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Information on cake-decorating classes

Cake Decorating Classes at Cake Craft Shoppe

http://www.cakecraftshoppe.com/default.asp

 

San Jacinto College North Cake Classes (Continuing Education Dept.)

http://www.sjcd.edu/

 

Cakes By Gina Designs

http://www.cakesbyginahouston.com/

 

Treatments for problem nails

YELLOWING NAILS:

Take a lemon and slice it into wedges. Take one wedge and rub it gently over each nail once a day. After about a week, you should see a difference in the color. 

OR

Drop a couple of tablets of denture cleaner into warm water. Soak your feet or hands for about 5 minutes and you should see a difference. 

FUNGUS:

Avoid cutting or trimming the cuticles. Instead use a liquid cuticle remover and moisturize twice a day.

Over-the-counter fungal medications can work to fight fungus.

OR

Add a little bit of tea tree oil to your home pedicure or home manicure water and soak your feet or hands in it for about 5 minutes. 

If you want to use the tea tree oil more often, dilute it a little bit in water by taking a small squeeze bottle and filling it 3 quarters of the way with warm water and filling the rest with the tea tree oil. Shake it up and apply.

SPLITTING NAILS:

File your nails in one direction with quick and light motions rather than sawing back and forth. 

HOME MANICURE/PEDICURE MESS-UPS:

Use a quick-drying serum on each nail after applying a top coat of polish. After using this serum, you can take a manicure clean up pen and lightly go around the cuticle to clean up the extra polish.

CALLUSES:

Have a great pedicurist that you go to regularly, so that they know what they’re doing and will give you good treatment. Make sure to maintain your feet by exfoliating, soaking, moisturizing, and whatever else necessary every day at home. After this, you can apply cuticle remover to the calluses if necessary, which will soften those spots. Let it sit there for a couple of minutes and then take a buffing block or paddle to exfoliate on those calluses.

Tips for DIY pedicure pretty summer feet

STEP 1:
Exfoliate at least every other day.
Use either sea salt or sugar and pour it into a bowl.  Add jojoba oil and a couple drops of essential oil. Mix it up and use to exfoliate your feet.

STEP 2:
Take care of your cuticles.
 Dab some jojoba oil around your cuticles twice a day. Sally Hansen’s cuticle remover is good for cuticles that grow over the nail.

STEP 3:
Moisturize twice a day and no particular product is necessary.

STEP 4:
Polish when necessary. Apply a top coat about once a week when in between pedicures.  

Foreclosure Rescue

Homeowners who are facing foreclosure can get free help in the effort to get a loan modification.   There are HUD certified counselors all across the state.  Here is a link to them.  Just scroll down until you see the offices located in Houston.

http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm?webListAction=search&searchstate=TX

Also, be sure to check this site to see tips on dealing with a real housing counselor and avoiding the fake ones.

http://www.loanscamalert.org/

Airfare deals

Flying is not getting any cheaper, but there are some things you can do to cut the costs.

   The experts at www.farecompare.com have compiled a list of mistakes folks make when booking tickets or looking for deals.

    Check it out:

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/biggest-mistakes-buying-airfare-secrets-cheap-airfare/story?id=11042031