Breastfeeding can seem scary for new moms. Not to worry, although it may seem odd at first, breastfeeding is actually the most natural way to feed your child. Once you get used to it, it will seem like second nature. Because a lot of moms have issues the first few times they try to breastfeed, Parents Magazine has put together this tutorial with advice and tips for new parents. Check out the video and you will be feeding your baby with no problem soon enough. Breastfeed with tips from Parents...
Solar Shades Looks like it's going to be another hot summer and this time of year, I always get questions about the best kind of Shades for the home! I may be a little bias in my opinion because I'm going through a more minimalist "less is more" style in my life right now. Taking the more modern design approach that is very popular right now, I wanted to talk a little about Solar Shades for the home.
Make your pasta dough more aesthetically pleasing with spinach! Spinach pasta doesn't just look colorful and vibrant— it tastes great, too! This beautiful pasta dough is made with fresh spinach, sautéed and puréed, which is added to flour, eggs and salt.
The perfect vinaigrette dressing for fish? For chicken? For both? The answer is lemons and chives. The combination of lemon zest and lemon juice shine in this recipe for vinaigrette, which only takes two minutes to prepare! Fresh chives, a good source of vitamin A, impart a mild onion flavor which makes this not only a flavorful salad dressing but, as Kevin Carey of Verrill Farm tells us, a terrific marinade for fish and chicken. It's perfect for basting anything you might want to cook on the...
Did you know germs can travel pretty far? If you store your toothbrush in the bathroom like almost everyone does, you may need to give it a good wash now and again. In this tutorial, learn how to remove germs from your toothbrush, and stay healthier. This video will show you how to use common, natural household items to clean your brush instead of harmful chemicals.
Do you need a simple, yet attractive way to move about your yard or garden? Stepping stones create a very natural looking walkway through a garden or to the front door of your home. There are a multitude of materials that can be used as stepping stones, everything from large flat field stones that you have unearthed from your gardens to flag stone or the manufactured stepping stones found at the local garden shop. These represent only a few of the choices that you have available. For complete...
In this tutorial, Dina Prioste shows us how to make homemade scented shea butter. First, grab some all-natural shea butter and place into a glass bowl. Now, add in essential oils (anyone that you prefer) to the shea butter, and mix it in until everything is well combined. Now, add hot water into a tea cup and place the bowl on top of the glass so your butter is softer and won't melt to a liquid. The oil will also combine evenly into the shea butter when you put the bowl over the cup. When fin...
Different face shapes require different styling. Contouring and highlighting your face totally depends on the size and shape of your face. By paying attention to your natural shape, you will be able to accentuate the right areas and play down others.
Make sure your reptile is basking in the correct lighting. This informative video instructs you on proper UV lighting to emulate your reptiles natural environment. Whether it be your Gecko, Snake, or Bearded Dragon, this two part video will show you the do's and dont's to benefit reptiles health . Educate yourself on how to properly light your lizard to always look his best. Wether it be your Gecko, snake, or Bearded Dragon, this two part video will show you the do's and dont's for your repti...
This video will give some eyeshadow application techniques for mature eyes, or for people who are over the age of 30. The main thing for this type of eye type is that bright, artificial colors will not work as well on mature eyes and there should be a preference for more natural colors. A shimmer eyeshadow should be applied only on the eyelid onto the crease and mattes may be applied all the way up to the brow line. There are various tips which are given in this video will enable people with ...
The famous Dr. Oz gives us the scoop on how you can get your skin to look its best. First, you have to understand how your skin works and why it ages and loses elasticity. Wearing sunscreen daily can help protect your skin. If you are a smoker the smoke can make your skin crack and create fine lines and wrinkles on your face. Keep your skin hydrated with moisturizer and drink a lot of water. The healthier and more natural the foods are that you eat the better your skin will look. Bring out th...
Attention fans of the beautiful Megan Fox! TiffanyD teaches how to get a Megan Fox inspired look with application of makeup. The look was inspired by the natural color of her eyes offset with a dramatic liner.
This software tutorial shows you how to get started using Trapcode Particular particle plug-in for After Effects. Particular is a powerful 3D particle system that creates a wide range of effects — from natural smoke and explosions to geometric or organic abstract elements. If you've never used it before, see how easy it is to integrate into your After Effects projects in this tutorial. Get started with Trapcode Particular in After Effects.
Want to clean your face using fresh, natural ingredients? Make a yogurt facial skin cleansing mask. You will need: one teaspoon yogurt and one teaspoon lemon juice. Watch this video skin care tutorial and learn how to make a lemon and yougurt skin cleansing mask to give yourself an at home facial. Make a lemon and yogurt facial skin cleansing mask.
Crocheting a single stitch chain is the most basic step to begin learning how to crochet. If you are a thrower (hold your yarn in your right hand), you'll have to learn to hold your yarn on the left. It will feel awkward, but with time it will become easier. This video crocheting tutorial shows you how to hold your yarn and make a chain. With practice, you will learn how to hold the crochet hook and yarn in a way that feels natural. Crochet a single stitch chain - Part 1 of 2.
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install a stand-by generator. Steps:
Wood can be refinished by sanding off the old stain or paint but sanding runs the risk of removing fine details on the wood. Chemical strippers are the best to remove paint, varnish and shellac. Prepare the area on and around the project, strip, scrape and scrub. You might encounter some tricky situations like finding it hard to clean details on the wood. After project is stripped and cleaned, let it dry over night. It is time to refinish the wood. Bleach wood if needed, stain or leave natura...
If you want to keep the inside of your car smelling awesome, don't buy commercial air fresheners. They contain toxic synthetic chemicals which can be harmful to your health.
Incredible. A company called Berry Plastics (in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) has developed a working bomb proof wallpaper. The technology has the ability to protect against both natural disasters and warfare.
I always thought you looked kinda like a pickle with peanut butter. Anyway, so the saying goes—you are what you eat—which is supposed to make you feel guilty when downing that triple cheeseburger with a side of donuts and frogs legs. Although, what's so wrong with being a cheeseburger?
What is a CSA? CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.
Fight anxiety with food Most of us get exposed to anxiety and social problems that increase depression.
Want to go the extra mile with your scary costume this Halloween? Use fake blood capsules. At an opportune moment, fake blood can slowly dribble out of your vampiric mouth like you've just finished sucking blood out of an innocent bystander's neck. Or, if you're a zombie, it'll look like you've just finished feasting on the flesh of some poor non-zombie sap.
Though silica gel packets clearly instruct you to throw them away (and not eat them), you can actually keep them for a variety of unexpectedly practical uses around the home. Silica gel is a desiccant, a substance that absorbs moisture, which makes these packets perfect for keeping things extremely dry and moisture-free.
Trippy! Get the kids around the table for this one.
What should you do in case of a major zombie outbreak? Many of the best survival techniques follow the same logic as to how you should prepare for major natural disasters; stock up on food and medical supplies, have an escape route, and form a community of people you can work with. When you're dealing with the flesh-eating undead, it also helps to invest beforehand in full body armor, weapons, and basic parkour lessons so that you know how to scale walls and jump across buildings when a horde...
Mojang needs just 5,000 more votes for LEGO to review the possibility of making Minecraft LEGOs. Even though Mojang and CUUSOO (LEGOs development branch) have communicated already about the possibility of Minecraft LEGOs, a little support from the community could go a long way.
Yesterday I had an order for one lonely Bubble Bath Cup Cake to be sent to California. The poor little thing may not make it. Temperatures are as high as 110 degrees and I am not sure this little cup cake will make it.
See how to bake without butter, sugar, eggs, dairy milk and more. If you think it’s impossible to bake without butter without losing flavor and texture, then keep on reading. Even if you already substitute butter in your cakes and cookies, there may be some things in this article that you haven’t tried yet.
Mario in Tetris! Pixel art-style! While the two blocky Nintendo properties are obviously a natural fit, it's hard not to boggle at the audacity of it all. The time lapse below condenses an hour and a half of playing—1,112 lines—into roughly 2 minutes. The cap doesn't quite come off, which is to say it never really goes on, but, just the same, it's a remarkable feat. SOURCE YouTube.
If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Although money and mental muscles may seem a natural match, brains, alas, may be more hindrance than help when it comes to getting rich, concludes a new study in the journal Intelligence.”It is still not well understood why some people are rich and others are poor,” writes study author Jay Zagorsky of Ohio State University. “Luck, timing, parents, choice of spouse and many other factors play important roles in shaping an individual’s circumstances,” he...
Pinfish can be rigged many different ways depending on the location you are fishing and the type of presentation you want your bait to have.
http://www.volusion.com/search-engine... - In this episode, Matt Winn discusses some great tips to boost your SEO using new content. If you have keywords you are interested on ranking for but have no content; creating landing pages specifically for these target keywords and optimizing them in a very natural way, will help you increase your SEO visibility. Create content that is useful for your viewers so that they can help you in the distribution and promotion of your pages. Don't forget to c...
Choosing the right kind of shoes is one of the most critical decisions to improve running performance. The right kind of shoe provides balance and stability, and is responsive to your specific running style.
Aurora borealis (or the northern lights) is a naturally occurring, beautiful light display caused by "the collision of charged particles directed by the Earth's magnetic field." Below, an electrifying display of time-lapse footage taken in Tromsø, Norway, by Tor Even Mathisen. Shot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.
Who says nothing productive ever came out of doodling? Certainly not the hacker responsible for this fun (and at least somewhat functional) paper-and-pencil touchpad, which takes advantage of the natural conductivity of graphite: There isn’t much to explain here. It just uses pencil graphite on paper as a kind of two dimensional potentiometer. Four voltage dividers between 5v, 2M ohm resistors, the paper, and my grounded finger feeds signals from each corner into an Arduino. The Arduino does ...
Joseph L. Griffiths, an Australian artist who resides in Paris, has created a DIY bicycle-powered drawing machine. I'd like to see a video of the piece in action.
Waves are like clouds. Perpetually calming, they possess a serene beauty that never grows old. It's no wonder humans capture the planet's daily natural wonders over and over again. Armed with a camera, they just can't resist the classic postcard shot: Sunrise. Sunset. Clouds. Mountains. Beaches. Waves.
Woohoo! Since our inception, we have noticed that Jackass fans like WonderHowTo's prank tutorials, and our internet savvy user base loves all things Jackass. So it is only natural (and flattering) that Johnny Knoxville would have us host his first ever fan based contest with Wonderhowto.
Math is unreasonably effective in describing the natural universe. Anyone who's seen Walt Disney's Donald in Mathmagic Land knows this to be so. Well, the axiom works in reverse, too: The physical stuff of the universe can model math right back. And to great effect.
