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One of the most quintessentially feminine things you can wear is a pair of high heeled shoes! Say what you want, but high heels are attractive. Not only do they make your legs look proportionally longer, but they make your posture change, accentuating the curve of your back and make you look learner...as well as change the way you walk to a sexier one. When I was growing up, my parents didn't let me wear them until I was 16! And the reason is because they viewed these shoes as transitioning me from a child to a young woman. My ex-husband had me wear flat shoes so I looked less attractive (that's part of why he's my ex now :D ).  Even men that prefer a more earthy and natural look will feel the primal beauty of high heels. Women will judge other women to be more attractive when they're wearing high heels. The attractiveness of high heels has been shown in scientific studies...confirming what many of us already know without the research. The most important reason ...

Using sunscreen and moisturizing your skin are the most important steps in keeping a healthy skin that looks beautiful and young. Check out my post about Consumer Reports best sunscreen products! For many years, I worked long hours (many times over 12 hours a day!) and had irregular working hours. One day I looked in the mirror and I noticed that my skin was taking a toll for all that abuse. My skin was dry and lines started showing at the frown area. I tried several drugstore products that gave me partial results and left me unsatisfied.I didn't really look any better after a few minutes. I needed something "industrial strength"! Yes, that's a figure of speech, but that's how I felt.  I should have made it a habit earlier, in my early 20s, but late is better than never! Then one day I ran into Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion and, though I was skeptical of the name, I had heard good things about Clinique, so I tried it at the counter......

Have you noticed how babies and children have very smooth, translucent, moist skin? As we age and accumulate sun damage on our skin, we not only develop lines and wrinkles, but we also get dark blotches and loose the translucency of the skin...that alabaster look of young skin. Sun exposure and hormonal changes - both during pregnancy and menopause or  with the use of oral contraceptives, all conjure to speed up the aging process and look. Retinol, a form of vitamin A, has long been known and used to make your skin more youthful and beautiful and a favorite of skin doctors. Retinol and its prescription form called tretinoin increase the turnover of cells, letting new cells replace older ones. It also increases the production of collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid by your skin. All of this results in an increase in elasticity of you skin, less wrinkles and a naturally moisturized skin....hence the more youthful look. Retinol has been in my beauty bag for years and I saw my...

So...what is Alexa? And what is Echo Dot?                                                   Echo and Echo Dot are electronic personal assistants that work with voice commands using software called Alexa. They're like robots - artificial intelligence little wonders - without any clunky legs! You can ask them to do things for you, like play music, sing, control your home lights, control your heating system or air conditioner, garage doors, sprinklers and locks. They can also control your TV, make phone calls, do math calculations, scan maps, estimate distances, check the weather and traffic, and scan the internet to find answers to almost any question you have. They can also keep lists of things to do, shopping lists and and send it all to your phone. And it ca...

Let me tell you about my collection of immortal Clarks shoes. I have more than a dozen pairs of these shoes that refuse to leave my house (and I'm happy about it!).  They seem to never age, never break and never die. From the beginning I was amazed about how soft they were inside, like a glove on my foot...no tough seams hurting my feet. That's very important for me because I often get blisters on my feet from protruding seams or sharp borders. These shoes were soft and nice to my feet from day one...And the older they got, the softer and more comfortable they got. I have this 11-year-old pair of  leather clogs. They're a bit wrinkly (I haven't treated them well!) but still in good shape. I'm not a person that sits down to polish shoes or put any kind of leather protection on them, so I'm surprised they last so long and in such good shape. I clean them, but that's it. They' been through mud, sand, hot asphalt, snow and of course, water, ..since I so...

Here's a video for you to see...  I've seen what people talk about these days...Most people are happy and excited (including me!) about the eclipse, but some fear terrible disasters or prophecies to happen. So..if you're concerned, you're not alone, but there's really such a low ( I mean uber-low!)  probability that it's a shame so many are missing out of the wonder of the eclipse. Don't worry...really :)   Don't worry and get in party mood! :D Wherever you are in the United States, you will either see a total eclipse or a partial one. Get certified sunglasses ( see my post about which are the brands that the American Astronomical Society recommends! ) and go see it...it's a unique experience. It will be visible in the UNited Kingdom, Caribbean and many other places, but it will be much less impressive. For example, the UK will only see 4% of the sun eclipsed by the Moon. I am not lucky enough to be in the path of totality...