How to Handle an Ingrown Toenail

How to Handle an Ingrown Toenail

Style & Beauty / How to 101

When the sharp corner of your toenail enters the sensitive skin of your toe, you end up with an ingrown toenail along with all the accompanying nasty symptoms — swelling, pain, redness and maybe even an infection. It’s usually the big toe that is affected, but all toes are fair…

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Shaping a Healthy Body Image for Kids

Shaping a Healthy Body Image for Kids

Moms / Mom Tips

“I look fat.” “My butt is too big.” “My arms look jiggly.” How often do you find yourself complaining about your physical flaws in front of your children? Unless the answer is never, it’s one too many times. By showing that you have a lack of self love to your…

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Milk Mystery: Am I Lactose Intolerant?

Milk Mystery: Am I Lactose Intolerant?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

Milk – it does a body good. Right? Well, not always.  Do you think you might have trouble digesting milk or milk products? Do you find yourself bloated or gassy after eating dairy? Are you left wondering “am I lactose intolerant?” Read on to find out more about the causes,…

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Ride the Wave of Beach Highlights

Ride the Wave of Beach Highlights

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

Face it — nothing says summer like beautiful beach highlights. If you’re striving for that sun-kissed, beach-beauty look, you don’t need to take a trip to the tropics to achieve it. Simply visit the local salon, and you can put Gidget to shame with your super surfer girl glow. Although…

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Texting 1,2 3: What Those Abbreviations Mean

Texting 1,2 3: What Those Abbreviations Mean

Moms / Mom Tips

You pride yourself in being a hip parent who knows all of the warning signs. But with ever-changing technology, it’s sometimes hard to stay on top of the latest and greatest trends, especially since you’re not a teenager anymore. And to say things have changed since then would be an…

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Have a Green Workout

Have a Green Workout

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Exercise is healthy for your body, but is your workout healthy for the environment? If you’re leaving behind a bunch of plastic water bottles, worn-out spandex or polyester clothing, or dead batteries in your wake, then it’s time to start thinking green. Start from the ground up by taking a…

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Volumetrics

Volumetrics

Diet Reviews / Low Calorie

The secret lies in the concentration of calories in portions of food, a concept she calls “energy density.” There are foods with low-energy density (which are good for you) and foods with high-energy density (which are not in fact). Low-energy density foods allow you to eat heaping portions without consuming…

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Clothing Change: Spring Is Here!

Clothing Change: Spring Is Here!

Moms / Mom Tips

As the weather gets warmer, you may start to think about all the household projects that need doing. One is rotating the winter clothes out of the closet and replacing them with spring clothing. But don’t just take the winter stuff, throw it in a box and grab all of…

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How To Handle Money Matters In Marriage

How To Handle Money Matters In Marriage

Love / Relationships

It is good to know what your spouse does with all their money but it is not necessary. Make life easier in your marriage and avoid quarrels by understanding what value your partner puts to money. Financial issues are extremely sensitive in most relationship/marriage more than sexual matters. The secret…

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