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Lubatti’s Dreamy Night Cream is the best. I had never heard of Lubatti skincare until a friend of mine mentioned it to me. I knew I just had to try the cream after I saw how smooth my friend’s skin looked and felt. Lubatti cream is unlike any cream that I have ever tried before. I will admit, I’ve tried a lot of creams on the market and nothing seemed to work, but here my friend was, standing right in front of my face with the results that I wanted! I didn’t need to see anymore. I knew that I had to get the Dreamy Night Cream.

This cream contains shea butter and mango fruit juice. It leaves my skin feeling smooth and refreshed. The mango fruit juice that the cream contains makes my skin smell really good. This Lubatti cream hydrates my skin. It also helps me get a good night’s sleep so that I can be up and ready to take on the world in the morning.

I look forward to putting this cream on every night. It helps me relax and unwind from my busy day. The price you pay for it is really cheap, considering everything that the cream does for your skin.

Choosing a gift for a woman can be fraught with danger, particularly if it is someone you don’t know that well - such as a new neighbor you want to welcome, or your child’s piano teacher.

If you’re giving a gift to a woman you don’t know that well, you can feel safe in keeping it under the $25 price point. Fortunately there are a number of nifty ideas for such gifts. For example, a nice Norpro Grip-EZ Tea Infuser With CupYou can find them topped with a dog, cat, or chicken. And while we’re on kitchen-y themes, a bottle of gourmet olive oil can be used in many different ways in the kitchen.

But what if you are pretty sure that cooking isn’t her thing? Sometimes you can tell by how high-maintenance her nails are. Here’s a great idea. For $29 you can get a in soft chocolate brown velour trimmed in gold with pink embroidery and the Juicy Scottie dogs and crest. It comes complete with a heart charm, too.

Perhaps you want to get a going away gift for a co-worker who is retiring but who is very young at heart from spending time with her grandchildren. For $22 you can get her a that is anything but “grandmotherly.”

Buying gifts for women can be stressful, but keep in mind that if you just give it a few minutes’ thought, you’ll almost certainly find something she’ll appreciate. And there are very few women out there who are going to fault you for getting the “wrong” gift. In many ways it really is the thought that counts.

New York Fashion Week is a great excuse to start dreaming about clothes you’d love to wear and design. The internet allows us to see the runway looks within minutes after they are presented. For those of us not blessed with fashion sketching skills, there are numerous computer dress up games that are perfect for fashion week daydreaming. What’s so great about these games? First, you can play most of them for free, and some allow you to print out your creations for future inspiration.

Dress up games allow you the fun of testing out new looks - no matter how over-the-top - without committing to them. As soon as you get tired of a look, click and it’s gone! It’s no wonder that dress up games are rapidly gaining a large, appreciative online following. And these free online games aren’t exclusively western fashions. Gorgeous Bollywood saris and tough, confident military clothing have their place in these games. There are even prom and wedding dress up games, where you get the chance to turn an ordinary guy into a dream date with your choice of styles.

Dress up games may not receive all the fanfare that video games like Lord of the Rings and World of Warcraft, but they are rapidly becoming as popular, if not more popular than many “traditional” video games.

Having a hard time cutting off on your budget? Worry no more. You can do it by taking out manicure expenses from the list because you can now actually do it at home even like a pro. Many women think performing manicure on your own is difficult but learning the right way would make your perspective about home manicure changed.

Manicure kits are everywhere. There are several kinds that can be bought in the beauty sections of a department store, or even at a drugstore. Investing on a good quality manicure kit is a wise tip.

To get it started, wash hands with soap and lukewarm water to make it softer and easier to clean. Then, take off remaining nail polish using cotton, damped in a nail polish remover. Shape the tip of your fingernails using a nail file. it can either be square or oval, depending on your choice. Next, exfoliate by scrubbing hands using home-made hand scrub made of oil and sugar. Then, wash hands thoroughly. Pat hands dry. Gently push cuticles back. After taking the cuticles off, apply base coat on the nails with one direction. Let it dry. After drying, apply another coat to make to emphasis the nail color. Top it with a transparent polish to lock the color and to give it a glossy effect and you’re done. You can now show off your fingernails to your friends and wait for their compliments.

Waking up with a bad hair usually ruin every girl’s day. Having a beautiful hair can add up to one’s confidence. Yet, many of us usually think that keeping a soft and manageable-hair is hard to achieve. Luckily, we don’t have to face this kind of dilemma anymore. It just takes some exciting techniques to have our dreamed hair- soft, shiny, and manageable hair.

Shampooing daily can make your hair dry, taking out its natural oil because of the chemical content of the shampoo. Applying shampoo every other day is a good tip. In those days that you don’t use shampoo, wash your hair carefully and then apply a natural-made conditioner. In taking a shower, use lukewarm-cool water in washing and rinsing your hair. Warm or even just lukewarm water can make your hair frizzy. After shampooing, don’t forget to put on a conditioner. Pat your hair dry with a soft towel, and not a rough one. Rough towels can harm your hair. Remember, our hair is in its susceptible state when wet.

Air drying is the most natural way of drying your hair. Try not to blow dry your hair frequently.It can damage your hair by creating split ends.

Putting on a hair polish would do big. Spread it through your fingers. Use a large-toothed comb for your wet hair to avoid hair breakage.

Trying these simple techniques would make a difference, giving you your ever- dreamed hair.

by : Jocelyn Iyog

One of the least expensive ways you can give a room a whole new look is to change the room’s lighting. This can mean anything from swapping out a dated looking chandelier for something new and different, to putting a new lampshade on an old lamp. There are so many options for lighting, you could spend all day browsing lighting websites or dreaming about a new way to light your existing rooms.

An option that people don’t think of often enough is “up lighting.” This simply means light that is directed upward rather than being directed downward (like a lamp with a lampshade), or omnidirectional (like ceiling light fixtures). These often look like “cans” of light that you set onto the floor or on a shelf to direct the light upward, giving the room a more indirect “wash” of light than traditional fixtures. If you have small children in the house you must place these very carefully, because they do get hot.

Task lighting under cabinets and on bookshelves can range from the simple “hockey puck” stick-on lights to adjustable track lighting. Using mirrors strategically to reflect light is another way to “wash” a room in light. A mirror opposite a window can be just the thing to maximize the natural lighting in a room. Light is a very important player in the decorating and design game - it can be almost as room-changing as rearranging the furniture.