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Say No to the purple eye shadows
Are you sick and tired of the purple shadows under your eyes? Are you tired of having people ask you if you sleep well or if you have cried all night long, and none of those have happened? Well I have a couple of solutions for you. The first thing you should know is that everyone need good sleep every night. This means 8 hours or more per night! You may be 18 years old or 50 and this won’t change. Our body needs to rest, intensely for a minimum of 8 hours. Now this doesn’t mean that if you lay down in bed at 10 p.m. and wake up at 6 a.m. that you have slept for 8 hours, you haven’t. The 8 hours of sleep only start counting when you have intensely fallen asleep, when you start having dreams, not when you shut your eyes trying to sleep!
Also, alcohol, smoking and stress really worsen the purple shadows. If you do this daily or even 3 times a week, get prepared to look 20 years older than you are! Now, if you have gone out to a party and drank a bit, smoked a bit I have a tip. The next morning prepare a very rich juice. Put as many fresh fruits you can and drink it with no sugar. This will help disintoxicate your body. Also, try to eat lots of fruits during the day.
Now, it is obvious that only this won’t make you end with the purple shadows, it will help and so will the under eye concealers. Go to a beauty store, there the professionals will help you to choose the best color. It should be the same color as your skin color and a creamy on, this way it will look natural. But, if your eye is purple and a bit yellowish probably you will need to mix two or three.
Never forget your sun block, they are essential. Even if you are only going to the grocery store and coming back home they are essential. Also it is good to put some ice and small sponges with chamomile tea to relax the skin.
Finally, never forget your lotions. The special ones for the eyes are rich in many vitamins and really help eliminating the purple shadows under the eyes.

The Decision

Last week I had a cruel doubt, this week I have a clear decision. For several reasons, one of them being the large amount of money one has to pay to study in the USA, my parents and I have decided that it would be better if I stayed in Brazil. At first, I found it perfect that my parents agreed with what I agreed, but then some other doubts appeared in my mind. I was suddenly (still am) afraid of the monsters called "cursinho" and "vestibular". I started thinking that I am not as prepared as Brazilians who study in Brazilian schools are for the "vestibular" and yet I am afraid of not being able to follow the "cursinho". Now here's what comforts me. The idea that I can possibly enter the university of Recife, one of the only two that offer political science as a major, and live right next to my boyfriend who happens to live in Recife. Then, I will also apply to universities in Switzerland and retry my options in France. At the end I believe my options will be even wider and I will have another cruel decision. I do believe, however, that God knows what to do and I trust Him. I do need to give a shot to every side, and here I go.

One week

Given that in one week I have to decide my future, this deserves a post. Exactly, in about 120 hours I need to enroll in a college, or decide that Brazil will make me happy enough and that I will spend six miserable months doing "cursinho" to enter a college. Now, what holds me here? My family. I am eighteen but still not independent at all emotionally, my mom is still the person I go to when nothing goes the way I wanted. My boyfriend, a wonderful person who has taught me lots, who is someone I would marry in my near future and who I really don’t want to lose. If things work on our side we can probably figure something out, but this is what I’m most afraid off. Living alone is probably haunting but still not what most hold me here. Now, knowing that I will live in one of the cities I consider fantastic, New York, is certainly a keeper. Knowing that I won’t lose time doing the "cursinho" and even having the chance of not entering a good college is AWESOME. Probably knowing that I can still apply to the college I really wanted to attend in Paris and that being already a second year student will help, is what pushes me THE MOST. Life’s not easy, and when we have options it becomes even harder. I hope that this tough decision will teach me new things and that I am able to choose something that will at the end be the most worthwhile thing. I hope that wherever I go to I will be happy and satisfied and that I won’t miss too much my mom and my dad or my boyfriend.

A tip for pregnant women. A special for my adorable teacher, who happens to be pregnant.

The big myth about pregnant women has always been the uncontrollable wishes of eating something strange or eating a lot and the nauseas. Now, this can really be a myth for some lucky women who do not experience these nauseas...but for others it is a bitter reality. Interestingly, a scientist has found out that when women are pregnant they change passions like chocolate to eggplant, something that has long been hated. Others prefer to have a whole lemon than a whole chocolate bar. Here's the simple reason: the bitter foods decrease salivation leading to a decrease in nausea. If you were having some difficulties before, I wish that my new tip will help me....give me feedback afterwards Ms.

Myself

As long as I have written posts I have never talked about myself and something specific that has changed or that I have learned to deal with. Fortunately, this weekend was a time to know myself better for various reasons and I would like to share this with my fellow readers. Ever since I'm in a relationship I thought we should always denounce to our partner when something is going wrong on our point of view or when we would like something to change. Every time I attempted to talk to my boyfriend about something he did that bothered me and that I would like him to change we began to fight. It was trying and it never ended with a good solution. This weekend things changed, for better. I learned that if I could just let it go, and ignore what he was doing and pretend it didn’t bother me, than our relationship would be a lot more tolerable. It worked. Things flowed better and you feel a lot better when you realize you were able to let small things pass by without making a huge deal about it. This is my tip: to be better with yourself and with your boyfriend or friend, allow things to pass unnoticed.

Eat more, lose more.

Usually when people are trying to lose weight they think they need to eat less of everything and therefore they start the hunger diet, but fortunately these people are wrong. Scientists have proven that instead of eating very little for only two or three times a day, people should continue to eat little but six times a day. The science behind this explains it all. When you eat more and sufficiently your metabolism is always active and therefore burns more calories. The only problem to this theory is that when people decide to eat six times a day instead of three they are unable to control the amount of food in each meal and end up eating too much in all of them. The correct thing to do is to eat regularly at breakfast, lunch and dinner time and to eat less and light food during the morning and afternoon breaks. If you have a second breakfast in your morning break this won’t help you at all. It is obvious, however, that if one is trying to lose weight this new diet form will not be the glorious solution. Exercise also needs to be in the plans of someone who is planning to enter an appropriate diet. At least one hour a day of exercise is fundamental for good health and especially for those who want to be thinner.

Learn the benefits and the recipe of the honey wax

The honey wax is ideal for waxing because of the properties of the honey which is an allergy free product. It is indicated especially for the most sensible parts like the armpits, the fluff and the groin, but it can and should be used in any placed that will be waxed. Interestingly it is also indicated for people who have problems with circulation. Unfortunately it is sometimes not the best option for women who have been shaving with a blade for a long time because they tend to have thick hair. It is important to remember that one can only appear in the sun after 24 hours because the recipe contains lemon, which can stain the skin.

Ingredients:
- 0,5kg of sugar
- 3ml of honey
- 1 lemon
- 1 spoon of water

How to prepare:

Begin by stirring the sugar slowly in a pan. Then pour the honey and continue stirring. When the mixture becomes consistent, squeeze half a lemon. After it starts boiling, squeeze the other half of the lemon. Then you just need to pour the water and wait the wax cool for 5 minutes and you can apply to the skin.