Showing posts with label Marie Claire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marie Claire. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Marie Claire January 2015

Hang Photos Like a Pro
  1. Know your freebies - when buying from a dealer or gallery, make sure to ask if the price includes the frame. For a lot of first-time buyers, it does.
  2. Defray costs - hit up Ikea for budget frames, or join Michaels mailing list and wait for coupons, which can custom framing prices nearly in half.
  3. Use your accents - if your room has a bold accent color, try matching the frame to that. Got a neutral palette? Match the color of the floor.
  4. Separate lights and dark - lights frames help a space look bigger. Darker ones draw attention to the fact that a room is small.
  5. Master the salon - when collaging a bold or colorful work with less eye catching ones, don’t hang the focal piece in the middle. Use the pinwheel technique: disperse artwork loosely around the center of the wall. And use frames of a single hue.
  6. Tame the mix - if salon style chaos isn’t your thing, try hanging art of different sizes and mixed media [a mask, an etching, a painting, a photo, etc] in a grid a bold but restrained effect.


Benefits of Meditation
  1. Improved concentration - experienced meditators’ brain show more activity in the areas that control attention and focus than those of people who don’t meditate.
  2. Weight control - in preliminary studies, meditators who practice “mindful eating” (focusing attention on the sensory experience of a meal) were able to control overeating more successfully than non-meditators.
  3. Better memory - meditators have denser gray matter in the hippocampus (which is connected to memory and learning)
  4. Less uneasiness - after analyzing nearly 19,000 studies on meditation. Researchers found that mindfulness practices ease anxiety.
  5. Decreased stress - studies has found that meditation can reduce the expression of genes linked to inflammation and stress.

Friday, April 24, 2015

Marie Claire July 2014


How to grill
1. Prep your surface - before use, wipe down grates with vegetable oil. Brush off charred food with a grill brush after each use.
2. Get the gear - you’ll need noth grill and meat thermometers, and a pair of tongs
3. Let it marinate - coat chicken a day ahead with a simple garlic, ginger and soy sauce marinade [fish and steak only need two to four hours]. No time to spare? Make a spice rub and olive oil paste for major flavor fast.
4. Leave it be - checking on the meat too much. Let it sit for a several minutes per side or until you see grill marks. Then rotate 180 degrees for a crosshatch pattern.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Marie Claire June 2014



10 Hard Lessons Learned in the Trenches
1. Get people to confide in you.
2. Become a media darling
3. Win over a room full of sharks
4. Collaborate with rivals
5. Forge ahead after an epic failure
6.  Call in favors - be the person that does for folks. People never feel put out by someone who they know has other people’s backs.
7. Know how to champion unpopular positions.
8. Avoid saying something you’ll regret in a crisis.
9. Embrace criticism and your critics.

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Marie Claire February 2014





Life Changing Products
Diorsnow White Reveal Extreme Cooling Gel Mask
Lancome Dreamtone Customized Skin Tone Correcting Serum
Clinique Chubby Stick Shadow Tint for Eyes
Maybelline New  York Color Sensational Color Elixir
Vaseline Spray & Go Moisturizer
Clarins Body Lift Cellulite Control