If you’re anything like me, you live out of your purse. On any given day, my handbag is loaded to the brim with lotions, a magazine, headphones, extra batteries, my camera, seven lipglosses, fourteen pens, my day planner, three nail polishes, a nail file, a bottle of hot sauce, a box cutter, sunglasses, cough drops, tylenol, a nail file, hair ties and a full size bottle of my favorite perfume, among other things. But there are some days when a loaded handbag isn’t neccesary, so this is my list of the everyday essentials.

1. Purell. Any hand sanitizer will do but i prefer Purell because it doesn’t smell as much like alcohol as store brands. I work in retail, and on a daily basis I interact with hundreds of people, many of whom like to shake hands. Especially now, during cold and flu season, it’s important to be able to stay germ-free when soap and water may not always be available.
2. Baby Wipes- A travel size pack usually lasts a couple weeks. Baby wipes are useful for not only cleaning up messes, but for a quick refresher after a walk or for removing stains from clothing before they set.
3. Chapstick- My ultimate essential. I always have Chapstick in my pocket. It moisturizes, leaving smooth lips and a subtle shine without the sticy residue most glosses offer. Plus, with so many flavors and styles available it’s hard to believe anyone wouldn’t be able to find one that suits their fancy.
4. My cell phone- Of course. My cell phone is not only a phone, it’s my lifeline. My GPS, MP3 player, camera and computer in one. Also, if there were ever an emergency, all emergency personnel would have to do is search in my contact list under “ICE” (In Case of Emergency) and my mother and boyfriend would instantly be notified that I was in an accident.
5. A photo ID and a spare $10- Ten dollars is really all most people need in case of an emergency. I keep a photo ID also in case of an emergency, so that any emergency personnel would know who I was. Just be sure the address on the ID is current and if you use your ten dollars, replenish it asap.
6. Colgate Wisps- The new breath mint. Colgate Wisps are half toothpick, half toothbrushes that come in small packages. I like having these on hand in case I decide to enjoy that burger with extra onions for lunch.
7. A lighter- Lighters are extremely useful. I tend to keep one in my bag in case I go home and the power is out, so I can light a candle. Also useful for lighting small fires in case of emergency, and in case hand-to-hand combat arises, holding a lighter in your fist can increase the force of a punch.

To sum up, these are just a few of the essential commodities that a woman needs to carry in her handbag all the time as she may need them anytime due to unforeseen circumstances as the world is quite cruel and merciless where unscrupulous elements can be found everywhere, who are always on the prowl for innocent victims and women are their primary target most of the times. So for better measures, they should also carry luxurytastic replicas of these items with them.

This is guaranteed. I easily gain weight because I become lazy to continue the routine. This is what I do if I want to lose weight and every time, it’s a success. I started doing this in March 1998 with proper supervision from our company’s nutritionist. She asked us (my co-workers who wanted to lose weight) to keep a record of what we eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

She informed us that by walking for at least 30 minutes a day three times a week will burn calories taken from the food we ate on that day. She also lectured on what kind of food to take using her pyramid formula with liquids cereals (drink or eat most) at the bottom line, fruits, and vegs (eat more) at the lower middle, fish poultry (eat some) at upper-middle and meat fats or oil (eat less) at the top of the pyramid. She explained further that walking heats up the body and burns fats. In order to get rid of the fats quickly, we need to drink two liters (12 glasses) of liquid or water that will make us pee, thus, flushing out the fats fast.

She also recommended us coolsculpting, which is a process to lose weight. In this process, you get all the fat in your body froze and removed. You will see instant results as you try CoolSculpting Inner Thighs Before and After, making this process quite useful.

With that information and knowing what our body needs to burn calories and fats, I developed my own technique and strategy taking into consideration that what I need is only to heat up my body to burn calories and flush the fats out. The first thing that came into my mind was to burn calories fast. If I could burn the calories I took on that day by walking for 30 minutes, why not walk for one hour? So, I did. If what I need is to heat up my body to burn more calories, why not take a shot of brandy or a glass of wine or a bottle of beer in addition to hot tea (part of the 12 glasses of liquid)? So, I did. My technique was a success and I am sharing this with the public.

Before you start doing this, have your blood chemistry taken and checked reflecting the levels of your blood sugar, cholesterol, uric acid, etc. Keep the record and have it checked again after one month of doing the following:

1. Walk at least 30mins a day (every day). This burns the calories you took the whole day regardless of what you’ve eaten. This routine is perfect for maintaining the desired weight.
2. Walk for one hour a day (every day). This will burn the calories you took the whole day, including what you’ve taken yesterday (this one should be your choice, it’s the best). You can spend one to two hours of walking when you go shopping or have 30mins of walking in the morning and another 30mins in the afternoon.
3. Drink two liters of liquid daily (12 glasses). Hot tea or green tea is the best. Remember that drinking cold water will solidify the fats in your body and would be difficult to flush out. The liquid will flush out the fats in your body when you pee faster than sweating it out.
4. When you eat meat, make sure you eat only the size that’s as big and as thin as the palm of your hand and only eat this once a day (preferably during lunchtime).
5. Drink one or two shots (only) of brandy or a glass of wine or a bottle of beer before you sleep (every night). This heats up your body and melts the fats you’ve accumulated.

Have your blood chemistry taken and checked again after one month and compare the results. Continue doing the above-cited routine for three months and always have your blood chemistry checked after each month. The levels of your uric acid, cholesterol, blood sugar, etc. should become normal after three months.

If you continue doing this, your body will eventually develop burning cells that would automatically burn fats and calories. However, you should also remember what food will make your sugar, cholesterol and uric acid levels high. I’ve given you the “tips”, the rest is yours. Good luck!

My first gaming experience dates back to the Nintendo Entertainment System original release date. I was fortunate enough to have a seriously rich and spoiled friend who always got things that he wanted. I guess you can say that he was rude only towards his parents, because we all really liked him back in the days, and still do. When the original NES came out on the market, we were all aware of the fact that there was something special in that small thing, but at that time we did not know what to expect. Together with the console, some featured titles also came along- among which was that edge breaking, revolutionary video game; The original Super Mario Bros. 

First contact with a home video game console

Because of the fact this “Richie Rich of mine” was also my first neighbor, I had the chance to be around when he started unboxing it. We were both so psyched that our hands were shaking like crazy. Once his old man connected the NES to his CRT TV, he left the room so that the two of us can get familiar with our new toy. However, after we had inserted the cartridge (back then we did not know that it’s called that ofc.) inside the Nintendo, we forgot to clamp it down, expecting the game to start. Those five minutes of additional annoyance and aggression were unnecessary, but we got it clamped down properly, and the game started! What we had experienced at that moment was out of this world, and we both talked about that particular moment every once in a while today. The completely “fluent graphics”, excellent control scheme, somehow we were aware of all of these important gameplay features that make a game feel and play as it should. The moment that made me excel in my gaming career was the point when my friend got really annoying, criticizing my gameplay style, how I should have jumped over that instead of under something else and so on, the regular JIBBA JABBA (quoting Jack Sparrow). It gave me that awesome feeling that pushes you forward, beating everything in your way, not listening to others and, in the and, bring the kudos. I always came on top of my friends in the early days of video games and I loved being the best in my neighborhood!

Video games are not what they used to be

During my gaming career, I was stuck with Nintendo consoles, as I was not able to own two or more gaming systems, let alone a whole library of games for each of them. During my childhood and adolescence, I started to realize the tendency which directed the whole gaming industry. When the Nintendo 64 got announced, I found that to be a rather silly name for a gaming console. If only I knew how much of that 64 bits nonsense will have an impact on the future of the gaming industry. Today it is hard for me to find a game on those new consoles which could “plant me” in front of my TV for at least a few hours. Because of that I always have a feeling that I’m getting back to my gaming roots, mainly the 8-bit and 16-bit gems I’ve experienced. After all this experience I can safely say that Minecraft is one of the best games these days. With constant updates on https://www.inversegamer.com/best-minecraft-seeds/ and best shaders for minecraft everyone will love the game because of its intense storyline and fun. 

I know a woman who recently took a trip to Mexico to have a surgery designed to help her lose weight. Her husband said the clinic, across the border from Texas, was full of American women having similar procedures. These low cost surgeries were being performed in a facility that looked over a century old with furnishings and equipment much older than expected. But that didn’t keep patients from flocking to the Mexican border clinic, and many others which are heavily advertised online.

Some facilities in Mexico are newer and outfitted with more modern equipment, and crossing the border is extremely popular for a number of reasons. Some go outside the United States in order to save money on their surgery, some to avoid pre-surgical dietary requirements common in the U.S. and others to escape age restrictions or other boundaries to bariatric surgery at home.

Mexican bariatric surgery is no quick fix

From what I understand, the woman I know had her procedure done in Mexico simply to avoid some of the pre-surgical dietary requirements standard in the United States. Bariatric procedures such as the lap band, the gastric sleeve or gastric bypass can require a radical change in the way a patient eats after surgery. I have a friend who had gastric bypass nearly a decade ago, and she had to completely retrain herself to eat different foods in much different quantities.

The popular lap band procedure requires patients to change the way they consume fluids, refraining from drinking with their meals. It also requires that they avoid foods with high fat, sugar or carbohydrate contents after the procedure – the very foods that are often too much a part of an obese person’s diet before surgery. The alternative gastric sleeve procedure requires patients to limit themselves to small portions and a low daily caloric intake of around 800 calories a day for the first year after surgery. If patients are not compliant, they risk gaining back any weight they lose and more.

Other factors to consider

Even if you are sure you can be compliant with the dietary restrictions placed on you after a bariatric procedure, there are other factors to consider before having such a surgery outside the United States. Your insurance may not cover complications arising from an unapproved surgery obtained outside your home country. You also may not find a doctor willing to take the risk of maintaining your lap band appliance or reworking a bad surgery if you encounter problems after the fact.

If you are battling obesity, the advertisements for Mexican bariatric surgery may be appealing. But study all the facts. If you can maintain the type of diet that you will be required after the surgery, maybe you don’t even need the procedure in order to start losing weight. And if you can’t, many bariatric procedures are likely to fail anyway. Consider the risks before you go under the knife, especially in a country not your own. But if you are the surgeon, on your part, it is important that you find means on how you can effectively inform your possible patients. Looking to promote your plastic surgery practice should be holistic and informative so your clients will be totally aware of the things that they need to know.

Selling is the main skill you have to apply if you are going to generate more income for your business, and this applies online, too. The truth is that a lot of people hate selling. Sales copy is actually needed to persuade the reader to make a purchase, to ask for information about a service or product. Basically, it is aimed to encourage the reader to take an immediate action.

You have to put yourself in the potential customer’s shoes before starting to write down a sales copy. Your sales copy is like an individual letter trying to convince your prospect to purchase your product or service from you.

Since you are going to write your own sales copy, you may want to follow the AIDA (Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action) model.

Get Their Attention

You can do this with an attractive headline that will get your reader’s attention instantly and your readers will keep reading the rest of the sales copy

Get Their Interest

Your sales copy should actually keep your the reader involved, engaged from one paragraph to another comfortably.

Create Desire

At this point, you must tell your readers how exactly he/she will benefit from your product.

Call to Action

Don’t presume that your readers know what to do next. You may want to ask your readers to take certain actions.

Now, I will cover each and every element of sales copy in details.

Headline

You must have a headline at the beginning of the sales copy, because this is the first thing your reader is going to look at. Your headline must be catchy so that it will grab the attention of your readers.

Sub-headlines

This part should summarize your sales copy and emphasize more on the benefits.

Addressing the problem

You can start by telling the story of your reader’s problems, how frustrating it is and then slowly uncovering the solution.

Reveal your benefit

Tell your readers how they will benefits from your product or service. Don’t just mention the features of your product, please emphasize more on benefits.

Better still, learn about the benefits of sales tracking software yourself and then relay it to your customers as that will enhance your skills and you can do better at handling customers.

Give testimonials

Build your credibility and trust in the eyes of the reader by showing some testimonials from your current customers.

Make some final offer

The best offer is usually an irresistible offer, price, terms, guarantee and gift.

Call to action

You sales copy must guide them to fax you, call you, or click the order button on your webpage.

Extra notes

You may want to use P.S. to emphasize more on your irresistible offer, benefits and your guarantee. Give the reader the most compelling reason why they must purchase your product or service.

That’s all the 8 elements you must apply into your sales copy. One thing you must know is no matter how good your product, if you cannot communicate that to your potential buyers, and convince them to buy your product, you will not make it.

You don’t have to be a professional writer to produce sales copy that work. All you need to know is how to sell to people.

There are times when one must just let everything go and spend some time at a spa being pampered and fawned over. This summer I spent some time at such a place in Encinitas, California, at a place called Bergamot Spa and Boutique. My cousin, sister and I booked ourselves to receive massages, a girl’s day out that included shopping, getting pampered and fondue.

To say that the Bergamot Spa and Boutique is beautiful is an understatement. Tucked away in a tiny shopping center filled with unique and one-of-kind boutiques, this is a full service medical spa that provides immediate appeal with its quiet, tropical decor and friendly attendants. While it doesn’t have the polish or the poshness of saying a Las Vegas or Beverly Hills spa, it possessed the one thing that is necessary for a successful spa experience: tranquility. The main spa building itself is not very large, as it is where the legendary pedicures are given and also serves as a waiting room, reception area and small coffee area. The best and biggest surprise, though, about the spa has to do with what is beyond a pair of double doors to the right of the reception desk. Beyond those doors lies a place that is a part Japanese garden, part secret garden.

When one is being personally led by their masseuse, who comes to meet and greet you at the reception desk, one is struck by the thought that he or she has just been transported to a place that only exists in dreams. The spa has several tiny, one-room cottages where the massages take place, and as a client soon discovers, one has to step over a miniature bridge covering a babbling brook complete with darting goldfish swimming around in order to get to your personal cottage. It is with delight and wonder that a client sees all of the lush, blooming grasses, tall trees, and soft groundcover, along with the explosion of color offered by way of exotic-looking flowers. The smell alone was incredible and intoxicating. Everything in this secluded garden was shrouded in privacy and automatically puts a client at ease.

The Caribbean-like cottages are done in darkly-stained woods with weathered doors and windows placed high for extra privacy. Inside is the regulation massage table with crisp white sheets and softly flowing music that one cannot seem to place as sounds of nature or as a recording. As the experienced masseuse worked my limbs and muscles with deft hands and fingers, all the tension that had been building up and stored in my back and other various places, melted away. Halfway through, the masseuse asked me to roll over, and discreetly held the top sheet to ensure total privacy, and began to work on the other half of me. As I drifted into that place where one is not totally asleep and still somewhat aware of one’s surroundings, I thanked the stars for gifted massage therapists.

As my hour of the “Bergamot Massage” came to a close, I had a sense of utter peace wash over me, ridding me of the last of my tensions and worries. My masseuse quietly told me to take my time getting dressed and savoring my relaxation, which I did as I slowly got dressed and powdered my nose. My cousin and sister wore equally happy, relaxed expressions when I met them in the waiting area and as we paid the bill, all of us agreed that it was money well spent.

The spa also offers products one can purchase such as Lotus Love Beauty, Epicuren and Pure Fiji, which all smell like the inside of ripe fruit or a summer flower. So, if you are ever in the area, try out the Bergamot Spa and Boutique, where one can come away relaxed and renewed.

Ingrown hairs can be both unsightly and painful. Ingrown hair is a condition where the hair grows into the skin. This can cause an infection of the hair follicle and cause unattractive razor bumps on your legs, underarms, bikini and anywhere else you shave. There are numerous products on the market today that claim to help with ingrown hairs. I’ve tried a lot of these products but with little results. Many of these products claim to keep ingrown hairs at bay, but many just simply cause irritation or just moisturize the skin the way any cream would do. So what do you do?

I often have problems with ingrown hairs on my legs. I find myself shaving up to three times a week to keep my legs smooth. Because of my constant shaving, I get back ingrown hairs on my legs. My underarms are the same way. I shave to keep my underarms smooth, but I’m plagued with ingrown hairs that are uncomfortable. Very rarely will the follicles get infected, but I’ve had it happen before. It’s both unsightly and painful. Not to mention, they’re extremely hard to get rid of too. I’ve tried numerous products before to help with ingrown hair too. Some products have worked, but others have just fallen flat and haven’t worked at all. Some have even irritated my sensitive skin. Recently, I decided I wanted to try to find a new product to help with ingrown hairs.

While browsing one of my favorite websites, BlissWorld.com, I came across several Bliss products that help with ingrown hairs. There are different products to choose from if you want help with ingrown hairs. One of the products that caught my eye was the Bliss Get Out of Hair Moisturizing Milk in a 6 oz. bottle. The product claims a lot. It says that it helps delay hair regrowth, exfoliates the skin to help keep ingrown hairs at bay, and sooths skin after shaving. I decided to purchase a bottle of the Bliss Get Out of Hair Moisturizing Milk for $10.50, reduced from $35, from the Bliss website.

When I received the Bliss Get Out of Hair Moisturizing Milk, I immediately began using it. In order for it to work, you have to follow the directions exactly. You have to apply it after shaving or waxing and then once/twice daily after that. The first thing I noticed was how good the product smelled. It doesn’t smell like harsh chemicals at all. It also goes on smoothly with no gritty feeling, which surprised me because it says it exfoliate. I thought it was as effective as silk hair removal and that it can actually deliver best results to my hair.

After using the first time, I noticed that there weren’t any ingrown hairs on my legs at all, and the product actually did slow the grow of my hair on my legs. Ever since using the product, I’ve only had to shave twice a week instead of three times. The Bliss Get Out of Hair Moisturizing Milk also keeps my legs amazingly smooth and supple. My skin just feels flat out amazing.

Overall, I would rate Bliss Get Out of Hair Moisturizing Milk a 5/5. For $10.50, you simply can’t beat the price. Not only this, but it really helps with ingrown hairs and stubble. It also slows hair growth amazingly! I would recommend this product to anyone who shaves or waxes their bikini area, underarms, or legs on a regular basis!

I’m sure that if you have a computer and the Internet, you have probably heard of Facebook. It’s one of the biggest phenomenons since the Internet itself. It could even be the biggest phenomenon since the Internet, There have been other social-networking sites such as MySpace, but none has ever seen as much public attention as Facebook. Since Facebook’s creation in 2004, it has sparked two lawsuits, two books, and one of those books even led to a feature film that grossed about $225 million at the box office. If you ask me, Facebook is more than just an ordinary social networking site.

Facebook is most people’s first and only social networking site. The other is probably Twitter, if they have another. It’s important to note that Facebook was not the first ever social networking site available. In fact, it’s possible that social networking could have been invented in the 1980s. In 1985, Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant founded The WELL, which is considered the first ever social networking site. To think that Mark Zuckerberg (The creator of Facebook) was only a few months old at the time. I wasn’t even born yet.

My biggest question is that if there were so many social networking sites before Facebook, then what made it so special? Why is it that a social networking site created in 2004, 19 years after the first social networking site made it so big to the point where it’s creator now has a net worth of more than $13 billion? It seems to just have grabbed hold of so many people. Even I have fallen under Facebook’s curse. I just can’t stop using it. Around 700,000 new people join the website every day. What makes Facebook so alluring? It could be because it has taken social networking to the next level. Mark planned on it being the college experience online. You can see pictures, status updates, chat with friends, it’s like Facebook is your life on the Internet. Your name, birthday, your favorite things, where you go, what you do, it’s just amazing. Maybe that’s why it would be so hard for people to lose it.

I feel like for many people, if they lost Facebook, it could be like they were losing part of their own life. I have some friends who constantly update their Facebook status to the point where they get annoying. I always wonder if one of the days they’ll update when they go to the bathroom, take a shower or eat breakfast. I would possibly consider this a serious disorder if people feel obliged to check their Facebook’s and set status. When the status on the Facebook and Instagram will be good, then the account will get instagram views. Along with the natural, there can be purchasing of the views from online sites.

The reason I wrote this article was to wake people up. People need to realize that Facebook is becoming an addictive website. I will admit that sometimes it’s extremely useful. Like during the Tsunami in Japan, people were able to find out if their loved one’s were OK. Or people like my mother have found friends that she hasn’t spoken to in more than 10 or 20 years. So basically I’m not saying that Facebook is bad. I really like Facebook, I just don’t want people to become so addicted to it like a drug. It could lead to many problems.