Things You Will Need:
All “Things You Will Need” items are optional
• Advanced Task Killer App from Google Play Store(Android Market)
• Extended Battery

1. Download the Advanced Task Killer App from the Google Play Store (formally Android Market) – “ATK is often used to kill apps and clean memory.” Many of your applications run even if you aren’t using them, which uses up memory and battery power. You can use this app to “kill” or close applications that are running when you are not using them.

2. Don’t over charge your phone – When your phone is charged, remove it from the charger. If you keep your phone on the charger after it is 100% charged, it will decrease the life of the battery. Don’t leave your phone on the charger over night while you sleep .

3. Use WiFi instead of 2G/3G/4G when it is Available – WiFi uses less battery power than 2G/3G/4G. If you have WiFi at home, set your phone to connect to the WiFi when you’re in range.

4. Change your Battery Settings to Save Battery at Night or During Inactivity – The Battery Manager in your phones Settings, has several settings that can save your battery. For example, you can set your phone to use less battery power while you’re asleep. This setting stops your phone from syncing after 15 minutes of inactivity between the hours of 10pm and 5 am.

5. Dim Your Phone’s Display Lighting – Display uses a large part of your battery, so dimming the lights can help with battery power. Select Settings then Display to use your display settings. Use the Brightness setting to lower your phone’s lighting.

6. Get an Extended Battery – Buying an extended battery helped greatly. That was the best 50 bucks I’ve ever spent (lol). After purchasing an extended battery, you can use your old battery as a back up battery if you’ll be in a place where you can’t charge your battery when needed.

Tips/Warnings:
• If your battery is under 30% and you want to prevent the battery from dying, place your phone in Sleep Mode or Airplane Mode until you can charge it.

Photo Credit: Ebay.com

It was suggested by one of my Facebook friends to use a Black Tea Rinse to increase thickness and growth of hair. After the second time I rinsed my hair with the black tea, I noticed that I no longer had dandruff. Here’s what I did to get rid of dandruff:

Things Needed:
• Caffeinated 100% Natural Black Tea (2-3 tea bags)
• A 2 quart container
• 4 – 6 cups of boiling water
• Plastic Hair Cap
• Small Spray Bottle (optional)

1. Boil Water and Steep Tea – Boil 4-6 cups of water and pour the boiling water into a 2 quart container. Place 2-3 bags of tea in the container of boiling water. Steep the for at least 2 hours. After 2 hours, remove the tea bags from the container of tea. (For 4 cups of water use 2 tea bags, for 6 cups of water use 3 tea bags)

2. Apply Tea after Shampooing Hair – After shampooing the hair, apply the tea to hair. A small spray bottle can be used to apply the tea or it can be poured on to the hair. Let the tea sit on the hair for 15 minutes then apply a moisturizing conditioner (without rinsing the tea out). Cover your hair with a plastic hair cap. Let the conditioner and the tea stay on the hair for another 15 minutes then rinse.

3. How Often? – This doubles as a deep conditioning treatment, so I rinse my hair no more than once a week.

4. Other Benefits of A Black Tea Rinse – After the rinse, I noticed that I had shinier hair with decreased shedding. (YaY) As for growth, I haven’t noticed anything yet, but I will keep you posted.

No more dandruff!

Tips and Warnings:
• Black tea rinse may make the hair darker. If you prefer a tea that is lighter in color, try green tea
• Tea should be cooled before use.
• Black tea will stain light-colored clothing and towels.
• This is a natural dandruff remedy

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I live in hot, humid Houston, TX so I know what it feels like to have perfect hair when I walk out of the door and my hair is a frizzy mess by the time I get to work. I tried out a few things to stop hair frizz and one worked really well. I tested it out for 5 days and my hair stayed straight and without frizz the entire time.

FYI: I straighten my hair with heat and not a relaxer.

Here’s what you can use as a natural hair frizz treatment:

Things You Will Need:
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1. After Straightening/Styling Your Hair – Take a dime sized amount of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and evenly spread it through your hair from root to tip. Only use the recommended amount of oil to prevent your hair from becoming oily/greasy.

2. Why Does Extra Virgin Olive Oil Prevent Hair Frizz – Olive Oil stops hair from frizzing in humidity because it is water insoluble and blocks moisture.

Just say NO to hair frizz!

Tips and Warnings:
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil can be purchased at just about any store that sells food products. I use the Great Value oil from Walmart.
• If the Olive Oil is too heavy for your hair, seek other frizz treatment products like castor oil, coconut oil, and a silicone that are water insoluble (repels water).
• If you have a weave, use a pea sized amount of oil on your natural hair only. This will help your hair stay straight and blend easier with the weave.

Photo Credit: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-100-Extra-Virgin-Olive-Oil-25.5-oz/10316039

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Things You Will Need:
• Computer with Internet Access

1. Visit http://www.professormesser.com/ – When you visit the site, click on the proper tab at the top of the page for the Comptia certification you would like to get.

Tips/Warning:
• It is free to watch the videos on the site but there is a fee to download the videos.

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Maybe you’re going to an important event, on a date, taking pictures, or just want you skin to glow beautifully. There are creams that you can use to make your skin glow but this works from within. Because of the vitamin C in lemons, drinking a glass of lemon water daily will cause your skin to glow.

Consult your doctor before following this suggestion.

Things You Will Need:
• A Lemon
• Small Knife
• Room temperature drinking Water

1. Making Lemon Water – Squeeze one half of a lemon into 12 oz of water or one whole lemon into 24 oz of water. The water should be room temperature or warm. Do not add sugar or anything else to it.

2. Drinking Lemon Water for Glowing Skin – The lemon water should be consumed first thing in the morning before breakfast. Drink the lemon water only once a day and your skin should begin to glow within 2 – 3 days

Tips/Warnings:
• As a bonus, drinking lemon water will cause you to lose some water weight and cause your stomach to be flatter because it acts as a diuretic.
• As mentioned above, lemon water does act as a diuretic so make sure you drink plenty of water during the day

Image from: http://proutils.github.com/lemon/

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Things You Will Need:
• Waterpik/Water Flosser

1. What is a Water Flosser? The water flosser uses a blast of water to get any plaque or food particles from around your gums and brackets. There’s a reservoir to store water, which shoots out of the tip of the flosser and on to your teeth and gums. The price for water flossers start at about $40 and can be purchased from places like Walgreen, CVS, Walmart, or Target.

2. How to Use the Water Flosser? The flosser will come with several tips, but make sure you use the orthodontic tip for braces. The orthodontic tip has a little brush on it so as you move it around your teeth, it also cleans around your brackets. While tilting your head over a sink, move the flosser between each tooth and around the gum line.

Tips and Warnings:
• Floss with the water flosser at least twice a day. (I used mine about 6 times a day after every meal)
• Do not use the water flosser while it is connected to the charger. This will shorten the life of the flosser.
• If you eat or drink something containing lots of sugar (like candy or soda), immediately floss to avoid any sugar being trapped under your brackets.
• The water flosser I use is by Waterpik, which is pictured above. I purchased it for $52 from Walgreens.

  
  
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  ]]> As you may know, it is healthier for your skin if you thoroughly remove all makeup before going to bed. I’ve purchased products that were for makeup removal but they didn’t wash all the makeup off and/or they were too strong for my skin. Because I have sensitive skin, I was on the look out to find something that was mild and actually removed all the makeup.
  Things you will need:
  • African Black Soap
  • Small zip lock bag
  • Small Knife

  Here’s how you removal all makeup (foundation, eye shadow, eye liner, mascara) from your skin:

  1. Wash your face with Black Soap
  2. After you dry your face, follow-up with a good moisturizer.

  I’ve used black soap for about 2 years and I love it. It gets all the make up off of my face and keeps my skin looking really smooth.

  Black soap isn’t like your normal bar soap, so here are some tips for preserving it:
  • Do not use the entire bar when washing your face. This soap turns into liquid easily when it comes in contact with water. Cut the bar into chunks and use a chuck at a time.
  • Put the rest of the bar/chunks in a ziplock bag so they won’t dry out.

  Tips and Warnings

• The color of Black soap is not Black, it should be brown.(It resembles a bar of poop lol)
• I used Alaffia African Black Soap which I buy from Whole Foods
• You can also use black soap as a natural shampoo if you’re anti-chemicals.

Here’s a picture of African Black Soap so you know what to look for:




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]]> I know many of you (like myself) have had moments when you walk in a room and forget why you’ve gone in there, you call someone and forget what you wanted to tell them, or a similar situation. While online one day, I ran across an article with a fix that actually worked for recalling memory. Here’s what you do:
• Move your eyes horizontally (side-to-side) for 30 seconds.

The information you forgot is recalled because:

Horizontal eye movements are thought to cause the two hemispheres of the brain to interact more with one another, and communication between brain hemispheres is important for retrieving certain types of memories.

Tips/Warnings:
1. Don’t do this in front of anyone, you will look a little weird. (LoL)

References:
http://www.livescience.com/1473-moving-eyes-improves-memory-study-suggests.html


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]]> There are several ways to print from your Android phone and Android tablet, but this is the procedure I use to print. It was easy to set up and it’s easy to use.
Things you will need:
• Android Play Store (formerly Android Market) access to download Google Cloud Print
• Google Chrome Web Browser
• Google account (which you will have if you have an Android phone)
• Computer connected to a printer

1. Download the Google Cloud Print app from the Android Play Store (formerly Android Market)

2. Download Google Chrome if you don’t have it already.
Visit https://www.google.com/chrome to download Google Chrome. (I love Chrome!)

3. Connect your printer to your Google Account
Visit http://www.google.com/landing/cloudprint/. This will give you thorough instructions on connecting your printer to your Google Account. Depending on the type of printer you have, select the proper option. Select Classic Printer if your printer is not Cloud ready,even if your printer is wireless. After selecting the right option, follow the directions for connecting your printer to your Google Account.

4. Install and Set up the Cloud Print app on your phone/tablet
Follow the directions on the screen and connect your Google Cloud Print app to your Google Account using your Google Sign-In information. When you get to the screen about choice of printer, press the Refresh button so that your printer can populate on the list. Select your printer and save it as the default printer.

5. Printing a document from your phone/tablet
In order to print, you will use the share button. This is the same button you use when you share pictures, text, webpages, and etc with others via Facebook, Email, or text. Since you have Google Cloud Print downloaded on your phone/tablet, it will be located with your other options when you select Share. So, while the document you want to print is open, select Share then select Google Cloud Print. When you select Google Cloud Print, select Click Here to Print and Wala!

Tips/Warnings:

1. If you have a classic printer, the computer connected to the printer (wireless included) will have to be open to print.
2. If you are printing from the web, you will have several options about the way you want your document to be printed. These options will be available after selecting Google Cloud Print from the Share menu. After you select your printing options, select “Click Here to Print” to print your document.

Any questions? Leave them in the comments section!




Picture from: http://blogs.adobe.com/digitalpublishing/2011/02/android-honeycomb.html

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]]> Networking cards can be used by students, job seekers, and individuals
that don’t have business cards. These cards can be used when going to job related events or events where you would like to network with others.




This is a great way to network with recruiters if you are looking for employment or will be in the near future.  The best part about this is, you can make the cards yourself and get them for a low price.




When I brought these cards to an IT event I attended, they were a hit. Every recruiter that saw them were amazed and became interested in getting to know me. I didn’t know when, but one of the vendors I spoke with was actually the President of the company who searched for me on Linkedin to make a connection.  So, I obviously made a great impression! So anywho, below you will find instructions on creating your networking cards.




1. Name and Contact Information – You should include your name, phone number, email address, and social networking info (Professional Facebook, Twitter, or Linkedin). FYI: If you’re networking for employment purposes, I suggest creating a separate Twitter and/or Facebook page for that purpose instead of using your personal social networking pages.




2. Motto – It shows off your creative side and tells a little about your personality if you come up with an impressive motto to put on your card.  Choose something that really tells who you are. My motto shows that I’m confident in my abilities.




3. List your strongest skills, education, and goals on the back of the card – The card won’t be very big so try to briefly place your strong suits on the job you hope to get. If you have a degree or are working on one, also state that information on the back of the card. Use one line to briefly explain the type of job you hope to receive.




4. Designing your card – If you are creative and Photoshop savvy, you can create your own card from scratch.  If you aren’t proficient in software used to create business/networking cards, VistaPrint is a great source (which is what I used for my networking business cards). If it’s your first time using VistaPrint, you can design and receive 250 business cards for free. The only thing you pay for is shipping and handling and that amount depends on how fast you need the cards.  You can pay about $3 to get the cards in three weeks but if you need them in a few days, that would cost about $26.




Here’s an example of my card:







So, if you want the people who you meet at events to remember you, create a networking business card to help you stand out from everyone else.



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