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Health and Beauty Tip -- Using Body Scrub at Home
If you have a good body scrub you use at home, scrub towards your heart when you use it. Start at your feet and work up to your torso. When doing your arms, start at the fingertips and work up to your shoulders. Massage gently in circular motions to avoid scrubbing too hard.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Coloring Your Hair
Don't wash your hair immediately before applying color. Your hair needs that natural oil to protect your scalp from the dye, and it also helps the hair shaft absorb the color more easily.
Quote of the Day
I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while I run in.
Health and Beauty Tip -- 2-in-1 Shampoo
Is 2-in-1 shampoo really as good as they say? If you have normal, healthy hair, yes. But oily hair doesn't need extra conditioner, and dry hair needs even more conditioning than 2-in-1 shampoo offers. If you have dry hair, use regular separate shampoo and conditioner.
Quote of the Day
To attract men, I wear a perfume called "New Car Interior."
Quote of the Day
My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Lather, Rinse, Repeat?
If you have short or thin hair, you don't really need a second wash. But if you have longer, thicker hair, you may want to follow the advice on the bottle.
Quote of the Day
The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year --- everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Different Shampoo
Using the same kind of shampoo over and over can cause buildup as your hair "gets used to it." Switching shampoos on a regular basis is helpful, but easy to forget. To make it easier to stick with it, buy a large pump bottle and layer up to four different shampoos in equal amounts until the bottle is full.
Quote of the Day
Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you that you cannot believe it.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Drying Nail Polish
Nail polish actually takes an hour to dry completely! Even though it feels dry to the touch several minutes after you finish, make sure to keep your hands clear of anything that could smudge or chip your polish for approximately one hour afterwards.
Quote of the Day
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell my children that they just about throw up.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Would You Be a Good Blonde?
Can't decide whether to go blonde? If you were as a child, you have the right skin tone to pull it off now. If not, trust your stylist's judgment.
Quote of the Day
When you were quite a little boy, somebody ought to have said "hush" just once.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Add Volume on the Way to Work
Turn up the volume in your car. Use volumizing spray along your hairline in the morning, then wear sunglasses on your drive to work to hold your hair back. Take off the shades once you get to work and enjoy the results!
Quote of the Day
I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.
Health and Beauty Tip -- Traveling with Makeup
Instead of using an expensive makeup bag, store your cosmetics in a clear Ziploc freezer bag when going on trips. You'll be able to find what you need without rooting through everything first, and screw-top bottles likely to leak won't make a mess.
Quote of the Day
My father was often angry when I was most like him.
Health and Beauty Tip -- The Perfect Haircut
If you can't pick a style, ask your stylist to try a "v-cut" (longer in the back and shorter at the sides). The chin-length hair in the front is universally flattering, and those whose faces may not be complemented by long hair can still have some length in the back.
Quote of the Day
Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.