Q: Shampoo your hair as you normally would with a clarifying shampoo, which will remove any oil, styling products, and dirt from your strands. Then, rinse the shampoo out of your hair thoroughly. Hair accepts curl best when it's squeaky clean! Avoid using shampoo that contains alcohol in the ingredients. The perming process itself is pretty drying, so you want to minimize damage as much as possible. You don't need to follow up with conditioner, since that will introduce oil and make your hair slippery to work with. Avoid deep conditioning your hair 24 hours before you plan to perm it. Blot around your head to remove water close to your scalp with a clean, dry towel. Then, gently squeeze the lengths of your hair with the towel to remove the excess water. Your hair needs to be wet for the spiral perm to work correctly, but you don't want it to be dripping wet. Do not use a hair dryer to save time. It will dry your hair too much. Start combing your hair at the ends and work your way up the roots of your hair. Be gentle and make sure you remove any knots or tangles before proceeding. If your hair isn't detangled, you'll run into problems when you start wrapping it around the rods. A wide-toothed comb is preferable because it's gentle on the hair. Smaller combs can cause breakage and damage, especially when used on wet hair. To prevent any chemicals from getting on your clothes, wrap a towel around your shoulders. You may also want to cover the surfaces in your work area with newspaper. Consider protecting your face from the perming chemicals by applying a small amount of petroleum jelly on the skin below your hairline. Make sure that you do not get any of the petroleum jelly on the hair itself! If you have sensitive skin, grab a pair of plastic gloves. First, section off 1 large portion in the back of your head, which is typically all of the hair past your ears. Twist the hair up and clip it in place at the back of your head. This leaves you with the hair on the top and sides of your head. Divide that hair into 2 sections, making the division where you usually part your hair. Twist and clip those 2 sections up individually. You should have 1 section clipped to the left side of your head, 1 section clipped to the right side, and 1 larger section clipped up in the back, for a total of 3 sections.
A: Wash your hair gently with a clarifying shampoo. Squeeze the excess water from your hair with a clean towel. Comb out any knots with a wide-toothed comb. Cover your shoulders with an old towel. Divide your hair into 3 main sections.

Q: Pay attention to your friends and how they make you feel. Surround yourself with people who don't criticize or judge you because it can negatively affect your body image. As easy and obvious as it sounds, smiling can lower stress, even when you are forced to do it. Giving a big grin can actually make you feel better about yourself. Furthermore, people will see you as approachable and trusting. If you get a compliment, don't deflect it, take it! If you are uncertain about your looks, it may feel awkward to get compliments and your anxious reaction might be to deflect or down-play the compliment. But you should accept the compliment instead. Once you do this a few times, you'll feel more comfortable with accepting compliments. For example, if someone compliments your shirt, you might tell them it is a hand-me-down that you only wore because all of your other clothes are dirty. This is a reflection of your anxiety about your looks and can make both you and the person who complimented you uncomfortable. Instead, just say thank you and fully enjoy the compliment you earned. When a person is judgmental, critical or downright mean, others may not perceive you as beautiful. This type of person is not fun to be around. He's not a good friend and he's not a source of positivity. Drop the negative comments and find something positive to say about other people. You'll find that people will, in turn, respond to you much more positively. Remember that the media's portrayal of beauty is designed to make you feel inferior so that you will buy beauty products and new clothes. Keep in mind that body images are not the average. They are also usually enhanced by digital software like Adobe Photoshop. People who recognize this and who are more media savvy often have better self-perceptions. , Read up on media literacy to learn how to recognize how the media exaggerates physical qualities.
A: Choose your friends wisely. Smile a lot. Take a compliment. Be kind to others. Become media literate.

Q: Before heating your grill, use a paper towel dipped in a little cooking oil to grease the cooking surface. This will allow your steaks to be flipped much more easily as they are cooking. If you forget to oil your grill before beginning to preheat it, hold the oil-dipped paper towel with a long set of tongs to grease it. Preheating your grill before cooking the ham steaks will allow them to cook faster, and give you more delicious browning across the meat. Leave the grill to heat up while you prepare your ham steaks. If you don't have an outdoor grill, you can use a grill or griddle pan indoors to achieve a similar effect. If your ham steaks are still moist on the outside when put on the grill, the liquid will have to cook off before they begin browning. Use a couple of paper towels to remove any excess liquid on the outside of your ham steaks before cooking them. Evenly space your ham steaks across the surface of the grill and leave them to cook on one side for around 4 to 5 minutes. They may start browning at this point, but shouldn't cook completely. Use a pair of tongs or a grilling fork to flip your ham steaks over. Let them cook on the other side for another 4 to 5 minutes. During this time, lightly brush any glaze you want to apply to the ham steak across the side you can see. Flip your ham steak over and glaze the other side. Continue flipping your ham steaks and glazing them until they have grill marks on each side and are heated through. Transfer your ham steaks off the grill and onto a serving plate to eat immediately. If they're not all eaten, they can be stored for 2 to 3 days in the fridge before they'll need throwing out. For a little extra flavor, brush over some of your remaining glaze just before serving your ham steaks.
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Brush down your grill with oil. Turn your grill onto a medium to high heat. Pat your ham steaks dry with a few paper towels. Grill your ham steaks for 4 to 5 minutes on one side. Flip your ham steaks to cook for another 4 to 5 minutes and apply any glaze. Keep flipping and glazing until the ham steaks are browned and cooked through. Take the ham steaks off the grill and serve them immediately.