livestyle: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

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I cracked my tooth, do I need a crown?

Okay so you, your child, your mom, your brother, etc. etc. just fell face first into something, over something, under something, etc. etc. and broke the corner of your/their front tooth off.

What do you do now?

Well, that depends. Lets break this down into 3 simplified categories.

The nerve of a tooth is in the middle of the tooth.

#1 If you just broke off a small corner of the tooth and it didn't reach the nerve then a simple filling is probably all you would need.

#2 If you broke off a larger corner but still didn't reach the nerve then you more then likely would need a crown.

#3 If you broke your tooth so severely that you got down into the nerve then you will need a root canal AND a crown.

And although all of this may be a traumatic experience don't worry. Your cracked and broken smile can be completely repaired and have you back to being the model you know you were born to be.

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Oscar Aftermath: The Winners and 15 observations about the show

I'm a movie nut, of course, so I like the Academy Awards simply as an awards-delivery device. But that doesn't necessarily mean I always delight in the ways said device operates. Usually, the day after an Academy Awards show, I'm the only one defending it as nothing more than just such an operation. But last night's show displayed so little real entertainment that I'm forced to make these

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Lulu's Coupon Code!

In honor of my blog's b-day Lulu's has created a 15% off coupon code for my followers!!

A couple of things i should mention its only valid for the US & Canada.

& its through March 1st so hurry!

the code is SASSYAGAPI & its case sensitive!

Happy shopping dolls!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Nicki Minaj Covers Black Book Magazine | FashionMag.us

Nicki Minaj Covers Black Book Magazine FashionMag.us

Nicki Minaj Covers Black Book Magazine | FashionMag.us

Nicki Minaj Covers Black Book Magazine FashionMag.us

Thumb Sucking

Is allowing your child to suck their thumb a bad thing?

Yesterday I talked about letting your child suck on a pacifier and basically said that I had no problem with that.

I feel, that letting your child suck on their thumb is something completely different.

The biggest reason for this is the pressure that can be applied by the child's finger to the teeth and roof of the mouth.

A pacifier is passive. No force is applied by it. On the other hand, a child can use their thumb to apply a tremendous amount of force.

This force can have multiple side effects.

One of those side effects is that the upper front teeth are actually forced upward and outward.

With the teeth in this position it would become impossible for those teeth to function as they were designed to. The front teeth are meant to cut pieces of food into smaller pieces before they are moved to the back teeth for grinding it down before swallowing. If the upper front teeth do not touch the lower front teeth then it would be very difficult to cut through anything.

the next problem with teeth that do not touch would be that a child's speech patterns would be changed. During the formation of certain sounds the tongue needs to rest against the upper front teeth. If the upper front teeth are not in the proper position then the sounds made by the child will not come out as they should.

So what can be done to stop a child from thumb sucking?

There are lots and lots of ideas out there.

Some people choose the simple idea of painting hot sauce on their child's finger. Hopefully they still love you after that.

The next idea is to place an appliance in the child's mouth like the one below. The balls the sit on the wire prevent the child from getting any suction thus the child gets less satisfaction and gives up.

You can also go the route of putting something on your child's hand. The device below also prevents the child from completely sucking on their thumb.

Point is that you need to get your child to stop sucking on their thumb.

Any of these ideas would work.

The only thing I do not recommend is yelling at your kids. That never really helps anything.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Dorothy Dandrige Inspired Makeup Tutorial

Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American actress to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was best known for her role in the musical Carmen. Check out my tutorial on YouTube.

Here's the list of products and tools I used to create this look.

Face

Amazing Cosmetics Concealer (Tan)
MAC Mineralize Powder (Dark)

Eyes

MAC shadow (Vanilla) Lid
MAC shadow (

Dorothy Dandrige Inspired Makeup Tutorial

Are pacifiers bad?

Well, like most things, the answer is ............ it depends.

Sucking is a very natural and calming thing for a baby to do.

I have given each and every one of my 5 kids a pacifier.

None of them are delayed in their teeth coming in, have any speech problems, or had any thumb sucking problems due to using a pacifier.

There are some obvious thing you should be concerned with.

If you use a clip and a cord to keep the pacifier attached to your child's clothes make sure the cord is short enough that can't choke the baby.

Once your child gets to kindergarten make sure that they only use the pacifier at home. Being known as the only kid that had a pacifier in kindergarten could seriously damage your child's chances at getting asked to junior prom.

Well, what about thumb sucking, you may ask.

That my friends, is a whole different story.

We will talk about that tomorrow.

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TRESemme Waterless Foam Shampoo Review

Geia sas girlies!

I've been running out of my dry shampoo you can read about HERE, so i was at Target & saw TRESemmé's Waterless Foam Shampoo for dry to normal curly hair. I'm like oh cool i've got to try a foam that is a waterless shampoo & since my hair is so long & thick it takes a long time to dry & 'de-fluff' lol so its much more convenient to dry shampoo from time to time.

It was about $4.76 i think, at Target.

I have to say i'm not loving this one;

Pro's

-it smells really good

-nice packaging

-cheaper than a higher end waterless shampoo

Con's

-leaves hair(near the root) greasy

-does not absorb oil

-in general doesn't do what its suppose to

Yes it left my hair greasy for like the top 5 inches of hair, below that it made it smell good when it was dry but whats the point it didn't do its job.

So in the end it sounds great in theory but in actuallity TRESemmé has a lot of work to do on this one.

May they can redeem themselves on their dry shampoo, i'm betting that actually works because i have used dry shampoos & i get the concept & i think they do too lol, so i won't count that one out yet.

Over-all don't waste your dinero$$.

My predictions for the 2011 Academy Awards

Given that you know from my Top 40 Movies of 2010 article what I thought were the best movies of last year, I'll contain my griping and complaining about what was left off this year's Oscar nomination roll. I will say this: as much as I like The King's Speech, we all know that The Social Network is the better, more important film. Nevertheless, Fincher's film will probably lose out to the more

My Movie Poster Collection: A

As always, click on the poster you like to see a larger image: THE ABDUCTORS (Don Schain, 72). Folded, GI don't have posters for The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, but I do have one-sheets for both Ginger and its sequel The Abductors. So that shows you where my priorities are. THE ABYSS (James Cameron, 89). Rolled, GGodawful, boring poster for perhaps James Cameron's best movie. With

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

My crown just fell off?!

You are eating a meal and all of a sudden you feel something crunchy.

You search for the crunchy item with your tongue and pull it out.

Its one of your crowns!

You don't know how it happened but it just came off.

First Rule: Do not panic.

Crowns can come off for several reasons.

Some of these reasons are very very easy to fix.

So just because your crown came off does not mean that its the end of the world.

First thing to do is to look into the crown.

If its empty then things are real good.

This means that the cement that holds the crown on simply broke loose and you just need to get it re-cemented.

If there is a bunch of stuff in the tooth then you may have a little more of a problem on your hands.

What is in the crown may be fragment of the tooth. If there are a lot of fragments then you may need to have a new crown made due to the fact that that one may not fit any longer.

So until you can get to the dentist to find out exactly what your case is what can you do.

Try to stick it back on.

If it fits snuggly then you may just be able to baby it until you get in to the dentist.

If it fits loosely then you can simply put a bit of toothpaste into it and then stick it back on.

The toothpaste will make up the difference in the fit of the crown and help keep it on.

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1 Year Blogiversary!!

Today is Agapi Mou's 1st birthday, i can hardly believe its been a year!

But it has been a good one & i want to thank my lovely readers, i love reading your comments & so many of your blogs. I do have a little surprise coming later so stay tuned!

And as always follow me @sassyagapi !

Monday, February 21, 2011

And the Winner is...

Congratulations to LaLaLoes67! You are the winner of two Kevyn Aucoin Making Faces palettes. I appreciate your support and participation : )

Email me at trinajmakeup@yahoo.com to redeem your prize.

Be on the look out for more great contests!

And the Winner is...

Cracked tooth?

Lets see if this is you.

Your tooth hurts, but only sometimes.

Its not sensitive to changes in temperature.

It hurts to bite on things but only every once in a while.

You have asked your dentist but they can't find anything wrong with it.

You may have a cracked tooth.

Cracks are not always visible by the dentist.

It takes some time and investigation to find them.

Once found however, depending on the severity of the crack, they can be fairly easy to fix.

So if you find yourself having random tooth pain that is driving you crazy, consult your dentist about whether or not your tooth could be cracked.

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Apricot Glazed Chicken w/ Garlic-Orange Green Beans

Tuesday night i invented a recipe for dinner, amazing i had that much creativity left in me after school!

Apricot Glazed Chicken

boneless,skinless chicken breasts halved lengthwise

1 jar apricot jam

1-2 tsp. balsamic vinegar

red pepper flakes-eyeball to your heat preference

Southwest chipotle seasonings, i used Mrs. Dash no salt & Penzeys Arizona Dreaming

Preheat oven to 375F. Start by mixing your glaze; put the apricot jam in a bowl, add the balsamic & spices, mix well. Place the halved chicken on a foil-lined baking dish. Spoon glaze over chicken applying an even coating. Bake for 30-40mins.

Garlic-Orange Green Beans

green beans

garlic

1 small orange

pepper

Clean & snap your green beans, then steam them. Once steamed drain your pot & place the bean back in adding a few cloves of garlic & the juice of an orange as well as some of the pulp. Cook for just a few minutes until garlic is aromatic. You'll probably want to add some butter to serve, i use I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray butter.

A tip for this recipe is use the foil or parchment paper on your cookie sheet/baking dish...because once the jam caramelizes the sugars in it make it molasses-y & let me tell you the monster it becomes to clean lol.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Impacted wisdom teeth II.

So you are afraid to get your wisdom teeth out?

And the avenue you have chosen to avoid this surgery is to leave them in.

Here is just one example of what can happen if you chose to do that.

What you have on the right is an x-ray of an angled wisdom tooth that is trying to come through the tissue.

It was trying so hard in fact that it dug a hole right into the side of the tooth next to it.

So not only does the wisdom tooth need to come out but now the other tooth needs to come out as well.

If this were to repeat itself in your mouth 4 times (once for every wisdom tooth) you would need to go through 8 extractions instead of 4.

Still think its a good idea NOT to take out your wisdom teeth?!

Didn't think so.

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Impacted wisdom teeth.

When people talk of wisdom teeth stories often surface of friends or family that have had "impacted" wisdom teeth. This word is used as the end all of dental stories. If your wisdom teeth were impacted then everyone feels horribly for you and you are the winner of nightmare dental stories.

Well, we need to dive a little further into this idea of impaction before we anoint anyone as having had the worst dental experience ever.

For you see, not all impactions are the same.

The word impacted simply means, stuck or wedged. If your 2 year old puts their head in between a railing that is too small for them and they can't pull their head out, then technically your child's head is impacted.

Many wisdom teeth become impacted simply because there is not enough room between the back tooth and the jaw bone. If the tooth is in a vertical position, similar to the other teeth, then this is called a vertical impaction. This situation is easily solved by simply shaving a small portion of bone out from around the tooth and allowing the tooth the necessary room to come out.

But what if your tooth is not in a horizontal position?

What if its tipped a little?

What if its tipped a lot?

What if its laying completely on its side!?

As the wisdom tooth tips further and further over it gets harder and harder to take out.

If its laying completely on its side, then my friends, you have what's called a horizontal impaction.

If you happen to have, or had, a horizontal impaction then you may then declare yourself the winner, at your dinner parties, as having the most horrible wisdom teeth at the table.

Below are examples of different types of impactions.

So as you can see.

Not all impactions are the same.

So, if if its going to be bad taking them out then lets just leave them in........ right?

Um...... No. Tune in tomorrow when we will see what can happen if you choose that route.

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Looking for Excerise Motivation at Home?

Geia sas girls!

So let's be honest we all need motivation to workout & sometimes you get in a rut with the same boring routine, or you can't find an at home(online) trainer that motivates without being obnoxious..well i recently found a great girl on YouTube who is an awesome trainer. Her name is Cassey & THIS is her channel, called Blogilates/Pop Pilates.

She is a really great motivator & has good workouts set to music, which always helps!

The butt blaster & inner thigh videos will kick your booty believe me!

She also has some healthy recipes, which i never get tired of!

Check out her videos if you could use some extra motivation :)

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Gone but not Forgotten Kevyn Aucoin

Kevyn Aucoin (February 14, 1962 – May 7, 2002)
In honor of the memory of Kevyn Aucoin, (February 14, 1962 – May 7, 2002) the makeup artist that inspired me to pursue this craft called makeup. Kevyn is a makeup legend. He worked with some of the biggest stars including Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez, and Oprah. He changed ideas on beauty and taught us all how to use makeup to reveal our

Gone but not Forgotten Kevyn Aucoin

Discolored tooth?

I, and/or my child, have one tooth that is not the same color.

Should I be concerned?

Well, lets just say its a good idea to get it checked out.

Teeth discolor for a number of reasons.

If all of your teeth are discoloring at the same rate then it is more then likely due to staining

caused by foods you eat and/or oral habits you may have suck as smoking.

In that case there is not much to worry about.

Simple whitening can take care of that.

If you notice that one individual tooth is turning a different color then there is more cause for concern. One tooth discoloring on its own typically means that that tooth has moderate to severe nerve damage. This nerve damage can be caused by trauma, decay, or other causes. but regardless of the cause it is more then likely that the nerve is dead, or dying, and needs to be removed. This procedure is called a root canal. After the root canal is preformed then some sort of cosmetic procedure may be needed to restore the original color of the tooth. This may be a crown, veneer or cosmetic bonding.

Not many people realize it, but teeth are living organisms. They have blood coursing through the middle of them and just like any other living think they can die. If they do die then one of the number one signs of that death is a change in color.

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Monday, February 14, 2011

Do you judge people?

You are being judged.

Like or not it is happening everyday.

One of the things that people use to judge you is your teeth.

Lets give you an example.

This is Carl.

Without taking a lot of time to think about it, come up with 3 words that you would use to describe Carl.

I am purposefully leaving this space blank so you have to scroll down to see Carl's "after" picture.

Keep Scrolling

Okay.

Here is Carl after he got his new teeth.

Now, think of 3 words to describe Carl.

Are you using the same words to describe Carl now as you were when you saw the first picture?

Like it or not people will judge you by your smile.

I would be nice if they didn't but they do.

Employers, relationships, family, neighbors, c0-workers, etc. may all make judgments about who you are because of your smile.

No matter the reasons for your tooth loss you don't have to remain that way. Show the world the great smile that you have on the inside by showing off a great smile on the outside.

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Get Rihanna's Grammy Red Carpet Red Lips and more...

Since Lady Gaga showed up on the 53rd Annual Grammy's red carpet in an egg. Rihanna's risqué white gown took center stage. No matter what you think of her dress you have to admit the pop star's makeup was simply fab!

Here's how you can get the look.

Face:

Use Makeup Forever HD Concealer in a shade lighter than your foundation brush concealer under your eyes, along the bridge of the nose, and

Get Rihanna's Grammy Red Carpet Red Lips and more...

Friday, February 11, 2011

Get Kelly Rowland's Golden Glow

Fierce and fabulous!! R&B diva Kelly Rowland was glowing this Thursday at New York Fashion Week's BCBG MaxAzria show. To get Kelly's Fashion Week worthy glow rub Scott Barnes Body Bling Original ($42) on your extremities.
Cost Effective Alternative: L'Oreal BODY EXPERTISE SUBLIME BRONZE Tinted Self-Tanning ($8 - $10)
Stay beautiful. XOXO

Get Kelly Rowland's Golden Glow

My Movie Poster Collection: B

As always, click on each image to see them larger: B MONKEY (Michael Radford, 98). Rolled, G I've never even seen this movie, but I sure do love me some Asia Argento. This is the best American poster featuring her magnificent visage. BABY LOVE (Alastair Reid, 68). Folded, GSure would! Why not? Especially if she wears that little skirt all the time. BAD COMPANY (Robert Benton, 72). Folded,

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Its just a little cavity. I think?

If you ever look in your mouth and are able to SEE any color other then the white of your teeth you need to get it looked at.

It may just be stain or last nights dinner but it could be a sign of something much more.

When a dentist looks at your teeth he/she uses color change as one of the indicators to take a closer look at any particular area.

The pictures below are a case that we did just this morning.

The patient came in with a little darkened area on one of his molars.

After we got done getting out all of the decay out he was as close as you would ever want to come to getting a root canal. Once the decay gets down into the tooth you are no longer able to get to it with your toothbrush, floss or mouthwash. The bacteria simply set up shop in your tooth and start to multiply. Not Good.

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Foxy Brown Video Product Breakdown

In honor of Black History Month I am doing video tutorials that capture the essence of some of the most beautiful and prominent women of African American descent. This is the list of products and tools I used to create the Foxy Brown video tutorial look.

Face

MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC45
Black Opal True Color Crème Stick in Nutmeg
Cargo Blu-Ray HD Makeup in 40

Eyes

Indianwood Paint

Foxy Brown Video Product Breakdown

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Stop Sipping!!!

We see it all the time.

People coming into the office with with their teeth hurting.

I tell them that they have a ton of cavities and they tell me that that is impossible.

Since nothing is impossible I ask them why they think that.

They tell me its because they only drink 1 can of soda pop a day.

I tell them that that's not so bad and that lots of people have a soda at some point during the day.

I then ask them how long it takes them to drink it.

They tell me that they sip on it throughout the day and that it takes them about 4 hours to finish off a can.

Here in lies our problem.

Cavities caused by soda happen due to the time that the teeth are exposed to the sugar and not the amount of sugar ingested.

If I drank an entire 2 liter of Mountain Dew for breakfast and my patient only had 1 can on Mountain Dew but it took him 4 hours to drink his can, who do you think would be worse off?

If you said the guy drinking the can then you are starting to catch on.

Although my sugar content is higher and I may experience more symptoms throughout my body my teeth are much better off. I get the sugar in my mouth and then get it out and I am done. The person who sips on that one can for hours at a time has sugar covering their teeth all the whole time they are sipping. So less sugar but more tooth exposure.

Moral of the story is DO NOT SIP!

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Nicki Minaj "Pink Friday" Inspired Tutorial

Here's the product list from my latest tutorial video. Hope you like it! Support by subscribing and following the blog!
Face

Amazing Cosmetics Concealer in Tan
MAC Blot Powder in Dark

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion
Saddle
Shadowy Lady
Carbon
Sketch
Blacktrax
Lashes

Cheeks

MAC Blushcreme in Blossoming
MAC powder blush in Dame

Lips

Whirl lip pencil by MAC
Mahogany lip pencil by MAC
MAC

Nicki Minaj "Pink Friday" Inspired Tutorial

Monday, February 7, 2011

My Decor Style

I can't wait until the day i own my own house & i can decorate each room exactly to my liking, which is why i'm waiting till after college so that i will have plenty of money to fit my ridiculously expensive taste, lol.

Over time i've collected some pictures of rooms & furniture i would like for my own home, so that one day i can take inspiration from these & create hopefully over time exactly what i want.