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How to override the brain's empathy bias. The more time we spend with people of other races, the greater our empathy for them, new research shows.

How to override the brain's empathy bias

“Research over the past decade has shown the brain has a very strong racial bias in response to seeing others in pain or suffering,” says Associate Professor Ross Cunnington of the University of Queensland School of Psychology and Queensland Brain Institute. “As a result, we have much stronger biologically-driven empathy towards people of our own race.

“However, our study has shown that the level of empathy in the brain increases the more a person spends time with other races.” Cunnington says empathy depended partly on cerebral processes that led people to automatically mirror or share the emotions of others. Neural empathy The study involved Chinese students who had recently arrived in Brisbane, who recorded the level of contact they had with people of other nationalities. The study appears in the journal Cortex. Source: University of Queensland. Recognizing Overwhelm. The Best Beauty Books of All Time - Books Every Beauty Love Should Read. 60 DIY Beauty Products You Should Start Making. You can save a bundle on beauty products when you make them on your own at home.

60 DIY Beauty Products You Should Start Making

Some of these recipes show you how to use simple ingredients that are low cost, while others show you how to stretch out high-quality ingredients so they last longer, saving you money that way. 1. Coconut Oil Honey Hair Mask Coconut oil and honey combine to make a mask that your hair won’t soon forget. The richness of the coconut oil, combined with the antibacterial nature of the honey give this a consistency that feels amazing while applying it, and leaves your hair feeling amazing. Beauty. DIY Beauty. Beauty. Friends crafts. M - N -- crafts. G - H -- crafts. 35 ideas to recycle your cans. Crafts. Craft Site Directory. SOAPS, SCRUBS ETC.

How to Make Cherry Blossom Lights. Cherry blossom plate. How To Make A Wreath. DIY: How to Make a Wreath. It is an old Greek custom to hang a wreath of fresh flowers on your door to celebrate special occasions.

DIY: How to Make a Wreath

The rings are made of grass, raffia, vines or any other supple material. The stems of the flowers are cut to three inches or so and wired onto the garland. STORES & SITES. 18 Best Gifts to Make for Women {present ideas} The best gifts to make for women as homemade presents this year for Christmas.

18 Best Gifts to Make for Women {present ideas}

Here are the best gifts to make for your daughter, best friend, Mom, girlfriend, or significant other. These home made gifts are perfect for women and include pictured tutorials for jewelry, a cosmetic bag, spa items, lip balm, apron, flat iron cozy and slippers. Tip Junkie has Homemade Gifts for Women including over 1000 Homemade Christmas Gifts all with pictured tutorials to learn or how to make. You can always search there if you’re looking for more Simple Gifts with step-by-step instructions. {wink} Fabric flower love. How to do Glass Paintings. Crafty Tips  How to Knit: The Basics. Illustrations by Caitlin Keegan.

How to Knit: The Basics

Photo by Maxwell Tielman. If you haven’t attempted knitting, it can seem pretty terrifying. You might have watched friends or family members do it — their pointy needles swinging at lightning speed through a tangled mass of yarn — and worried deeply for their eyes and internal organs. You might be a crafting commitment-phobe, horrified at the idea of a task taking over a day (or a week! Or a month!) Misc crafting. Beauty. Paper. Soapmaking. Autumn Flower Wreath. Today I have a tutorial of sorts to share.

Autumn Flower Wreath

It is not a full tutorial because 1. I learned to make the flowers from an already pretty amazing tutorial and 2. I left my camera in Ryan’s truck and was too impatient to wait to put it together until he came home so I don’t have photos of the actual attaching to the wreath phase of the project. Sometimes you just have to go with it when the crafting bug gets you. This wreath is a combination of a regular grape vine wreath you can purchase at the craft store, lots of coffee filter flowers and a few acorn and berry sprigs. Crafts. Apr Donni of The Magic Onions is mom to a daughter and son and blogs out of Southern California.

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Her son had made a yellow yarn chick and then her daughter wanted to make something. When Donni asked her what she wanted to make her daughter replied: “a soft little brown nest with three speckled robins’ eggs in it”! Textiles, Knitting, Sewing, Fabric and Fiber Art Lessons for Kids: Lessons and Activities for children in kindergarten to grade 12: KinderArt ® Community, learning, collaborative, making, craft, asset-based, skills, sharing. Creative Income — The blog dedicated to all things crafty business! Crowdcrafting. Natural Health, Organic & Beauty Products by Natures Healthbox. Knitting. What Not to Wear After Age 50: The Final Say  Google 'what not to wear after age 50' and you will have your pick of thousands of articles telling you what looks terrible on your old ass body.

What Not to Wear After Age 50: The Final Say 

I want to point out to the writer who wrote the 'no-no' article, you need to remember you are writing for over 50 women, not preschoolers. I don't think I've said 'no-no' since my youngest was a toddler. We could spend hours studying the clothes we shouldn't wear and the slang we shouldn't use and the makeup techniques we need to retire. Here's me, weighing in on this topic. You are over 50 for fuck's sake. Still, there are a few things that women over 50 really shouldn't wear: 1. Gifts. Making things. Aging Gracefully in PublicNo Nonsense Beauty Blog. Aging gracefully is never easy.

Aging Gracefully in PublicNo Nonsense Beauty Blog

Aging gracefully in the public eye, in HD, can be harrowing. Like most women of my tribe, Diane Keaton will always be the Annie Hall style icon. Her big shirt, topped with a man’s vest , over a full skirt and boots is a look that still works today. Seeing her wrinkled, grey and sporting dark framed glasses was disconcerting– but then that commercial came on. Style advice on Fashion over 40, Beauty and fashion tips for women, and How to Look Fabulous after 40 from Style Expert, Deborah Boland. Double Wear Maximum Cover Camouflage Makeup For Face & Body SPF 15.

New Year Skincare Launches For January 2015. A Course In Miracles - Foundation for Inner Peace. Modern Salon. The Surprising Reason You Have Wrinkles (Hint: It’s NOT The Sun) 45Share4 29 3 6599 If you care about the way your skin is aging or if you want more youthful skin, check out this one major reason we end up with wrinkles and sagging skin.

The Surprising Reason You Have Wrinkles (Hint: It’s NOT The Sun)

It goes by the fancy name of Glycation. What is glycation? It is a natural part of the aging process, but it does not have to rear its ugly head with bountiful wrinkles and droopy skin. In fact, many people can go through their advancing years with minor wrinkles and sagging. Science now shows that it is not just the sun that wreaks havoc with our skin, but the glucose or sugar circulating throughout our body. Glycation is essentially the caramelization of bodily tissue..yes.

Advanced Glycation End Products (AGES) doesn’t just contribute to an aesthetic overhaul, but more importantly to health issues such as heart disease, kidney failure and cataracts. Homemade Holidays: Crock Pot Candles. Growing up in my house, we always made our own holiday gifts. We were pretty poor, and I suppose it was our only option. But it was never presented to me like that (I didn’t even know what ‘poor’ was, really, and I had a stupendously fabulous childhood full of ‘thing finding’ and ‘government cheese’.

But that’s another story.) It was all about crafting our caring into something unique, something personal. My mom and I made play-doh ornaments, or baskets of baked goods, or clay coffee mugs. The first holiday season that Damian and I spent together, I was a starving college student. 14 Homemade soap recipes — Bohemian Revolution. Look to inspire. Solid Perfume Tutorial - Great for Gifts and Traveling! We travel a lot, and the limit on liquids requires me to cut back on the beauty supplies I bring with me. How to Dye a Faded Pair of Jeans. Six years ago I bought the best pair of jeans of my life.

They were a classic pair of black Gap Straight Fit Jeans that I found from Goodwill with a Fall ’03 label on them. They fit me like a glove, made me feel slim, and hit at the perfect length. 11 Natural Ways To Make Your Home Smell Amazing. Avoid the harsh artificial scents provided by chemical packed store bought air fresheners. Nature has much to offer when it comes to perfuming our home with beautiful aromas. This blog post reveals eleven amazing ways you can create beautiful scents to diffuse around your home. 5 Natural Room Scents – Whether you want the fragrance of citrus, herbs or even a forest in your home, these quick and easy recipes are perfect. Budget101.com - complete resource for digging yourself out of debt.

DIY Detox. Health/Beauty. How To Make A Tiger Salve For Stretch Marks. Herbs & Oils. Homemade DIY Natural Beauty Recipes - Wellness Mama. These Nine Well-Kept Bathroom Secrets Solve So Many Problems. You Won't Know Any Of Them. DIY naturals. 15 Fantastic Tutorials for Stunning Summer Hairstyles. How to Get More Volume in Your Hair. Posted September 26, 2011 | 10 Comments. 25 HairStyle TUTORIALS & EXTRAS! Looking GOOD! 17 Dos and don'ts for daily hair care. Homemade Hair Treatments - At Home DIY Hair Treatments. Eggs, yogurt and honey are, at first glance, all components of a tasty breakfast—but they also happen to be hair treatment ingredients, and affordable, all-natural ones at that. Skin. Tips & Tricks - Beauty Secrets. DIY Natural Room Scents. Crafts and ideas. St. Louis children's newborn maternity senior photographer. My Favorite Blogs. How to. Demeter Fragrance Library Colognes, Perfumes, Shower, Bath and Body, Lotions and Gels, and Oils.

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