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Once again, I must apologize for neglecting you for so long. Following my third bout of cancer, it took a bit of recovery time to get back in the groove.

But the fans of At Home have not let me down! They have continued to send me great ideas and I can only hope there is space to use them all!

I know you'll find some surprises, ideas you can use and information about fun stuff from things that make life easier to information that may help you and your family have safer, happier lives. ENJOY!!

THIS MONTH IN AT HOME:

ULTIMATE 5-MINUTE FACIAL (Below) An amazingly simple, fast, inexpensive and astonishingly effective skin care treatment.

HANDY HOME SECURITY - Some surprisingly simple ways of keeping your home and family safe, check your credit, prevent poisoning and more! Page 2

THE FAN CLUB - Great ideas and recipes sent in by At Home's loyal fans. Page 3

DOG SITTING?
DEALING WITH DEFECTIVE MERCHANDISE! - Page 4

MISFIRE'S STUFF -
UNSTICK THAT STUCK CD/DVD DRIVE!
DEALING WITH PROS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES! Page 5
SHAPE UP - While having great fun, great exercise and for under $20! and lots, lots more! - Page 6

THE ULTIMATE FIVE-MINUTE FACIAL

TAKE OFF YEARS IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES!!

Of all the products I've used, all the exercises and advice I've seen, NOTHING has ever beaten this quick and easy recipe for taking a decade or more off the face and neck...or, if you have more than five minutes, the entire body!

BROWN SUGAR SCRUB

Preparations:

Stand by a sink, preferrably one with a sprayer attachment, one with a faucet you can get your head under, or in the shower or tub. Have the following items within reach:
Teaspoon
Open dish of finely ground brown sugar (Use the spoon to crush or stir out any large lumps)
Clean towel
Vitamin E or other moisturizing lotion
Dish for warming lotion

If you have a single-control faucet, adjust the water to VERY warm (NOT hot) and turn it off. Keep the handle in the same position so the water will be at the same temperature when you turn it back on.

Use any good moisturizing lotion, body lotion, face cream, etc., ESPECIALLY one high in Vitamin E. Vitamin E lotion, cream or capsules are not terribly expensive and a little goes a long way. The capsule can be snipped open and the oil squeezed into your palm.

If it's in a tube, loosen the cap and gently squeeze out any excess air before replacing the cap. If in a bottle or jar, loosen the cap slightly, then place it in a shallow dish of very warm water, in the sink or in a slightly larger container for a minute or so. Dab a generous amount only on the fingertips, rub them together and, using only your fingertips, rub into face, neck and anywhere else you want it using a small, circular motions. Don't slather it on, but don't be skimpy, either. When you finish, you should be able to see the lotion on your skin.

Pour one teaspoon of finely ground brown sugar into one cupped hand. Using only what drips from the fingers of the other hand, add just enough ALMOST HOT water to dissolve the sugar slightly.

Dip your fingers into the brown sugar mixture and rub it lightly but firmly over the moisturizer on your skin, getting into all the creases around the forehead, nose, eyes, laugh lines and on the neck. If the mixture starts to dry, run a little more water on your fingertips, or add more lotion. Once you have enough of the mixture on your skin, rub your hands together to apply the rest of the mixture to your skin. Rub well in small circles for about 2 minutes.

DO NOT rub hard! Only use a slightly firm pressure.

Rinse off thoroughly with warm water and pat dry. Then, go look in a mirror. You WILL NOT believe the difference!

This formula (only more of it, of course) can be used in a bathtub or shower for an entire body scrub too!

I first discovered it during a gift visit my husband gave me for an all day spa treatment. I don't know what kind of oil they used, although I suspect it was Vitamin E.

I bought some Vitamin E cream from the Image Recovery Center at the cancer center I go to, and find it works better than whatever they use at the Day Spa. The image recovery center is a full-service spa and beauty salon.

Since I lost 50 pounds in three months, I've had a turkey neck with vertical folds from my chin to my collar bone.

GONE! I've had creases in my forehead for years. GONE! Smooth as a baby's bottom! And GLOWING!

On my next visit to the Image Recovery Center, the owner, Carol (right), came out to the waiting room to talk to me. When I told her about this treatment, she was amazed. Although she's a fully certified cosmetologist, she'd never heard of it. And when I told her to look at my "turkey neck with the fan folds," she said, "What turkey neck?" To which I replied, "Works, doesn't it?"

Since then, Carol has told me that she tried the Brown Sugar facial and LOVES it. She is now offering it in her spa.

It sounds messy, but if you have a sprayer on your kitchen faucet, it's perfect and takes less than 5 minutes, start to finish. If you're in the shower, you can give yourself an all-over body scrub and then just rinse it off. You won't BELIEVE how your skin feels and looks!

This should be done NO MORE than two to three times a week with a day or two in between. It WILL exfoliate your skin, clean out the pores and leave your skin glowing. If overdone, I imagine it would leave you with a lot less skin and a lot of irritation! So be generous with the lotion, keep the mixture warm, always rinse thoroughly and have all your ingredients and a clean towel handy. Just don't overdo it!

Remember that whatever you don't rinse off will very likely be sticky and who knows? It may attract more bees than honey!

Believe me, you will be telling everyone you know about this treatment as soon as you try it! GO AHEAD! ALL women should have the chance to look their best!!!

Don't forget to have someone take before and after pictures! You'll be proud to show them to the world!! [Maybe even in At Home!]

HANDY HOME SECURITY - PAGE 2

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