Make Your Dream Jewellery With Ex-Beading Accessories

Our love of jewellery has not only been restricted to wearing them, but also making them. Ideally, jewellery are made and manufactured by professional jewellery makers like goldsmith etc. But now you can make your own trinkets at home with ease. Making jewellery involves simple steps. All you need is ex beading accessories and beads or any material that you want to add in your pieces of jewellery. It is a wonderful hobby and quite easy to start with.

How to get started?
No big task, jewellery making is simple and fun. First, you need ex-beading accessories. Then decide on the materials you are going to use. You can start off with beads as they are easy to begin with. Also, get good quality threads (or wire) that have high tensile strength. Next, make a knot at one end of the thread, and decide on the length of the jewellery. If you are making a necklace, then a good idea is to measure it against your neck. You can keep it as long as you want to. Then, string the beads into the thread till you reach the end. Now, with the help of ex beading accessories, give your necklace or earrings a professional finish.

That was a very simple one. Once you graduate from here, you can go ahead with more complex designs. There are different types of ex-beading accessories that you can use to give shape to what you have in mind. There are accessories to hold the pendant, pliers to keep beads and charms together, and many more such accessories.

Basically, jewellery making is a simple hobby, and an equally great activity for recreation. You will get different kinds of ex-beading accessories with some of the good web-based providers of such tools. With such accessories, not only can you beautify yourself the way you want to, but also make jewellery for your friends, or simply gift them for birthdays and special celebrations.

Make Your Dream Jewellery With Ex-Beading Accessories

Our love of jewellery has not only been restricted to wearing them, but also making them. Ideally, jewellery are made and manufactured by professional jewellery makers like goldsmith etc. But now you can make your own trinkets at home with ease. Making jewellery involves simple steps. All you need is ex beading accessories and beads or any material that you want to add in your pieces of jewellery. It is a wonderful hobby and quite easy to start with.

How to get started?
No big task, jewellery making is simple and fun. First, you need ex-beading accessories. Then decide on the materials you are going to use. You can start off with beads as they are easy to begin with. Also, get good quality threads (or wire) that have high tensile strength. Next, make a knot at one end of the thread, and decide on the length of the jewellery. If you are making a necklace, then a good idea is to measure it against your neck. You can keep it as long as you want to. Then, string the beads into the thread till you reach the end. Now, with the help of ex beading accessories, give your necklace or earrings a professional finish.

That was a very simple one. Once you graduate from here, you can go ahead with more complex designs. There are different types of ex-beading accessories that you can use to give shape to what you have in mind. There are accessories to hold the pendant, pliers to keep beads and charms together, and many more such accessories.

Basically, jewellery making is a simple hobby, and an equally great activity for recreation. You will get different kinds of ex-beading accessories with some of the good web-based providers of such tools. With such accessories, not only can you beautify yourself the way you want to, but also make jewellery for your friends, or simply gift them for birthdays and special celebrations.

Unbalanced Life=Unbalanced Hormones

As we move from the lazy days of summer into faster-paced autumn - coming back to our "regular lives" after vacation, the longer days of summer, and for many of us, shorter summer work hours - we find ourselves in a perfect space for coming back to ourselves.

This transition period between the seasons - almost like a pause or a feeling of "waiting" - is the time for evaluation. It's time to take stock of what is, what has been, what's working and what you want to carry forward.

If this sounds daunting, try looking at it from a seasonal perspective. Come winter, our energies will be directed inward, toward comfort and home. This is a time when we'll have the space to open up and be creative, moving forward with projects and manifesting ideas. So it makes sense that fall would be the time to take stock, figure out what our next directions are, what we want to be creating for ourselves during the winter months.

Why take stock?

It's important to remember that our health is impacted by every facet of our life, even those that may seem unrelated. Any areas that are neglected, or are out of integrity with who we are (or are just plain not enough fun!) tend to create stresses, which in turn set off a chain reaction in our endocrine system, leading to hormonal imbalances and a host of other health issues.

Building your "life pie"

One of our favorite tools for refocusing on our selves and what's important in our lives is the Wheel of Life. You'll be making a "pie" that represents different areas of your life - it only takes about 10 minutes, and can be remarkably illuminating!

For this exercise, you'll need a blank piece of paper (preferably unlined) and pen or pencil. Feel free to make this exercise even more fun by using colored paper, or colored pens or pencils.

* On your piece of paper, draw a large circle and then divide it into 10 "pieces of pie" by making 10 lines from the center to the outside edge. (If you like, make each line in a different color, for each different category.)

* Next, you're going to label each line with a different area of your life: home environment, relationships, social life, joy, health, career, creativity, finances, education and spirituality.

* Now comes the fun part: For each of the 10 different categories, make a dot on the line that represents your level of involvement with each area – the center of the circle is zero, and the outside of the circle represents areas of most involvement or satisfaction.

* Once you've got a dot for each area, connect the dots and see what your "life pie" looks like!

Your Wheel of Life should give you some good ideas as to which areas of your life need more attention at this time. Keep in mind, this is a process that will last all through the fall – taking the time now to take stock and prepare will set you up for a creative, productive fall and winter!

Cleanse with us!

One of the best ways to re-balance yourself and your body as you transition through the seasons is with a gentle cleanse. Cleansing not only helps your body clear out excess wastes and come back to a place of balance, it also helps clear YOU - removing some of life's clutter and leaving you with a clearer vision of your direction, helping you to balance your "life pie".
Many of the cleanses available out there can be very extreme - and therefore hard on the body. We've created our own super-supportive whole foods cleanse, done in the comfort of your own home but with the support and guidance of the LSW counselors, as well as a whole community of women - that you're connected to via our online forums - who are all doing the cleanse at the same time.

We'll be running our Fall Cleanse throughout the month of October. For more information on this transformational event, just fill out this short web form and we’ll be in touch with more details. Or, call us at 212-581-0001 to register now and reserve your spot!

Need more help figuring out your next steps?
One of our popular and powerful group programs may be for you! Metamorphosis, our eight-week telegroup designed especially for women in their 20s and 30s, begins on Monday, October 1st. Also beginning on October 1st is Emerge, our six-week online program designed for the college-age woman. See below for more information, or contact us today at 212-581-0001 to save your space!

Share your "pie"

How'd this exercise go for you? Did any of your areas surprise you? Which areas did you feel were your strongest? Your weakest? Share your results and ask your questions in the comments section below, and an LSW counselor will respond!

LSW recognizes the importance of indulgence, pleasure, and sensuality for every woman's menstrual and sexual health. We help you find the right medicinal foods for healing your condition, and we support you to understand, accept, and enjoy your woman's body and your feminine energy.

"Altar"-ing Body Art: Four Ways for Brides to Say TaTa to Tattoos

You couldn't live without it at age 18. Now you're 28, the VP of a prestigious bank, engaged to be married next summer, and you've found the most incredible strapless wedding gown that shows off your flawless, tan shoulders and arms - and a glaring tattoo of barbed wire circling your upper left appendage. You're way past regret. What to do?

Here are four options for taking away your tattoo blues.

Make-up
Without question, make-up is the quickest, easiest and most painless way to eliminate your tattoo. This works best for those who don't have the time and/or money to permanently remove the tattoo and those who only want to "lose" the tattoo for their march down the aisle. An Internet search will identify several brands of tattoo cover make-up on the market. With some products, complete and natural-looking coverage is a multi-step process that requires primers, lotions and finishing powder. Be sure to choose the best color to match your skin tone.

Chemical Peel and Microdermabrasion
Though do-it-yourself chemical peel products are available, a dermatologist is the safer way to have your tattoo removed by chemical peel. Chemical peel progressively removes layers of skin and, eventually, the tattoo design. Microdermabrasion essentially "sands" the skin to remove the tattoo. This method can leave scars. Most tattoos are deep within the dermis, and in order for the tattoo to be removed, this skin and all the ink must be removed with it. Dermabrasion uses manual abrasion of the skin (with either fine grit surgical sandpaper or a tool) to remove the tattoo. Again, have a dermatologist perform this procedure.

Lasers and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL)
Lasers produce short pulses of intense light that pass harmlessly through the top layers of the skin and break up the tattoo pigment. The laser energy causes the tattoo pigment to fragment into smaller particles that are then removed by the body's immune system. The surrounding skin is not damaged. Depending on the extent of your tattoo, laser removal will take multiple sessions, is somewhat costly (in the thousands!) and involves mild discomfort. The number of treatments required depends on the size, color, location and age of the tattoo. Scarring, if any, is determined by the same factors. FYI - green and yellow inks are the most difficult to remove. Dark and red inks, along with purples and oranges resolve easier.

Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is relatively new and costly, too. A gel is applied to the skin and then a wand is used to emit pulses of light onto the skin area being treated. This method is said to be less painful than laser therapy, and more effective, resulting in less total treatment sessions.

Excision
As you've already guessed, this method requires a topical anesthetic and literally cuts the tattoo out of your skin and the wound sutured. Excision is best suited to smaller tattoos. It will leave a small scar, and it's generally inexpensive in comparison to some of the other options. Bye-bye, butterfly.

Unbalanced Life=Unbalanced Hormones

As we move from the lazy days of summer into faster-paced autumn - coming back to our "regular lives" after vacation, the longer days of summer, and for many of us, shorter summer work hours - we find ourselves in a perfect space for coming back to ourselves.

This transition period between the seasons - almost like a pause or a feeling of "waiting" - is the time for evaluation. It's time to take stock of what is, what has been, what's working and what you want to carry forward.

If this sounds daunting, try looking at it from a seasonal perspective. Come winter, our energies will be directed inward, toward comfort and home. This is a time when we'll have the space to open up and be creative, moving forward with projects and manifesting ideas. So it makes sense that fall would be the time to take stock, figure out what our next directions are, what we want to be creating for ourselves during the winter months.

Why take stock?

It's important to remember that our health is impacted by every facet of our life, even those that may seem unrelated. Any areas that are neglected, or are out of integrity with who we are (or are just plain not enough fun!) tend to create stresses, which in turn set off a chain reaction in our endocrine system, leading to hormonal imbalances and a host of other health issues.

Building your "life pie"

One of our favorite tools for refocusing on our selves and what's important in our lives is the Wheel of Life. You'll be making a "pie" that represents different areas of your life - it only takes about 10 minutes, and can be remarkably illuminating!

For this exercise, you'll need a blank piece of paper (preferably unlined) and pen or pencil. Feel free to make this exercise even more fun by using colored paper, or colored pens or pencils.

* On your piece of paper, draw a large circle and then divide it into 10 "pieces of pie" by making 10 lines from the center to the outside edge. (If you like, make each line in a different color, for each different category.)

* Next, you're going to label each line with a different area of your life: home environment, relationships, social life, joy, health, career, creativity, finances, education and spirituality.

* Now comes the fun part: For each of the 10 different categories, make a dot on the line that represents your level of involvement with each area – the center of the circle is zero, and the outside of the circle represents areas of most involvement or satisfaction.

* Once you've got a dot for each area, connect the dots and see what your "life pie" looks like!

Your Wheel of Life should give you some good ideas as to which areas of your life need more attention at this time. Keep in mind, this is a process that will last all through the fall – taking the time now to take stock and prepare will set you up for a creative, productive fall and winter!

Cleanse with us!

One of the best ways to re-balance yourself and your body as you transition through the seasons is with a gentle cleanse. Cleansing not only helps your body clear out excess wastes and come back to a place of balance, it also helps clear YOU - removing some of life's clutter and leaving you with a clearer vision of your direction, helping you to balance your "life pie".
Many of the cleanses available out there can be very extreme - and therefore hard on the body. We've created our own super-supportive whole foods cleanse, done in the comfort of your own home but with the support and guidance of the LSW counselors, as well as a whole community of women - that you're connected to via our online forums - who are all doing the cleanse at the same time.

We'll be running our Fall Cleanse throughout the month of October. For more information on this transformational event, just fill out this short web form and we’ll be in touch with more details. Or, call us at 212-581-0001 to register now and reserve your spot!

Need more help figuring out your next steps?
One of our popular and powerful group programs may be for you! Metamorphosis, our eight-week telegroup designed especially for women in their 20s and 30s, begins on Monday, October 1st. Also beginning on October 1st is Emerge, our six-week online program designed for the college-age woman. See below for more information, or contact us today at 212-581-0001 to save your space!

Share your "pie"

How'd this exercise go for you? Did any of your areas surprise you? Which areas did you feel were your strongest? Your weakest? Share your results and ask your questions in the comments section below, and an LSW counselor will respond!

LSW recognizes the importance of indulgence, pleasure, and sensuality for every woman's menstrual and sexual health. We help you find the right medicinal foods for healing your condition, and we support you to understand, accept, and enjoy your woman's body and your feminine energy.

"Altar"-ing Body Art: Four Ways for Brides to Say TaTa to Tattoos

You couldn't live without it at age 18. Now you're 28, the VP of a prestigious bank, engaged to be married next summer, and you've found the most incredible strapless wedding gown that shows off your flawless, tan shoulders and arms - and a glaring tattoo of barbed wire circling your upper left appendage. You're way past regret. What to do?

Here are four options for taking away your tattoo blues.

Make-up
Without question, make-up is the quickest, easiest and most painless way to eliminate your tattoo. This works best for those who don't have the time and/or money to permanently remove the tattoo and those who only want to "lose" the tattoo for their march down the aisle. An Internet search will identify several brands of tattoo cover make-up on the market. With some products, complete and natural-looking coverage is a multi-step process that requires primers, lotions and finishing powder. Be sure to choose the best color to match your skin tone.

Chemical Peel and Microdermabrasion
Though do-it-yourself chemical peel products are available, a dermatologist is the safer way to have your tattoo removed by chemical peel. Chemical peel progressively removes layers of skin and, eventually, the tattoo design. Microdermabrasion essentially "sands" the skin to remove the tattoo. This method can leave scars. Most tattoos are deep within the dermis, and in order for the tattoo to be removed, this skin and all the ink must be removed with it. Dermabrasion uses manual abrasion of the skin (with either fine grit surgical sandpaper or a tool) to remove the tattoo. Again, have a dermatologist perform this procedure.

Lasers and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL)
Lasers produce short pulses of intense light that pass harmlessly through the top layers of the skin and break up the tattoo pigment. The laser energy causes the tattoo pigment to fragment into smaller particles that are then removed by the body's immune system. The surrounding skin is not damaged. Depending on the extent of your tattoo, laser removal will take multiple sessions, is somewhat costly (in the thousands!) and involves mild discomfort. The number of treatments required depends on the size, color, location and age of the tattoo. Scarring, if any, is determined by the same factors. FYI - green and yellow inks are the most difficult to remove. Dark and red inks, along with purples and oranges resolve easier.

Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is relatively new and costly, too. A gel is applied to the skin and then a wand is used to emit pulses of light onto the skin area being treated. This method is said to be less painful than laser therapy, and more effective, resulting in less total treatment sessions.

Excision
As you've already guessed, this method requires a topical anesthetic and literally cuts the tattoo out of your skin and the wound sutured. Excision is best suited to smaller tattoos. It will leave a small scar, and it's generally inexpensive in comparison to some of the other options. Bye-bye, butterfly.

Wild is Not Necessarily Free

So what is up with "the Brit pack"? The group - Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, etc - seems inordinately influential with the current generation of young women. But it's a cultural phenomena that hasn't changed a whole lot since I was a teenager: young people prize freedom of expression. Often this means drinking and drugging, being sexually liberated and free to "hook up." I, too, spent my twenties drinking and sexing my way through law school; I answered to no one and did as I pleased. But in truth, much of my behavior was motivated by the big lie, "I don't care what anybody thinks." As far as I can tell, that "big lie" is still alive and well with young people today.

I use the term "big lie" as Carl Jung used the term "big dream" to emphasize the largesse of a lie or dream that transcends any one person or individual life. Jung called these archetypes; I think of them as cultural mindsets or feeling-states common to large groups of people. Do young women today really "not care" about what others think?

A woman who truly "doesn’t care what anybody thinks" in a positive sense gets her personal power from inside herself. Generally, she is highly regarded and has built her self-esteem through esteem-able acts. She doesn’t care what people think because she is on purpose, has some accomplishment under her belt, knows her own mind, and has proved to herself and those around her that she has a strong moral core. That was not true of me in my twenties, nor is that what today's "prostitots" demonstrate when they flaunt their misbehavior in society's face.
Like it or not, fame or no fame, women are still inducted into some specific beliefs:
1) that their sexuality has a certain value, and
2) that they are less of a woman or incomplete without a man. The issue here is not whether or not these beliefs are true; the issue here is to become aware of how these beliefs may affect you.

Perhaps allowing the world to zoom in on her genitalia is Britney’s way of telling us she doesn’t need our approval. The first time I met a woman who was really free (rather than like Britney or my younger self), I was totally entranced. This woman was not self-absorbed; she was self-possessed and completely at home in her skin. She was so sure of her self that she seemed like another species. She exhibited none of the attention seeking, self-conscious, controlling, or flirtatious ways I associated with being a desirable woman. Her very presence startled something deep inside me awake.

I had to do a great deal of inner work before I built that type of solid foundation. I had to face the fact that I would do anything to secure male approval. I had to look at my motives for choosing provocative attire and learn the fine art of knowing when a sexy look suited me and when it diminished me. I had to confront the many ways I was still invested in the idea that a woman with a man is somehow more complete.

Women experience true freedom when they break free of these ideas and discover the ability to exercise choice by applying the will. Sometimes we gain more self-respect by exercising self-restraint than by "doing whatever I want." Then we stand at the threshold of a whole new kind of personal freedom.