A Lady Like You

Give your nails a home manicure

Giving your nails a home manicure is more practical for a lot of women due to financial or time constraints. Perhaps you just enjoy caring for yourself and find a manicure an enjoyable time that you can spend with yourself. Here is how to manicure your nails at home. You could print this article out and keep it beside you as you complete your manicure. Home Manicure * Remove your old nail polish. * Wash your hands to remove any oils, acetone and dirt from your fingernails. Don’t forget to clean under your nails. A nail brush helps with this. […]

The world is just a bigger playground – Be a good playmate

By Lynda MargaretPersonal Development

Do you remember your childhood playground days? Was it a positive experience? Did you feel safe and able to fully express your individuality? We may like to think that we have put our playground days behind us, especially if they were unpleasant. The truth is that life’s lessons will continue to play on us, until we pay attention, listen, and learn from them. Our playground never leaves us. The toys have just changed. They may now be iPads and mobile phones, rather than swings and teeter-totters, but our playground is still the place where we hope to express our individuality […]

Growing short hair – Do it with style and class

By Lynda MargaretHair and Make-up

So, you’ve decided that you’ve outgrown your short hair style and want to let those locks grow out. Growing short hair can take a bit of effort to do if you want to continue to look half decent while it is growing. You can begin to wonder if you will ever look attractive ever again. Don’t reach for the head scarf just yet. It is possible to make an elegant transition through the awkward stages of growth. Hair grows at around 1cm per month. Use a ruler to measure from your current length to your desired length, and you can […]

Self Talk: Clearing out negative thoughts

By Lynda MargaretPersonal Development

When you are alone, how do you speak to yourself ? What words come to mind when you look at yourself in the mirror? Have you ever caught yourself thinking “I am stupid”, “I am lazy”, “I am ugly” or “I am fat”? If you are regularly having negative thoughts, you face an uphill battle to achieve any lasting change in your life. Even if you manage progress, your mind will continue to remind you that this change is not permanent, because you are innately stupid, lazy, ugly, fat, etc. You may argue “But, I am only saying what I see!” […]

How to keep calm when in a difficult conversation

By Lynda MargaretEtiquette, Speech

There is no room in good society for a lady who is intolerant of the lives of other people. Such women are soon weeded out as being unsuitable to invite anywhere and generally unpleasant to be around. We all know what it feels like to find ourselves trapped in a difficult conversation. We struggle to find the way to keep calm. Learning the art of tolerance involves allowing people to live their life as they choose. This is regardless of their differing opinions, practices, religion, race, gender, nationality, background or socio-economic status. Tolerance is not simply agreeing with like-minded people […]

Keeping a Sleep Diary

By Lynda MargaretSelf-Care

The amount of sleep that we need at night varies greatly between each individual. Even with each person, the sleep requirement alters, depending on age, lifestyle, and health. Keeping a sleep diary is the way to keep watch over the needs of your body. How much sleep do we need? Most adult women have a sleep requirement of somewhere between 7-9 hours of sleep each day. If the individual sleep requirement is consistently short, then a sleep debt can accumulate. This can lead to mental or physical fatigue. Even a sleep that is shortened by just half-an-hour a day can […]

Preventing Wrinkles Between Breasts

By Lynda MargaretSelf-Care

Caring for your Decolletage (Décolletage) Your decolletage (also called décolleté) is the skin that covers your chest from your neckline down to your cleavage. It is a French term which seems to have no English translation, except perhaps cleavage or exposed chest area. Perhaps this is due to the fact that, although the décolletage has long been a part of a French woman’s skin care routine, many westerners are new to the concept of caring for that part of your body. The skin on your decolletage is thinner than on your face and therefore more prone to showing the signs […]

Energize the Divine Feminine

By Lynda MargaretFemininity

Women are out in the world doing it, and bringing their divine feminine to the forefront of the workplace. This is something so new that it has never been seen before in the history of mankind. But… I am worried… During the 1960’s, emerging feminism equated “Equality of the Sexes” with being the “same” as men. I think that we are now moving above this rung in the ladder of true equality, to a world where women are able to express their natural abilities. Yet… I am still worried… What I see, time and time again, are women who are […]

Goal Setting – An important part of a well-lived life

By Lynda MargaretPersonal Development

Goal setting is an important tool in a lady’s self-development. Life is a never-ending journey. Unless we have it clear in our mind which milestones we want to reach along the way, we can feel that we are wasting our lives going in various directions that aren’t of our own desire. We also notice that we repeatedly find ourselves back where we began. This journey of life will be much more rewarding if we have a plan. Once we know which milestones (goals) we wish to reach along the way, we can concentrate our efforts to ensure that we keep […]

TMI – The Etiquette of Too Much Information

By Lynda MargaretSpeech

“It is so lovely to meet you. I am looking forward to hearing a lot more about your life, family, friends, career and interests.” Before you take this as an open invitation to tell me absolutely every boring detail about your life (TMI), let me tell you what I don’t want to know about you. TMI = Too much information. Problems that you have with your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, parents Every lady needs to have one or two long-standing personal friends who become confidants. We all need someone to share our innermost problems. Unless I am one of them, I […]