Shopping tip 101 Shopping tip One of the best ways to stay focused while shopping is to take a picture with you out of one of your favorite magazines. If you take an image with you, not only will it help you and a sales staff to pull together the look you want, but it will also help you stay focused on what you came to the store for in the first place as well as save money.
Source your magazines-meaning pull out the information that inspires you, put it in a binder and recycle the rest. I started doing this when I was in college and it has been a lot of fun. It also saves time and space.

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I love womens shoes. I have no idea why I love them as much as I do. It is a true obsession.

All the girls in my family seemed to be afflicted with it, thought some have it more then others.

I thought for the longest it was some weird little oddity that only my family had.

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How to Wear Perfume	How to Choose Perfume	Perfume History

What is Perfume

What is perfume? Perfume is made from either natural ingredients like the essential oils of plants or the musk of animals, spices and man made chemicals.

The mixture of these ingredients are blended with an sd alcohol (which is a very pure form of alcohol) or oil.

Often perfumes are a combination of natural and man made components.

The difference between perfume and cologne is the concentration or ratio of "perfume" and alcohol or oil. The higher the concentration of "perfume" the more intense the fragrance and of course the higher the price.

What Is Perfume

Approximate ratios are:

Perfume: 30% perfume to 70% alcohol & water
Eau de Perfume: 15% perfume to 85% alcohol & water
Eau de Toilette: 8% perfume to 92% alcohol & water
Cologne: 5% perfume to 95% alcohol & water
Cologne Splash 3% perfume to 97% alcohol & water

How To Wear Perfume

There are 20 pulse points on the body.

Temples, near the earlobes (just under the jaw-line), inside the elbows, inside the wrists, at the upper part of the groin, back of knees, inside ankles & top of the feet.

Pulse points are where the arteries are closest to the skin you can feel the wave of pressure from the heartbeat.

Dab perfume onto some of these pulse points. Do not rub. The heat generated on the pulse points warms the perfume and allows it to waft in the air.

Keep in mind that fragrance is a very personal thing. People should not be able to smell your perfume unless their in your personal space (about 6 to 12 inches).

Your nose experiences burn out pretty quickly. So keep in mind that when you apply your perfume your nose will get use to it within minutes, so it will give you the impression that your perfume has worn off. That is the furthest thing from the truth.

Perfume History

Perfume has an ancient history. The earliest forms of perfume was incense. Incense and fragrance in all forms have been used in varies rituals throughout the world.

It was considered alchemy and a kind of magic. The blends were kept highly secret and thought to be endowed with spiritual and medicinal power.

Egyptians loved perfume so much they would put perfumed fat into a cone that they wore on their heads. As the fat warmed it would melt covering their body throughout the day

How to Choose Perfume

So rule of thumb after smelling about three different perfumes in a store your nose is burned out.

Also because perfume is essentially chemicals, each perfume will react differently on your body. So in order to know what a perfume smell like on you, you have to wear it.

Get those small little perfume samples and try them at home. It's the best way to know if a perfume is actually suitable for your tastes.

What is Perfume