Love the look of a hat but hate the way it makes your hair look?  Try this trick….before you put your hat on, flip your hair so that it parts on the opposite side.  When you take your hat off, switch your part back for extra bounce.  A quick mist of moisturizing spray or a leave in conditioner will help squelch static.

One of the most important elements  to great body is good nutrition.

Even if your kitchen skills aren’t as advanced as you’d like them to be, you can fake it until you make it.

Soups are simple to make.  If you can cut vegetables into bite-sized pieces, you are half way there.  Really, it’s that simple.

Start with a big pot of low sodium chicken broth.   Next, add lots of veggies, such as chickpeas, corn, tomatoes, zucchini, potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, etc.   Cook in the chicken broth until veggies are fork-tender.  Add lots of freshly ground black pepper and even hot sauce if you like the heat.

Filling up on high volume, low fat foods will help melt away the pounds and make your body lean, strong and healthy.

Add instant oooohh- factor to your room with fresh flowers.  It’s much easier and much less expensive than you might think…you just have to know how to do it right.

Carnations are widely available (local florist, grocery stores, etc.) and are relatively inexpensive.  The key to carnations is to group them together tightly in a small vase.  This will produce a huge, snowball-type cluster bouquet.  You should keep the carnations all one color…it’s much prettier and expensive-looking this way.  An all white group of carnations is gorgeous and works in every room of any color.  Carnations come in almost every color, so color coordinate with your room’s color.

Keep them on your nightstand, your desk at work, your kitchen island, everywhere.  They lightly scent the air with a light, fresh scent and look gorg.  And now you know how to do carnations right.

Chocolate dipped strawberries…a classic.  Super-simple to make, everyone loves them, and they look elegant. 

Whether they are on a table for two, in a gift box, or in a bowl on the night stand by your bed…chocolate dipped strawberries always work.  

Again, they are easy-peasy to make, but you have to have the right equipment, that being a silicone baking mat.   If you don’t have one, run up to the grocery store’s cooking section and buy one.  They are inexpensive and make this recipe doable.

Follow these easy steps by Kraft: 

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Everything you wanted to know about applying eyeliner, by Tiffany D.

To eliminate puffy eyes quickly, simply place something cold over the eyes for several minutes.  The secret with cucumbers on the eyes is not in the cucumber itself, it’s that the cucumber retains the cold temperature.  You can get the same effect by placing a spoon in the refrigerator for a couple hours, then placing the spoons over the eyes.  Tea bags that have been moistened, then refrigerated…same thing.  A washcloth wrapped around a couple pieces of ice, again, totally effective in combating puffy eyes. 

To remove a splinter painlessly, dissolve Epsom salt in warm water, then soak the affected splintered-area in the warm salt mixture.  It will draw the splinter right out.  This works great on kids and adults alike who cringe at the sight of tweezers near their splinter.

When washing your face, you should cleanse your face for at least one full minute.   Taking additional time to cleanse properly reduces surface oil and debris.  Sebum is really the enemy of healthy skin; if allowed to accumulate, it clogs pores and causes blackheads and acne. 

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Combating dry skin is a piece of cake,  you just have to know how to do it.  An all natural and inexpensive way to revive your skin is an oatmeal bath.  Use about a half a cup to a cup of plain oatmeal (it can be slow cook or instant…just be sure it’s plain with no added sugars or flavors.) 

The key to an oatmeal bath is to grind the oatmeal into a fine powder.  You can do this by putting the oatmeal in a food processor or blender for about a minute.  When the oatmeal powder is added to warm water, it blends throughout the bath water and is superior in coating your skin like a silicone glove.

Oatmeal has long been used to combat dry skin and it works every time.  Try this in your bath tonight for better skin tomorrow.