then doubled it to make it even thicker. Other than that (and having different loop-colors), they are the same.
Flat variation of the 5-loop square braid:
Flat variation, Part 2 (below)—shows finishing the braid with a loop/ buttonhole at the bottom, and explains how to avoid the 3/4-flat version and get "fully flat" braids.
New move:
Instead of hooking onto the index loop from above the loop, the operator finger will go THROUGH the index loop before taking it, then hook down onto the lower shank, and pull the loop off the index finger. This ensures that the loop does not turn over as it passes onto its new finger. For this new move, it's really important to go through the index loop before taking it.
For a divided braid, do this on both the left and right sides of the braid. After a few cycles, you'll see a divided braid forming. Keep braiding this way til the slit is as long as you want it. To close up your loop or buttonhole, return to taking the upper shank of the index loop from above the loop as you first learned (and most importantly, do not stick the operator finger through the loop before taking it!) Taking the upper shank from above gives the loop a half-turn as it moves onto its new finger.
For a flat braid, do the new move on one side of the braid, and the move you learned first (for making a square braid) on the other side of the braid. Use a mantra while you braid to remind yourself which side is which. Something like "Left over, Right through" or whatever makes more sense to you.
Flat braids vs. 3/4-flat braids:
During braiding, the flat braid should actually look almost exactly like a square braid, or perhaps look sort of strangely rounded and cupped into a C-shape. This is normal—you will open the braid out width-wise and spread it flat after braiding.
However, if you are pulling the loops too hard, you will get a less-flat, less-wide braid. I call that braid a "3/4 flat" braid—it's the third shape of two of the braids in my photo. It's halfway between a square braid and a flat braid in width, and a little thicker in the center where 2 lengthwise columns have telescoped on top of each other from being braided too tightly.*1
Just before the end, I usually braid a loop into the braid, because there are some fastening methods that work if you have a loop at one or both ends. Or you can use the loop to fasten the braid onto something else, like a key ring or a belt loop. The loop/ buttonhole is braided with "divided" braiding as I show in the video, and then I close it with a few cycles of square or flat braiding.
At the very end of the braid, a simple way to finish it is to tie an overhand knot and trim off the ends of the loops to form a tassel. Or, instead of tying a knot in the braid itself, wrap and tie a thread around the braid, leaving its two ends hanging as part of the tassel below. Japanese kumihimo braids are often finished this way.
What I almost always do myself is to divide the braid into several thinner loop braids before I reach the ends of my loops. (See the third video in my Bracelet with Chevrons tutorial.) Then I tie a knot at the bottom of each mini-braid, sometimes using the whole end of the little braid, and sometimes just using one of the strands to tie around it.
With a five-loop braid, you can make three mini-braids at the end:
Stop braiding the main braid while you still have a few inches of loops left.
Drop two of the loops, and hold onto three.
Braid those three as a divided 3-loop braid. This will give you two little braids. At the bottom, cut their loops to separate the two mini-braids, and tie each braid off.
Then pick up the two remaining loops, tug them into order if they are a little messy where they come out of the main braid, and braid them into a single 2-loop braid (videos for two-loop braids are near the bottom of my Tutorials index). Two loops can only make one braid, not a divided braid.
See this note for some other ways to finish ends of braids.
Color patterns:
For a 5-loop braid, all the loops will come back to the same fingers after every 5 braiding cycles (=10 loop transfers). That will make one full pattern-repeat on your braid—after that the same sequence of colors will repeat itself.
You'll see this very clearly if you make a 2-color braid of 4 dark or dull loops with one bright contrast color loop. Watching that one contrast-color loop make its way around all your fingers can give you a good sense of what's going on when you braid. It also makes a nice braid pattern. You might try it with a shiny contrast yarn of a completely different type of yarn. Or a contrast-color yarn that's thicker than the other yarns. A 6-loop square braid of mixed thick and thin yarn is recorded in one of the 17th C. braiding manuscripts—the braid was called "the Rose Breed" (it's in the Nun's Book.)**2
If you are interested in making more varieties of color patterns, I highly recommend learning 7-loop square and flat braids. Two more loops = four more braiding elements, which allows a lot more color-pattern possibilities than in a 5-loop braid. Also check out my Bicolor loop tutorial. A bicolor loop is half one color and half another color. Using bicolor loops instead of—or along with—loops of a single color increases the color-pattern possibilities exponentially, which is why bicolor loops have been used all over the world for loop braiding. My tutorial will show you some tricks for using them effectively.
If you want to learn what order to place colors on your fingers to get a specific color order in your braid, check out my color-pattern planning post. This information is not strictly necessary in order to make nice color patterns! You can also just pick out some nice colors and go ahead and braid—you will get great unplanned color patterns that way.
[For 5-loop braids, I would say that of these two, the bicolor loop tutorial might be more rewarding than the color-planning one. Five loops is few enough that just by picking out some nice colors and randomly experimenting with them you can quickly get all the possible (single-color-loop) color-patterns. But with bicolor loops, there are some striking-looking color patterns that you might not happen to stumble on.]
Move on to 7-loop square and flat braids as soon as you've made a few 5-loop braids and are used to their moves. 7-loop braids are bigger, with clearer patterns and more color pattern possibilities. Once you learn them, I predict that you will not go back to 5-loop braids!
My 9-loop photo tutorial has photos of the actual braiding steps, and explains some things about the basic procedure (plus tips for good tension, etc) that hold for any number of loops…
See my Tutorials page for links to all my loop braiding tutorials. Don't miss the Spiral braid video tutorial links—they are a bit hidden, down at the bottom of the page. Spiral braids are great braids, really beautiful and fun and easy to learn. I just have videos posted for them, nothing written up here on the blog, except for a paragraph or so on that tutorials page about making other color patterns than the spiral one.
If you have pics of any 5-loop braids you have made, please send them! You can either leave a link to your photo in the comments section, or email the photo to me as an attachment (the 'contact' form in the top menu doesn't allow attachments, but I'll reply with an address you can use). I'd love to feature more 5-loop braid photos on this blog! There is such a broad variety of possible color patterns and also effects from using different types of yarn, threads, ribbons, with both square and flat braids.
Please leave a note to say hi! And definitely leave one if you find mistakes or if anything is unclear, I'll answer as soon as I can—I can either take more pics or make a quick video if that will help.
I would love to hear about what you are making/ what your craft interests are. I would also love to see a pic of any braids you make from this tutorial (and post them here if you agree)!
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*1. I've found that the 3/4-flat braid is a very common outcome when I first teach someone how to make a flat braid. I finally realized that this is my own fault—it's because of the way I stress how important the tightening move is! The new braiders get the mistaken impression that they should pull really hard when they tighten, when what I am really trying to get them to do is to spread the loops apart widely—all the way into a straight line from one hand to the other (but not with excessive force and pulling). That will make the braid pattern neat and crisp, without strangling the braid. In a square braid, tightening too hard isn't a big problem, though it can give you sore fingers and a rather constricted braid. But for a flat braid, tightening too hard means you will always get a 3/4 flat braid rather than a fully flat one. Just compare your braids to the examples above, and try to adjust your tightening move so you can produce either the fully-flat or the 3/4-flat braid.
For a fully flat braid, make sure the braid stays in a square or C-shape while you are braiding. Don't pull the loops extremely hard, just evenly and widely, and repeat/ "rock" this arc a couple of times without jerking the loops. If you do open up the folded braid before it's finished, to peek at how it will look (I always do this myself!), be sure to fold and squeeze it back into a square or c-shape before you continue braiding.
To me the tightening move really is the most important braiding move, as it's the move that has the most effect on how the finished braid will turn out…It should be done evenly and with a gently firm touch. At a recent workshop, one of the participants suggested that I not even use the word "tighten" for this move, or the equally forceful-sounding "beat the fell" (the equivalent weaving term). She thought "snugging up the loops" would be a better way to describe the move so that she and others wouldn't interpret it as "pull the loops as hard as you can!"
**2. The Nun's Book is a more recently discovered 17th C loop braiding manuscript. The only in-depth article on it is in Strands, issue 16, 2009—Strands being the yearly print journal of the Braid Society. The article is by Noémi Speiser, entitled: The Nun's Book, 2008.67.1, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, UK. It is not available online. (some textile-oriented libraries may have a copy, as well as some weaving guild libraries – if you belong to a guild, check with them.) The article includes beautiful color photos from many of the original manuscript pages, and describes all the braids except the letterbraid. It also has directions for a few, including the "Rose Breed".
The Nun's Book "Rose Breed" braid was a square braid of 6 loops: 3 thick loops (white, red, green) and 3 much thinner yellow loops. (Breed or bread or breadth in the 17th C manuscripts apparently meant braid.)
The 17th C. directions for making this braid are very unclear, but do stipulate starting with 3 loops of yellow on one hand—proved by the enclosed swatch to be of much thinner thread; and on the other hand, one white, one red (pink in the attached swatch), and one green loop.
Like many other 17th C braid descriptions, the "directions" were pretty useless. Noémi Speiser figured out that the attached braid sample was a square braid (both transfers turned). She writes that the thicker loops are almost 3 times as thick as the yellow loops, and swell out like rosebuds along a yellow stem.—I think I would switch the yellow and the green, myself! seems a little odd to have yellow stems, but maybe the overall color-effect is pretty.
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The release of OCaml 4.02 is approaching and amongst many other new stuff, it will include the work on -ppx and extension points, supporting light-weight syntactic tools (without Camlp4). This effort was coordinated with the OCaml community through the wg-camlp4 mailing list, and now it is very enjoyable to see the community starting to make good use of these new features. In this post, I wanted to collect pointers to blogs and projects making use of extension points.
Inlined records in constructors
I'd like to introduce a new language feature, inlined record arguments on constructors, which I propose for inclusion in OCaml. In a nutshell, it allows you to define a record directly within a sum type constructor:
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The argument of the constructor is a full-fledged record type. All features of records are available: dot notation, mutable fields, polymorphic fields, punning syntax, record override. You can write:
Static exceptions
In this post, I propose Static Exceptions as a new language feature allowing programmers to express interesting control flows in a compact way.
A note about the performance of Printf and Format
The goal is to display the following to stdout:
(0,0) (1,1) (2,2) ... (1000000,1000000)
How would you implement that in OCaml? For such a simple task, we probably expect the program to be IO bound, right? Ok, let's try with the idiomatic way, which is to use format strings as provided by the Printf module from OCaml standard library:
Type-based selection of label and constructors
Most languages provide some way to manipulate tuples of values with a proper label for each field. They are called structures in C, records in OCaml; objects as found in most mainstream OO languages extend this same notion.
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Syntax extensions without Camlp4: let's do it!
In a previous post, I've described a proposal on how to get rid of Camlp4 to write simple syntax extensions. This proposal slowly becomes a reality:
ML workshop 2012: call for presentations!
I'm pleased to announce that the next instance of the ML workshop will take place on September 13th in Copenhagen.
ML2012 will be an informal workshop targeting both researchers, implementors, and users of ML languages (like Standard ML, OCaml, and F#).
Runtime Types
It is often useful to get access to types at runtime, in order to implement generic type-driven operations. A typical example is a generic value pretty-printer. Unfortunately, the OCaml compiler does not keep type information at runtime. At LexiFi, we have extended OCaml to support runtime types.
Syntax extensions without Camlp4
In this post, I'd like to propose a new approach to extending the syntax of OCaml that does not depend on Camlp4. This proposal is the result of discussions with Xavier Clerc, Fabrice Le Fessant, Maxence Guesdon, and has been presented to the latest meeting of the Caml Consortium. It was also quickly mentioned by Xavier Leroy during his talk at the latest OCaml Users Meeting.


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A horde of black-clad fashion folk took over the dining room of Soho House for Purple Magazine's dinner on Sunday night, sponsored by Audemars Piguet.
Hosted by Purple's infamous editor, Olivier Zahm, it drew a crowd of the magazine's fans including Patricia Arquette, Milla Jovovich, Lola Schnabel and Paz de la Huerta.
Also in the mix were Mischa Barton and Jared Leto, who had a young model in tow and looked like he was auditioning to play Kurt Cobain.
A newly single Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Pamela Love, Terry Richardson and Waris Ahuwahlia rounded out the group, who dined on family-style dishes of roasted salmon, risotto and chicken.
Artist Terrence Koh, wearing mirrored leggings from Martin Margiela and a fake cigarette pin from the pop-up store that is in his art space, Asian Song Society, until February 20, said sales at that retail space, at least, were doing all right.
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TheScarfedOne (21st January 2014), VeryPC_Colin_M (17th January 2014)
Hi everyone.
Whilst VeryPC are not exhibiting at BETT 2014, several of us will be visiting, and we would love to meet up with anyone who is around. Whether you are one of our customers, someone we have quoted, an entrant into one of our EduGeek competitions, interested in our products or just looking for a bit of friendly company in the big crowded hall at Excel, we'd love to shake your hand, buy you a coffee and have a natter. We'll be your anti-boredom taskforce, there for a nice chat when you decide you're fed up of wandering the corridors.
It's always a pleasure to put a face to an EduGeek handle, and as we'll also be tiny little humans lost amongst the crazy behemoth that is the BETT show, we'll appreciate the company too. The great thing for you is that because we're representing the company, we're pretty much obliged to be charming as heck to everyone we see down there, so meeting us ought to be a pleasurable experience (not guaranteed).
Here's our schedule:
Wed 22nd Thur 23rd Fri 24th Sat 25th Who? Area/interests X X Andy, Managing Director
EduGeek: @VeryPC_Andy
mobile: 07725 471 496
PCs, servers, green IT,
education solutions,
tech market trends.
Photography, guitar, Fallout 3.
X Tom B, Sales Manager
EduGeek: @VeryPC_Tom_B
mobile: 07568 546 629
Desktop PCs, laptops,
all-in-ones, monitors,
peripherals, product range.
Motocross geek.
X Ed, Technical Solutions Manager
EduGeek: @VeryPC_Ed
mobile: 07765 252 820
Servers, workstations,
virtualisation, licensing
or anything technical.
BF4, Quake 3, WoW, Avengers.
X X X Al, Head of Marketing
EduGeek: @VeryPC
mobile: 07528 20 27 26
General product info,
creative stuff, Adobe Illustrator,
Photoshop, InDesign,
Premiere Pro, After Effects.
Minecraft, movies and science.
X X Colin McC, Client Relations Manager
EduGeek: @VeryPC_Colin_M
mobile: 0777 285 9979
PCs, laptops, tablets,
peripherals, general products,
Green IT champion.
Gold Rush, cool cars,
Poppy and Max (his dogs)
Pop our mobile numbers into your phone so you can call us while you're down there. If you'd like to arrange something in advance, get in touch with us ASAP to set something up, or speak up in this thread and we can work out a time and place for a mini-gathering that we let everyone know about so it doesn't have to be a one-to-one if that's not your thing.
Looking forward to seeing you down there. Come on, don't be shy now!
Al, the marketing guy and regular video prat.
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TheScarfedOne (21st January 2014), VeryPC_Colin_M (17th January 2014)
If we could get down there, then we would join thee, but alas, not possible I would even don my bring me the box tshirt!
Hi all,
I'm the solutions manager at VeryPC so if you are interested in servers, workstations, virtualization, licensing or anything technical then I am the guy to speak to.
If anyone wants to meet up for a quick chat and a coffee then feel free to drop me a line or if you want to speak before - send me a PM or give me a call !
I'm sure you could loiter around the Edugeek stand for a meeting point perhaps? I know there's never a huge amount of space but at least it will be somewhere people will know?
Yay! I'm on the stand Friday and Saturday. Would be good to say hi!
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TheScarfedOne (21st January 2014)
I've updated the OP with info on our guys' areas of business/interests so if you have something specific to ask you can contact the relevant person:
Haha, BETT is when i suddenly become concerned that i'm not what people expect. (damn my self esteem)
I'll be the 31 year old that looks 12...
ohhh Im possibly there on the saturday.
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I met Amanda for her wedding consultation and immediately fell in love with her. There is something so awesome about finding clients that you connect with in such a short amount of time. We photographed their engagement photos this fall and are so excited for what they have planned for their wedding this summer!
We are getting excited for our very own Taylor to welcome baby #2 into the world! She is due any day now and I have the honor of photographing her birth and its one of my favorite things in the entire world. I cannot tell you how special it is to be in the room when one of your very best friends welcomes their child. SO excited!
We are going thru the last few months archives and finding things we never got around to blogging about and today I bring you the birth images of baby Gabrielle! I have photographed the births of all three children of this sweet family. They are so precious to me. I loved getting the reactions of their two kiddos meeting their little sister.
{sidenote: NO ONE LOOKS AS GOOD as this mama when giving birth… seriously}
You can watch the birth slideshow HERE
Layla is a special newborn client because her parents were married last year and we have a giant canvas of them hanging in our studio. Congrats Matt and Kristin!


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Hello, I have browsed your web page and didn't exactly find what I was looking for so I am wondering if you could answer my question. Yes, it is orgasm related. You see I have been sexually active for a long time. I am 17 and I have been with my boyfriend for two and a half years. He was a virgin when he met me but I wasn't.
The problem with me is: I have never had an orgasm. I know what you are going to say. "Not all women have an orgasm during intercourse." I get that, but I never had an orgasm during masturbation, or foreplay. Nothing. And now I am kind of pressuring myself to go. Well, not exactly pressuring myself, but in my mind I go: "Yes, right there, omg I am gonna come." When in truth, I am nowhere close. My brain might have just been sexually turned on to the max at that point, but I just don't go.
Hi guys: I'm a 15 year old male, not in a relationship, and really doubt I'll be having intercourse any time soon. However, given that I have the time, commitment and attitude for it I thought it might be a good idea to train myself to last longer for intercourse, so that when the time does come I feel, y'no, good about myself.
I've been masturbating with varying regularity for a bit less than a year now, so I know myself and my sexual responses. I'd also like to make it clear that I don't: a)feel unconfident and generally scared of intercourse from fear of inadequacy, b)have unrealistic ideas about what is 'normal' from pornography, or c)think that intercourse is the only 'real' sex, and that how long you can last is a measure of how good or 'manly' you are.
This said, I also know that improved ejaculatory control would be useful in the future to improve the amount of pleasure me and my future partners get out of intercourse, and starting now would likely be more effective. I try to masturbate with a relaxed attitude, and not in environments where I'm somehow pushed for time or otherwise stressed. I've read about a lot of techniques online, but given that 'premature ejaculation' is a problem so many people have a lot of anxiety about and there's obviously a huge amount of money to be made in convincing people that you have some miracle cure for their problem, I thought I'd ask you guys at Scarleteen about what sort of things actually work in the real world and what's just fantasy.
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I get really really wet! It's really gross. My boyfriend wants to go down on me and finger me, but I don't want him to think I'm gross. Is it normal to be so wet? Will he think it's ok?
Can a gynecologist tell if a girl has an orgasm?
I'm 17,and I have been dating this guy for like a year. We just started having sex, and the other day we were going to but he wanted me to give him head before so he would last longer...then he could not get it back up. He tried hard to but it just wouldn't. Was it me? Can I just not do it for him or something?
My boy friend is 15, has never had an erection and every time we want to have sex we can't. He thought it might be a medical problem but he asked the doctor and said no medical problem here. We have tried everything. The first thing we tried was dry humping and nothing happened and then I tried grinding him they say that can be very arousing but it didn't work. I let him look at porn and nothing happened. More suggestions?
I heard the word "orgasm," but I don't know what it is. So what's an orgasm?
I'm 17 and I have a boyfriend of 7 months, and we're both very much in love. We had sex 4 months ago and he didn't reach orgasm and I got the sense he was frustrated so we stopped trying until last weekend. We both really wanted it but the same situation happened where he didn't reach orgasm and I feel like it's my fault and that I'm just not hot enough for him. I never reach orgasm during sex but I always enjoy it and I want to have sex but the problem is I don't want to do it if he's not enjoying himself or feels frustrated and I also don't want to come off as though I want sex all the time because I'm his first girlfriend and he hadn't done anything sexual before me - not even kiss - whereas I was not a virgin upon entering the relationship, so I don't want to come off as if I'm a rushing things all the time. After all this, my question is: What can I do to make my boyfriend enjoy sex enough to orgasm? He has never finished during sex and I get the feeling he's frustrated with it and would rather I suck him off but I always want sex when we're fooling around and I love him so much I want us both to be able to pleasure each other at the same time.
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- Syzable[mod]2 years, 2 months ago #1Show comment tools Reply
- mark11112 years, 2 months ago #2Show comment tools ReplyChecked eBay and this is still cheaper by a few pounds. Cheapest item I could find to get the free delivery was a resistor for 29 pence.
- wondermouse2 years, 2 months ago2 Likes #3Show comment tools ReplyI bought the previous version of this kit and found it useless. The cutting blades crumbled as soon as they approached something harder than butter, and the sanding discs wore out in seconds.
Your mileage may vary of course but it was a waste of the tenner-odd I paid for it.
- Badgie2 years, 2 months ago1 Like #4Show comment tools ReplyThe rotary tools I've had from Maplin have been... of dubious quality. Most broke immediately on first use, the rest didn't last long. I stick with Dremel, now.
- EastLondon2 years, 2 months ago #5Show comment tools ReplyMy experience is different to the comments.MY blades have cut through steel slowly but got the job done.i am happy with mine
- skeggman2 years, 2 months ago #6Show comment tools ReplyI have this set and although I have only used the grinding discs to cut through old screws and the sanding wheels to shape skirting corners, both of these lasted as long as the dremel originals supplied with my tool and made short work of everything I threw at them.There is quite a bit in the kit I've not used though!
One observation I would make is that I think that this is almost always on special offer and spends as much time at 9.99 as it's 'usual' price......
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If you're looking for the perfect fall movie to snuggle up to, check out 'About Time.' Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson team up for the rom-com and deliver some serious laughs — and you might also want to stock up on the tissues.
Scrap those weekend plans. If you loved 2003's Love, Actually, you're gonna want to catch the latest rom-com to hit theaters, About Time (out on Nov. 1). About Time finally gives the nerd the chance to hook up with a big-screen beauty. And oh yeah, the film's leading man also gets to time travel — and you get to join in on the fun.
'About Time': What To Expect From The Fun Flick
Set in London, About Time tells the story of an awkward guy with some incredible luck — he can time travel! Tim, played by Domhnall Gleeson, makes the awesome discovery at the tender age of 21, when his sweet father (Bill Nighy) sits him down for "the talk."
While it's not the talk you're probably thinking of, it is a pretty rewarding one. His old man lets him know he can't "kill Hitler or shag Helen of Troy," but he can get to experience a second chance on any day he's lived.
Like most twenty-somethings, it only takes a few time-traveling trips before he starts seeing red — he wants to fall in love!
The dorky yet incredibly charming Tim isn't quite the ladies man though, and he can't exactly nab the girl of his dreams. But cue Rachel McAdams, who plays Mary, a beautiful yet insecure girl! The pair meet for the first time in a dark dinner scene, but the sparks start flying anyways.
Things begin to turn around for Tim as he and Mary fall more and more in love and embark on a beautiful relationship. However, the main conflict of the film is the most fun part. Tim struggles with balancing how often he travels back in time — should he head back if every event doesn't go his way? Or should he learn to live in the present day entirely — right the first time?
You'll fall in love with these characters, over and over again.
The movie isn't only about falling in love — it's about a family bond, growing up, and realizing the most important things in life . . . and yes, there are a few super steamy love scenes. We think it's about time (sorry, we had to) you check out this fun fall flick!
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Jennifer Lawrence was a big winner at the 27th Annual Kids' Choice Awards.
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I visited Canada and on my travels I bought a hand cream and wash, I have suffered with eczema since I was a child and could not believe after using it for a few days that my eczema started to improve. I now don't need to use steroid creams anymore. I use the hand cream daily, my skin is so soft (no more cracked skin) and the scent is so refreshing. I have just ordered 6 caddies of hand cream and washes and had them shipped to England, so now I am well stocked up for a while. My only wish is that SJ Creations could sell this product in England I know they would be a great success.
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ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 21, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic (Nasdaq:QLGC) furthers its leadership position in high-performance data center connectivity, revolutionizing enterprise application performance with the release of the QLogic® FabricCache™ 10000 Series adapter. The first product based on the company's breakthrough Mt. Rainier technology, FabricCache combines QLogic's market-leading Fibre Channel adapter, intelligent caching and I/O management with connectivity to a server-based PCIe ® flash card. FabricCache is exceptionally simple to deploy and manage and transforms single-server, captive cache into a shared, performance-enhancing resource for a wide range of enterprise applications that rely on SAN storage.
Shared cache unleashes performance for clustered and virtualized applications in the enterprise
Clustered and highly virtualized servers continue to expand their footprint in the data center, generating large numbers of highly randomized IOPs and producing some of the most performance-challenged environments in the enterprise. FabricCache unleashes the power of server-based caching and defines a new solution category for enterprise application acceleration, transparently pooling individual server cache across multiple, physical servers. All servers equipped with FabricCache adapters access, share and utilize the combined cache of all FabricCache adapters in a cluster. This approach delivers new levels of scalable performance for the most demanding mission-critical applications in the data center, dramatically lowering latency and increasing throughput for clustered and virtualized applications, including database and enterprise collaboration.FabricCache adapters enable hypervisor-transparent caching of SAN storage in highly virtualized, clustered environments. During live virtual machine (VM) migration between physical servers, FabricCache ensures the shared cache stays warm, keeping performance high and supporting critical features such as automated VM and workload balancing across clustered servers. Since only one active copy of cache exists for any SAN LUN, FabricCache adapters guarantee cache coherence and maximize utilization of server-based flash capacity. FabricCache also ensures all cached data is synchronized with SAN storage, maintaining existing data protection and compliance policies.
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Cubs starting pitcher Edwin Jackson signals to the infield during the Reds three-run foutth inning. The Chicago Cubs fell 7-4 to the Cincinnati Reds Sunday May 5, 2013 at Wrigley Field. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
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When the Cubs and Washington Nationals emptied the benches for a 70-man shoving match in the finale of their four-game series last September in Washington, Edwin Jackson was one of the more animated Nationals on the field, yelling, reaching, gesturing and being held back by coaches and teammates.
Since his first day in a Cubs uniform this spring, Jackson has claimed amnesia surrounding the events of that night.
"I really don't even remember," he said.
Maybe his return for the first time as a Cub can jog some memories — if not of the fire and intensity of that night, then maybe just the success he enjoyed in those familiar surroundings last year.
Jackson (0-5, 6.39 ERA) makes his eighth start as a Cub on Saturday against Stephen Strasburg in search of not only his first win as a Cub but just a second quality start, and maybe a game where he finally eliminates that one big inning.
Nationals Park might be the place to do it. He went 6-6 with a 3.35 ERA there last season (4-5, 4.78 everywhere else). And his old team might be the team to do it against: The Nationals rank near the bottom of the league in most offensive categories.
The promise of familiarity?
"I've played for eight different teams," said Jackson, who's in the first year of a four-year, $52 million deal. "At this point, you look at everybody the same, whether it's an old team or a new team, and just try to go out and dominate."
Stewart sighting
Exiled third baseman Ian Stewart — who cleared waivers and was outrighted off the 40-man roster Wednesday — was out of the Class AAA Iowa starting lineup for the sixth straight game Thursday. But he came off the bench to pinch-hit in the ninth and flied out, making him 4-for-45 since his minor-league rehab assignment-turned-option at Iowa.
The Cubs have buried him on the minor-league bench. And after failing to get another team to claim him on waivers, they appear to be trying to trade him for whatever savings they can get off his $2 million salary.


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Things change every day. But that doesn't mean at times it isn't difficult for all of us.
At the end of the school year, my high school Berea High, will merge with Midpark High and become Berea-Midpark High School. It will be in the current Berea building I understand, and the team will be renamed from the Braves to the Titans.
This is on the heels of my old elementary school Parknoll closing after 50 years and being torn down. Sad, as I don't know if I ever felt as safe in my life as I did going to that school as a kid. Seems many of us might feel that way about our primary schools. New schools had to be built, but it doesn't make it any less sad.
I have always felt there are 4 things that are hard to watch close. Schools, Stadiums, Theaters and Theme Parks. You know, places that were built specifically for people to gather and make life better and more fun. I guess we understand that on the day they open, there will be a day they will close. But, they are beyond special places. They represent more that just a place we go...but a place we grow in one way or another.
Look at old Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. Yeah I get it, it had tons of problems. But I know this, the Browns won a ton a championships there, and have never been the same since they left the old dinosaur behind. And did you know that every player who's number the Indians have retired played there, and only there? And there is not a person you'll meet that will say that they didn't have better times at the Coliseum in Richfield.
How about the neighborhood theater? No one denies that the new places are fantastic. But the old ones with the balcony and the one or maybe two screens? The place that was right up the street with the neon marquis? And don't get me started at the fun we all had at drive-ins!
Theme parks always die hard and Chippewa Lake comes to mind. It was open for over 100 years. Generations gathered there to have family fun. It deserved better than a chained gate and 40 years of overgrowth.
Look, I'm not saying that the new places aren't amazing, beautiful and needed. Or that the old places were better or more comfortable. But I might argue that they were more fun, and that they were more special to us.
For me that is certainly the case of my school. I was sad to see Parknoll torn down. I'm going to miss driving up there on occasion to see the brick that said SW + CP that I wrote with chalk in the sixth grade when I had a crush on Connie Price. It was there since I left. Or the gym I played Saturday morning basketball in with Bobby G., and Scott M. Or the fields I rode up to on my bike 15 minutes after school was over to play some kind of ball on depending on the season. And summer camp with Valerie W., and Dave G., and others.
As for my high school? I'm sure I'm not the first person to have their high school close or change. But it's where I did the morning announements with John R., and Kathy M. Plus, this week is the final Berea-Midpark rivalry football game after 50 years. After this it will be one school, Berea-Midpark.
But don't look for the hyphen on my diploma. I graduated from THE Berea High School. Go Braves!


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Getting ready for the upcoming season is one of the most exciting times in the life of a skier. Praying for snow, watching ski movies and scoping out new equipment to buy are the three most important pieces of this routine. Purchasing new skis can be one of the most exciting parts of preseason activities, but doing the research to find the best pair can be a daunting task. With such an overwhelming amount of information it's hard to know who to trust, so here's a list of reliable websites that will help you make the big decision.
A very clean and easy to use website, realskiers.com is the first place to go when you are trying to decide which pair of metal rods you want to strap to your feet this year. The best thing about this website is that it gets straight to the point with the information you need to choose a pair of skis. Instead of lengthy paragraphs they use a system called '1-minute-reviews.' A rating system of 1-5 for all aspects of the ski, the specs and a few testimonials from users is all that is provided for each pair of skis. It's the perfect amount of information to decide which skis to demo or even purchase.
A massive website that every hardcore skier has visited at some point in their lives, Epicski.com is the Mecca of ski and ski related equipment reviews. The sheer magnitude of skis reviewed on this website is astonishing, but that is just the beginning. From helmets to ski boots everything you could need on a ski holiday is reviewed extensively on this website. Manufacturers and users write reviews so you get a nice mixed bag of information.
This website is another great resource to consult during the difficult ski selection process. A more traditional setup, this review website uses professional ski review authors to describe the pros and cons of different ski types. In short paragraphs you get honest sounding opinions on almost every major brand of skis that you could want to purchase.
This is a great website for ski and gear reviews, but the other plethora of options make it a must visit during the preseason ski ritual. Reviews are clean and precise on a five-point scale, but while you are checking out skis and gear you might as well check the snow report or reviews of resorts in your area. With weather predictions and live camera feeds this website is a one stop shop for everything ski related.
A popular freestyle ski magazine, Freeskier also has a great website with a well trusted set of ski reviews. The editors and authors of the magazine are considered to be experts in the industry which give this review website a bit more credit than the others. A comment section after the review allow readers to input their two cents as well which gives you great information before your important purchase.


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Film Reviews: 'Cowboys and Aliens,' 'Crazy, Stupid, Love,' 'Another Earth'
* * * Cowboys & Aliens
Directed by Jon Favreau. Written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman & Damon Lindelof and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, based on the graphic novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. With Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. (PG-13)
Ours is the age of the mash-up, and if next summer brings Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is slated for 2013), this summer we get Cowboys & Aliens, which at the very least is truth in advertising. You have your cowboys and you have your aliens, and you have your bandits and Apaches who join the search party to rescue their abducted kin, and it's James Bond and Indiana Jones (or is that Han Solo?) leading the searchers, which just mashes up the mash-up even more. At least it's not another superhero movie, right?
So settle back as Iron Man director Jon Favreau offers a surprisingly smooth facsimile of an old-fashioned western, with a Man with No Name (Daniel Craig), a woman (Olivia Wilde) trying to enlist that man on a mission, a crotchety rancher (Harrison Ford) with a spoiled young'un (Paul Dano), and a bespectacled barkeep (Sam Rockwell) who will learn, before it's over, how to shoot straight. The amnesiac who has awoken in the desert with a futuristic weapon on his wrist will soon learn that his name is Jake Lonergan and he was a rascally varmint indeed, but he will atone for his sins in the town of Absolution, New Mexico, first by giving Young Dano a long-deserved whack in the gut. It's a James Bond whack, barely a muscle flinched, Craig's steely blues set forward as if he's just slapped down a gnat, and we need his cool since Ford is off the rails entirely.
The aliens, for their part, are hulking reptilian giants whose mucoid torsos conceal extra hands. They are steampunk aliens, as if imagined by 19th-century cowboys, flying planes with five pairs of wings and conducting their unexpectedly nightmarish experiments under distinctly unhygienic conditions. It's only on the vivisection table where, briefly, Cowboys & Aliens transcends its high concept, and then it's back to genre winks and nods, in a movie content to coast on the friction between its mashed-up parts.
* * * Crazy, Stupid, Love
Directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa. Written by Dan Fogelman. With Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. (PG-13)
There's a billboard for Crazy, Stupid, Love showing Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Kevin Bacon tackling each other behind the words "This is stupid." It's an actual, if atypical, shot from the movie but Crazy, Stupid, Love is no stupid, gross-out comedy. It's a comedy of remarriage, to borrow Stanley Cavell's classification for comedies like The Awful Truth in which a separated couple learn that they were meant for each other after all. The comedy of remarriage provided a way to get around the Production Code's prohibition against adultery; today it offers comforting wish-fulfillment against the ubiquity of divorce, a promise that there is a one-and-only for each and every one of us.
Carell's latest sweet sadsack finds himself stranded in the singles scene after his wife (Julianne Moore), who has been having an affair with her boss (Kevin Bacon), asks for a divorce. A pick-up artist named Jacob (Ryan Gosling) takes pity on Cal and makes him over, tossing his New Balance sneakers over a shopping mall balcony. Soon Cal becomes expert at what he calls Jacob's "creepy little game," even as he creeps into his garden late at night, hoping for a glimpse of his wife. But there's one gal who won't fall for Jacob's lines, a law student (Emma Stone) expecting a ring from a lawyer (Josh Groban) at the firm she's been clerking for.
Bad Santa screenwriters Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who made their directorial debut with I Love You Phillip Morris, are still learning on the job, but the performances, including Marisa Tomei as another one of her desperate 40-something singles, are outstanding.
* * 1/2 Another Earth
Directed by Mike Cahill. Written by Mike Cahill & Brit Marling. With Brit Marling and William Mapother. (PG-13)
In truth Another Earth is an "Outer Limits" episode padded out to 92 minutes, mostly through co-writer-director-cinematographer-editor (and New Haven native) Mike Cahill's contemplation of Brit Marling's pretty face. She plays a young woman whose obsession with outer space has been sidelined by a four-year jail stint for drunk driving. Newly released from prison, Rhoda moves back in with her parents, takes a job scrubbing toilets at West Haven High and determines to make amends with the man (William Mapother) whose family she killed. John is a Yale music professor-turned-hermit living in a rundown house in Stamford, she poses as a cleaning lady, and there are a lot of back-and-forths on Metro-North until they predictably fall into bed.
Meanwhile, Rhoda has won an essay contest that has gotten her a ticket on the first flight to Earth 2, a mirror planet. There's some fanciful speculation about how Earth 2's discovery caused a rupture in the synchronicity between the two planets, introducing the possibility that Rhoda 2 and John 2 might be leading very different lives. This multiverse business is really about taking a good, hard look at oneself. But what would it be like to meet yourself? Another Earth is all setup, cutting away before that question can be answered.Copyright © 2014, Hartford Courant


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Nixon signs bill limiting use of welfare funds
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation that prohibits welfare recipients from using such funds at liquor stores, casinos or strip clubs.
The legislation also bars recipients from using cash benefits to buy anything marketed for adults while increasing penalties for people who are convicted of spending benefits improperly. The newly signed law brings Missouri into compliance with federal restrictions on purchases using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families electronic cash benefit cards.
Nixon said Monday the legislation ensures assistance for those in need is provided in a proper manner.
Supporters said the measure would help to prevent fraud and abuse in the welfare system. Critics had said it would create unnecessary restrictions on where people can buy food.
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The IT List: Bookstore Chic
Imagine our excitement upon discovering the article on Hercampus discussing a fabulous trend at Fordham University: Bookstore Chic. The article commented on everything from Free T-shirts to fashion forward clothes and accessories. We are beyond thrilled to share some of what this blogger included on her list of favorites as well as add in a tip or two of our own. Check it out for yourself!
1. Free T-Shirts: Nearly every college or university is more than happy to present students with an array of free collegiate shirts. Whether you wear them to the gym or out (perhaps after reading our Stylish Ways to Wear Your Favorite T-Shirt post?), no one will be questioning your school spirit. Paying for cool clothes is definitely last-season.
**BNC Tip: Have an exorbitant amount of T-shirts you just aren't going to wear? Check out our DIY Dorm blog post and turn them into cute pillows for your dorm room!
2. Lounge Wear and Hoodies: Sneak a peak into any morning lecture and chances are a good portion of the students are sporting comfortable clothing or a collegiate hoodie. Logo-ed yoga pants let students feel extra comfy without looking sloppy. This look (pictured left) gets two-thumbs up from us!
3. Our Pick: Style for a Cause! Our trend tables are always bursting with attention-grabbing accessories. The best part, however, is that many of these accessories don't just look great, they support a great cause! From beaded bracelets to cascading scarves, the most beautiful parts of these pieces are the stories behind them (Keep your eyes peeled in June when we spotlight all of our favorites!).
Get the full Bookstore Chic article here. How do you incorporate bookstore items into your style? Post a comment below and we'll share it!
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Spring: It's In the Bag
Budding leaves, blooming flowers, chirping birds and the smell of fresh-cut grass all mean one thing: Spring has (finally) arrived. As you begin trading in your chunky sweaters and heavy coats for tank tops and flip flops, you'll likely consider giving your handbag collection a spring makeover, as well. Before you're left wondering which bag to grab, consult our list for inspiration. We have solutions for just about every situation.
Formal Fun
For many college organizations, this is the time of year to hold a Formal. That typically means wearing a fancy dress, spending hours on hair and makeup and ultimately trying to recreate the magic of your prom experience. Forever 21 has a number of bags to complete the look you are going for on your special night, all within a reasonable price range. Like this one– The color screams spring, the chain dresses up the bag and it's the perfect size to hold your formal necessities.
Shop Ethical Fashion With School House
It's not just about size, color, long sleeve or short– It's also about the message and story behind the clothes.
If you take a minute to stop and think about that tee you're trying on, chances are it has traveled across open waters to land in the store you are browsing. It was at the hands of a hard worker who depends on each stitch to feed his or her family.
One Fullbright Scholar, Rachel Weeks, took time to think about those who were spending their days sewing and manufacturing her clothes and how many of them were poorly paid.
In 2007, Weeks traveled to Sri Lanka in hopes of bringing free and fair fashion to college campuses, according to School House.
So, to create quality garments while improving labor rights, Weeks teamed up with ALARM, a Sri Lankan coalition of labor rights organizations and trade unions, to launch School House.
School House pays premium prices to its suppliers to ensure living wages are paid in the manufacturing facilities, according to the company's website.
So, when you shop School House, you are making a difference each day, t-shirt by t-shirt. Shop School House at your campus bookstore today and contribute to the success of ethical fashion for all.
Stay Trendy While Running Late
We're all guilty of running late once in a while. Whether we wake up late, miss the bus or just plain lose track of time, it can be difficult to find an outfit that doesn't make us look like a hot mess. Personally, sweats are my default on lazy days, but I realize they're not always the most flattering. So, when time itself is running faster than you are, consider this as your go-to look. And for those of you already wearing this ensemble on a regular basis– rock on.
Put Your Best Foot Forward This Spring
Spring is right around the corner and what better way to kick off the season than with some cute new shoes? We picked five styles that are sure to make your feet the envy of your peers.
Flatforms – The New Height of Comfort
A new trend this season, Flatforms, combine the height of a platform shoe with the comfort of a flat. This new style is being paired with every look from casual to chic, day to evening. Check out some recent runway styles at fashionurbia.
That's the Spirit!
School Spirit is always in style and while we support mascot-inspired pedicures, we realize not everyone is THAT artistic. So, the next best thing? Spirited, Varsity flip flops. Warmer weather is on its way so grab a pair and you'll never be without pride.
Make a Statement: Wedges
The Flatform trend may not be your style, so for those who look for the added height, statement wedges are the way to go. Added details and varied wedge widths have given this seasonal classic a 2011 makeover. For your spring wedge fix, feast your eyes on Shoeblog.
Flip-Floppin' Cool: Havaianas
Bright colors, fun patterns and effortless comfort define the Havaianas brand. With spring break right around the corner, pick up a pair at your campus bookstore to show your pedis wherever your travels may take you.
Rain, Rain– Stay As Long As You Want
You know what they say, 'April showers, bring May flowers.' As you gear up for the wet weather, don't be the only one on campus sporting rain-soaked pants and grass-covered feet (Ew.). Available in a wide variety of colors and styles (and of course, spirit!) your feet will stay dry, warm and totally in-style.
Exclusive Excerpt: Tabatha Coffey's "It's Not Really About the Hair"
You gotta love Tabatha Coffey. The no-nonsense attitude and tenacious personality of the Bravo TV star wins you over in a heartbeat. But how did Tabatha, of "Tabatha's Salon Takeover," gain such independence and strength? She tells all in her new book, "It's Not Really About the Hair".
From tales of her childhood to stories of entrepreneurship, everyone is sure to learn a thing or two about gaining a sense of self and achieving one's dreams. Take it from the excerpt below, "Living the Dream", where Tabatha helps you decide what will make you happy in life.
Living the Dream
It isn't easy to "live the dream," but for some people it's even harder to figure out what "the dream" is. I knew early on that I wanted to be a hairdresser, but if you're one of those people casting about trying to figure it out or saying, "Oh well, I'll just go to law school," then I have a few key questions that you should ask yourself:
• "What makes you miserable?" While this might not seem like the logical starting place, it is. You'd be amazed how many law school graduates hate practicing law. They should have asked themselves this question before they applied.
• "When you have a Sunday afternoon with nothing to do, how do you spend it?" Now, if your answer is in bed with a bowl of cold cereal, I can't necessarily pinpoint your dream—other than to say it involves Cap'n Crunch. But even reading the newspaper tells you something. Maybe you want to report the news or deal with politics. Maybe you like the sports page and will become the manager of the New York Yankees. And that brings me to my second point:
• Dream big. Leave it to others—whether it's your sworn enemy or your mother—to tell you something can't be done. If you have a dream, supersize it. It's healthier than a Happy Meal and doesn't cost you anything. Go after your dream like it's the biggest deal you have ever seen and treat it like a monster to be tamed. If it's easy to attain, then it might not be your dream after all.
Excerpted from It's Not Really About the Hair: The Honest Truth About Life, Love, and the Business of Beauty by Tabatha Coffey. © 2011, It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Save Cash By Renting or Buying Used
Does buying always trump renting? I don't think so! Does buying used mean you're not getting the best of the best? Not in my consumer-wise opinion! Buying brand spankin' new–not to mention purchasing something you may only need for a short period of time– isn't always the best way to go, especially on your wallet.
There are plenty of rental and "used" options, which will leave your bank account oozing with cash. Take it from me– I'm definitely thrifty when it comes to purchase decisions. Renting items and buying used products has put some of the more luxurious things in life at my fingertips– like a Louis Vuitton bag and Dolce & Gabbana dress (don't kid yourself– you never have to pay full price!). Here are some great things to rent or to buy gently used, which will take your savings to a new level.
Rent Designer Dresses, Jewelry and Accessories: For special occassions, you want a special dress, right? I mean, you don't want to post pictures to Facebook wearing the same dress for the zillionth time. But who has the money to keep buying new frocks (not me!)? So, for those date nights and formals, visit RentTheRunway (RTR). You can rent designer looks at 90% off retail prices. From dresses to necklaces to earrings, this site has it all. RTR helps you look chic, fresh and financially savvy in a new, hot wardrobe.
Buy Gently Used Clothing and Accessories: When you're on a tight budget, even the sale racks can be your worst enemy. Sure, you can score some deals on new, everyday clothes, but it's hard to find those brands you drool over. In comes, Plato's Closet to save the day! This retail store sells gently used clothing from brands like Abercrombie, bebe and Lucky Brand. From shorts to jeans to dresses, transform someone else's lost trend into your personal style. With store locations around the country, your inner-fashionista is sure to spend an entire day browsing the racks and saving up to 70% on the same clothes you would see at the mall.
Rent Designer Handbags, Watches, Sunglasses: Avelle's Bag Borrow Or Steal is like my personal oasis. You can rent top designer accessories! Some scenarios as to why this site is amazing: If you're going on vacation and want a pair of gorgeous Coach shades, you can rent a pair for $13/week. Have a job interview and want a fabulous Louis Vuitton handbag (that shouts, "Hire me and I'll make you a million bucks!"), rent one for $26/week. Or how about a watch to match that power-suit? Again, rent a diamond Charriol for $67/week! This site is perfect for the student on a budget.
Official: iPhone Coming to Verizon 2.10.11
The headline speaks for itself. The iPhone is finally going to be available on Verizon come February.
Students rejoice! Do you have an iPhone? Will you be getting one in February?