Do you sometimes have that feeling, when you look into the mirror, that attractiveness is for other people?
We all have a bad day when we feel vulnerable; one of those days when all you want to do is to hide away until you’ve made peace with the reflection in the mirror. Bad days happen to the best of us. But they are not without consequences. Indeed, it’s hard to stand for yourself when your inner critic is stuck on a loop of ugliness. Attractive people never have self-doubts, you tell yourself. But that’s where you’re wrong. Attractiveness is in all of us, and that includes you even on your bad days. You need to find your way back to the real you.
There’s no denying it; you’re not going to feel at your most sensual when you’re wearing a pair of oversized joggers. What you wear plays a significant role in how you think. Feeling attractive is all about choosing a delicate lingerie set that revive your inner femme fatale. After all, you have to dress the part! It’s up to you whether you prefer a cheeky babydoll with a bow or a pair of alluring French knickers. There’s a moment when you have to give your mind a chance to look at yourself from the right angle, and that includes buying the clothes that make you feel like a woman.
They look after their body
Your body is a temple. You’ve heard the saying countless times before, but you’ve never really thought it through. There’s a double meaning to the temple imagery. Indeed, it means that you need to treat your body with the utmost respect, in terms of how you feed it and look after it. But it also means that, like a temple, it has the potential to shine – aren’t temples filled with the most delicate decorations? If you’re the kind of person who lives primarily on takeaway and goes to bed without removing their makeup, the chances are that the temple might be in need of repair works! But ensuring you give your body the vitamins and minerals it needs to stay strong and healthy and that you protect your skin, you’re guaranteed to feel like a goddess!
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One of the biggest questions I receive is people wondering what is the best age to start taking care of your skin.
Skin is the largest organ we have and taking care of it starts from the day you were born.
The day you were born…
Gentle soaps and lotions are used on babies to hydrate and protect. Think of it this way… Your skin has been nourished since day one.
Terrible teen years…
Being a teen is rough on skin. Hormones are raging and marching across your face. Breakouts from poor diets and poor makeup can wreak havoc on our complexion. Introducing a good gentle cleansing program can be beneficial. Washing with honey and water can help clear up acne since honey had natural antibacterial properties.
Ah, twenties…
The twenties are for learning a lot about life. That includes learning what to eat and taking care of yourself. You become aware of the millions of makeup products that are available and have a top drawer full of them to prove it. Most important thing to remember is to clean your face. Use fragrance-free makeup wipes or cleanser before you go to bed. Sleep helps cells regenerate. And a clean face will allow your cells to do their job properly. Don’t forget to clean your makeup brushes as well. Bacteria grows fast, and you don’t want to slather bacteria all over your skin.
Moving towards your thirties…
Photo By Shy Hayman
By your late twenties/early thirties, you should have a solid skin regimen. Cells are slowing down, which makes it harder for skin to bounce back like it used to. Using natural products like Nakin anti-aging eye treatment and lip balm can help skin stay plump without harmful ingredients. The eye cream is silky, not greasy. The lip balm is minty and cool, not sticky and dry. Natural products can be extremely helpful in maintaining healthy skin.
Over forty-plus and fabulous…
Collagen loss is a major issue after a certain point in life. A healthy diet can help boost collagen reproduction. Bone broth, B vitamins and amino acids can be a secret weapon against prematurely aging. As for skin care products, adding moisture to your skin is a must. Products with hyaluronic acid is a good way to hydrate.
Correction of skin issues are mostly possible. The most important thing to remember is, improvement takes time. Don’t get discouraged if using a product for a few weeks and you don’t see a change. Some products can make skin worse before it becomes better. This is the process of ‘purging’. Side note: purge can take about three months.
So, what is the best age to start taking care of your skin? I say, the best time to start taking care of your skin is when you ask yourself that question. And the first step to protecting your skin from aging poorly is to invest in sunscreen for your face. Your future skin will thank you for it.
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Over recent years, home energy efficiency has become a major talking point, with more and more people seeking tips that can help keep their bills – and their home’s impact on the environment – as low as possible. As tends to happen when a topic becomes popular, the good advice tends to be joined by a few myths that can potentially stymy people’s ability to actually improve the energy efficiency of their home as a whole. Below, we’ve outlined a few of these myths, so you know which measures aren’t worth your time – and which ones are.
MYTH: Hand washing dishes is preferable to using a dishwasher
It’s claimed that there are two benefits to hand washing over using a dishwasher. The first is related to the energy needed to heat the water for washing; according to the myth, less hot water is needed to wash dishes by hand, and thus less energy needs to be used to heat that water. The second is in terms of the water itself, with the myth suggesting that dishwashers use more water than people generally use to hand-wash, which means dishwashers increase water waste. Neither point, however, is accurate – dishwashers are the more efficient choice, by every metric, every time.
MYTH: Black radiators are preferable to white radiators when it comes to heating your home
If you were to leave two shirts, one black and one white, out in the sun for an hour, the black one would be much hotter to the touch than the white – so this myth does have a basis in scientific fact. However, the difference is in the type of heat; in our example, it’s thermal heat that makes the black shirt feel hotter, but radiators primarily produce convective heat – which colors do not impact. While radiators do produce some thermal heat, it’s not significant enough for you to see any real benefits from black radiators. If you paint a white radiator black than you might see tiny benefits due to the extra layer of insulation, but it’s not significant enough to be worth going out of your way for – if you like the idea of black radiators as a design feature, then go for it, but doing so won’t make an appreciable difference to your heating bills.
MYTH: It’s better to leave your home heating on all day rather than turn it off and on continually
This myth would make sense if everyone lives in a hermetically-sealed property where it was impossible for internally-heated air to escape – but no one does live in such a property. Our homes are losing energy all the time, which means that if the heat is left on all day, then heat is being lost all day too. It is far preferable to turn your heat on and off as and when needed.
MYTH: Use plastic wrap to cover windows and prevent heat from escaping
Around 25% of a property’s heat is lost through the windows, so this myth seems to pose a sensible solution to this problem – simply use plastic wrap to add an extra layer of insulation but without preventing natural daylight from entering the room. However, the benefits of doing this are negligible, it’s unsightly, and plastic wrap at all is less than ideal from an environmental standpoint. Realistically, modern double-glazed windows that have been properly installed and are well-maintained are always the best way to prevent heat loss via the windows in your home.
So what does work?
All of the myths developed for a reason: because people want to make their home more efficient and cut their energy bills, especially over the winter months. The fact that the above myths have been busted doesn’t change the fact that people still want to see the benefits of a more efficient home – so it’s worth discussing the measures that can actually make an appreciable difference in this regard.
Most of the principles of good energy efficiency will be familiar to most; there’s simply no magic remedy that will slash bills and cut energy usage dramatically. Instead, focus on the fundamentals:
Ensure that your home is adequately insulated
Replace old or damaged windows to help retain heat in your home
Keep the thermostat as low as is comfortable and safe
Swap your conventional light bulbs for LEDs
Turn the lights off when a room is not in use
Unplug devices rather than leaving them on standby
The above methods can really help to keep your home as energy efficient as possible, so you can set the myths aside and focus on achieving tangible results.
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As a general rule, people try to be pretty sensible with their money. In today’s economy, money isn’t the kind of thing that any of us can afford to throw around. Unless you’re in a very privileged position, your money is something that you’ll want to take good care of and not waste. That being said, there are always ways in which you might not be handling your money quite as well as you would like. Of course, this definitely applies to some places far more than others. With that in mind, here are some of the most common places where you might be spending more money that you want to be.
Your home
Your home is likely to be the most expensive thing that you own. Which makes it all the more important that you do your best to bring the cost of running your home down. Luckily, there are plenty of ways you can do just that. If something goes wrong with one of your appliances then contacting someone like Appliance Repair Whirlpool to get it fixed instead of replacing it is going to be a far cheaper option. Not only that but simple things like reducing your energy usage is a great way to bring your regular bills way down.
Entertainment
Most of us use many of the stellar, and fairly cheap, streaming services that are currently available like Netflix. These services are fantastic as they allow you to pick from a huge library of titles, both old and new. That makes it that much more ridiculous that so many people still pay for standard television. A lot of streaming services are available for specific TV channels to catch up on stuff you’ve missed anyway so there is no reason to bother with standard television anymore. Do you really want to shell out extra money just so you have to TV on a fixed schedule instead of whenever you want?
Transport
When trying to find the right car, it’s shocking how many people tend to ignore the mileage that they can get out of it. Of course, there are plenty of important factors when choosing a car, but you really don’t want to neglect the average miles-per-gallon. It might not seem like something especially important, but that cost will start to add up over time. If you’re not in a position to switch to a more economical car right now, consider carpooling to work. By doing that you can split transport costs down the middle, saving you a lot of money.
The reality is that spending money we don’t want is just an inevitable part of living in the modern world. The key is to make sure that you put as much effort into taking the best car possible of your finances so that you don’t wind up in trouble. Simple things like reducing your spending and giving yourself a safety net by putting money in a savings account can make a huge difference and let you get on with your life.
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If you’ve ever moved house, you’ll know that while it’s exciting, it can also be incredibly stressful, especially if you’re moving with kids. With these easy tips, you can make moving a lot easier on you and the rest of the family and take out a lot of the stress.
Plan out some meals for the last few days before you move house. Emptying out the freezer before you move can mean you end up eating some odd combos for dinner if you don’t think ahead. To dodge eating dinner that combines oven chips and old leftovers that nobody can remember the origin of, go through the freezer and see what kind of meals you can organise to use up the last of the food without resorting to eating strange combinations.Â
For the first few days after the move, be prepared by stocking the fridge and freezer with some pre-prepared meals or microwave dinners that are fast to get ready. When you’ve been unpacking boxes for hours, you’ll be grateful for a quick, tasty dinner that’s a lot cheaper and healthier than ordering another takeaway.
Clear out old stuff as you pack up your house. We all end up with a lot of stuff, especially with children. A declutter can be very satisfying and lets you start fresh. As you’re packing up, sell, donate or throw out the things you don’t want or need anymore, instead of just moving them to your new home. As an added advantage, you’ll have less stuff to fit into the moving van. Host a garage sale to sell some of it, and make back some of the costs of moving.Â
Buy a tape gun. Setting up your packing boxes and sealing them up when they’re full will be much faster and simpler if you use a tape gun, which can save you a lot of time and frustration.Â
Label each of your packed boxes with a note about what it’s in it and the room it should go into. This saves you answering questions from the moving company as they’ll already know where things need to go. It’ll also make unpacking easier, as you’ll find the things you need quickly.
Think about what you’ll need in the first few hours at the new house. This could include things like a box cutter to get into other boxes, toilet paper, essential medication, phone chargers and some cups with tea bags or coffee so you can make a drink while you unpack. Pack these essentials into a box that you keep with you instead of putting in the moving van, so you have them ready to access.
Pack another box of similar essentials for the kids, with some pre-packed snacks for hunger emergencies and a few small toys to keep them busy and out of the way during the moving. Any items they’ll find comforting, like a favourite stuffed animal, is a good way to help them stay relaxed during the upheaval.Â
Plan out some meals for the last few days before you move house. Emptying out the freezer before you move can mean you end up eating some odd combos for dinner if you don’t think ahead. To dodge eating dinner that combines oven chips and old leftovers that nobody can remember the origin of, go through the freezer and see what kind of meals you can organise to use up the last of the food without resorting to eating strange combinations.
For the first few days after the move, be prepared by stocking the fridge and freezer with some pre-prepared meals or microwave dinners that are fast to get ready. When you’ve been unpacking boxes for hours, you’ll be grateful for a quick, tasty dinner that’s a lot cheaper and healthier than ordering another takeaway.
Clear out old stuff as you pack up your house. We all end up with a lot of stuff, especially with children. A declutter can be very satisfying and lets you start fresh. As you’re packing up, sell, donate or throw out the things you don’t want or need anymore, instead of just moving them to your new home. As an added advantage, you’ll have less stuff to fit into the moving van. Host a garage sale to sell some of it, and make back some of the costs of moving.
Buy a tape gun. Setting up your packing boxes and sealing them up when they’re full will be much faster and simpler if you use a tape gun, which can save you a lot of time and frustration.
Label each of your packed boxes a note about what it’s in it and the room it should go into. This saves you answering questions from the moving company as they’ll already know where things need to go. It’ll also make unpacking easier, as you’ll find the things you need quickly.
Think about what you’ll need in the first few hours at the new house. This could include things like a box cutter to get into other boxes, toilet paper, essential medication, phone chargers and some cups with tea bags or coffee so you can make a drink while you unpack. Pack these essentials into a box that you keep with you instead of putting in the moving van, so you have them ready to access.
Pack another box of similar essentials for the kids, with some pre-packed snacks for hunger emergencies and a few small toys to keep them busy and out of the way during the moving. Any items they’ll find comforting, like a favourite stuffed animal, is a good way to help them stay relaxed during the upheaval.
Plan out some meals for the last few days before you move house. Emptying out the freezer before you move can mean you end up eating some odd combos for dinner if you don’t think ahead. To dodge eating dinner that combines oven chips and old leftovers that nobody can remember the origin of, go through the freezer and see what kind of meals you can organise to use up the last of the food without resorting to eating strange combinations.
For the first few days after the move, be prepared by stocking the fridge and freezer with some pre-prepared meals or microwave dinners that are fast to get ready. When you’ve been unpacking boxes for hours, you’ll be grateful for a quick, tasty dinner that’s a lot cheaper and healthier than ordering another takeaway.
Clear out old stuff as you pack up your house. We all end up with a lot of stuff, especially with children. A declutter can be very satisfying and lets you start fresh. As you’re packing up, sell, donate or throw out the things you don’t want or need anymore, instead of just moving them to your new home. As an added advantage, you’ll have less stuff to fit into the moving van. Host a garage sale to sell some of it, and make back some of the costs of moving.
Buy a tape gun. Setting up your packing boxes and sealing them up when they’re full will be much faster and simpler if you use a tape gun, which can save you a lot of time and frustration.
Label each of your packed boxes a note about what it’s in it and the room it should go into. This saves you answering questions from the moving company as they’ll already know where things need to go. It’ll also make unpacking easier, as you’ll find the things you need quickly.
Think about what you’ll need in the first few hours at the new house. This could include things like a box cutter to get into other boxes, toilet paper, essential medication, phone chargers and some cups with tea bags or coffee so you can make a drink while you unpack. Pack these essentials into a box that you keep with you instead of putting in the moving van, so you have them ready to access.
Pack another box of similar essentials for the kids, with some pre-packed snacks for hunger emergencies and a few small toys to keep them busy and out of the way during the moving. Any items they’ll find comforting, like a favourite stuffed animal, is a good way to help them stay relaxed during the upheaval.
Tia, and TipsfromTia.com is trying to keep you looking good and feeling good, from the inside out. If you’ve got a problem or a tip email me! Be sure to Like and share on Facebook or Follow on Twitter or Instagram.
