November 30, 2021

Mr. Soft Top Has You Covered For Dog Fashions + Safety Benefits In The New Year!

Mr. Soft Top Designs Vet-Approved Luxury Dog Fashions for a Bow-Wow 2022!

Mr. Soft Top is a New Zealand-based brand that offers high-end dog attire that would make any dog owner proud. Its fashion meets function, from Merino tees and sweaters to raincoats and woolen coats. Get the camera ready because your canine companion is going to fill up your Instagram feed in the cutest way! An assortment of accessories, bedding, and dog slings round out the collection.

The premium material includes wool, cotton, lycra fabrics, and yarn from New Zealand. Founder Rachael Staples designs all the pieces, initially offering custom hand-knitted sweaters and expanding into a full line. With an emphasis on wool sourced from local suppliers, it’s the ideal layer of warmth for pups and a sustainable option.

Our furry BFFs will look marvelous dressed in warm attire that greets the winter season with style and comfort. Mr. Soft Top clothing is just as important in warm-weather climates to protect from the sun, heat rashes, overheating, or allergies (pups can even swim in them, too!). Bright and colorful tees are made from high-grade swimsuit lycra with 50+ UV protection and are available in sizes XS – XXL.

We sometimes forget that dogs can get sunburned too, especially those that are groomed regularly. Many breeds are susceptible to overheating in the summer, particularly short-nosed dogs, such as Frenchies or Pugs, so soaking the tee in cold water or wetting the dog while they’re wearing them helps to keep their core body temperature down. They’ll look and feel good!

For dogs suffering from allergies caused by vegetation or summer heat rashes, covering them up in a cooling tee helps protect their skin from constant scratching. The natural cooling effects of Lycra reduce the need to scratch and the tees prevent dogs from licking off any necessary rash creams that need to be applied.

Vet-approved for these reasons and more, pampered pooches everywhere are barking for these must-haves all year long, with wholesale options available.

Merino Tees

  • The original tee, handmade from luxurious New Zealand merino wool

  • These tees are perfect to wear on their own or under a coat or sweater for an extra layer of warmth

  • They also make ideal pajamas to keep your pup warm all night long

  • Seasonal colors include Burnt Orange, Dark Burgundy, and Electric Orange

  • Cotton and Spandex tops are also available

  • Prices range from $35 to $74

 

Lined Coats 

  • Extra soft, thick, and warm pure wool lining

  • Secured with a velcro strap at the belly and neck, making your dog the most stylish pup on the block

  • Water-resistant to stay dry if your dog gets caught in the rain while walking

  • Available in four styles and colorways

  • Price: $85 to $130

Raincoats

  • Made from a waterproof outer and lined with warm wool blend fabric

  • Secured with a Velcro strap at the belly and neck and featuring reflective stripes down back, neck and belly

  • Sizes available to fit most dogs

  • Offered in seven colors, including electric blue, red, and yellow

  • Price: $65 to $100

For more information, visit https://mrsofttop.com or contact vanessa@teamchicexecs.com.

About Mr. Soft Top:

Mr. Soft Top is the luxury brand for doggy sweaters, tees, accessories, and more. The garments are made with love from pure New Zealand wool and luxury mohair. Follow them on Instagram @mrsofttop.

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November 30, 2021

support healthy teeth and gums with “Oil Pulling by Guru

Guru Nanda’s NEW Advanced Formula Pulling Oil is specially crafted to target and help support teeth and gum health. Using the same Ayurvedic principles as our original, top-rated pulling oil, the new Advanced Formula adds more natural ingredients such as Vitamin D, Vitamin E and 100% Pure Essential Oils. Blending a precise ratio of oils to balance the 3 Humors (Doshas), it creates a perfectly balanced combination of pure sesame oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil, and peppermint oil.
How do you use it? Before eating or brushing your teeth, swish around in the mouth and spit out to “pull” toxins. The practice of oil pulling has long been used to help promote weight loss, better breath, healthier teeth and gums, thicker, more lustrous hair, and radiant skin. Guru Nanda Pulling Oil is 100% natural – alcohol-free and contains no artificial preservatives, flavors or colors and made in the U.S.A. It is naturally rich in Omega-3 fatty acids and contains iron, calcium, and magnesium, plus Vitamins A, B and E. Each bottle comes with a tongue scraper to help remove toxins. This new formula can be purchased at www.gurunada.com and Amazon.
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November 29, 2021

How Long is Recovery from Breast Augmentation?

When considering breast augmentation, people usually have their results in mind, not their recovery. If you decide to get a breast augmentation, make sure to discuss all aspects of your recovery during your consultation, so you know what to expect. 

How Does Breast Augmentation Work?

Breast augmentation, or augmentation mammoplasty, places an implant into the breasts to make them larger, more symmetrical, or more shapely. While most women probably go for the procedure for larger breasts, asymmetry isn’t uncommon, and breast augmentation can correct it without losing any breast volume. 

Breast implants come in saline and silicone forms. Both give people excellent results, although silicone implants often provide a more natural appearance, while saline implants look more bold and defined. Implants come in a range of shapes as well as sizes. Some people prefer softer implants with a more natural feel, while others would like their implants to make their breasts project out more noticeably. Whatever you would like your breasts to look like, your surgeon probably has an implant that can help achieve it. 

How Long is Recovery from Breast Augmentation?

As a surgical procedure, breast augmentation will have recovery time. You will want someone to stay with you for the first day or two after surgery since you will probably feel very sore during those few days. You can expect to spend at least a week recovering before you can return to any of your usual activities. You will have some pain and swelling after surgery that may take a few weeks to go away completely. You’ll be given a special recovery bra and instructions for how to keep your breasts bandaged while they heal.  

After surgery, your doctor will instruct you to inform them if you see any of these unusual but possible side effects:

  • Excessive bleeding
  • An unusual amount of pain
  • A lot of drainage from the incision
  • Any sign of a fever or increasing swelling

Most people will recover and return to their regular routine within a few weeks, and your breast implants shouldn’t need a replacement for at least ten to fifteen years. 

Is Recovery Longer if You Have a Breast Lift?

If you have sagging or loose breasts, an augmentation alone will not give you the results you want. Implants can’t correct loose skin or lift breasts that have sagged. A breast lift uses an incision around the areola and under the breast to remove excess skin and lift the breast tissue. If placing implants, the surgeon will also take this opportunity to create a pocket for the implant to rest in. 

Because this surgery involves larger incisions, you may feel more soreness after surgery and may need more time to heal. You will have more stitches with a breast lift, and the surgeon will have to remove loose skin, making this a more intensive procedure. Expect to spend a few extra days recovering before resuming any of your usual activities. 

 

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November 29, 2021

Lady Black Tie’s 5 must-have holiday dresses are sure to dazzle!

It looks like holiday celebrations are returning once again! That festive time of the year will be here right before you know it, so now’s the perfect time for your audience at It’s a Glam Thing to plan their show-stopping holiday party attire!
Chic online formalwear boutique, Lady Black Tie started as a local New England-based boutique, but expanded e-commerce operations as they received an overwhelming amount of orders from far-flung corners of the world such as Abu Dhabi and Australia. Miss Maryland 2019, Mari Solis-Pepin, a recent The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise contestant has been spotted in their dresses!
Here are 5 must-have holiday outfits for this season below. (We also have a large inventory of stunning dresses perfect to attend winter weddings, formals and semi-formals!):
Laurel Sequin Mini Dress – $105 – From Lady Black Tie’s own private-label, feel like a sparkling goddess in this champagne-colored mini dress… perfect paired with red lipstick!
Eclipse Gown – $179 – Channel some major Jessica Rabbit vibes in this emerald-green ensemble, designed by Lady Black Tie. Emerald is our pick for the hottest color of this holiday season!
Harper Gown – $179 – Another Lady Black Tie original, this dress is perfect to attend any winter wedding or elegant, upscale New Year’s Eve soiree. It also comes in a wide-range of sizes from 2-24!
Aspen Midi Dress – $68 – Made by Velvi, this timeless emerald-green classic is so versatile. It completely channels the slinky slip dress trend from the late 90’s!
Britta Long Sleeve Gown – $199 – This floor-length emerald long-sleeve gown is sure to turn heads! This Lady Black Tie exclusive comes in sizes up to 4X.
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November 26, 2021

Breast Lift vs. Breast Augmentation: What are the Differences?

Some women feel like their breasts are too small or uneven in size or shape. Other women feel happy with the size of their breasts, but not as much with what gravity or having children has done to them over time. Some women have both problems. A surgeon can perform a breast lift, a breast augmentation, or both at the same time to get the best results. 

What Does A Breast Lift Do?

Whether it’s pregnancy, breastfeeding, or just gravity, breasts often start to sag over time. Sagging breasts lose the fullness in the upper part of the breast, and the areolas often shift with the breast skin to point downward. In this situation, the problem results from stretched skin that has lost elasticity. The solution: a breast lift. This procedure removes excess skin from the breasts, lifts the breast tissue back into its proper position, and finally repositions the areolas to a more aesthetically pleasing location. 

You can’t get breast volume from a lift. This procedure can correct loose skin and breasts where the upper volume has shifted downward. This restores the appearance they want for some women, and they don’t need any added volume. 

Why Get Breast Augmentation?

If you feel like your breasts are too small or uneven, you may consider breast augmentation. Your surgeon will place implants into a pocket they create in your breast tissue, usually through a small incision around the areola or in the armpit. Implants give full, rounded breasts, and they come in different shapes and sizes to give people their desired breast shape. If breasts appear uneven, the surgeon can use different implant sizes or shapes to correct the asymmetry. 

You will get added volume from this procedure, but you can’t fix loose skin or restore sagging breasts to their more youthful position. For women who want enhancement but don’t have concerns about loose skin, breast augmentation should provide the desired results. 

What if You Need Both?

A breast lift can stop sagging but can’t make breasts larger. Breast augmentation can enhance the size and shape of the breasts, but it will not fix loose, stretched skin. Since many women have lost breast volume and experienced sagging over time, surgeons can combine the two procedures to achieve round, full, lifted breasts with properly positioned areolas. 

Having a breast augmentation with a lift at the same time means that you will only need one surgery, which means you may save money on hospital and operating room fees over having both procedures at different times. You will only need to go under anesthesia once, and you will see more dramatic results than either procedure by itself.

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November 26, 2021

Switching your hair color over to darker shade? Love the “Ice Queen” Look? Rooted Blonde? What’s your hair color now?

Recently, many celebrities have switched their hair color over to darker shades. Hailey Bieber  took her signature color to a Rich Chocolate hue. For this trend, brunettes are going to be multidimensional – a beautiful combination of tones with subtle, lighter pieces throughout the hair. This dimension will focus on hair that is face framing with toffee ends.

Celebrity hairstylist Laurie Heaps (@_hairbylaurie) breaks down her color picks of the upcoming season, sharing her 3 top hues to try this Winter below.

 

rich chocolate hair color

 

For taking your hair from light to dark, oVertone has a beautiful selection of products to achieve the transformation. For a “Rich Chocolate” look, you can mix together their Chocolate Brown and Espresso Brown Coloring Conditioners. They also have a Golden Brown Coloring Conditioner to go full brunette in less than 15 minutes. https://overtone.co/collections/shop-by-color-brown

 

ice queen hair look

Love a cool blonde? “Ice Queen” is your go to look of the season. This blonde is icy all over and especially bright and heavy around the hairline. When seeing your colorist for this, ask if your salon has Olaplex on hand. This will help protect your hair as you lift and lighten.

Maintenance is also key for colors this cool. To remove any brassiness try suggest using a purple shampoo and conditioner. We personally like the Olaplex No.4P Blonde Enhancer™ Toning Shampoo and then  oVertone’s Purple Toning Conditioner.

 

rooted blonde hair

If you still have your summer blonde, the “Rooted Blonde” trend is a great way to bring your hue into hibernation mode. Now, you will see blondes with deeply smudged dark roots but you will still have highlights framing the face mixed with a range of buttery golds and caramel edges.
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November 26, 2021

What Makes UltraSound Brazilian Butt Lifts Safer?

 

Like every procedure, a Brazilian butt lift (BBL) has risks. Those risks haven’t stopped people from seeking out the fuller, more rounded buttocks that a BBL offers, but ultrasound technology can make it safer and give you better results. 

How Does a BBL Work?

Rounded, voluptuous curves continue to enjoy popularity, and many people have chosen a Brazilian butt lift to enhance their buttocks. A BBL can add lift and fullness for those who feel like their butts look flat, uneven, or sagging. A BBL is also considerably safer and has fewer complications than some other butt enhancement procedures such as implants. 

During a BBL, the surgeon will extract fat from your body using liposuction. You will need to have enough fat for the surgeon to harvest. This fat gets purified, and then the surgeon will inject it into the buttocks to enhance their volume. For the enhancement to last, the fat cells need to graft. This means they have to survive, settle in, and develop their own blood supply. Once established, fat cells live a very long time. 

During the process of injecting fat, the surgeon has to rely on their experience and skill to avoid major blood vessels and other important structures. Risks also include fat ending up where it shouldn’t or ending up where it can’t graft and survive. Fortunately, ultrasound technology, the same kind you know from seeing ultrasound images of babies, lets surgeons see inside the layers of skin and tissue. 

What Makes Ultrasound-Guided Butt Lifts Safer?

Even the best surgeons prefer to see what they’re doing, and surgeons who perform BBL procedures can achieve that with an ultrasound-guided Brazilian butt lift. This procedure works the same way, except that instead of just injecting the fat, the surgeon will first visualize the area and plan out their strategy. 

Just like when obstetricians use it to visualize a growing baby, ultrasound lets the surgeon look through the skin and see all the layers of tissue as well as where all important structures lay. As they inject the fat, the surgeon will use the ultrasound to guide them in placing the fat where it belongs. This means that the injections never come close to any important areas, which the surgeon can now see with ultrasound. 

Not only is this safer, but it also means that more fat has a chance to graft and survive, making your BBL results look better and last longer. Ultrasound-guided BBL overall makes sure that fat goes where it should and doesn’t end up in places that could be unsafe.

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November 26, 2021

Beverly Hills MD Introduces One Drop Rewind

Dr. John Layke & Dr. Payman Danielpour, celebrity plastic surgeons, now share their once celebrity exclusive anti-aging solution called Beverly Hills MD One Drop Rewind™.
This revolutionary instant “wrinkle eraser” uses a proprietary peptide to make the look of fine lines and wrinkles vanish for up to 8 hours! The formula “freezes” the micro-expressions that create more wrinkles!

Beverly Hills MD

What makes Beverly Hills MD One Drop Rewind different from similar products?

While a few other products contain some amount of Argireline, this is a uniquely potent blend that works instantly and effectively — without drying or irritating skin. It allows you to erase your biggest “age tells” in a way that is:

  • Needle-free
  • Preservative-free
  • Performed in the comfort of your own home

The Benefits of One Drop Rewind:

  • Makes the look of wrinkles and fine lines vanish
  • “Freezes” the micro-expressions that create more wrinkles
  • Creates a pleasant “pulling” that makes skin look and feel noticeably tighter
  • Visibly lifts & tightens sagging skin

Price: $130.00 from https://beverlyhillsmd.com/product/one-drop-rewind/

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November 26, 2021

What Can Dermal Fillers Treat?

As one of the most popular cosmetic treatments in the world, dermal fillers can do a lot more than you think. What’s in them, and what are they for?

What’s In a Dermal Filler?

Dermal fillers come in several different forms. The most popular type of dermal filler contains hyaluronic acid, a molecule that binds moisture in your skin to plump and improves hydration. The Restylane® family and Juvederm® clan of dermal fillers all contain hyaluronic acid but in slightly different formulas. Each of these product lines includes flexible, soft fillers perfect for the lips and denser, sturdier fillers for lifting deep lines and wrinkles, as well as everything in between. 

Other filler materials include polylactic acid (brand name Sculptra®), which works by stimulating your body’s own collagen production to provide the filler, and calcium hydroxylapatite (brand name Radiesse®), which is found naturally in the human body and has been used in surgery for decades. Fillers work either by adding material under the skin to boost volume or by promoting collagen development. 

What Can Dermal Fillers Treat?

No matter how they do it, dermal fillers all work by adding volume. Age tends to steal away the subcutaneous fat that gives our faces their fullness, and dermal fillers can replace that lost volume. Dermal fillers can replace lost volume in the cheeks, around the eyes, and in the lower part of the face. They can also fill out lines and wrinkles by lifting them from beneath, softening their appearance. 

Lips get thinner with age as well, but you don’t have to reach any particular age to want fuller, softer, plumper lips. Both families of hyaluronic acid dermal fillers have one or more formulas designed just for the lips. Dermal fillers that work for the lips can also work for lines around the mouth, where the filler still needs a lot of flexibility. 

If you’ve never heard of a liquid facelift, you have now. Liquid facelifts use dermal fillers and sometimes a neurotoxin such as Botox® to lift and firm the face as well as diminish lines and wrinkles. While it can’t mimic the results of a surgical facelift, it also doesn’t require all the surgery, recovery time, and expense. 

Dermal fillers can also work to diminish the appearance of recessed or sunken scars by lifting them up from underneath to make them more even with the surrounding skin. One place this can make a huge difference: acne scars. Many of us walk around with a few acne scars, but some people have pits and recessed scars that make them self-conscious. Dermal fillers can improve the appearance of these scars. 

 

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November 26, 2021

Online Shopping: Safer Ways To Pay For Your Purchases

 

The internet has opened up so many different avenues for us to communicate. You can log on and talk with anyone you want in any part of the world, and visit any website that you choose. What’s more, the introduction of smaller devices, like the smartphone and tablet, make it possible for us to access these websites from any location that we want.

While this level of access has opened up a lot of possibilities, there are some issues that need to be addressed. For example, is it still a smart idea to pay for things online when you are out in the open? A lack of internet security is always an issue when surfing the web, and making purchases in an unfamiliar location. Let’s take a look at some of the safe methods that you can use to pay for items online.

What Are The Issues With Paying For Items Online?

You may find yourself thinking, ‘I pay for my items online all of the time and I have never had any issues with security’. This statement is probably true of most of you reading this, especially if you make most of your online purchases from your home. Your personal computer or laptop will likely come with a firewall that prevents any unfriendly hackers from getting into your data files. But what about your smartphone or tablet?

There is no reason for your smartphone to have any security issues themselves; however, some problems can occur when browsing the web when out you are and about. A person needs to disconnect and re-connect to lots of different internet ports while surfing the web on the move. Do you know whether these connections are safe?

It isn’t a huge issue if you are careful, but you may need to make an online purchase when connected to one of these servers. What happens when you forget your wallet, or need to snatch up a quick present? How on Earth can you keep yourself safe making payment transfers to an unfamiliar network? Let’s look at some of the possibilities.

Why Not Just Pay With Debit Card

Most people have a personal bank account that allows them to swipe their connected debit card to make purchases. Unfortunately, you cannot do this when buying objects online. Instead, you are required to type in some of the details on your debit card to allow the site to transfer money straight from your account. These details will often include your account number, sort code and CVC. This process is quick but it can produce some security issues when you make purchases on your smartphone. After all, the details above can be used to gain access to your personal bank account.

Putting your details on an unknown site can give unfriendly eyes access to your money. This is especially dangerous if you aren’t familiar with the connection that you are using. If you need to buy a train ticket home and are in an unknown location, you could be in a spot of bother. So how do you keep prying hands away from your bank details when buying items online? Well, one option is that you could use an alternative payment method like the ones detailed below.

Credit Cards

Anyone that owns their own bank account is likely to be familiar with the idea of a credit card. A credit card allows you to make purchases without having to send payments straight from your bank account. Instead, the amount you use to pay for any purchases is accrued and paid off at the end of the month, or at a time agreed upon by the dispenser of the loan. This means that only the credit company needs to have your bank account details at any one time.

Therefore, you can see how paying with a credit card can circumvent some of the security risks that come from using a debit card to make online purchases. However, please be advised that credit card companies do place interest charges on their customers, which means that you will pay more for the items that you buy using this method. What’s more, while credit cards may be very popular in parts of the USA and Canada, they aren’t used as often in other parts of the world. In fact, the UK has banned the use of credit cards on most online stores. This is because there have been instances of customers buying items they have no intention of paying for, or running up bills that are impossible to pay off. Therefore, both the credit company, the store and the customer lose out.

So, what are the other alternatives?

Digital Wallets

A digital wallet is an online service that acts like a middle man between a customer and the store. A customer that is signed up to a digital wallet service, like PayPal or NetEller, can transfer their money from their bank and into the digital wallet. From there, the payment is processed and then passed on to the retailer.

These digital wallets remove the need for the customer to add their bank details to the site, which is a solid plus. Also, these types of services use higher security protocols to remove the risk of someone gaining access to their customer’s bank accounts. As such, you can see how these digital wallets can help keep us safe when making purchases online.

Unfortunately, a digital wallet service can come with a waiting period. This means that it could take an extra few days for your payment to clear. Also, you may need to pay a fee every time you use the service, which can make online shopping a lot more costly. What’s more, this payment method requires that both parties have access to the service. This means that the stores will also incur charges, a position they are not likely to want to be in. 

Is there an alternative payment method that does not come with additional charges for purchases? Our answer may lie in an unlikely source.

Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency is a relatively new concept to most, its prevalence only arriving at a similar time the smartphone became a household object. These types of currencies are a digital alternative to the normal means of payment, and come at the cost of real money.

Each bit of the currency is marked with a unique digital strip of data that can be tracked and traced across anywhere on the web. Therefore, no one can make purchases with your cryptocurrency expect you. Now that is security.

Try to think about the benefits of cryptocurrency in the way you view the digital wallets listed above, only now you require a bitcoin wallet. Luckily, Wealth Simple can point you in the direction of one of these wallets if ever you are lost. You can then invest in the currency as a means to make safer transactions.

These currencies remove the need for you to input your bank details in the online space, and do not come with additional charges. However, the worth of your cryptocurrency can rise and fall with the company’s worth on the stock market. This means that ten dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency may be worth twelve dollars one day and then zero the next. Cryptocurrency can be extremely rewarding or devastating. 

Other Types Of Mobile Payments

Buying items online is not the only way that the general public can make purchases with their smartphone. The new tap and go apps are all the rage for the younger generations, and these allow you to make payments by tapping your phone on a machine. The app can transfer money from your bank account to make payments, instead of using your debit card. 

While this method is extremely fast and convenient, it still links your phone to your bank account. Therefore, anyone else that gets a hold of your device may be able to make purchases, particularly if they know your passwords. These apps do come with a payment limit, but losing any amount of money to fraud can sting. Try using one of the alternatives above to offset any concerns you have about mobile payments.

Only Make Online Purchases From Home

Every alternative payment method discussed in this article has come with a series of both positives and negatives. None of these negatives are life-destroying, but they can still put you off from using them. In this case it may be wise to only make online purchases when you are at home on your personal PC.

As long as you trust your home internet connection, you can always wait until you are home to make a purchase. This method won’t help you when in need of an Uber ride or a train ticket, but it is helpful when you find a deal on that item of clothing you have always wanted.

Summary

There is no perfect cure for your concerns about online security. Whether its additional payments or waiting times, you are going to have to pay some form of price for online security. Things are improving, and so there will be plenty of other online payment options. Until then, look at the options laid out in this article and decide which alternative payment method may be right for you.

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