Many of the glamorous celebrities like Christina Aguilera , Gwen Stefani and many others can wear their red lipstick well on the red carpet but you can have it also. Here are some tips to apply and wear red lipstick without looking like a clown.
The first thing you’ve got to figure out is if you’re cool or warm, and it has nothing to do with your personality or popularity—it’s about your skin tone! Cool pale complexions are pale with pink undertones and tend to burn in the sun, whereas warm complexions have yellow, olive and darker undertones or tan easier in the sun.
If you have cool complexion, choose cooler reds like a true red or a pinkish red. If you have a warm complexion, choose warmer reds with a brown base like a brick or rusty red.
A matte red can make you look too done-up so go for a glossier red instead. Line and fill in your lips with a lip liner that closely matches your natural lip color. Apply lipstick, blot with a tissue and lightly dust your lips with powder to give it extra-staying power. Since red lipstick are dramatic, you should keep the rest of your face bare or else you’ll look like you belong in the circus.
If your teeth are yellow, wearing a red shade with blue tones will help make your pearly whites look a little more pearly and white. Pair your red lips with either red nails or red accessory like bag belt or shoes.
The secret of wearing red lipstick is feeling comfortable. All it takes is confidence to back it up so standup straight and smile.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Dating Tips for Parents with Teens
Dating is part of every teen’s life. It is also the source of stress for most parents when their child reaches this point. Here are different tips to keep the fear of dating for the teens and parents:
1. Age
It’s more than a number. Keep an eye out for signs that your teen is really ready to date especially when they reached adolescents age. Dating should not be based on age alone. Take into consideration also the maturity both the physical and also mental maturity. Emotional and mental maturities are more important when your teen start dating.
2. Open Communication
Keep the lines of communication open. Talk to your teen and be honest about your feelings. Listen to their feeling as well. You might be surprised to find that they are as scared as you are. Knowing both feelings might help the situation to be calm and fall everything in the right place.
3. Group dates
If you are uncomfortable with your teen go out in a date alone, try letting them go with a group dates with friends. With this, it allows your teen to feel he fits in but you’ll have the safety of knowing that it’s not just your teenager
Going out with someone else.
4. Respect all around.
Teach your teen to respect the opposite sex long before they begin dating. Remember, they can’t respect someone else before they respect themselves. Make sure your teen truly respects him before allowing them to date.
5. Set rules.
Set rules for your teen before they engaged into dating and stick with it. The days of permission and courting maybe gone but the rules that you set with them at the start will always remain. Set a curfew that you feel comfortable with. Instruct your teen to tell you who they are with, where they are going, how they are getting there and when they will be home.
1. Age
It’s more than a number. Keep an eye out for signs that your teen is really ready to date especially when they reached adolescents age. Dating should not be based on age alone. Take into consideration also the maturity both the physical and also mental maturity. Emotional and mental maturities are more important when your teen start dating.
2. Open Communication
Keep the lines of communication open. Talk to your teen and be honest about your feelings. Listen to their feeling as well. You might be surprised to find that they are as scared as you are. Knowing both feelings might help the situation to be calm and fall everything in the right place.
3. Group dates
If you are uncomfortable with your teen go out in a date alone, try letting them go with a group dates with friends. With this, it allows your teen to feel he fits in but you’ll have the safety of knowing that it’s not just your teenager
Going out with someone else.
4. Respect all around.
Teach your teen to respect the opposite sex long before they begin dating. Remember, they can’t respect someone else before they respect themselves. Make sure your teen truly respects him before allowing them to date.
5. Set rules.
Set rules for your teen before they engaged into dating and stick with it. The days of permission and courting maybe gone but the rules that you set with them at the start will always remain. Set a curfew that you feel comfortable with. Instruct your teen to tell you who they are with, where they are going, how they are getting there and when they will be home.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Tips to Reduce Test Anxiety
There is a way on avoiding test anxiety victim. Here are smart study habits that will help you combat test anxiety:
1. Study! Study! Study!
Know the material well enough so that you can recall it even if you are under stress. Build your confidence by studying throughout the semester so you can avoid panicked cramming during the night before the exam.
2. Avoid Laziness and procrastination.
Laziness, procrastination and daydreaming can ruin everything, so we better avoid them. Take breaks when needed but concentrate hard when you study. Keep your focus on studying the information and understanding it.
3. Relax once distracted to refresh.
When you start to get distracted from studying, relax. Use relaxation techniques to relax then revive. Take long, deep breaths, do stretches and yawn with your mouth wide open to relax your body and reduce stress.
4. Create Questions.
Learn to concentrate on the material you are studying by generating questions from your textbooks and lecture notes, then writing out full answers to them to practice.
5. Highlight Notes.
Use a highlighter to mark up key words, concepts and examples in your textbooks and class notes Do this right after you have studied a section while your memory is still fresh.
6. Write out important sections.
Copy out important sections from your class notes or textbooks. Write them over and over on fresh paper. Writing down information repeatedly helps to seal the memory of it in to your brain.
7.Get graphic.
Make charts, graphs and outlines that organize the information in your notes and textbooks. This will help you recall the important notes in your lesson.
8. Work with friend if you are comfortable.
Set up a time to study with a buddy. Take turns explaining or repeating key ideas and concepts to each other that you know will be on the test. Saying it out loud in an explanation helps you get the facts right and helps you remember it. Your friend can correct you where necessary and help you get the story straight on the test material.
1. Study! Study! Study!
Know the material well enough so that you can recall it even if you are under stress. Build your confidence by studying throughout the semester so you can avoid panicked cramming during the night before the exam.
2. Avoid Laziness and procrastination.
Laziness, procrastination and daydreaming can ruin everything, so we better avoid them. Take breaks when needed but concentrate hard when you study. Keep your focus on studying the information and understanding it.
3. Relax once distracted to refresh.
When you start to get distracted from studying, relax. Use relaxation techniques to relax then revive. Take long, deep breaths, do stretches and yawn with your mouth wide open to relax your body and reduce stress.
4. Create Questions.
Learn to concentrate on the material you are studying by generating questions from your textbooks and lecture notes, then writing out full answers to them to practice.
5. Highlight Notes.
Use a highlighter to mark up key words, concepts and examples in your textbooks and class notes Do this right after you have studied a section while your memory is still fresh.
6. Write out important sections.
Copy out important sections from your class notes or textbooks. Write them over and over on fresh paper. Writing down information repeatedly helps to seal the memory of it in to your brain.
7.Get graphic.
Make charts, graphs and outlines that organize the information in your notes and textbooks. This will help you recall the important notes in your lesson.
8. Work with friend if you are comfortable.
Set up a time to study with a buddy. Take turns explaining or repeating key ideas and concepts to each other that you know will be on the test. Saying it out loud in an explanation helps you get the facts right and helps you remember it. Your friend can correct you where necessary and help you get the story straight on the test material.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Tips to Fight Oily Skin
Oily skin can do serious damage to a girl’s look. Unfortunately, during the teen year, oily skin is common as puberty hormones can send oil glands into overdrive. Here are different ways to prevent oily skin.
1.Clean your face
Cleanse your face at least twice daily with a mild, medicated cleanser to help prevent oil-clogging pores. Don’t wash your face more than twice a day as over cleansing can stimulate your oil glands to pump out even more excess oil. Cleanse gently with your fingers or a washcloth and be gentle on your skin.
2. Use astringent daily
Use an astringent daily to remove excess oils. Don’t use an alcohol-based product. Use the toner once daily, in the morning after cleansing your face.
3. Use moisturizer.
If your skin is oily, moisturizing may not be necessary on a daily basis. However, if your face feels tight after washing, then apply a light oil free moisturizer.
4. Use the right make-up.
When choosing make-up be sure to buy oil free products., makeup that is water based and noncomedogenic are best to use since it wont clog pores. Choose also oil-absorbing foundations that help keep oil off face.
5. Take a Powder.
Try using a translucent powder instead that is formulated to soak up oil.
6.Drink Water
Keep skin hydrated by drinking at least 8 glasses of water a ay. This will go a long way toward balancing the levels in your skin and giving it a batter appearance.
7. Eat right.
Reduce fats and oils in your diet. Try to cut out processed foods as much as possible that means cutting out fast foods, frozen dinners and junky snacks..
8. Clean your face.
Steam clean your face once or twice a week. Heat a kettle of water to boiling and carefully pour the water into a plugged sink or a porcelain bowl. Wrap your hair into a towel. Then place your face over the bowl or sink of hot water and hold eat there for 5 minutes.
1.Clean your face
Cleanse your face at least twice daily with a mild, medicated cleanser to help prevent oil-clogging pores. Don’t wash your face more than twice a day as over cleansing can stimulate your oil glands to pump out even more excess oil. Cleanse gently with your fingers or a washcloth and be gentle on your skin.
2. Use astringent daily
Use an astringent daily to remove excess oils. Don’t use an alcohol-based product. Use the toner once daily, in the morning after cleansing your face.
3. Use moisturizer.
If your skin is oily, moisturizing may not be necessary on a daily basis. However, if your face feels tight after washing, then apply a light oil free moisturizer.
4. Use the right make-up.
When choosing make-up be sure to buy oil free products., makeup that is water based and noncomedogenic are best to use since it wont clog pores. Choose also oil-absorbing foundations that help keep oil off face.
5. Take a Powder.
Try using a translucent powder instead that is formulated to soak up oil.
6.Drink Water
Keep skin hydrated by drinking at least 8 glasses of water a ay. This will go a long way toward balancing the levels in your skin and giving it a batter appearance.
7. Eat right.
Reduce fats and oils in your diet. Try to cut out processed foods as much as possible that means cutting out fast foods, frozen dinners and junky snacks..
8. Clean your face.
Steam clean your face once or twice a week. Heat a kettle of water to boiling and carefully pour the water into a plugged sink or a porcelain bowl. Wrap your hair into a towel. Then place your face over the bowl or sink of hot water and hold eat there for 5 minutes.
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