Save Bucks On Beauty Basics

Save Bucks On Beauty Basics

By Tiffany Kennedy

"You don't have to be rich to be beautiful,"-now where have we heard that before? Many women often spend way too much on beauty products and it just isn't necessary.

Here are some tips on looking glamorous and beautiful without being rich.

The best way to save lots of money on the beauty basics you love is to forget names and labels. If you could read the ingredient labels on the $25.00 and then the five dollar mascara, you'd probably see an almost identical listing. You could save twenty dollars on often used beauty items by ignoring the expensive label and choosing comparative, but inexpensive labeled products.

If you're still shopping for the high dollar labels to splurge on then you can spend those dollars on essential or specific need beauty products. These would be items such as foundation for sensitive skin or moisturizer for extra-dry skin types.

Having a manicure or pedicure professionally done at the salon is a real treat. Of course if saving money is an important goal too you may want to do this pampering at home or with a few of your friends. It's okay to use the professionals occasionally but you can do your own minor mani-pedi touchups and save a lot of money in between splurging.

You can also save a few bucks by using your own waxing kit for home use. Doing your own home waxing is way more cost efficient than that bi-weekly trek to the salon.

What about those expensive hair cuts? Of course nobody would suggest you do your own cuts and styles, but you can have a really good beauty treatment on your hair for less if you have a beauty school in your town.

Hair maintenance is also a huge money pit with the fluffing, curling, straightening products that we spend money on. You can spend hundreds of dollars at the beauty salon or beauty supply shop but you don't really need to. Finding great hair products to sleek hair or control frizz is in abundance at your local retail stores or drugstores and many have the same ingredients and work just as well as those expensive ones. You can spend a lot of money on hair maintenance products but why would you? The thrifty wise products are just as good and smell just as great.

There are many ways to save lots of money on looking good. You don't have to be rich to be beautiful but you can sure look like you are and still pocket the savings.

Tiffany Kennedy has been an online, freelance writer of hundreds of articles and several blogs in a number of niches. For more money saving tips on beauty products visit her blog: http://beautydealsbargains.blogspot.com

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Sardarji Bank Loan Joke - Latest Jokes on Sardar - New Sardar Jokes - Sardar Jokes

 Sardarji Bank Loan Joke - Latest Jokes on Sardar - New Sardar Jokes - Sardar Jokes

A sardarji walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks andneeds to borrow $5,000.

The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan, so the man hands over the keys to a new Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the man returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, "We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"

Sardarji replied, "Where else in New York can I park my car for two weeks for 15 bucks?"

Silver Bracelets - Always In Vogue!

Author: mwj

Women's preference for jewelry is not always the same. It changes in line with the likes of celebrities. But, one thing that never goes out of style is silver bracelets! My Wedding Jewelry offers a cool collection of silver bracelets that'll take your breath away!

Celebrities set the newest fashion trends and women like to emulate those trends to look fresh in fashion. The fashion world is always on the roll and new trends keep replacing the old ones, just like how slim necklaces replaced the heavy ones! But, there's one thing that never goes out of style, and it's the all time favorite silver bracelets. Sterling silver charm bracelets give the spark and glimmer of any expensive metal and at the same time fit your funds comfortably!

If an evening party is just around the corner and you're still perplexed with the jewelry accessories, then a silver bracelet would do just fine. Silver bracelets add a touch of style and charm to your outfit, be it traditional or modern!

Women's everyday jewelry is very essential to look pleasant. But, too much of it can prove to be a disaster. On those occasions where a minimum jewelry is enough to catch attention, you can go for single stranded silver cuff bracelets along with a matching silver chain and earrings. But, these simple silver bracelets cannot do the magic on grand occasions like wedding ceremonies or evening parties. On such occasions opt for something majestic like a multi stranded silver cuff bracelets with a series of pearls or rhinestone trimmings!

Even if silver jewelry can complement your outfit without a flaw, putting on jewelry in the same color as your dress can be a little more delightful. If you are looking for such colorful silver jewelry, then go for silver bracelets embossed with turquoise, emerald, or any other colored gem!

While choosing silver bracelets or any bracelet for that matter, make sure you go for a perfectly fitting one. If it's a loose fitting bracelet, then it can slip from your wrist. To avoid such instances, stretch bracelets are the perfect choice. They are neither too tight, nor too wobbly, and can stretch a little to give you the perfect fit! You can find all these pieces and many more styles of Sterling silver charm bracelets at My Wedding Jewelry!

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SUS

Veveriţele
Sărind de pe o picătură pe alta
Urcă prin ploaie pînă la coroana
Norului întunecos.

Aşa aş vrea
Pe gîndurile mele
Să urc pînă sus de tot,
Unde e posibilă liniştea,
Pentru că viaţa şi moartea s-ar întîmpla
Mai jos de mine,
Ca ploaia sub nor.


UP

The squirrels
Jumping from one drop to another
Climb  up to the crown
Of the dark cloud.

So I would like
On my thoughts
To climb to the top,
Where the peace is possible,
Because life and death would occur
Below me
As the rain under the cloud.

No end to old age and death (stating the obvious once again)

There has been an uptick in suicide amongst middle-aged women in recent years. Studies are being conducted. . .sigh. I think the answers to "why?" are so obvious as to be ridiculous. Hmmm. . .let's think for a second and come up with a few:

Not being young is seen by this society as a pathology, not a fact of life. This pathology can be fixed with plastic surgery, injections, and by "miracle creams."If we do not fix it (being old and looking old) we should be unhappy.

Menopause. How come nobody talks about this? Menopause obviates the fact that we are, in fact, dying. Yet, we do not discuss this fact of life. We do not openly discuss the realities of what menopause does to our bodies nor how it makes our bodies feel. It is a private matter, not fit for public discussion. Sadly, this cultural secret keeping causes a lot of personal suffering, and I'd venture to say that many women who are going through menopause feel scared, uncomfortable, sad, and wouldn't mind talking about their feelings. The treatment is usually hormone replacement therapy, and if one has any feelings about the experience,  it will be suggested you see a mental health professional. Our minds and bodies are treated as if they are separate entities, having little to do with one another. At the same time, we are being told that mental health issues are now diseases. Is this all a bit crazy making? Yes.

Positive role models for women of experience and wisdom are few and far between, the exception, not the rule.

Too many women wind up alone at middle age. The amount of women I know and have known who have partners who are now with women significantly younger than they are is noticeable. What message does this give us? I don't have to spell it out.

I don't want to make it seem as if aging is not an issue for men. It is. Facing the realities of aging, the aches and pains, illnesses, our bodies not being able to do what they once did as well or as easily or as quickly (or not at all), and finally realizing, that yes, we are going to die, well, at some point we come face-to-face with that, all of us.

Though a painful reality of being a human being, we are becoming so removed from death that it has become increasingly terrifying for people, in my estimation. Our health care model is one where where everything is done to extend life for as long as possible, instead of helping people come to terms with change.

We accept it as a fact that aging is a bad thing. It is not. The wisdom that can come with experience is invaluable, but we have devalued it. There is nothing inherently disgusting, horrible, or ugly about having wrinkles, or saggier skin. We have been told that it is indeed a fact that the signs of age should be abhorrent, for they are signs of impending death, and the loss of virility and fecundity. As we are both body and mind, believing that being miserable, horrified, repulsed (etc.) is simply logical is simply not logical.

As I write this, I know that I, too, have been brainwashed into believing all of this. The logical part of me says, "No!" to all the negative messages this society has ingrained in me, but another part of me indeed does agree as I step into the shower each morning, or reach for that bottle of hair dye. I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror by accident and shudder inside.

I see beautiful middle-aged and older women every day. I want to ask them how they feel, but it is a private matter. What  a shame.

Image note: Hans Memling "Portrait of an Old Woman" c. 1470-72

I originally posted a photograph of Joan Rivers, but she's too easy a target. Women like her are not the problem; they have a problem, as she says, “Plastic surgery has everything to do with how a person feels about him or herself. There is no such thing as too much." Sadly, tabloids show photographs of folks like Joan Rivers, and compare them to people who use plastic surgery in in "appropriate" moderate ways. A little Botox, one facelift, a nose job. . .that's okay.

My mother had a facelift a year before she died. I can imagine that in ten year's time, if she had lived, she would have wanted or needed another, if she hadn't started to come to terms with the fact that she had "lost her looks", as we say. Could she have become comfortable with not having her looks be as important as she thought they were? Yes, her looks were very important to her, but if she had had a role in life where her insides were as important as her outside, this may not have been the case.

LEE PACE IS ELVEN KING IN "THE HOBBIT"! FUN TRAILER FOR "WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER" WITH CHRIS EVANS & ANNA FARIS! WOODY HARRELSON IN "HUNGER GAMES"?

Oooh, what better way to start a working week than with some stunning epic fantasy news :) As you know, Peter Jackson is still

casting some new people for the roles in the mammoth production of THE HOBBIT, to add them to the long list of many actors who already played in LORD OF THE RINGS. The latest name to appear on the list, the news which Jackson announced yesterday at Facebook, is Lee Pace, whom we love heaps, and who will take the role of the Elven King Thranduil. You already know that HOLLYWOOD SPY adored Lee Pace in Tarsem's stunning fantasy film THE FALL, and Peter Jackson admits that he fell in love with Lee's acting in that film as well and that he saw him as Elven king immediately. I'm overly happy! :)

SHORT HEADLINES *R.L. Stine's kids novel IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ... FOREVER will be made into a film about a boy who discovers that his second day of school is exactly

like the first day, which was actually the worst day of his life. He keeps reliving the horrible day until he can figure out a way out of this recurring nightmare. *According to fresh rumors, Chris Evans' Captain America will have a different costume in THE AVENGERS from the one he will wear this summer in his solo movie. *New updates from the HUNGER GAMES film adaptation front: Woody Harrelson could take the role of the head gamemaker Seneca Crane while Stanley Tucci could play President Coriolanus Snow. Lenny Cravitz is also mentioned as the possible addition to the cast.

Here's an adorable trailer for WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER with adorable Anna Faris and the actors we absolutely adore Chris

Evans, Zachary Quinto (HEROES) and David Annable (BROTHERS AND SISTERS). This lovely comedy which premieres this September also stars the new Hobbit Martin Freeman and is based on the best selling book by Karyn Bosnak about a young woman who treks through her sexual past to find Mr. Right, exploring the idea of sexual quotas and whether such numbers matter. While visiting her old boyfriends to see whether one of her old flames was actually the fire of her life, she will actually discover that love most usually sits somewhere right in front of our noses and that finding it doesn't require analysis but open eyes.

Reason for Lack of Updates

For starters I just want to apologize for the lack of updates again but a lot has happened in the past two weeks that I didn't feel I had to state here since it's very personal. But since I have a few people who leave ignorant and anonymous comments criticizing me, I just wanted them to know that my fiancé's grandmother died and this week was both her wake and funeral. It was unexpected and very heartbreaking. To top it off, and the reason for my further delay in posting, after her funeral brunch we found out that his aunt on his other side passed away as well. So I hope these two extremely horrible events are justification enough for those of you who feel the need to constantly be critical. Sorry for sounding mean and heartless, but I just can't help feeling a bit disappointed with some of the comments and emails I have gotten recently. I didn't forget about the blog, but my life does not revolve around the computer. I do have a family and a fiancé and I'm sorry but these personal issues are much more important to me than anything. Excuse me again for the rant, but this is getting a bit ridiculous.