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Weird But Effective Beauty Tips

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Beauty tips have abounded since the beginning of time. There is just something about human beings that need to make ourselves as beautiful as we can. There are, however, some beauty tips that may seem strange, especially if they are transferred from one culture to another. I just read an article at Real Beauty about strange tips that work. Here they are for your pleasure.

Powder your roots. By roots, I mean hair roots. Now why would you ever want to powder your hair? According to this tip, the powder will help you avoid greasy looking hair. How to do it? “If your hairline starts to look greasy, dig up a big, fluffy makeup brush, and dip it into a pot of loose powder. Tap it once on the back of your hand to remove the excess, then dust it over your roots.”

Spray your favorite cologne onto your hairbrush. What will this do? It will have your hair smelling great all day! I usually use great smelling shampoo and conditioner, but there are times when I feel that my hair is starting to stink. I never thought of this solution but I shall try it the next time I feel the need!

Take Benadryl to take away a flushed look. I can think of many times that this would work! Say you had a glass of wine too many during lunch. Looking real flushed won’t do you any good! Take Benadryl or any other antihistamine and that redness will go away like magic.

For more of these wacky tips, visit the full article.

Unconventional Ways Of Raising Your Credit Score

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You know all about it – how to increase your credit score and keep it that way. Times do change, however, and with it, ideas. Here are some new ideas which might shock you, but experts say that they work to increase your credit scores. I’m not saying you SHOULD do them, but I think they’re worth a shot.

Method 1: Get more credit cards.
This is dangerous – very dangerous if you do not know what you are doing. The idea is to open more credit cards and NOT use all of them to the max. One important thing that creditors look at is credit utilization. If you have several cards and you only use each one up to 30% of the limit, you will be in good standing. Also, do not open credit cards all at the same time. Wait at least 6 months in between. And yes, do NOT max them ALL out.

Method 2: Do NOT request for lower APR on an existing card.
Conventional advice dictates that the lower the APR, the better for you. It still applies, of course, but the idea is to avoid asking for lower APR on what you already have. This is because by doing so, you run the risk of having a credit check run on you unnecessarily. And, if the creditor doesn’t like what it sees, then you might be in hot water.

Method 3: Consider NOT paying off closed credit card accounts.
It doesn’t make sense? Think about method 1 and the utilization of credit. If you have a small balance left in a closed credit card account, it can still be counted towards your credit utilization score. That’s a plus for you!

Savings Or Pay Off Credit Card Debt?

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Like many young people, I never thought I would find myself facing serious credit card debt. In my early twenties, I told myself that I would never fall into any debt trap. I had heard so many horror stories, and I just knew I would not live out one of those.

Boy, was I wrong! Many many years later, I am struggling with credit card debt, and if I don’t get a grip on things, I just might get buried. Naturally, I have been looking for ways to deal with this debt in the best possible way, as soon as I can.

One thing that I have been considering is using part of my savings and put more towards the credit card debt. A lot of people have been telling me that this is the wrong thing to do, but I do have a gut feeling that it might help. I did find a piece of advice at Money Central:

Earning one or two percentage points of interest on your savings, while paying double-digit interest rates on your credit card debt, gets you nowhere fast. To add to the injury, you pay income tax on the meager savings interest, and you can’t deduct the credit card interest from your income taxes.

Seriously consider paying off high-interest credit cards or auto loans with savings. Pay off the cards with the highest interest rates first. Be sure to keep enough money in an emergency fund or in available cash advances to cover three to six months’ worth of living expenses.

I think that is enough to convince me to get a little bit from my savings account. What is your advice for me?

Tactical Nuclear Penguin: Beer To Get You Sloshed

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Who’s the King of Beers? Americans will definitely say Budweiser, but this time around, the monarch might have to step down, courtesy of the Tactical Nuclear Penguin. This is NOT a joke, buddy. That quirky name just might hit you where it matters.

Tactical Nuclear Penguin is a new beer created by a Scottish microbrewery, and it is being touted as the strongest beer in the world. With a 32% alcohol content, it has set a new record for beers! The beer was actually released in November of last year, but it is reaching the shores of the United States only now.

Think about it, how much alcohol content does that average American beer have? You’ll be lucky if you can get more than 5%. At 32% alcohol content, Tactical Nuclear Penguin has more than 6 times the punch!

According to the inventors of this beer, they were able to increase the alcohol content by that much thanks to a technique that involves freezing the brew to as low as -6 degrees Celsius (that’s 21 degrees Fahrenheit). Since beer freezes at a much lower temperature than water, the process allows for the removal of water from the brew, leaving more alcohol. Nifty, huh?

Naturally, some sectors aren’t happy about this. Not at all. Then again, the bottle does have a warning label:

“This is an extremely strong beer; it should be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocratic nonchalance. It is exactly the same manner you would enjoy a fine whisky, a Frank Zappa album or a visit from a friendly yet anxious ghost.”

All I can say is that I can’t wait to have a sip. Or two.

Typo In Cookbook Causes Stir

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My day job requires a lot of proofreading on a regular basis. Indeed, proofreading has become so much of a habit that I do it all the time. Sometimes, the habit actually becomes irritating, especially when I am reading for the sheer pleasure of it.

Still, no one can deny the importance of this task. I am pretty sure that the editing staff at Penguin Group Australia is beating themselves up for a “slight” proofreading error. What happened?

A cookbook dubbed the Pasta Bible has been published and released with a typo. So what’s the big deal? We all know that despite the rigorous processes involved in writing, editing, and publishing books, things do slip by people. That’s why we are called human.

In the case of the Pasta Bible, however, the slip is quite a significant one: one recipe calls for “salt and freshly ground black people!”

Obviously, this one-word typo is simply that – a typo. The implications of the incorrect word and the possible repercussions are quite intimidating, though.

On the part of Penguin, they are downplaying the issue. Bob Sessions, the head of publishing, says that it is nothing but a “silly” mistake, and agrees that the proofreader should have caught it. He further says that “We’re mortified that this has become an issue of any kind and why anyone would be offended, we don’t know. We’ve said to bookstores that if anyone is small-minded enough to complain about this … silly mistake, we will happily replace (the book) for them.”