Write an article based on this "Clean up your home the day before. Prepare to have a phone and email-free day. Gather all of the materials you'll need. Don't put any pressure on yourself to do things. Sleep in."
article: You may not think a tidy space is essential to having a home pampering day, but having a clean and orderly home will actually make you feel much more calm and relaxed. Take at least fifteen minutes to throw out any trash, tidy up your desk, kitchen, and bedroom, and to make sure everything is in its place. You don't want to do a lick of work during your home pampering day, so you should make sure your home is in order when you wake up and prepare to spoil yourself. Get rid of any sign of your work from your bedroom or whatever room you'll be staying in. You want this day to be about you, not about finishing that report you've been stressing about. Empty your dishwasher, water your plants, and do any household chores you can in the evening so you don't have to think about a single one when you wake up. You don't want to be answering emails from work or helping your friends deal with drama during your home pampering day. This day will be all about you, and you can try to forget everyone else as much as you can. Make it clear that you're taking the day off work and tell any friends who are used to hearing from you that you won't be using your phone, either. If you're active on social media, then you can even post about the fact that you're taking a day off, so no one wants anything from you that day. If you want to leave your phone on for emergencies or check it every few hours because you simply can't live without it, then you can do that. If you want to have the most successful home pampering day possible, then you don't want to spend a minute going to the store, checking items off a list, or gathering anything you need, unless that makes you feel more relaxed. While making too much of a plan can be stressful and can counteract the idea of a home pampering day, you should plan to have a few things ready so you can start making yourself feel relaxed the moment you wake up. Here are some things you may need: Relaxing herbal teas A face mask Bubbles for a bubble bath Scented candles Cucumbers for your eyes Your favorite foods Fruit for a smoothie Nail polish Your favorite classic movie Some iced tea or cucumber water The whole point of a home pampering day is that you relax and take care of your body. So, if you wanted to do a manicure and pedicure, take a warm bath, exfoliate your skin, and make a smoothie, along with doing a million other things to make yourself feel relaxed, you may actually be overwhelming yourself by trying to do too much. Instead, just do what you feel like doing when you wake up, and don't feel pressured to stick to any schedule. If you feel too obligated to do too much, you won't be able to relax. Do what you feel like doing. If putting on a face mask feels like too much of an effort and you'd rather just lie in bed, then you should feel free to do that. Remember that this day is all about relaxing in the best way possible for yourself. Okay, so you probably don't want to sleep in past noon and miss half of your home pampering day. That said, you should make sure that you get plenty of rest so that you wake up feeling healthy and refreshed. You don't have to oversleep, but you should make sure you get between 7-9 hours of sleep, or whatever it is you normally get when you feel well-rested. This will help you start the day off on the right foot and will help you feel refreshed instead of groggy. Sleeping in will make you feel instantly refreshed, but you should try to avoid hitting that snooze button too many times. The sleep that you fall into between snoozes actually won't be deep enough to make you feel better, and you should work on waking up after a solid, relaxing sleep instead of forcing yourself to get up after a disturbed one. Stretch your arms over your head, drink a full glass of room temperature water, and step outside for a few breaths of fresh air if you want to wake up on the right foot.

Write an article based on this "Have the right face. Wear the right clothes. Have the right props and accessories."
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If you want to pull off the pirate look, you'll need to be convincing from the neck up. The right clothes won't take you very far if you don't have the face and head of a pirate. Here's what you do: Have a nice tan, or apply makeup that is a few shades darker than your skin to give yourself a tanned look. You spend all of your time on the deck of a ship, so it's only natural that you would have a sun-kissed complexion. Have rosy cheeks. Both male and female pirates are busy sword fighting, sparring, and running around the deck, so they should have a flushed look to their cheeks. Gently apply some blush for the look you want. Have smoky eyes. All pirates should have eyes that are lined in dark eyeliner to create a smoky effect. Both genders should also apply dark eyeshadow to emphasize their look. Pirate hair should be wavy and should look natural, like it dried in the sun. Having appropriate attire will help you achieve the pirate look you are going for. Not only do you need the face of a true pirate, but you should wear the shirt and pants of true sea dog to capture the essence of a pirate. Here's what you do: Whatever you wear, remember that you've spent many years aboard a ship and don't have time to buy new clothes, and that you do your laundry in salty water aboard a ship. Therefore, your clothes should have a faded, lived-in look. The more patches and rips in your outfit, the better. Both men and women can wear loose white poofy shirts that they can tuck into their pants. They can have untied drawstrings hanging from their collar. Men should reveal their chest hair, and lady pirates can show a little bit of cleavage. You can layer a red or black jacket over the white top. Pirates can get cold at night on the windy seas. Men should wear tight leather pants, or ripped black jeans. Women can also wear tight leather pants, or a poofy red skirt and black laced leggings with an interesting pattern. The leggings can have rips in them too. For shoes, wear either pointy black boots, ragged brown sandals, or even bare feet, if it's appropriate. The right props and accessories can help accentuate your outfit and show that you really put a lot of thought into your pirate look. You don't have to be weighed down by too many items, but a few key additions will help complete your ensemble. Here are some things to consider: A pirate hat (also known as a tricorn hat) is a must. This three-cornered hat will add mystique to your look. A leather belt. Bonus points if you have a place to store your sword. A plastic sword. A plastic gold or silver sword that is not dangerous should be tucked into your belt. Be careful with this prop and make sure everyone around you knows it's not real before you whip it out. A parrot to keep on your shoulder. This will really impress the public. A fake parrot is best. A bag of gold doubloons to sling over your shoulder. It should make noise as you clink the coins together, and they can occasionally spill out. This will show that you've had a successful time pillaging and plundering out on the sea. An empty bottle of rum. Pirates love their rum, so you should bring out a bottle of rum filled with a non-alcoholic beverage such as root beer that looks like rum so you can take swigs from it periodically. If you're at a party or another place where it's appropriate to drink, and you're of legal age, drink from a real bottle of rum. A few key temporary tattoos. A tattoo of a skull and crossbones or of an anchor placed on your bicep, neck, or forearm will help complete your look. The right jewelry. A true pirate should wear a thick gold necklace and sliver and gold loop earrings. If you're a man and don't have your ears pierced, clip-ons will do.