MakeUp and Body Product Care

Product Care

In the United States, standards on Cosmetics shelf-life are usually much less than those in Europe. Furthermore, shipping the products to their "Retail destination" can result in temperature fluctuations, whose outcome may be unseen to the retail consumer.

Reliable Manufactures selling to their department store/salon clients will predetermine and guard against nearly all shipping dilemmas, using only reliable Trucks/Ships/Airline Companies with temperature-controlled cargo containers. Do not support businesses or individuals unaware of poor shipping and handling practices. And, do not purchase any Make-up/Cosmetic, Prescription Medicine, Over-the-Counter Med, or Topical/Body Product placed in direct sunlight or adjacent to any heat source!

The easiest tip you will ever get regarding home beauty/body care is this-

Once you have opened, used, touched

“the Product”:

You will have 6mo-1year Use/Lifespan

Sealed, Unopened Products

• may be stored inside an airtight plastic bag, in their original packaging, in your moisture-controlled refrigerator!
  

For cleaning/renewing make-up here are some tips:

• Use applicator, whenever possible (instead of using finger)



• Clean Eye Shadow by gently removing a layer of powder/cream with clean tissue or unused cotton swab



• Wipe Lipsticks off onto a (lint free) tissue once a week, removing film as if you were applying lipstick to your own lips



• Smudge Eyeliner/Lipliner onto clean tissue regularly (in same cleaning manner as Lipstick)



• Sharpen Make-Up routinely, prior to and after using



• Wipe the solid surfaces of your Make-Up Containers and Applicators with Cotton Squares or Cotton Swabs dampened with 50% to 70% Rubbing Alcohol



• When sunny days are present, carry your Make-Up or Medicine in an Ice Chest plugged into your Automobile or with “Blue Ice”, in waterproof bags/baggies rather than lying on a seat where sunlight and trapped heat can spoil items



• Never share products that directly touch your skin, eyes, mouth

For the fear of any sort of Contamination to Eye or Skin from Make-Up, I chose Epsom Salt Rinses and immediately discard the Item in question!



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The Accumulating, Storing, and Shredding of Receipts

The Accumulating, Storing, and Shredding

of Receipts

Items Needed List:

• Receipts
• Paper Shredder
• Trash Bin
• File Cabinet
• File Folder
• *Small Bin with Lid & Name Tag (“Receipts”) if you do not own a Filing Cabinet
  
  If you now own a paper shredder, this task will be much easier. Otherwise, be prepared to cut your receipts with a scissors.

For Security purposes and a clutter-free environment, the task of going through your Receipts is essential.

Many people simply toss-out their Receipts, directly after a purchase. Some simply inform the sales clerk that a receipt is not necessary. As this is unquestionably a quick way to be clutter-free, I do not recommend this abrupt idea.

Receipts are now an element of life. Long ago in small towns, shop owners knew every customer and each product stocked. Today, life is further complicated. Aside from the vital TAX RECORD, that receipts provide, your receipt should be looked at in the same fashion as cash in your wallet. Whether your purchase is a Gift or for yourself, receipts enable you to “Exchange the Item” or “Return for a full Refund”.

Non-returnable Items/Rules that most Retail Shops follow:

• Cameras/Digital Recorders
• Opened CDs/Movies
• Party Dresses/Formal Ware
• Alerted/Special Orders
• Swimsuits/Undergarments
• Holiday Items/Seasonal

The above list may not be returned unless item is defective, and an exchange for same product match is required. Each Store/Corporation will list their individual policies on Returns/Exchanges. Usually, corporate/chain stores are more liberal about returns. Specialty Boutiques usually allow neither return nor refund, yet maintain their upscale cliental quite pleased by carrying items not commonly found by the general public.

Receipts To Keep until Recorded/Used :

• Automobile Regular Maintenance/Service
• Clothing
• Food/Grocery
• Haircut/Hairstyling
• Gasoline/Petrol
• Restaurant/Trip Bills
• Shoes
• Service

Receipts To Store For Taxes:

• Auto Purchase/Rental for Work
• Birth of Child
• Business Property Purchase/Rental
• Business Trip Expenditures
• Career Clothing
• Career Enrichment Courses
• Charity/Donation Slips
• Childcare/After-School/Dependent Care
• College/School Bills
• Computer/Career Supplies
• Conversion to Green Energy/Energy Efficient
• Dependent Costs
• Gasoline/Petrol
• Medical/Hospital
• Mobility Devices
• Pharmacy/Medication
• School Supplies (Uniforms, Books, etc)
• Student Loan Payments
• Transportation Expenses (Ferry, Train/Monorail, Bus, and Parking Fees)

Charity/Non-Profit Organization Filing

*Check with your Tax Advisor

Once you have separated, tossed-out, shredded, and organized your receipts, file folders labeled with Month/Year can hold each group, in your filing cabinet.


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The Magic of Epsom Salt

Epsom Salt

The Health, Beauty, and Environmental Wonder!

MgSO4 = Magnesium Sulfate

Neatly boxed or bagged, Epsom Salt is almost always overlooked or avoided by the average consumer. Nevertheless, Epsom Salt is as useful as it is mysteriously enchanting!

The modern term Epsom comes from the mineral rich waters of the town with the same name. Like the town of Bath, England, Epsom was revered for it’s healing waters. Sulfate has a negative charge and, Magnesium a positive. Salt molecules form because of the opposing charges banding together.

Prior to going forward I must mention, I only recommend food grade Epsom Salt. All other non-internal/topical needs for Epsom Salt should start with the purest form, which is food grade.

Epsom Salts Uses

• An Eye Rinse
• An Internal Cleanser/Detoxifier
• Anti-bruising agent
• Agricultural Aide
• External Beauty Aide for Facials
• Irritability and Anxiety Relief
• Joint Supporter
• Management of Enzymes in Body
• Metabolizing of Vitamin C and (Mineral) Calcium
• Migraine Reliever
• Muscle Inflammation Soother and Sports Medicine Use
• Neurological Calmer (including use in Children: Autism, Hyperactivity, & ADHD)
• Oxygenation booster and utilization
• Protein Formation and Brain Tissue Construction
  
  

Recommended Strengths:

Eye Rinse
1 short glass (not plastic)
4 oz warm, clean water
½ teaspoon Epsom Salt

Stir until cool

Flush clean, non-infected Eye firstly
Follow same flushing method with bothersome eye last, or use new glass.

To achieve this, place glass upon face and blink fluid into eye.

If the liquid ever burns, water is too warm or the Epsom Salt crystals have not completely dissolved.

More information on the magical Epsom Salts, to be continued, with a later posting.




by Europa Pirate