I used to hate lipbalms, I do not like the texture on my lips. But I get chapped lips during winter so I bought this one. After I used it, it was amazing, the price is cheap and it's very nourishing.
This is the best foundation that I've ever used! The powder sets on my face so perfectly, and it doesn't make me look pale. It has a very nice dewy finish. The only downside is that I still get acnes from it, maybe it depends on different people.
I give 85 out of a 100 because I think the color is not for me, it's too dark for me. But the color is longlasting. Since I don't really have a standard for lip gloss, I might buy a cheaper one with the right color next time lol.
This is my first Shu uemura and my favorite. Goodside : It sets well and easy to blend. Downside : Get oily easily, stuffy and heavy. But a least it doesn't give me acnes, so this is a safe foundation for me.
1. Color is amazing 2.Longlasting 3. Texture is lightweight and not greasy ( I personally hair it when dust stick on my lips)
I don't have a standard for blushes>< They're all the same to me, so I pick the one that is the most longlasting! This one from The Face Shop has a average quality, and the blush last about 3-5 hours (Face get oily) But I think it's pretty good!
I bought it when it's almost summer, I give the coverage 5 stars but it's kind of cakey. The texture is full of moisturizing agents, it doesn't make me grow acnes~ But if they can lower the price, it will be my top three products><
I never really liked soap face wash, it does get rid of the oil of my face but it also makes my face very dry. Then I saw this soap in a magazine and it was cheap, so I bought two for 169NT. It's very comfortable and does not dry out my skin. I recommend it!
I HIGHLY recommend this conditioner. I was on the fence when the sales approached me about this product because it wasn't a big brand. I apply it after I washed my hair, I can see my splits are gone and my hair is hydrated.
I used to have permed curly hair, my designer recommend this product. It's inexpensive, has a nice scent and keeps my curly hair in style. I highly recommend this product.
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This is a very popular product in Japan, one package contains face mask for the week. Because of it's ziplock design, I think it's a flaw because sometimes I accidentally pull out two sheets and tear it. Effect wise I think this face mask has done nothing to my skin, it even irritates my skin. So I threw it away without finishing it.
I think the moisturizing effect is way better than the brightening effect. Very absorbing and light. The next day my skin is still soft and smooth. I didn't really see the whitening effect, but I still like this product.
I highly recommend this product, when I start to use their hand cream and body lotion, I just can't use other brands anymore. But it's really expensive. It has a thick texture, it's effective for people with dry hands. The cream is very lightweight and really absorbing. I would love to buy a whole box if I have that money. Sometimes I would apply it arounf my elbows and other dry parts, it's really effective.
I've been using their products since I was a teenager. Although it's not like having miracle effects for me, but I still trust this brand. I got this essence in a tester, I did a facial treatment at that time which makes my face very fragile. This product was very moisturizing for me since I had really dry skin, maybe it's too moisturizing for people with oily skin. I apply this essence after I washed my face and it's good.
This is one off SKII star product. It's special paper texture is abit firm and full of extract, so you can also apply the extract on your neck and hands. The first time I used it was amazingly moisturizing, but after that it's not as amazing anymore. But the good thing is that it's not too sticky , I would repurchase it.
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The Artificial Ape: How Technology Changed the Course of... and over 2 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle . Learn more
In this fascinating new account of our origins, leading archaeologist Timothy Taylor proposes a new way of thinking about human evolution through our relationship with objects. Drawing on the latest fossil evidence, Taylor argues that at each step of our species' development, humans made choices that caused us to assume greater control of our evolution. Our appropriation of objects allowed us to walk upright, lose our body hair, and grow significantly larger brains. As we push the frontiers of scientific technology, creating prosthetics, intelligent implants, and artificially modified genes, we continue a process that started in the prehistoric past, when we first began to extend our powers through objects.
Weaving together lively discussions of major discoveries of human skeletons and artifacts with a reexamination of Darwin's theory of evolution, Taylor takes us on an exciting and challenging journey that begins to answer the fundamental question about our existence: what makes humans unique, and what does that mean for our future?
'Taylor is an engaging and entertaining writer...this is a stimulating book...' - Engineering and Technology
A new take on the evolutionary story as archaeological evidence unravels the great mystery of why human evolution defies the principles of natural selection
This book presents the hypothesis that tools had and have critical impacts on the evolution of humanity: "instead of our becoming intelligent enough to invent things, the things actually allowed us to evolve into intelligent human beings (page 57)," going even further to claim that "Technology is at least as critical to our identity as out soft tissues" (page 189). Going beyond accepted theories of genetic and cultural coevolution, the author proposed revisions of Darwin's theories so as to recognize tools into a main shaper of the human species, with technology having a dynamics of its own, up to claiming that "Things rule us" (page 160).
He makes a strong case about the crucial importance of tools in shaping human evolution. Indeed, we might do well to stop using the term genetic-cultural coevolution and think instead in terms of genetic-cultural synergetic interaction. But there are two main missing links in his argumentation. First of all, the book does not present any reasonable conjectures on the processes producing the results he describes. Thus, on the critical example of infant-carrying slings he says that they were "an essential tool" (page 122) because of the need to carry infants for long distances "So the pressure to make this discovery....is huge...It becomes conceivable that the first bestoke and standardized stone tools...were made in order to obtain the materials for... the simple fabrication process for basic slings" (page 123). Maybe this is conceivable, but "being conceivable" is a far cry from "being likely" even if we accept abduction as a reasonable logic of discovery.
The second missing link concerns the mental bases of advanced technologies, which are not a continuation of stone-age technologies but depend on science and its philosophical underpinnings. In other words, the author neglects non-material dimensions of culture which became critical both for the shapes of human societies and their impacts on evolution and for the advancements of technologies and their impacts on culture and humanity. Therefore, it is hard to avoid the impression that too large a dose of materialistic determinism hides in parts of the author's approach.
For sure the author ignores the real possibility that the future-impacting powers of emerging technologies outrun the mental capacities of humanity to control these powers and prevent the demise of the human species as a result of misuses of technologies. In other words, the likelihood of increasingly dangerous gaps between the evolution of tools and the evolution of human intelligence, including both moral and cognitive capacities, is not taken up in the book. Instead the mood of the book is unwarrantedly optimistic about the future of humanity ignoring dismal scenarios that may result from the very views on the role of tools in human evolution which he proposes. Thus, the possible need to impose limitations on the invention and uses of technologies seems to be beyond the books horizons.
This book argues convincingly that the invention of tools allowed humans to develop in the way they did, so that an increasingly weak creature came to dominate the earth. We cannot survive without our technology, and it may be that we never could. The more we use tools, the more our abilities diminish, and the more reliant upon them we become.
Sound incredible? You will not be disappointed in finding out how and why because this book is packed with amazing insights and amusing tales. I particularly enjoyed The 7000 calory lunch!
Taylor argues that it was the technology that defined humans and challenges the Darwinian notion by suggesting humanity is the 'survival of the weakest'. Clever, funny, and very accessible.
4.0 out of 5 starsA thought provoking book on how technology was the drive for the evolution of human intelligence
Timothy Taylor has written a most thought provoking book following on from and in line with the recent publication by Richard Wrangham: Catching Fire how cooking made us human. The central thesis is that the evolution of humans has been dominated by the ability to adopt technology which compared to other species amounts to an artificial selection. Through technology the laws of nature are supplanted by the will of humans. He develops the concept that we did not evolve to use technology because of our superior intelligence but it was technology itself that was the evolutionary pull which we responded to and adapted by evolving our intelligence. This pull selected out the trend/evolution to higher intelligence.
Examples are given which the author concludes launched humans on the technology/evolutionary line some 2.6 Million years ago. These include the making of hunting implements and cooking to become more efficient in the use of food which resulted in more energy becoming available to support the evolution of larger more intelligent brains. In addition, he highlights the less appreciated technology developed to support immature infants by adapting energy efficient means for carrying them such as slings and rucksacks. While the discovery of stone implements which define the technology developed for hunting; arrow heads, axes and implements for cleaving and slicing carcasses, the technology of carry infants would not have been preserved i.e. archeologically invisible.
An illustration on how dependant we are on technology is succinctly given by how far we have lost direct contact with the raw source of our food which is termed "visceral insulation." Getting back to nature is not an option for us as we have never lived with nature.
A common theme of the book is how humans evolved the large head in response to the technology pull. Since ever increasing brains could not pass through the restricted size of the pelvis of the erect posture humans, human brains had to mature outside the womb. Through technology, humans developed the means to support immature infants and effectively became artificial marsupials.
Taylor stresses that technology is as least as critical to us as our soft tissues and that we are formed not by raw nature, but by the continually emerging world of technology and that artificial intelligence is human intelligence. We have to face our destiny as the first non-biologically evolving species.
The book is very thought provoking in that if any one of us spent some time musing on how our lives are so dependent on technology our artificiality becomes immediately evident. Hence there is lots of scope to reconsider the more linear Darwinian thinking of survival of the fittest since through adapting technology we became less fit. For example the bone structures of early humanoids are much more robust than those of today.
Taylor gives a number of convincing examples of his central thesis but one was left with wanting more evidence to push home such thought provoking themes. If anything the author digresses somewhat both philosophically and through narrating his personal experiences. This tends to hinder the reader from evolving his or her summery of the main message. Never the less one is sure that many other works will follow on from this ground breaking account of the artificial ape.
On further reflection I feel that it may not have been intelligence that was brought by technology but curiosity- how to make things better. Maybe a book could be written about the evolution of curiosity which although not absent in other species is a key driver in homo sapiens.
Cool Camping Coast: A hand-picked selection of exceptional campsites less than a mile from the sea Paperback – 8 May 2018
In recognition of the nation's love for the Great British coastline, 2018 sees the launch of a brand new guidebook - Cool Camping: Coast - the latest title in the best-selling Cool Camping series. Featuring 66 of the best independent campsites along Britain's coast, plus 20 seaside glamping locations for those in need of a bit more luxury, this colourful new guide offers the perfect inspiration for any holiday by the sea. Exciting recommendations include a National Trust-owned farm overlooking the best surf spot in Wales, a Scottish getaway where you can swoosh onto the beach via a children's slide and a mountain-foot meadow in Snowdonia with panoramic views of Anglesey, the Great Orme and Puffin Island. Every single campsite featured is less than one mile from the coast and each gets the full Cool Camping treatment - brought to life with entertaining, insightful reviews and dazzling colour photographs. Each entry is also accompanied by handy practical information such as on-site facilities, off-site entertainment, the nearest good pub and all-important directions to help you find the way. For this brand new title, additional chapters also include a collection of suggested glamping alternatives for those in need of extra comfort - from eco-escapes in Cornwall to treehouses overlooking the North Sea - along with beach game ideas for families and informative tips on where to hire campervans and how to find great coastal campsites abroad. So whether you plan to spend your day sea kayaking around craggy cliffs, cooking freshly picked mussels over a campfire or learning to surf within a beachball's throw of your tent, Cool Camping: Coast is the perfect guide to help you plan your trip.
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Really looks good but is actually rather annoying. Many of the sites are tents only. Not great if you have a very camper. It’s stupid to include so many of these. I got excited about the site only to find it’s not for anything but tents. It’s difficult to Navigate without any symbols and maps.
by Geeta S. Iyengar (Author), Rita Keller (Author), Kerstine Keller (Author), foreword by B. K. S. Iyengar (Author), Domink Ketz (Illustrator) & 2 more
With its superb provenance, encyclopaedic coverage, meticulous allopathic medical vetting, and more than 400 illustration-packed pages, Iyengar Yoga for Motherhood will become the must-have guide for every yoga instructor, mother-to-be, and new mum who wants to continue her practice. Lavishly produced, and with a fresh contemporary look that s easy to follow, it s broken up into trimesters with thorough explanations of what you can do and when, shown in 350 detailed photographs. Each spread features extensive instructions and hints, notes on the position s positive effects and contraindications, and advice on checking yourself for proper form and technique - a hallmark of the Iyengar style of yoga.
This item:Iyengar Yoga for Motherhood: Safe Practice for Expectant and New Mothers by Geeta S. Iyengar Hardcover £25.34
With its superb provenance, encyclopedic coverage, meticulous allopathic medical vetting, and more than 400 illustration-packed pages, "Iyengar Yoga for Motherhood" will become the must-have guide for every yoga instructor, mother-to-be, and new mum who wants to continue her practice. Lavishly produced, and with a fresh contemporary look that's easy to follow, it's broken up into trimesters with thorough explanations of what you can do and when, shown in 350 detailed photographs. Each spread features extensive instructions and hints, notes on the position's positive effects and contraindications, and advice on "checking yourself" for proper form and technique - a hallmark of the Iyengar style of yoga. Add to this a huge section on nutrition (with recipes), along with invaluable information on female physiology, and the result is a manual that no "yoga mother" should pass up!
Author Geeta Iyengar is the distinguished student and daughter of Mr. B.K.S. Iyengar, one of the most respected leaders in the yoga world.
As a Iyengar yoga practitioner and teacher, I think that this book is invaluable. It does use a great many props (as does Iyengar yoga in general) so may appear a little daunting for first time Yoginis or those new to Iyengar yoga. However, it is based on so much superb knowledge and information from the Iyengar family that it is hard to fault. It is well presented with different sections for the three trimesters of pregnancy and also with separate guidance for beginners and advanced students. For me, this is the reference book for those serious about their pregnancy yoga.
Having just started yoga during my pregnancy this book it an excellent companion to going to a class or as an informative book to dip into. It suits beginners and advanced practitioners with asanas, sequences, guidance on movements for particularly pregnancy conditions as well as holistic advice. I have other pregnancy yoga books but this one is by far the best! Enjoy.
this amazing book got me through my pregnancy easily and my delivery was relatively fast too! also interesting reading material at the end.
This is a great reference book for anyone teaching pregnant ladies or who is one themselves. It deals with the 3 trimesters and goes posture by posture so you understand the reasons why certain postures and good and certain ones really not good when at the different stages of pregnancy. I did notice a couple of minor inconsistencies but using common sense it is obvious what the author intended. For example one page has crosses on it as to postures not to do and the same picture is in the advised asanas section, I think it was paschimottanasana from memory.
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