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		<title>Handbags That Flatter Your Body Shape and Size</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handbags, next to diamonds and maybe shoes, are a woman’s ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-510" href="http://lavendercastle.com/handbags-flatter-body-shape-size.html/handbag"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-510" title="handbag" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/handbag-300x291.jpg" alt="handbag 300x291 Handbags That Flatter Your Body Shape and Size" width="300" height="291" /></a>Handbags, next to diamonds and maybe shoes, are a woman’s best friend. Not only are they used to hold everything that we hold dear, from our cellular phones to our credit cards, our palm pilots to the papers that will spell the difference between promotion and demotion. Let’s face it, can you imagine a world without the women’s handbag as we know it?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Today, women handbags are not only “receptacles” of your prized possessions but also fashion statements. Handbags are often used to express moods, individuality, style and status. And even though, it is not really worn so close to the body like bloused, skirts and jeans, there are still shapes and styles of women’s handbags that may be flattering and unflattering to a person. Believe it or not, the handbag that you carry can actually add on or lessen the weight that you appear to carry.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Read on and find out just how to choose the perfect shape, size and style of women handbag that will fit your body type and personal style.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Look at the shape.<br />
Choose the shape that is opposite your body type. For instance, if you are tall and thin, look for bags that are more on the rounded side like the hobo or those that are a bit unstructured. This will complement your figure as it would provide a sharp contrast to your body. If on the other hand, you are on the short and heavy side, it is good to carry women handbags that are tall, rectangular or those with really defined shapes. Long and sleek designs will help counterbalance your more rounded figure. Of course, there is no need to buy women handbags that are absolutely reed thin or those with really sharp edges. Silhouettes in soft fabrics and leathers can do the trick. Just remember to stay away from women handbags with rounded designs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Think of the size<br />
The size of your bag should complement your size. While the shape should be contrasting and complementing, the size should be in proportion. If for example you are quite tall and big for your age, it would be really awkward for you to carry this really small handbag. The same goes with a really petite person while carrying this really big bag. Awkward. Awkward. Awkward.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Closefitting women handbags or those that can be fit right under the arm at breast level can only look great with women who are slim and those who want to emphasize their cleavage. Using these kinds of women handbags are discouraged for people who have big arms and big busts as the short handles tend to emphasize the large sizes. Remember that the length of the handbag or shoulder bag will always accentuate the part it comes near with. If, for instance, the bag hits your bottom half or hip area, then that area of your body will become more focused as the eyes are naturally drawn to it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Most women look great with handbags and shoulder bags that end in mid-torso as it flatters the waist. To determine if the length of the strap fits you, try it out. If your arm feels cramped, then it is too short. Try out the bag in the mirror and see for yourself if the bag is flattering to you.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And you know that currently, handbag is designed with the lighter weight of around 1.5 kilograms, or 57 percent lighter than two years ago. This was due to the birth of a new generation of iPhone products from Apple Inc. and Blackberry which is more mini, lightweight, and versatile. The equipment was to replace electronic devices like laptops, mobile phones, and a music player that weighs heavily assessed.</p>
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		<title>Kinships and the switching Nature of Women&#8217;s Sexuality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sex was a macho, bodily desire. Merely today, afterward the ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/daysofsex.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-483" title="daysofsex" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/daysofsex-300x150.jpg" alt="daysofsex 300x150 Kinships and the switching Nature of Womens Sexuality" width="300" height="150" /></a>Sex was a macho, bodily desire. Merely today, afterward the tertiary wave of feminist movement, women get turns into independent in both individual and public aspects of life. This diffuses to a lot of regions, similar their careers and kinfolk lives, merely as well lets in their sex lives. Women get captured file of their sexuality, switched its definition from the conventional patriarchal bounces, and liberated themselves from social anticipations for their physical structure.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Beginning with the expanded accessibility and apply of female preventives, women&#8217;s dominance over their sexual actions gets developed exponentially. From dominating maternity to stimulating motivate, the area of feminine sexuality gets been dramatically changed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In early moment periods, whatever woman who actively involved in an autonomous sex spirit was believed disobedient. Her autonomy was forbidden. She was avoided in the metropolis for to be what was and then believed promiscuous. Although plainly getting cognition of their sexual pieces was weird for women.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Today, women get at to extensive cognition all but their bodies, sex, preventives, and shelter. As the telling becomes, cognition is ability; these devices get rendered women the ability to accept dominance of their sexuality. There is although a big market for female sex toys, where preceding there was no. Women get been freed in a lot of paths, sexuality let in.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The capability to created autonomous determinations all but delighted and kinships services to ameliorate degree the playing area between the sexes. The awareness growing channeled away in tertiary Wave feminism combined women by recognizing the lots alike feels they get, although in the region of sex</p>
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		<title>Enhancing Your Breasts Naturally</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have read ads regarding natural breast enhancement. Maybe ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/natural-breast.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-471" title="natural breast" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/natural-breast-300x200.jpg" alt="natural breast 300x200 Enhancing Your Breasts Naturally" width="300" height="200" /></a>You may have read ads regarding natural breast enhancement. Maybe you’re looking for options to surgical breast enhancements. If you want to enhance your breasts without the costs and risks of surgery, you should know about natural breast enhancement options.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Natural breast enhancement generally relies on plant estrogens. These estrogens are not the same as the estrogen prescribed by doctors. Plant estrogens can cause the breast to grow as it does in puberty. Users report permanent results from using natural breast enhancement.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Natural breast enhancement using plant estrogens often comes in the form of a pill to be taken daily. It can also be found in creams. There are even natural breast enhancement products that come in liquid form.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is important to note that natural breast enhancement methods do not show results immediately. Don’t give up if you don’t see results in a day or two. Many users report results in a few weeks. Unlike surgery, with natural breast enhancements you can control the results. When you reach the desired size, you can stop using your pill or cream.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you are interested in natural breast enhancement, research products carefully. Natural breast enhancement is a good option for people who cannot afford surgical enhancement. It is also a good option for those who want more control over the results or are seeking natural ingredients. Natural breast enhancement does not leave scars. You have no recovery time. Natural breast enhancement is an option for anybody who would like to enhance their breasts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Pueraplus is a premuim grade Thai traditional herbal formula derived mainly from White Kwao Krua (Pueraria Mirifica) which contains Phytoestrogens (Natural Plant Estrogen). After many years of research from Thailand, the studies indicated that this herb shows estrogenic and rejuvenate effects to the female body especially at the breast, hip, facial skin, body skin, hair and vaginal epithelium. Thus elevate the appearance of the female secondary sexual characteristics and also the skin beauty.</p>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin top list of most admired women</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of the 21st century&#8217;s first decade, Americans ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Hillary_Clinton_Sarah_Palin.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-463" title="Hillary_Clinton_Sarah_Palin" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Hillary_Clinton_Sarah_Palin-300x223.jpg" alt="Hillary Clinton Sarah Palin 300x223 Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin top list of most admired women" width="300" height="223" /></a>At the end of the 21st century&#8217;s first decade, Americans have decided on the women they admire the most &#8212; and their picks might surprise some.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One is a woman who once lived in the White House &#8212; Hillary Rodham Clinton. And the other is a woman suspected of harboring ambitions of living there someday &#8212; Sarah Palin.  A Democrat and a Republican. A former senator and a former governor. Two polarizing politicians, both moms, both bestselling authors, both lost their bids for one of the nation&#8217;s top elected offices last year.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Are American voters dropping a hint here?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">According to a new survey released by USA Today and the Gallup Poll, Clinton, 62, barely beat out Palin, 45, as the most admired female &#8212; 16% to 15% in a poll of 1,025 American adults. However, because the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, it&#8217;s statistically a draw. The survey was open-ended, meaning male and female respondents had to provide the names.<br />
Not that public admiration necessarily translates to votes. But the results have to set off any political spectator&#8217;s eager imagination about a future presidential ballot match-up between the two, who, though politically polar opposites, are both outspoken, both often underestimated and both beloved by their respective bases.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Clinton&#8217;s 17 straight years as the most or second-most admired woman is unprecedented since Gallup began asking the question in 1948 (when presidential daughter Margaret Truman and then-princess, now Queen Elizabeth II were in the top 10).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Clinton first headed the list in 1993 as the new first lady in the White House.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And she remained highly admired as first lady throughout the public and private turmoils of her husband&#8217;s two terms, then as a senator from New York and now as the nation&#8217;s 67th secretary of State, only the third woman to hold the post.<br />
All this despite &#8212; or actually perhaps because of &#8212; her brutal, toe-to-toe, sometimes bitter Democratic presidential primary contests against Barack Obama in 2008.<br />
Palin, on the other hand, burst onto the national political scene &#8212; and this year&#8217;s list &#8212; thanks to Sen. John McCain plucking her from the political obscurity of the Alaskan permafrost as his 2008 running mate and the first woman on a presidential ticket of the party of Lincoln.<br />
The latest new first lady, Michelle Obama, trailed on this year&#8217;s most-admired-women list. She ended up at No. 4.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">(In a separate Rasmussen Reports poll, Michelle Obama is also mirroring her husband&#8217;s plunge in approval ratings. From November to December, her approval numbers dropped 7 percentage points, down to 55%, still higher than the president&#8217;s. The national telephone survey of 1,000 likely voters has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Just ahead of Mrs. O for third place in the USA Today/Gallup Poll survey was another Illinois African American female, who helped get the Obamas into the White House: the billionaire businesswoman and TV talker Oprah Winfrey.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Predictably, among admired males, the incumbent president easily tops the list as usual. This year, he was followed by, less predictably, his immediate predecessor, Republican President George W. Bush, and then by former South African leader Nelson Mandela.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Someone named Glenn Beck &#8212; completely unknown to us here in the predictably liberal, MSNBC-watching and indubitably elite media &#8212; is the No. 4 most admired male despite &#8212; or perhaps because of &#8212; his 1950s haircut.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Pope Benedict XVI is fifth, and the Rev. Billy Graham is No. 6, putting him in the top 10 most admired males for the 54th consecutive year. The Rev. Al Sharpton did not make the top-10 cut. Neither did David Letterman.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">However, just squeaking into the top 10 most admired males is Democratic President Bill Clinton.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Well, actually, he tied for 10th place with the cellphone texter Tiger Woods.</p>
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		<title>Do women make better CEOs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Queen</dc:creator>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/business-women.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-457" title="business-women" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/business-women.jpg" alt="business women Do women make better CEOs? "  /></a>Last year may go down as the best year yet for female CEOs of large companies, but those corporate chiefs want to make it clear their success has nothing to do with chromosomes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Good leadership is about the person and has little to do with gender,&#8221; says Carol Meyrowitz, 55, CEO of retailer TJX Cos., whose stock soared 79 percent in 2009. &#8220;Good leadership and good performance [are] not about any one thing, but a host of factors and circumstances.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Still, the year after Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin fell just short of becoming the first female president or vice president, and heading into 2010, when women will begin outnumbering men in the work force, stocks of the 13 Fortune 500 companies that had a woman at the helm for all of 2009 were up an average 50 percent.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">That&#8217;s a significant outperformance. The S&amp;P 500 is up 25 percent.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Others with an up year:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">• Brenda Barnes, 56, of Downers Grove-based Sara Lee, up 27 percent.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">• Andrea Jung, 51, has been at Avon Products a decade, making her the longest-tenured of the 15. Avon stock rose 34 percent in 2009.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">• Ellen Kullman, 53, has had an impressive debut since taking over at DuPont on Jan. 1, 2009. DuPont stock is up 34 percent.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">• Carol Bartz, 61, the former Autodesk CEO who took over at Yahoo two weeks into 2009 for co-founder Jerry Yang, also ended the year with a gain &#8212; Yahoo is up 38 percent since Jan. 13.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There now are a record 15 Fortune 500 companies with a female CEO, seven of them megacorporations in the largest 100 as measured by annual revenue.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Women CEOs of giant firms remain too small a sample size to draw any conclusions, and it would be a stretch to attribute the 2009 outperformance to gender, says Susan Cabrera, whose study of gender, leadership and team performance was in the December issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Having said that, research shows that women on average tend to be more risk-averse,&#8221; Cabrera says, which would give them an advantage in times when it&#8217;s best to reduce debt, cut costs and conserve cash. There may be a backlash against male CEOs who &#8220;swung for the fences and got clobbered,&#8221; she says.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Women who reach the top also have to be more exceptional than the average CEO, Cabrera says, which should show up in performance. EBay CEO John Donahoe, who replaced Meg Whitman in 2008, agrees that female executives are exceptional. But he was at eBay during Whitman&#8217;s final three years, when eBay cracked the Fortune 500 and rose to No. 326, and he says she was anything but risk-averse.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Xerox, the 147th-largest company by revenue, became the first to transition from one female CEO to another when Ursula Burns, the first female African-American CEO in the Fortune 500, followed Anne Mulcahy on July 1. Burns is the 44th woman to make it to CEO of a Fortune 500 company.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Xerox stock was up 8 percent in 2009 under the combination of Burns, 51, and Mulcahy, 57. That makes it one of the 12 companies led by a woman for the full year that enjoyed a stock rise in 2009.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Burns is a native New Yorker who grew up in a public housing project. A math whiz, she earned bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in mechanical engineering and joined Xerox in 1980 as a summer intern.</p>
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		<title>They Keep Our Body Still Beautiful</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-382" title="wacoal" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wacoal.jpg" alt="wacoal They Keep Our Body Still Beautiful" width="324" height="242" />The woman was created as a beautiful creature. And I think, that beauty needs to be maintained properly. Maybe that&#8217;s why, beauty salon grows everywhere. Body treatments services which are offerred were very interested for particular women, including me. Treatment is carried out usually includes body care, hair, skin until the nail (manicure and pedicure ).  In addition, to maintain the beauty of the body, women also need to do sports, especially gymnastics, body language, or yoga.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Then, do you know if the underwear can help maintain the beauty of the body? not only looked from the outside but I believe that it did take care from the inside. For that reason I am quite selective in choosing underwear such as bras. Bra helped me to make my breasts still in beautiful shape. You know .. almost all women after having 2-3 child, then the form of breasts is no longer beautiful.  It&#8217;s okay .. it&#8217;s very natural .. but the beauty of it shall be maintained not only for ourselves but also for our husband &#8230; right?   <img src='http://lavendercastle.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' title="They Keep Our Body Still Beautiful" />   and for reasons of beauty, I always use the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.herroom.com/wacoal,bras,wac001,001,23.html">Wacoal bras</a>. Wacoal bras have very good quality.  It has various and beautiful model.  Not only that, the shape or structure of the bra is made in accordance with the form of women&#8217;s breasts, so it very comfortable to wear, and even help to maintain a good form of breast.  In addition, I also have some <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.herroom.com/chantelle,bras,cha001,001,23.html">Chantelle bras</a>.  It has beautiful and sexy shape.  Although more expensive than other brands of bras, but I am satisfied because of the quality.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The other women’body that usually becomes main attraction is the hip.  After having the child, usually there are fat in the pelvic/hip region that make its shape no longer beautiful. To keep the body still looks beautiful, we need a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.herroom.com/shapewear.aspx">body shapers</a>.  Some products of body shapers will increase our  self-confidence when using a tight clothing.  <strong>You can visit <a href="http://lavendercastle.com/store" target="_blank">LAVENDER STORE</a> for more product detail. </strong></p>
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		<title>Lingerie : Special Gift for Someone Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I almost forget when last time I give a gift ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/flirtylingerie.jpeg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-374" title="flirtylingerie" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/flirtylingerie.jpeg" alt=" Lingerie : Special Gift for Someone Special" width="300" height="568" /></a>I almost forget when last time I give a gift for my husband in his birthday.  And for his birthday this year, I want to give special gift for that someone I loved.  I was thinking hardly for that and start to make a list about whatever stuffs that he needed and special enough for being a birthday gift.  And suddenly, when I read a magazine and see the newest of lingerie model, I want to buy them as a gift!!.  Oww… of course not for wearing by him but I will wear it in the night of celebrating his birthday and just he and I at home…. Hmm.. how romantic is it.. Right?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I myself do not have much lingerie.  I buy and wear it only when I wear tight shirts or pants because lingerie will not make a triangle line that looks from outside as well as using the regular underwear.  On the night my husband birthday, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.flirtylingerie.com/">sexy lingerie</a> surely will make him fascinated.. aha… This is one way to maintain a sense of love and make him happy I guess.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I start to browse on internet, looking for an online shop which is sold lingerie and finally I found flirtylingerie.com.  In here, I found many types of lingerie with various style, colors and beautiful design.  The design in each lingerie model was made with great detail and made from material comfort.  The user will feel very comfortable and of course sexy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Shopping lingerie at this time is much more favorable than usual.  Ya.. More favorable.. maybe because I will make this lingerie as an ‘indirect gift’ for my husband.  It is true if many said that buying lingerie do not simple especially for this time… hmm.. I have to choose the most suitable, beauty and sexy lingerie.  I guess flirtylingerie.com has helped me to choose the best one.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Not only lingerie, flirtylingerie.com is also provides a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.flirtylingerie.com/sexskirskirs.html">sexy mini skirts</a>.  It is very suitable for go clubbing or parties.. very sexy. <strong>You can visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="../store" target="_blank">LAVENDER STORE</a> for more product detail. </strong></p>
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		<title>Fears behind FALSE FASHION</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[False Fashion is it for you? What you have to ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-361" title="Fashion_Designs" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Fashion_Designs.jpg" alt="Fashion Designs Fears behind FALSE FASHION"  />False Fashion is it for you? What you have to wear in mind when keeping up with all the newest trend is, that never once were you in the designer/s thoughts when putting his/her creation together.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">How many times have you cringed at styles knowing at the back of your mind how hideous you would look dressed in what was designed for the catwalk?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Top designer labels do not come cheap and can be quite expensive leaving you broke because you want to keep up with the Jones&#8217;s.  Ever felt stupid when attired up to nines to stop the jibes from your friends,  keeping up with fashion is all well and good, but if you are not comfortable with your appearance then do something about it. Start by ignoring nasty remarks, true friends do not pass judgement unless in your favour.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It  makes sense to put your own fashion ideas to use and into the bargain  cost effective. Design your own label? Who knows may be your friends will want a piece of the action. Top designers started this way.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When out shopping; find a shop selling quality gear for half the price of what it would cost to dress in designer gear. You will find similar or duplicated designs to the latest craze in most stores.  Is the content of your wallet/purse holding you back from making a purchase. Then get yourself to the local second hand shop and pick up a bargain.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Stick with the trend by wearing the colours in fashion. Charity shops donate to good causes, so as well as looking a million dollars you help the starving people of the world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Uneasy with the new boob tube where the bare fleshy stomach is on full view, then narrow it down to a glimpse for the onlooker, add a little lace tassels or beads.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Belts do not do down well for the pleasantly plump, okay so we find an alternative. Gather leather strips, braid/plait them together then  hang the twisted menagerie loosely around the waist add a little glitter to spice it up, this will not only look effective but complement your size.<br />
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How to get away with no boots if money is tight</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Buy a closed in shoe then get a matching pair of coloured knee/ankle length socks and hey presto  from a distance a pair of boots.   How good is that?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What is the point of expensive designer labels when the only person that gets to see that new outfit is you?  all because the bank balance states 0.00 where you do not get to party till your next payday,  and by then with the fashion industry as it is, the oufit may well be past its sell by date.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">False fashion is what it is. Your height, weight, skin type was never taken into account by the designer unlike the rich stars. How on earth can you look your best by other folks choices? Think about it if anyone knows what will suit you? is you.</p>
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		<title>MOTHER TERESA’S SAINTLY LIFE</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Queen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mother Teresa was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, on August ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/mother_theresa.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-356" title="mother_theresa" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/mother_theresa.jpg" alt="mother theresa MOTHER TERESA’S SAINTLY LIFE"  /></a>Mother Teresa was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, on August 27, 1910, the map of the heavens at her birth has the following stellar signature: Sagittarius, Virgo and Libra. Her Sagittarius ascendant makes her attuned to philosophy, religion and she has a deep longing to understand God. Several of the planets were in Virgo, the sign of service, and her Midheaven was in Libra, the sign of equality and peace. Throughout Mother Teresa’s life she expressed the best of these signs and, which the energies of Pluto, which rules fate, and Neptune, the planet of mysticism, which actively influenced her life as they transit around her horoscope, she was able to come up with a new brand of practical spirituality.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">She took the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, made herself pure and fit for divine communication. Later in her life, as Mother Teresa, she regarded her life and works as an expression of God’s love on earth. When she was eighteen, Neptune entered her 9th house-the area of education, higher learning and yearning to be with God. There was a call to be in union with the higher forces of the universe and she heeded the call. She left her home in Skopje, Yugoslavia and became a nun in Dublin, Ireland. She was changed forever; she came to be known as  Sister Teresa.  Her life was transformed as she dedicated it to doing God’s will. The order she joined ran convent schools in India. She later went to India to teach and eventually adopted it as her home and the base for her saintly work.</p>
<p>On September 10, 1948, while on the train heading to a retreat, she had a remarkable spiritual experience. There was another message form God, instructing her to leave the convent and to help and express God’s love to those who are poor, suffering and downtrodden. In this year, she started her special mission; she left the convent to seek the poor. She attracted 12 followers who were very devoted to her cause. They sought the most miserable of society and lived with them. Early in the existence of their order they endured abuse and humiliation but they persevered. In 1950, the Vatican established the Missionaries of Charity and Sister Teresa became Mother Teresa. Unlike other missionary orders, they took and additional vow- a life of dedication to the care of the poor and the needy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In 1952, the House for the Dying was opened, caring for the helpless and guiding them to die in dignity. In 1957, they started to work with the outcast of society-the lepers. Wherever there was a calamity, missionaries from her order were present, giving moral support and helping raise funds for the people in distress. Mother Teresa’s strong dedication has won her many admirers and supporters worldwide. By her selfless example she has proven that despite economic issues that divide people, human beings are the same-they share the same pain and sorrow. Her work has transcended national and religious boundaries.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">She has won the support of world leaders and other benefactors form different backgrounds, hence, she did not have to worry about the source of funding for her projects. In 1985, then US President Ronald Reagan honored her with the Medal of Freedom. In 1996 a poll was made and she was voted second to Princess Diana as the World’s Most Caring Individuals.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Mother Teresa has helped millions of people who were suffering and have inspired the rich and the poor alike into another way of compassionate living. Some individuals were born to embody a universal principle that if more people would emulate would lead to a more peaceful and spiritual planet; Mother Teresa was such a light, she pointed us a way to be closer to God, through the path of service.</p>
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		<title>Bra : More Than Just an Underwear</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bra for me and all women is one of underwear ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-349" title="bras wacoal" src="http://lavendercastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bras-wacoal.jpg" alt="bras wacoal" width="231" height="302" />Bra for me and all women is one of underwear type that has very important function.  And almost every year, the type and bra model are always developing adapted to their functions and of course a fashion touch always accompanied these developments.  That is why the type and bra models currently are various such as sport bra, sexy bra, padded bra, push up bra, strapless bra etc with latest beautiful models.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In its development, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.herroom.com/bras.aspx">bras</a> are not only has function for protecting a breast but also helping to maintain a woman’s beauty and appearance. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.herroom.com/padded,bras,46,001,10.html"> Padded bras</a> for example, it can help to increase a breast size.  Padded bra itself is a bra with extra padding.  Padded bra helps to maintain the appearance and woman’s beauty when wearing low-necked dress.  With padded bra, woman will look more sexy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For breastfeeding mother, there are  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" rel="follow" href="http://www.herroom.com/nursing-maternity,bras,905,001,10.html">nursing bras</a>.  Nursing bra is a maternity bra but with the added engineering of drop down cups so that baby can be nursed without Mom having to take her shirt off.  This helps breastfeeding Mom when they were in public area like restaurants or shopping malls.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Herroom.com is the right place if we are going to buy a bra because all types of bra are available with various sizes and beautiful models.</p>
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