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Review subjectThis product gets a mixed review from me. I like that it's portable, I like the colors, and I like that it's easy to apply. HOWEVER, the lid was always leaking out a little blush. I have the same problem with my hook-up lip glosses, they are always messy. I like the color selection, and the price was good. I'm a little of a neat freak though, so the mess from a tiny leak was too much for me to handle. — 6 years, 2 months agoMissPurple | 611 reviews
Easy Blush ColorI love the applicator on this blush because it is angled to give just the right amount of blush to spread on your foundation. This variety comes in great colors, and a little blush goes a long way. The container is perfectly sized for on the go and easy to use. — 8 years, 1 month agoStef42678 | 500 reviews
Great blushThis is perfect if you just need a hint of color. I love it!!! — 9 years, 6 months agodarkangel81 | 302 reviews
great!great shading and feel! — 8 years, 4 months agobrassa | 447 reviews
Unfortunately, works only for fair skin...but works well!Aw...It's a shame this product got discontinued. Anyways, it was cheap, and easy to tote around. I got this in pink pearl, and I have extremely light skin so it showed up a faint stained flush on me with barely a hint of shimmer. But because of this trait, this will not work for anyone that isn't stark pale. The applicator makes it too easy to squirt out too much on cheeks though, and the formula ...read moreis very runny so mass blending is necessary if too much product is used. It last for a while, but because of its sheer nature--may be hard to perceive...Doesn't make me break out though, and is great for fair girls that want a natural look. — 7 years, 1 month agoRavenLoudspeakr | 301 reviews
Gives me the perfect flushI've tried all three colors of this lovely product and would recommend all three. The quality of these blushes is superb and the packaging is fantastic as well. I would like it more if it was sold in stores because I hate paying the extra for shipping. — 8 years, 4 months agochanceuxlilas | 326 reviews
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Just Right!I love this blush! — 8 years, 11 months agofabbymj | 199 reviews
Glowing complexionI always get compliments when I wear this. I really love all 3 shades. They all show up on my medium skin tone well. You just have to be careful when you squeeze it out, because you may get a bit too much at one time. — 8 years, 1 month agomakingmymark | 7 reviews
effectivefits well in purse. nice variety of shades — 8 years, 1 month agomerri10 | 145 reviews
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Cobra Starship Singer Gabe Saporta + Erin Fetherston Got Married
Congrats to Cobra Starship frontman Gabe Saporta! The singer tied the knot with fashion designer Erin Fetherston yesterday (May 26).
"The couple chose to tie the knot in the gardens of the historical St. Nicholas Abbey plantation," a rep revealed to Us Weekly. "Fetherston wore a gown of her own design, and Saporta wore a custom Gieves & Hawkes suit. Images of the wedding will be featured in Martha Stewart Weddings' September issue." Not just romantic — also profitable!
Saporta proposed to Fetherston six months ago and had the designer's help in picking and designing her ring with jeweler Lorraine Schwartz.
"I'm no dumb-dumb. I know you don't buy jewelry for a girl without consulting her — especially for a girl like Erin," Saporta said. "[Erin] gave us creative direction, and I worked with Lorraine to make it happen."
"What I really love about Erin is that being with her inspires me to be better," Saporta gushed of his bride. "Erin and I are able to propel one another forward without ever being critical or judgmental. I feel like she sees my shortcomings, she sees my potential, and she's got my back no matter what. She's my teammate and my best friend. There is no one I'd rather spend my time with."


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Could you lay out what discs you use in typical situations.
I see in your responses that you appear to be throwing a putter from 200' out.
When do you use drivers and mid-ranges and what kind of throw are you using when putting [when do you change your technique on putting - how far out] - etc...


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The revelation that the team behind a planned £70million extension to the Arndale Centre have threatened to pull out of the proposed deal if a costly revamp of the shopping complex at Sovereign Harbour gets the go-ahead has caused a stir among readers.
We revealed exclusively last week that Legal and General, which owns the town centre mall, told Eastbourne Borough Council it would not push on with the multi million face-lift if the scheme at the harbour was given the green light.
The row centres on Legal and General trying to impose conditions which would restrict fashion, sportswear and other popular stores from opening at the Harbour.
A record number of comments were added to the original online story and locals took to Twitter to pin their colours to either #TeamArndale or #TeamCrumbles.
One of the readers, writing as Ebo, said of Legal and General, "If thats their response, they should be told to either stump up enough to revamp not just the Arndale, but Seaside, Terminus Road, the lot.
"That could create the kind of environment and cafe culture I think most of Eastbourne would like to see. A shopping centre for the large brands with ample, free parking, that then spreads out into lanes style cafes and odd shops where people can wander and while away their afternoons.
"If they aren't willing to do that, they should be told to poke it. The latter, of course, requires some testicular fortitude so far lacking from this council."
Fellow poster Eastbournelife added, "Important to have a clear strategy to support both retail centres in the High Street and Harbour. Harbour redevelopment plans are not new to L&G though one can understand why they are trying it on at the last minute. "Council should hold their nerve and just be clear to L&G that not prepared to negotiate on this issue.
"Crazy to promise one developer of one site not to keep developing other parts of town."
The Herald now wants to know what you think about the issue. Would you like to see a new and improved Arndale over a revamped Crumbles, or do you genuinely believe the town can support two ambitious shopping developments?
Please leave your comments below and vote in our poll. The result will be published in this Friday's Herald.
To vote, please see our poll on the right hand side of this web page.


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Jocketty: Sizemore changed mind at last minute
CINCINNATI -- It appeared that all free-agent outfielder Grady Sizemore had to do was sign the contract and his comeback would start with the Reds. General manager Walt Jocketty seemed confident that would happen.
That was, until it didn't. Sizemore signed a one-year contract with the Red Sox on Wednesday. It will pay a base salary of $750,000 but could reach $6 million with incentives.
Jocketty said the Reds did offer a big league contract as well to the 31-year-old Sizemore, who hasn't played in the Majors since 2011.
"That's all I will say about it. We thought we were going to get it done," Jocketty said on Thursday morning at the 2014 Reds Caravan kickoff. "He changed his mind at the last minute. That's his prerogative."
Once a three-time All-Star for the Indians from 2004-11, Sizemore's career has been derailed by injuries -- including the need for microfracture surgery on both knees.
It appears that the Reds will not be making any big moves ahead of pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training on Feb. 14.
"There's nothing big out there to do. We're not going after any of the top free agents," Jocketty said. "We really haven't talked to anybody about trades. I don't think there will be much of that going on. At this point, I'd just assume we get to Spring Training, see what we have, evaluate what we have and make adjustments if we have to."
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This article, entitled Stop comparing (and give yourself a little grace) comes from Sara Todd at fruitamoms.com.
A few weeks ago, I was invited to a Pampered Chef Party. I accepted because the hostess is one of my best friends. I had no idea what I was getting myself into and that the night would end with me in tears.
It all started off OK. I'm pretty comfortable in most social situations. I love getting together with friends and new faces. Glass of wine, good food, great conversations. I thought it'd be cake.
And then, she invited people to join in. To help cook. To cut. To chop. To mince. I was nervous. My palms were sweaty. It was like I was back in junior high school. And the teacher was calling on students. And I didn't have the answer. I was in panic.
My friends all chopped away. Commented on all of the times they use their Pampered Chef items. How much they love them, and what items they really wanted. You know what I really wanted? Well, besides another glass of wine or four, the pizza cutter. It seemed more up my alley.
And then we got to the rice cooker. And my friends talked about how they have rice all of the time and this cooker does such a good job and makes it so easy and not sticky. At this point, I was fighting back tears. Literally. I'd never cooked rice for my family. Ever.
And then it hit me. I was totally out of my element. And it made me feel like a bad mom. It kept me up that night, almost all night. I decided to talk to my friends about it. And I was actually really surprised to hear that they had their own, much different insecurities. I won't use any names, but I think it's important that we acknowledge some of the things that made my friends feel like they are lacking in the parent department. Maybe you can relate to one or all of them.
"I can't give each one of them the one-on-one attention that they need and want. I try, but it seems that I always fall short."
"That I don't do enough artsy-fartsy projects with him, I don't take enough pictures, and I don't write down every adorable thing he says."
"Mine is that as a single mom I am missing giving my kidlet some knowledge/support, etc., that would naturally come from a father figure."
"I yell entirely too much and sometimes I can't wait for them to go to bed…even if I haven't seen much of them that day."
"Mine is that I sometimes just don't feel like I do the artsy crafty thing, I don't do elaborate parties, I don't dress them super cute, I never hardly take pictures except in my phone, I have four kids and ZERO baby books!! The list is endless really!"
"Sometimes, I don't want to be touched. They want to give me a hug, especially my 5th-grader, and I have a hard time with it. I am not a touchy-feely person."
"That I'm not hard enough on him and that I'm too hard on him. That I don't spend enough time with him since I'm a work-at-home mom. That I haven't documented every first thing he's done….I think the best moms are at least a little insecure because they always want what's best for their kids and they are going to always be worried that they aren't providing it."
"I look at my brother and sister-in-law and they really seem to have everything together when it comes to their kids. I feel like I constantly second-guess myself on how I handle issues and often wonder how they would handle a situation and if whatever I do will have some crazy consequence. I definitely have parenting insecurities."
This is just a small sampling. One conversation. It hurts a little bit to read these. And then I think about rice. And how it's such a small thing. And why I get so defeated by it. And why we always are comparing ourselves to other moms. And isn't the best we can do good enough anymore?
Who are we trying to be? Do we want to be all of these perfect things to make our kids' lives better or impress our friends? Who do you look up to as a motherly figure? What makes you feel insecure? Why?
I know I need to focus more on my strengths. It's hard to pay yourself a compliment, or accept one from someone else, even. I may not be Martha Stewart; heck, I'm not even close to an intern on her show, I'm sure, but I can tell you what I am.
I'm trying my best. Sure, there's always going to be room for improvement. But my goal is to try to stop comparing myself to other moms, and give myself a little grace. I hope you all will do the same.
Sara Todd is an Omaha mom who is married with two children. Read her on Fruita Moms.


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This is something a lot of people don't seem to get -- CPU and disk are all but free in our era of 2GHz+ chips and terabyte drives, but memory (and cache) are a huge bottleneck. The limiting factors in many programs I write (bioinformatics) are memory and sometimes address space, not CPU time or disk space; and my most frequent source of UI irritation is not waiting for the CPU, but waiting for an application that has been paged out. Yet we see man-years devoted to ever-more-complicated CPU schedulers and
Yet we see man-years devoted to ever-more-complicated CPU schedulers and file compression algorithms, while language runtimes become increasingly complex and approximate LRU remains the state of the art in virtual memory management.
I've seen applications where the best possible optimization was to remove a cache and recalculate a modestly cheap value; many modern processors are fast enough that throwing a few extra cycles in the pipeline is more efficient than paying the price of a processor cache miss.
I think this just goes to show you how different problems needs different optimizations. I mainly work on web applications and in those instances we are mostly concerned with Disk performance, CPU and network, not memory. Withy 64bit boxes all over the place having 16GB+ memory is pretty common. So memory is never my problem and I appreciate all the work that's been put into making CPUs faster.
This really surprises me. From my admittedly outdated experience, I would have guessed that you would either be network-bound or, with too many simultaneous (slow) connections, memory-bound. What's sucking up all that CPU? Is it the kernel copying buffers around, or your app generating a bunch of dynamic content?
We do have a lot of IO bound issues (especially with the DB) and most of our content is dynamic. Since we try to minimize the load on the shared resources (the DB) it means we push the computation into the web servers as much as possible, so having fast executing code is nice.
Memory is so cheap so throwing a few extra gigs into a box is a non-issue. I've never found myself thinking "wow I wish Perl used less memory". Again, this is just my experience with the kinds of applications I develop.


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WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities in northeast Ohio say one man was found dead during a mobile home fire that damaged other nearby residences.
Firefighters responded to the blaze early Thursday morning at a mobile home park in Willoughby, roughly 15 miles northeast of Cleveland. There was no immediate word on what caused the fire.
WKYC-TV reports multiple homes nearby were evacuated. WEWS-TV says no other injuries were immediately reported.
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First-generation college students Adriana Sanchez, Salvador Chavez and Valeria Dominguez can testify to the success of the nonprofit ALearn, which prepares underrepresented students for college.
When ALearn launched its first summer program in 2008, Sanchez was hired as a student teacher during the summer of her junior year, while incoming freshmen Chavez and Dominguez were enrolled as students. Today, these "ALearners," all graduates of the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District, are not only working on completing their college educations, but they also have returned to the program as teaching assistants.
"I decided that the best way to give back to the program was to come back and help, to come back to where it all started for me," Chavez said.
ALearn, founded in 2008 by Los Altos resident Kathryn Hanson, offers four programs in 12 school districts in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. It is an annual recipient of the Town Crier's Holiday Fund.
The hard road
The road from middle school to college isn't an easy journey for ALearn students. Sanchez returned to assist with the ALearn Catalyst program, which focuses on math skills and college awareness in preparation for the high school-level curriculum.
"I know how it feels to be in their shoes," she said. "I know how it is to be struggling in school, to be struggling in math. I always needed that help, but I never had it."
Sanchez graduated from Los Altos High School in 2009 and attended Foothill College for three years before transferring to Santa Clara University. She admits that her educational journey has been difficult, simply because she didn't have someone to emulate.
"I'm like a role model to them," she said of ALearn students. "It's great knowing you had that influence, especially for minority students who don't have that role model to look up to. … Us being here means a lot to them. They get to feel connected with us because we've been through that recently."
For Chavez and Dominguez, whose first experiences with ALearn were as students, the Catalyst program was more than a jumpstart on their freshman year – it gave them the opportunity to build their confidence before braving the intimidating halls of high school.
"As a student, ALearn impacted me in the way I saw myself," Chavez said. "I went into the program not very confident in the person that I was – I was always the student sitting in the back. The program pushed me out of my boundaries, it put me in a place that I wasn't very comfortable with at all. I had to interact with other people, I had to ask teachers for help, and I wasn't used to doing all that."
The ALearn program had a similar effect on Dominguez.
"I was really shy, and making new friends from different schools was the best thing that happened that summer," she said. "I still talk to all of them today. The amazing thing is that we all have something in common – we're all the first generation in our families to go to college."
First-generation students
According to Sanchez, Chavez and Dominguez, ALearn encourages students to forge connections with their peers, fostering individual growth and development and preparing them for college.
Over the course of six weeks as a teaching assistant, Dominguez noted the development of her students, from constantly asking the teacher for help to learning how to communicate and help each other.
"That's what they gained the most, I think – confidence in math, confidence in themselves," she said.
Chavez said he learned the value of education through the program.
"I decided that education was the best thing for me, and that it was going to bridge a better life for me," said Chavez, an occupational therapy major at Dominican University.
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Adapting First Aid Plans
What happens during a seizure may vary from one person to the next. The type of first aid needed can be tailored to what happens during the seizure and the person's safety. It helps to think about whether the person's alertness or awareness is affected, and if any physical movements occur that can place them at risk of injury.
Seizures Without Any Change in Awareness
Some people may remain fully awake and alert during a seizure and remember everything that occurs. For example, awareness is not affected during simple partial or myoclonic seizures. During these types of seizures, pay particular attention to the following:
- Usually you don't need to do anything.
- Stay calm and reassure the person they are safe.
- If the person is frightened or anxious, encourage them to take slow deep breaths or do something that is calming or relaxing.
- Stay with the person until the seizure is over. Make sure that they are fully aware of what is going on before they are left alone.
Seizures with Altered Awareness
Sometimes people may look awake during a seizure, but they really are not aware of part or all of what is going on around them. They may not remember what happens during the seizure or have difficulty talking about it during or after it. The person may walk around during the seizure, but not be in control of where they are going, and they may not be able to protect themselves. These seizure behaviors may be seen with complex partial seizures or clusters of absence seizures. During these episodes, in addition to basic first aid, pay particular attention to the following:
- If the person has a warning before they lose awareness, help them to a safe place.
- Stay with the person and don't let them wander away. Let them walk in an enclosed area if possible.
- Keep the person away from sharp objects or dangerous places.
- If the person tries to run or is in a dangerous situation, call for help and hold them back if needed to keep them out of danger.
- Do not assume that they can talk or that they can hear you and follow instructions. Assure them they are safe and repeat instructions on what they should do next.
- Make sure that they are alert, oriented and safe after the event before they are left alone.
- Time the seizure – these types of seizures are usually longer than convulsions or tonic clonic seizures. It may be hard to tell when the seizure ended and when the recovery period begins and ends.
- If the seizure turns into a convulsive seizure, follow first aid steps for tonic-clonic seizures.
Seizures with Loss of Consciousness
Some types of seizures can affect a person's awareness completely – they may be considered 'unconscious'. They are not able to talk, are not aware of what is going on around them, and may not realize what occurred afterwards. If they have a warning at the start of the seizure, they may be able to get to a safe place – otherwise they are at risk for injury during and after the seizure. Follow the steps for care and comfort first aid with attention to the following:
- Watch how long the seizure lasts – call for emergency medical help if a generalized seizure lasts 5 minutes or longer.
- Protect the person from injury but don't restrain their movements.
- Watch their breathing – turn them on the side to help keep the airway open. If breathing problems occur, call 911.
- Don't put anything in their mouth.
- Know when to call for emergency help.
- Stay with the person after the seizure until they are aware and safe.
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Increasing diversity has become well established as a central goal of the legal profession, but there's no question that much work remains. Bolstered by an industrywide commitment to increasing the number of minorities and women in the legal field, diversity in law firms has increased in tiny but measurable increments, according to the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), which tracks law firm demographics. Last year, however, progress came to a halt, driven by widespread layoffs in the associate ranks, which often contain the most diverse lawyers.
A newer trend within the legal diversity realm, gaining momentum over the past five to 10 years, are so-called pipeline efforts that address diversity by reaching out to minority and low-income students throughout their educations. The idea is that by working with kids in their communities, lawyers are also investing in the profession with the hope that some of the young people will go on to law school and become lawyers where previously that might have been a distant goal--if it appeared on their radar screens at all.
"Pipeline work is essential," says NALP Executive Director Jim Leipold. "We know we lose a disproportionate number of minority students long before they get to law school. So to grow diversity in the profession, it's not enough to simply hire diverse graduates from law school. We actually need more diverse people in law schools."
"Leaks" in the pipeline exist from pre-kindergarten all the way up the educational ladder, the result of disparate distribution of education funding and longstanding socioeconomic inequalities.
"There's a longstanding belief that intervening in the pipeline at any point is meaningful," Leipold says. "NALP's work has suggested that every organization that has a serious commitment to diversity in the legal arena needs to have pipeline projects as part of its multifaceted strategy."
Working with students is not only essential, but it's also enormously gratifying to volunteers, and there are plenty of ways legal departments can get involved. On the following pages, InsideCounsel highlights organizations and partnerships making a difference through pipeline programs.
CLASSROOM CITIZENS: Accenture
The law department at Chicago-based Accenture launched its Legal Corporate Citizenship initiative in 2004 to nurture pro bono and community volunteer work.
"Right away, we got involved in the schools," says Jim Beyer, Accenture's director of employment law and a founder of the Legal Corporate Citizenship committee. "Exposing kids to what different types of lawyers do is something that really resonates with lawyers. We have a large number of legal professionals volunteering, but certainly the work in schools is one of the most popular things we do."
About 50 of Accenture's Chicago lawyers, or half the legal team, do some sort of work in schools, Beyer estimates. At the elementary school level, Accenture has partnered since 2004 with DLA Piper, which got Accenture involved in the Constitutional Rights Foundation's Lawyers in the Classroom program. Lawyers in the Classroom partners teams of attorneys and elementary schools in and around Chicago for interactive learning sessions three to four times a year and provides training for lawyer-volunteers and teaching materials for them to use. Accenture lawyers have adopted Chicago's John Barry Elementary School, where they lead classrooms in interactive vignettes to make students think about what the Constitution means through "what if?" scenarios.
Becoming Mentors
Three years ago, Accenture lawyers again collaborated with DLA Piper to launch a partnership with Richard T. Crane Technical Preparatory High School, located in an underserved Chicago neighborhood.
Through the MVP program, lawyers visit Crane Tech once a month for mentoring sessions with students beginning in their sophomore year. They provide academic support and take students on college visits and field trips to Accenture and DLA Piper offices.
"We teach them all the things they may encounter when getting a job in high school or applying to college, and we talk about career options," says Michael Marchant, senior counsel, IP and M&As, who started the high-school program with other lawyers. "It's a way for a student to have somebody outside their family life they can connect with to say there's a world of opportunity out there, and we're here to help you achieve those goals."
Strength in Numbers
Marchant and Beyer encourage law departments of all sizes to get involved in classroom programs either on their own or by partnering with law firms or other corporations
like Accenture.
"This isn't exclusive territory," Beyer says. "We're all trying to do a good thing here. If other lawyers asked to get involved and team up, we'd say yes."
Pairing with DLA Piper on the Barry Elementary School and Crane Tech programs gives Accenture strength in numbers, and it also exposes the kids to both the law firm and
corporate worlds.
The lawyers who volunteer commit quite a bit of their time to preparing for and leading teaching and mentoring sessions, Beyer says, but they always leave the schools feeling they get more out of the program than they put into it.
"In our jobs we don't get the same kind of gratification as seeing the eyes of a student when someone from a world that's really different from theirs takes time to really care about them," says Beyer. "It energizes people and makes them want to do more."
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY: Merck and Co. Inc.
Founded in 1972, Street Law provides training, curricula and program development aid to corporate law departments and law firms launching pipeline initiatives. Throughout the years, the non-profit has worked with the Association of Corporate Counsel to collaborate on corporate legal diversity pipeline efforts with companies including The Coca-Cola Co. (see "Refreshing Communities," p. 91), DuPont, Marriott International, Allstate, Wal-Mart, IBM and McDonald's.
Custom Built
Merck and Co. Inc. began working with Street Law six years ago to design a high-school program in Union County, N.J., a more racially diverse community with lower average household incomes than Hunterdon County, home of Merck's Whitehouse Station, N.J., headquarters. The program began with Merck lawyers, paralegals and legal administrative assistants visiting Union High School to teach students about IP law and the variety of career opportunities in the legal profession. Merck also hosts students from Union High School at its headquarters every year for a daylong program on legal topics and career opportunities. This year the program is expanding to include students from nearby Rahway High School, and more than 100 students are expected to attend.
"The fact that we're reaching out to the community, expanding to more high schools, and partnering Union and Rahway together is an exceptional way to bring communities together," says Mark Daniel, who established Merck's Street Law Program. Daniel, group managing patent counsel at Merck, also chairs Merck's Pro Bono Committee and helped create the company's pro bono program in 1994. "And I'm proud that we've had so many Merck volunteers who come back year after year to participate in the program."
Daniel advises other law departments to start small with their pipeline efforts and not to bite off more than they can chew. He urges legal teams to reach out to other companies for pointers and to share experiences. And he says preparation and understanding of the curriculum is vital--the Merck team went through extensive training with Street Law.
Beyond Legal
In October 2010, Merck launched a new collaboration with Street Law in an effort to reach even more New Jersey youth. The Positive Choices initiative aims to reach kids who might not find the pipeline program. Merck employees work with elementary, middle and high-school students, and young people in the foster care and juvenile justice systems. They tell students about academic and career choices, good citizenship and ways the law can impact students' lives. In the case of the juvenile justice program, trained Merck employees aim to get kids back on the right track.
"Mark and his legal team already had a great relationship with Street Law," says Ellen Lambert, executive vice president of the Merck Company Foundation and executive director of Merck's Office of Corporate Philanthropy. "So we worked with them to create a program that would have a positive impact on youth and that could be scalable--while it started in Union County, we're hoping to ultimately spread it across New Jersey. Anyone interested in working with Street Law would find a very creative, responsive organization that is terrific about their willingness to share all their resources."
PIPELINE PARTNERSHIPS: General Mills
In the legal department at General Mills, the commitment to diversity clearly starts from the top--GC Rick Palmore authored "A Call to Action" in 2004, urging general counsel to demand diversity from their law firms and partner with law firm leaders to drive diversity efforts.
Today Palmore is chair of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) (see "Q&A: Brad Smith"). The LCLD's focus on collaboration is reflected in General Mills' approach to pipeline issues.
"We're trying something different and new in the past few years, which is really partnering," says Autumn Huiras, senior counsel, labor and employment, at General Mills. Huiras chairs General Mills' Diversity Task Force, which implements the law department's diversity strategies.
Teaming Up
As part of that strategy, General Mills lawyers work with Just the Beginning Foundation, a Chicago-based non-profit pipeline organization, participating in the organization's two-week summer legal institute. The company hosts local high-school students at General Mills headquarters in Minneapolis to expose them to legal career opportunities, and lawyers work with them on mock negotiation exercises. The law department hosts mentoring circles through Twin Cities-based Diversity In Practice, another legal education non-profit. General Mills also partners with its law firms to mentor young lawyers and help them form professional development plans. In addition, General Mills lawyers increasingly get involved in the LCLD's pipeline efforts.
"We've had a variety of organizations and efforts [addressing diversity in the legal profession], but we still haven't been able to move the dial very much in the past 20 to 30 years," Huiras says. "Partnerships are really the new way that we need to come together as a profession. It will take law firms working with corporations and other organizations in a way that we can have the biggest impact possible."
Everybody In
Palmore's leadership on diversity initiatives reaches every single person in the General Mills law department--all of them, including administrative assistants, are responsible for setting a diversity-related objective. "That could mean participating in pipeline efforts, including mentoring, and it could even mean just getting educated about this issue and why it's important," Huiras says. "You can start really small."
THE GREAT DEBATERS: The National Association for Urban Debate
Linda Listrom, executive director of the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL) since September 2010, knows firsthand how important and influential competitive debate can be for students from underrepresented groups.
"I graduated from college in 1974, and very few women were going to law school then," Listrom says. "I didn't know any women who went to law school, but I knew men who were going because they were men I'd debated against. I thought that if I debated against men and was successful, I could be successful in law school, too."
Providing minority and low-income students with that kind of confidence, along with a foundation of academic rigor, is the idea behind Urban Debate Leagues, which began in 1985 in Atlanta and went nationwide in 1997. Budget cuts in struggling school districts have led to the disappearance of debate teams from most urban high schools, so NAUDL works with inner-city school districts to re-establish such programs in those schools, organize the high-school teams into debate leagues, and support their activities.
The Debate Effect
Today, the organization has launched debate leagues encompassing more than 500 public schools in 24 U.S. cities. And they're making a difference--a study of the Chicago Debate League and Chicago Public Schools found that Chicago urban debaters have higher GPAs and ACT scores and were 70 percent more likely to graduate from high school and three times less likely to drop out than nondebaters.
While the program isn't exclusively aimed at the diversity pipeline to law school, Listrom points out that debaters often go on to become lawyers.
"I joke that if I meet a lawyer, there's a 50 percent chance they debated," she says. "If they're a litigator, it's a 75 percent chance."
Volunteer Opportunities
Listrom says NAUDL is always looking for lawyers to volunteer with the organization, whether in its national office in Chicago or in one of its many leagues nationwide. Local leagues look for people with debate backgrounds to judge tournaments, which are held six to eight times a year. And lawyers make great mentors for young debaters. Jenner & Block, for instance, Listrom's former firm brings Chicago-area debaters into the law firm on weeknights to participate in practice debates, get debate pointers and also catch a glimpse of law firm life.
"If you talk to anybody who debated for any period of time, whether in high school or college, all will tell you that debate was a formative experience for them," Listrom says. "It was what got them on the path to college or led them to make the decision to go to law school. So our volunteers get really excited about making these types of opportunities available to young people of color from disadvantaged backgrounds."
Q&A: Brad Smith
The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) was formed by in-house and law firm leaders to continue the work of the Call to Action initiative, which in 2004 urged corporate counsel and law firms to work together on driving diversity in the profession.
Pipeline work is one of the four key strategic initiatives the LCLD has identified, and its pipeline committee, chaired by Microsoft GC Brad Smith, focuses on supporting organizations that work with diverse colleges and law students. At Microsoft, lawyers are similarly committed to multiple pipeline projects.
InsideCounsel: What's the biggest challenge surrounding the pipeline issue?
Smith: It's such a vast issue. Some people talk about the problems with high schools in the country, some talk about middle schools or early learning. And the truth is, all of these points are valid. The problem is that as a profession we are simply not large enough to solve every part of the pipeline problem in the U.S. We're only going to be impactful if we can better coordinate with each other.
Why does the LCLD Pipeline Committee focus on college and law students?
First, there's a real drop-off between diversity among college graduates and in law school enrollments. Second, this is an area where lawyers have a uniquely valuable contribution to make to help persuade college students to consider law as a profession and to help them prepare. And third, no other professional group is going to persuade college students to go to law school.
How can law departments get involved in this endeavor?
At both the college and law school level, the single easiest thing for a company or law firm to do is to open up additional internship opportunities for first-year students. Beyond that, it's trying to grow the capacity of other programs that are already doing a great job on college campuses and to get lawyers to volunteer their time with them, as well as contributing financial resources in some cases to grow those efforts.
Q&A: James O'Neal
James O'Neal is co-founder and executive director of Legal Outreach, a program aimed at working with at-risk teens to prepare them for college and law school. The organization started out working with high-school students and has since expanded to middle school and college students.
InsideCounsel: How did you get the idea for Legal Outreach?
O'Neal: I was fortunate to have gone to Harvard Law School, but I found that the great majority of the people there seemed to have had the benefit of a high-quality education, and many of the students also came from affluent backgrounds. One problem was just the lack of exposure--young people from urban communities never thought of themselves as lawyers. What I discovered back in '82, and what still continues today, is that a lot of those students had the desire but lacked a lot of the fundamental skills they'd need to become successful in high school, college and law school. How do you close that gap and get kids excited about law on the one hand, but also make sure they have the skills they're going to need to pursue their dreams? That's what we've been trying to do for the past 25 years.
What kind of results have you seen?
We began the college program in earnest in 1990, and over the years about 70 percent of the students who started with us their ninth-grade year have finished the program. All of them have graduated high school, and 99 percent have matriculated at four-year colleges, 68 percent at schools that Barron's ranked as the nation's most competitive colleges and universities, including all of the Ivies. Beyond that, at least 80 percent of these students graduate from their respective institutions in four years. (Thirty-four percent have or are pursuing a graduate degree, and 14.4 percent have or are pursuing a J.D.)
How can corporate law departments get involved with Legal Outreach?
Like their law firm counterparts, in-house law departments can certainly participate in internship programs, which only last for one week. We ask that the students engage in substantive activities during that week, so they get a real sense of what the company does. Law departments can also sponsor our constitutional law debates and participate as judges. There are also opportunities to participate in summer law institutes. And certainly there are mentorship opportunities. We'll be recruiting new mentors from July through August to prepare for the new school year.
Q&A: Leonard Baynes
The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development at St. John's University School of Law in Queens, N.Y., focuses on outreach programs for underrepresented minorities along with pipeline programs for college and law students. The Center's Summer Prep Program for College Students, which started in 2005, works with undergrads in intensive eight- to nine-week-long sessions that include law school application guidance, LSAT preparation and internships with law firms, law departments and judges. Leonard Baynes is inaugural executive director of the Center.
InsideCounsel: What's the current state of law school diversity?
Baynes: A Columbia University study found a decline in the number of African-American and Mexican-American students enrolled in law school, even though the study shows their credentials have increased and the size of law school classes have increased. At St. John's we're working on a study of the New York state law schools, and we see a similar drop in African-American and Puerto Rican enrollment in law schools. I think that's partly attributable to the increase in LSAT requirements that law schools have, and it's all designed to try to gain on the U.S. News and World Report rankings. It's too bad--that privileges kids from upper middle-class families who can afford to take LSAT prep classes at $1,500 a pop (see "Q&A: Craig Holden," at InsideCounsel.com).
How do students respond to the summer program?
The results have been outstanding--students become more mature and more focused, and many of them figure out what they want to do. They have been able to increase their LSAT scores by 10 points in the past three years--one student increased hers by 23 points after taking our LSAT class. Last year, and this year it will be similar, we had 80 percent of students in the junior-year program accepted to law school. That's significant, because another Columbia study found that only 40 percent of African-American law applicants are accepted to law schools, compared to 62 percent of white applicants. So our students actually have a higher acceptance rate than the national average for white students.
Where can law departments get involved?
We'd love to have more corporate bridge internships for students in our program who have been accepted to law school to do between college graduation and law school. We could really use more of those.
For more discussions about diversity, check out our exclusive online Q&A's with Robin Rone of the American Bar Association and Craig Holden of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.


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Infographics: Should Your Nonprofit Hire A Designer or Do It Yourself!
In 2013, social media will continue the trend of "going visual." More and more nonprofits are adding data visualization to compelling story telling to create amazing infographics as part their marketing tool kits. For a quick primer on infographics, see "Five Infographics To Master Infographics in Five Minutes."
If you have decided that your nonprofit going to go visual in 2013, figure out your goal. Infographics can be used in different and creative ways and some obvious ones such as marketing messaging, educating about a social issue, to celebrate a successful campaign, to report to stakeholders on key performance metrics, an annual report, and even a marriage proposal! Need some more ideas? Check out my pinterest board "Nonprofit Infographics." Before you hire a designer, work with your in-house design or do it yourself, it is a good idea to identify the goal, audience, data, and key message that you to communicate. Your graphic designer will certainly help you refine this initial idea.
Some nonprofits make use of their in-house designers to create beautiful and eye-catching infographics. One example is Best Friends Animal Society as profile by John Haydon on his blog in "Nonprofit Storytelling with Infographics" which offers some simple tips for getting the most out of your infographic. Others are working with graphic designers to commission infographics as part of campaigns. For example, last year, when the Humane Society reached 1 million fans on Facebook, they created an infographic as part of the marketing campaign.
If your organization doesn't have an in-house graphic designer and you have a budget to hire one, ask colleagues from other organizations that have created infographics for referrals. Debra Askanase posted a request for referrals and within 15 minutes got these designer names that have experience working with nonprofits: Rad Campaign, elefint designs, submit infographics, and Jennifer Reynolds. Visual.ly has just opened a site to match infographic designers with those who want to hire them. Many designers sign their work, so if you find an infographic by a nonprofit that catches your attention, you can easily find the firm's web presence.
If you need a professionally designed infographic for your work, definitely work with a professional. But if you want convert more of your content to visual material or if you don't have any budget for a designer, going the DYI (Do It Yourself) method can produce great results. It used to be that if you wanted to create an infographic and you had zilch graphic design skills, your only choice was to hire a graphic designer to execute your vision for you. But, now thanks to some free and low costs online software applications and decent clip art, you can now create your own visualization of ideas and data yourself. And if you have do it right, it can capture attention, be fun, and , even get shared and spread by others.
Creating an infographic is more than drawing skills. Infographics not only include pretty pictures or illustrations, but those visuals are summarizing some data to convey your key marketing message. So you also need data visualization, marketing, and storytelling skills. In this post, "How to Create An Infographic in 30 Minutes" offers some easy step-by-steps for accomplishing this important pre-drawing work. You might also want to brush up on what types of charts and graphs are best for making presenting your insights gleaned from the data.
When you are ready to add charts and graphics to your infographic, there are plenty of free or low cost tools available. One favorite tools is Piktochart, a simple, easy to use infographic creator that was recently profiled in Forbes. Another approach is to use free infographic clip art from the Noun Project or this collection in combination with Microsoft Publisher or Photoshop and create your own infographic from scratch.
Here's a DIY infographic from Sarah Mapes, Director of Communication, Colorado Coalition for Medically Underserved. The infographic was part of their content strategy to share policy data about oral health issues for children in Colorado. Sarah uses Microsoft Pubilsher and attractive free infographic images such as those found in this collection.
Here's another example from NY Cares.
But remember, infographics don't go viral on their own. It takes some focused attention and work, but these two posts "5 Ways to Get Your Infographic to Go Viral" and "21 Things to Help Your Infographic Go Viral" can help you think it through.
Is your organization working with a graphic designer to create infographics, taking the DYI route, or a combination. If you're going the DYI route, please include a link to an infographic your organization has created!


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I use loads of different types of shampoos and Herbal Essence is a range I use a lot. They were selling their clarifying shampoo in home bargains the other week at only 79p a bottle and I bought one of them as they are meant to be for greasy hair.
Now I have greasy roots and dry ends and whilst this shampoo des get rid of the grease, there is no doubt about that – it really does take it out of the ends of my hair and I end up looking like I have hair made out of straw whenever I sue this shampoo.
This shampoo is called Fresh Balance and as such, it is designed to rebalance your hair and clarify it. I have used clarifying shampoos many times before but this one is on the harsh side in terms of it stripping out the natural oils out of my hair.
You really need to use this shampoo sparingly as it lathers up well. You also need to use a lot more conditioner on your hair than you normally would as this stuff is seriously drying. It is hard to manage my hair after I have used this shampoo as it feels rather leaden and lifeless and has no volume or bounce.
The smell is lovely and fresh and has a citrus tone to it but I cannot possibly recommend this shampoo unless you have such greasy hair that it is actually dripping. It might make a good washing up liquid though!
I have tried a lot of shampoos from this line, and I have mixed feelings about this one. I think that it does not really qualify as a good shampoo. First of all this shampoo is recommended mostly for oily hair, as it is supposed to be clarifying, and to be honest, it is. I bought 2 bottles of it for tha price of 1 and it was a bargain, as they lasted for about 3 months and I was pretty happy with it. However, it's not the best thing out there, and I am about to explain why.
My first thoughts on it were. "Oh it's clarifying, it should work well on my oily hair" so I bought it. It comes in a clear, green-tinted bottle, with a green cap, and you can see the also green/transparent shampoo inside. Since clear shampoos tend to clean better, I was expecting that it would be clarifying, as it claims to be.
The smell of the shampoo is very fruity, it has that familiar tone that herbal essences often have in their shampoos, just slightly more citrus smelling. It's a very refreshing smell, I must admit. The lathering is also very easy, just a dollop of this can turn into rich, luscious foam on my scalp. It does clean very well, as I had expected, but there is a downside to it.
My hair feels VERY dry and squeaky when I rinse it, which means that the strands stick together and it's very hard to comb through my hair after that. I usually need more conditioner to kinda "lubricate" my locks so that they can get detangled. This means that the shampoo strips away too much of my hair's moisture, and it's the first one that has done this to my hair. I did not appreciate this dry/squeaky feeling at all. After drying my hair, sometimes it would be okay, others it would seem dry.
I used up both bottles recently, but I would not be buying this again.
My hair likes a change of shampoo - when I'm nearing the end of the previous brand's bottle, it usually starts to go greasier far quicker than normal. I buy a variety of shampoos on 3 for 2 deals and then dig one out when needed and at the moment I'm using this Herbal Essences Fresh Balance shampoo. It was part of a 3 for 2 in Boots, but costs around £3.50 - £4 normally for a bottle containing 400ml.
The shampoo comes in a clear curvy bottle, through which the bright green shampoo can be seen. It has a push top lid that enables the shampoo to come out fast and this doesn't help with the product's fairly thin consistency. I would have guessed upon first glance that it would be fairly gloopy and thick but I remember on first use I squeezed the bottle only for a massive amount to flood out and ultimately some was wasted. Now I make a mental note not to squeeze it much - it's fairly controllable if care is taken. The shampoo lathers up quickly on my wet hair and I find that it's fairly easy to rinse out although perhaps not quite as easy as some other brands of shampoo.
The scent of the shampoo is described on the bottle as 'citrus blossom extracts' - I think it smells exactly like watermelons and nothing else but I suppose citrus blossom makes it sound fancier! I'm not sure what has happened with this particular shampoo - perhaps mine has been waiting to be used for a long time because now Boots stock a Herbal Essences Fresh Balance shampoo with a completely different scent - that being icy pineapple and cotton extracts. I assume it's a newer version of the same shampoo.
The bottle claims that the scent will be noticeable after use and I agree that it is - it's one of very few shampoos that I've found the scent lasts long after washing and after drying with my hairdryer for 10 minutes. Even though the scent is there, I don't find it too intrusive - it's fairly subtle but just enough for it to smell fresh and clean.
The shampoo is designed for use on normal to oily hair, which my hair is to an extent - the roots of my hair tend to go greasy after a little time. I wash my hair every 48 hours normally although it can be every 24 hours if I feel that it needs it. I've found that my hair will last the full 48 hours with this shampoo, but it does need a wash after this time, I doubt it would last any longer.
The results are mixed. I find my hair is so soft, silky to touch and shines quite a bit (I think my hair has shone more with this than Herbal Essences own dazzling shine shampoo!) but on the downside, I feel that my hair has become quite fluffy, almost reaching the point of being slightly frizzy, something I haven't really had to deal with previously. It has been quite easy to straighten it though as I usually do afterwards.
The main issue I have with this shampoo are the number of breakages to my hair after washing and the number of hairs being lost during and after the washing process. I realise that a few stray hairs will fall out and this has always been the case with me, but I have noticed a lot of stray hairs fall out since using this product - considerably more so than I have with other branded shampoos. I know this shampoo isn't specifically designed to help stop breakages but I wouldn't have thought anyone would want to purchase a shampoo that didn't try to at least limit the amount of breakages that occurred. I feel that this isn't doing so and for that reason, I won't be purchasing this product again. It's a shame given some of the positives I've experienced.
I've rated it 3 stars overall, I would probably say it's more 2.5 stars based on my experience. The amount of stray hairs to me is a major thing, plus I find it's consistency to be a lot thinner than I'd like ideally. I've used shampoos from the cheaper end of the market, costing around £1 for a similar sized bottle and felt that they offered me the same sort of results taking everything into account. Once the bottle has been used, then I won't be returning to this shampoo.
Thanks for reading :o)
~Herbal Essence Fresh Balance Shampoo~
Amongst the hair care products that I have used is the Herbal Essence range, including the Fresh Balance shampoo and matching conditioner. I regularly rotate the hair care products that I use as I find that using the same product on my hair too often can result in either dull lifeless or over processed feeling hair, which I try to avoid. I have found that Herbal Essence have such a wide range of shampoos and conditioners that there is very often a product for most hair care needs and having tried many of the products within the range, I feel that the Fresh Balance shampoo is a good choice that leaves hair feeling clean, fresh and neither too dry nor too oily.
I find that the shampoo is quite thick in texture, which means that it doesn't run out of your hand as soon as you dispense a little of the product ready for use, which makes it quite easy to handle. I find that the shampoo lathers up well when in use, with only a very small amount of product needed to clean hair to a good degree. I tend to lather up the product, rinse and then repeat the process to give the best cleaning results, using only a small amount of shampoo each time. I find that the shampoo is easily rinsed away with fresh clean water, leaving my hair feeling fresh and clean with no oily residue once dried.
I find that the fragrance of this shampoo is light and fresh, in line with most of the product range and my feeling is that the shampoo could be used by either a man or a woman, as the fragrance is fresh and slightly fruity but not in an overly feminine way. I do sometimes find that using the same shampoo and conditioner product from a range can leave my hair feeling either too dry or too oily, however in this case I can and do use the Fresh Balance complimentary conditioner from the same range with the shampoo as the two together tend to work well. Results when using the shampoo are generally good, with my hair feeling nice and clean after using it.
~Product design, ease of use~
In use the product bottle is easy to handle with a slight curve to the mid section of the bottle that makes it look quite tall and willowy. I tend to find that the smaller 200ml sized bottles are quite light and not so tall as to be easily tipped over, however the larger sized 400ml bottles are rather tall and heavy in comparison, which makes them easier to knock over. The shorter smaller bottles can be stored on a shelf in the shower quite easily as they don't take up too much room, the larger bottles tend not to stand as well and are much easier to knock over, so extra care needs to be taken when using them in my opinion.
The bottle lid used on the product bottle is easy to use as you simply press down on the top at one side, which allows the other side to flip up, revealing a small gap through which the shampoo is dispensed. Once you have enough shampoo you press the lid again and it closes down easily making a really good seal that stops any leaks or spills. I find that best value is from the larger sized bottles of shampoo as you get twice as much shampoo for your money, although the smaller sized bottle is the easier of the two to handle in my opinion.
~Price/ product rating~
My rating for this shampoo is 4 stars as I feel it works quite well, with it leaving my hair feeling fresh and clean each time I have used it. This shampoo would suit a wide range of hair types in my opinion as it is not too oily and rich and leaves a nice light clean feel every time. Prices for the 400ml bottle can be as much as £4, with the smaller 200ml bottle being £2 or so, however there are very often offers and deals on this range which can make the shampoo even cheaper to buy.
I have been a long term sufferer of greasy hair and until now I've never been able to find that 'holy grail' shampoo to combat it. This all ended when I spotted Fresh Balance on the shelves.
At around £3 for 400ml it's very cheap as I expected coming from Herbal Essences. However don't mistake that the price will impact it's quality. The shampoo comes in a cool lime green curved bottle that opens at the top. When I got into the shower and first used it I had to use a bit more that usual to get that soapy lather but that doesn't really bother me. One thing that did disappoint me a little bit was the fact shampoo had no particular smell and I normally like my shampoo's to have a lovely scent that my hair will take to. Usually with other shampoo's I would have to wash my hair the next day or the grease would show. But with Fresh Balance I could wait 2 days before it would start to look greasy. My hair looked and smelt extremely 'fresh'. That was a massive achievement for me and my hair. I was amazed at how well it cleaned my hair. After years of trying shampoo after shampoo I had finally found my perfect product.
I have hair that gets greasy quite quickly, which means that I have to wash it daily to keep it looking fresh and clean, as it becomes limp and oily otherwise. I wash my hair at night so that I can let it air dry, and by the next evening it's usually already greasy. I'm always on the lookout for products that will help with this problem. I buy hair products from the Herbal Essences range frequently, so when I spotted this clarifying shampoo on sale at Superdrug, I snapped it up in the hope that it might help out with my greasy hair.
What Is A Clarifying Shampoo?
With time you may notice build-up (from hair-styling products, chlorine in swimming pools, excess conditioner, hard water, etc.) on your scalp and hair. This build-up can make your hair look dull, limp, greasy and weighed down. A clarifying shampoo can be used to get rid of this build-up and give your hair a "deep clean" to restore shine and volume to your hair.
The shampoo comes in a curved light green bottle that is see-through so you can always see how much of the shampoo you have left. To dispense the shampoo you just press down on one end of the lid-this causes the other end to pop out, exposing a small opening. Then you just slowly tilt the bottle to get your desired amount out. The bottle is not very heavy and the curved design prevents it from slipping through wet hands.
The Shampoo
The shampoo contains citrus blossom & green tea extracts which are meant to get rid of excess oil and build up. The shampoo is light green in colour and is of an excellent consistency-it is not very thick or very runny. It lathers very well so only a small amount is needed. The shampoo smells fresh and slightly floral. The scent is strong when the product is being used, but doesn't really tend to linger on my hair after use which is disappointing. Once the shampoo is rinsed out, my hair feels squeaky clean. All the build up and excess oil does seem to be gone, and once it is dry, my hair feels soft, smooth, and not at all greasy. I don't use this shampoo every day as I do find it a little drying for daily use, but I use it once or twice a week, and after I use this my hair doesn't feel greasy for at least a full 24 hours! My hair feels and looks much healthier since I have incorporated this product into my hair care routine.
Price and Availability
This product is available at most chemists and supermarkets, and I usually tend to buy it from Boots or Superdrug. The 400 ml bottle usually retails around the £3.50 mark, and is often available on some sort of offer. I usually stock up when it is on a half price or buy one get one free offer.
Final Word
I would definitely recommend this shampoo as it has made my hair look and feel much healthier. It gets rid of build up and excess oil, and if used once or twice a week, it doesn't dry my hair out-in fact, it leaves it quite soft, smooth and untangled. You only need to use a small amount because it lathers so well, and since I only use it a couple of times a week, it lasts for ages, and isn't even expensive to buy in the first place. The frequency of use will obviously depend on your hair type, but I believe all hair types suffer from build-up, so everyone could benefit from using this shampoo, even if only on a monthly basis.
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Unfortunately, I have greasy hair that has to be washed every other day to avoid the 'just dipped my head in a chip pan' look, and am always looking out for a wonder shampoo that can combat this and allow me to leave a couple of days between washes.
The Herbal Essences 'Fresh Balance' shampoo comes in a very appealing dark green bottle. The bottle itself has a flat shape, but is curved inwards around the edges, allowing for ease when picking it up with wet hands! The contours of the bottle actually match up with the conditioner like a jigsaw puzzle, which saves a lot of space in the shower (or encourages you to buy another of their products!) and the top of the bottle only requires a simple push to reveal the opening to the shampoo. I like that this bottle has been made very easy to use in the shower.
The product itself stays true to the bottle, being a dark transparent green in colour. Since they have revamped the range, this shampoo now contains citrus blossom and green tea extracts, whose pleasant smells are released as soon as you open the bottle. I use two washes to get a good lather because my hair is very thick, but it does a very good job and I can imagine people with normal hair would only need to use one wash. You can definitely feel the shampoo clarifying your hair and washing away all the previous products, and it allowed me to go 2 days in between washes without my roots looking greasy, also leaving my hair smelling very fresh and of the scents within the shampoo.
I bought a 200ml bottle of this shampoo from ASDA when it was on sale so I got it for £1.00, although the ordinary price is around £1.75 and higher for a 400ml bottle. Considering the amount of washes you can get from one bottle, I'd say this is a fair price! At other places it can be a much higher price though, so keep a lookout for the deals at supermarkets and other stores.
A really good shampoo that tackles excess grease and leaves hair smelling wonderful. It is often on sale, but the original price is also a fair one and you can get a lot of washes from one bottle! I would recommend this to anyone with greasy hair.
I have the misfortune of having greasy hair which requires washing every other day and, as such, I'm always on the look out for a shampoo that can combat this problem, while not being too expensive. Having tried plenty of shampoos claiming to be able to tackle greasiness, I can honestly say that this is one of the better ones.
The Herbal Essences range come in various coloured bottles, the one for oily hair being a dark green. This is slightly annoying, as they also have one that is in a 'light' green, but is for normal hair, rather than oily, and promises to make your hair 'shine'. This is not what people who have oily hair want, so beware not to confuse the two bottles!! Otherwise, the bottle is attractive, and I like that you can actually see the shampoo through the transparent bottle. These shampoos come in various sizes: 200ml, 400ml and I think I've seen a travel-sized one which would be perfect for taking on holiday if you're lacking space in your bag, although it's likely to be overpriced, as all such products are.
The shampoo
I really like this shampoo. It claims to have an icy pineapple and cotton scent to it. Although I do not really know what 'icy' pineapple means (probably just some sales gimmick to make it sound luxurious), I like the scent of the shampoo. It smells fresh and fruity, although I can't really say that my hair smells like cotton haha. I suspect this is supposed to suggest freshness, which I would agree that it achieves. I only require one use of this shampoo to get a good lather going, whereas with other shampoos I have found that two washes of the shampoo are required to get a half decent lather and coverage of my head going (I have quite thick hair, it can be quite an effort to get good coverage if the shampoo is naff). My hair will remain grease free for about 2 days, sometimes stretching to a third day that I can just about get away with, which I deem to be a good shampoo. I have had shampoos in the past that have required me to wash my hair practically everyday, and so I am satisfied with this shampoo!
£3.49 from Boots. However, if you search for this product in Google Shopping, the cheapest you can get it for is supposedly £1. Also, very often these shampoos are on special offer in supermarkets as a BOGOF offer with their conditioner counterpart. Definitely worth keeping your eyes open to get your value for money.
This is an excellent product, that does what it says it will and smells lovely! It's probably not the best on the market, but it lasts me ages and I can't complain about the price. A must try if you have greasy hair.
I have been trying to save money on beauty products lately. I normally use Tigi shampoos but I feel I can no longer justify the price tag. I picked this shampoo up along with the conditioner in Tesco when it was buy one get one free. Just to let you know it is currently £1.66 for a 400ml big bottle as opposed to the normal £3.65 so you should stock up now!
This particular shampoo comes in a green bottle and is marketed for normal to oily hair. It is actually a clarifying shampoo. Up until recently I used a lot of hair wax to maintain my style and ended up with a lot of residue so I thought I would try this to remove the gunk that always seems to be left behind after washing my hair.
This shampoo contains icy pineapple and cotton extract. The bottle states it will 'gently purify your hair by sweeping away excess oil and styling build up. Clear your head with my refreshing potion, made with icy pineapple and cotton extracts. I'm a lean, clean, freshness regime' It is recommended you follow on with the conditioner.
To use this shampoo you simply apply to wet hair work into a lather and rinse. The shampoo smells really nice, you can really smell the pineapple it is very refreshing. The shampoo comes out of the bottle a pale green colour and you only need a small amount to get a decent lather. You can also repeat washing if you have significant build up.
I found that this shampoo rinsed out really well and I followed on with the matching conditioner. After using this shampoo I noticed that my hair felt clean, any wax and hairspray residue was removed and my hair felt light again. It was more managable than normal too. I normally have dry hair and this worked wonders on it. The only downside I found with this was after a few weeks of use my hair which is highlighted had become one shade of blonde. It appears to strip the colour from your hair. I was really disappointed about this.
I would give the 3 out of 5 stars just because of the effect it had on my hair colour, I would definately recommend it to those who have greasy hair, or hair overloaded with styling products.
I have very greasy hair that usually needs a wash every other day to avoid the dreaded oil slick look and having failed to find any shampoo that really does anything to help this, I've adopted a routine of just picking up a decent shampoo and washing my hair as often as needs be. I've used Herbal Essences products in the past and been pretty happy with them so I decided to give this one a go when I spotted it in Poundland.
The shampoo contains coconut and cotton to help retain a natural balance for hair that is prone to feeling greasy. Overall, your hair is supposed to feel fresher.
There's a clean, fresh smell to the shampoo, although I can't really pinpoint what it is. I've no idea what cotton is supposed to smell like in the context of a shampoo so I'll take a guess that it's meant to be a mild coconut smell as that's the other main ingredient specified in the claims. It lathers up nicely and I find that I don't need to use much at all so it's pretty cost-effective too.
My hair defintiely feels fresher after using this shampoo, although the smell doesn't really linger for very long. As I mentioned at the start of the review, I usually feel that I need to wash my hair every other day and no amount of dry shampoo would prolong this any further, but since I've been using this shampoo I've found that I can actually stretch to only washing my hair twice a week and using dry shampoo on the in-between days. Knowing how greasy my hair usually is, this is really impressive to me and I'm very inclined to agree with the claims that it helps to balance greasy hair.
I picked up one of the smaller bottles (200ml or 250ml, can't quite remember now as the bottle has since been thrown away last night!) in Poundland (for £1, naturally!) but if you're buying elsewhere, my price research suggests you can expect to pay (if not on offer):
*Boots - £3.56 for a 400ml bottle
*Superdrug - Around £3.49 for a 400ml bottle
*Sainsburys - Around £2 for a 200ml bottle or around £3.25 for a 400ml bottle
*Tesco - Around £3.32 for a 400ml bottle
*Asda - Around £2 for a 200ml bottle or around £3.26 for a 400ml bottle
If like me, you have hair that is very prone to being greasy, I'd definitely recommend that you give this shampoo a try as it's made a real difference to how often (or not in this case) that I feel I absolutely must wash my hair. You may be wondering why I've not mentioned the accompanying conditioner in this review and the reason for that is simple - I've been the shampoo with other conditioners that were in my bathroom cupboards and I've not noticed any varying results depending on the conditioner so I'm going to assume that the shampoo can do a good enough job by itself based on my experiences. I do use dry shampoo around 2 days after washing my hair with this shampoo (so on average, the day before it will be washed again) but prior to this shampoo, I needed to use the dry shampoo the next day so that's still a big improvement and you may be able to improve this further if you were to use the accompanying shampoo too but I've not been doing this.
I have stacks of other shampoos in the cupboard that I really need to work my way through before I can justify spending money on yet another one (yes, even £1!) but I'll be getting some of this again as soon as possible after that as I've really enjoyed the improvement in my hair type.
While it's always nice to find shampoos that promise to de-frizz your hair, or increase volume etc, basically the main thing I want from a shampoo is clean, fresh-smelling hair. Fresh Balance Shampoo definitely delivers this.
This shampoo comes in 400ml or 200ml bottles, and costs around £2.13 for the smaller bottle and £3.56 for the larger bottle - I am going by Boots prices but you may be able to find this for a lot cheaper.
The packaging is a bright lime green with small writing. You can see how much of the product is left inside, and the bottle stands on its end so you can dispense it easily.
This promises 'icy pineapple and cotton extracts' which to me sounds clean, fresh and pure. It smells more like apples than anything else but it's very pleasant. The shampoo is a clear greenish liquid and it lathers up very well. Maybe it's my imagination but it does feel cool against your scalp as you're shampooing.
It rinses out very well also, and your hair feels about as squeaky clean as it can be. You can wash it again but washing it once is probably sufficient. Because it's clarifying, it can leave your hair a little tattier than some shampoos once you rinse it, but if you have a good enough conditioner this should not be a big issue.
Having highlighted hair I do worry that this shampoo might 'strip' my colour as it clarifies, but I haven't found this to be the case.
You are left with very clean, lovely smelling hair with no build-up. It says it is for normal and oily hair but my hair would tend towards the dry side, yet this product doesn't dry it out further.
At the moment I use Aussie Mega Shampoo which also cleans my hair very well but this is purely down to the fact that my local Sainsbury's does not seem to stock this, even though it has the other products in the Herbal Essences range. I think next time I need to buy shampoo, I will be making a trip to Boots purely to get this. Fab.
This was the first ever product I bought from the Herbal Essences range and I was very impressed. I have very greasy roots and figured this would be perfect for me.
The shampoo lathers very well, and the smell is certainly very fresh and clean. It smells very natural but it is a very pleasant smell. It was easy to rinse out and left it feeling smooth.
I like that this product doesn't dry out the ends of my hair, but still leaves my roots feeling fresh and clean. It leaves it soft and shiny and i'm generally very impressed. In general, it enabled me to go a little longer before washing. I also liked the natural shine that this product gave my hair.
The products are cheap and quite often on offer at most supermarkets. They come in quite large bottles and are very good value for money. The packaging is funky and really attractive, particularly on the supermarket shelves. They are very practical and durable, and dispense a good amount of product.
This is genuinely a great product, especially for those on a budget. It is great for use everyday. It removes build up which is great for those who use lots of stylish products.
Another beauty product review, my reputation as a man may be in danger here!
Yes, we all probably use Shampoo and I never remember all which ones have been in our bathroom as the wife is often led by offers. I've sure she's had this range before and no doubt this one as it is suitable for her hair, but I never remember anyway. I grabbed a go of this the other day and it was alright.
we've got the 400ml bottle which I know cost £3.69 in Sainsbury's. IT was on a buy one get one free through so the wife got the matching Conditioner.
The bottle is pretty large, as i'm sure you would expect for the size. It looks like the Dooyoo picture and it is easy enough to hold and open this, but I have used easier ones. Then again the larger the bottle often the more fiddly it can be.
This is for normal and Oily hair. This contains Cotton extract and icy pineapple. All sounds nice. I found that after using this my hair felt soft and had a shine to it. I could smell the Pineapple smell and it was all very fresh and nice enough.
A little of this Gel Shampoo seems to go a long way, and I think it is quite a good buy.
A nice fresh Shampoo.
My hair is a right nightmare! I suffer from greasy roots and a dry mid, frizzy mid section. Finding a shampoo that doesn't simply help one area of my hair but doesn't upset another can be incredibly hard and in fact up until using this shampoo the only other range of shampoos and conditioners that I found suitable for my hair type and that in turn I love is the 'Naked' range.
However more often than not Herbal Essence shampoos and conditioners are on offer and although I was initially put off by the simple bottle that this comes in and the liquid being a plain green colour I opted to give a whirl!
The Packaging:
I purchased this in a 400ml size (though other sizes are available) bottle. It is a clear plastic slightly curvy bottle with a bright green flip-top lid to the top of it and on the front of the bottle I am told that it is Clairol Herbal Essences, Fresh Balance Clarifying Shampoo 'Icy pineapple & cotton extracts' and that 'I am perfect balance for Normal/Oily Hair'. On the back of the bottle other information listed includes being told a bit about the product and how to use it, ingredients and the size is stated and contact details for Procter & Gamble are given (the manufacturer of the product). This is an informative enough bottle, easy to handle and simple and therefore unisex looking in its appearance.
A Bit About The Product According To The Information Given On the Back Of The Bottle:
I'll gently purify your hair by sweeping away excess oil and styling build up. Clear your head with my refreshing potion, made with icy pineapple and cotton extracts. I'm a lean, clean, freshness regime. Especially with my balancing conditioner. Go on, clean up your act!
Using It:
Well you use this as you would any other shampoo of course. All you need of this (even on long hair like mine) is bout the size of a 10p piece of the dark green, transparent and smooth liquid that is rather runny and to lather it up within damp/wet hair, rinse and repeat if desired.
The smell of this is really fresh and clean. It has a sweet but rather natural smell of pineapple to it that really is fruity but not harsh or too in your face. It lathers up into big thick white bubbles and feels slightly hydrating as it goes which I wasn't expecting at all from a shampoo that is removing grease and grub from hair and I usually find this sort of shampoo removes natural oils from my hair and it feels dry just when washing it....this isn't like that I'm happy to report!
I found this easy to rinse out of my locks and as usual I rinsed and repeated the process with complete ease.
This left my hair in great condition, soft and supple and feeling clean. The fragrance lingered beautifully on my hair for a good few hours to making it feeling fresher for longer and the natural oils obviously wernt ripped out of my hair cos I had a nice natural shine to my hair. Not one bit of my hair felt dried out and this helped minimise frizz and styling my hair was also easy after using this.
This is simply a great everyday and effective shampoo. A little bit of it goes a long way indeed and all in all I really do like this simple and gorgeous fragranced shampoo alot and won't hesitate in purchasing it time and time again in the future. It really does not only remove grease effectively from my hair it helps stop it coming back so fast too and my hair even feels lighter after using this cos it gently removes any build up created by styling products too!
Expect to pay about £3.49 for the 400ml sized bottle and about £2.09 for the 200ml bottle (prices taken from Boots website) but they are also available from all good chemists and supermarkets etc.
Apart from smelling great, and looking good, a shampoo has to actually address your hair concerns to be worth the price. I've got terribly oily hair, and on my quest to find a suitable shampoo, I found that Herbal Essences do produce a shampoo specifically for this concern. I purchased a 400ml bottle recently from Superdrug for £3.25 on buy one get one free.
Herbal Essences Fresh Balance is a clarifying shampoo that promises to purify hair by sweeping away any excess oil and styling product build up. I do use a serum while styling my hair and I am concerned that this may build up and contribute to my greasies. I only use serum from mid lenght to the ends, and keep it away from the roots though.
One of the things I really like about the Herbal Essences ranges are the stylish bottles. This one is a lovely shade of green, has an easy to use press down lid, so no messing about with removable tops in the shower. Just press down the top, give it a gentle squeeze, and you are good to go.
This shampoo contains the ingredients icy pineapple and cotton extracts which I assume do help in the fight against oil and build up. One thing is for certain though, the ingredients make this shampoo smell absolutely amazing. It is fresh, invigorating, and does have a nice cool fragrance and feel when washing hair.
All you need is a small dollop to get a really good thick lather going. I find that with this shampoo I don't need to rinse and repeat, one wash is good enough. The shampoo rinses out easily and leaves hair feeling squeaky clean. I then follow with a good sized blob of the conditioner from the same range.
After using this my hair does feel lovely and clean, there is no tell tale residue left over from styling products, just lovely scented clean fresh hair. After drying my hair feels soft, silky and manageable.
It does work with regard to the oiliness. I feel that the condition has improved and my hair seems less oily between washes. Normally by the end of the day my hair would look a bit greasy around the roots, but after using this my hair looks clean and fresh all day. I don't notice the oiliness until I was my hair the following morning.
Would I recommend this shampoo? Yes definitely, it looks good on the bathroom shelf, smells like a vacation in a bottle, combats the greasies and makes my hair soft, shiny and manageable. Thank you Herbal Essences I think I've found a winner!
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With triple-digit temperatures in the Bay Area this week parching its hillsides amid one of the worst droughts in state history, officials here are keeping a wary eye on the fires raging in Southern California and wondering whether we're next.
Dwindling water levels at reservoirs and an unusually warm spring have left large swaths of California dry and facing a high chance of fire danger, according to firefighters and meteorologists. Several fires in San Diego County have consumed about 19,000 acres in the past week, killing one person and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.
In the Bay Area, fires in the past few days, including one that started late Friday afternoon and was quickly growing in the Morgan Hill area of the Santa Cruz Mountains, have everyone on edge.
"San Diego just drives home what we've been predicting for a while, with the lack of rain," said Joe Parker, deputy chief of operations for the Santa Clara County Fire Department. "If we get some offshore wind with hot, dry temperatures, it's kind of a perfect storm."
As of last week, CalFire said there had been 1,501 wildfires reported across the state. That's almost twice the average number of incidents the agency has responded to during the same time period in the last five years.
Making matters worse, the moisture content of grasses, shrubs and trees is much lower than it should be in mid-May, said CalFire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff. Less water means brush is easier to ignite, acting like kindling in a campfire.
"Even grasses that are green are still fuel and will burn rapidly," Tolmachoff said. "All it takes is an hour of sun and some wind on it, and the grass will dry out very quickly."
Areas that are farther from the coast, where temperatures are higher and the air drier, are likely to get more fires, said Jan Null, an independent consultant and former meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
"It's areas like the Delta and around the Altamont Pass that have seen a lot of wildland fires because they are the windiest and warmest spots in the Bay Area," Null said.
Fire officials say they are ready for the season but urge residents to think before throwing cigarette butts out a car window, lighting campfires or using lawn mowers in the middle of the day, which can spark and cause grass fires.
"We are seeing weather conditions that are more like August," said Hugh Henderson, chief of the East Contra Costa Fire District. "People need to be very careful when cleaning their yard and do it early (in the day) before the peak of the heat."
CalFire is also working with water districts around the state to urge residents to conserve water, which will be needed to fight fires. In a serious drought, it doesn't take much to start a fire.
One of the San Diego County fires was started when a construction crew was digging trenches using a backhoe and a spark from the motor ignited grass. That fire, known as the Bernardo Fire, has consumed 1,548 acres and forced thousands of evacuations. The cause of several other San Diego fires is still under investigation, but together the fires have burned through an estimated 19,000 acres — about 30 square miles — destroying homes and causing more than $20 million worth of destruction across the region.
In the Bay Area, wary residents are eyeing every small brushfire as a potential disaster. A fire Friday evening near Croy Ridge and Summit roads, near Morgan Hill, had grown to about 7 acres only two hours after it started.
In Walnut Creek, residents near the Arbolado Park neighborhood, which sits only a couple of miles from Mount Diablo, the site of last year's 3,111-acre Morgan Fire, have been put on edge by five suspicious grass fires in the last week — likely the work of an arsonist, fire investigators say.
"With the heat being what it is, this is a particularly bad time of the year for something like this," said Batallion Chief Bob Atlas.
The incidents come at a time when the Contra Costa Fire Protection District has had to tighten its belt, closing five stations and taking two additional companies out of service over the past three years because of budget cuts.
Elsewhere in the Bay Area, firefighters know it's only a matter of time before a large fire erupts.
Fire danger is everywhere but it's most extreme around open grasslands, like the kind found in the East Bay hills. When there's extreme fire danger, Oakland and Berkeley fire crews and police patrol the hills to ensure no roads are blocked — but there's been no need for that yet, said Coy Justice, an Oakland fire battalion chief.
"The wind hasn't kicked up high enough for us to go into extreme yet," Justice said.
CalFire Battalion Chief Brandon Leitszky said the nerve-racking, day-to-day battle of the fires in San Diego County have been a strong reminder of one key mindset: Be prepared.
"That kind of thing could happen to us today," he said. "People can be nervous. Sometimes you have a little time, sometimes you don't have much at all. You have to be ready to go just in case.
"Right now we're taking it in stride. We know the conditions are going to be around for most of the summer and we just keep our fingers crossed that the rains show up in October like they are supposed to."
Staff writers David DeBolt, Robert Salonga, Katie Nelson and Rick Hurd contributed to this report.
prepare your home
Fire officials say homeowners in wildfire-prone areas should be taking steps to keep their houses safe long before a blaze begins. Here are some tips:
For more information on preparing for wildfires and defensible space, go to www.ReadyForWldfire.org.
Source: CalFire
'One less spark'
Wildland residents and visitors are warned to take steps to prevent wildfires by remembering that "One Less Spark means One Less Wildfire."
Source: CalFire


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