Archive for February, 2009

NADYA SULEMAN ON HAVING 14 CHILDREN

Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2009 by taralceleste

I THINK WHAT SHE IS DOING IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS, HERE SHE IS INTRODUCING HER NEW 8 CHILDREN AND SPEAKING ABOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION.

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NADYA SULEMAN…OCTUPLETS

Posted in HISTORY, NEWS, PARENTING on February 24, 2009 by taralceleste

WHILE I BELIEVE THAT THE OCTUPLETS ARE PRECIOUS AS ARE NADYA SULEMAN’S OTHER CHILDREN, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN WHAT SHE IS DOING. I CAN’T STAND BY SOMEONE’S DECISION TO NOT ONLY BE SINGLE AND HAVE FOURTEEN CHILDREN, BUT ALSO FORGE A FAKE NAME ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR THE FATHER, EXPECT WELFARE AND THE PUBLIC TAXPAYERS’ TO FOOT THE BILL FOR HER AND HER CHILDREN AND THEN CREATE A WEBSITE ASKING FOR DONATIONS. NOT TO MENTION HER POOR MOTHER HAVING TO BE CRAMMED WITH HER KIDS AND HER IN THAT HOUSE, PLUS HER 8 KIDS THAT WILL BE COMING HOME. THAT IS  NOT A GOOD ENVIROMENT FOR THOSE KIDS, THEY NEED SPACE, THEIR OWN BEDROOMS AND A CLEAN HOME. NADYA HAS GOT THAT HOME A MESS FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN PICTURES AND INTERVIEWS. I FEEL FOR HER MOTHER IN HER SITUATION. AND THIS ANGELINA JOLIE OBSESSION HAS GOTTEN WAY OUT OF HAND. I MEAN ANGELINA IS FREAKED OUT ABOUT IT AND I DON’T BLAME HER. SHE HAD PLASTIC SURGERY TO LOOK LIKE HER AND APPARENTLY SHE TRIES TO TALK LIKE HER TOO, NOT TO MENTION THERE IS SPECULATION THAT SHE BEGAN HAVING ALL THESE CHILDREN TO MIMIC ANGELINA’S LIFESTYLE. THAT IS REALLY CREEPY AND IF I WAS ANGELINA I WOULD BE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE. SHE’S ALREADY TRIED TO CONTACT ANGELINA AS WELL. I FEEL THAT SINCE SHE HAD ALL THESE CHILDREN KNOWING SHE WAS SINGLE AND WITHOUT A HOME, SHE NEEDS TO FOOT THE BILL FOR HER OWN KIDS, NOT US TAXPAYERS. SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO ASK THE PUBLIC TO CARE FOR HER CHILDREN. SHE GIVES THE SINGLE PARENTS WHO NEED THE HELP DESPERATELY FROM THE STATE, A VERY BAD NAME. PARENTS LIKE ME, WHO IS UNABLE TO WORK AT THE MOMENT DUE TO MY SON UNWILLING TO STAY WITH ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE HE IS EXTREMELY FUSSY AND DOES NOT HAVE THAT NEST EGG THAT WOULD GREATLY HELP. BUT FOR PARENTS LIKE ME IT’S A SHORT TERM THING UNTIL WE GET BACK ON OUR FEET. FOR HER, IT’S A LIFESTYLE AND THAT SHOULD BE AGAINST SOME KIND OF LAW TO PROTECT TAXPAYER’S MONEY. I HAVE INCLUDED A VIDEO OF THE SUPPOSED FATHER’S INTERVIEW ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA. I THINK IT IS VERY SAD AND I FEEL FOR HIM.

great recipes for black history month

Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 by taralceleste

Celebrate Black History Month with These Recipes

Southern fried chicken with gravy and succotash

-Francine Segan, Betty Food+Home Editor

February is Black History Month and these recipes, adapted from an 1881 cookbook written by an ex-slave, are the perfect way to celebrate!

Southern Fried Chicken with Gravy

Serves 4

fried chickenIngredients:

1 frying chicken cut into 10 pieces: 4 breast
sections, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks, 2 wings
Salt and pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour plus more as needed
Peanut or vegetable oil for frying
1/3 cup chicken stock

Directions:

1. Place several ice cubes into a bowl of cold water and soak the chicken for 5 to 10 minutes. Pat dry and liberally season with salt and pepper.

2. Put the cayenne pepper and flour into a large bowl and add more salt and pepper. Roll each piece of chicken into the flour.

3. Fill a heavy bottom skillet with oil to a depth of 3/4 inch. Heat the oil over high heat until hot, but not smoking. Put the dark meat pieces into the skillet first as they take longer to cook than white meat. Put the pieces into the hot skillet one at a time, slowly, so that the oil temperature doesn’t drop. After they have been cooking for about 5 minutes slowly add the breast pieces. Brown the chicken well on one side before turning, about 8 minutes per side.

4. Remove the cooked chicken pieces and place on absorbent paper.

5. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the oil, add 1 tablespoon of flour and stir well over a low flame. Gradually add the chicken stock and continue stirring until smooth. Season with salt and pepper and serve on the side.

Succotash

Serves 8

succotashIngredients:

1 purple onion, diced
6 ounces Canadian style bacon, diced
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1 1/2 cups frozen Lima beans, about 10 ounces
1 1/2 cups frozen sweet corn kernels, about 10 ounces
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. Sauté the onion and Canadian bacon in butter over medium heat until the onions are soft, about 5 minutes.

2. Add the tomatoes and cook until softened, about 4-5 minutes. Add the lima beans and corn and simmer until tender, about 5 minutes.

3. Season to taste with salt and pepper and top with walnuts. Serve hot.

laundry room tips

Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 by taralceleste

13 Hints For The Laundry Room

  1. Washer Washing! Washing machines need to be cleaned too from time to time. Pour a gallon of distilled vinegar into the washer and using warm water, let the machine run through a wash and rinse cycle. The vinegar will cut through built-up soap residue in hoses and leave your washer sparkling clean.
  2. Setting Colors. To set the colors in new cottons and keep them bright, soak them overnight in lightly salted water, or a weak solution of vinegar and water.
  3. Homemade Spot Remover. Make your own commercial spot remover. Simply add 1 part rubbing alcohol to 2 parts water. Simple as that!
  4. Removing Mud Stains. Slice a raw potato in half and rub the mud stain. Soak the item in cool water for a while, then launder as usual.
  5. Removing Oil Stains. Stubborn oil stains can often be removed by dabbing with eucalyptus oil. Wash with warm soapy water.
  6. Removing Ball-Point Pen Ink Stains. A great way of removing ball-point ink stains is to use hairspray (pump or aerosol). Douse the stain with the hairspray and then rub hard with a bar of soap (bath or laundry). Rinse the garment in cold water.
  7. Removing Rust Stains. Remove rust from clothing or fabrics by applying lemon juice and salt. Hang outside in the sun to dry.
  8. Removing Perspiration Stains. Place garment in a bucket of warm water with 1 cup of vinegar added. Soak for an hour or so before laundering.
  9. Removing Tea and Coffee Stains. Spray the area with hairspray. Rub with a bar of soap and rinse in cold water.
  10. Removing Chocolate Stains. Remove any excess chocolate first then immediately run club soda through the fabric and rinse with a mild detergent and cold water.
  11. Removing Tomato-based Stains. Blot the area with some de-natured alcohol and then launder in a cool wash.
  12. Removing Fruit Stains. Sprinkle some salt on the garment and then rinse in cold water. Wash it in warm water with liquid detergent, preferably biodegradable and if the stain persists, try applying a little hydrogen peroxide or borax.
  13. Removing Mystery Stains. For stains of unknown origin, try following these steps: First, rinse the stain in cold water. Pretreat it with a prewash – spray or soap – then rinse again. Now wash the garment in chlorine bleach or an all-fabric bleach, in water that’s as hot as the manufacturer recommends, adding extra detergent to the wash. Let it air dry and if the stain is still there, soak it in cold water for half an hour. Sponge it with a cleaning solvent, let it sit for 5 minutes and then rinse again.

tuition free colleges

Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 by taralceleste

8 Tuition-Free Colleges

During difficult economic times, the cost of higher education leaves many students wondering if they can afford to go to college. For those who want to avoid being saddled with huge loans, the U.S. government offers one of the best deals around: Enroll at one of the five service academies tuition-free and receive free room and board. (And you thought the Grand Slam promotion at Denny’s was cool.) But if military service isn’t for you, here are eight other schools that offer tuition-free educations:

1. College of the Ozarks

ozarks.jpgSeveral schools share the “Linebacker U” and “Quarterback U” monikers in reference to the NFL talent that their college football programs produce, but the only “Hard Work U” is located in Point Lookout, Missouri. In 1973, a Wall Street Journal reporter bestowed that title on the College of the Ozarks, where students pay no tuition and work at least 15 hours a week at a campus work station. Jobs are taken seriously at the school of 1,400; students are graded on their work performance in addition to their academics.

History: In 1906, Presbyterian missionary James Forsythe helped open the School of the Ozarks to provide a Christian high school education to children in the Ozarks region, which spans parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The school added a two-year junior college 50 years later and completed its transition to a four-year college program in 1965. The school was renamed College of the Ozarks in 1990 and has established itself as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the Midwest.

Notable: College of the Ozarks was No. 4 on the Princeton Review’s list of the top 10 Stone-Cold Sober schools in 2008.

Famous Alum: Actress and model April Scott, who played Daisy Duke in the straight-to-DVD prequel of Dukes of HazzardDukes of Hazzard: The Beginning. Scott has also appeared in Entourage, as a briefcase-toting model on Deal or No Deal, and on various magazine covers.

How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Silver Dollar City, an amusement park in nearby Branson, Mo., harkens back to simpler times with its 1880s theme. In addition to thrills, roller coasters at the park offer scenic views of the Ozarks.

2. Deep Springs College

dsfarm.jpgDeep Springs is a two-year, all-male liberal arts college located on a cattle ranch and alfalfa farm in the Inyo-White Mountains of California’s High Desert. To get an idea of just how isolated the school is, consider the explanation for its policy forbidding smoking in any of the school’s buildings or near hay bales: “We’re 45 minutes from the nearest emergency services, so a fire could be disastrous.” Every student admitted – 10 to 15 per year – receives free tuition, room, and board, and works at least 20 hours a week on the ranch. The manual labor ranges from washing dishes to milking cows. Most students complete their degrees at prestigious four-year schools after leaving Deep Springs.

History: Deep Springs was founded by Lucien Lucius Nunn, a pioneer in electrical engineering who helped design the Ontario Power Plant at Niagara Falls. While working for the Telluride Power Company, which provided power to gold mines, Nunn invited young men to work for him in exchange for an education. The work-study program became known as the Telluride Institute in 1905. Nunn was driven out of the company in 1912 by a powerful stockholder who believed Nunn’s unconventional means of attracting workers was detrimental to the business. Nunn decided to start a completely new educational endeavor at Deep Springs, which admitted its first class of 20 in 1917.

Notable: Academics, labor, and self-governance are the three pillars of the Deep Springs experience. Students have a say in what subjects to study, what professors to hire, and even what applicants to admit.

Famous Alum: William T. Vollmann, a novelist and journalist with a propensity for writing about dangerous firsthand experiences, including a trip into Afghanistan with the Mujahideen in 1982. Vollmann has written more than 20 books, including Europe Central, which won the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction.

How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Given that students are generally prohibited from leaving the ranch during the semester, online shopping via the somewhat reliable Internet connection is one of the only viable options.

3. UC-Irvine School of Law, Class of ’12

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In an effort to attract the best and brightest students for its inaugural class, the UC Irvine School of Law is offering a free ride to all 60 students admitted this fall. Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, a constitutional law scholar, told reporters, “Our goal is to be a top-20 law school from the first time we are ranked.” By early February, the number of applicants at California’s first new public law school in 40 years had topped 1,000. The school will rely on grants and donations to cover the estimated $6 million it will cost to put each of the students in the first class through the program.

History: There is some precedent for a professional school offering free tuition to its inaugural class. In 2008, the Central Florida College of Medicine received nearly 3,000 applicants after offering the same deal to each member of its inaugural class.

Notable: Chemerinsky, an adamant defender of the separation of church and state, as well as abortion rights, was hired, fired amid political pressure from conservatives one week later, and then rehired as Irvine’s law school dean in 2007.

Famous Alum: You? It’s not too late to apply.

How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: In-N-Out burgers. Lots and lots of In-N-Out burgers.

4. Berea College

berea_college.jpgThanks to a large endowment, every student admitted to Berea College in Kentucky receives a full-tuition scholarship valued at more than $90,000. Students are required to work at least 10 hours a week in one of more than 140 departments, and while room, board, and books are not covered, the work-study program enables some of the 1,500 students to lighten their financial load even more. Berea offers degrees in 28 fields.

History: Berea was founded in 1855 by Rev. John Fee – an ironic name for the founder of a tuition-free college if there ever was one – as the first interracial and coed college in the South. Classes at the school were fully integrated until the Kentucky Legislature passed a law in 1904 that prohibited school integration. The law was amended in 1950 to allow integrated education above the high school level and Berea returned to its roots, becoming the first school in Kentucky to re-open its doors to African-Americans.

Notable: Berea’s motto is “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth.”

Famous Alum: Carter G. Woodson, an African-American historian, journalist, and author. After graduating with a Bachelor of Literature degree from Berea, Woodson earned his PhD and taught at Howard University. He pioneered the celebration of “Negro History Week” in 1926, which would serve as the precursor to “Black History Month” as we know it today.

How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Berea is home to the Kentucky Artisan Center, a 25,000-square-foot facility that showcases Kentucky-made arts and crafts in a variety of exhibits.

5. Olin College of Engineering

college9.jpgOlin College is a school of 300 in Neeedham, Mass., where every admitted student receives four years of free tuition valued at $130,000. The school is funded by a $400 million grant from the F.W. Olin Foundation and ranks as one of the top undergraduate engineering programs in the country. There is great emphasis placed on philanthropy at Olin; students are encouraged to develop creative ideas that address societal needs and help make the world a better place.

History: The school is named for Franklin W. Olin, who founded the Olin Corporation and made a fortune selling ammunition. Olin was a great philanthropist, too. Since 1938, the F.W. Olin Foundation has contributed more than $300 million in grants to colleges and universities throughout the country. The same foundation financed the development of Olin College, which was completed in 2002. The school graduated its first class in 2006.

Notable: Indicative of the entrepreneurial spirit of the school, six Olin students are taking a year off to develop educational Internet software – think Google Docs meets Facebook – for local middle school students. The students expect the software, which will include built-in features that allow parents and teachers to interact with and monitor their students’ work, to be operational by mid-April.

Famous Alum: He’s not exactly famous, but Alex Dorsk does have a cleverly titled blog chronicling his time aboard a research vessel with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Honor the legacy of F.W. Olin, who played two years of professional baseball after graduating from Cornell, with a trip to Fenway Park in nearby Boston.

6. Cooper Union

cooper.jpgLocated in Manhattan, Cooper Union offers degree programs in art, architecture, and engineering, and every admitted student receives four years of free tuition valued at $130,000. According to a recent article in the New York Times, applications for early decision to the school were up 70 percent this year. The admissions rate at Cooper Union is about 8 percent, while the enrollment is a little more than 900. The Cooper Union endowment is valued at nearly $600 million.

History: Peter Cooper, who invented the first locomotive in the United States, believed that education of the highest quality should be “as free as air and water,” so he founded Cooper Union in 1858. Cooper’s greatest legacy may have come 14 years earlier, when he received the first American patent for powdered gelatin. A cough syrup manufacturer bought the patent from Cooper, developed a prepackaged gelatin dessert, and named it Jell-O in 1897.

Notable: The Great Hall on the Cooper Union campus has been the site of several historic speeches. Abraham Lincoln outlined his views on slavery – namely that he didn’t want to see it spread – in a famous address there, while Mark Twain spoke at the school’s inauguration.

Famous Alum: Milton Glaser, who founded New York Magazine and designed the ubiquitous I Love New York logo.

How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Fifth Avenue is a start.

7. Curtis Institute of Music

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Like Juillard, the Curtis Institute of Music is considered one of the most prestigious performing arts conservatories in the world. Unlike Juillard, tuition at Curtis is free. Every student admitted to the school of 160 in Philadelphia is provided a full scholarship, and all piano, harpsichord, composition, and conducting majors are lent Steinway grand pianos. As part of their training, students at Curtis host over 100 public concerts each year, and receive one-on-one instruction from the musically accomplished faculty.

History: Mary Louise Curtis Bok founded the Curtis Institute in 1924 as a place for talented young performers to prepare for careers as professional musicians. She named the school in honor of her father, Cyrus Curtis, the founder of Ladies Home Journal and a fellow music lover.

Notable: According to the school’s Web site, 17 percent of the principal chairs in America’s top 25 orchestras and four music directorships in the top 50 are held by Curtis-trained musicians. More than sixty alumni have performed with the Metropolitan Opera.

Famous Alum: Anthony McGill, a member of the Metropolitan Opera and the clarinetist in the quartet that played at Barack Obama’s Inauguration last month. Also: Leonard Bernstein.

How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Buy a membership to the Franklin Institute to supplement your musical education.

8. Alice Lloyd College

alice.jpgAll students at Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes, Ky., are required to work at least 10 hours per week in exchange for free tuition. Students who need additional financial aid to pay for room and board may work up to 15 hours per week. Jobs at the school of 550 are assigned based on a student’s work experience and personal preference.

History: Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd, a former publisher and editor of The Cambridge Press, moved from Boston to Eastern Kentucky in 1916. With the help of June Buchanan, Lloyd chartered what was then called Caney Junior College in 1923. The school became an accredited four-year college in 1980.

Notable: The call letters for Alice Lloyd College’s non-commercial radio station, which has broadcast inspirational programming around the clock since 1998, are WWJD-FM.

Famous Alum: Carl D. Perkins, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 until his death in 1984. Perkins’s legacy lives on in the form of the Perkins Loan, a need-based Federal student loan.

How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Elk were introduced to Kentucky in 1997 as part of a restoration project and Knott County, which includes Pippa Passes, is now known as the elk capital of the East. Tours are available through several outlets.

if you are having it hard during the recession this may come in handy

Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 by taralceleste

We have all been there. HUNGRY. You open the cupboards and fridge and all that is left are a few sorry tins or a chicken breast. Too expensive to order takeaway. Too tired to get to the shops? Why not enter what you have got in to the “INGREDIOMETER” and see if we can come up with a recipe for you… Together we can save you money, time and the environment! Alternatively, if you fancy yourself as a master or mistress of economy then why not send your recipe with your name (or pseudonym) to the “King of Thrift”.
You might just find yourself at the top of the LEAGUE OF THRIFT (see terms and conditions).

Extraordinary Uses for 16 Ordinary Household Items

Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 by taralceleste

VERY USEFUL BEAUTY TIPS

Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2009 by taralceleste

1. The fastest way to fix puffy eyes or dark circles: Brew two green tea bags, and let them cool. Then lie down and place them over your eyes for 10 minutes. The caffeine will tighten the tissue and reduce swelling.

2. If you have a zit, shrink it on the spot by wrapping an ice cube in a thin dish towel and resting it on the pimple for three minutes. This will alleviate inflammation and redness. Then cover the zit with a dab of lavender oil, which will dehydrate the blemish and kill bacteria.

3. Brushing your skin with a dry body brush is one of the best ways to clean your skin. It may feel kind of odd but it is more effective than brushing your skin with a wet soapy brush or sponge.

4. Use a combination of epsom salt, sea salt and baking soda to help pull out toxins from the skin (another great way to eliminate toxins). This one can be especially beneficial to ease emotional imbalances.

5. You can make a body wrap at home with coffee grounds and seaweed to help reduce cellulite. Take warm coffee grounds and spread on troubled areas, wrap with moist seaweed (can be purchased at health food stores) then cover with plastic wrap. Keep the wrap on for about a half hour. Un wrap and rinse off in the shower. Massage your thighs as you rinse off.


6. Blackheads Removal

A nasty beauty enemy, but here’s a remedy:

Combine 1/4 cup boiling water with one teaspoon of Epsom salt and three drops of iodine.
Let mixture cool until it’s comfortable to the touch.

Saturate a cotton ball with this mixture and dab on blackheads.
This will allow them to loosen so they can be easily squeezed with a gauze pad.

7. Which Tweezer?

Thin Tip: Good for grasping small, fine hairs, and plucking ingrown hair.
Slanted Tip: Gives maximum control.
Square Tip: Best used for removing coarse hairs or several hairs at a time.

1. Tweeze immediately after showering or apply a hot washcloth to loosen hair follicles.
2.Hold a pencil vertically along the side of the nose. Eyebrow should start at outside edge if pencil – Anastasia Soare eyebrow queen.
Hint: Leaving a bit more space will widen close-set eyes.
3.Hold pencil to outside of eye. This is where the eyebrow of a bombshell should end.
4.Smooth brows with a little moisturizer to help hairs slide out – turn back the clock.
5.Brush brows up to find a natural arch.
6. Draw in the desired shape beforehand with a soft eye shadow pencil – Keira Knightley smokey eyes.
Hint: Don’t use an eyeliner pencil. It will cause you to pluck too much.
7.Tweeze under the brow first, plucking in the direction of the growth.
Hint: If your plucking becomes too painful, apply a little anbesol (yes, that pain reliever for teeth also numbs the brows)
8.Using an eyelash comb, comb brows upwards and trim any hairs that extend beyond the natural top or brow bone. Glamorous lashes.
9.After tweezing, soothe the area with cool, wet tea bags.

8. Filling In Your Eyebrows

The trick to full brows is to come clean, then fill in the blanks. Waxing director Eliza Petrescu of Avon Salon & Spa explains it for us:

* Choose a pencil and powder in the correct shade. Women with fair complexions should use a blonde shade, those with olive tones should go tawny or brown, and those with with African-American skin should use gray.

* Brush brows downward with a dry, mascara-like wand. To define the arch, use the pencil to draw a line along the upper edge of the brow. Comb the brows upward and outward.

* For added fullness, dust eye shadow into the hairs of the brow with a stiff, slanted brush. Dip the brush into a tiny amount of powder and use short, gentle strokes while applying.

* If brows have been severely overtweezed, brush the hairs in the direction of the growth, and fill in any visible patches with powder. Avoid adding to the top or bottom of the brows.

* Comb a clear brow gel up through the brows to set hairs in place.

9. Lip Plumper Tips:

By Joanne Elliott

Do you sometimes think that you would kill for beautiful full lips? Sure, you could get Collagen implants, or tattooed outlines around your lip… But it�s a little bit excessive, I�m sure you�ll agree! There are other cheaper, and much more practical, ways of achieving a similar affect. Here�s how to get beautiful full lips in four easy steps…

Step one: Lip balm babe

Prepare your delicate lips with a generous slick of lip balm in advance. Nobody likes cracked and frayed lips! And in this cold winter weather its important to take more care than usual. (Cold weather will dry the moisture from your lips). Make sure that the lip balm has sunk a little before you go on to step two, otherwise your lip liner won�t work.

Step two: Line and define

Get a natural lip liner, and carefully draw around the very rim of your lips. If you get a wobbly line, don�t panic (and don�t think nobody will notice it)… just carefully remove it and start again! When you have a firm line fill in the rest of your lips with the same color.

Step three: Now add some shine!

Here comes the glamorous bit, the lip-gloss! Again, keep the color natural. Forget lipstick that�s too dark or too light. One thing you�ve gotta remember though, gloss looks better but doesn�t have the staying power of lippy. Make sure you keep it in your purse and re-apply during the day.

Step four: Plump them up

This is the �hard bit�. But actually it�s not! All you�ve got to do, (after you�ve completed steps one through three), is dot a white shimmery product like eye shadow or an eyebrow highlighter in the very center of your lips. Start slowly, and blend very carefully. What you are looking to achieve is natural looking shading, with your lip color being lighter where your mouth opens. This will create the illusion of beautiful full lips.

Oh, one last thing. Remember, people always want what they haven�t got, so don�t fret… just make the best of what you�ve got. And you know what they say; if you�ve got it, flaunt it!

So pucker up, and be sweet!

10. Aspirin for Dandruff

No problem, dissolve 2 aspirins in your dandruff shampoo and watch how it clears up. Use a good moisturizing conditioner afterward.

11. Firmer Breasts

To firm breasts and tighten the skin, mix one teaspoon of vitamin E oil with one tablespoon of yogurt and an egg.

Massage this mixture into breasts and wear an old bra over the mixture for at least twenty minutes.

Rinse off with warm water.

NOT SURE IF ALL OF THESE ACTUALLY WORK AS I AM YET TO TRY THEM, BUT IF THEY DO LET ME KNOW HOW YOU LIKED THEM


CELEBRITY BLOGS

Posted in SOCIETY with tags , , , on February 4, 2009 by taralceleste

SO THIS ENTRY IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TOWARDS ALL ACTORS AND ACTRESSES THAT HAVE NOT JUMPED ON THE BLOGGING BANDWAGON YET. MAYBE BLOGGING ISN’T FOR EVERYONE AND MAYBE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE JUST DON’T WANT THEIR DIRTY LAUNDRY FLAPPING IN THE WIND. WELL, HERE’S WHAT I SAY….GET A BLOG! ALOT OF DIE HARD FANS  (WELL I’M NOT SO HARD UP TO SEE CELEBRITIES LIKE MOST OF THEM), ARE WAITING TO READ ALL THE INTERESTING, CRAZY, WACKY THINGS YOU NON BLOGGING CELEBRITIES HAVE TO SAY. HONESTLY I COULD CARE LESS, IF IT WASN’T FOR THE FACT THAT I ADORE A FEW SELECT MEN DUBBED CELEBRITIES…(NOT FOR THEIR LOOKS OR BECAUSE THEY ARE CELEBRITIES, I COULD CARE LESS), I WOULD SAY KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS TO YOURSELF. BUT BECAUSE I LIKE THOSE MEN FOR THE PERSON THEY HAVE BECOME IN LIFE AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT, I AM INTERESTED IN READING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. I’M NOT REALLY ONE FOR THE GOSSIP CRAP…HEY! IT’S THEIR LIFE LEAVE THEM BE AND STOP STICKING YOUR NOSE WHERE IT DOESN’T BELONG. NO WONDER THE PAPARAZZI IS ALWAYS SUING FOR NEW CAMERA’S, BECAUSE THEY’RE CONSTANTLY GETTING THEIRS SLAPPED OUT OF THEIR HANDS. THEY DESERVE IT!! SO………….COLE HAUSER……….ANGELINA JOLIE (LOVE HER LIPS BABY!)………….KEVIN MCKIDD…………CHRISTIAN BALE………….THE GUY WHO PLAYS DENNY ON GREY’S ANATOMY………..MICHAEL ON PRISON BREAK………HMMM, AND MICHAEL’S BROTHER……WRITE A BLOG ALREADY SO I CAN READ IT AND EXPLORE THE MINDS OF A FEW OF THE GREAT ACTORS I BELIEVE MAKE THIS INDUSTRY!! WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE TO MEET THESE PEOPLE IN PERSON AND BE ABLE TO JUST SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT MAKES A FEW OF THEM TICK. LIKE ANGELINA JOLIE, SHE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, THE WORK SHE DOES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I WISH I COULD DO THAT BUT HONESTLY I WOULDN’T KNOW WHERE TO START.