How to Remove Dirt from the Edges of Flip Flop Sandals

During summer, flip flops are taken as appropriate fashion statements. One good thing about them is that their designs are constant. Thus, what we wear this year is just perfect to be worn again next year. But usually the obstacle to this is dirt. Flip flops catch it too fast, allowing their overall beauty to decay. This post will save them from such demise because in it, we will learn how to remove the dirt from their edges along with some tips to keep their foam beds clean.

Things required:
Hand washing soap
A tooth brush that has soft bristles (You really need to be careful with this one)
Laundry detergent in a bucket of water (optional: If the flip flops have a huge amount of dirt then before following the given steps you will have to soak them in this water overnight)

Instructions:
1. Run tap water over the flip flops. This will loosen up the dirt.
2. Apply a small amount of hand washing soap directly to the dirty edge.
3. With the toothbrush gently scrub the dirt. Follow what is shown in the picture. You do not want to scrub from bottom to top. As shown here, go from left to right. Note that you should never scrub the area aggressively. Otherwise, you will damage it.

4. Run tap water over the edge to see if the dirt is ready to leave. If it still is visible then apply the soap again and repeat step 3 and 4.
5. Leave the flip flops in the open to air dry. The steps will then yield to the result shown in the picture.

Tips to keep flip flops clean all the time:

• Before wearing them, make sure your feet are clean. If needed just give them a nice wash. This is because the foam bed easily captures dirt from our feet. This should also hint you that you should not share your flip flops with anyone. They are not going to care whether they have clean feet.
• If not in use, always keep your flip flops in a bag or shoe box.
• After coming from beach, wash them immediately.

Lazy Lady’s Guide to Cleaning Combs Without The Muscle Work

Once in a while, we all get lazy. We don’t want to touch anything. So things we have get dusty and dirty. This is true especially in winter. During this specific season, the thought of touching water turns us into cats.

Think about how some of our accessories can suffer because of this. The combs would get dirtier for hair. They do not require going through this. Just use the steps given below. They will show you how it is so easy to clean them without the hassle of scrubbing.

1. Get a bucket.

2. Now pour a little bit of shampoo in it.

3. Then pour hot tap water.

4. Stir to create foam.

5. Now make your combs stand in this bucket upside down in such a way so that only their teeth are right in the water.

6. Wait an hour.

7. Then run tap water over the teeth. by now, you should see the combs completely dirt less.

8. Last, air dry.

Fun Fact
Pantene 2 in 1 shampoos work best in this task.

What Led Me to Write Tarot Card Meanings for Love and Relationships

Tarot cards  have always interested me greatly. It took me some time to study them appropriately. The practice of doing the reading began at home. Surprisingly, despite the fact that I was still a  novice at the time, all my readings came accurate for my friends, family and relatives. They had many different questions, but among them those on romantic life had greater impact on my tarot card studies. I made sure to know whether the prediction by staying updated on those who asked me about their love lives. This is what helped me immensely to understand the meaning of the cards even in more details. Now they are on Bukisa. It was my way to help the novices do their own readings and make the right choice in love and relationships. I now get many messages from different people thanking me for those interpretations. I can't explain how happy I feel to learn that they have turned out to be useful.  But just couple of days ago, I received a similar message from a professional reader. It totally made me teary.

Colour Me Glow Shades Review

Colour me glow is now on display at Walgreens. I thought to grab it for trial. it costs I think only a dollar. Sorry, I lost the receipt. From the back of the shades’ tray, I came to know that it is distributed by Profusion Cosmetics. So I went to their official site to know a little bit more about them. Okay, now I see the real price of this kit. It is $1.49. There is something strange about Profusion. They call themselves Californian distributor, but not the maker. My guess is that this product is not made in America because of how color is spelled on its lead. I can be wrong though and where this thing is made is not so important. But here is the good news; the site confirms that their products are not tested on animals.

Now back to Colour Me Glow, so is it of good quality? Can we get maximum benefits from it? Or is it just a cheap product with nothing interesting? All these questions will be answered here in great details. Each kit has a number. As you can see in the picture, I have got the number 2. When I actually was looking at them in the store, I could not say whether there was any difference in colors of each kit. In short, they all looked the same.

Benefits
12 shades just at less than $2? Nothing can beat that. Another thing I like about this kit is that it has each color divided into different shades. Take a look at the picture. Do you see how French blue shade’s sibling aqua and navy blue are lying next to it? Same is true for pink, black and red. Only brown and orange shades are missing here.

When given enough time, these shades show their deepest strength. In other words, over the eyelids, they appear how they look inside the kit. My favorites among them are yellow and pink. I noticed that many other yellow eye shadows do not have appearing power. But this specific one is quite good. Only thing is that I don’t wear yellow. Pink, however, will be put to use. The applicator of this kit is plus point for all those who have smaller eyes. It does pick up a healthy amount of the powder.

Problems
Just one application is not enough to get the color appearing. The powder is clumpy, yet extremely loose. In the makeup world, this is known as less pigmentation. I am giving below another picture for you to see the clumps. Follow the arrows.

The loose powder also seems to create mess. During application, it falls off here and there, leaving the worn makeup almost ruined. But since its staying power is not good, it can be easily rubbed off with a tissue paper. Its mess, therefore, is not difficult to get rid of. Let me show you another picture as an example.

Verdict
Too many applications, clutter and less staying power do not allow me to think of this product as excellent. But the colors are honest and the price is not bad. In a way these eye shadows are perfect for experimental projects. That is why, I would give them 2.5 out of 5 stars.

Product of Seduction Kills Ants (My Latest Discovery)

In the morning, as I went downstairs to make some coffee for myself I was met with sudden attack from ants. In their eyes probably, fall is almost near.So the hoarding work has begun. To us humans, this is quite annoyance. Who really likes their bites filled with poison? For me, they are big pain in the neck. I don’t like to get crawled up.  My day, however, turned out to be bad. I could not find the insect killing spray. I searched and searched the cabinets. I suppose my mom took it to her room where I was not allowed to wander at the wee hours of the morning. This did not have much impact on my patience.

I finally decided to try something different. It was right in one of the cabinets. To my surprise, it did work. In fact, it killed few of the ants within a second. What was that anti bug product? Well, it is something that we wear to cut sweat odor. It is that same product which softly can seduce men.

I am talking about body spray. It seems to have poisonous effect on ants.  Just see the picture given above. I sprayed the liquid right on those guys. After seeing this result, I got interested to find out whether perfume would have similar effect on them. As predicted by me, yes, it did kill them, but somehow it took more than 3 seconds for them to say good bye.

What this means is that in an emergency when no insect killer is nearby or when ants have invaded the surrounding of cosmetics, we can use body spray or perfume to kill them.

But do not expect this to be complete solution against thousands. Nozzles of perfume and body spray do not give out enough liquid to kill many ants at once. That makes the process of carrying out the war rather slow. But yes, it seems that body spray is a better killer than perfume. I used a cheap one. It is called Body Fantasies.

Not even enough was in the bottle. But it did the job. That was very nice of it. Smell wise, it was average. I would not go into that because I actually never wore this body spray.

Use 7th House to Know About Your Soul Mate

Seventh house in astrology is one of the most important romantic elements. This is what hints who our actual soul mate is. In addition to this, it tells the story of how our romantic relationships go through happiness and upheaval. Just take it as a sign that it decides our married lives. This is the main reason why many astrologers will tell you that this house dictates how many marriages we will have. Please do not fall for this. We will learn why in a minute. Before everything else, we will know about the technical facts about this house. After that we will find out how to get to soul mate by using them.

A natal chart will help you see that seventh house has a zodiac sign. Now this sign can either be wrong or correct. Actually, it all depends on the right birth time. If you enter the correct one then all of the houses will have correct signs. Same is true for the rising whose sign is always the opposite of what seventh house has. For example, the opposite of Virgo is Pisces. So a person who has Virgo rising will have their seventh in Pisces.

Find the soulmate?
To know the answer to this, we will use the above example. Okay, so our imaginary friend has his 7th house in Pisces. According to astrology, this means that his romantic happiness lies with a partner who who has moon, Venus or Mars in that specific sign. As for his relationship, it has to have Piscean elements such as acceptance, forgiveness, unconditional love, seriousness, spirituality and so on. With a wrong partner, he will always fight to have all these. Now this is possible only if he chooses to be with someone other than his 7th house soul mate. In this situation, he will feel that something is purely missing in his relationship or marriage.

Anyone thinking to listen to 7th house must remember that he has to also work with his other relationship planets found in Venus, Mars and moon. These specific placements have their own demands. To satisfy them, balance must be utilized. The problem is that the seventh house tends to also decide.

As mentioned before, astrologers try to use this house to figure out how many marriages one will have in his life. You have been asked to not take such matter seriously. Interestingly, astrologers see 7th house Pisces as a sign of single-hood and short lived marriages. In brief, anyone who has this placement is doomed romantically. But here is the thing, many celebrities with it in their natal chart have been happily married all their lives. Some names are Mozart, Patrick Swayze and Jean-Louis Borloo. The idea of short lived marriage is pretty new. There was a time when divorce was not so common. Even now many prefer to not go for it just because their values are against it. Yes, not many divorce even the most violent partner. That is why, predicting the life of marriage through seventh house is rather illogical.

The Mars Kicks In
Here is something more interesting. No matter what happens, a woman will subconsciously get attracted to men who carry the characteristics of her Mars sign. It is likely for her to be happy with someone who is not only present in her 7th house but also Mars.

Olympic Game Drawing Goes Wrong

Google's spirit for Olympic is visible on majority of their sites. Just take a look at the homepage of their search engine. Some new will show up there almost every other day. That is very sweet of them. For two days now, they have a track running and jump hurdle game on there. You can play it if you wish. It is a bit like arcade games. The design, however, looks really weird. Take a look at it below:

Don't look at the button. It is there to hint you that by pressing it twice you can make the shown character run. Concentrate on the track. Doesn't it look familiar? Perhaps, the next picture will help you understand what your mind is signaling you.

Yes, it is water melon. Was the designer eating that while creating this game? 

Unethical Marketing Tricks Used on Women by Stores

College classes make marketing look sophisticated. But in stores, things are different. In such locations, whether there will be increase in sales depends largely on how the managers and salespeople promote what they have on shelves. Their legitimate tactics include different forms of discounts and free gifts. They always work.

But when they are not on air, some store employees try to utilize good customer service as a way to keep shoppers coming back. Most desperate ones, however, take the wrong path by giving into unethical and cruel marketing tricks. The attention-grabbing fact is that it is usually the women who become their target. This is true at least in America.

For a moment, just review the two marketing lines given below and see if you are familiar with them. They are made up, but have been polished to reflect the reality. Do read the explanation given for each. It will help you open your eyes.

• “Your facial skin is so uneven. You need to get a facial.”

This line can be rewritten in several ways by replacing the problem statement and solution. But right now it is more linked to salons. In a specialty cream store, the ultimate solution shown is some kind of miracle facial spot fixing tonic. In other places, the problem will be weight and its solution will be protein bar or powder.

Of course, great creations exist and there is always a good way to present them to the customers. But many businesses believe that women are naturally sensitive to negative comments made about their appearances and will do anything to stop them from returning. That is how the lines get formed. This is wrong in the sense that it asks salespeople to embarrass their customers.

• “You are gonna buy only one dress?”

It is almost a tradition in America to buy clothes in bulk. But sometimes we do break it. Why buy too many when we don’t really need them? That is our inner thought. We have the freedom to make our own decisions. So sharply, salespeople do not have any right to make comments about the number of items their customers are buying. But in many stores, this is overridden to create embarrassment in their customers. The obvious objective here is to influence them to buy more. The one who gets trapped in this marketing tactic often ends up thinking that she does not want to look poor to anyone.
Maybe there are many other unethical marketing tactics out there. If you happen to be their victim do let us know through the comment box. But what should we really do to fight against such things? There is nothing that works here better than growing thick skin and gaining courage to give a logical answer back.

What DKNY Energizing Perfume is All About

Energizing from DKNY was released in 2011. Demand for this specific perfume is quite high in US. In fact the one I have was the last piece in the store of Houston Airport. I used it, experienced it and now I believe I can give you a complete review of what this perfume is all about. We will start out by dissecting its components. Then we will learn about its quality in details. Even the negative points will be highlighted. But before everything else, here are two of its pictures.

Product Overview

Just like many other DKNY perfumes, Energizing comes in three different bottles and prices. The one I have currently is the 1.7 oz one (50ml) and its price is $50. This is not a fixed price. In many stores, this same bottle is available at $44.

Liquid color: Clear like water.
Liquid staying power: Vaporizes within 2 seconds of spraying.

Ingredients:
They are more leaned towards feminine scent forming from different flowers and herbs. Right from the label:

• Limonene: This is the scent from citrus.
• Citral: This is connected to lemon family also.
• Hexyl Cinnamol: This works as preservative as well as scent. It can be made artificially or extracted from chamomile. Recently, it has been linked to allergic reaction.
• Citronellol: This is derived from roses and skorkbills. Once again, it is linked to allergic reactions.
• Linalool: this is a fragrance filled alcohol found in mint, cinnamon and even citrus.
• DKNY perfume: Now this is what the box says. What this perfume is all about is not revealed. Perhaps, it is done to protect the core formula. But yes, Vodka is said to be one of the components here.

Quality of the Perfume

Scent:
From afar, it is lemony, but once closer it turns more floral. Good thing is that this perfume does not scream. But do you know why it has been called as energizing? It is because of its unusual healing power. To some extent, the scent reminds of stress relieving Qiora products. That said, a few of the ingredients of Energizing have been recognized as stress relievers. One good example is linalool.

Lasting power: 
This is strong. I noticed that even after taking shower, this perfume remains attached to the skin in a soft way.

Who will win from it:
Since the perfume is quiet, it is perfect for every day wear. But definitely, working and college women will find its strength most beneficial.

Downside: 
The scent is not unique, crispy and sophisticated. Only if you smell it you will know that you are very familiar with it. Those who are allergic to perfumes and have sensitive skin might need to skip this one. But of course, trial is not a bad thing.

Verdict

I like the nice skinny bottle and staying power of Energizing. The scent to me is somewhat average. By keeping all these in mind, I give this perfume 3 out 5 stars. I am not buying another bottle of this ever again.