Monthly Archives: June 2010

Make-up and Perfume

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Make-up and perfume for women are what are wine and cigars (or cars and guns!) to men. It simply just appeals to majority of women and we have the tendency to hoard them all the time.

Women have always been more conscious of their appearance, because that is what society has dictated and taught us from the beginning. That is why the make-up industry is flourishing all year long! I personally prefer Clinique makeup as they are the only ones that are compatible with my skin. Believe me, I have tried most of them. Estee lauder makeup I also like, particularly their eye make-up. In fact, I use their eye palette for my everyday look. Clinique products invade my bathroom vanity table because I use them for my skin care too. I actually have the products for their 3-step process: Cleanse. Tone/Exfoliate . Moisturize. I use this:

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Clinique Liquid Facial Soap, 6.7 fl oz., Clarifying Lotion, 6.7 oz., Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion, 4.2 oz.

 

I actually do not personally go and buy them in the mall. I prefer to order my personal vanity kits online because it saves me time and money to do so. Besides I have memorized the brands I use. I only order from web sites that are secure and have authentic and original brands, like White’s East Hampton.

Enjoying a Cigar After Dinner

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I remember how in the days of old, when people belonging to the upper class had formal dinners, it was customary for women to go together outside the dining room into a salon to be among themselves and talk, while men stayed or transferred to an adjoining room to enjoy stronger wine or liquor and Acid cigars.

There are people who convert an entire room to store their cigars, because cigars need to be kept at a specific temperature to maintain its humidity and taste. These are men who keep cigars like a collection. For people who only keep and maintain a few cigars, a cigar humidor will do. A humidor is a box that keep cigars moist. Cigars mature like wines do. The longer they are kept in a controlled environment, the better they taste. Keep the humidor at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. All humidors have humidifiers. To maintain the right humidity inside the humidor, all you need to do is to squirt distilled water or humidifier solution (propylene glycol and distilled water) into the box every now and then.

CAO cigars are touted to be the best cigars, as they have their own quality standards for rating cigars. I am sure it is one of the types of cigars many would like to try.

Using Ink Refills for Printing Recipes

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A friend whose family loves to cook recently had a big project within their family. Since they have so many recipes handed over from generation to generation, usually through word of mouth and walk-throughs (cooking together), they realized they need to compile them so they can maintain the authenticity of the recipes. Passing it over through word of mouth usually have the possibility of some instructions or ingredients altered, subtracted or added.

 

So they have been hard at work at them for months and now they have the compilation. They have decided to have the recipes with the corresponding pictures in PDF files and they will print them and distribute a copy to each family within their great maternal grandmother’s side. It posed a problem since they will be printing a lot of books and they will run out of ink and would need a lot of printer ink cartridges since they are printing everything in full and high color. Someone suggested that they use the empty printer cartridges and have them refilled. Or they can buy an ink refill set at Printer-cartridges.com and do it themselves with the empty printer cartridge. They can order them online, the site has ink for every brand and model of printer in the market at lower prices!

My Love Affair with Coffee

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My love affair with coffee began when I was studying in college. While our classmates would go to bars to drink beers or watch movies in cinemas after classes to unwind, me and my group of friends would go to a coffee shop. At first, going there was for purely leisurely purposes. Me and my friends love to talk, and the coffee shop was the perfect place for us to hear each other over a cup of coffee and pastries. After that, we went there to study to review for grueling exams in biochemistry and microbiology. Pretty soon I needed coffee to keep me awake at night in my room so I can study.

These days I need a cup of coffee, preferably iced (no matter how cold it is), to make sure I function and get me in the mood to work. I am slowly starting to appreciate the different tastes of the different kinds of coffee, thanks to living in the coffee capital of my country. (Seriously we live 500 meters away from a coffee farm!) I know that kona coffee  is actually coffee cultivated and grown from the lands of Kona, Hawaii. Lately, there has been a growing demand for organic coffee because people are more aware of the harmful effects of pesticides.

Of course, my favorite gourmet coffee is amaretto coffee. Once it’s brewed a dash of hazelnut or caramel is a surefire way to get me in good spirits!

Cooking Up a Storm in Form of Gold

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It seems that gold is the best way to go if you want to invest in something besides keeping your hard-earned money locked up in the bank. Gold is more stable than dollars these days.  Buying gold has been recognized for centuries as one of the best ways to preserve one’s wealth and purchasing power. Gold bullion is a unique investment. From the time of ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans to more modern times, man has had an affinity for gold bullion. It is always advisable to buy gold bullion from a trusted and reputable source though. Buy them from United States Gold Bureau.