With Barbie about to celebrate her 50th birthday by hitting the catwalks at London Fashion Week, pink is everywhere.
We’ve picked some gorgeous lingerie, both fun and elegant available in a selection of shades and styles including this on-trend fuchsia number from Simone Perele with scalloped edges.
Heather Hyde is a jewelry designer based in Los Angeles who specializes in creating custom jewelry that is inspired from Hollywood glamour, old- world royalty, and nature as well as family heirlooms. Heather first realized her love for creating jewelry when her grandmother gave her vintage beads and bohemian crystals from her dining room chandelier. Using these different mediums that her grandmother supplied her with, Heather started creating original pieces. As her love for designing grew, she began searching for alternative materials to create her jewelry with. Her style is constantly evolving and her dedication to creating one-of-a-kind pieces has kept her focused on always creating designs that defy conventional fashion.
From her inspirations she has been able to create a wide variety of collections that have caught the eye of much celerity such as: Mischa Barton, Eva Longoria, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Christina Ricci, as well as, featured in Us Weekly, InStyle, OK! Magazine, Cosmopolitan and many more.
The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Show took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City featuring a Kanye West’s tantrum, a surprise appearance from Madonna, and a Janet Jackson’s tribute to her brother.
Madonna opened the awards show, paying tribute to the late Michael Jackson. “He was a king, but he was also a human being. … Long live the king,” she said of the King of Pop.
Following Madonna’s words, dancers stormed the stage to perform to a montage of Michael’s hits. Janet Jackson followed that performance up with her own tribute, singing the song “Scream,” a duet she recorded with her brother.
Taylor Swift then went up onstage to accept the award for Best Female Music Video from Taylor Lautner and Shakira, but her speech was cut short when Kanye West grabbed the microphone from her, declaring that Beyonce Knowles had one of the best music videos of all time.
Beyonce, Lady GaGa, Pink, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Green Day and Taylor Swift were a few of the performers of the night. Kid Cudi dedicated his performance to the late Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein.
The show debut the new trailer of Michael Jackson’s upcoming film, “This is It.” featuring the “King of Pop” preparing for his final tour. There was also the new ‘New Moon’ trailer introduced by Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner.
Domestic violence may consist of threats, punches or sexual force. The abuse can range from verbal harassment to stabbing and shooting. Domestic violence is a serious matter. It HAS often ended in death or permanent physical injury.
Perhaps you are one of the many women looking for a way out. Or perhaps you grew up in an abusive home. Or just the idea of any person being physically harmed by someone who claims to ‘love’ her infuriates you. For any of these reasons, you want to make it -domestic violence- stop.
Most of the victims of domestic violence does not open their heart and talk about the problems they have in their homes, or try to find solutions BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.
I hope these pages will help you to find your solution and help you and your children to survive from violent situations which may happen. Also I hope you will tell me your story and give me the possibility of publishing it in my pages. “Together we can stop the cycle of domestic violence”
What is domestic abuse?
There are many forms of domestic abuse, ranging from screaming threats to pushing and shoving. Contrary to what many women think, abuse isn’t just physical battering.
Domestic abuse may include emotional abuse, economic abuse, sexual abuse, using children, threats, using male privilege, intimidation, isolation and a variety of other behaviors used to maintain fear, intimidation and power. In all cultures, the perpetrators are most commonly the men of the family.
Nearly one in three adult women experiences at least one physical assault by a partner during adulthood, according to the American Psychological Association in a 1996 report.
Domestic abuse does not discriminate against race, age and socioeconomic background. No specific type of woman is more prone to being battered by her partner, nor is one type of woman completely safe from abuse.
What Victims of Domestic Violence Need to Know
Signs of Domestic Abuse
Acts of domestic violence generally fall into one or more of these categories:
If you have been assaulted, you can report it to the police
The Criminal Code says that assault is a criminal offence. The Code describes three types of assault and sets maximum penalties (called sentences) for each type. The three types of assault are:
Warning signs of an Abusive Relationship
What are some of the warning signs?
In your contact with any family member, the following observations should be considered clues to the possibility of wife assault.
What do we know about abusers?
Before you decide on stretch mark surgery or any form of treatment, you should first acquaint yourself with the reasons why stretch marks form in the first place. Problems with the elastin and collagen in the skin are the main culprit. Elastin and collagen may be broken as a result of many possible occurrences such as the sudden broadening of the skin, quick weight gain or loss, employment of drugs such as steroids, bodybuilding and hormonal alterations. Realizing the main elements that cause stretch marks will aid you in evaluating your options.
Numerous individuals wish to eliminate their stretch marks immediately. This is why having stretch mark surgery is the first option on their mind. However, it might be a good idea to be familiar with surgery for stretch marks. There are essentially two kinds of surgery you can have to eliminate stretch marks, and these include the tummy tuck and laser surgery.
When you get a tummy tuck, the surgeon literally removes a portion of the skin on your belly where the stretch marks have developed. This medical technique is clearly for individuals with stretch marks on their belly.
Laser surgery involves targeting stretch marks using light. The laser disturbs the construction of the scar tissue until they disperse. Once it gets rid of the scar tissues, the redness of the scars is lessened. Laser surgery is considered successful only on scars that have just developed because the beam can only target marks that are red or brown. Furthermore, laser surgery cannot ascertain treatment success in all cases.
Even with its touted effectiveness, surgery for stretch marks could be very expensive, and risky. Remember, cosmetic surgery is real surgery. People usually think of cosmetic surgery as less invasive than other types of surgery. Unfortunately, this is not the case. All the risks linked to major surgeries can happen with cosmetic surgery as well. Problems could include risks from infection to death due to the incorrect employment of anesthesia.
Aside from the risks, surgery to remove stretch marks is very costly. The cost of stretch mark removal can go anywhere from $3,000 to $8,000. Moreover, you don’t have the guarantee of successful results. You may have to come back for several more sessions. More sessions may be required to counter mistakes, and this adds more to the costs.
Let us not forget about the pain and healing process. Sure enough, there are procedures that involve the use of anesthesia, but this will wear out during the healing process. The entire process could take a very long time, and some people are just unable to tolerate the pain or discomfort.
So should you get stretch mark surgery? If possible, make surgery your last priority. A good idea would be to try other kinds of treatments that are less risky but still fast-acting. The great thing about a natural stretch mark product is that it generally has no negative effects. Natural products are also generally more affordable. While obvious improvements could take awhile, your skin is persistently rejuvenated by the product’s components, which aid in rebuilding the skin as well as thwarting fresh stretch marks. Find a treatment that comprises grapefruit seed extract, Vitamins A, E and D3, and Aloe Vera.
It’s tough these days for married couples. There are so many easy outs when time gets tough. Divorce is one of the most common legal problems that people face and it can happen to anybody. There is no discrimination on who is separating or getting divorced.
Some couples separate and never actually divorce. Dating becomes an issue in this matter. The concept of dating or living with someone else while you are still legally married shocks some people but it happens all over the place. Divorces are not final and you meet someone knew. This has always caused a lot of tension in any divorce, especially if the estranged spouse was cheating on you before you spirited.
This scenario is typical in many divorce situations and it makes things difficult and can turn a nice divorce into something ugly in just a matter of minutes. These problems keep estranged spouses locked up in court for years without hope of ever resolving the situation. For this reason and others, many courts have adopted a policy of mandatory divorce mediation.
Divorce mediation may sound scary, but it’s really not. They only make it mandatory because that is usually the only way to get both parties to actually show up and participate. Divorce mediation can solve many problems before they start.
People often don’t recognize the many issues involved in a divorce. Parenting for one puts a strain on any relationship, let alone one going through displacement and divorce. Mediation can tackle many concerns for the parenting issues before they grow out of control. And continued mediation can work out any parenting divorce problems that might arise in the future.
Another way that divorce mediation can help is by opening the door to communication throughout the divorce. Dating someone new for instance can cause problems between estranged spouses. But in an effective mediation situation, these effects can be minimized through communication.
Divorce mediation is seen as one of the best ways to finalize a divorce. It makes it so the estranged spouses must communicate instead of resorting to attorneys for all correspondence. Many states and courts have recognized this and put this into action. In many jurisdictions, you must have proof you attempted divorce mediation before the court will schedule a hearing.
If you have proof that your estranged spouse refuses to attend mediation, the court will actually order them to it and hold them in contempt if they don’t’ show. This is accompanied by a rather significant fine and a date with the judge whose time you may be wasting. Not a good foot to start out on if you want to win your case.
In all things that are brutal and ugly, the worst can be said of divorce. However, with divorce mediation being such a force in the common courts today, there may be a shift to straight out mediation. Only time will tell on this fact, but remember, mediating a divorce is easier and generally cheaper than to go to war. If you have kids, it will lessen the scars as well.
Italian lingerie has been famous for generations for its fine quality of manufacturing and materials. Soft, luxurious materials, pretty colors, handmade embroidery and fine Italian lace – all of these can be found at Italian lingerie stores.
Guia la Bruna
The designer’s latest collection, which can be seen on her website, Guialabruna.com, features soft, shimmering materials; Victorian-style chemises; delicate floral prints; and feminine ribbon decorations.
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Between the ages of 42 and 59 there is a revolution in women’s lives that doctor’s call menopause. Astrologers have three names for it: the Uranus Opposition around the age of 42, the Chiron Return at 51, and the Second Saturn Return around 59. These three stages that span the entire menopausal experience are the rites of passage into our wise woman years. Like any journey they have their merciless moments of drama as well as quiet epiphanies. But how might menopause be different if these times came with an instruction manual like some of us received when we turned 13? “This is menstruation! Welcome to Becoming a Woman.” How might it be different if we did get a menopausal map?
Astrology offers us the closest thing that I’ve ever seen to a wise woman’s survival guide of these times, although the links between these three stages of menopause hasn’t been truly explored. I’m going to touch on this huge subject and offer a few insights, although the exact timing of these events is best explored with your own astrologer.
Uranus Opposition
At the first stage of the Uranus Opposition we begin our journey by being slightly unnerved and restless. The body’s electrical energy system begins to get revved up—fired by new messages from our glandular system. Uranus rules the electrical circuitry in our bodies, and the evolutionary purpose of Uranus is to create change—our life opens up; we see new options and possibilities. Our culture calls these years “peri-menopause” but astrologers see this as the time when we begin to be more true to ourselves, and do things differently. We may be shocked because repressed aspects of ourselves and long-forgotten dreams now come forth and demand expression. The unconscious stirs as we hear ourselves speak raw and outspoken truths in a way that startles even us. This is the same energy that makes us feel even sexier and stronger as we become serious truth-tellers.
Peri-menopause is powerful and underestimated, especially since it creeps us on us undetected. It’s as if our internal “B.S.-detectors” are amped up, and we can smell a rat or hear a lie a mile away. At this first entrance into the menopausal journey it’s time to consciously make new plans, craft new intentions, de-clutter our inner psyches and outer homes, and prepare for a new life. The Uranus Opposition is the first call towards what the Jungian psychologists call individuation; towards becoming who you truly are. Trying to maintain the status-quo at this time is the worst thing one can do. Let this be your motto: “Let’s do something different.”
As we move through our forties into menopause, it’s as if we’re being stripped of the Teflon coating of hormonal agreeableness, as we’re being catapulted into a time of intense honesty punctuated with times of intense irritation. The worst physical culprits, such as loss of sleep and hot sweats exhaust us, allowing the emotional roller coaster of moodiness to have its way with us. When we’re awake and sweating at 3:00 AM, we may find ourselves contemplating the limits of sanity, divorce or freedom even when we’ve actually have a good mind, a good marriage or good job—or so we think, up till now. Reflecting and reframing our lives is best done at 9:00 AM with our best friend over coffee, when we can exaggerate our “wet sheets story” just enough to get a good laugh and a tender hug.
The age of 51 is the average age for menopause to occur, although the process that leads up to it is as powerful as the actual ceasing of our periods. This is the turning point into our wise woman years, and many of us find ourselves coming into our own power and personhood more in our 50s than ever before. We’ve already been experimenting and finding out what works for us and what doesn’t. We’ve made changes—physically, emotionally and spiritually. We are keenly aware that our life is already more than half-lived.
Chiron Return
As we move towards the Chiron Return at age 51, the electric and truth-seeking trials of Uranus link up with the archetype of Chiron. The changes we’ve made and the healing we’ve done stand us in good stead as we approach the time when our periods actually stop, usually around the time of the Chiron Return.
Chiron can be seen as the mythological image of the “wounded healer.” As we round the corner past 50, we’ve gained some experiences and wisdom that can be helpful to others. The mythology of the planetoid Chiron is fascinating to read. The essence of it is that Chiron, the mythological god who was unable to heal himself, can now heal others. Through the process of experimentation and self-healing he learned how to become a useful mentor, healer, and teacher although he was never able to completely cure himself. Chiron is like all of us who struggle with menopause and its many remedies in an effort to heal and be whole. We delve into new treatments and new lives seeking to find physical relief and the best life, but perfect healing may elude us. We do the best we can as we struggle through it. Menopause is sloppy in all the ways of imperfection, but if we take good mental notes on our process we learn a great deal. We learn that change can be good and that open-heartedness and experimentation lead to healing. We find our way, and then we are able to help others do the same.
Second Saturn Return
As we make our way through the fifties we begin to approach the Second Saturn Return, which comes for most of us around the age of 59. This Saturn Return is typically easier than the first Saturn Return at age 29 as it ushers us into our wisdom and Elder years. This third and last part of the menopausal journey is when any unfinished business physically or emotionally needs to be taken care of. We cannot afford to be lazy in our attention to what needs to be done at this time, especially caring for our bodies. If we put off that call to the dentist, it may not be long before we’re calling the oral surgeon. If we don’t listen to our body’s messages now we may have some tough lessons with “reality”—that’s Saturn’s job.
But don’t be too hard on yourself. We all have unfinished business—coping with aging parents, health issues, loneliness…there are old problems and perhaps new solutions. We may slow down a little, and others may say we look tired. This is the time when our culture gets us thinking about retirement, and we are shocked when we tell someone our age. Can it be true? Our mental image of what this age is about is ready to change.
This is when we need to look deeply at the anatomy of our intentions. It is indeed time to see oneself as a wise woman and to act the part with quiet dignity. But do you have any great ambitions? Have you looked at what Jupiter and Neptune in your chart is whispering in your ear? Maybe you could aim higher in your intentions? Or is it just about losing weight and interior decorating? On your deathbed will you remember poignant moments doing volunteer work at the hospital or the time when you lost (and perhaps regained) fifteen pounds?
But what are the words in our hearts as well as our heads? Intentions and affirmations may find a “disconnect” if these two are not synchronized. For example, if our heart desires a new partner and yet we’re aware that our habits and lifestyle leave no room for another person in our life, then chances are it won’t happen. Or if we are still holding a powerful longing or resentment towards a past partner, where’s the room for a new person? This is the time to avoid the seductive power of our shadow and avoid scenarios where we feel our old unconscious stuff emerging—our old tapes of “not-good-enough” or “nobody loves me.” A reality check may be called for.
Someone once told me that a good rule of thumb for this time is to “sneak a little God into your daily chow.” This means different things for everyone. And we need to add the Saturnian practicality to the chow as well—a Muslim might say: “Pray to god, but tie your camel.” Or we remember the old-fashioned phrase, “God helps those that help themselves.” The gift of the Second Saturn Return is a practical wisdom combined with a more compassionate attitude, but you can’t bring naiveté to it. It’s time to get savvy. Saturn is the archetypal planet of reality that rewards in the long run for work well done, but who, as the Lord of Time, can bring delays and occasional moments of melancholy. We lose our naiveness, but gain a larger perspective.
Having just finished this third and last stage of the Menopausal Journey, I’ve found that I still feel the occasional hot flash of Uranus, the struggle with Chironic experiments in healing, as well as enjoying Saturnian moments of sitting quietly in my chair journaling. I’m finding that there is a new sanity and serenity emerging in which my ego needs are relaxing. And I’m remembering that when I’m not happy it doesn’t always mean there’s something wrong—it may be that I’m in the process of getting something right!
The Second Saturn Return also ushers us into the age of the “Yoga of Generosity.” We may find that our biggest joys come from having the chance to give whatever we can to all those “youngsters” under the age of sixty. Whether it isç giving our time, money, or telling our stories, it’s time to link the pieces together into a whole, sharing our wisdom with the story of the rough road of the journey. Remember that the difference between the boring old person and the one with the love and sparkle in her eyes is that she’s done her homework of digesting her stories. She doesn’t ramble or bore you. She’s learned something from her life, and taken more responsibility—a Saturn word that allows blame and shame to be reframed by compassion and understanding.
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