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67 reviews | 4.3 out of 5
This is the best! I have tried a lot of base coats and nail strengtheners and have found that this one really does work. I use it exactly as the bottle states and my polish lasts a long time and looks great. This stuff dries really fast too so you are not sitting for an hour waiting to do things. Love it!
I do weekly manicures at home and This top coat is really magical! the nail polish lasts sooo long. the price is great also, doing your own manicures is great, saves you money, and this product really helps you achieve a long lasting, shiny, beautiful finish... Buy it now!!!
I picked this up when looking for an alternative to my Seche Vite top coat, which is quite possibly the best there is, but also contains harmful ingredients. I like to switch my polish once if not twice a week, so a fast-drying top coat is a MUST for me. Insta-Dri is definitely a lot safer to use and less expensive - ESPECIALLY at Wal-mart. (If you can find anything at Wal-mart, it will ALWAYS be cheaper than anywhere else!) While not "equal" to Seche Vite, it is most definitely a worthwhile replacement that I love to use and would definitely recommend to anyone. Note that anti-chip top coats like these are not miracle workers; if you use low-quality or very old base coats and nail polishes, if you don't properly prepare your nailplate (ensure that it's completely free of oils/old polish), and if you don't properly apply your polish (use as few strokes as possible when applying thin, even coats), no top coat will make it last a long time. I use Nail-Aid Ultra Fast Growth as a base coat and I've used SH Insta-Dri top coat on Essie, SH Xtreme Wear, Zoya, Wet n Wild Fast Dry, OPI, SH Complete Salon Manicure, Butter London, Sinful Colors, Julep, Klean Color, and China Glaze polishes with great results (after five days, I got one small chip on one nail painted with Wet n Wild/Sinful Colors while doing some major housework; all of my other nails, including the accent nails on which I had a Julep color overlayed with a Sinful Colors polish still looked perfect). FYI: SH Insta-Dri FAR EXCEEDED the performance of INM's Out The Door Super Fast Drying Top Coat in terms of drying time and shine.
It saves much time waiting for the nail polish to dry. It also protects the nail polish from chipping. Great product.
I have been using Sally Hansen Anti Chip Drying polish for over two years and am extremely pleased with it. I have put this drying and anti chip formula over my nail polish and my polish stays on for weeks at a time. Be sure to let your nail polish dry at least two minutes before adding the drying polish from Sally Hansen. This is all I ever use to do my fingernails and toe nails. Never had any problems with this product and it does what it says. I am the type of woman that does housework in my home excessively, and my polish stays on and stays fresh. I have even gotten into my hot tub right after polishing my toe nails and the polish still stayed on. Take a few minutes to get off, but it is all I will ever buy. My Sally Hansen anti chip drying polish lasts me for a year, and does not get thick, because I keep it in my bathroom and away from excessive heat and humidity.
Great Service as always. My wife really likes this product.
I would not be able to paint my nails without this product. I have three small children who know when you are trying to do something for yourself and make it their mission to interrupt. My nails dry in a few minutes with this top coat and it looks beautiful like my nail polish is encased under glass. Keeps my polish perfect until I change it which is usually every 4-5 days. And mind you I'm the dishwasher, head chef, cleaning lady, and executive diaper changer in my house so this top coat stands up to tons of abuse. Love!!!
High gloss clear finish! And added bonus of drying my color polish in record time. Truly marvelous--as are all Sally Hanson products. My nails look long and terrific. They're so strong I have to cut them back every month! Though I do my own manicures, the results look very professional and glossy with Insta-Dri! Went to two WalMarts and the item was sold out. So glad I was able to order a dozen bottles on line! Yes, one dozen bottles. It's that good! I don't know what I will do if this product is ever discontinued. So, help me out, ladies. Start buying this item for yourselves and as stocking stuffer gifts. Best wishes and happy shopping, Frenchie
I had purchased several colors of the insta-dri nail polish only to find that it had no lasting power. It chips off or rubs off really easily. I type all day so I'm tough on nail polish. I found this product and solved all my troubles :) It's strong and dries very fast.
This product does what it says it does. I usually put many layers of nail polish and have to wait forever for it to dry. This product makes the surface completely dry. The nail polish is still a little soft underneath so I have to be careful for another 10 minutes or so but I can use my hands.
I have used other top coats but none like this. My nails used to get chipped and I had to redo them every 4 days but with this top coat I can go over a week. Not to mention it really does dry incredibly fast.
This top coat does dry within 30 seconds. The anti-chip factor needs improvement. After a few days, nail polish was chipping again. Thought it would be more like a gel.
Doesn't last as long as it does only about four or five days but better then some clear coats
Did chip ...
Not as good as advertised...I am a little disappointed with the top coat
I LOVE this topcoat. It dries quickly and is so shiny. It lasts much longer than any other topcoat I've tried. I've been growing out my nails after quitting the artificial gel nail route, and this is the ONLY product that kept my weakened nails from looking terrible. No chipping or flaking, this stuff lasts until you take it off.
I used to swear by the top coat called "Out the Door", but I like this Sally Hansen product even better! It goes on easily, and seriously dries / hardens with whatever polish is underneath in seconds! And it protects my manicure so it lasts longer. I usually re-apply it every day or so, and I paint the underside of the nail as well. And when I go to take it off, it comes off more easily than the other product. My favorite way to take it off is with the little containers with foam in them, where you dip your fingers in and rub them around. It comes off very quickly.
i recommend this to everyone who paints their fingernails or toe nails. it is the best stuff ever invented for at home manicures. it not only dries the polish instantly, it also replenishes older polishes. it also is something to use to update and make mani or pedi fresh. i use it all the time.
I love all of her products that I've purchased so far and this one I use on most of the different paints I have .
placed it on my toes about a week now & still no chip it also dried pretty fast


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The Padayatra Worldwide Ministry headed by Lokanath Swami started to work on its offering of 50 padayatras on Gaura Purnima 2014. To this day 22 padayatras have taken place, 8 are being planned and 20 remain to be done by ISKCON devotees. ISKCON's Padayatra Ministry is inviting all the devotees worldwide to participate in this glorification of ISKCON and Srila Prabhupada.
ISKCON's Minister of Communications, Anuttama Dasa, spoke in October at the World Parliament of Religions in Salt Lake City, Utah, on a Panel entitled "Understanding and Mitigating the Dangers of Manipulation, Undue Influence and Abuse within Religious and Spiritual Communities."
Joy of Devotion, a new documentary currently in production and set to be released in 2016 -- ISKCON's 50th anniversary year – will show what the seeds Srila Prabhupada planted 50 years ago thriving around the world. Joy of Devotion will pick up where Yadubara Dasa's Srila Prabhupada biopic Acharya – the other major film to be released during ISKCON's 50th – leaves off.
ISKCON-sannyasi Gaur Krishna Das Goswami has left his body on 17th of November 2015 in Vrindavan. Born on 22nd January, 1964 in Bihar, India, Gaur Krishna Das Goswami had recently got sanyyasa (renounced monk) initiation on May 14th, 2015 at Haridwar on the banks of holy river Ganga from Radha Govinda Swami.
November 15th celebrated the one year anniversary of the Sadaputa Digital Channel on Youtube featuring over 100 lectures and videos about Vedic perspectives on modern science by Sadaputa Dasa, Dr. Richard L. Thompson, one of Srila Prabhupadas original founding members of the Bhaktivedanta Institute.
Mukunda Goswami is making a slow but steady recovery from his two surgeries. On November 6, Mukunda Maharaja was transferred from Gold Coast University hospital to the rehabilitation facility of Murwillumbah hospital, which is a 15-minute drive from New Govardhan farm community. In the next 12 days that followed, the local medical staff have been doing their best to gradually encourage Mukunda Goswami towards complete recovery.
ISKCON devotees in the United Kingdom recently got the chance to meet with both British Prime Minister David Cameron, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On November 10th, for the third year in a row, Bhaktivedanta Manor temple president Srutidharma Das was invited to chant prayers at an official Diwali function at Number 10 Downing Street.
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"Unchain my heart, You are in my night and day, Why leave me to a life of misery..,Unchain my heart, Please set me free.." (JC '87) Be free my friend. Seems we at Mountain Operations have been chained up by Mother Nature as of late, but the good news is that the warm and wet weather has passed us now and it's time to get back to gaining terrain. Snowmakers, Groomers and Lift techs have been busy this week preparing SnowPine and Tannenbaum lifts along with terrain to open Friday this week. With the addition of the Boardwalk beginner lift We'll have a total of 10 lifts operating this weekend. We've experienced a couple days of unusually high temperatures and now tonight's forecast has a window of snowmaking opportunity, the crew is enjoying an early Christmas dinner and quick nap before reporting in tonight to get ready for a short run. We have 200 automatic snow gun installations and with the system pressured up the crew will be able to take advantage of whatever run temperatures come their way. The control center for snowmaking has 7 live camera feeds and 10 live weather data points around the slopes along with control of the auto guns and pump stations. The system operator can start multiple trails in a matter of minutes to get the snow production going.
The Sky Flyer Mountain Coaster will be open daily through the coming week, starting Friday. Holiday Valley Tubing Company is not open, however Dave and his crew are working hard to get enough snow cover there to open soon. Check the daily reports for current operating status of the Tubing Park. There is a mogul field on the South side of Morning Star. The Fiddlers Elbow terrain park and the Rail Park on Mardi Gras are open. We have limited coverage on Cindy's slope so for now NASTAR racing is on hold. Enjoy the holidays, come ski and ride with us, I'll see you on the slopes!
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Stay tuned for a weekly message about the snow, the base, snowmaking and upcoming events, straight from the source, Holiday Valley Mountain Ops.
Inside Scoop from Mountain Ops Dec. 25
Inside Scoop from Mt. Ops Dec 16
" Hey you! Don't tell me there's no hope at all, Together we stand, divided we fall" (PF '79)
And together we'll get through this brief warmup and we'll be back to winter in no time, in fact Wednesday night some snow should be heading our way. Starting back in late November we made snow at every opportunity, and it is holding up well through this period of mild weather…it skied great this morning, for sure. Snowmaking operations at the resort and Tubing Park will resume as temperatures permit later this week. Right now we're running 6 lifts with good coverage. The Rail Park and Fiddler's Elbow are already set up with features, and we'll be cat seeding bumps on Morning Star, skiers' right this Friday night. The Mountain Coaster will begin operations this Friday, December 19 and will be open through Sunday. We're not opening the Tubing Park this weekend, but it will open soon.
Behind the scenes the snowmakers have worked on Sunrise, Catwalk and the Wall over in the East, and Upper Crystal, Tannenbaum and Independence in the West. We'll see Sunrise opening next, then Tannenbaum followed by SnowPine. Right after Christmas the crew will be heading for Chute, followed by Eagle. Winter starts December 21st AND it's a new moon, all good signs for snow ahead as well as several snowmaking opportunities.
One Holiday Valley bus will be running this weekend for lodging and parking lots plus the shuttle van. So let's all get together out on the slopes and get ready for a great holiday ahead.
Inside Scoop from Mt Ops April 11
April 11, 2014
Here go with some fine spring skiing for one final weekend of the 13- 14 season. The sun will shine and the snow will be corned up and lots of fun. We will operate the Yodeler Quad Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. These slopes will be open: Candy Cane, Punch Bowl, Sugar Plum, Lower Crystal, Independence, Champagne, Yodeler, Edelweiss, Chute to Holiday Run, Shadows to Holiday Run, Firecracker to Holiday Run, Mardi Gras to Holiday Run and Northwind to Holiday Run.
We've had some bright sun, wind, rain and warmth over the past week so the grooming crew will be moving a good amount of snow to cover some thin spots. Chute, Firecracker and Shadows will be 1/2 groomed and the other 1/2 will be natural, so the bumps on Chute will be waiting for you, plus some very nice bump lines on Yodeler.
The Food and Beverage Crew will be cooking out again this weekend and offering beer specials, and Jay McDonald will be serenading everyone on the deck. So bring your shades, enjoy the spring skiing and end the 2014 season in style! Then head on over to the main Lodge for some awesome Bluegrass Music at the first annual Enchanted Mountain Music Festival. Saturday evening tickets are just $25.
Oh yeah...the Double Black Diamond golf course is opening on Saturday as well, with a modified front nine from 8AM. 9 holes is $24 to walk, $34 with cart. Welcome summer!
Inside Scoop Mt. Ops March 27
"I have climbed highest mountains, I have run through the fields, Only to be with you, Only to be with you, I have run, I have crawled, I have scaled these city walls, Only to be with you, But I still haven't found what I'm looking for, But I still haven't found what I'm looking for…" (U2 '87)
What we are looking for is SPRING Skiing and riding, baby it's been cold out there! But the weather is changing and looks like we'll get a fix of spring runs and sun this weekend. We are currently operating 5 Chairlifts and the handle tow with plans to add the Morning Star express lift for the weekend. That gets us up to 35 slopes open for the weekend. Moguls are available on Yodeler, Morning Star and Chute, (you'll need to cut out to Edelweiss to return to Yodeler lift if doing the Chute). Terrain parks are all open for the final weekend as we will be closing Cindy's lift Monday. The Mardi Gras rail park will be available next week as we plan to operate Mardi Gras and Yodeler lifts starting Monday for the week. The Tubing Park and Mountain Coaster are closed for the season but the Coaster will open for summer operations in late May. Our Ski season closing date is listed as April 6th, giving you two more weeks to get those last runs in and soak up the afternoon sun on one of our fabulous south facing decks. I'll see you on the slopes, shades and sunscreen required!
Inside Scoop Mountain Ops March 13
"Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling, From glen to glen, and down the mountain side, The summer's gone, and all the roses falling, It's you, it's you must go and I must bide. But come ye back when summer's in the meadow, or when the Valley's hushed and white in snow, And I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow, Oh, Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, I love you so…" (FW 1910)
We just experienced what could be our annual St Paddy's day storm, folklore around here goes that a final winter storm usually falls right around St Paddy's day and we just saw 9+ inches of snow and single digit temperatures this Thursday morning. This, on top of a well preserved base will keep us skiing and riding right into April this year.
Our freestyle team and coaches are hosting The Eastern Regional B Championships here this weekend with a Mogul course set on Yodeler slope, Aerial site set on Foxfire and a Slopestyle course on Snoozer with over 180 competitors. There will be plenty of action to see. Congratulations to Ed, Jim, Pat, and Mike for all their hard work in getting the venues built.
The crew is working on converting the Snowbar pile into a Quarter Pipe for an event there at the Yodeler Lodge Saturday at noon. Our last night skiing is this Saturday and on Sunday we will offer Twilight skiing on Cindy's and Sunrise lifts from 4:30 to 7 pm. All other lifts will close at 4:30 on Sunday and for the balance of the season. The Twilight riding/skiing is available each evening next week with a $15 ticket. Check the website for all the details.
A warm up is heading our way for the weekend that will soften the snow and the moguls on Chute, Falcon, and Morning Star. Those bumps will provide a good workout. The Season Passholder early ski/ride is this Saturday. We will operate the Yodeler lift one hour early starting at 7:30 am for our passholders to get first tracks. We'll provide coffee, cocoa, and Timbits at the Yodeler corral for our passholder guests I'll see you there!!
And you can always check the morning slope conditions by calling Pete our slope reporter/resident Leprechaun at 716-699-2644. The message is updated every morning before the slopes open.
Inside Scoop Mountain Ops March 6
"100 days,100 nights to know a mans heart, 100 days, 100 nights to know a mans heart, and a little more before he knows his own, You know, a man can't play the part of a saint just so long, …he may be mellow, he may be kind, treat you girl, all the time" (SJ & DKs "06)
Saturday will be our 100th day of the season, the conditions are outstanding, and we have emerged from the arctic cold conditions that have held us hostage the last few weeks. Speaking of 100 days let's acknowledge the hard work and long hours of our lift maintenance crew. They arrive each morning between 6:30 and 7 AM to make their rounds. They inspect each lift for opening along with going through weekly maintenance items and testing all the circuits that keep each lift operating safely and whisking our guests to the top in an efficient manner. This crew spends each day addressing ongoing maintenance items and is always at the ready to respond if a lift experiences a stoppage to get those wheels back turning. In the afternoon at shift change they do the rounds and night inspections along with getting all the lighting online. At the end of the night they close the lifts down, check and double check along with Ski Patrol to be sure everyone is safely off the lifts and slopes.
The next crew that has been out there for 100 days are our lift attendants and corral attendants. Now, with a chair crossing the load point every 6 seconds this crew can see up to 4,500 chairs pass by in a shift day at each lift! So that's a lot of human (Skier Rider) machine (Chairlift) interaction going on each day. Just think about the capacity with 4 riders per chair and 11 lifts at capacity, that's about 198,000 possible interactions each day!
The other crew that has been out among the elements all 100 days would be our "vehicle placement engineers" as we refer to them. Some days those lot attendants are beyond busy! They are always out there and ready to assist our guests any way they can.
We have plenty of skiing and riding days left but I wanted to show some recognition to these guys and gals that are with us each day of the season to make your experience the best it can be. Have a great weekend and I'll see you at Carnival!
Inside Scoop from Mountain Ops Feb 27
" I really can't stay, But baby it's cold outside, I've got to go away, But baby it's cold outside, This evening has been, Been hoping that you'd drop in, So very nice, I'll hold your hands, They're just like ice, My mother will start to worry, Beautiful what's your hurry? My father will be pacing the floor, listen to the fireplace roar, So really I'd better scurry, Beautiful please don't hurry…." (FL '49)
Ah yeah it's been a little chilly around here this week but we do have some moderating weather coming in for the weekend. Good news is the snow is outstanding and we have all trails, parks, mogul fields, cross country, tubing hill, and Mountain Coaster open this weekend. I may sound like an old broken record but the conditions can't be beat. Snowmakers ran the system overnights this week to prepare sculpture piles for our Winter Carnival held March 8th and 9th. They also were able to get a good run in on the Wall slope and it is skiing and riding great au natural!
We are hosting NSSRA U14 State champs concluding the weekend with a Slalom race at Edelweiss on Sunday. Pat has put together a "Red Bull 1976 games" event to be held Saturday evening on Moonshadow with a big old Red Bull truck cranking out tunes at the bottom of the boardercross course. It will be a great competition to enter or just slide on by to check out the scene.
We have roaring fireplaces in the lodges to warm up those icy hands and also will be hosting our annual passholder cookout at Mistletoe slope Sunday 11 am. It does appear that March is going to roar in like a lion so winter will, keep on keeping on, come on out and enjoy, check our website for all the details and… I'll see you on the slopes.
Inside Scoop from Mountain Ops Feb 20
"Stayed up all night waiting, Thought that you might call, Half the night debating, seems like after all, you had made your mind up , Oh I guess you made your mind up, Darn these strained relations, makes me want to crawl, Top negotiations, feeling two foot small Guess you made your mind up, oh such a shame to wind up…" (JW'81)
We are up and waiting for Mother Nature to make her mind up! We saw some liquid precipitation today as the temperatures climbed from the teens this morning to 39F tonight. We have a little more unsettled weather coming in tonight and early Friday morning but by mid day we should see temps falling back down and a wintry weekend ahead.
The snow this morning was firm and fast and softened up by late afternoon. I saw Wiz from Ski Patrol after he swept Falcon this evening he reported it was skiing great even on Tele skis! We have no snowmaking scheduled this weekend but do plan to build stock pile snow next week in the overnights. Grooming crews will be busy the next couple nights working up a good surface. The snow pack is deep and can absorb the precipitation we have seen. We plan to have all slopes and trails open for the weekend. All the cross country trails have been packed down after the natural snows we saw here earlier in the week and they'll be open as well. Our annual Penguin Paddle fundraiser is being held at the base of Yodeler Saturday. Check the website for all the details. You can do a penguin style slide and benefit a great cause. As Wiz said, Falcon is softening up so the moguls there, on Morning Star and the Chute will be skiing and riding great. The Tubing Park is open all weekend with 24 lanes and the Mountain Coaster is operating as well. Check our web site, give Pete a call at 716-699-2644 for daily conditions updates and come on out for good times, great skiing and riding, and meet some new friends. I'll see you on the slopes!
Inside Scoop from Mt Ops Feb. 13
"What would you think if I sang out of tune, Would you stand up and walk out on me?, Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song, And I'll try not to sing out of key, Oh I get by with a little help from my friends, Mm I get high with a little help from my friends, Mm going to try with a little help from my friends.. " (JL &PM 67)
We all enjoy a little help from our friends and no better way to spend time with friends than on Holiday Valley's 58 trails all covered in pearly "White" snow with a few moguls on Chute, Morning Star, and Falcon. "Yesterday" and a couple days before were mighty cold here but the weather has moderated now. So you will need a "Ticket to Ride" this weekend and right through next week as we open the lifts each day at 8:30 for the Presidents day holiday and week. Ski School Snow Sports has lessons available every day and if you are a very beginner "Help" is available at the Creek side lodge so you won't be "The fool on the Hill" and can link your turns on the way down! Grooming has been hard at work all week and providing an outstanding surface each morning it's really "Something" to behold, and tonight (Thursday) they will string up the winch cat on the Wall to give her a good grooming for the days ahead it's going to be a "Hard days night" for those men for sure. Snowmaking is off on a world tour so we won't have man made snow in the air but do have a little natural snow coming over the weekend good fun in the glades! Terrain Parks aren't exactly "Strawberry fields forever" but there will be shades of red and pink out there as we host the Boarding for Breast Cancer fund raiser in the Mardi Gras Rail Park on Saturday check our web site for more details. Pat and his crew have been changing up features in the 42/78 Foxfire park as well slide on over and check it out,
The Tubing Park is open with 24 lanes the ice rink (bring your own skates) little tubers area with shaped lanes and a fun roller, bonfire, hot chocolate, food, and fun out there . The Mountain Coaster up past the Tannenbaum Lodge is open daily to 8pm through Monday and an evening ride in the woods can be your "Magical mystery Tour". Have fun, get high on life, "Let it Be", hit the slopes, I'll see you out there!
Inside Scoop from Mountain Ops January 30
"I'm goin' across the mountains, oh fare ye well, Goin' across the mountains, you can hear my banjo tell, Got my rations on my back, my powder it is dry, Goin' across the mountains, oh Chrissy don't you cry" (PS '66) .
You can go across our mountains anywhere you care to as we'll have 57 trails, glades, and cross country routes open this weekend with good cover everywhere and snow in the forecast. The sun is getting higher in the sky and makes for some outstanding runs on Morning Star and Crosscut to start the day. Follow the sun to Mardi Gras and Cindy's mid morning and Yodeler, Champagne, Edelweiss mid afternoon. The Tannenbaum area is great anytime along with Spruce and Sunrise. We groomed the Wall last night.
We are hosting a USSA Freestyle B meet here this weekend,(B's are the younger competitors) they will be hitting the mogul course at Chute on Saturday and a slopestyle event on Snoozer Sunday. We also have USASA slopestyle on Snoozer Saturday as well along with our Ranger group racing in Racer X on Cindys. NASTAR will also be open on Cindys Wednesday through Sundays if you care to run some gates and see how you compare in the NASTAR series. More information on this web site under the" explore our mountain" tab.
Whether you ski or ride, race or cruise, snow shoe or cross country it really doesn't matter as long as you get out and enjoy the winter weather ( it's 30 degrees warmer here tonight than it was just yesterday at the abyss of our cold snap). Mighty frosty, but makes for outstanding snow surface conditions all around the resort. We have a neat field of moguls on Morning Star and some interesting terrain building on the left side of Falcon. Most all other trails are groomed up with fresh corduroy each morning keeping our grooming crew busy. The snowmakers are watching the super bowl this weekend but do plan to produce more snow next week in selected areas. Terrain parks are all open and just keep getting better with a completely rebuilt fun rail park and more shaping in the Foxfire 42-78 Park.
The Tubing Park is running 24 lanes, the little tubers area and the ice rink. Bring you own skates and glide the evening away! Our Mountain coaster is open Thursday through Sunday till 8 pm. An evening ride down among the snow covered trees is a memorable experience. The coaster is located just above the Tannenbaum Lodge and we offer free shuttle service there and around the resort, just ask a lodge or lot attendant for assistance.
Happy Lunar New Year and enjoy the year of the horse. Let's all get some skiing and riding in, and I'll see you on the slopes.
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My little sister Julie, got married about a month ago. 2 weeks before the wedding I went and stayed with her for the weekend and left Gary (my husband) with the kids. The idea was to have a good girlie time together before she tied the knot.
To help set the scene I will describe Julie. She is 27 years old, about 5 foot 7 inches tall and is a natural blonde like myself. She has a nice slim figure and perky little tits.
She is also a regular church attendee and due to her beliefs, she was waiting for her wedding night to lose her virginity. I don't think she had even seen a man naked up to this point in time.
On the Saturday we had gone into town and looked round loads of shops. She had bought lots of new clothes for her honeymoon (all very conservative). While we were having coffee I asked her what she was going to wear on her wedding night. She admitted that she hadn't got anything yet as she didn't know what to get. She wanted something sexy but had not bought anything sexy in her life before. So I agreed to help her choose.
I took her to a local lingerie shop that I knew sold quality, sexy stuff. She got very embarrased when I started picking out possible nightdresses. She kept picking out really non-sexy stuff but I refused to let her buy them. In the end I got her to choose a nightdress. It was a full length white silk nightdress which had slits on each side up to her hips, a plunging front and thin straps over her shoulders. The top half was all beautiful lace which would show of her tits very well. It was very clingy and would show of her lovely figure. She asked what type of knickers she should wear. I pointed out it was her wedding night so she shouldn't wear any.
In the evening we went out for a nice meal. Julie drank a lot of wine which I thought was unusual for her. Afterwards, we went to a pub for a couple more drinks. She was getting pretty tipsy by now. I noticed that a couple of guys were eyeing us up but I ignored them as I was with Julie.
I started to notice that Julie was not very happy and got the impression she was upset about something so I her asked what was wrong. She said she was worried about her wedding night and having sex with her new husband. I said not to worry, everyone is nervous the 1st time and you will really enjoy it. I then got a suprise as that was not her worry. She said there were 2 things bothering her. Firstly, she was worried that her lack of experience would mean she wouldn't be any good for her husband (he was not a virgin and had been with at least 2 women previous to meeting Julie). Her second worry was that she would always wonder what it would have been like to have sex with another man.
I pointed out that she didn't need to worry about these things and it will all turn out okay. She said this had become a massive worry for her over the last few months but she had come up with a plan, but she wanted my help. She then explained her plan which really suprised me. She wanted to have a one night stand with a stranger to get a little bit of experience and so that she wouldn't always wonder what another man would be like. She was too scared to do it on her own so she had invited me over for the weekend with the idea of finding a man each.
I was in total shock and questioned if she was really sure about this. I also pointed out I was married to Gary and didn't want to cheat on him. She said she had really thought it through and was absolutely determined this is what she wanted. I spent half hour making sure she really meant it but she was completely convinced that this is was she wanted. I said I wouldn't do this behind Gary's back, but I would talk it over with him on the phone. If he was okay with it I would go through with it (I was still in shock at what might happen).
I stepped out of the pub and rang Gary and explained the situation. At first he was completely silent. I asked him if he was upset with me for asking him. He replied he was not upset at all but was completely shocked at what Julie wanted. He then pointed out that his cock had gone rock solid at the thought of what might happen and the whole thing was a massive turn on. In fact he had got his cock out and started to play with it while talking to me on the phone. So I asked if he was okay with it. He said on one condition, that I give him a blow by blow account when I got home the next day. I agreed and he said he was off to bed to have a good long wank over what was going to happen that night. This made me feel really horny thinking about Gary at home with his big hard cock.
I went back into the pub to let Julie know it was okay only to find the 2 guys who had been eyeing us up were sitting at out table and flirting with her. (so much for needing big sis to help her). Julie introduced me to Ian and Jim and told me she had invited them back to her flat to join us for some drinks. (wow she was a quick learner I thought). They were obviously very keen on the idea so we got our jackets left. I have to say that Julie had done very well in picking 2 very good looking guys with really fit bodies.
I could see Julie was getting very nervous as we walked to her flat. When we got in I told her to have chat with me in the bedroom. I told the 2 guys to make themselves at home for a minute while we put on something more comfortable.
When we were alone I checked whether she still wanted to go through with this. She was addament. I suggested we both got changed into something a bit more sexy (we were both in jeans and sweaters). She started to look through her stuff while I got changed. I hadn't brought anything sexy with me so I picked out a long white blouse that I had planned to wear the next day. It was only just long enough to cover my pussy and bum. I left a few of the top buttons undone to make it more sexy. Julie said to go on ahead and she would join me in a minute.
I went back into the living. Ian and Jims eyes nearly popped out of the head when they saw me. I took the opportunity to explain the situation to them while Julie wasn't there. I told them to be really careful with her and if either of us told them to stop they should do it immediately. The both agreed to this. I could see that the whole thing was a massive turn on to them as well. 2 very large bulges had appeared in their jeans.
Then Julie entered the room. I couldn't believe it, she had put on her wedding night nightdress. She looked stunning, especially her little tits poking through the lace top. Ian and Jim just sat starring, not believing how good their night was turning out. She asked if she looked alright. We all replied how stunning she looked which helped her relax. Although I was starting to feel pretty horny I still couldn't believe what was about to happen.
I realised that everyone was still feeling a little awkward about the situation and I would have to get the ball rolling. I beckoned Jim over to me and pulled him close and started to kiss him. His hands immediately started groping my bum which felt good.
Ian took this as his cue to approach Julie. He walked over to her and gently started kissing her. He part his arms round her and caressed her back with his hards gradually working down until his hands were on her bum. I could see she was starting to like the experience.
Jim started to get a bit more adventurous with me. One hand was now inside my blouse fondling my tits. The other hand had pulled the back of my blouse up to grope my bare bum. This was now feeling really good and I could feel myself getting wet.
Julie was letting Ian touch her little tits through her nightdress, he eventually slip his hand into her top and started to gently carress her hard little nipples. This was a new pleasure for her and I could tell she was really beginning to enjoy the whole experience.
I suggested we moved into the bedroom. When we got in I lay down on one side of the bed (it was a doublebed) and pulled Jim down on top of me. My blouse rode up showing off my trimmed, now wet pussy. Jim's fingers soon found they way down there and started to devle deep inside of me.
Meanwhile Julie had laid on the bed next to me. Ian sat down beside her and started to caress her body. He started with her tits. He gently removed the straps from her sholders and pulled her top down. He little tits looked so perfect as Ian played with them and gave them gently sucks. He then started working on her legs gradually working his way up. He eventually uncovered her virgin, untrimmed, blonde pussy for us all to see. I have to say it looked perfectly formed. Ian gently started to touch her pussy and Julie let out a groan of pleasure. I couldn't believe I was watching my sister getting groped for her first time.
I was so engrossed with what I was watching I hadn't really noticed that Jim had got off me and was in the process of removing his jeans and boxers. He revealed a huge cock (must have been at least nine inches). My immediate thought was wow this will feel good. But I was also glad that I had picked Jim as this would be a bit much for Julies 1st time. I then noticed that Julies eyes were transfixed on his cock. It was the 1st time she had seen a hard cock for real.
Ian then stripped off to show of his cock and it was almost as big as Jims. He led Julies hand on to it and she started to gently pull on it. I sat up on the bed and started to suck Jims huge cock as he stood in front of him. I suggested that Julie tried doing the same to Ian. It wasn't long until Julie's mouth was full of Ian's cock.
I then lay back and openned my legs. Jim lay down on top of me and inserted his cock into me and started to pump me gently. Julie followed suit and laid back. I watched as Ian gently slid his large cock into Julie's pussy. I could see from her face that she really enjoyed the sensation of this. He started to gradually move back on forth on her and I could hear her groaning in pleasure.
Jim pumped me harder and harder. We were both getting off on what was happening to Julie and we both climaxed fairly quickly. Boy he had a lot of cum, I thought I was going to burst. He pulled out and sat beside me and we both watched as Ian pumped Julie. They went on for a long time as Ian was taking his time to build things up. All of a sudden she let out a massive groan and I knew she had just had her first orgasm ever. Seconds later Ian filled her virgn pussy with his cum. (I had checked that Julie was on the pill before I had let anything happen).
We all laid back and relaxed on the bed. I asked Julie if she was alright and she said she couldn't be happier. We all gradually fell asleep all cuddled up on the bed. I went to sleep hoping Julie wouldn't regret this in the morning
I was woken then next morning by grunts and groans next to me. I turned over to see Jim lying on Julie pumping her hard. Ian was standing next to them naked watching what was going on. I could see from the state of his cock that he had already shagged Julie that morning. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It wasn't long before Jim shot his load in Julie and pulled out. She turned and smiled and said thank you to me.
I suggested to the guys it was time to go now and they got themselves dressed and left. Julie explained how they had all woken up before me. She had enjoyed the night before so much and had wanted one last go (which turned into 2). She said that her plan had worked and asked me to thank Gary for letting me do this.
I shot back home after breakfast. Julie went off to her church for the Sunday Service (I doubt she was listening much to them sermon). I got home to find Gary had dropped our kids round at his parents. I knew what he wanted. So I sat down and gave him every detail of what happened. He then fucked me so hard it was unbelievable.
Sorry if this story was a bit long. I am still in shock it actually happened. I couldn't help thinking about all through her wedding day. But you should have seen the dirty smile on Gary's face as she walked up the church aisle.


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Create a unique shopping experience where customers derive both value and pleasure from visiting physical storefronts.
Last week Google indicated that it would provide same-day delivery service from local retail stores. Joining Amazon, eBay, and a host of other startups providing similar services, Google will attempt to eliminate the last compelling differentiator for a traditional brick-and-mortar store - instant gratification. With the ability to browse, order, and now obtain within 24 hours products from the comforts of your home, how does that impact traditional retail storefronts? Is this the death knell that we have long been hearing about?
Not really. Recent studies have shown that, for a majority of categories, consumers still prefer to use physical stores for both researching and purchasing products. And since most retailers now employ a multi-channel strategy, physical storefronts have to be an integral part of the overall shopping journey for their customers. The key is to create a unique shopping experience where customers derive both value and pleasure from visiting physical storefronts. We have seen leading digital e-tailers employ big data analytics to create a superlative experience for their users. We are now beginning to see retailers take a leaf from that playbook and emulate similar capabilities in their physical stores. They are:
1. Delivering experiences tailored to individual shoppers. Personalization of content based on customer behavior has been the hallmark of successful digital media e-tailers. Online stores seem to "know" their customers better - correctly identifying them by name, remembering their last few purchases, or dynamically customizing the storefront to showcase relevant products. Retailers are now enabling their physical storefronts to provide a similar level of personalization.
Consider the scenario where you walk into your favorite apparel store. Surveillance cameras mounted on the door immediately detect who you are and instantly beam identifying information to the in-store sales associates. An app on the sales associate's tablet then correlates all of your shopping characteristics such as loyalty, past purchases, cross-channel preferences, service incidents, and social expression and provides a consolidated view. With this information, a sales associate walks up to you as you are entering the store, greets you by name, and enquires about your most recent purchase. This level of personalized attention dramatically alters an individual's in-store shopping experience…and it's not that far-fetched. Breakthroughs in new facial recognition technology combined with real-time analytics are now enabling brick-and-mortar retail storefronts to provide greater levels of personalization.
2. Guiding shoppers to discover associated products. Automated guided selling was another aspect of the shopping experience that was unique to digital channels. We have seen intelligent algorithms make real-time product recommendations based on what was in a customer's shopping cart. Retail storefronts are now trying to emulate similar capability by using interactive display units and kiosks that can intelligently assess the customer and a product under consideration to make recommendations that enhance the shopping experience.
3. Tracking and analyzing shopper behavior across visits. One of the advantages of digital commerce was that all user activity was measurable. One could measure shopper behavior via clicks, page views, time spent per page, and the path traversed from landing to conversion. This enabled online retailers to optimize page design, placements, and tailor promotional messages. Big data analytics is now helping retail storefronts collect and analyze fine-grained shopper visit data.
The benefits that big data and analytics provide are significant and furthermore blur the divide between online and physical worlds. However, while retailers are applying these practices to optimize in-store experience they must also address privacy and security concerns. The mechanisms employed for data collection in the physical world are different from what we are used to in the digital world and that raises genuine concerns among consumers. Physical retailers will have to be transparent in their data collection practices, respect individual's privacy concerns, and honor customer preferences.
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Prior to his current role, Krishnan has worked in research, product development, consulting, and technology marketing roles across multiple disciplines within information management. He has enabled marketing and customer analytics solutions for large media and consumer-focused organizations like Apple, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft. and Motorola. He holds an M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Georgia.
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Improving People Skills
While many of us feel confident in our social skills and ability to communicate, we all can still learn improve our listening and assertive skills.
Improving communication skills is directly beneficial in nearly every career field, not to mention with personal relationships. As such an important aspect of our lives, we should seek to become more effective at listening to others and expressing ourselves. Robert Bolton can be considered an expert of highly effective communication. He spent six years managing a consulting firm that specialized in communication skills workshops. His research during that time laid the foundation for his work, People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts, which provides useful guidance and tips to becoming a better communicator.
The first area Bolton covers is refining listening skills. There is a clear distinction between listening and simply hearing another person. Studies have shown that "up to 75% of oral communication is ignored, misunderstood, or quickly forgotten." There are many parts of listening that need to be engaged in order to fully capture and understand another. Attending to the speaker is crucial to facilitate effective listening. One's mind and body (including body language) must signal that their full attention is on the speaker. This can be further reinforced by paraphrasing the speaker to confirm understanding and to provide reflective responses to show engagement while also allowing the speaker to elaborate. The combination of these skills allows for more attentive and engaged listening which will allow for greater understanding.
Assertiveness skills are the complement to good listening skills. With poor communication skills, most people will resort to forms of nagging or aggression to get something they want. These attempts are often met with hostility or are ignored, either way demonstrating an ineffective way to express one's wants. A more effective technique is verbal assertiveness. While practicing assertiveness, a person who wants something (a change in attitude, a physical object, etc.) can remain expressive in his emotions by the way he speaks without directly displaying any aggression or nagging behavior. This allows the receiving party time to respond to the request more positively since they do not feel threatened or frustrated by ineffective nagging or aggression.
The final chapters of People Skills deals with conflict resolution skills. Most people are observed to think of a problem in terms of it's solutions. For example, two siblings are both planning to go out for the weeknight (to different places) but fight over who gets to use the family car. Currently, both siblings are thinking in terms of solutions, namely the family car. Bolton argues that this is not effective, and this type of thinking actually excludes possible solutions. The way to best accommodate everyone's needs in a dispute is to directly state a person's needs. In this case, each sibling has a need of transportation. By assessing the problem in terms of needs, the siblings can more effectively work out an agreement to satisfy both person's transportation needs rather than bicker about who gets the car for the night.
Overall, Bolton provides a seminal work on effective listening, assertiveness, and conflict resolution skills. The greatest think about this type of improvement is that it does not require changing one's personality or way of thinking–it simply provides tools for more effective communication. Better communication allows for stronger relationships and quality of life.
Sources: Bolton, Robert. People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. Print.
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Thanks very much for volunteering folks, i'll sort out a few starting questions and post again on Monday. Unfortunately, i don't have home intenet access, and am using the college computers.
Just a little background: I've been interested in the archaic processes since i read about 31 Studio in 1996. 31 Studio is a company specialising in platinum and palladium printmaking, based in rural Gloucestershire in England. Since i found out that other processes existed i've read up quite a lot of information.
Now i'm in my final year at Uni, i decided it was time i tried out something different. I've been playing around with the kallitype process, initially using ferric ammonium oxalate. It worked at first but not as well as i'd have liked. last weekend i brewed my own ferric oxalate and tried it out - it worked well and i'm quite pleased with the first kallitypes i've made with it.
Because i was planning to make my final prints in kallitype, i wanted to write about the alternative or 'archaic' processes for my dissertation. it's something a little different - most people seem to wrote about feminism or body politics which IMO have been done to death.
So i'm trawling through the standard texts - The Keepers of Light has been very helpful, as has Mike Ware's website and a few others. There are a few others i need to read too. Thanks for the suggestion of "Antiquarian Avant-Garde: The New Wave in Old Processes", mhv. I'll see if i can find it somewhere!
I think that the term 'alternative' is slightly misleading, mainly because if you use, say a digital camera, then any light-sensitive paper or surface is an alternative way of making a print. It's about the perspective of what is used most of the time. I realise that processes like the Argyrotype and Chrysotype, Ziatype etc are recent innovations, but they are based upon techniques and materials from the beginnings of the medium, so 'archaic' seemed more appropriate I hope that i didn't upset anyone with it!
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White sports anchor, Dale Hansen may have singlehandedly renewed my faith in the compassion of mankind. This week on his show, "Dale Hansen: Unplugged," he opened up about the unfair double standards within the NFL of what's acceptable and what's just flat out wrong and he referenced NFL hopeful, Michael Sam, who recently made headlines for publicly coming out as gay and gaining Michelle Obama's support. But it was perhaps when he quoted civil rights leader, Audre Lorde, in defense of Sam that warmed my heart the most. "It is not our differences that divide us. It's our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."
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Hansen continued, "We've always been able to recognize 'em. Some of us accept 'em. And I want to believe that there will be a day when we do celebrate 'em. I don't know if that day's here yet. I guess we're about to find out. But when I listen to Michael Sam, I do think it's time to celebrate him now."
Hansen mentioned in his impassioned speech that Sam being the 3rd to 5th round NFL pick is more shocking than his sexuality because he's the best defensive player in college football. Henson then addressed the gross double standards plaguing football:
"Several NFL officials telling Sports Illustrated it will hurt him on draft day because a gay player wouldn't be welcome in an NFL locker room. It would be uncomfortable because that's a man's world. You beat a woman and drag her down a flight of stairs, pulling her hair out by the roots? You're the fourth guy taken in the NFL draft.
You kill people while driving drunk? That guy's welcome. Players caught in hotel rooms with illegal drugs and prostitutes? We know they're welcome. Players accused of rape and pay the woman to go away? You lie to police trying to cover up a murder? We're comfortable with that.
You love another man? Well, now you've gone too far! It wasn't that long ago when we were being told that black players couldn't play in "our" games because it would be "uncomfortable." And even when they finally could, it took several more years before a black man played quarterback. Because we weren't "comfortable" with that, either."
Seriously, I could watch this in a loop! What do you beauties think about Hansen's speech?
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"I just want to go to the team who drafts me," Sam told ESPN in a recent interview, "because that team knows about me, knows that I'm gay, and also knows that I work hard. That's the team I want to go to." This NFL-hopeful has gotten the attention and support of Michelle Obama after coming out and has become an inspiration to us all.
5. Mister Cee
While Mister Cee hasn't classified himself as gay, he has admitted to having a problem with soliciting transgender women. "I know that I love women; any woman that's been with me know that I love women," he said. "But occasionally I get the urge the have (oral sex) with a transsexual, a man that looks like a woman... And then I'm sitting here saying that I'm not gay."
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One of the most known editors of Vogue, Andre has credits that span beyond any normal resume. From working as an assistant for Andy Warhol to mentoring Jennifer Hudson, Talley's talents far outweigh his sexuality.
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From labeling contestants on American Idol, "my wife" to claiming she's got what it takes to steal Cassie from Diddy, Nicki Minaj's sexuality is fluid. She claimed that she was bi-sexual, then denounced the title in a Rolling Stone interview. If we had to call it, we'd say Nicki's gay-adjacent.
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Frank Ocean's admission of loving a man was the coming out heard 'round the world. Frank said, "I knew that my star was rising, and I knew that if I waited I would always have somebody that I respected be able to encourage me to wait longer, to not say it till who knows when."
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Ndegeocello came out as bisexual when she was in high school and even dated Alice Walker's daughter, Rebecca Walker.
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Swoopes came out as homosexual in October 2005, publicly announcing her relationship with Houston Comets' assistant coach, Alicia Scott.
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Mathis is a pioneer of homosexuality. He would always receive death threats, causing him to remain silent on his sexual preference. In 1982, he was quoted in Us Magazine, claiming, "Homosexuality is a way of life that I've become accustomed to."
19. Don Lemon
When CNN anchor Don Lemon came out as gay, he was applauded for being one of a small few of openly gay Black celebrities. Lemon's decision to come out sparked debate about why other famous gay minorities remain in the closet.
20. E. Denise Simmons
The former mayor of Cambridge, Mass., Simmons was the first lesbian African-American mayor in U.S. history.
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The procedure can take anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes, it costs around $80 and lasts between three to five weeks. To begin, your lashes get curled over rubber rollers. Then, chemical solutions are applied; and finally, your lashes get a conditioning. This sounds just like a perm! Considering that false eyelashes take at least eight to 10 minutes to apply and another five to take off, I think the investment is time-efficient. Would you ever consider a lash perm?
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text: Hi! This is for those who have read Penrose's "The Road to Reality" (btw, fantastic book). In paragraph 25.8, on page 651, he writes something that I interpret as a critical remark regarding the spontaneous broken electroweak gauge symmetry. Quote ( btw, he writes U(2) instead of the usual SU(2)xU(1) ): "Also, there is the rather strange asymmetry between the roles of SU(3) and U(2) - in that SU(3) is taken to be exact, whereas U(2) is severely broken. Indeed, in my view, there does appear to be something strange about the particular way that U(2) is taken as a 'gauge group', which would seem to require an exact unbroken symmetry...." Is he alluding to some problem regarding the EW theory that he does not write explictly? What does he mean by "... the particular way that U(2) is taken as a 'gauge group'"? Anyone know/understand? Best regards Torquil


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I make three times what my husband makes. We can survive on my income alone. There is no way we could survive on my husband's income. After a few years off to start a business that did not succeed, my husband got a job 1.5 years ago. He really enjoys his job. Thing is, I changed jobs a year ago, and finally found a position that I really love. Before this position, I worked very long hours, was always "on call", and worked for some very nasty personalities.
If child care falls through, the kids must be picked up early, or if someone needs to stay home with a sick child, our society has always traditionally expected the mom to cover these instances, allowing the man to work. Now, I think that makes sense when mom doesn't work (as was the norm for many in our our society for years and years). However, when both parents work and mom's job is the one that supports the family, shouldn't dad be expected to be the primary responsible person for these instances??
For some reason, perhaps because he was raised in a traditional Italian family where the women always took care of these things, my husband just assumes I will get home in time to relieve the nanny so that he can work later (though i ALWAYS have work to do - it's not like at 5:30 i have nothing else to do), that I will stay home from work when the nanny is sick, etc. etc.
Now I admit, my job has a bit more flexibility and autonomy -- but this cannot be abused, or else I could risk losing my job (especially in this economy where there are so many others that would fight for my job).
Please tell me ladies - do any of you experience the same thing? And if so, how have you dealt with it?