Limiting the subject to palettes of eyeshadow alone I can count about thirty different harmonies to give carte blanche to my creativity.

I use them all regularly, combining the colors between them, but some, my favorites, I use them more often.

According to my personal experience, and in terms of pigmentation, I like Juvia's Place and Urban Decay.

From the first brand, I have four palettes: The Saharan and The Saharan II, The Nubian II and The Magic. The packaging is very original: very colorful and quite durable; the upper part is decorated with beautiful drawings of female figures of African origin, in all their splendor.

Urban Decay is my top, but it is also one that most people know. They have something for everyone and their pigmentation is usually very strong.

Nothing ruins your day more than apply weak eye shadow.

On my wishlist there is the Warrior palette from Juvia's and the Enchanted Glitter Palette from Ruby May Cosmetics but at the moment I have not made plans for any new purchases.

I'm also curious to test the palettes at Sephora Collection.

Opinions?

An Animal Efficacy Rule is used to approve certain types of medication, it was established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2002. These medicines must protect or at least alleviate serious or life-threatening diseases, with clinical studies to verify human efficacy from ethical or practical reasons are not feasible. In these cases, proof of efficacy in model organisms in animal experiments is sufficient.

But what about the beauty industry?

Millions of animals continue to suffer and die in agony every year in the laboratories of the beauty industry, when, for example, fixed rabbits have corrosive administered into their eyes, and then the damage is observed: Depending on the type and dosage of the Substance occurs in painful inflammation and severe burns of the eye.

90 percent of all chemical raw materials used in cosmetics are also used in other areas, such as industrial spray paint or as a glue in a packaging. As a result, the ban on animal testing has been undermined, as all these substances must continue to be tested in animal experiments. Even if active ingredients are used in medicine in some form, they may still be tested on living animals.

Manufacturers use this loophole in legislation. Every single production unit (batch) must be tested for its toxicity. The test substance is injected into the abdominal cavity. The death struggle with convulsions, paralysis, breathlessness often lasts three to four days.

The animals eventually suffocate in full consciousness.

The development of new experimental methods that do without animals is expensive and whose results are not recognized worldwide. Another reason to continue to stick to animal testing for many manufacturers is the fact that animal testing remains mandatory in China and many other markets. If you want to distribute sunscreen or another care product worldwide, you will test it on the designated animal beforehand. The experiments have now been moved to countries willing to turn a blind eye to animal welfare.

Only a handful of companies, such as the major cosmetics giants, Procter & Gamble, Unilever or LÓreal, admit animal testing is being carried out. Most cosmetic manufacturers use skillful formulations or give no information at all to avoid damaging their image.

It can be assumed that, with a few exceptions, a large proportion of the care products in the supermarket or drugstore still have painful and excruciating procedures carried out on animals, although the consumer believes that these have long become a thing of the past.

So anyone who wants to ban animal cruelty from the bathroom should still be careful to use only products from companies that do not carry out any animal testing and also ensure that their suppliers do not test live animals.

Meanwhile, the full range of beauty – and care products are also available without animal distress, from your local drugstore to the high-tech anti-aging care products you buy at your local boutique.

The most common cruelty-free drugstore makeup brands are Covergirl, Wet’n’Wild, Physicians Formula, Milani, Hard Candy, Jordana, and Sonia Kashuk; the complete list can be found in the table below. ~crueltyfreekitty.com

If you want to check whether your product is free of animal suffering, you will find a positive list of all manufacturers on PETA's website.

But what about the violence that takes place behind closed doors? Unfortunately, there was plenty of that growing up. But at least the so-called "public" space, my community was a protection zone that spanned as far as my young life could appreciate.

With few exceptions, I cannot think of anyone that even swore. You weren't accosted by drunks or aggressive people, there were no brawls on the weekend. You could move anywhere in the public as a woman, as a child, as a disabled person or an elderly person. We knew the rules, whether it as at events, on the streets, in the school yard, actually everywhere people met … And best of all, they have been largely preserved.

If someone was lying on the ground in an altercation, they were not brutally kicked in the head. People actually even has something like respect for police officers and whoever dared to resist arrest or intentionally hurt them quickly regretted that, too.

What I am saying is that anyone who was attacked in the public could expect help, I would not rely on that today and, even worse, I would also not advise anyone in good conscience to provide help because every day there are reports of people who only wanted to help. And they themselves become the victims of brutal violence.

Those inhibitory thresholds I spoke about have started to, if not entirely disappeared for some, the courts are overloaded and if even police officers are afraid for life and limb, everyone should consider whether they risk serious injuries or worse if when the various groups engage in unrestrained violence. They used to be simply called "criminals." But seriously we as a nation have gone beyond that haven't we? In the US we have problems, but above all we have a huge problem with violence. One which runs through all strata, age groups and areas and a new form of brutality and inhibition is spreading, which frightens me and which particularly affects the weaker.

It meets children, women, the elderly, frail people, animals, but it meets all of us; though it prefers the weaker, which are an easy target and the people who want to help them.

I do not want to go into where the increasing violence comes from, it has long been glossed over in statistics, but in the meantime the figures speak for themselves, and it must be clear that the number of uncommon cases is unevenly higher and frighteningly high. These are crimes against citizens. Animal cruelty is not even included in most statistics. War is now raging out there, and few, mostly rural areas, have so far been spared. Those safe spaces I spoke of earlier are now our safe havens.

But we're catching up fast right now.

I was still taught to resolve conflicts peacefully, I learned to dance and paint in my spare time but I would have preferred to have spent that time studying martial arts, shooting or other options of self-defense. It never seemed necessary, our lives were different before social values shifted, education shifted, family became a marginal – only on weekends type of thing – borders opened; the judiciary system has become weak. This allows things to became normal that would once have led to an outcry in all the media before. Violence is now more of a side note, too much of it in too many places.

So those who have children, animals, old people or other vulnerable … Maybe yourself too … Those who want to be able to defend themselves and others today feel defenseless and stunned. Times have changed, our society has changed, our whole country has changed.

I think it's time to teach our kids to adjust to these changes … They need to learn to defend themselves and others when it matters, and from an early age.

Most martial arts not only convey discipline and values, but also enable effective defense when the worst are actually coming. They also allow women to effectively counter, teach how to disarm and avoid injury in falls. Exactly what our children need right now when traveling alone, on their way to school, in the city or in the evening. At some schools, they already need it on the playground.

Peace and Love, the message of my generation is unfortunately only lived by a minority.

In addition to love and a good education, give your children the chance of self-defense and protection. If they want to protect themselves and others, then they need to learn how to do that.

I never thought we would have to think about things like that, not today in 2019. But we should when we care for our children

Tolerance overcomes borders, true, but society needs to defend it itself: It must prevent the intolerants from exploiting the tolerant society to turn it into its opposite.

Whatever promise the Lord has made to you know that he will accomplish it at the perfect time! Whether it's a wedding you're expecting, a child, a job, a promotion etc know that what your heart desires has been answered and is on its way.

God bless!

The term was coined in the 1980s by music journalist Phil Smee. Initially used by collectors but now relatively widespread, it refers to the obscure English rock bands that appeared around 1966 at the crossroads between the declining British beat (mersey, mod, r-b) and the nascent psychedelic music. The groups described as freakbeat have a sound marked by the influences of their English elders such as the Kinks, Rolling Stones, Yardbirds and especially The Who, to which they add the sound experiments offered by the studios such as: feedback, echoes, phaser, and fuzztones, in particular. The result is a more brutal and less polished music than that proposed by the majority of British beat bands. However it is difficult to define a real typical profile of the freakbeat formation, it is more of a disparate set of groups animated with a certain savagery whether it is oriented towards the play of instruments or the use of the possibilities of the studios.

The most important bands commonly associated with freakbeat: The Sorrows, The Birds, The Smoke, The Creation, The Unions, The Primitives, The Attack, The Pretty Things, The Flies, The Syn, The Majority, The Poets, The Timebox, The Human Instinct, The Seeds, The Score, The Small Faces, The Beatstalkers, and New Breed.

If you are looking for new avenues to explore and expand your musical range you may want to try freakbeat.

The first portable watches appeared in the 16th century. Their invention is traditionally attributed to the German watchmaker Peter Henlein who designed very small clocks to which was carried via a ring to the side. They could be worn in a jumper or at the end of a chain around the neck. This design was introduced around 1510, which is only an approximate date, guessed at by archival texts, but there is mention of portable clocks manufactured earlier in Italy as well. The box of the first watches has long had an oval shape though they gradually flatten to give way to the pocket watches we know today.

Until the 20th century, men used a pocket watch.

The turning point is attributed to Alberto Santos-Dumont, who had difficulty reading the time when piloting his planes commissioned Louis Cartier a more practical watch; that's how the first wristwatch was born.

Cartier, who became popular in Paris, began selling his watches to male customers as well. With the outbreak of World War I, army officers soon realized that it was more practical to look at the wrist to tell the time, and so the government made sure that all soldiers had a wristwatch with very large and luminescent hands.
Starting in the 1960s, Hollywood actors began to wear watches in movies, and so the undisputed success of this accessory began.

Sean Connery wore a Rolex Submariner in the Film Series with our favorite agent, 007, which became a famous and sought-after piece by many collectors. It also became the one worn by Roger Moore when he took over the role of 007, the Rolex ref 5513, which was sold at auction for 26,500 pounds.

Also sought after was the watch worn by Steve McQueen in many of his films, a Rolex Explorer II ref. 1655 and the one associated with Paul Newman who wore a Rolex Daytona, which was also worn by the Italian Gianni Agnelli.

Politics also helped spread the craze for the watch: US President John F Kennedy used to wear a 14-karat gold Nastrix with 57 rubies and brown alligator strap, given to him by Evangeline and David Bruce in 1963, and that Jackie Kennedy later gave to her second husband Aristotle Onassis.

On July 20, 1969, the wristwatch was worn into space by NASA astronauts who set out for the expedition to the Moon.

In the early 1980s, Swiss entrepreneur Nicolas Hayek led the merger of the two Swiss watch holding companies into SMH, with the aim of producing a new type of watch, with an attractive design and reduced costs; The price was between 39 and 40 Swiss francs.

On 1 March 1983 the new watch, named Swatch, was released on the market, obtained by the fusion of the words "Swiss" and "watch."

The experiment was carried out by limiting the components of the watch's production and thus lowering costs. Because the piece was designed by many artists, the SMH was able to produce a new collection each year, thus transforming the watch from a luxury object, known for durability to an object to be changed frequently.

Swatch became coveted objects by collectors, especially those created by famous artists, such as the model created by Keith Haring.

Since 1998 SMH has become the world's largest watch manufacturer, a record it still maintains today, having bought many of the historic Swiss watch brands such as Omega, Longines, Rado and Breguet.

The wristwatch has gone from a woman's time piece to one of the most important accessories in anyone's wardrobe.

I asked myself that this morning and I was surprised to see that the answer is for the most part.

Here in the USA and most of the world, the answer would be yes.

Some of our friends who have been fortunate enough to live outside of the country have mentioned that it has become very fashionable there as well. I think the concept is great, honestly, for people who want/need it the chance to celebrate the arrival of the baby … What a special occasion. Traditionally it allows the mother-to-be to spend a day just for her – surrounded by the people she loves! More recently fathers-to-be have been getting in on the fun which I find wonderful. And long overdue.

Not everybody enjoys the attention however. Some do not like it because it feels too much like they are in the spotlight. And I personally can understand their aversion of being the center of attention. I really did not feel like I was up for it when we had our oldest.

Recently I have witnessed a trend for the organized surprise shower. And while I question the idea of startling a pregnant woman. A great party for a great mom-to-be shouldn't come as a surprise at all. And surprise parties are one of the few ways a reluctant mommy can be convinced to enjoy herself.

This morning I sat down and started to look into the idea of a baby shower. Mainly because I wanted to see where the tradition came from.

As it appears, prenatal customs are practiced all over the world and the concept of a meal featuring the new mother or a mother-to-be can be found in many cultures. So our idea of a shower isn't unique to the US but the way we handle it is. Each country observes these types of festivals under different names. In Latin America the festival is called fiesta de obsequios (literally "gift party") and Beb-beb in Brazil. In South Africa it is called a stork party, which sounded actually a little familiar so I am not certain if that might be used in most of the Common Wealth world.

The American term baby shower was derived from the idea of "showering" the mother-to-be with a shower of gifts. And due to our tendency to take things to the extreme in the United States this is believable. They began to appear in the early 1900s and then became more important in the post-World War II period. Originally, the party was organized to prepare the woman to become a mother, advice was given by the other women present. From there it entered popular culture, today the festival is often illustrated in television series such as Friends, Sex and the City, Grey's Anatomy, or Seinfeld and began to become popular in other parts of the world, namely, Western Europe, there after.

For example in France the co-ed shower is taboo. While it has become common here to celebrate with friends and family, the French tend to celebrate them exclusively female like we once did here. Though I should add that one site stated that this trend has begun to evolve as well.

Another interesting thing I learned is that French traditions would lead one to think that giving gifts to a baby who has not yet been born would bring bad luck and that this type of event only makes more sense after birth. Prior to the birth of the child simple affairs are hosted.

As you can see there are a lot of traditions and beliefs for the arrival of a new member of the family but many of them share similar structures.

What I learned was that hair loss after pregnancy is no reason to despair. Though I didn't know it at the time and I was freaking out. My horror vision was running around doing errands pushing a baby carriage with a bald head.

It was horrible.

Hair everywhere: In the brush, in the seep in the shower, on the carpet, on the pillow, couch, anywhere hair collects really. And it felt like my hair was getting patchy. Today I can't really say that that was accurate, though it felt like that at that time. Many women complain that they lose hair after birth and – understandably – react with worry and panic. Our society does not accept bald ladies.

One thing I want to make clear right from the start: there is no reason to worry. The so-called postpartum effluvium (increased hair loss after birth) is completely normal and easy to explain.

However, unpleasant it does happen.

Why do mothers suffer from hair loss?

Actually it is pretty unfair: In addition to the pregnancy stretch marks and bags under the eyes due to sleep deprivation, there is also increased hair loss. And this is just another stress inducer for freshly baked moms who are pretty easy to upset anyway. Add to that we simply can't find time for our beauty programs! The reason for the hair loss is relatively simple – and like so many changes during and after pregnancy, the hormones are due:

In pregnancy, the estrogen boost produces more hair than usual in the growth phase.

After birth, the estrogen level suddenly drops – and the body sends the hair from the growth phase to the resting phase, during which it will remain standing for some time. And after about three months, these hairs, which are "delayed" thanks to the pregnancy, then fall out.

By the way: Hair loss after pregnancy has absolutely nothing to do with breastfeeding!

What helps with hair loss after pregnancy?

Sadly nothing really. It isn't a loss, but a return to normal standards. So keep your fingers away from shampoos that advertise increased hair growth. In practice, only one thing helps: patience.

Make sure you eat healthily and take enough vitamins and minerals which is good not only now in your life, good for the breast fed baby, but good to keep you healthy.

Stop looking at everything as stress inducing; Instead enjoy the new happiness with your baby! After nine months to one year, the problem resolve by itself. Women with longer hair you will notice the increase in hair growth at the hairline – it is a sign: Your hair growth is normalizing again.

What to do if hair loss persists?

Can it persist?

If, nine months after birth, you still feel that your hair loss is not improving significantly, you should contact your gynecologist about the problem or consult a dermatologist. At this point the body should have corrected itself and returned to balance. They will investigate whether you suffer from a protein, vitamin, zinc or iron deficiency due to pregnancy and lactation. A nutrient deficit can be easily remedied – and fortunately a serious illness is almost never the case.

It is not hard to imagine why this material became so popular.

Today it is an integrated part of our society present everywhere in our social sphere.

One of the first real appearances of a jeans at the cinema was in 1945 in "Leave Her to Heaven" staring Gene Tierney who has a certain charm in jeans while hoeing the ground, a little good girl that inspires confidence.

But it was especially in western cinema that jeans found a real statement, for example thanks to John Ford who as director made the equally tenacious Maureen O'Hara wear a gritty denim shirt in "A Quiet Man " from '52, a film that won the Oscar for best-director.

We also do not forget the fascination of certain male stars loved by entire generations who made this garment a symbol of rebellion and protest, such as Marlon Brando in '53 on the set of "The Wild One" or James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause" of '55.

In the 1950s, fashion magazines such as Harpers' Bazaar or Vogue offered the ladies the first models clad in jeans for leisure or home use, and here you will find the most classic actresses of all, Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor wearing them. : the first in the finale of "The Rear Window" directed by the master of the thrill, Alfred Hitchcock, and in the romantic comedy of '54 "The Last Time I Saw Paris".

In '61 it is the turn of Audrey Hepburn admired from the window by George Peppard in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" or while in jeans and towel in her hair she preforms the guitar accompaniment the tender "Moon River".

In 1966, however, the sensual Françoise Dorléac, directed by a very young Roman Polanski, while wearing only a pair of jeans while kissing the young spaniard in "Cul-De-Sac" on the beach.

In addition, it is in this film that we have the debut in the cinema of the beautiful Jacqueline Bisset, who in '73, directed by Truffaut, wore a denim shirt stared together with Truffaut and Valentina Cortese in "Day for Night" which created one of the icon images of film. This unique film by an equally unique French filmmaker earned him an Oscar for best foreign film.

The same year Brigitte Bardot, now tired of the fame of being an object of sexual desire starred in one of her last films "Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman" in which she weaves a fiery love affair with the young and shrewd Jane Birkin who wore of jeans from head to toe.

The film was directed by Roger Vadim.

In 1978 Jane Fonda played in the western "Comes a Horseman" wearing denim pants and jersey shirt, a decidedly different look for an actress who has given cinema resurgence of past glance.

In 1979, Sally Field's brilliant and intense portrayal of Norma Rae, a young woman fighting for workers' rights, ended this period. Very much in tune with her times, she found fertile ground and an audience ready to love a mother in blue jeans, so much so that she won an Oscar for the lead and also the award at Cannes for best female performance.

The 80s saw many of the most respected actresses dressing up in jeans as a basic garment in their wardrobe.

As in the case of Susan Sarandon in "The Hunger" in '83, which combined with jeans and a masculine persona arose from a coffin as a vampire, a perfect contrast with the ethereal and evil femininity of Catherine Deneuve. Deneuve also played a man in "A Slightly Pregnant Man."

Or the jeans of young Jennifer Beals who stars as a steel worker by day and exoctic dancer by night who dreams of becoming a ballerina in "Flash Dance", a film which marked a generation. A youthful reality that even the great Greek director Theodoros Angelopoulos, testified in "The Beekeeper" in '86, with an intense Marcello Mastroianni, in love with a hitchhiker in blue jeans.

The 90s opened with demi Moore's androgynous beauty, in jeans, in the arms of lost love Patrick Swayze, in one of the most moving films in the history of cinema: "Ghost."

In '91, Thelma and Louise, staring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis with direction from Ridley Scott, became an inspiration to all women.

In 1992 the talented young Cyrill Collard, before dying of Aids, directed his first and only feature film based on his own car biography Wild Nights with an intense Romane Bohringer, winner that year of the Cesar Award for Best Debuting Actress.

The following year it was the first film in Kieslowski's color trilogy, Blue, with an intense and introspective Juliette Binoche, a mother who survived the car accident that killed her husband and daughter, and who did not even say that she saw the title, often dressed in blue jeans, a sign of strength and self-determination.

These will also be the best years for Julia Roberts' career, which became increasingly successful thanks to titles such as the Pelican Brief in '93 co-staring along side Denzel Washington and ending with Erin Brocovich in 2000. Many proclaim proclaim her to be among the best actresses of all time.

Of course, Roberts wears jeans in all these films.

The people most sensitive to extreme temperatures are the elderly, the sick, people with disabilities, people in precarious situations, young children, workers and sportsmen. Good information, appropriate behaviors and a few well-targeted measures can have a decisive influence.

But for those among us who have little influence on these factors the most important measures remain the regular access to medical professionals and monitoring. For at risk people who are housed in institutions such as those in assisted living or with family, their close supervision is critical. This includes access to food and hydration. Adequate activities as well as restrictions on physical activities. It particularly important to combat isolation (which affects all social strata) and to strengthen solidarity. During heat waves those in isolation are one of the most overlooked and at risk groups. When somebody is devoid of social contacts they can easily overlook the risk of dehydration, heat stroke, and risks the hot weather brings with it.

When you know somebody is in this situation – either in your family or neighborhood – make an effort to ensure that they are safe.

Heat brings many risks with it that are easily underestimated and overlooked.

Stay safe and cool.