Article: The roof of your mouth is made up of a hard palate and a soft palate. If you touch it with your tongue, you can identify. The hard palate stays in place. This is what's thought of as the roof of your mouth. It's the part of your mouth made of bone and covered with skin. It's encased between your teeth and attached to your skull. Further back in your mouth is the softer, fleshier area of the soft palate. It can move up and down when you touch your tongue to it and it moves and stretches up whenever you speak, eat, yawnbasically anytime you use your mouth. Lifting your soft palate is key to controlling your voice, and can help you prevent singing through your nose. Imagine there is a ping-pong ball in the back of your mouth. You would need to have your soft palate lifted if there were an object back there taking up space. Alternatively, you can do a half yawn. Notice that you lift or stretch your soft palate upward while you do this. Practicing this will familiarize you with the feeling of lifting your soft palate. You can also practice inhaling a soft K sound. This will naturally lift your soft palate, just slightly, so it is not as dramatic as the lift would be if you had a ping-pong ball in your mouth. Raise your soft palate and speak. You can try talking to yourself or doing something like reading a book out loud with your soft palate raised. It may feel and sound silly, but you will train yourself to be able to lift the soft palate on demand. This can also help you learn how to make noise with your mouth while raising your soft palate.
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Identify your soft palate. Practice lifting your soft palate. Practice talking with your soft palate raised.
Article: Lacy dresses are the most romantic and call for a romantic hairstyle to match. Consider an updo with loose waves and add flowers or barrettes to complete the look. If your hair is naturally straight, use rollers or a curling iron to add waves before you sweep it up and twist it a few times in the back. Secure your updo with bobby pins and decorative barrettes to complete the look. Halter dresses look great with a style that complements their long, strappy appearance. Add some volumizer to your hair and pull it up into a high ponytail. Make a loose fishtail braid and secure it with an elastic hairband. If you don't have the length or volume of hair to pull off this look, try adding some clip-on extensions before pulling your hair up. Mermaid dresses are very elegant; wear an equally elegant hairstyle with yours to complete your look. Get loose waves by braiding your hair into one large, loose braid and sleeping in it overnight. Then simply add styling serum before your event and comb all of your hair off to one side. Add some hairspray to finish off your waves and complete this elegant style. One-shouldered dresses have a bold and dramatic appearance, so let them get the attention they deserve by keeping your hair up and out of the way. Simply pull your hair up into a high ponytail and wrap the tail around the center all the way to the ends. Secure the bun with bobby pins all around. Consider using extensions or a sock bun to achieve this look if your hair isn't very long or is very thin. To make the look more sleek and modern, smooth some gel or mousse into your hair to tame frizz and flyaways. Then, pull your hair back in your ponytail and proceed with the bun. If you have a bob that's chin- or shoulder-length, create a 1920s style by curling with large rollers or a curling iron and setting the curls with hairspray. Comb all of your curls over to one side, and pin them in place with bobby pins. Any length hair can be dressed up with one or several barrettes. Place them throughout an updo on longer hair, or style shorter hair with curls or twists before placing your barrettes throughout. Choose barrettes that match your dress or your jewelry for the best look. Guys can instantly make their hair more formal by combing it back with pomade. To create a pompadour, slick back the sides of your damp hair with pomade. Take a round brush, and starting at the back of your head, roll the brush backwards while pushing your hair upward and forward and blasting it with hot air from your blow-dryer. Continue the rolled brushing all the way over the top to your forehead until the top of your hair is tall and rounded. Run more pomade through it, and set the style with some high-hold hairspray. For optimal results, use a nozzle attachment on your blow dryer. This helps focus the air on the specific sections of hair you are working with.
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Wear a loose, wavy updo with a lacy dress. Try a high, messy, fishtail braid with a halter dress. Wear side-swept waves with a mermaid dress. Try a ballerina bun with a one-shouldered dress. Curl and pin shorter hair to one side for a vintage look. Add flower or rhinestone barrettes to any length hair. Slick back your hair or make a pompadour for a classic look.
Article: Being lonely is a feeling that transcends your outward environment and current social activities. While someone can be surrounded by people in a crowd and still feel lonely, someone else might be all alone and not feel lonely at all. Loneliness is a feeling of disconnectedness you have inside. Being alone is when no one is around you. You can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely. Think about your likes, dislikes, and where you feel comfortable. You might feel lonely in certain crowds, but you might feel deep connections with people at small gatherings. The only way to move forward is to find out exactly what situations you are uncomfortable in. Consider the special circumstances of your unease and loneliness. Do you like small gatherings of friends? How do you feel in bars, clubs, or other social events where you're out in a public establishment? Do you feel okay in large gatherings if you know everyone? There might be hurtful experiences in your past that contribute to why you feel so lonely. One of the first places you should start is by examining yourself to figure out if this is true. If so, you'll have a better idea of why you feel this way and you'll be able to move forward. Maybe you were abused or neglected by the people who were supposed to take care of you. Maybe you were bullied or left out by your classmates. Maybe you are feeling inadequate because of physical or mental disabilities, your gender, race or social background. Find a mental health professional to talk about your feelings. A psychiatrist, counselor, social worker, or psychologist can help you examine your past and determine what might be causing your loneliness and discomfort. This might be one of the last things you want to do, but if loneliness is crippling you emotionally and detracting from your quality of life, you should consider seeking help. Through therapy, you can acquire new tools, skills, and outlets to help you feel better. Counseling can also provide you with some much needed support. Don't let the urge to conform to other people's expectations make you into a different person. Focus on your inner-self rather than on outer stimuli and influences. Be proud of the person you are, and more people will want to connect with you. Tell yourself that your own opinions are important. Constantly reinforce your own uniqueness and personality. Don't fear being different just so others approve of you.
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Recognize that being lonely and being alone are two different things. Try to better understand your loneliness. Examine your past. Seek help from a professional. Be true to yourself.