It's All About The Shoes
(NAPSI)-From comfortable mules to towering stilettos, women love to accessorize from the bottom up. According to a 2007 consumer survey, American women own, on average, 19 pairs of shoes--and 15 percent of women own 30 pairs or more.
To give women the opportunity to shop for a good cause, leading multimedia retailer QVC and the Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY) will once again host QVC Presents "FFANY Shoes on Sale," a charitable shoe sale benefiting breast cancer research and education.
This annual event, now in its 15th year, has to date raised more than $28 million for the
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Give Yourself a Hand - Advice for Maintaining Beautiful Hands
By Alpha Del Bosque
Maintaining beautiful hands is important for maintaining a youthful look at any age. Your hands get the most exposure and show your age the most, so care of them is care for your age. Knowing how to maintain your hands as you age is the best way to make sure they look your best and that you, in turn, look your youngest and best.
As you enter your 20's, your hands look young and healthy for the most part. This is your skin's glory years as it is likely yours overall. While in your 20's is the best time to start preventing the effects of aging, because you don't yet have to worry about tr
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Keep Your Eyes Beautiful With Safe Makeup Tips
(NAPSI)-Department store and drugstore makeup aisles are filled with a tempting array of makeup colors and products for the eyes. But knowing how to apply and remove eye makeup properly will not only make your eyes beautiful; it will also protect your vision as well.
"Makeup is a part of many women's everyday routine, but they should be aware that improperly applied makeup is a risk to the eye," says Cynthia Bradford, M.D., clinical correspondent for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oklahoma. "Even something as simple as testing a sample at the ma
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Multitasking Mania: Getting a Grip With Only Two Hands
You sit down to make a note about a project. The phone rings. While you're talking, someone pops in with a question as the computer dings the arrival of an important email and you remember that you forgot to make dinner plans.
Whether it's at work, at home, or while out running errands, sometimes it seems like an extra set of hands would come in, well, handy. Multitasking is a part of modern life and a lot of it seems to happen while people are on the phone.
In an independent survey of 500 women, commissioned by Motorola, 80 percent of women say they are engaged in another task while talking on cell phone
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The Secret to a Happier You
By Stacey Colino
If you believe your happiness hinges on finding a better job or a bigger house, or if you suspect you're destined to have a downbeat disposition because your dad had one, think again. "Your happiness level isn't set in stone, and it's a myth that you're either born naturally happy or you aren't," says Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside, and author of the recently published The How of Happiness (Penguin Press). What's more, "your intentional activities can make a big difference in your happiness level," she says. For the past 18 year
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Workout With Your Other Half
By Karen Asp
Everyone knows working out with a buddy can help you stick with exercise, but when that buddy is also your spouse, the rewards can be even more gratifying. Just ask Mike Curry, a certified personal trainer in Los Angeles who exercises with his wife, Adella, twice a week, running, skating, hiking or cycling. "Just having Adella with me is a bonus, because we get to enjoy each other's company doing things we love, but also, when I see how much she challenges herself, I can't help but be impressed," he says. Even more rewarding? The intimacy factor: "Whether you're sweating with your partn
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Protect Your Privacy on Social Networks
By Elizabeth Wasserman
Social networks are not just for teenagers anymore. The popular web sites that let you connect with people who have shared interests or activities, are now helping adults like Sheilah Etheridge turn up business leads from her home-based accounting and consulting firm in Anchorage, Alaska. But Etheridge will only use select social networking sites because she worries about the privacy of her personal information.
"Everything we post on the web is obviously out there for all the world to see and it's out there for eternity," says Etheridge, a 50-year-old m
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