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Acne medication can be expensive, especially if you use prescription medication. The acne skin care industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. That gives you some idea of how much people are spending in order to rid their skin of acne. But what if you don’t have that kind of money to spend on acne medications? Should you just give up and accept your acne breakouts? The answer is no because you can treat your acne for a fraction of the cost by using ingredients found in your cupboards and refrigerator.

Natural acne treatments also work well if you have sensitive skin. Some people cannot handle harsh acne medications; it leaves their skin dry and itchy and may cause a rash. Most store bought acne treatments also make your skin more sensitive to the sun causing it to burn easier. Natural acne treatments do not have any of these negative side effects as long as you are not allergic to one of the ingredients.

The following acne treatments can be made from home and you will most likely have at least some, if not all of the ingredients needed.

This first natural acne treatment is an oatmeal-based cleanser that is ideal to eliminate blackheads. All you have to do is to mix oatmeal powder with just enough rose water to form a paste that can be spread across your skin easily. Apply the paste to your problem areas and allow it to sit for about fifteen minutes. Then, simply rinse it off with cold water to help close the pores. Repeat this procedure daily for the best results.

Honey is one of the best natural acne fighting ingredients. This is because honey actually kills the bacterium that causes acne. You can apply pure honey to your problem pimples after thoroughly cleansing your skin. Keep the honey on your skin for ten minutes, then rinse off. This is a natural acne treatment that will make your pets want to lick your face!

If you are looking for a natural acne treatment that is designed to prevent acne, blackheads and pimples from forming in the first place, then you should try the following recipe. Simply apply a mixture with equal parts of groundnut oil and limejuice to your face. Leave the mixture on your skin for ten to fifteen minutes and then wash off. Repeat this daily to keep your pimples at bay.

To make pimples disappear forever mix 3 tablespoons of honey with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Apply the paste as a spot treatment wherever you have a pimple just before bed. Leave it on over night and rinse it off in the morning. Repeat this procedure for two weeks. After that, you will never have to worry about acne again.

If you want your pimples to disappear without leaving an embarrassing acne scar behind, then simply rub fresh garlic on and around your pimples morning and night. This is said to not only reduce the inflammation of a pimple but it also prevents a red mark from forming.

You may be surprised at how effective natural acne treatments can be. You have nothing to lose by trying one of the recipes above, except for your acne!

Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Acne

With online press release one can simply reach the significant
online community. PR web-sites offers article submission
database of free content and reprint articles. Publishers, who
are in quest of free reprint articles and the business community
who wants to shoot their business, can make the best use of this
significant resource to enhance their marketing weapon.

Online PR is a unique way for your content to reach huge mass of
people without spending too much money. Actually, many online PR
sites allow submitting press release free of cost.

Another form of online press release is internal PR, or PR on
web-site. Posting press release on a separate web page helps to
hike profit ratio. One can easily step further by using keywords
in each page these releases appear on and then registering them
individually in search engines.

The writing and distribution of feature articles is another way
to take advantage of the efficiencies of online PR because web
publishers, editors, journalists and website are always in
search of good contents. Feature article writing is one of the
best online or offline marketing techniques.

One of the key benefits to posting articles online is that it
lets one the opportunity to include a biography/contact/resource
box at the bottom of the article. This box should include
contact information for your business and company background
information. This resource box just might bring you more
response than most paid advertisements, and it’s completely free
of cost.

Other cost-effective online PR strategies that work well include
online kit, e-mail marketing, announcements, posting on forums,
online bulletin boards, newsgroups and online radio, which is
just getting popularized.

PR on the internet is so expanding rapidly because of its vast
distribution network, the broad potential of contacts and, of
course, its cost-effectiveness.

Allen Brown is a freelance writer for www.1888PressRelease.com,
the premier website to Submit Free Press Release for any
announcements including launching of new product or services,
new website, announcing new hires, sponsoring a special event or
seminar and more. He also freelances for www.1888Articles.com.

Forex (Foreign Currency Exchange Market) has been used by international banks and large investment companies for years to make millions of dollars. However, with easy access to the Internet, it is now possible for anyone to take advantage of this powerful tool and make money the same way large institutions do, even with minimal startup funds at hand.

Even experienced investors seem mystified by Forex and have very little understanding of it. Forex is not much different from the Stock Market, often the same or similar techniques can be used to trade currency as is used to trade stocks and commodities. What make Forex so mysterious is the lack of available information and opportunities of training.

I have listed 10 good reasons why I prefer Forex to the Stock Market or any other investment option and why any individual, or small investor, should look at getting involved with Forex:

1. A 24 hour market. You don’t have to worry about running out of time because the Forex is open 24 hours a day, nearly all week.

2. Huge liquidity. Have you ever got stuck trying to get rid of some stocks or options? With Forex, there are always buyers, thousands of them!

3. No commission on your trading. This is specially important for individuals with small amount of money to invest. When using other investment vehicles the cost of the investment is often prohibitive no matter how attractive the investment itself is. Brokerage and other government fees can easily eat up your profit even before you completed a transaction. With Forex, there are no brokerage, government etc fees involved.

4. Low transaction costs. Typically less than 0.1%!

5. No middleman. The investor is dealing directly with the Market.

6. Instantaneous transactions. Forex is fully computerised and transaction can be completed in as little 2 seconds. The investor does not have to wait for trade confirmation to arrive by email, worst yet, by post. All ‘paper-work’ is in electronic format, easily viewed, search, analysed.

7. Huge leverage yet low margin. Both increase your profit. In most cases leverage of 10:1 to 100:1 is the rule not the exception.

8. Minimal startup requirements. Again very important for individual or small investors. With Forex it is possible to start trading with as little as $300.00 dollars!

9. Easy access to the Market and your accounts, online, 24/7. Since Forex is completely computerised, anyone with Internet access can trade online and easily access their account and trading history. Most trading platforms allow the user to export this information to other third party software for storage, graphing, analysis etc.

10. No insider trading. Because of the way Forex is ‘de-centralised’, it is almost impossible for anyone to fraud the system.

I could go on for ever about Forex, it is an amazing tool for investors and also a very exciting opportunity for individuals. I hope you’ll catch the fever, too.

Wishing you success,

Ference is fanatic about currency trading. When not gazing currency charts he spends his time searching for new investment opprotunities. Visit one of Ference’s sites at: http://www.forexguys.com or contact him at ference_kish@yahoo.co.nz

Many a photographer starting out would like to know what lighting
combination would work the best. A new studio has the advantage of starting with a new slate. Mimicking current studio setups may not always have the best arrangement because they sometimes have to make do with what was inherited or added to through the years.

The main light should be at least three feet wide and in a soft box configuration. The reason for this is that a soft box places the surface of the light close to the subject without getting in the way of the camera or photographer. Another reason is that the light is kinder to skin surfaces and tends to wrap around the features without losing the modeling.

The fill light works best if an umbrella reflector is used. This type of light does reduce the intensity which is a good thing for a fill light. An umbrella (at least three feet in diameter) also works well further from the subject and out of the way of the photographer. The fill light should be placed as near the line of the camera as possible to avoid getting under eye shadows (bags) and in order to prevent double shadows from the nose and chin.

A hair light should be wide and shallow in order to spread the light horizontally but not shine into the lens. A built in shade can be used with this soft box for working close to the top of the head of the subject and not shine light into the lens. The soft box type of hair light allows working close to the head while still presenting a wide angle of light. A spot type hair light is much too narrow for showing the hair in it’s true colors and will too easily burn up lighter colored hair.

The back light can be a round regular reflector situated directly behind the subject or preferably off to one side but out of the picture. This latter type of back light should be snouted rather tightly for a narrow angle so as not to spill onto the subject unless for special effects (edge lighting with black background).

A kicker light on the other side of the room can be used for edge lighting, additional background light for high key effects or as a spot light on specific background props.

All lights should be calibrated for a specific ISO and balanced for equal intensity. The exception is the fill which should be from two the three and one half stops weaker than the main light. There are many other lighting setups that work for special effects. Among them are the single spot (use the back light) on the face (metered, of course), a single main light at a strong angle with all other lights bounced off the walls and ceiling for a strong but soft modeling effect. However, ninety per cent of the regular portraits will be well served with the five light setup detailed above. Photogenic lights have been a favorite in many studios. For digital work, three hundred watt seconds per light should be sufficient. With a Canon DSLR you can set the camera manually at F5.6 or F8 for plenty depth of field using a 150 mm focal length portrait lens. This foolproof lighting setup produces beautifully lit portraits of babies, children and families alike.

Retired portrait photographer of forty eight years.