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One of the most fashionable trends, used in web design from last year, is colorful, beautiful typography. Many of us have heard of typography before, but in order to avoid misunderstandings in the future, let's get the definition.Typography – a graphic design of printed text, that is, simply put, is a beautifully designed text. It is often used in the design of websites in order to highlight a particular item, the visitor to pay attention to someimportant announcement, put the accent or something to hide. With the help of typography can revive even the most boring picture. Sites with non-standard fonts look much better than everyone else. Our eyes immediately caught the new element, especially if the text is decorated with illustrations, which envelop the text. Thanks to the typography may be in [&hellip
Holy Ramadan is the 9th month of lunar Islamic calendar which goes around 29 or 30 days of a month and according to the visual sightings of the crescent moon and according to several biographical accounts compiled in Hadiths. It's the Muslim month of fasting. In this month all the Muslims of the world prevent themselves from dawn until sunset from eating, drinking, and sexual relations. The true rewards of fasting are so many, but in the month of Ramadan, Muslims believed that rewards in this month are multiplied. Muslims fast in this month for the sake of demonstrating submission to God and to offer more prayers and Quran recitations. So we have collected some really beautiful Ramadan wallpapers for your laptops and desktops. Happy Ramadan!
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Letterpress designs introduce a new feel and finish to a design – a slightly different texture and shading that sets it apart from other prints. However, it can also be very challenging – letterpress equipment tends to only be able to print in one colour at a time, which means that it needs a very skilled operator indeed if they are to produce art in more than one colour (something that isn't an issue for those more used to regular printing processes). This can easily be achieved by print online services from reputed companies. Despite the quirks and intricacies involved with learning how to use letterpress equipment, the results can be (when completed perfectly) visually stunning. We've selected a showcase of some stunning letterpress designs [&hellip

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Western North Carolina saw a range of snowfall totals Saturday, from a dusting around Asheville to about 5 inches in higher elevations.
Some of the region's highest mountain peaks could see a weekly total of close to one foot of snowfall by today, but most of the region saw just flurries or a trace of snow. But snow could return Wednesday, according to forecasters, who are tracking a storm that's developing.
Sunday will see a high of around 40 degrees and a low in the 20s. Monday, the temperature is expected to reach the upper 40s. There's a 70 percent chance of rain on Tuesday and a 50 percent chance of snow on Wednesday, with a high of 37, according to forecasters.


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Refurbished 16GB iPhone 3G, drops to $474
Ecost.com is currently offering the refurbished Apple 16GB iPhone 3G – Black (model no. MB048LL/A) for only $474.99, which is $225 off its previous list price of $699.99, and about $40 less than the next lowest price we have seen for this particular iPhone. Included with this popular mobile phone is Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technology, built-in camera, internet access, H.264 video support at a 640 x 480 resolution, and a rechargeable battery that provides up to 5 hours of talk time or 6 ours of Wi-Fi usage. Shipping rates start at $9.99, and sales tax applies for residents of California, Texas, and Tennessee.
Also available from Ecost.com is a 16GB version of the refurbished iPhone 4, which offers both front and back cameras, video calling, integrated Retina display for high-resolution images, and HD video recording. It's currently priced at $799.99 and offers savings of up to $200. Protect your iPhone 3G with the iFrogz Luxe Case, now on sale for only $3.49 and located at Amazon.com. Or If you chose an iPhone 4 than head to JR.com for the Belkin Grip Groove Duo Cases for iPhone, priced at $14.99 and includes FREE shipping.


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I have been employed at Western going on 40 years now. I have been married 41 years to my wonderful husband, Lavoy. I have an amazing daughter, Stephanie, and son-in-law, Jamey. Stephanie is an alumni and employee of WKU, and Jamey is a pharmacist in Bowling Green. We have two great pets who pretty much run our household— a yorkie named Sweets and a cat named Wrinkles. I love spending time with my family, and I enjoy working outside and cooking. .
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Skype for Windows Phone finished, goes live
updated 09:05 pm EDT, Sun April 22, 2012
Skype on Windows Phone official for all
Skype picked an uncommon weekend introduction to post the finished version of its VoIP app for Windows Phone devices (Windows Phone Marketplace). The new version from Microsoft's recent acquisition adds some of the core features that had been missing in a preview version from February, including Skype Out calls to landlines, the ability to add and find contacts, and numerous improvements to performance. It could already make typical Skype-to-Skype calls and chats in an interface tailored to Windows Phone's Metro interface.
Unlike Android and iOS versions, however, the initial Windows Phone port won't take calls in the background. As such, it's mostly useful for outbound calls or for those who anticipate setting up calls. An existing competitive app, Tango, can handle VoIP and video calls in the background, but can't usually talk to other major networks.
The core app is free and should work on most any Windows Phone device, including on 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi. Calling to real-world numbers carries a fee. Neither Skype nor its parent Microsoft has said if or when background calls would be added, although it should no longer be determined by OS limits. [via WPCentral]


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Here's our staff highlights for this week — all the titles, creators, programs, conferences, and library shenanigans that made our week, comics-wise!
Official DC Superhero Cookbook
On Tuesday we hosted our first graphic novel club for teens at my new library. When I advertised the program, I said there would be "thematic snacks." In my search for good snack ideas, I discovered (through this blog that back in November The Official DC Super Hero Cookbook was published. At the club, we served the Aquaman floats (enjoyed by teens and staff alike). And of course, the book is now on my to-order list. -Emily
Strange Fruit
After reading "Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives From Black History" by Joel Christan Gill, I read a thoughtful essay on the book by Qiana Whitted over at Hooded Utilitarian, How Do Comics Visualize Racist Speech? Gill provides some follow-up responses in the comments below the article. -Thomas
Heroes Con
My happy = I'm going to Heroes Con this weekend!!! And, and I get to meet Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky who do the fantastic comic Sex Criminals which is seriously, seriously awesome. And Matt writes Hawkeye which is fantastic, much more than I thought it would be. And more of course :D Yay!!! -Andrew
Comics Plus
This week, I'm VERY happy over the library demo of Comics Plus. It's exactly where I'd like to see comics in libraries going. There are still a few bugs and irregularities, but I'm impressed at the publishers that are already included - Boom, Archaia, Dynamite, Red 5, Alternative Comics, among many other small presses. I can definitely see Fantagraphics or Image making the leap eventually. -Anna


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The band originally consisted of students Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and Syd Barrett. Founded in 1965, the band first became popular playing in London's underground music scene in the late 1960s. Under Barrett's leadership they released two charting singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", and a successful début album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined Pink Floyd as its fifth member in December 1967, several months prior to Barrett's departure from the group due to his deteriorating mental health. Following the loss of their principal songwriter, Pink Floyd bassist and vocalist Roger Waters became the band's lyricist and conceptual leader, with Gilmour assuming lead guitar, taking on most of the band's music composition, and sharing lead vocals. With this line-up Pink Floyd achieved worldwide critical and commercial success with their concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall.
Wright left the group in 1979, and Waters in 1985, but Gilmour and Mason (subsequently rejoined by Wright) continued to record and tour. Waters resorted to legal means to try to keep them from performing as Pink Floyd, but the dispute was resolved with an out-of-court settlement which allowed Gilmour and Mason to continue, and which also released Waters from his contractual obligations to the band. Two further albums followed, A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell. Following almost two decades of acrimony the band reunited in 2005 for a single performance, at the charity concert Live 8. Wright died in 2008. Surviving members Waters, Gilmour and Mason reunited for one of Roger Waters' The Wall Tour shows on 12 May 2011 at the O2 Arena in London; Gilmour performed "Comfortably Numb" along with Waters and "Outside the Wall" with Mason and Waters.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Libertarian David Patterson has announced his intention to run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
A 42-year-old Harrodsburg police officer, Patterson said in a statement that he's making a bid to unseat Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell because voters are looking for an alternative.
Ken Moellman, chairman of the Libertarian Party's state executive committee, said he's pleased Patterson wanted to get into the race. Patterson will seek the party's nomination in an internal primary on March 1.
McConnell is seeking a sixth term in office in next year's election. His chief rival is Democratic front-runner Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky's secretary of state.
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The United States Postal Service (USPS) can trace its roots back to 1775 when Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general. The mission of the USPS was then, and in large part remains, to provide the American public with trusted universal postal service at affordable prices.
But a few things have changed since 1775 here in the U.S. In 1775 the primary means of communication was by and through writings on paper. The country needed a reliable service to get messages from one point to another to serve the greater good. But with the invention of the telephone circa 1876 and, more recently, the Internet and related electronic mail service our need to physically write things down on a piece of paper and to have it delivered to another to communicate has been greatly diminished if not virtually eradicated. Add in competitive forces from private parcel services such as UPS and FedEx and, in the absence of an evolving mission, the USPS has effectively rendered itself moot.
As proof of the point in recent years the USPS has fallen upon hard times. On December 5, 2011 the USPS announced it would close more than half of its mail processing centers, eliminate 28,000 jobs and end overnight delivery of first-class mail. Now, some of these cut backs have been scaled back or put on hold, but in the absence of an evolving mission and recognition of those competitive forces the USPS will not be able to right the ship and will soon become a relic of our country's past.
So what can you learn from the USPS's struggles? Here is the lesson I have taken away that is applicable to every business.
The Marketplace is Evolving Around You: Your Business Must Evolve With It
In 1775, aside from face-to-face meetings, the primary means of communicating with one another was to send a letter. Thus the original mission of the USPS fit nicely within this market: to provide the American public with trusted universal postal service at affordable prices. By the late 1800s the landscape of communications was changing with the increasing popularity of the telephone. Our ability to communicate with one another was evolving and moving away from the written word. Still, the USPS's mission remained unchanged.
By the 1970s the modern pre-cursors to today's facsimile machines were being perfected such that by the 1980s almost all businesses and many homes began relying on the same to transmit papers and documents outside of traditional mail. Still, the USPS's mission remained unchanged.
Finally, the 1990s ushered in the technological wave that may ultimately prove to be the last straw on the USPS's already strained back: the Internet. Now with electronic mail moving through cyberspace at the blink of an eye and texting becoming an ever-increasing component of our society today's younger generations cannot even comprehend waiting for the proverbial mail to arrive. Still, the USPS's mission has remained unchanged.
Why is this so important? In understanding and evaluating the struggles of one business we can use these lessons learned to avoid similar consequences in our own.
So where could the USPS have changed course to avoid its current path? Perhaps the USPS would have invested in secure transmission of facsimiles offering better facsimile services than others through the 1980s. When the 1990s rolled around instead of mailboxes on every corner combined e-mail kiosks / mailboxes could have been rolled out leveraging the power of communication all the while being true to the original intent of their mission. Almost everyone has a gmail.com or yahoo.com email account. Why did they not provide the most secure free e-mail accounts available to the general public maintaining a living and breathing version of that original mission?
Why? They did not evolve as communication technology evolved around them. So what is the take away from this brief study? How does it apply to your business?
Your business must evolve. Keep your finger on the pulse of your marketplace to know where it is headed and how your business must adapt to meet the ever changing needs of your customers. If you can, your business will continue to flourish. If you cannot, well, that message has already been delivered by the USPS.


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Oil prices after an OPEC production cut
Oct 17, 2008 What effect would an OPEC production cut have on oil prices in this shakey world economy? Bill Radke talks to Carola Hoyos, who covers the oil market for The Financial Times.
Southwest's hedge on fuel backfires
Janet Babin
Oct 16, 2008 At first, it looked like Southwest Airlines hedged its bets well when it prepaid for fuel because prices were going up. Unfortunately, now oil prices are falling. Janet Babin has more on Southwest and airlines in general.
Why are oil prices dropping?
Ashley Milne-Tyte
Oct 16, 2008 The price of oil this morning is $72 a barrel -- half of what it was three months ago. Ashley Milne-Tyte looks into some factors influencing oil markets, including the disappearance of some speculators.
Tech advances fuel solar industry
Sarah Gardner
Oct 15, 2008 The credit crisis is taking its toll on businesses, but there's optimism in the solar energy sector. Sarah Gardner reports that new technolgies and cheaper materials have improved solar's market potential.
Can cheap commodities be a bad thing?
Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 15, 2008 With oil prices slipping below $75, prices for corn, gold and other commodities are also down. That's good news for consumers, but what about the overall economy? Will it spark inflation? Nancy Marshall Genzer has answers.
Oil profits still high in third quarter
Ashley Milne-Tyte
Oct 9, 2008 Oil may not be seeing the per-barrel prices of last year, but the average prices are still higher than last year. Ashley Milne-Tyte looks into what energy analysts are predicting for oil profits as earnings reports come in.
Driving in Southeast is no gas
Sep 26, 2008 About 60% of crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is still off line, almost two weeks after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. That disruption has led to serious gas shortages in parts of the Southeast. Julie Rose reports.
Oil prices drop amid economic turmoil
Sep 16, 2008 While all eyes were on Wall Street's big financial institutions, the price of oil slipped down to $91 a barrel -- a seven-month low. How'd that happen? Host Stacey Vanek-Smith asks economist Andrew Hilton.
Even a financial crisis has a green lining
Dennis Markatos
Sep 15, 2008 Wow, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch just fell in the blink of an eye. And other institutions may yet fall in the months ahead....
Ike has Texas refineries in its sights
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 12, 2008 Weather forecasters say Hurricane Ike is going to wallop the south Texas coast and its oil refineries early Saturday morning. To find out what that's going to mean for oil and gas prices, Kai Ryssdal talked with economist Ray Perryman.


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What is CaMeW?
While there exist a handful of very successful programs for mentoring and encouraging female and minority undergraduate mathematics majors and women entering graduate school in mathematics, at the time of the founding of CaMeW there were no national programs to assist women in navigating their final stages of graduate school. Workshop participants will benefit from a program tailored to meet their needs during this critical time in their career, as they transition from graduate school to the workforce. The goal of the workshop is to support women as they begin their careers as professional mathematicians in an organized fashion.
Each of us (the program directors and mentors) has been involved with mentoring programs at various stages in our careers and has found them to be incredibly rewarding. We recognize the need for women to be encouraged to discuss the stressful time in their lives when they are finishing their dissertation and making decisions about the beginning of their professional careers. While we have individually mentored women friends and acquaintances as they finished graduate school over the last few years, we decided to reach out to more women and do so in a way that would bring graduate students together for support. As one of us was told this year by a friend who just accepted a tenure-track job, "I really, really appreciate all your help through this. I felt really alone here over the last couple of months, and it was so great to have someone to talk to who could offer good advice and understanding."
We aim for this to be an annual workshop to be held for years to come. Each year a group of junior women in mathematics will be invited to run workshops for finishing PhDs in order to offer varied perspectives on this stage in their careers.


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Larry Herr, 59, of Waubay, SD died Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at his residence.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 Sat. July 16, 2011 at Enemy Swim Culture Center, Enemy Swim, SD with Fr. Les Campbell officiating.
Inurnment will be held in Lakewood Cemetery with Military Graveside Rites conducted by the Webster VFW Post #4690.
Pallbearers will be his grandchildren: Braden Herr, Brodie Herr, William Herr and Bradlee Rumpza.
Honorary pallbearers are Alan Neilan, Wayne Johnston, Bob Sell, Jim Mikkelson, Angelo Aldentaler, Carlton Barse, Jr., Loren Welch, Gwen Collins, Sandra Murray, Cheryl Peterson, Keith Barse, Russell Barse, Don Barse, his nieces and nephews, and countless friends and family.
Larry was born on October 15, 1951 in Webster, SD to William (Jerry) & Cleo (Barse) Herr. He attended school at Waubay Public School. Following school Larry enlisted in the US Navy in 1969. He served during the Vietnam War aboard the USS Hancock. Larry was honorable discharged in 1973. Following his discharge, he married Kay McCaskell at Waubay. Larry began working construction where he was among those who helped build the Ottertail Power Plant in Milbank. He worked at the Dakota Sioux Casino for several years before getting back into the construction business. He worked for Upper Plains Construction for several years and was presently employed by Loisseau Construction out of Flandreau, SD.
Larry was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Waubay where he was baptized and confirmed; and the Webster VFW Post 4690.
Larry enjoyed collecting coins and guns, metal detecting, playing guitar. He loved all animals, especially horses and dogs. His grandchildren and children were his life. He loved to hunt and fish.
Grateful for having shared his life are one son, Chadd (Dawn) Herr of Humboldt; one daughter, Shannon Herr (Nick Rumpza) of Waubay; four grandchildren: Braden, Brodie and Will Herr, and Bradlee Rumpza; three sisters: Linda Walters of Waubay; Liann (Eugene) Erickson of Webster and Lynel Jordan of Golden, CO.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his maternal and paternal grandparents, and one son, Brad, in 2001.


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Talk of the most recent recession and recovery has centered largely on residential real estate.
The housing bubble of the past decade was fueled by speculative lending, artificial demand and the fallacy that home prices will always go up. The blow-up caused waves of foreclosures, bank failures, job losses and a stock market crash. The recovery has been fitful at best, both broadly and within the housing market.
But what of commercial real estate? Driven by the downturn, and the rise of online commerce, the poster child for the sector during the past decade was perhaps the many vacant Circuit City big boxes left stranded in weedy retail parking lots. Circuit City, of course, went out of business. In Roseville, the site became a Planet Fitness; in Bloomington, it's a Trader Joe's.
Of commercial real estate's three general categories: office, retail and industrial, "Each one is a little bit different in the recovery," said James Vitt, Associated Bank's senior vice president, market manager for commercial real estate in Minnesota.
"They all got hit hard in the downturn just like everything did."
Vitt was promoted in April at the Wisconsin-based bank (Minnesota's sixth-largest by deposits).
He has spent his career watching the market, from working in residential real estate, commercial title insurance, business development and back to commercial lending.
In a recent interview, he discussed the various facets of the market's downturn and recovery.
Let's start with the office market. What trends are you seeing since the recovery?
"Office has been unique in the recovery just by the way employers and employees work. There are smaller spaces, and you're now seeing growth in all industries. I think we've added 200,000 jobs (nationally) a month for the past five months. And Minnesota has been ahead of the national trend as far as employment rates.
"But you don't see a lot of growth or absorption in the office market because of the smaller spaces, the 'hoteling' of employees and just the mobility of employees. They're expanding, but also shrinking their footprint, so it's a little bit tougher to predict.
"In downtown Minneapolis, it will be interesting to watch the Wells Fargo development (at Downtown East) and how they backfill the space with Wells Fargo employees. Most of their employees are concentrated in a lot of Class B office." (According to figures Vitt provided by CoStar, downtown Minneapolis' office vacancy rate was 9.9 percent in the second quarter, down from 10.5 percent the previous year; over the same period, downtown St. Paul's vacancy rate rose to 15.9 percent from 11.1 percent.)
How about on the retail side?
"The retail market went from all these big boxes, clothing or electronics, and these exited the market in droves through the recession. It wasn't cheap, but it all got backfilled by more service-oriented businesses, like specialty groceries, restaurants, that kind of thing. Not the same type of businesses. More service-oriented.
"I think the online competition moved a lot of the retailers. I think they're probably warehousing a lot of their product and shipping it direct to the client when they click on the computer.
"Retail has recovered quite well, whereas I think the office vacancies still are relatively high."
You mentioned warehousing, and that's a good segue into industrial. What trends are you seeing there?
"The industrial sector has been on a large growth pattern the last year or two years, and it's predicted to be even greater in the next couple of years. Demand outpaces supply right now for the many users just looking for space that's not available. We're seeing a lot of development."
What do a you attribute that to?
"I think it's a number of things. I think companies are expanding; I don't really know if it's directly attributed to click-and-shop, but it helps.
"Anything from the craft beer guys, distilleries, Shutterfly (an online photo publishing service that just expanded in Shakopee); any example of users needing large warehouse space. We're a hub for the region, so shipping from here makes it a good spot to be."
Leading up to the recession, did the commercial side see similar lending activities as the housing sector?
"I do think there was a great extent of exuberance on the commercial side, on the lending side as well. People were 100 percent leveraged on properties at the top of the market, with their lease rates. Lease rates corrected, and all of a sudden your mortgage is underwater.
"Primarily this was in the CMBS (commercial mortgage backed securities) market, and banks got hurt. The condo boom hurt banks as well, overlending on the condo market, that spilled over. That's residential; but the commercial side did those loans."
Has financing loosened up a bit for commercial?
"I would say it has opened up greatly in the last couple of years. At Associated Bank, we were one of the first to turn our lights back on, on the lending front, back in 2011, and at that time we were not really competing with a lot of folks. After that year, when we said yes, (borrowers) were just excited that we said yes to a loan.
"That changed quickly in 2012-13, where now we've got multiple lenders back in the market."
Would you say it's a good time to get into the market?
"I'd say it's a very hard time to get into the market as an investor or buyer, because the return isn't there. There is growth, there is a lot development, but there also is a lot of equity chasing the same stuff, so the returns are very low."
So is the market occupied now by people who were in it before, rode the downturn and are now riding the recovery?
"I would say that's what's driving it. And large equity funds with those folks that have the expertise to go out and find products. And it's been driven by the multifamily recovery. For example, we just closed on a wonderful project in St. Paul, the Vintage (at Selby and Snelling avenues). "We just closed on that with (developer) Ryan Cos. Its an example of a project that's going to really transcend that neighborhood. It's a 210-unit apartment building with a 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods, right on a mass transit corridor with six colleges within two miles. It's going to be a fantastic place for people to live and commute to their jobs."


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The best beauty advice I ever got was actually 2 things instilled in me from a young age: always use a moisturizer (and nit just on your face, your whole body needs this treatment) and get a good night's sleep (so you wake up looking refreshed).
Always remove makeup before bed.
always wash your face before going to bed and sleep 8 hrs
What you do with your skin in your 20′s will show in your 50′s
I always wash my face with a moisturizing cleanser just before bed…plus I strive to get 8 solid hours of sleep. It's also very important to stay well-hydrated throughout the day. My skin will thank me! Oh, and don't forget to use a daily moisturizer with SPF 30 sunscreen protection. (Thank you for entering my name in your contest.)
"Less is more."
Always remove your make-up at night no matter what! It helps to get all the nasty stuff of your face and you start the next day with a fresh face. It helps with having a great complexion and your make up goes on better.
Moisturize — and wear sunscreen EVERY DAY.
Remove your make up and dirt completely before you go to bed./Drink plenty of water for your skin to be moisturized.
Always keep the skin clean!
drink lots of water, stop picking at your face, and always always remove makeup/wash the face before going to bed!
Don't wash your hair every day.
Always remove your makeup before going to bed! I love all of these products!
I was not fortunate enough to get advice early in life. I learned sunscreen is the most important thing for skin care and keeping the ends trimmed on your hair keep it looking its best.
Always remove make-up before going to bed and "less is more"!
The best beauty advice I've ever been given is less is more-it's so easy to go overboard with just one product so I've always kept in mind that there has to be a point where you stop doing your makeup!
3 Steps for beautiful skin: Cleansing,Toning,Moisturizing
The best beauty advice I've ever been given was "No matter how tired you are, wash your face before going to bed." The second advice I learned later in life was "Moisturize Moisturize Moisturize." I do both, and people can't believe I'm in my 50′s!!
When your skin is maturing has mine is, it seems that your whole make up regimen changes also you need to be so careful as what you wear make up and how you wear it. I never thought that it is so very important that you start toning and moisturize, moisturize, moisturize. The problem is finding the right one for you. I have tried so many from every Sephora product to ALL make up counters in Major Dept. Stores. But, sometimes I have found the best products in my local drugstore. It is so funny that just once in a" blue moon" I get a zit (pimple) and sometimes it tells me I still have oils in my skin ! Yeah ! Have a wonderful day. What is the best product for 50+ women who have very sallow skin and discoloration under your eyes?
Less is more….more looks funny, that's why we laugh at clowns
Never go to bed with make-up on and use a moisturizer daily.
Applying mascara and then getting it on your eyelid or below, elsewhere you don't want it, I would try to fix it it right a away and make smudges doing so. Best tip I herd: leave it till it dries then it flakes off easy no smudge! )
Staying hydrated is very important. As well as getting an ample amount of rest and keeping your skin moisturized.
I would love the chance to try out these products, especially the lip balm, for myself. The best beauty advice I've ever received is to always take your makeup off at the end of the day. Day-old eye makeup is not the greatest idea for your eyes!
Best advice that I was given was to stay out of the sun or wear sun block!!
I have always been told to use a thin eyeshadow brush with the fluffy part facing down to perfect my winged eyeliner, sticky tape is shocking to use as it messes it up and even though I have pressed my fingers on it heaps of times, it's still extremely sticky! Forever helped me!
Drink lots of water !
To always line lips with liner to make them look full
nivea and coconut oil. They work wonders!!
To use a good SPF daily for protection from the sun, and stay away from the tanning beds.
During my teenage years, I was a chubby insecure girl. I'd been doing a little too much experimenting with really dark makeup. One day, my dad, (who isn't really known for being very tactful) very gently Saudis , "Honey, you know I ALWAYS think you're so beautiful, but I honestly think you are even prettier, when I can see your real face, all that dark stuff on it." It was an important lesson, conference booster, realization & turning point for me, as a sensitive teenage girl! I'm so blessed to have an honest (and really brave!) father, who would consistently remind me that beauty wasn't just skin (or makeup) deep!
Drink lots of water to stay hydrated!
Never get too lazy not to wash your face twice a day. I have oily skin and there are times I want to go to bed without washing my face but I know if I do that my skin will start having blemishes.
Always curl your lashes…even if it's a makeup free day! And wear a smile!
Wash and moisturize your face every night before going to bed
I always brush my teeth and wash my face before bed. Even if I get home at 2:00am.
The best beauty advice I have received is twofold — one, drink plenty of water and stay hydrated. Your skin, hair, nails, and overall well-being is dependent upon it! The second is to live well — this means being happy, smiling, laughing, and taking time out of your day to be grateful for everything you have. My mom used to always tell me that the most beautiful faces are the faces with laugh lines because it showed a life well lived. Maybe not everyone thinks so, but I certainly do!
I was told that in the shower I should wash my face after washing/conditioning my hair since the shampoo/conditioner can clog pores and cause acne. As a person who has suffered with acne since high school (I'm now in my late 20s) I began putting this into practice. Best advice ever – such an improvement in my complexion and I love the compliments too!
The best beauty advice I have ever been given is to use quality salon color on my hair … and to use purple shampoo to keep my blonde looking amazing, along with other SALON quality shampoos and conditioners!
Always remove makeup before bed and always wear sunscreen!
The best beauty is Rimmel for nail's polish & Mac for lips & Aveeno for makeup removal and moisturizing.
This is good for aging.
"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."
-Roald Dahl
Moisturizer and sunscreen are the best things for your skin!
I never trust a man who's eyebrows meet. Men need to tweeze, too.
Always take off your makeup before going to bed, and take a shot of apple cider vinegar every night!
Use sunscreen daily! I should have taken this advice seriously in my early years. Now I am facing the dark spots caused by lacking of skin care. If I could turn back time….
Eat well, sleep well, and drink plenty of water for inner and outer beauty!
exfoliate! My skin looks so much better when I use my daily exfoliator! Those hand held gadgets are amazing!
Remove makeup before bed.
The best beauty advice: treat the skin from your cleavage through neck the same way as your face and always use sunscreen!
Always, always clean your face from make-up every night and always wear sunscreen !!
Use SPF 30+ *every* day.
Wear SPF 30 every day! I have no wrinkles at age 53, so thanks, Mama!
I was always taught to buy good makeup the first time— if you buy low end products a lot and they never work, it'll be end up costing you the same if you would've boughten quality makeup in the first place.
Always wash your face and drink a lot of water! I'm only 18 and my skin is FLAWLESS because of these two beauty tips!
use colors that match your skin tone. . . blend with your face, not have makeup stand out!
The best beauty advise I've been given is to remove your makeup before you go to bed and wear a good moisturizer AND sunscreen daily!
Sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen
Always drink lots of water for healthy skin!
Wear sunscreen ALWAYS. (I have very fair skin, and I even apply in winter and on cloudy/rainy days.)
Always wash your face before bed .
Wear sunscreen everyday!
My mom always gave me the following beauty advice:: 1. Drink plenty of water 2. Wear sunscreen 3. Take care of your smile
Then, she would remind me that my most beautiful features were kindness, love, and sharing my smile with others!
I'm unclear about entering this, I would very much love to win/have/use all the products you have shown! The best, and most repeated advice was drink water, water, water! Oh and stay out of the sun but use SPF daily. I have always used waterproof mascara thus it was difficult to remove, I tried Vaseline & it worked like a charm and conditioned my lashes in the process! They became fuller as I continued using Vaseline. Just thought I'd share that.
If no one has told you today, your all beautiful just the way you are
Always moisturize with an spf
Best beauty advice I was ever given was from my Mother and Grand mother to always remove your makeup before bed.
Remove makeup and moisturize before going to bed every night. When applying makeup, use upward
I would live to try all of these products!!
Never go to bed with your makeup on!
Sleep on your back- it prevents wrinkles and breakouts!
Use a good spf and eat healthy!
When I was a teenager my Mum taught me about using talc to make your hair not greasy looking. To this day I still use that tip. Now we can buy it in a bottle disguised as 'dry shampoo'.
Don't share your mascara.
Wash your face before bed!!!
Eat right, drink lots of water and sleep at least 8 hours a day.
Never use soap on your face. The tallow (animal fat) clogs pores and creates blackheads. Ugh.
Olive oil is the best moisturizer for winter skin!
Use a lanolin-free moisturizer that contains sunscreen…everyday.
using an AHA and a BHA to exfoliate…my skin was re born literally after I dumped my physical exfoliators to chemical exfoliation…
keep your fingers away from your face
Using baby oil on the body right after showering- I never got any stretch marks and my skin is soft
Always remove your makeup before bed and get a good nights sleep.
The best advice I have been given is moisturize at a young age, and give up the sun, before your skin is fried .
if you are going to be in the sun use sunscreen
Don't smoke and try to be emotionally stable. Everything will look better on your face.
Always remove your makeup before bed.
I think the best advice is to use beauty products to enhance the true you, not to cover up or hide yourself.
Always wash your face before going to bed, no matter how tired you are!
Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, drink lots of water, and use sunscreen.
Always use mineral sunscreen, on hands and neck, as well as the face. There's alot of reflection from the sun, even if it's a cloudy day.
love these
always use sun screen that will keep your face looking young..sun ages the skin
Be yourself and moisturize
"Beauty is a reflection not of what you have on you, but of what you have in you!"
Like products that nourish your skin and enhance natural beauty
I love sonia kashuk brushes so id love the bag, tweezerman and olay are 2 brands i already use regularly and these are great to win! Hope i do.
The best beauty advice I was given was to drink lots of water, being dehydrated can make you have dry lips dry looking skin and so on also to use a very good moisturizer with spa in it so you don't have to much sun exposure to your skin which can be very damaging!
I have yet to try all the products listed but the ones I have tried are the tweezers which are the best tweezers I have ever used and the lip stain also amazing! Thank you for this opportunity I hope to win:) good luck everyone!
The BEST beauty advise I ever received was…don't be afraid to use what you have in your makeup bag for what you may not have at the moment…use lipstick for blush or eyes, use eyeshadow for eyeliner, highlighter, brows, or mix with lipgloss, use blush for eyeshadow…this advise has saved me more than a couple of times.
Clean off the makeup every night…no matter what!
The trick to makeup is to make it look like your not wearing any at all!
The more you feel beautiful on the inside, the more beauty will show on the outside:-)
Keep my face clean
Best beauty advice I was given was this: Wear sunscreen. I wish I had listened!
True beauty begins on the inside!!
Best beauty advice, so simple….drink lots of water!
Love all these products!! I've tried 2..but am convinced that I'll love them all!
Best advice, drink plenty of water & stay out of the sun. One thing I learned along the way though is that Vaseline works wonders on your eyelashes. (For those who cannot afford the expensive stuff). I have always used waterproof mascara, thus removal wasn't an easy task, I tried Vaseline to remove and it worked wonderfully! In addition it acted as a conditioner for my lashes as they became thicker & fuller with repeated use. Thought I'd share that with you good luck all!! If you haven't been told today, you are all beautiful!
I must say that I have commented several times. Not intentionally, I was in no way trying to enter over and over, but until my last comment, I didn't see the first, second and maybe a third? But my last comment I found….then saw all the others that I just thought didn't upload, post or whatever. Just needed to let everyone know I was not trying to be greedy by commenting over & over. Just have weird phone I guess? Best of luck!!
The best beauty advice I've been given is to get enough sleep–it really makes a difference in your health and your looks!
Beauty is from with in so, you have to take care of your body by drinking plenty of water eating a well balanced diet and exercise also what you feed your SOUL, gratitude and humility can do wonders for a confident stance and a contagious dike
Contagious smile
Drink plenty of water, exercise and sleep!
I agree with all these posts. The best advice I ever got was when I was about 15 years old; there was a beauty expert on some talk show I happened to be watching, and she said "there are three beauty must haves; moisturize, moisturize, moisturize." That phrase has stuck with him since. I'm almost 54 and my skin is that of a thirty year old.
Always remove makeup before bed
Always wash your face every night before bed,,,my lovely Aunt said this to me and she had the softest glowing skin I can ever remember…
Be sure to clean your face before going to bed.
Always wash your face before you go to bed! It will help decrease the pimple or the acne, whatever bothering on your face and it did work on me! It decreases the chance of infection and will give your skin a glow if you take care of your face daily.
Always use good beauty products, start with a clean face and quality face products.
Wash your face every night. No matter how tired you are!
Use sunscreen
Best advice given was to apply sunscreen every day.
I really haven't ever used a moisturizer or sunscreen but this would give me incentive to try!
Always remove makeup before bed!!
Moisturize every day.
I love trying new cosemetics! The best beauty advice I ever got was never go to bed with makeup on.
Because the area under your eyes are fragile, treat that area gently.
Always remove your makeup at night, exfoliate on a regular basis and use SPF, moisturizers and skin serums. How you take care of your skin now will reflect in 10 years. So 20 year olds, moisturize and begin using preventative products so that you'll have gorgeous skin in your 30′s!!
Always wash your face before bed.
To stop straightening my curly hair!
Dont start wearing makeup and you won't need it. Just moisturize!!!
My mother always had an interesting way of conveying messages to me. She never seemed quite sure if she was done talking. Once when I was feeling unattractive after a bad day, my mother held me and was comforting me and ended the conversation by saying "… there is Nothing More beautiful than a Confident woman." I hug her, said Thank you and started to walk away. She continued, "but don't forget to get plenty of sleep! ………… ………… oh and drink water! Water helps a lot too,…………………… and teeth! take care of your teeth! ……………….(really long pause and thinking really hard)…………………….. okay, that's it." I never forgot that moment. LOL I love my MOM! =D
don't use too much mascara
Always wear sunscreen.
Take off all makeup before bed.
Sunscreen is a must on cloudy and sunny days!
Don"t forget to moisturize your neck!
Smile more often and take care of your teeth. They say a lot about you!
A good face scrub and a daily serum treatment go a long way to help keep skin bright and smooth.
Stand up straight, don't touch your face, stay away from Uggs and enjoy every minute! <3
"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." Audrey Hepburn.
All ways remove makeup before going to bed ,use sunscreen under make-up and use moisturizer dayly.
Don't go to bed with your make up on!
I would like to try all the beauty products. to see which works best
Removing makeup before going to bed.
The best advice I received was simply to not overdo makeup. Makeup is designed to enhance and not overwhelm.
Cherish your 'crow's feet' and 'laugh lines'. They are evidence of the joy you have had in your life.
Don't blow dry your hair.
My granddaughter, at college, would love this set
Smiles instead of frowns. Cleanse your face amend moisturize daily even if you don't wear make-up.
My great grandmother lived to be 97 and had beautiful skin her entire life. Soap never touched her face, she used cold cream instead. I believe this gave her the glowing, soft and flawless skin she had until the day she passed.
Never keep or use makeup that's over 2 months old
Exfoliate 3 times a week, get regular sleep, drink lots of pure water, sunscreen…
Moisture daily,drink lots of water and stay out of the sun.
Wear sunscreen daily
exfoliate! It makes your makeup go on much smoother and prettier.
Don't wear make-up until you are older and use a little as possible, and always wear sunscreen on your face to keep it wrinkle and sun free.
Dring enough water, protect yourself from the sun, get enough sleep and most importantly be comfortable in your skin!
stay out of the sun!!
Instead of going for all different types of shades of colors, pull out a picture of yourself when you were five. That's the most flattering hair color for you.
Oil cleansing is fantastic! DO it!!
Less is more when it comes to make-up.
Moisturize and drink lots of water
I always wash my face twice a day morning and at night, follower by sun screen and or moisterizer.
The best beauty advice I've ever been given is to always use sunscreen with at least a SPF of 30! Sun can age your skin dramatically. I've followed that advice and it's paid off. I'm turning 47 this month and am often told by people that they thought I was in my twenties.
Wash your face and brush your teeth before bed every night no matter how tired.
To always take off my makeup before going to sleep and to apply moisturizer every morning and every night!
Use a daily moisturizer with SPF in order to decrease sun exposure to UV rays.
Stay hydrated throughout the day and always apply a daily moisturizer with an SPF.
Use a primer to minimize shine and pores.
Great skin starts with great skin care. Wash your face morning & night and use a great moisturizer.
Always take your makeup off before bed.
My mom gave me the best advice, and that is to never go to sleep with makeup on. Always remove your makeup, and moisturize.
Always take your makeup off at night and never go out without sunscreen!
Less is always more!
Moisturize daily
How to contour with a bronzer – wish I had known earlier!
So true!
Best advice I ever received was always wash your face before bed.
To always wear sunscreen!
The best beauty advice I've been given is to exfoliate my skin at least twice a week. It keeps my face smooth, soft, and glowing.
Hydrate hydrate hydrate! My mom always told me lots of water and a good facial lotion will do your skin wonders as you age. I believe her because she will be 72 this April 23 and she doesn't look a day over 50♡
drink water and always wash face before bedtime
My mother always told me to wash my makeup off before going to bed and always use a good moisturizer, day and night.
Always cleanse my face before going to bed.
Wear sunscreen everyday, limit sun exposure, and absolutely no tanning beds.
The best advice I ever received was wear sunglasses, sunscreen and avoid tanning beds. Your skin will thank you!
Wearing sunscreen everyday no matter the season or the weather is the most important beauty step you can take.
Use a q tip to blend eyeliner or remove smudges.
Put moisturizer on your face and neck so that the skin doesn't feel dry.
Use sunscreen daily!
Don't go out with lipstick on your teeth. Put your index finger in your mouth and wrap your lips around it after applying lipstick.
The best beauty advice I ever received was to stop going to the tanning beds because it will age your skin tremendously and can cause cancer. I now wear sunscreen religiously and only spray tan when I want a "healthy glow".
Put petroleum jelly & cotton gloves on at night, especially in winter, to avoid cracked & dry skin.
My first trip to the dermatologist she stated to me to just go get a facial. That will always make a difference and use sunscreen.
drink water
best advice ever, it keeps you slim, clears your complexion and keeps you healthy…naturally beautiful
My daughter is an esthetician and has taught me the importance of facial moisturizer. Now I can't live without it! I would love to be able to try ALL of these new products!
Wear sunscreen everyday on your face don't forget your hands!
When I was a teenager no one ever told me to take care of my face. Now that I'm older I have sun spots on my face and hands. I know now how important it is to wear sunscreen. Believe me you'll be glad u did!
Use moisturizer with an SPF and always wash your face at night.
Use a small makeup brush to blend your eye shadow. Not just the eye shadow applicator.
I have read all the advice at This Stuff Works and many other sites in the magazine, and I believe they all work – IF used consistently – no fail.!
Always moisturize morning and night and protect your face when in the sun.
Apply a light coat of makeup and remove at bedtime. Drink plenty of water. Get enough sleep at night. Wear a sunscreen. Don't use harsh chemicals. Keep your nails away from blemishes, if necessary see a Dermatologist for serious breakouts.
I would like to try the Olay CC eye cream
Put lotion on skin while it is still damp.
No matter how tired you are, remove your make-up before going to bed! I keep make-up wipes next to my bed for those really late nights.
Think European and if you can, shower every other day. Your skin will thank you.
The best beauty advice I was ever given was to use a satin pillowcase to maintain my curls without turning them into a rat's nest.
My mother always told me to moisturize daily, even as a kid. Well I'm all grown up now (49 years old). To this day, her skin is still beautiful and so is mine. Thank you mom!
Always hold your stomach in. I have been doing this since age 13. I am now 67 (next month) and it still pops into my head and I believe has helped me to have a flatter tummy.
The best advice I have ever read was to exfoliate mature skin. I use Roc's Pore Minimizing Cream Cleanser and I have been getting such great comments on my face. It has a Alpha and Beta Hydroxy formula that really makes my skin glow. At 49 I am getting more compliments on my skin that I have ever had in my life.
I have used facial creme with Spf 30 the last 5 years, and I have no wrinkles. Oh, and I never blow dry my hair. It is very natural and healthy.
I have not done this before so any kind of help winning beauty products is great!!
The is a beautiful makeup gift set. I would love to win it!
I am looking for a moisturizer that works…..and would love to give these products a try! please help!
Frigid winter weather has done a number on my skin | would like to try new products to help fix the maladies w/o the initial $$$-outlay.
Rinse hair with creme rinse every other day instead of shampooing.
The best beauty advice I received came from my mom. It's simple: keep your hands off your face. She's right! I don't pick at zits, I don't rest my face on my hands. I'm 45 and my skin is clear and smooth.
Drink lots of water!
the best was to not over-wash my face or hair! people ask me often about the secret to my long thick pretty hair at my age (62) and it is really just to not always be putting in a lot of product and then washing it over and over to get it out.
Use antiaging products BEFORE problems occur.
Use coconut oil to moisturize skin. It also makes a great pre-shampoo hair pack.
The best beauty advice I've ever had – use tea tree oil on blemishes.
Always keep yourr face and body moisturized!
Use sunscreen daily!
When I was in 7th grade, John H. sat behind me. I had just gotten my first eyelash curler and I used it by tucking a mirror in my giant Geography book. I turned around and he told me my eyes looked really cool and he didn't even like me! That's all the advice I needed!
Drink lots of water
Best advice was to use eyebrow liner, it makes all the difference in bringing out your eyes!!!,and double apply mascara to outer edges of eyelashes.
Wear sunscreen daily…all year long. On my face and hands/arms. I'm in my 50′s and I know it's made a difference. Also, begin using a hydrating eye cream in mid 20′s. It's always a good time to start preventive!
Moisturize early, wear sunscreen, and drink lots of water. They are all necessary to maintain good skin.
Use sunscreen every day and moisturizer every night.
Moisturize, but don't forget to include your neck as well!
Wash your face before bed, use moisturizer and sunscreen every day.
"Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic."
Always wash your face before going to bed. Remove the days oil and pollution so this does not clog your pores.
No matter if you have an oily complexion, don't over wash and don't forget that you still need moist and hydration.
Always moisturize and carry lip gloss (^ 3 ^)
My mom's advice-always moisturise no matter the season, drink lots of water, and SMILE. I've had good skin and never a breakout. Thank God for her!
Daily cleansing and moisturizing, especially if wearing make up. Also, protecting your face from sunburn (not just you body).
Always wash face at bedtime and always moisturize.
Use daily moisturizer
The Olay products are wonderful. I started using them at age 30 & now at age 53 my skin looks and feels better than in my 20′s. I also use Tweezerman tweezers which work perfectly and last a long time.
wear sunscreen
Stay hydrated and get plenty of sleep.
I love it that all these products are so affordable!
wear sunscreen, no matter the weather!
The best advice I was given was to wear a hat, keep my face out of the sun and use Retin-A.
Always stand up tall and pull in your tummy!
Alway wash you face before going to bed.
The most important think I was told, besides washing your face before bed was always make sure you use a good moisturizer and that doesn't mean it has to be expensive!!!!!
To not let my hair "go gray".
moisture face morning and night
Moisterize and always wear sunscreen
The best advice given ever? I guess this would be the one that I read a long time ago in a popular Soviet women's magazine "Rabotniza" (The Woman Worker). In a rough English translation it goes like " It is beautiful thoughts that make a woman look her best, not beauty products". Oops… ))
Always go to bed with a clean face.
Stay out of the sun. And wear a hat to keep your face in the shade.
To put the same color eye shadow over your eyeliner to make it last longer.
Always wear sunglasses when in the sun to minimize wrinkles, starting at an early age
Eat right, exercise, and get enough sleep — it will reflect in your skin, body, and attitude.
Keep moisturized by drinking lots of water to aid with skin, eyes, and hair.
Nature is sometimes best and always, always use sun screen, or cover your face from the sun and tanning.
I always wear a bright pink lipstick as a confidence booster. And best advice would be to use cils booster from Lancôme under your mascara to strengthen your lashes, especially since you lose so many lashes per month of your life. This conditions your lashes and helps them grow.
Don't overscrub!
Never go to bed without washing your face.
My grandmother died at age 93 with the smoothest youngest looking facial skin, and she lived an extremely hard life. Her secret was using cold cream to wash her face every night. I used to do that religiously based on her advice, and somehow got away from it, and just thought about it today when reflecting on beauty advice. I do have pretty good looking skin for my age, think I'll go back to the cold cream and see if I can keep it up.
Always use a cleanser toner and moisturizer. And exfoliate with a good scrub to keep your skin healthy.!!
Always wear sunscreen everyday to keep you skin from aging -even if you live in a not so sunny climate. No treatment can repair sun damaged skin
Always remove makeup before going to sleep and use a good lip and face treatment before bed,
always remove your makeup before going to bed and moisturize
Avoid things that will prematurely age your skin such as Sun exposure, smoking, and alcohol. And always use a good quality moisturize w ok th Sun screen.
The prettiest girls are the happiest girls. Nurture yourself inside and out. You will be healthy, beautiful and happy.
I am from a sunny part of the country, so staying in the shade as much as possible was very important.
I also started moisturizing my face at age13 and it has paid off. At 60, I have very few wrinkles.
The best makeup advise I got was to remove my eye makeup before I went to bed. If not, expect spider legs below your eyes in the morning!
Raise your arm so that the underside of your upper arm is next to your face. Notice the difference in skin tone and texture and then put on sunscreen!
Best advise? Be yourself — makeup should enhance your face, not make it look different.
Mix baking soda with shampoo to clarify your hair instead of buying clarifying shampoo.
Best beauty advice? ^^ Have a good sleeping routine! + sleep on satin pillowcase! <3
Sunscreen, water . . . sunscreen, water . . . sunscreen, water . . . Wish I had done this when I was younger!
Beauty is self love.
Sunscreen, sunscreen and sunscreen!
I am going to Ulta tomorrow and am taking this page and the ones on lasting color. Since i am currently unemployed, I have to do my own color and other things rather than having my hairdresser do them, so anything I can do to cut costs is most appreciated.
To wear sunscreen all the time.
to never brush wet hair
No matter how tired you are always take off your make-up before bed!!
As cliche as it sounds the best beauty advice I have ever been given is to smile, because a pretty face without a smile is not as beautiful as a face with a smile xXx
Always wear sunblock!
Always wear moisturizer, never leave the house without lipstick, and always gently and daily cleanse your face of all makeup.
Best advice I've heard- Apply your skin care products in order of thickness starting with the products with lightest textures(unless applying acne medication which should go first). So you add your water based products and then move on up to your creams. If done any other way, it might be difficult for your thinner products to go through the thicker products in order to benefit your skin.
Remember to drink at least 8 glasses of water daily and moisturize your skin.
The best beauty advice I had ever given was to people younger than me that think you have to wear make up and lots of it to be pretty , I told them as long you wash your face and highlight your best features, youll feel beautiful and wont make your skin get old to fast.
i have been adviced to apply ice before applying any kind of makeup. alwayz use branded cosmetics.
Always take care of your skin first! Take your make up off before bed time and use a good moisturizer. Also never forget sunscreen!
Use sunscreen/sunblock everyday! And cleanse before applying makeup
Laugh often. Everyone is more beautiful when they're happy.
Drink water!
Do not use sulfate shampoos. Only use sulfate-free cleansing conditioner. It allows my hair to grow faster, and is healthier, with no split ends ever.
Laugh lines are so much better than frown lines. Make the best of what you have and always be proud of who you are. It will show on your face!
Confidence is beauty.
Everything looks good with confidence.
It may sound very cliched but The best beauty advice I have received is to love your skin color cause that is your identity and enhance the skin by always moisturizing, removing make up and always wear a smile on your face because no make up can make you attractive or beautiful withouta lovely smile on your face.
Always carry lipstick & wear it – for this is like a first-aid kit
You should never sleep in your makeup. Hands down
Always clean and moisturize my face (and chest) before bed.
The best beauty advice I've received is to use sunscreen on my hands as well as my face.
Dark spots on your hands will give away your age even if your face doesn't.
Wear Sunscreen, because the only good tan is a fake one.
Keep your eyebrows neat. It make a world of difference because they frame your face.
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PORT ALLEN- People in West Baton Rouge Parish can now get some help applying for federal assistance because of Hurricane Isaac.
Kelly Prejean is one of the many people who came out today to the West Baton Rouge Parish Community Center in Port Allen, applying for FEMA assistance.
"I had a limb that fell on my trailer, and you know we were out of power for three or four days, and with a kid without power was hard," Prejean told News 2.
Prejean said she's out of work and uninsured, so making the repairs to her home herself is almost impossible to do. That's where FEMA steps in.
"There seems to be quite a need here for our assistance and we hope people get assistance with their home repairs," said FEMA representative Dolores Pierce.
FEMA says if whether the storm took down a tree in your yard or caused major damage to your home, everyone is eligible for assistance.
"Even if they don't think they had much damage, they may have more than they think, so it's just real important that everyone apply," Pierce said.
Prejean hopes she's approved for assistance so things can return to normal.
"That would would me and assist me with the damages to my house and everything, so I won't have a bucket underneath my ceiling when it leaks," she said.
The center is open from 8 a.m until 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15th through Thursday, Oct. 18th.


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The Louisville Cardinals celebrate after defeating the Cincinnati Bearcats in the Big East Tournament championship game last year at Madison Square Garden. Louisville will play in the Atlantic Coast Conference starting in 2014.
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Classic European breast-beating. It's not gonna fly, Poland. Once again, you're being had by a German. Not only does a battery-equipped car cost ten grand more than the same gasoline model, it weighs at least two-hundred pounds more - so forget giving your mother-in-law a lift. On a cold winter morning, the charge said to be 100 km will last 80. Now you're stuck five km from . . . and, of course, it takes time to re-charge: you'll be late for work; lose your job. No doubt, it will make the others green with envy.
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Archive for Thursday, May 29, 2003
Days gone by
7 years ago
May 1996
A ribbon cutting ceremony took place at the Kansas River bridge north of Eudora upon the completion of its deck replacement. The bridge had been closed since Jan. 2.
¢ Forty-two seniors celebrated their graduation after walking across the stage in the high school gym, becoming the first class to graduate from the new facility.
Kelly Bonebrake, daughter of Tim and Linda Bonebrake, was the valedictorian. Patty Buchholz was the commencement speaker.
¢ Gretchen Freeland, Eudora, was inducted into the Emporia State University chapter of the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi.
¢ Eudora High School junior pitcher-shortstop Abram Chrislip was named to the second team of the All-Frontier League baseball team. Chrislip hit .327 for the 8-11 Cardinals and compiled a 2-4 record and a 2.52 earned run average as a pitcher.
Senior Corrie Jackson, also a pitcher, earned honorable mention. Jackson's record was 4-4, and he posted an earned run average of 3.24.
33 years ago
May 1970
Kurt von Achen was elected as a State Jaycee vice president.
¢ Homer Broers opened Broers Auto Sales at the corner of Main Street and Kansas Highway 10.
¢ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ziesenis celebrated 50 years of marriage.
¢ Amaretta Wright was honored by Helianthus Chapter of C.E.S. as the newly appointed district aide.
¢ The Green Berets of C Company 12th Special Forces Group Airborne honored Cathryn Deay for her assistance in the company's parachute jumps at her farm. She helped any soldier who missed the field and landed in a tree.
¢ Charles Hill was hired as the director of Eudora Recreation Council.
¢ Linda Slapar was named valedictorian of the Eudora High graduating class. Denise Edwards was salutatorian.
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May 1956
Joan Rothberger was elected the new Student Council president. StuCo served the Lions Club dinner and also attended the Ice Capades.
¢ During the band festival, the grade school trumpet trio comprising Galen Trabant, Dennis Trabant and Bobby Morley performed. Jimmy Wilson played a saxophone solo.
¢ Mary Byington and Karin Fleming attended the State Speech Festival at Kansas University.
¢ Clarence Foushee, Leslie Spiering, Ronnie Guy and Jimmy Mitchell were former De Soto students attending Eudora High School.
¢ Newly-elected F.H.A. officers were Kathleen Harris, president; Deanne Wilson, vice president; Patsy Schehrer, secretary; Doris Bartz, treasurer; Twilla Knabe, historian; Annette Hunt, song leader; Lois Neis, council representative; and chapter mothers were Mrs. Clarence Neis and Mrs. Herbert Knabe.
F.H.A. sponsored its annual style show with the theme of "The Wheel of Fashion."
¢ The junior-senior banquet was at the Kansas Union. The senior class went to the Ozarks and stayed overnight at Woods Cove Lodge in Osage Beach, Mo.
¢ Deloris Harris took first place in high jump during the Little Seven League Girls' Playday. Karl Koch took first in the open 880 at the Baldwin Quadrangular.
67 years ago
May 1936
The 18th annual commencement exercises for Eudora Rural High School took place in the high school auditorium.
Class roll was Dale Papenhausen, Dorothy Mae Warmker, Lucille Winifred Walker, Arden Elmer Ott, Luther E. Klopfenstein, Ramona Ruth Stanley, Elfreda Bertha Koehler, Louise Frances Mae Schlegel, Irene Ruth Mistele, Martha Katherine Abel, Felix M. Mueller, Emerson J. Ott, Marjorie E. Rees, Ruth Miller, Josephine M. Ott, Berdean R. Russell, Freddie E. Brecheisen, Allis Margaret Terrell and Ethelbert S. Ott.
¢ Eighth-grade graduates of Evening Star School were Leone Porter, Annetta Abel, Lewis Meuffel, Delbert Reusch, Wayne Reusch and Ross Cole.
¢ Alice Marie Kindred was an eighth-grade graduate of the Weaver school.
¢ Eighth-grade graduates of Eudora Grade School were Benitta Bartz, Mary Eisele, Shoffner Love, Laverne Guenther, Robert Zipp, Margaret Forsythe, Dorothy Erwin, Patricia Schubert, Dorothy Logan, Katherine Walker, Bernard Roe, Warren Warmker, Edna Bond, Juanita Everley, Arlene Bohnsack, Ophelia Grant, Ruth Rapier and Benjamin McDaniel.
94 years ago
May 1909
Martha Neustifter entertained a number of her friends at her home in honor of her cousin Katie Furthmyer, Gorham, who was visiting.
¢ George Schubert and a party of friends, while on their way to Lawrence to "take in" the Parker entertainment, had an auto breakdown. After spending considerable time trying to fix up the trouble, they had to give up and with great difficulty returned to town.
¢ Anna Brecheisen, Carl Gerstenberger, Stella Brazil, Laura Stanley and Charles Brazil received their diplomas at the 24th annual commencement exercises at Hesper Academy.
¢ The board of education selected the following teachers for the next term: Charles Kelly, principal; Mabel Beard, assistant principal; Mayme Brune, grammar; Mabel Ulrich, intermediate; Alta Roe, second primary; and Alma Reed, first primary.
¢ Misses Mary Greiner, Lucy Kaegi, Clara Neustifter and Ida Myer were visitors in Lawrence.
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2:52 PM, Feb 4, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER
Republican New Jersey governor Chris Christie is in Illinois today to try to convince businesses to leave that state for his. Christie's argument is simple: Come to New Jersey for lower tax rates; stay in Illinois for higher taxes.
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After tax rates skyrocketed in Illinois last month, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker also tried to poach business from the Prairie State. Walker said:
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The East Coast Exotic Animal Shelter still has a lot to do after a fire destroyed its main building earlier this month.
The May 17 blaze leveled a structure that housed numerous snakes, birds and monkeys, among other animals. It also displaced a couple that was living in an apartment on the property.
Now, volunteers and members of the community are working together to both raise money for the rescue and prepare for the displaced couple's wedding, which is taking place this weekend.
Insurance will cover some of the cost of rebuilding, but the property was severely underinsured, said Melissa Bishop, a 15-year volunteer with the rescue. The rescue also needs money for the continuing care of its animals, many of which are in temporary shelters or in the care of volunteers.
Many people have stepped forward to help, Bishop said, donating both time and money to the cause. Several charity events, including a bake sale and car wash Saturday, are planned for the coming months.
"It's getting a little scary how much money we have already put out, but how much everyone cares has really made a difference," she said.
Financial contributions are the best way to help, Bishop said, because the rescue has no place to store donated items.
As rescue volunteers take steps to rebuild the shelter, the two displaced residents are busy planning for their wedding Sunday.
Rescue owner Sue Murray's son, Scott Murray, lived in the apartment with his fiance, Shaleigh Merryman. After the blaze, the couple discovered the safe that contained their wedding bands, marriage license and passports for the honeymoon was severely damaged.
Upon further investigation, however, they found that everything inside was safe. Merryman's dress was destroyed, but bridesmaids chipped in to replace it, Bishop said. David's Bridal then expedited the shipping, and a local tailor is fitting the dress for free.
People have donated a variety of items for the ceremony, including everything from table settings to gifts, and several women offered their old wedding dresses to the bride, Bishop said.
The rescue also recently received good news regarding a monkey that escaped during the fire. Bug, a 10-year-old Capuchin, was on the lam until the night of May 19, when a local couple found him on their back porch.
Bug is currently happy, healthy and back to his old cheeky self, Bishop said.
How to help
Donate through PayPal via the "Make a Donation" link on the shelter's website.
Donate through GoFundMe.
Send a check directly to the shelter at 320 Zoo Road, Fairfield, Pennsylvania 17320.
The following events are also being held to raise money for the shelter:
May 24, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Car Wash and Bake Sale at Advance Auto Parts, 1510 East Main Street in Waynesboro Borough, Franklin County
June 21, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Zumbathon at Intersection Church, 1980 Baltimore Pike, Mount Joy Township, Adams County
For more information on upcoming events and ways to donate, visit the rescue's Facebook page.
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Joe Purvis could not stop laughing. It was a serious subject, but he couldn't stop laughing. And sometimes it's better to laugh. Relieves tension.
Purvis, a Democrat, was laughing at the Republican Party of Arkansas, on the morning after House Republicans, following the Senate's lead (and the state GOP's platform), overrode Gov. Beebe's veto of a bill requiring prospective voters to provide photo identification at the polling place. The new law ostensibly targets "voter fraud."
On party-line votes in both chambers, the men and women of the Republican establishment proved (a) they are younger than Purvis and me, (b) don't know how elections are stolen, (c) are totally unaware of, or unconcerned with, the ethnic insult the statute represents, or (d) a combination thereof.
Whether the law's intent is - as opponents vociferously contend, and its sponsors stoutly deny - to depress voting among racial minorities and the low-income requires a reading of the heart, and that won't be done here.
Purvis and I, we know how elections are stolen, and it is not through "voter fraud."
Purvis knows because, as a young law student in the 1970s, he assisted the late Tom Glaze, founder of the Election Laws Institute and later an Arkansas Supreme Court justice, attack election chicanery across Arkansas, especially Conway County. I know because I was born in Conway County, and I know how things used to be.
They used to be like this: If the favored candidate of the power structure in any "machine" jurisdiction needed a few extra votes to put him or her over the top, no problem. Ballots could be made to disappear. Or, conversely if just as mysteriously, appear. Absentee votes, especially. And speaking of absentees, the long-dead were fully capable of voting from the Great Beyond. As were military personnel abroad; having forgot to request a mail ballot, they flew back from Korea or Vietnam to vote in person, unbeknownst to wives, girlfriends, parents, unnoticed by their old friends, then just as quickly returned to the battlefront.
This was fraud, to be certain. But, it wasn't "voter fraud." It was fraud by those conducting the election. And it happened, mostly, after the polls closed.
"The smart move was to spread it (the ballot cooking) over several precincts," Purvis said, to avoid drawing attention to any one polling place. "They figured out how many votes they needed for so-and-so, and then they went to work."
It helped that paper ballots were commonplace; it helped even more that paper burns.
Voter fraud, Purvis said, "is a bogus issue. Beebe hit the nail on the head in his veto message - it's an effort to correct a problem that doesn't exist."
Stealing an election using individuals ineligible to vote would be prohibitively inefficient, such would be the recruitment and coordination, and the money, required to equip the tools of the conspiracy - fraudulent voters - with the credentials already required at the polling place and then get them there. Additionally, the scenario anticipates election officials behaving like potted plants.
The need for vigilance at elections is constant, but we still are awaiting evidence that "voter fraud" in Arkansas is anything but paranoia - or worse. Without exception, the solitary example offered by advocates of voter ID is the election of a (now former) state representative from Crittenden County who, with others, admitted in federal court that cash, vodka and fast food were used to buy the seat. Rarely, if ever, do they mention that absentee ballots were used to effect the scheme, that photo IDs would not have deterred it. In fact, the new ID law addresses absentee voting, in a section certain to be among the several that opponents will ask the courts to review. Perhaps then we can all view the evidence.
I have two suppositions about the matter, though I know for fact I am not alone in supposing them. First, and for all the complaints by (especially) Democrats, a photo identification mandate as a condition of voting likely will have little if any near-term impact on the outcome of any election in Arkansas - statewide, district or local.
Second, the affront the new stipulations pose to people of color, not only African-Americans but Latinos, could provide Democrats the impetus needed for a long-overdue voter registration drive. It would not be an inexpensive undertaking and would be labor-intensive, and almost certainly is beyond the capacity of the party's sclerotic, arthritic county committees. Should someone light the fire, however, someone who could harness the anger in the black ministerial and political ranks, who could enlist Young Democrats and college students, who could revive the Democratic womens' clubs that once were a force to be reckoned with - then voter ID could backfire on the GOP.
There would be no cries of "voter fraud." And old hands like Purvis could keep laughing.
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The Cincinnati Astronomical Society will host "The Search for Other Earths" at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at its Cleves headquarters, 5274 Zion Road.
The program is part of the group's CAS 2nd Saturdays, in which the society features area astronomers. This month, Andy Gould, an astronomer at the Ohio State University, will look at earth-like planets and other interesting places in our galaxy.
Society members invite families, students, teachers and scouts - anyone with a sense of wonder about our solar system, galaxy or the universe.
After Gould's talk, astronomers and society members will be on hand to answer questions, give tours of the observatories, explain how telescopes work and, weather permitting, help guests view the night sky through the society's four large telescopes.
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Angela Denise Huxtable, of Lake City, Mich., and James Richard Brown II, of Lincoln, Mich., announced their intention to marry in July in Lake City, Mich.
The bride to be, the daughter of Tom and Denise Huxtable, of Lake City, is a 2003 graduate of Skyline High School. She graduated from Central Michigan University in 2007 and earned a doctor of physical therapy in August.
The future groom, the son of Veronica Brown, of Lincoln, Mich., and James Brown, of Lewiston, Mich., is a 2003 graduate of Alcona High School. He graduated in 2008 from Central Michigan University and is pursuing a master of fine arts degree at Temple University, in Philadelphia.
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