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How To Fix A Nail Polish Chip And Save Your Manicure

It never fails. You have the perfect manicure and something happens. You chip your nail polish and ruin your perfect look. What is worse is when you finally perfected that perfect manicure before that big event and a chip occurs to your polish. What do you do? You panic. You want to bang your head on a wall. You want to skip the event. No, you fix the chip and you save your manicure. Here is how you do that. Step One: Retrieve That Nail Polish Remover Grab your favorite nail polish remover and pour a little bit in a throw away the bowl. Now take your index finger and place it into the polish remover. Just dab a little onto your finger. This would mean that your finger would feel a bit damp. Step Two: Begin Working On The Chip Begin working on the chip in a slow, steady motion with the dampen index finger. You will do this by nudging the polish forward toward the outer ridge of the nail. Try to smooth the polish the best you can to hide the c...

10 Late Night Snacks That Won't Pack On The Pounds

All my life I've been an insomniac and an around-the-clock eater, which for most people go hand in hand. For a long time I did not know that what you eat before bed could potentially help you sleep better or keep you from getting a full nights rest. Since I often get hungry at night, I decided to learn what foods were okay to eat before bed or if I woke up in the middle of the night. Here are some of the best late-night snacks you can enjoy without worrying about weight gain and interrupted sleep. 1. Cheese - One of the best foods you can eat if you are hungry before bed is a few slices of cheese. Natural cheese has tryptophan, the same ingredient found in turkey that makes you full and sleepy. Stay away from American cheese since it is loaded with fat and almost completely oil, which could cause heartburn while laying down. 2. Air Popped Popcorn - While microwave popcorn may sound delicious while you're in bed watching your favorite movie, choose t...

Open MRI, Upright MRI, and Traditional MRI: Benefits and Differences

Last month, I had to go in for my first MRI. I was needing to have three separate scans performed, which would cause me to need to be in the MRI machine for an extended period of time. I am already a bit claustrophobic as it is, and I'm a bit overweight and have large breasts, so I looked at that little hole in the traditional MRI machine and could feel the panic rise in my chest. "There's no way my boobs are fitting through that tiny hole. What if I get stuck? I won't be able to move. No! No way!" Now, reality says that the hole's measurement was more than enough to accommodate even my large breasts, but that's not what my brain was telling me when it screamed: DANGER! What Is a Traditional MRI? A traditional MRI is a type of machine that scans the body using magnets, thus the name Magnetic Resonance Imaging. A traditional MRI has a tube that is a bit larger than the length of an average human body, and a table that extends in front of t...