Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 7, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 16 February 2012 — Page 4
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1 Advance News * Thursday, February 16,2012
Want pouty lips?
What happens when* women of different ages, occupations, and backgrounds try the same product for the first time? The results and opinions vary. This weekly column
will report those ladies' product reviews. Reviewing this week are: Trina, 24, student; Beth, 34, surgical nurse for area hospital; Angel, 44, editor; Cindy, 56, interior designer and flower shop owner, and Christie, 64, sales rep for cargo frailer corporation. This week's product is: Avon's Plump Pout lip gloss. It reads "Enhances natural lip color and shape and adds glossy shine." The 15 oz. container lists for $6 and comes in four colors. Used was the color Spun Sugar and product was purchased through an individual representative. LOOK, SELECTION Trina: I like this lip gloss. The container looks slim and cute. I think that little tingle is nice. Beth: I like the color, not real fond of the tingle. Angel: The Angle was strange at first. Wasn't expecting the Blistex feel or scent but like the color.
Cindy: Liked the application, the feel, but not the tingle ... It went away after a little while though. Christie: I liked the color and it felt really smooth. Not thick or sticky. INSTRUCTIONS AND OPERATION Trina: It feels nice (not thick) and looks good. I like the brush (applicator). Beth: It looks nice. Of course it's going to plump your lips because it's sending the blood to them. Angel: The color is nice and it goes on smooth. Doesn't last terribly long and I don't think my lips are any more "pouty." Cindy: It lasted like normal lipstick would but don't see that it made my lips more plump. Christie: It was tingly at first but wasn't bad. It lasted for about three hours. FINAL OPINION Trina: I would buy this but I don't see that it makes my lips more plump. Beth: I don't see that my lips are any more plump. I would just buy another brand. Angel: Not really worth the cost for just a nice color and temporary shine. Cindy: I probably would use a different type of gloss. Didn't see tnat it made them any plumper. Christie: If you have wrinkles on your lips it doesn't really plump tnem up and I'm not pouty at all. The Pilot News Group Inc. and its affiliate news publications do not endorse or oppose any of the products or businesses of sale that are featured in this column. This feature is intended for entertainment purposes only and not as a suggestion to consumers.
Love Way, Inc. receives grant from United Way MIDDLEBURY Love Way, Inc. was recently the recipient of a $5,000 donation from the United Way of Elkhart County. The grant will help fund Love Way's "Cowboy Poetry" program, also known as Equine Facilitated Learning, which is currently being offered to classes from Elkhart Community Schools. Love Way, Inc. Equine Assisted Services is a not-for-profit organization that specializes in the use of horses and ponies to improve the lives of children and adults with physical, cognitive, and emotional disabilities in the Elkhart County area. It operates year round, offering therapeutic riding classes during the daytime, evening, and Saturday mornings. For more information on the Cowboy Poetry curriculum or therapeutic riding classes, contact Jessica Shelner at 574-825-5666 or contact her by email at [email protected].
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Every mother knows that shopping with their teen for dothing is something that takes some real mental and physical preparation. A mother knows that a trip to find a red pair of tennis shoes could involve a 10-hour day filled with traffic, popping in and out of stores, rude or indifferent sales clerks, and it could result in tears, regretted words, or a trunk full of "condolence purchases" you made after she/he couldn't decide on the right pair of kicks. It could result in watching your 13-year-old head to school wearing the S6O blue jeans (that took you 30 minutes to find in each of the eight stores you stopped in) and seeing the holes she ripped in them and bleach stains you know weren't already there, and wondering, "If she wanted to change them, why did she buy that pair instead of the ones already made to look like that?" which in itself is a frightening preview (that you will subconsciously overlook) for what you will be exposed to when she begins dating. A mother needs to first wean themselves and their child from any caffeinated or energy-inducing element at least 24 hours before The Hunt to assure no one gets hurt. They need to have a plan: Sales fliers? Check. Coupons or discount cards? Check. Store locations and hours? Check. Cash, debit and credit cards? Check. List? Check.
And you better double-check. If you don't know what specific items you are looking for or don't know what store carries what, your child will begin
I am learning while resting a bit...
• I feel awful. Somehow, in spite of my best efforts, I ended up with a bad cold or worse. I got the recommended flu shot. I've tried to eat healthy. I've attempted to stay away from others who are sick. But here I am - feeling lousy. • Somehow I am contemplating if God speaks to me more when I'm not feeling my best. For during the past couple of days, there seems to be a bit more connection with my Creator and Sustainer than I might have noticed in recent weeks. • I'm sipping things that are warm and comforting. Yes, I love hot soup and mint tea. But sometimes I am so busy I forget to appreciate the genuine comfort of warmth - generated by those delicious small moments in life. • Exercise hasn't stopped. I started
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seeing their boyfriend or girlfriend as a likely "living partner" and you will muse on why you didn't think a little longer on birth control. I once went to University Park Mall with my eldest daughter to buy jeans. Those of you that have never been there will nave to imagine an amusement park-sized parking lot created by experimental maze engineers that will eventually lead you into retail overload. She went into no fewer than 15 stores. She slowly scanned the merchandise; picked up a hanger and then replaced it; picked up another; replaced; sighed heavily; went to a pile of jeans; unfolded a pair; turned them left and right; held tnem to her waist; wadded and returned them; went to another display; perused it like a cheetah around a lame doe; picked up a pair... you get the picture. We spent about 20-30 minutes in each store, involved in one degree of the process or another ("scoping," trying on, judging, asking if I liked it, trying on another, rolling her eyes at least once at myself and at no less than two sales clerks, sighing, claiming, "I am SO fat!" then tossing the rants and claiming "I don't know why even CAME to THIS store anyway.
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a new routine after the New Year and even though my body is sometimes yearning for a break, it's imperative to keep working on what is helpful. And for me, walking more and eating less is a sure thing - it has always worked in the past - but sloughing off a bit was the wrong choice. • And I've even given myself grace to sleep in a bit later than usual on a couple of mornings per week. Perhaps if I were this kind to myself more often
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Everyone KNOWS it's lame") She tired on no fewer than six pairs each store and after several hours, hadn't so much as decided upon a pair she might want to take a second look at. I reminded myself how I wished I had had someone to take me shopping when I was her age especially someone that would actually pay for the dothing. I reminded myself that happiness is a virtue, that I would die for this child so surely shopping with her was a mere twitch in comparison of effort, and that doggone it she really needed some new pants, and jeans were the standard uniform of teenage apparel. We got to the last store that sells jeans (presently there are no fewer than 18 of them at U.P. mall) and she did not have ONE bag because I refused to buy anything besides what we came for. We revered each other like wild animals from different spedes caged together without food. She made excuses about why none of the pair she had tried had worked and that I wasn't willing to spend enough (sorry, my limit is S4O a pair). I stared at her, hair raised and skin quivering and realized why sometimes wild animals will eat their young. And then it hit me, from recesses of survival I didn't know I had and the Magic Words sprang from my mouth, "Well, I guess, if you can't find anything you like, I can just pick some out for you later from Kmart." We were in the parking lot within 20 minutes with three pair that cost sls each.
I'd be less vulnerable to various "bugs" that are out there. • I take time for things I really enjoy - I appreciate the birds at the feeders. They've always attracted my attention. My spiritual director indicated that perhaps my interest in watching them is because I want to better understand how God feeds my soul. That fits for where I am in life. • What if I continued paying this much attention to mind and body when I am in the peak of health? Would being mindful of physical limitations each day prevent such wipeouts? Being attentive to hear the voice of my Creator (who knows all about being the best I can be ) I might hear exactly the right steps 1 could take every day. Now tnere's something to consider...
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