Some companies have strict rules about managerial staff buddying up to underlings. Be aware of your company policy before you try to make friends with your boss. Monitor the climate of your work environment. Does your boss engage in miscellaneous conversation with her subordinates? Do you ever see her show up to gatherings outside the office? Is she friends with other support staff on social networks? Knowing the answer to these questions in addition to your employer's take on fraternization can help you to determine if being friends wth your boss is acceptable in your line of work. While some companies build a wall up around management, others encourage connections between supervisors and their employees. When people work with people they like, the culture, energy, and morale in the office is enhanced. Being able to have a successful friendship with your boss depends on the two of you being able to carefully separate business from pleasure. No matter how strong your bond, he is still the boss. You will still be evaluated, criticized and potentially fired if you do not meet performance standards or break company policy. If you are truly interested in making friends with your boss, do so because you get along with and find this person intriguing. Buddying up to a supervisor as a power play for your career is insincere and could hurt you more if your boss gets a whiff of your motives. Being best buds with an administrator will stimulate talk. If your friendship is well known among the staff, you can trust that every single move you make in the company will be scrutinized. Did you get a promotion because you're the boss's BFF? Did you get the cushy corner office due to favoritism? Count on water cooler talk to frequently be focused on you if you make friends with the head honcho. Getting closer to your boss may cause you to develop enemies with other subordinates. They may try to sabotage your position, or ex-communicate you from the inside loop. If you have a leadership role of your own, or must bridge relationships with many other employees, being buddy-buddy with your boss might impede those working relationships. Consider whether this friendship is worth it to you and your career growth. There is a clear and unequal distribution of power when you make friends with a higher up. Will your boss/bestie pass off extra work to you? Will she expect you to be on her side even when the whole office is against her? Recognize when you are being taken advantage of and know that you can exert your rights. Reconsider the friendship if you are constantly having to put aside your values and priorities for your new friend.

Summary: Know your employer's policy on fraternization. Don't give in to a false sense of security. Evaluate whether your friendship is interfering with your job. Learn to say "no".

Use a small, glass jar to store your mascara upright with your makeup brushes. This will help the liquid in the tube stay fresh longer. You can even decorate the jar to make it part of a pretty display in your bathroom or bedroom! Who doesn't love recycling expensive beauty products? Soak the wand in makeup remover for a few hours to get off all the gunk. Then, clean it with warm water and body soap. Rinse it off, dry it out, and you've got a new makeup tool. Use it as a spare mascara wand or eyebrow brush.

Summary: Store it standing up. Keep your wand when you're ready to throw out your mascara.

When taking body measurements, you need to use the correct type of tape measure. You will want to use a soft cloth or flexible plastic/rubber tape measure, such as is used in sewing. Do not use a metal measuring tape such as is used in construction (it will be inaccurate). Stand straight, tall, and breathe normally when taking measurements. Some measurements may be taken better when exhaling, some when inhaling (it will depend on the purpose of the measurement). This may be difficult to do yourself, so get a friend to help you. You want to be sure that when you measure, the tape is straight and in line with the appropriate body part. For example, for most circumference measurements the tape will need to be parallel to the floor while while lengths will need to be either parallel or perpendicular (based on the line orientation of the body part being measured). You can't get a very accurate measurement when wearing baggy or thick clothing, so try to wear clothes which fit closely or wear nothing at all. Similarly, breast measurements for women will be most accurate when wearing a well-fitting, unpadded bra. If measuring for clothes tailoring, some measurements will need to be taken with clothing on, such as pants measurements and shoulder measurements. Different measurements will need to be either circumference measurements (the measurement around something) or length measurements (the measurement between two straight points). Which is necessary should be obvious but all will be indicated in the instructions below. Make sure that you write down the measurements as you take them, so that you do not forget them and need to take them again.

Summary: Use the correct type of tape measure. Stand correctly. Measure correctly. Wear appropriate clothing. Know when to measure circumference vs length. Write down your measurements.

Here it is: 22(x+3) + 9 - 5 = 32 Remember the order of operations: PEMDAS, which stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, and Addition/Subtraction. You can't resolve the parentheses first because x is in the parentheses, so you should start with the exponent, 22. 22 = 4 4(x+3) + 9 - 5 = 32 Just distribute the 4 into (x +3). Here's how: 4x + 12 + 9 - 5 = 32 Just add or subtract the remaining numbers. Here's how: 4x+21-5 = 32 4x+16 = 32 4x + 16 - 16 = 32 - 16 4x = 16 To do this, just divide both sides of the equation by 4 to find x. 4x/4 = x and 16/4 = 4, so x = 4. 4x/4 = 16/4 x = 4 Just plug x = 4 back into the original equation to make sure that it checks out. Here's how: 22(x+3)+ 9 - 5 = 32 22(4+3)+ 9 - 5 = 32 22(7) + 9 - 5 = 32 4(7) + 9 - 5 = 32 28 + 9 - 5 = 32 37 - 5 = 32 32 = 32
Summary: Write down the problem. Resolve the exponent. Do the multiplication. Do the addition and subtraction. Isolate the variable. Check your work.