EIGHT REASONS YOU SHOULD DROP YOUR BOYFRIEND IMMEDIATELY
AssociatedNews.US
by Durk Dugan
Abuse Is One Reason
Mr. L. Rx and Mr. P. L. Ayer are successful pick up artists who give advice to men about picking up women.
But now these “gurus for men” have decided to start helping the “fairer” sex by giving advice to women about men. On their popular website, DatingToRelating.com, women can learn what men do to trick women, and how to bust a player who is lying and cheating on them.
Besides information on how men lie and cheat, Mr. L. Rx tells women what to watch out for and avoid in their selection of men. Here are Mr. L. Rx’s eight “No Brainers” for women from his website:
1) If a man ever hits you or slaps you or even threatens you in a rough way – leave him immediately.
2) If a man tries to move into YOUR apartment because he doesn’t have a job or a place to stay – drop him immediately. Men are supposed to be the providers. Don’t ever support a man. It may seem cool for a while but in the long run you will regret it.
3) If a man plays with you like you are one of his buddies – drop him instantly. If he can’t make the distinction between men and women, he is a real idiot.
4) If a man doesn’t have any men friends or his men friends are a bunch of jerks – drop him immediately. There is a reason men (or good men) don’t like him.
5) If a guy is jealous or possessive for no reason – drop him now! When people are jealous or paranoid for no reason at all, they are projecting their own moral code on you. They are saying, “If I were in that situation I would be cheating on her, so I know she is cheating on me.” Want to know if I guy would ever cheat on you? This is your biggest clue.
6) If a guy wants a committed relationship after one date – run for the hills!!! This guy is nuts! And even if he is not acting like it now, you’ll find out the hard way sooner or later if you continue with him.
7) If a guy walks up to you on the street and tells you how hot you are – well just mosey on away… then run for the hills!
8) And of course, if he is married or in a relationship, drop him the minute you find out. This is the biggest “no brainer” of all. If he cheats on her, he will cheat on you. Don’t buy into his sad story of how bad she treats him and what a great guy he is. He is a liar and a cheat. Don’t find out the hard way. Just drop him.
For more information on men, women, and relationships visit DatingToRelating.com.
MUSIC TO THE EARS
AssociatedNews.US
By Durk Dugan
Discover New Music
I stumbled upon an interesting website the other day. It is called ReverbNation.com. It is a site that promotes up and coming bands as well as well established ones. (For example Jason Mraz and Madonna are on there)
After giving up on MySpace as a place to discover new bands years ago, I found ReverbNation to be refreshingly unblemished. Now for those of you who don’t know there are hundreds of services that will get you Myspace friends and plays for a fee – thus the rankings on Myspace Music don’t really mean much anymore.
Not so at Reverb Nation. Apparently their ranking formula is sufficiently complex that you can’t get a high rank by just getting hits or plays. According to their website, if you are getting a lot of hits, their ranking formula will expect to see plays. And if you are getting a lot of plays then their formula would expect to see friends and fans signing up, and so forth. So visits and plays can actually start working against you at Reverb Nation if you don’t get the consequent actions.
I listened to the top 10 bands worldwide from all genres on the homepage of ReverbNation. They were (in order from 1 to 10): Jason Mraz, Underoath, Madonna, Andres Lopez, The Lords Of Easton, Depeche Mode, Dead Sara, Eric Michael Hopper, Pantera, and Howie Day.
My absolute favorite band was Dead Sara. Man do those girls rock! And the lead Singer, Emily, absolutely has the best female rock voice since Janis Joplin. A close second was another rock band, The Lords of Easton. Wow! What a dynamic duet. Their vocals are great!
Then I listened to the top 10 bands worldwide from the rock genre. They were (in order from 1 to 10): Underoath, The Lords of Easton, Dead Sara, OTEP, RockRioBrazil, Everclear, Our Lady Peace, Hit The Lights, Dave Alvin, Trans-Siberia Orchestra.
My favorites were of course Dead Sara, and The Lords Of Easton, but there was another new band I never heard of before that I absolutely loved – Hit The Lights, an Australian rock band with a great sound.
You can check the charts worldwide, by country, or within your local area to discover bands. There are links to Amazon, Itunes, Rhapsody, Napster from the band’s home pages. You can join their fan’s lists, become an active “street team” member and help promote the band if you really like them, email the bands, get a list of their shows, and much more.
This is a great service that allowed me to discover a dozen or so new bands that I really like that I never heard of before. If you are like me and like discovering new bands and music, you might want to check out ReverbNation.com.
By Durk Dugan
read moreBEAUTIFUL BROWS
by Genn Shaughnessy
You can’t have a look like this without finishing it with an eyebrow eyebrows are so important for framing the face and the eyes. one of the things people don’t realize is that everything on our face creates a boundary for where people are looking. since her eyes are generally our most important feature it’s important to accentuate them and further contain them with a suggested line like an eyebrow. there are so many things that can happen when creating an eyebrow most people choose to go extremely thin which generally signifies sickness when you look at someone whose hair is thinning or whose eyebrows are thin it leads us to believe subconsciously that their not well. so it’s important to choose a healthy shape. this can also go the opposite way, you also want to be careful not to have to think of a brow because of its too thick that’s all someone is going to be staring at and we don’t want that either.
When creating a brow, I personally like to choose the color that’s very close to the person’s hair color may be a tad bit darker maybe a little bit later. For lighter color hair I generally go a little but darker, and for extremely dark hair I tend to go a little bit lighter. There are three points to the eyebrow that are essential when creating a shape; the tail end, the arch and the inner corner. You can take a pencil a makeup brush or straightedge and begin by looking in the mirror at the side of your nose. Line your straight edge along side of your nose so it goes over your tear ducts straight up towards your brow. This is where the inner corner begins. Using the same plane on your nose align it on the outside of your eye so it lines up with the corner of your eye again over your brow this is approximately where it should end. If you raise your browse when you look into the mirror, use your thumb and hold it right where it’s curved this is approximately where your arch should be. These are good guidelines to follow when creating your shape how thick you choose is up to you but again this is a guideline it’s just an approximate space where this should be.
NOW, after deciding what shape you want, get it waxed! I highly suggest going to a PROFESSIONAL to do this. Not your girlfriend who offers to “help” you or your daughter in cosmetology school. You need THE BEST you can get to handle such an important focus on your face.
Whether you choose a pencil powder or eyebrow gel is up to you. It all depends on the texture, consistency and shade you want. Since I personally like the browse to be groomed and filled then I generally choose an eyebrow powder along with the wax. I use the powder for color and to fill in any spaces where the hair is lacking and then use the wax with my fingertip to groom it in place and keep it that way. for women like me who have scarring in their eyebrows wax is a great tool to use on scar tissue before applying color. This will help adhere the eyebrow powder to scar tissue that usually has a hard time keeping it in place.
Basically what you’re doing is using your eyebrow product on your natural brow follow where your natural hair grows and fill in. The hardest part, like mostly everything in life is knowing not doing. It’s not the filling in that’s a challenge its is knowing where to fill it in and what shape you want. That’s what you’ll figure out when assessing your brows in the mirror and getting em waxed by a PROFESSIONAL first.
Photo: Lorraine Murphy
MakeUp Artist: Genn Shaughnessy
Model: Lirabelle Du Prix
Try Form a Brow Kit by Senna Cosmetics. It has everything you need for deciding shape and making it happen. All that’s missing is your personal waxer to rid you of your uneccessary hairs!
Pinup Girl Makeovers
GET THE LOOK:
MakeUp Artist Genn Shaughnessy created this flawless canvas by starting with basic skincare targeted to this individual client. Here we interview her to find out exactly how she went about it.
“I created this flawless look for Alicia on a set of PinUp Makeover. Alicia had no challenges when it came to skin, so I used the basic lotion and eye cream without an SPF and coated it with Jemma Kidds make up primer.
Since I always began with eyes, I prepped the eyelid using a very thin layer of Mac Cosmetics eyeshadow paints in still life using my large concealer brush. I then used my large eyeshadow brush and pressed in a very thick layer of her eyelids color in which case I used MAC Vex. with a very large fluffy eyeshadow brush I a gently swept it on the brow bone with Senna buttercream eyeshadow. next using my crease brush, I dipped the tip into a medium green eyeshadow, and using a motion much like a windshield wiper sweeps back and forth I carved the crease teetering in between her eyelid and her brow. I wanted to be sure that I didn’t get too much on the island itself because if I did, it would have looked too dark and made her eyes looked too small.
moving on to eyeliner I always like to use an angled eyeliner brush I used the same eyeshadow as they did for her eyelid and for her crease. first I took a pencil smudging brush and use the eyelid color to follow the tear duct from her top lid underneath her bottom lashes into the center of her eye. then taking my eyeliner brush because the dream that was used for her crease and lined the rim underneath her eye into her lash line.
Since I want her lashes to be really prominent I decided to go with a really thick volumizing mascara, so I went with Jan Marini’s. I like it because the brush is extremely big and fat but it also has a ton of bristles that are really close together and they really separate the lashes.
For the color in her face I decided to go with a really natural looking blush I use a minimal amount of a highlighter on her of the bridge of her nose and along the cheekbones to make them look higher. than for lips and decided to go the little pop of color since our model decided to go over not sure out in the clothing department I thought it best to match her lips to the accent color on flower in her hair.
To create a natural look with flush all you really need to do is smile. See that little apple that happens when you smile in your face tightens? That’s where your blush goes. Use a nice sized blush brush, put most of it there and the rest of it bring it back to your temple. You can use a fan brush or a stiple brush for the powdered highlighter that you choose.
Sure but the key to any good makeup application is blending and for that you need good makeup brushes. know where you wanted to know how to apply it and if you don’t like the way it looks you’re not applying it correctly. so just keep blending until you can’t see any visible lines and separation.”
Photo: Lorraine Murphy
MakeUp Artist: Genn Shaughnessy
Model: Alisha
Products Suggested
Jan Marini
Marini Mascara
$80.00
Mac Cosmetics
eyeshadow paint
$16.50
Jemma Kidd PRO
Skin Rescue Bio-Complex Primer
$42.00
Senna cosmetics
Buttercream Eyeshadow
$16.50
Senna cosmetics
Tigress blush
$19.00
DEX New York
Luminescent Powder
$32.00
Adesign
flat topped foundation brush
$30.00
Smashbox
Definer (pencil) brush
$28.00
Smashbox
Fan brush
$18.00
January 2010
EVENTS
Hope your New Years Celebration was as good as ours! Here in Albany, the hottest party was at 11 North Pearl. Swinging tunes from Soul Session, Performances by Cirque Du Soleil and Hors d’oeuvres provided by Classe Catering. Get the low-down of this swanky and sexy New Years party that made my NYE, the best one EVER HERE.
BEAUTY
Open your eyes, fix your brows! MakeUp Artist and Beauty Editor, Genn Shaughnessy shows us, step by step how to achieve PRO status. Plus other tips to accentuating eyes, lashes and lips. Get the look HERE
HIMSELF
Any of you men out there need advice for picking up the ladies? Tired of getting cock-blocked by your wingman? He could actually be helping you. HERE Dating Dr, Mr L Rx gives you some tips on taking tips from your man-dates
HERSELF
Ladies if you think your man’s a loser, you’ve already answered your own questions. But, just in case you weren’t sure check out these 8 reasons to drop him IMMEDIATELY HERE
ENTERTAINMENT
Myspace isn’t the only site online to promote up and coming musicians HERE Durk Dugan tells all you little music buffs where to get your song track fixes.
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