It may be difficult to distance yourself from a person you normally spend a lot of time with, but it's important you take steps to reduce the amount of interaction you have with the mean friend. This is the only way you'll be able to grow and find healthier friends to be around. Don't broadcast your plans to create distance. Your friend is likely to confront you if you tell your friend that you are planning to create distance. Instead, simply start making decisions on your own and keeping them to yourself. Reduce possibilities for interaction. This can be as simple as changing your routine. For example, change the time you leave work or school and take a different route home. It's also a good idea to avoid places where the mean friend hangs out. Go there at different times or avoid the place altogether. Find new interests. This may be difficult since it's possible you are friends with the mean person because you share similar interests. Still, you should ask yourself whether there aren't other things you could do with yourself and maybe some interests that you haven't yet explored. Prepare for a possible confrontation. Your friend might confront you even if you aren't obvious about your decision to create distance from the mean friend. They may notice that you are doing different things and want to know why. You don't have to tell them the real reason if you feel you want to avoid a fight. An important part of your well-being depends on having emotional and physical boundaries for yourself. This will help prevent you from getting hurt. Know what kinds of behavior you will and won't accept from others. A good friend will respect your boundaries and not make you feel bad about them. Decide what boundaries are important for you. This can be physical and emotional. Sometimes a person will intrude on your space or ask you questions that make you uncomfortable. Decide what boundaries you need in these areas. Pay attention to any sense of discomfort. You will know when a person is overstepping your boundaries. Listen to your inner sense of self, which knows what is right and wrong for you. Speak up immediately when you feel a boundary has been crossed. Don't be afraid to tell someone when they have crossed an emotional or physical boundary of yours. It is important that a person knows this so they can change and possibly apologize. Even good friends will sometimes overstep their boundaries but they will always respect your needs. Be polite but firm. You don't need to apologize for your boundaries. Simply tell a person how you're feeling and what you would like them to do or stop doing. They will listen if they are a good friend. A good but difficult step for avoiding a mean friend is by deleting your friend from your social media accounts. This limits your interactions with them and prevents them from seeing things about you that they might simply use against you. Log onto your social media accounts and either limit the mean friend's access or delete the friend from your accounts completely. Be prepared for a confrontation since this tends to upset a lot of people. Be mature if you choose to respond to the person. You don't want to get into an argument where you're just as mean as the person you're trying to avoid.
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One-sentence summary -- Place distance between yourself and the friend. Establish boundaries. Get rid of the friend from your social media accounts.

Dressing up is a great way to put yourself in a silly mood. Look for bright colors, loud patterns, and funky shapes. Feel free to mismatch patterns (it's trendy now) or even wear your clothes backwards! For women, consider a vintage dress with striped socks, plenty of jewelry, and a huge hairbow. Men can try a comically oversized bowtie with a suit in an unusual color and two different shoes. To create a really silly look, draw your lipstick outside of your lips, paint on bright rouge, and create a dramatic eye with bright eyeshadow and lots of mascara. You can even put glitter on your cheeks or draw on a fake beauty mark. You're being silly, so rules don't apply! For a more socially-acceptable look that will still inspire you to be confident, choose a bright lipstick or exaggerated glittery eyeshadow. Try using hairspray to get your hair to stand straight up, create braids all around your head, or make your hair as messy as you can. If you have thicker hair you can also create an afro by back-brushing your hair until it's piled up on your head. Don't worry, you don't have to commit to anything. Hair chalk, colored hairspray, and hair mascara can put a burst of color into your hair will all usually come out within a couple of washes. If you don't want to use temporary hair dye, look for a brightly colored wig, or one with a silly cut, like a "mullet" cut that is shorter in the front and longer in the back. Visit a second-hand store or a specialty shop and look for the most outlandish accessories you can find - think a tie decorated in flamingos or costume jewelry that is obviously fake. If you don't want to spend any money, try making your own accessories. Pin a small stuffed animal to a headband, make a necklace out of soda can tabs and string, or wear a pool float around your waist for the day.
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One-sentence summary -- Put on a wild outfit. Wear bright makeup. Create a zany hairstyle. Dye your hair a bold color. Find some funky accessories.

Shampoo is designed to cleanse the hair of dirt and oils. Washing away the natural oils your scalp produces is necessary for your hair to look clean, but it can dry out your hair. That's where conditioner comes in. Each time you shampoo, follow up by using conditioner that's right for your hair type. If you have very dry or damaged hair, choose a moisturizing conditioner that will restore its shine. If you have fine, light hair, choose a lighter conditioner that won't make your hair look limp. When it comes to conditioner, you can definitely have too much of a good thing. You should only use as much as you need for your hair type and length. If you use a handful of conditioner your hair will end up looking dull and even greasy. Use just enough to lightly coat your hair and make it easy to untangle the strands. If you have short hair, you only need a dime-sized amount of conditioner. If you have medium hair, use a quarter-sized amount. For long hair, use a silver dollar-sized amount. If your hair tends to look dull even though the products you use claim they'll make it look shiny and sleek, you may want to switch your products. Silicones are an ingredient in commercial conditioners that do indeed make hair look shiny at first. After awhile, though, the silicones build up in your hair and cause it to lose its shine. Look for conditioner that's labeled "silicone-free" and you won't have to worry about this problem. You may also want to get sulfate-free shampoo. Sulfates strip hair of its natural oils very effectively too effectively. If your hair is on the dry side, using shampoo with sulfates will dry it out even more, and no conditioner will be able to make it look healthy again. Use a sulfate-free shampoo paired with a silicon-free conditioner. This is a great choice for those with hair that tends to get dry and frizzy. Rather than rinsing the conditioner out, you spray it on or comb it through your hair and leave it in as your hair dries. If your hair is very fine or tends to get greasy easily, this may not be the best choice for you.
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One-sentence summary -- Condition after every shampoo. Use only as much as you need. Consider getting silicone-free conditioner. Look into leave-in conditioner.

If you have not already created a note or want to create a new note to add tags to, select the "New Note" tab and follow the onscreen instructions to do so. Click "Save" in the top-right corner to add the tags. " input field to select and add tags that you have already created for other notes.
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Launch the Evernote iPhone or iPod touch app from your device's home screen. Tap the "Notes" tab at the bottom of your screen. Select a note you want to add tags to. Select the pencil icon from the bottom right hand corner. Tap the "Tags" input field and type new tags separated using commas. Alternatively, you can tap the blue arrow next to the "Tags: