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Health and Beauty Tip -- A Semi-Formal Ponytail
Yes, a ponytail can look nice at the office or a dinner out! Part your hair a bit off-center, and make a loose ponytail in the lower middle of the back of your head. Make sure to dry your hair with a blow dryer and comb it straight. As easy as it might be, making a ponytail while your hair is still wet doesn't look good at all!
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Hair Dryer Extensions
Those dryer extensions really are useful! Nozzles direct and concentrate the heat where you need it most; for example, if you have straight hair, a narrow nozzle works perfectly. Diffusers are worthwhile, too -- they can add a lift to flat hair.
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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Fix for Static in Hair
Invest in an ionic dryer if you find that your hair tends to be frizzy. It seals water into your hair by reducing the size of the water droplets in it.
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Housework won't kill you, but then again, why take the chance!
Health and Beauty Tip -- "Road Map" for Eyebrows
We've given you some tips on plucking your own eyebrows before, but remember ... anything is easier with help from your stylist! If you're not sure of how to shape your brows, have your stylist do it first. You can use that shape as a "road map" so long as you remember to pluck on a semi-regular basis.
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The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.
Health and Beauty Tip -- What Should You Test?
When picking up new makeup, you can generally get away with buying mascara, eyeliner, lip gloss, and most eyeshadows without testing them. Lipstick, powder, foundation, and blush all need to be checked before buying. You're not likely to be able to guess without testing.
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The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will become.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Fish Helps Wrinkles?
It turns out omega-3 fatty acids are not only good for your heart, but help reduce and prevent wrinkles. Sugar, on the other hand, does the exact opposite. If you're worried about wrinkles and don't already take fish oil supplements, now would be a great time to start. Alternatively, if you're a fan of salmon, you've got an even better excuse...Read more
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One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Hair Care for Busy Moms
Want great-looking hair, but don't have time to style it? Get a simple, straight cut. You can let your hair air-dry when you get out of the shower, and it'll still look great! For a simple cut, you don't have to spend top dollar -- a small, inexpensive salon will do fine, so long as you make sure to go back and keep your cut maintained once ...Read more
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I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Hair Loss
If you're losing hair prematurely, see your doctor for a thyroid test. Hypothyroidism, which runs in families, can cause "shedding," even at a young age.
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When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it's two hours. That's relativity.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Eyeliner on the Inside?
Should you line the inside rims of your eyes? That depends on whom you listen to. Many beauty experts claim that it's "in" now, but others say it makes your eyes look smaller. It might be better to listen to opthamologists, though -- who warn that lining your eyes this way carries a greater risk of infection.
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It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Warming Up Eyeliner
Before using an eyeliner pencil, pinch the tip between your fingers for a few seconds to warm it up.
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Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.