When you want to improve your skin, try to avoid stress. The hormones produced when you're stressed can cause your skin to become more sensitive to outside irritants. It also increase the production of sebum, an oil made by your skin. This oil can cause acne as well as other skin issues. Stress can also slow down healing, trigger irritations such as hives and fever blisters, and interrupt your daily routine. Avoid stress by: Getting regular exercise, because it can boost your mood and keep you physically active and fit. Take a moderate intensity walk for 10 minutes a day or a leisurely walk for 20 to 30 minutes at least five times a week to lift your mood. Get a minimum of seven to eight hours of sleep each night, since a lack of sleep can make you age faster and leave tired looking skin. Practice stress management techniques such as yoga, deep-breathing exercises, or meditation. Green tea is filled with polyphenols, which are antioxidants that repair skin cells and stimulate the production of collagen in your skin. This helps give your skin a healthier glow and protect your skin from harmful free radicals and ultraviolet radiation. These properties also help reduce wrinkles and also has the benefit of decreasing stress. Brew green tea with warm water, which is 175 to 185F or 80 to 85C. Add two to three grams of loose leaf tea to the warm water for three to five minutes, then strain. You can drink this mixture two to three times each day. You may be able to find topical treatments that contain green tea, which can benefit your complexion by improving blemishes and other issues You can also use premade green tea bags instead of loose leaf. Eating well can improve your skin from the inside out. Eat plenty of fresh vegetables and fruit and whole grains to improve your complexion. Eat foods especially high in vitamin A, C, and E as well as zinc to reduce the severity of acne and dermatitis. Some good sources of these vitamins include: Sweet red peppers Kale Spinach Amaranth Leaves Turnip Greens Sweet Potato (Yams) Pumpkin Butternut Squash Mangoes Grapefruit Cantaloupe Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can cause blemishes, sun spots, wrinkles, and other skin problems as well as increase your likelihood of skin cancer. Ways to avoid exposure to UV radiation include: Seeking shade as much as possible and wearing protective clothing. This includes long-sleeved shirts, wide-brimmed hats, and sunglasses, which help avoid getting wrinkles around your eyes. Using a broad-spectrum sunscreen. People with dark skin should wear at least SPF 15, while people with lighter skin should use at least SPF 30. If you have combination or oily skin, avoid touching your face as much as possible. Dirt and bacteria from your hands clog your pores, which cause blemishes. If you suffer from acne often, remove excess dirt with a gentle, oil-free facial wipe. Never pop or squeeze pimples. This can cause scars and spread the bad bacteria further. Parabens are preservatives that disrupts your skin's hormonal balance and puts you at a higher risk of female centered cancers. If you have acne or eczema, these may cause skin irritation and inflammation because they are a potential allergen. Butyl and propyl paraben are considered more toxic than methylparaben and ethylparaben. However, methylparaben and ethylparaben are more easily absorbed by the human body. They also cause the skin to be more sensitive to UV radiation, which lead to skin problems.

Summary: Avoid stress. Have green tea. Eat a healthy diet. Protect your skin radiation. Touch your face as little as possible. Use skin care without paraben.

The less often you have to wash dark clothing, the better. Before throwing on dark clothes, make sure you're clean yourself. Putting on dark clothes when you're sweaty or messy will get your clothes dirty faster, meaning you'll need to wash them more often. Invest in a small tube of stain remover, which you can buy at any drugstore or department store. If you get something on your clothing while wearing it out, promptly apply the stain remover according to package directions. Spot treating stains and spills in the moment will result in you needing to clean clothing less often. Cleaning or doing yard work is bad for dark clothing. If you do work that requires kneeling, it'll fade out the knee area. Yard work, scrubbing the floors, and similar tasks should be avoided when wearing dark clothes. You can wear dark clothing more than once before washing it. However, rotating your clothes will keep them fresher longer. Never wear the same dark garment more than one day in a row. Rotating clothing will prevent damage and cut down on the need for washing.

Summary: Make sure you're clean before wearing your clothes. Carry sprays to treat stains promptly. Avoid doing chores in dark clothing. Rotate your clothes.

An easy way to even out the height difference is for the taller partner to bend down while the shorter person angles their face up towards them. If you do this and you're the taller partner, support the back of your partner's head to make sure their neck doesn't start aching. Looking up at someone for a long period of time can be uncomfortable. If you're just a little shorter than your partner, standing on your tiptoes could be enough to reach their lips. If there's a big height difference between you and you're shorter than your partner, you might also need to stand on your tiptoes while your partner bends to meet your lips. Look for something in your environment that can help you and your partner get closer together. This could be a fixture of the building or street, such as a staircase or a ledge, or it could be a piece of furniture, such as a barstool or footstool. For example, you could stand on a ledge, stool, or stair to get some extra height if you're shorter. If you're taller, step down to a lower stair or off the curb. If you're the shorter person, then you might consider wearing shoes with heels or getting some height-enhancing insoles to even out the difference. You can wear high heels, boots with heels, wedges, or even sneakers with heels. You can also purchase "lifts" which are height-enhancing insoles that go inside of your shoes. Celebrities often wear lifts to make themselves look taller. Another option is to find a sofa or chair, have the taller person sit down, and then sit on their lap if you're shorter than them. It will be easier to kiss if you're both sitting in a chair together. Make sure that the furniture you sit on is sturdy enough to support both of you. Breaking a chair or falling out of it might not be the most romantic scenario.

Summary: Bend down slightly to meet your partner's lips if you're taller than them. Stand on your tiptoes if you're the shorter one. Use your surroundings to even out the height difference. Wear shoes with heels or lifts if you're shorter than your partner. Sit on a chair together so it's easier to kiss.

No matter what the actual tax rate is, this will make your multiplication much simpler. The goal in estimating sales tax is to make the math simple enough to do in your head. Don't bother with exact amounts, just estimate well enough to make sure you have enough money to pay for what you want to buy. By using an estimate of 10% it will mean that, in most cases, you are rounding up, making your estimate more than you will actually pay. If you are actually rounding the tax rate down, make sure to remember that your estimate will be a little bit less than you will need to pay. This will give you a good, quick estimate of how much tax you will be charged. No need for complicated calculations, just move the decimal over and that will give you 10% of the cost on the tag. In doing this, you are actually multiplying the cost of your item by the decimal equivalent of 10%, which is obviously really easy! For example, .10 times $20 equals $2. Because we rounded up, your estimate will probably be higher than the tax actually charged, but you will know you can afford to pay the total cost. To use our example from the previous step one more time, $20 plus $2 makes the estimated total cost including tax $22.
Summary: Round the sales tax rate to 10%. Move the decimal point in the cost of your item one space to the left. Add the estimated tax to the cost of the item.