What Causes Eye Bags and How to Deal With Them
Posted by GuestPoster in Health, Uncategorized on October 9, 2010
Are you troubled by bags under your eyes? You know, this type of facial dilemma can be brought about by several reasons. The factors which can cause their formation and appearance can either be internal or external. What will be discussed in this brief article are some of its most common causes and at the same time, a few suggestions on how to get rid of bags under eyes.
Eye Bag Causes;
Lack of Sleep/Oversleeping – Sleeping is very much important, especially in terms of body circulation and tissue repair and renewal. If you are not getting enough sleep, you can spoil the normal processes of your skin (dermis). Oversleeping on the other hand is also counterproductive and can also do you some damage. It can cause your eyes to swell up and look puffy.
Too Much Intake of Sodium and Alcohol – Eating foods high in salt and drinking alcohol before you go to bed will cause retention of excess fluids within your body (face included). Salt or sodium tends to hold not just one, but two molecules of water at the same time. On the other hand, alcohol carry toxins which slows down the circulation of fluids within your body. You need to refrain or at least limit your intake of alcohol and salt, especially before you go to sleep. Doing so will help curb the formation of those horrible looking under eye bags.
Infection – Typical eye infections are also considered culprits in the development of bags under your eyes. If in case your eyes feel irritated or painful, it would be best that you seek the help of your doctor immediately.
Eye Bag Help:
Applying Cold Compress – Take some ice cubes, place them right in the center of a clean cloth (i.e. wash towel, handkerchief etc) and wrap it all around the ice. Now, gently dab it along the puffy, swollen skin. Do this for several minutes. The coldness of the ice will help shrink your distended skin tissues.
Apply Tea Bags – Tea bags works great due to their tannin properties. Leave wet tea bags over your eyelids for several minutes in order to reduce not just the swelling, but the discoloration along your eyes as well.
Perform facial Exercise – Close your eyes firmly and begin looking up and then down. Next, open your eyes widely and then relax. Take a quick breather and repeat the entire procedure again. This will help tone the skin along your eyes and will also prevent fluid from getting retained along the eye region.
Trying to Find the Fastest Internet Connection
Posted by GuestPoster in Technology, Uncategorized on October 8, 2010
With the market as saturated as it is with internet providers today, it can be a little overwhelming to find the fastest internet available in your area. With so many options, you have to just guess, and hope you’re guess is good, right? Well, thankfully, with some of the special deals and plans, you can try out many of these companies and connections without obligation. Here’s how.
The best friend you’re going to have in this whole process is the pay as you go plans. These plans do not have any long term contracts to sign (at least most of them don’t) so it’s a simple matter to try one out for a month, see what you think, and if it’s not the greatest thing you’ve ever tried, then you can just go to the next company. No one’s stopping you, there’s usually no penalty for canceling your plan, so why not? You can always come back if you change your mind.
And speaking of pay as you go internet, they usually come with small receivers, called dongles, that you can connect to your computer and get internet anywhere you go. This is a major plus for me, as I’ve successfully been online in the car, in my backyard, or even traveling on a train! The connections are usually pretty good too, though if you’re looking for the fastest speed possible, you’ll want to test that on an ethernet line, as these will always be faster than wireless. At least with today’s technology.
So with this advice in mind, you’re ready to go! Don’t feel obligated to stick with any one company – because you’re not. There’s no reason not to try out several companies, and actually get experience with them. Then you can sign your contract and know you have the best plan available.
How to Choose a Pillow
Posted by GuestPoster in Home, Uncategorized on October 8, 2010
This article will talk about how to choose a pillow for various usage. To make it simple, we will assume that you will choose a general purpose pillow. With that said, we’ll be talking about things like maintenance, fabrics, size and usage.
First, we’ll be talking about pillow size. One of the most important thing about buying a pillow. This is also highly related with the fabric so this paragraph will cover two things at once. Its important that you choose a pillow that is 1 inch bigger or smaller than your cover. This is because if the size is incorrect the fabric will be overstretched or wrinkle when there’s its not big enough. This also depends on how you want the pillow to look like. A slik cover with a pillow too small will give it a wrinkly look. A hard fabric like twill will look really chic if your pillow is larger than the cover.
Next we’ll be talking about the usage. In general, the utility of the pillow will depend very much on the look you want to achieve and how you want to sleep or rest on it. The shape and the firmness of the pillow usually gives the pillow its purpose and utility. For example, a bolster or neck rolls will very much like to be used as a comfort pillow for sleeping and driving. A pillow the shape of sofa (yes it does exist) will help people to read on the bed. Its called the bed rest pillow. There’s also the bed lounge pillow but thats for another article.
Finally, the maintenance and care of a pillow. Most of the pillow nowadays can be machine washed without a problem. Unless your pillow is bigger than 26 inch, then you have a problem. Pillow this big of a size can’t be washed a dried correctly. You might be wonder, how about those bed wedge pillow? Can we wash them correctly? Well, for the most part you’ll only be washing the covers but you can still machine wash a bed wedge pillow without a problem.
I hope you find this article useful and bought the right pillow as a result. Happy shopping.
Throwing an Affordable Child’s Birthday Party
Posted by GuestPoster in Family, Uncategorized on October 8, 2010
If you want to throw a birthday party for your child, or for the child of your friend, or your own niece or nephew, you might want to take note of a few simple tips that will allow you to put together a great party without breaking the bank. Our tips are simple and cheap to implement, but they will still create a party that is very fun for the kids, and the kids won’t know that you did it inexpensively. It may require a bit more effort on your part, but with just a bit of effort and no special skills, you are fully capable of throwing a great kid’s party.
The first thing we recommend is getting rid of the birthday cake, since that often costs a lot of money if you buy it custom made. You can get a cheap one at the grocery store, but the flavor is not likely to be great, but most kids won’t complain any way—they just want something sweet! What we recommend instead of the cake is some homemade cupcakes. Cupcakes are easier to frost on your own than a full sized cake, and they are an informal item anyway—nobody expects them to look perfect. But you can use some simple cupcake decorations and make any cupcake look great. The easiest way to go is to frost the cake with your choice of frosting and then just use sprinkles on the top. These can be multi-colored or solid colored sprinkles. You can also buy some little individual cupcake picks or toppers and put one on top of each cupcake for just a few cents per cupcake. These items can be found online or at a party supply shop. To give your party the final touch, we recommend buying a cheap cupcake stand and using it to create a showpiece of your cutely decorated cupcakes!
Find a Large Assortment of Baby Bedding Online
Posted by GuestPoster in Family, Uncategorized on October 8, 2010
There are many different resources available to use when shopping for cot bedding or suits for toddlers. You could choose to visit your local department store to find the items you are looking for or you can shop online. In the category of cot bedding you will find some online merchants that carry an assortment of products you can use in a swinging crib. Among these items you will see the sheets made from cotton, brushed flannel and stretch terry. The sheets are available as flat or fitted styles and usually come in packs of two.
The various cot blankets can be made of fleece, cellular cotton or a knitted cotton. The cellular style has a slight open weave to the texture to keep baby comfortable on warm days. A basic crib blanket measures about 120cm by 155cm and is made as a washable colorfast item. The online stores will also carry bedding bales or sets that will include a quilt or coverlet, a bumper for the railing and a flat and fitted sheet. Some sets may also include a matching blanket to complete the entire ensemble of bedding. All of these products are available in assorted colors and designs to match the type of room you are furnishing.
The online retailers that carry children’s clothing will also offer various outfits and sets for infants and toddlers. In addition to suits for toddlers you will find many holiday dresses for little girls. These stylish types of apparel will come in many seasonal and holiday colors. You can enhance your little boys suit be selecting one of several types of dress shirts to complete his outfit. For little girls there are several colored tights and headbands that can compliment any pretty holiday dress. To really find the largest selection of available merchandise for kids you should check out the stores online.
Making The Right Insurance Claims After Your Wedding Day
Posted by GuestPoster in Personal Finance, Uncategorized on October 7, 2010
Your relative decided to try table dancing and fell, breaking his arm. The caterer got lost and failed to deliver the food. A tornado ripped the roof off of your reception hall. All of these are instances where you’ll have insurance claims, if you have a wedding insurance policy in place. As you are well aware, wedding locations, photographers, and the like all typically carry some kind of policy. The following insurance claims advice can tell you who should cover the incident in question.
This is an insurance claim you may need to make before the day, and that is postponement or cancellation of the actual event. With hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and fires, you just never know if you’ll be affected. If so, your policy should have clauses in them that tell you what you will receive money back for and what you will not. Usually, many items won’t need to be claimed, like tuxedos, party favors, etc. because you can simply transfer them to the later date. Rescheduling and redepositing your bigger wedding aspects, like photo video, entertainment, and location will need to be claimed.
Some couples will make fraudulent insurance claims because the professional (they thought) turns out to be an amateur and their performance damages their wedding. Bad entertainment is a predominant one, along with poor photography skills. This is, of course, more of a contract issue with the company and not an insurance claims matter. If the pro fails to show, now you might get your funds back, along with the ability to sue them for more.
If you have liability insurance, personal injury insurance claims by your guests (or you, for that matter) will be covered. The thing is, most liability insurance claims might be already indemnified by your current wedding vendors, such as your wedding site and your photographer and so on. If a chandelier falls on a guest (God forbid!), the location is more responsible than you, so see what their coverage is like. You’re most likely going to be off the hook for any physical injury that may occur.
Things like wedding cancellation, damages to wedding items, and certain instances with vendors and/or the location; these accident insurance claims should be compensated. They are after all, accidents that were out of your control, just like with your car when you have to make auto accident insurance claims. Your first act before moving ahead with your own coverage, is find out how much and what kind of insurance your wedding vendors and banquet hall already have in place. What you might think are your insurance claims may not be at all!
Repairing Patio Chair Cushions At Home
Posted by GuestPoster in Home, Uncategorized on October 7, 2010
Patio chairs are not really all that comfortable if they don’t have some sort of cushion on them. We all know the cushion is there for comfort but do you know that they actually serve to protect your patio chairs as well? Patio cushions don’t last forever though, and with constant use they are bound to have wears are tears. Repairs are easy enough to do by yourself so don’t fret that its doing to cost a lot of money to get things back to their original condition. Patio furniture cushions are relatively small so repairs are minor and can be done at home with very little skill required.
In repairing your patio chair cushions you will need:
- A similar color thread (same as the cushion fabric)
- Needle
- Sharp scissors
- Iron on patches (identical or close to the cushion cover’s color)
- Iron
- Seam ripper
Steps to repair your patio chair cushion:
- Find the ripped side of the cushion and open the seam closest to it using your seam ripper
- With the seams open, take out the foam inside and lay the cloth flat (inside out)
- Put the iron-on patch on the tear and apply heat and pressure over it using the iron for a minute. Make sure there are no wrinkles before you apply the iron. You really don’t want to messy folds on your cushion cover.
- When the patch is attached to the cloth, trim it up nicely for a clean look. If done properly, your cushion cover should look perfect and the hole practically invisible.
- The iron-on patch will make your cushion cover sturdier because it’s double layered.
- Once you’re satisfied with it, you can now re apply or refill the foam that you took out a while ago. Make sure that they are uniformly distributed to avoid clumps. Clumps on seating can really be uncomfortable and should be avoided.
- Use your needle and thread to now close the seam up. Use a similar shade thread so your repair won’t look to obvious or conspicuous.
Microwave oven purchasing review
Posted by GuestPoster in Home, Uncategorized on October 7, 2010
Adding a microwave oven to my kitchen is something that I have considered for a long time, but I never did this because of the expensive rates that I would see these at when offered for sale. There was no way that I was willing to spend that much money on a microwave oven, I decided to look for one that was available in a bright red color, we recently painted our kitchen black and the red was great for matching to the stylish cabinets that were recently placed into my home. In terms of the benefits of a microwave oven, there are many things that I love about this item. The first would be the large amount of settings provided here, there is one for heating up pizza, one for cooking pop corn, one for defrosting meat based on weight and several other options that come in handy.
When you heat leftovers using the settings on this microwave oven, you will get food that tastes great. What the setting does is allow the oven to understand what you are heating and then alter the heat settings based on how the food would come out best. Using this setting means you will never get hard food, all of the moisture stays in the food and this will save you a lot of time over cooking meals for your family. Cooking a meal on an oven can take more than an hour, microwave ovens will allow you to accomplish this in much less time. Getting microwave ovens online can help you to avoid the prices that you find in stores, there are some great brands that offer low prices and additional features. These products can allow you to cook meals that taste great, you will save time and these products are not costly.
How to stop panic and anxiety attacks
Posted by GuestPoster in Health, Uncategorized on October 7, 2010
Knowing how to stop panic and anxiety attacks is very important if you suffer from this condition, you can stop them from occurring by controlling your breathing patterns and altering them to focus on relaxation. Additionally, it would help you to start thinking of images that will provide you with peace of mind, this could be a favorite animal or a loved one that brings you happiness. Once you are able to control the way that you are thinking, this will bring your feelings into control and you will be able to prevent suffering an attack. However, these techniques will not prevent them from happening in the future, you can limit them by investing in a natural treatment. There are several different options on the market including drops and pills, you need to select the product that will work best for your body.
What is important to know about natural treatments is that they are very effective, they can provide you with the cure for anxiety. However, you will not be putting anything harmful into your body and this will allow you to preserve your good health. The problem with taking medication is that you are exposing your body to chemicals that may be harmful to your health. These options are also very costly, a natural alternative is ideal because it is very cheap. Also, it will be able to provide you with the cure for anxiety. This is something that medication will be unable to do despite the high prices that you will pay. Dont trust your health to companies that ask you to put chemicals into your body, a natural cure has worked for decades and this is the best choice. Choose the natural way and you will be able to rid your life of suffering from anxiety.
The Best Garage Floor Covering
Posted by GuestPoster in Home, Uncategorized on October 6, 2010
If you are looking for a covering for your garage floor in order to make it safer or just to improve the aesthetics of the garage you have three main choices. You can use some sort of mat system, you can apply a standard floor paint or you can choose a long term solution and apply an epoxy coating. By far, if you plan to stay in your current residence for an extended period of time the best garage floor covering is going to be the epoxy because it lasts for so long.
If you plan to move relatively soon, or you are just renting, then floor mats would be a good choice. There are two options here for you to think about. First, you can buy a roll out mat that does just what the name implies. You buy the matting in a roll which is usually 10’ wide. You roll it out and if your garage is wider than ten feet, which most are, you can tape two sections together. The second method involves interlocking squares which seal the floor from any water or fluids. These are much more expensive but they last a long time and look great. Both of these style are actually anti-slip mats.
Garage floor paints will last for a while but you usually have to re-apply them every couple of years. Also, do not use a floor paint unless you apply a non-skid additive on top. This is spread out after the paint is rolled on and before it starts to dry. Without this the floor surface becomes like ice when wet.
Although these options work, you are going to be much happier if you bite the bullet and apply a good quality floor epoxy to the concrete in your garage. These coatings have been known to last for years and even a couple of decades. By far, the epoxy coating is the best garage floor covering but like the paint you absolutely must apply a non-slip additive to the top surface or your floor will be dangerous when wet.