Month: June 2018

29Jun

Easy Dressing With These Co-Ord Sets

Co-ords

Co-ord is a two-piece set that is convenient and easy to wear.  Who wouldn’t want to buy clothes that are guaranteed to look good?  The great thing about wearing a co-ord is that it’s already ready for you to wear.  No need to plan and worry about what to pair it with since its already pre-matched for you.   Now isn’t that easy summer dressing?  A cor-ord is a perfect choice for when you want to look effortlessly well dressed.

Pink, flowery, red, Veronica Beard,  double-breasted two-piece set, and polka dotted.

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27Jun

Freezing Ovaries For Preserving Fertility Is On The Rise and Other Stories

freezing ovaries for preserving fertility

freezing ovaries for preserving fertility

The thought of freezing ovaries for preserving fertility is mind-blowing.  There have been several success stories of women having children after retransplantation of their ovaries.  Ovary freezing is used most often to preserve fertility on cancer patients who don’t have time to freeze their eggs before undergoing chemotherapy.  The procedure has nearly a 40 percent global success rate.  Read more about it here.

I love to run.  I never thought I was going to be able to run since I was never an athletic child then I discovered that if I tried harder or alas push myself by running for 5 straight minutes the first week, 10 the next and so on, it could get myself to do it for straight 40 minutes.  I know that’s nothing for professional runners, but for me, that is enough.  And towards the end of those 40 minutes, my body lets me know it’s time to stop, so I listen.  I noticed that after I run I feel better in general, more relaxed but at the same time more excited, I feel more powerful and capable.  All mindfulness-based practices that make us concentrate on our breathing and being present can give us psychological and cognitive benefits.  I was happy when I came across this article about What Does Running Do To Your Brain.  It explains with scientific facts how running can improve the functioning of our general being.

And while you are there, working on your body while working on your brain, work some more and learn how to improve your memory, Science tells us the key.

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26Jun

My Favorite Painted Brick Exterior Paints

If you love your home but not so much the brick exterior? You can paint it.  Painted brick exterior homes are timeless although popular these days.  If you are into decorating and design, you might already be a fan of brick painted exteriors.  If not, then you may convert by the end of this post after we go over our favorite three exterior colors to paint brick exteriors.

slurry technique

Slurry technique via Wolterinck

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22Jun

The Best Swimsuits For Summer 2018 And Its Trends

best swimsuits of 2018

You know it’s summer when it’s hot… regardless of what the calendar says.  Summer started officially yesterday but it’s been feeling pretty hot in this town for over a week.  And I’m very happy about that… The arrival of summer entails long days spent at the beach for some and at the swimming pool for most.  I particularly prefere them in this order, the latter for use and the former for view.  Don’t get me wrong, I love a good resort by the beach and all that comes along with it; cocktails, grilled seafood and people watching.  Now when it comes to getting in the ocean and getting sticky sand all over my body, not so much.  So I prefer “Le Piscine” which allows me to enjoy the water, the cocktails, the grilled seafood and the people watching whithout the sand.  It’s time now to add one more swimsuit to our bathing suit inventory.  Read on for..

The Best Swimsuits For Summer 2018

best swimsuits for summer 2018

Photo via Vogue

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20Jun

Donate To These Organizations To Help Innocent Children

I had very stylish links for today’s post, all linking to how to take care of your skin and other very interesting articles.  But as it happened, everywhere I went searching to complete the post, I found instead articles about the “zero-tolerance policy” that is separating children from their parents at the border.  I’m sure everyone’s heard of this horrific situation.  These children are supposedly kept in cage like spaces with no information about where their parents are or when will they see them again.  They find no comfort because they are told not to hug each other, the people supervising them can’t comfort them either.  “She was so traumatized that she wasn’t talking. She was just curled up in a little ball.”  Harpers Bazaar.

I can’t even imagine the state of desperation these families are going through.  Many of these parents are trying to save their children from the hands of gangs and street crime, from a future of violence or death.  We can all contribute to organizations that provide help to these families.  If you want to help these families, you can donate to organizations that advocate for migrant parents separated from their children, like UCLA,  Border Angels, Young Center and Kind.

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