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Hi, I'm Katie, and today I'm going to show you some simple icing techniques for cupcakes. I have a few types of frosting here. I have just a white butter cream, a yellow butter cream, and a purple butter cream. You can use any type you like whether it's chocolate, store bought, homemade or whipped cream, but the technique is the same. So what I'm starting with is, you can see I'm using a disposable piping bag, and I have a tip. In this one I have a large star tip. Here I have no tip at all, and I'll show you why, and here I have just a small round. With each tip we're going to get a very different result. So to start out I'm just going to trim the end off my purple frosting. When you look at these cupcakes you can see when I put them in the oven the batter only came up about three quarters of the way, so we get that really nice dome shape that we're looking for, so now when I go to ice them I'm kind of at the perfect level just to finish them off. But so just this one kind of simple way, you can just push your frosting and lift up, and you get a really adorable little kiss. I think that's my favorite, actually. Really cute thing to do, I'll do one more. You just push, push, push, push, push. You'll notice I'm not swirling it around. I'm just lifting up, and I get a really beautiful spike. Now for something like a small round tip I have my yellow frosting. You could either start in the middle, or I even start from the outside, and I'm just going to kind of go in a circular motion and just make a really fun, almost like a bee hive. Really simple, again, if you want to start in the middle you could do that as well. Just work your way around, and you could even build it a little higher this way. Really cute. Okay. So that's a few techniques. Now I'm moving into my star tip. This is a really large star tip. You can use one that's a little bit smaller, but to make something called a rosette I just start in the middle and swirl around, and then lift off and you have a really cute little swirl. I want to do just a regular star. I'll just same way, I'll just push, push, push, push, push, lift up. Really cute.Now if you want to get a little more fun, a fun thing you can do if you're into kind of spikes and things like that. Watch your sleeve when you're decorating, so you can just kind of spike all over, and you can see how easy that is. Just make sure your frosting is nice and cold. As you can see mine is sort of starting to drip just slightly. If you feel like that's happening either pop these in the fridge right away so it'll start to set up, or pop your bag in the fridge so the icing will firm up just slightly and you'll be able to work with it a little easier. To finish these off take candies, take anything you like. Just sort of give them a little "zhouzh" of love here, and they're ready to go, some fun little decorations. Any candy you like is really fun. A few more sprinkles there, and that's it. Some really easy and beautiful cupcake designs.

These are the beer pong rules, also known as Babe Ruth. You are going to need beer pong balls, they are called ping pong balls, but in our world they are called beer pong balls and party cups, 16 ounce party cups. You are going to need between, if you want to play six cup, you're going to need 12 party cups, obviously six for each side, if you want to play ten cup, like real men and women do, we're going to need 20 party cups, ten for each side. You want at least two beer pong balls because sometimes things get rowdy. What you're going to need besides that is an eight foot table, that's a standard length table. Obviously today we're working with a little bit shorter table, but eight foot table is standard table, that's the regulation size ping pong table and that is a professional beer pong table size. If you want to go a little shorter you can, but if you want to throw like the pros, toss with the pros, play with the pros, you're going to need an eight foot table. Also you're going to need two other cups, preferably not red party cups, to prevent water drinking, you're going to need these cups for water cups. So get two larger cups, fill them three quarters of the way with water, these are your ball cleaning water cups. You want to not use party cups because when things get rowdy and people get wild, they'll end up drinking the water cup, which is full of cat hair and dirt and other things. You're going to set up in a triangle about a half an inch to an inch from your end of the table. You're going to set up a triangle of the cups. If it's ten cup it goes four, three, two, one and if it's a six cup it goes three, two, one. Then play in twos. You're going to get opposite your opponent, if you're just playing one on one, you obviously just one person on each side of the table. If you're playing team pong, you have two players on each side of the table. You're going to go eye to eye with your opponent, look them right in the eye and you're going to go, one, two, three. Now this is to determine who gets to shoot the ball first. Say I make the cups, I get both balls, I then get to shoot both balls. There are house rules in beer pong. House rules always go: If you go to someone's house, if you go to a bar, wherever you are. If you go to a party, you play by that persons house rules. There's no question, there's no argument, that person has the rule. If you make a cup, the person must pull the cup, if that cup is made you pull it because if another ball goes in that same cup, the game is over. If two balls land in the same cup ever, the game is over. Now, you pull the cup, drink it, put it down and they're going to shoot again. If you make two cups, two separate cups in one go, it's a send back. So make two cups, balls get sent back to you and you shoot again, that's a send back. Re-rack rules for ten cup beer pong go as such. Automatic re-rack is six cups, so that's mid-turn, that's anytime, obviously many variations on that. Some people do two racks per game, not mid-turn, some people do re-rack at six, four, three, two, one, always reforming to make the game to go faster. When we get down to the final cup, if you make the final cup, the other person has a chance to rebuttal.

OK now I am going to demonstrate how to do a jack knife. Its a little bit more of an advanced exercise than a crunch or a side crunch. There's two ways I'm going to demonstrate it: One for a level one, and one for a more difficult level two. We're gonna start with level one: Your legs are going to be bent, your arms are gonna be straight, and you're gonna try to extend your legs, and then at the same exact time, simultaneously, you're gonna reach forward with your arms staying straight. Notice I still exhale on the contraction as I bring the knees and then the arms up together, as I fold up. So you're working your upper and your lower abdominals with this exercise; that's why it's a little more advanced. And then level two, will be keeping your legs straight, which requires a little bit more resistance than the lower abdominals, little more advanced, and you're gonna keep your legs straight and your lower back flat on the floor so you're not arching that back to come up, and reach with your arms straight. you can even go a little higher if you want and reach more toward your ankles. All these are just a little bit more variations to make the exercise a little bit more challenging. And that is the proper way to do a jack knife.

Roger "Rogue" Quan: Hey, Heather, can I borrow your pencil for a second? Heather: Sure. Roger: Awesome. And do you have a bill I could borrow, also? Heather: I do. Roger: Nice. Oh, I'm going shopping. Heather: You better give it back. Roger: Here we go. This is very, very cool. I'm going to count to three, and on three the magic's going to happen, okay? Heather: Alright. Roger: Count with me, okay. One... Heather: One. Roger: Two. Heather: Two. Roger: Three. Heather: Three. Roger: Isn't it great? Actually, it's right over here. Isn't that great, though? But, seriously, the real magic happens when you go one, two... Heather: Two. Roger: Three. Heather: Three. Roger: Just like that. You know where the bill went though, right? Heather: No. Roger: It went straight to my bank account. Heather: Better not. Roger: Thanks. Heather: Thanks. Roger: Here's the explanation for the pencil and bill vanish. You can actually use a pen or you can use a piece of paper. Anything that actually fits in your hand will work for this. I like to use bills because they're all over the place. Take the bill, you borrow the bill, and you fold it into a little packet. You're going to put that into your left hand. With your right hand you're going to tap the pencil and have the audience count with you. It's best to have the audience on your left for this as you'll see in a moment. Basically, they're going to count with you as you go one, two, three. By the way, you're going to tell them that something magical's going to happen on three. Don't tell them what, just one, two, three. On three you're going to put the pencil right behind your ear. There's a very old principle in magic called misdirection. As they look at the pencil in your ear you're going to point to the pencil and you're going to say that, "I got you." As you take the pencil off you're going to put the bill that's in your left hand in your back pocket at that moment. So now, your hand comes back out, the bill's no longer there, and you say, "The real magic's going to happen now on the count of three." One, two, three, and the bill vanishes. And that's the explanation for the pencil and bill vanish.

What's up? My name is Matt Steffanina and today we're going to teach you guys how to dance like Ciara. I'm going to talk you through the moves and Dana is going to demonstrate. To start off you're going to step forward on your right leg, arching your back and pulling your right knee open. You want to make sure that you arch your back and pull your shoulders back when you step into this first move. From here you're going to pull your right elbow and shoulder back, bringing your right foot back and repeat the same thing on the left side, opening that left knee to the front. From here pull back with your left arm and shoulder, stepping open. You're going to punch down to the center and drop down, contracting your stomach. Repeat this step punching behind on six. Now take your arms in front. You're going to rotate your right knee in and circle your right arm back twice. From here we're going to use our hips to come up, starting with the right hip, circling and bringing you up, up, and up. From here you're going to step onto your left foot, pulling your left elbow back and opening up to the side. You want to make sure that your feet are nice and wide and that your arms are in fists up in front of your chest. From here we're going to roll our right hip to the front three times and you're going to drop down lower each time until your back is parallel to the floor. From here you're going to take your hands, push them down to the floor on one, arch your back and roll up slowly on two, three, four. Let's connect those moves from the top. Step right, pull back, left, pull back, punch down, back and pull, pull. Hip two, three, elbow four, five, roll six, seven, eight. Drop one, up two, three, four. Let's try it with the music. Five, six, seven, eight . . . And that's how you dance like Ciara.

Hi, guys. This is Max Tapper again for Howcast. And I'm going to show you guys how to do an awesome back workout. Now, I specifically chose three different exercises other than pull-ups, which are my favorite, because a lot of you guys have requested that. Now, what I've chosen is a pull-down, lat pull-down. Second one is going to be a bent over dumbbell row. And the third one is going to be a rear delt fly. That would've targeted every single muscle in your back and help you get a nice, beefy back with a lot of definition. All right, so the first exercise I'm going to show you how to do is going to be a lat pull-down. Now, I know I'm facing you on this machine. The proper way would be to be facing this way. But, because it's for display purposes, I want you to see everything. So, this is how it's going to work. We're going to have our arms straight up. Again, we're going to use our hands like hooks. Instead of squeezing with our hands, we're just going to hook them. Now, we're going to think of pulling our elbows down to the sides of our body. And slow on the way up. Now, once that bar comes near my sternum, this exercise is done. Once my elbows get near the side of my body, the exercise is done, okay? There and it's over. Now, all these exercises will be done to about 12 repetitions. So, we're going to pick a weight that's challenging enough, but we can definitely control it to 12 repetitions without squirming and trying to find some other muscles to jump in and help. All right? So, we're going to go through three sets of 12 repetitions at a lat pull-down. Now, we're going to go into our second exercise, which is going to be a dumbbell row, all right? Let me show you how to do that. Now, for our second exercise, we're going to a dumbbell row. And all we need is something like a bench or some kind of seat that we could put our arm on to stabilize and take your pressure off our lower back, okay? So, this is our position. Bending at the knees, hips out, back flat, as parallel to the floor as you can get it. Okay? Now, we're going to reach down, grab this dumbbell and pull. Lower the weight down again and pull. Lower the weight down again and pull. The one thing you want to pay attention to is you're not trying to bring your dumbbell to your bicep. You're trying to keep it as close to your leg as possible. That just ensures that you're using more lats than biceps. And one more. Now that is our dumbbell row. So, you want to make sure that you choose a right weight again that you can control for up to 12 repetitions. If you feel like you're pulling with your legs or pulling with your lower back, it's too heavy, all right? So, second exercise, dumbbell row. Now, I'm going to take you into our third exercise which is going to be a rear delt fly. And we can use this same bench that we're on, but we need to do is get a little bit smaller weights. So this third exercise is going to target the upper-back muscles, okay? The nice postural muscles behind our shoulders. Our rear delts, our rhomboids and our traps. We're going to pick something that's much lighter. These are going to be ten pounds. Our position is going to be leaning forward and lifting out to the side. One, slow on the way down. Lean forward. All right, guys. So, those three exercises put together will make an awesome back workout for you, especially, if you're just starting. Now remember, choose a weight that you can handle up to 12 repetitions. If your body is searching for something else to help other muscles, then obviously, it's too heavy. I prefer you guys to stay safe, all right? Now, remember. Four sets of 12 repetitions for each exercise, okay? So, that's 12, rest for about 45 seconds to 60 seconds. Another 12, rest again. Another 12, rest again. Done with that exercise and we go onto the next one. So, four on lat pulldown, four on a bent-over dumbbell row and then four on our rear delt flys. All right, guys? So get out there, have a good time, enjoy and as always, be safe.

There’s a lot more to picking a pair of panties than thinking they look cute in the store. Step 1: Think about comfort Decide how important comfort is to you. Briefs, boy shorts, and ladies boxers are the least constricting styles. Tip If you need to wear a thong, try one with more front coverage, or tangas, which have wider waistbands. Step 2: Consider fabric Take the fabric into consideration. Polyester provides the most support, wicks moisture, and dries quickly, making it great for workouts. Spandex or Lycra provides the most seamless look. Silk and satin are pretty, but must be hand-washed. Cotton is more hygienic because it’s breathable. Tip If you like the look and feel of polyester panties, buy ones with a cotton crotch. Step 3: Size up your body Consider what works best with your body type. To trim your hips and thighs, try boy shorts made with Lycra. To eliminate muffin top, go with a high-waisted Lycra brief or panties that dip in the front. Tip If you want your legs to look longer when you step out of your clothes, choose a French-cut brief. Step 4: Whittle away inches Invest in a few good body shapers to wear with unforgiving clothes. Some can squeeze as much as an inch and a half off your waist and hips! Step 5: Match waist height Wear panties with a waistline at or just under the height of your skirt or pants -- unless you want people to see the outline of your bikini panties under your high-waist trousers. Tip The waistband of your panties shouldn’t feel the least bit tight. If it does, go to the next size. Step 6: Ensure a smooth fit If you’re wearing tight jeans, slip on a hipster or string bikini. Both have less material on the sides. Did You Know? America’s first print underwear ad ran in the Saturday Evening Post in 1911.

Hairdressers swear that shampooing the correct way does make a difference. Step 1: Comb your hair Untangle your hair with a wide-toothed comb before you shower -- or you'll have a hopeless tangled mess when you're done. Step 2: Massage your scalp Next, loosen dirt and dead skin by massaging your scalp for a minute. Use the pads of your fingers, not the nails. Step 3: Wet your head with warm water Thoroughly wet your hair with warm — not hot — water. Very hot water damages hair shafts, causing fly-away hair. Tip Don’t wash your hair every day; all you’ll get for your trouble are oily roots and brittle ends. Step 4: Apply shampoo Pour a quarter-sized amount of shampoo into your hand, rub it between your palms, and then spread it evenly over your scalp. Using more shampoo than that will strip your hair’s natural oils, leading to the frizzies. Step 5: Work up a lather Work up a lather for at least a minute. Step 6: Rinse thoroughly Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Tip Contrary to what you’ve probably heard, do not rinse hair until it 'squeaks,' or you’ll be rinsing away the hair’s natural oils. Step 7: Condition your hair Gently squeeze out excess water with a clean towel, then wrap the towel around your head and let it absorb some more water. Hair is at its weakest and most prone to breakage when it's soaking wet. Tip If you have damaged hair, use a deep conditioner every few weeks, according to directions. Step 8: Rinse again Rinse the conditioner with warm water, adding a final blast of cold water to seal the cuticles, which makes hair really shine. Step 9: Towel dry your hair Gently squeeze out excess water with a clean towel, then wrap the towel around your head and let it absorb some more water before combing your hair. Hair is at its weakest and most prone to breakage when it’s soaking wet. Step 10: Use a detangler Spray on a little detangler or leave-in conditioner before combing your hair. Did You Know? On average, hair grows about half an inch each month.

So I'm gonna demonstrate how to form roll for lower back pain. Unfortunately many of us suffer from lower back pain. So the first thing you wanna do is get the roller lie it down like this. You're gonna apply pressure to one side of your lower back while supporting yourself with your elbow. You wanna be careful here. A lot of us have herniated discs, bulging discs so you really want to take your time. You could raise your hips up just like this, that will take some of the tension and pressure off your lower back. Explore the area, see whereabouts your tender. Do this for about two minutes. Focus on the points that you are feeling the most tension and pain. You're gonna switch sides. Switching arms, rolling toward the very bottom of your lower back to the middle. When we're experiencing lower back pain most of the time it's not coming from our back. I tell my clients to do like a flush of the lower back if you are experiencing pain there but definitely you wanna hit your glutes. A lot of the time our hips and our glutes are very tight and that's what's causing the lower back pain. So you wanna focus on, you could cross your ankle, one ankle across your bottom thigh and just focus on one side of your glute, glute med, glute max, toward the middle. Doing this for about two minutes, switching legs. The reason why I'm crossing is because I'm also gonna get into the piriformis which is a smaller muscle that actually tightens up just from sitting so that's also getting deeper into your glute medius in the piriformis. Always making sure alignment is priority so your hands should be directly under your shoulder. You also wanna make sure you're rolling your hips, your hip flexors if you're experiencing lower back pain because again, a lot of the time when our lower back is acting up it's not coming from the culprit, it's not coming from something in your lower back it's usually something around it. So let's roll the hips. You're gonna get back on your hands and knees and hit the very top of your thigh bone area. It could almost feel like a dull pain. That's how I would describe what the hip flexor feels like when you roll it. One to two minutes on side and then one to two minutes on the other. And that's how you form roll to improve lower back pain.

Schools today assign 50% more homework than when your parents were students. Make your workload lighter with these simple tricks. Step 1: Pick spot Pick a spot where you can do your homework every day. Clear it of any potential distractions. Tip If possible, do your homework in natural daylight. Research shows that people who studied near a sunny window had grades about 25% higher than those who didn’t. Step 2: Listen to music Listen to music. Studies have found that, for some people, playing their favorite tunes helps them get through homework faster by acting as 'white noise' that drowns out distractions. Tip Turn off your cell phone. You can hear all about what happened to your friend’s ex-girlfriend at the amusement park after you finish your homework. Step 3: Take notes Take notes while reading. Writing down key points can improve your recall. Step 4: Snack Snack on carbs, like pretzels and popcorn, while you do your homework. They boost serotonin—a brain chemical that makes you calmer and helps you focus. Step 5: Chew gum If you don’t feel like snacking, chew gum—it activates certain chemicals in the brain that help improve short- and long-term memory. Tip Choose mint gum—research shows minty scents help you stay alert. Step 6: Take breaks Take breaks! Keep the oxygen flowing to your brain and avoid eyestrain by getting up every half hour and moving around for at least five minutes. Now back to work. Did You Know? In education-obsessed South Korea, it’s common for students to study 18 hours a day.

Hi guys! This is Max Tapper again for Howcast. Today, I'm going to show you guys how to do a squat. Yes! The squat is one of those awesome, full body exercises that targets your legs, your abdominals, even your upper body muscles, and I'm going to show you how to do it. Initially, what we're looking for is to get on the bar and get this bar on our traps, right around here, exact position. Now, we're going to press up. Now, slow and controlled, we're going to lower that weight down, and our initial motion should be butt, back, and sit, like we're sitting in a chair. Squat, back, pause, up. All right? Squat, back, pause at the bottom, and up. One more time. Slow on the way down. Squat, back, pause, and up. Let me show you from the side because there's some very important things that we need to do in the squat. Initially, our body position needs to be here. First motion is back. It's never this. That's what a lot of people do in a squat, and they do it wrong because they put their weight on their toes. It goes into their knees. What we want you to do is sit back, stand on your heels, butt back, like you're sitting on a chair. Squat, back, pause, slowly up. Squat, back, pause, slowly up. That is the proper way to do a squat. Now, get out there, challenge yourself, again guys, use a weight that you can definitely control. The rep range you want to be in is about 12. Use a weight you can control, get out there, be safe, and have a good time.

Speaker 1: Tips and tricks for hair removal. Now this is at a perfect length right now. It went from being shaved, which was very hard to touch, you know what, like, course, freshly shaved feels like. It's not good to touch. So just having it long enough that it hugs the body, now, I understand he gets a little bit heavier, so, you know, what we do is we trim it slightly. A man's chest should always look un-groomed. It shouldn't be too comb over, scissor, or too tightly groomed. So I don't like shaving it because it comes back in too abrupt. I do think if you want to remove it completely, waxing is probably your best bet, because it comes back in much softer. So if you wax the hair, it's much more pleasant to touch when it grows back in, because when you shave the hair it blunts out the tip. Speaker 2: Okay. Speaker 1: So you're shaving it and it's growing out, and it's growing very blunt, but when you pull it out from the root it's growing out really soft. It has a soft tip. So there is a myth that if you wax it that it comes back thicker, it's not true, because the thickness of the hair is already established by the already existing follicle. It should always feel good. It should always be approachable. You know, if it gets really opaque in some areas, that's where you want to sort of dive into it, and lean it out a little bit, but you don't want it to look too manicured. And one of the tricks up here it always leave the Adam's Apple area, underneath the Adam's Apple, this area, you want to keep it free of hair. So what I suggest is you hold down the chest hair and you dive under and you clean this area, and then you let that come up natural. So you need to keep a certain amount of hair gone between here and facial hair. And also, another thing, is, like, fading out this line a little bit. So that's a part of body hair, going right up into the neck. You want to make sure there aren't any lines. Nice.

So, there are four basic foot reflexology techniques. I am going to add one. There is reflexologist named Dr. Manzanares from Spain and he does something called a press and slide which I think is really effective. The other four will be, thumb walking, finger walking, a hook and back up and rotation on a point. So, let's start with thumb walking. With thumb walking you're basically going to be using the little part of, just this joint. Right, so you'll just be doing that. A lot of times people will say to kind of come up and back down. I want to really stress that if you can come down and maintain pressure and just come up a little bit and then back down again. So, you are moving infinitesimal, you're barely moving. You can practice on your forearm here. You're going to be doing that. So you're just inching ahead and again you're not going to pop up. A lot of people when they are teaching that, they pop up, so just be sure not to do that. You're going to with a foot, you're going to press down just a little and come up and press down and come up, press down and come up. Now sometimes just wave the foot a little bit towards me and that will allow you to go a little deeper. As similarly, you could do finger walking. With finger walking I generally use it on the top of the foot. We could also use it on the sides of the foot. But generally not on the bottom plantar aspect. So, with that, you're just going to be doing the same kind of thing where you come down and come back up and back down again. And you'll see, I am supporting the foot with my thumb on the other side. So, my thumb is moving to, you could actually move down between all of the metatarsal's here. Hook and back up, you're going to be using our thumb and you'll go into a point and then you press down and then you're going to have pull out just a little bit. It can be very deep. So, just be mindful and check in with your person, make sure you're not hurting them. So again, you're going to press down and lean in a little bit and then back up. Generally points that are really good to use that on are the spleen reflex and the gall bladder reflex which are on either side of the feet. So, with this side you'll go hook and back up. Rotation on a point. You're going to also use that thumb walking and you're just going to rotate the foot. So, it's right under the metatarsal heads, you come down and you just rotate over. I am actually going to walk the, what is called the diaphragm line. So, you go in and you're just going to rotate there. You can go over the entire diaphragm line. Again, if somebody is you know, really anxious or feeling stressed out, that diaphragm line, the solar plexus point, which is right here, and the adrenal gland reflex are really powerful. And the last point is the press and slide with Dr. Manzanares. This is if you really want to get deep and you don't want to miss any points within there. So you're going to actually press down, you lean in, and you just slide a little bit and check in with your person, make sure you're not hurting them. You know, you want to kind of kick into it a place of parasympathetic, you know, relaxation. If you go beyond that, it's not serve going to them. So, again you press in and then you go up. Press in and slide and there will be continual pressure.

Silently send saliva flying with a flick of your tongue -- with no one being the wiser. Step 1: Suck on candy Suck on a piece of tart candy to stimulate saliva flow. Get a roll of tart fruit candy or other sour candy so you have plenty to practice with. Tip Yawning is also a good technique to generate saliva. Step 2: Make an O Make your mouth into a small O shape and take a deep breath in through your mouth. This will help saliva collect under your tongue. Step 3: Position the tongue Position the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth directly in the center and open your mouth wide. Tip Jut out your jaw so that it is slightly forward. Step 4: Breathe again Keep your tongue in position and breathe in again through your mouth to deepen the saliva pool. Step 5: Flex tongue Flex your tongue forward, keeping the tip locked to the roof of the mouth. The saliva should stream straight out or spray out in several directions. Did You Know? The medical term for dry mouth is xerostomia. The condition can lead to gingivitis, tooth decay, and mouth infections.

So we're going to do how to do self-massage to relieve sinus pressure. The sinus pressure generally happens right alongside underneath your eyes down to the sides of the nose. The pressure gradient pretty much is released if you start at this pressure point right adjacent to the labial fold of the large part of your nostrils. So I'm going to have the model do some self-massage by putting some gentle downward pressure towards the face, not so much up but towards inward so that you're releasing the pressure in between the nasal labial folds. And you're starting from downward moving upwards towards your eyeballs in precision, but the actual pressure still exactly is towards the face. And this helps to pump out the lymphatic that also maybe compromised in terms of congestion. And you're then going to move a little bit more outside of the cheeks in such a manner and that opens up the passages of the sinuses. Another really great point to utilize is right in between the eyebrows here. A lot of the pressure also happens with this top portion of the forehead onto the nose. So you can use both your fingers and one finger, I guess. It's up to you, and you want to go underneath the bridge of the brow, the ridge of the brow which is up here, the shelf of the brow, and use gentle upward motion, flicking up and went holding that position as well to release the downward motion that occurs on a daily basis and putting the hold for about five minutes. This also helps to clear nasal passage as well. And take in deep breath in and out. And you could also utilize essential oils of eucalyptus and peppermint to open up the passages as well along with your self-massage.

Hi guys, this is Max Tapper again for HowCast. And what I'm going to do today is show you how to do a crunch properly. Alright, now I know a lot of you guys are in the gym doing crunches but there's a huge population of you guys that aren't doing them correctly. Let me show you what it should look like and what it does look like to others. Now, the way people mostly do it wrong in the gym is by tugging on their head, squeezing, squeezing trying to get up. That's not the way we want to do it. A crunch should be nice and controlled. Slow and controlled. One, slow on the way down and up. Slow on the way down. So in this exercise your back never comes off the floor, okay? A crunch, your back never comes off the floor and the isolated area that you're working is going to be right here. Nice, slow and controlled, and up. And up. Alright guys, that's how you do a proper crunch, alright? Next time you go to the gym make sure to look around and see who's doing it wrong and you do it right. Remember, go out there and have a good time and be safe.

Belly dancing is sexy, fun, and burns up a lot of calories to boot! In this video, belly dancer Irina Akulenko teaches you how to do large hip circles. You'll be shaking it like Shakira in no time. So now we're going to try a large, exterior hip circle. Step out right underneath your hip bones, so nice and wide, keep the knees slightly bent, chest up, arms out, lower abs engaged. We're gonna shift the weight all the way out to the right, and again all the way out to the left. Once again, all the way out to the right, and all the way out to the left. Keeping the knees slightly bent, and once again do not let yourself bounce up and down in space. And slide out, and out, and out, and out. Now turning sideways, keeping the knees slightly bent you're gonna push your hips all the way forward, and all the way back, and as you push forward make sure that your chest does not lift so you're not pointing chest up, but you're actually staying neutral, the same way you normally are when you're standing. And when you shift all the way back, as well, you wanna keep the neutral lift. As you push front, you're going to feel your upper abs get engaged, nice and tight. And as you push back, you want to make sure that you're dropping the tailbone down, engaging the lower abs, so you're not arching your back, you do not want to release it back, keep it neutral. And sliding forward, and back, and forward, and back. Now we're going to combine those into a hip circle. Pushing out to the right, pushing forward, pushing over to the left, and back. Out to the right, forward where you should feel your upper abs, left, and back and you should feel the contraction in your lower abs. When you connect them you create a hip circle. Now this hip circle is traveling outside of your normal alignment so when you're standing neutral, this is your normal alignment, but when you push into the large hip circle you're going to come outside of that. Let's try that with music. Let's try going in the other direction. So that's how you do a basic, large, exterior hip circle.

Belly dancing is sexy, fun, and burns up a lot of calories to boot! In this video, belly dancer Irina Akulenko teaches you how to do the belly dance move known as the walking shimmy. You'll be shaking it like Shakira in no time. So now let's try the "walking hip shimmy". In order to prepare for it, let's keep the knees really bent. Let's think about those hip lifts we did earlier. Nice and slow, lifting one hip at a time. And you want to really feel this in your sides more than pushing through the knees. Just because we're going to use the knees in order to be able to walk. So, try to feel this in your obliques more than anything else. Remember to keep the chest lifted, lower abs tucked no matter what you're doing with your hips. While we're here, try lifting one heel off the floor, but still not compromising the integrity of the shimmy. What that means is that you're not hyper-lifting one side and barely lifting the other. You want to try to keep it as even as possible, even though one foot is slightly higher than the other. Let's try the other side. Lifting the left heel off the floor. Trying to keep the hip shimmy even. Chest lifted and the heel down. Right heel lifted. Now try to lift the foot off the floor. You can either touch it to the ankle of the opposite leg, or let it hover in front. And step back together. Try the other side. Lifting the foot off. Try extending forward. And while you're doing this, try to have a continuous relaxed shimmy no matter what. And place it back down. Let's try that with music. We're going to lift the right heel up. Take a step. Lift the left heel up. And lift the foot. And step. Stepping back. Try to have a continuous relaxed shimmy no matter what. Lifting the chest, shoulders back, arms full of energy. Let's try a little bit faster. Traveling back. And that's how you walk with a shimmy.

Ah the hickey, that red badge of passion! So spontaneous! So exhilarating! So erotic! So now what are you going to do? Step 1: Press cold spoon against hickey As soon as possible, pop a spoon in the freezer for a few minutes, and then press it, suction-like, against the hickey for 15 minutes. This will reduce swelling and prevent any more bruising. Step 2: Massage area Gently massage the area to break up the congealed blood that is causing the bruising. Step 3: Use comb or brush Not working? Take a comb or brush and gently rub it over the hickey for about 10 minutes to help disperse the clots. Tip You could also use a quarter to push away the blood that has gathered in the area, but this method hurts a bit. Step 4: Use lipstick cover Still seeing red? Get fresh blood flowing by removing the cover of a lipstick, twisting the opening against the hickey, and pulling it off. You’ll hear a pop, and the hickey will briefly be redder before lightening. Tip Some people swear by pencil erasers, saying that twirling them forward and backward on a hickey makes it disappear. Step 5: Use concealer Blend a little concealer, in a shade lighter than your skin tone, over any remaining redness. Step 6: Apply wet facecloth If the hickey is still visible after 48 hours, apply a hot, wet facecloth for about 5 minutes. This draws new blood, helping smooth out the skin tone. Step 7: Wear scarf or turtleneck If all else fails, wear a scarf or turtleneck—or stay indoors. Did You Know? A hickey is a bruise caused when the vacuum created by a sucking mouth breaks blood vessels below the skin.

Hey, everybody. My name is Dhiran Mistry. I work at the John Barrett Salon at Bergdorf Goodman. I’m with the beautiful Andrea today. We’re going to show you how to style your hair before bed. If your hair is already lovely and bouncy and wavy and curly, and you want to keep that, the best thing to do is to touch it on your head so you don’t mess it up whilst your head is laying down on a pillow. Another great thing to use is a silk pillowcase because that will stop too much friction with the hair and the material on the pillow. What I’m going to do is ask Andrea just to tilt her head back for me. You want to maintain all of the wave and curl in the hair. As you can see, there’s plenty going on here. We don’t want to lose that because what happens most of the time is you wake up, you sweat a little bit when you sleep and that completely ruins a lovely hairdo. As you can see, we’re going to try and maintain all of this wave. I’m just going to place my hand towards the crown and keeping all of the curl, just wrap the hair around my hand very, very loosely. Once I’ve done that, I’m just going to twist it on top of Andrea’s head and pop in some pins. You can use pins like these; they’re very easy. You can find them anywhere. All you want to do is just tuck them into the hair like that so they don’t hurt. Do they, Andrea? We just put a few in there just to keep the hair in place. As you can see, we’re placing all of these pins on top of the head. Okay, there we have it. It looks a bit messy as it is, but that’s not a problem because when she wakes up, she’ll be able to pull the pins out and still have all of that luscious curl. As you can see, the hair is clean off of her head. When she leans down on a pillow, all of this section of her head which will be the part that touches the pillow will not damage the curl that we have because we placed it on top of her head. Don’t worry about the top if it looks a bit messy; it’ll probably give it a bit more life as you pull it down in the morning. As you can see, Andrea has just woken up. This is what she looks like first thing in the morning. All you need to do is just find those pins that you placed in the night before, pull them out one by one. They might have moved a little bit while she was asleep, but don’t worry, they’re still there. Pull all the pins out, let the hair fall, give it a shake and there you have it. Your hair is as good as it was the night before.

According to Nostradamus, the Hopi Indians, and others, 2012 marks the end of the world -- December 21, to be exact, if you believe some interpretations of the Mayan calendar. Don't want to go down without a fight? Here's what to do. Step 1: Apply to a doomsday community Join a doomsday community to survive a 2012 end-of-the-world scenario -- an underground bunker network built to keep people alive for a year. You'll need both the price of admission -- at least $50,000 in some cases -- and approval by the bunker board. Tip Increase your chances of acceptance by developing a survival skill that will be useful in the bunker. Step 2: Build your own bunker If you prefer to go it alone, build your own apocalypse shelter, or buy a prefabricated one. Camouflage it if you can: You don't want desperate neighbors trying to break down the bunker door when all hell breaks loose. Step 3: Stock the basics Stock your 2012 end-of-the-world shelter with the basics: non-perishable food that doesn't require cooking; water; clothing; and medical supplies. Step 4: Anticipate disasters Be equipped to survive any apocalyptic scenario by stocking hazmat suits, personal flotation devices, fireproofing spray, and potassium iodide tablets to protect against radiation exposure. After all, we don't know exactly how the end will come. Step 5: Prepare to start again Include supplies that will help you make a new start once it's safe to leave the bunker, like seeds to plant a crisis garden; water purification items; waterproof matches; and hand tools for a world that may not have electricity. Step 6: Get fit Spend your time in the bunker getting into top physical shape; now that you've survived 2012 and the end of the world, you're going to need all the strength you can muster to re-establish a new one. Did You Know? One 2012 end-of-the-world theory we don't have to worry about is Earth colliding with so-called Planet X -- NASA scientists say that planet doesn't even exist.

Probably the most iconic of knots, this knot is easy to make and absorbs movement and shock extremely well. Step 1: Create bight Create a large "U"-shaped bend—or "bight" tipped on its left side—with the end of the rope. Tip This knot requires a minimum of seven turns, so leave plenty of rope after your bight to work with. Step 2: Create another bight Create another bight at the end of the first one bending back in the opposite direction. The rope should look like an "S," with all three legs parallel to each other. Step 3: Wrap end over legs Put the end of the rope under all three legs, and then wrap the end over the three legs. This is considered one "turn." Step 4: Continue wrapping Continue wrapping the end of the rope around all three legs (coiling it upwards) at least six more times, tightening each turn one by one as you make it. Tip You can make more than seven turns, but always use an odd number so you can finish off the knot properly. Step 5: Finish turns When you're done making your turns, there should be a little bit of rope left over at the end, and the top of the second bight should be just poking out above the topmost turn, forming a loop. Step 6: Pass end through loop Pass the very end of the rope through this loop from front to back. Step 7: Tighten To tighten, pull down on the right-hand edge of the noose created by the first bight. Did You Know? Being a hangman or executioner used to be a family profession in France.

I'm going to show you how to do a Four Coin Flourish. Now what flourish is, is not necessarily a magic trick, but it gives your coin magic perhaps a much needed flair. As you can see, coins are nice displayed in my hands. Now we're going to start small with this, and we're going to use just one coin. We're going to work up to four coins here, and it will take you a little bit of practice. Now as I said, we're going to start with just the one coin, and just have it placed between your thumb and your pointer finger. Now this might sound crazy, but believe it or not, getting the right position here is not the easiest thing. So what I would like you to do is place the half-dollar or the quarter, or whatever size coin you're using, and place it right there and press down. Just keep doing that for a few seconds, and then take that coin and place it as far down between your pointer finger and your middle finger as possible, and press down. What you're doing here is you're strengthening the muscles over time. You're also building your finger range. You're going to then go between the middle finger and ring finger, hold it like that. You want to get it to the point where you can shake hands with someone like this, so that coin will not move. Then we're also going to finish this little exercise by having the coin between the pinky and the ring finger. Once again, if you can do this and move around without the coin falling out, you're good to go. Now once you've gotten comfortable with one coin, well, then you can go to the second step, which is with two coins. Have the two coins between the middle and the pointer finger, and then just peel off with the thumb and open up. Once you're able to do two coins, then you can do three. Take all three coins, and have them between the thumb and pointer finger to start. You're going to then transfer the coins to a middle grip, middle finger grip, and pointer finger grip. You're going to use your thumb to push over that top coin, that top coin is going to then be wedged between the ring finger and the middle finger. You're going to open up, you're going to take your free thumb, and then move it over like this, open up, you're going to have a nice little split. Now if you're able to do three coins, you want to be adventurous, you can then do four. You're going to push that coin over all the way and clip it between the pinky and the ring finger. Second step, is taking that third coin and pushing it over between the ring finger and middle finger. You're going to leave the second to last coin right where it is, and with your thumb, open up like this, and you'll have a very, very nice display of coins. Four Coin Flourish is not a magic trick, but it is something that will give your coin magic an added extra flair. Enjoy.

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Aaron: We're professional ballroom dance instructors coming at you today from New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you about a little dance we call the swing, also what we refer to in the ballroom world as East Coast Swing. So what we're going to be doing is starting taking a look at the basic action. So gentlemen, let's take apart our footwork. What we're doing, guys, is we're always starting with our left leg, and what we're going to be starting this dance with is what we call a link step or a rock step. Taking our left leg and rocking it behind, one, two. And then following this up with a triple step action going side, together, side, and then repeating that with our right leg to our right, side, together side. And then following that up again, rock step, one two three, one two three, rock step. Now Kristina is going to demonstrate the ladies' part. Kristina: Alright. So, ladies, we are going to start with our right foot in the rock step. So we're going to take our right foot and step behind, replace, that's our one, two. And then slide to the right, three and four, five and six. Again, one, two, three and four, five and six. Aaron: Now we're going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds we're going to be using in the swing. For starters we're going to be using a bit of a modified hold here from what we're used to in most of our ballroom dances where gentlemen we're actually going to place our thumb on top of the lady's hand and bring it down to about waist level. Here we're also going to be slightly turned out as this dance has a lot of rotational action that we're going to see right away as we rock step. Now there are several other types of holds as well. We're also going to be using a double hand hold, a single hand hold, and an open position, as well as a handshake hold that you'll see will get us into several more of our advanced patterns. Now let's take a look at that basic action again together, one more time. And, one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, three and four, five and six. One, two. And now let's try that with music.