Most of the classes that your younger daughter is taking this year are Advanced Placement. As she prepares to pursue a college degree in biology, she has packed her schedule full of the toughest classes. For her final semester, however, she agreed to take two classes that were a little bit different. One, a parent child development class has allowed her to learn things about her two young cousins, as well as the techniques that can help manage their behavior. The second class, a course in beginning clothing and textiles. In this class she has learned about handmade quilts, the…
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Personal beauty is something that women around the world have taken an interest in for thousands of years, and early beauty products were made with natural products such as beeswax, egg whites, and more, such as those used in ancient China or Egypt. Some of these beauty products had risky ingredients in them like lead, however, which have fallen out of use. Today, the beauty industry is still going strong around the world, and safer and more effective ingredients are being used. Sometimes, beauty products are meant for the skin, such as powders and creams, while other personal beauty is…
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No one can truly describe the feeling you get when you find the perfect pair of jeans. Luckily, we have the benefit of many cuts and options. Something for all the different types of bodies that are out there. Go to your closet and find those favorite pair of pants or the denim jacket you bought three seasons ago. When you first wore those pieces out you probably felt untouchable, fierce even. Now think back to where you bought them. Maybe you bought those jeans online and the jacket at a local boutique. Let’s face it more than likely you…
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There was a time when traditional advertising techniques such as magazine and television commercials were all a company needed to get noticed and get their name in front of potential customers. However, as consumer habits have changed, advertisers have had to get creative in order to get the exposure they need. The development of the internet, as well as streaming options allow viewers to watch TV while skipping all of the commercials. Creative marketing has included a wide range of sponsorship options that ensure company names are strategically placed where consumers will see them. The placement of names where people…
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Almost every adult human being cares about the quality and appearance of the hair on their head, and many women today take great interest in products such as wefted extensions, keratin extensions, or even celebrity hair extensions to modify the length and quality of their hair, and there may be a rich variety of hair styles and types available at a salon for any modern patron, such as Slavic hair extensions or hand tied extensions, or even Russian extensions. Keratin extensions are often based on gluing natural, real human hair onto the patron’s existing hair, and thus can make for…
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Weddings today involve a number of personal accessories for the bride and groom, not to mention the bridal and groom parties, and this goes beyond the engagement ring itself. There is also the matter of the wedding bands, the jewelry that the bridesmaids wear, and any ring that the groomsmen might have. Bridal jewelry may be involved too, and the bride might wear anything from a sapphire necklace to sea glass earrings, but sometimes jewelry is damaged, and jewelry repair or watch repair can be done before the wedding to keep these accessories in good shape. Watches are common men’s…
