7 Mistakes New New Wives Make That Can Ruin a Marriege

If you are going to tie the knot soon, you need to know some of the worst mistakes most new wives make that can ruin a marriage. It may seem these mistakes are not so serious and they couldn’t affect your marriage, but they actually can. Avoid the following mistakes to have a happy and solid marriage.

Safe and Unsafe Foods for Guinea Pigs

It’s important that every guinea pig that you raise have its own bowl of vegetables each day. You need to make sure that you offer a variety, though. This is your only way of ensuring that your guinea pigs have all their nutritional needs met. Plying your poor guinea pigs with the same food each day may keep them alive, but they won’t be healthy or happy.

The one Band Workout

Fitness on the road used to be a tricky proposition for me. My business trips were always marked by bad food, late night nights and full-on slothdom during hours of downtime. Then I would get home and complain about how crappy I felt. (Errmmm, not super mysterious why.)

The 7 Biggest Mistakes You Make Cooking Mashed Potatoes

Everyone looks forward to the sides at Thanksgiving — they're the best part, after all. But no one's going to reach for seconds of the mashed potatoes if they're gluey or cold or tasteless. Start out with your favorite recipe (this is a great one!), avoid these common pitfalls, and your guests will be begging you to make mashed potatoes every year.

6 Reasons Gardening Is Good for You

We know you’re obsessed with gardening, and frankly, that's a good thing. That summertime hobby can actually improve your mental and physical wellbeing. Here's how:

Skin Treatments You Can Make Yourself

Shea Body Butter

Paola Parsons' at-home version blends shea butter, coconut oil, and fragrant essential oils. The recipe will leave you with almost a pint, which you can lather all over your arms and legs.

8 Genius Eyeliner Tricks Every Woman Needs to Know

1-Use a pencil liner as a guide for tricky liquid liners.

If your hand isn't steady enough for liquid eyeliner, line your eyes first with a pencil liner, and then trace over it with liquid.

How to Shapen a Knife

As the holidays approach, our kitchen knives are about to get a pretty good workout chopping vegetables, cutting cheese, slicing bread or carving that glorious Thanksgiving turkey. It may seem counter-intuitive, but dull knives are actually more dangerous, as the added cutting pressure needed makes it far easier to lose control of the blade. Is it time to give your cutlery a tune up? A sharp knife is a chef’s best friend and keeping it that way is easier than one might think.

The Ultimate Workout for Sexy, Sculpted Arms

OverviewWhether you’re rocking a swimsuit at the beach, a little black dress at a cocktail party or a tank top while running errands, you’ll want to show off your strong, lean arms. Toning your arms is beneficial to both your overall health and your fitness level because strength training boosts cardiovascular function, improves post-stroke motor-skill recovery and assists with arterial ailments (like peripheral artery disease).

Is Coconut Oil Good for Frying on High Temperature Cooking?

Coconut oil is made from extracting the natural oils present in mature coconut meat. Commonly used in Latin America and Southeast Asia, coconut oil can be either refined or unrefined, and it can be used for everyday cooking, including frying. Different coconut oils tolerate high temperatures better, so if you are frying with coconut oil, choose refined coconut oil.

Expensive Baby Monitors Give False Reassurance, Researcher

Monitors meant to reassure parents that their sleeping babies are still breathing are "smarter" than ever — but the devices are still not proven to keep little ones safe.

Thus, any peace of mind brought by these monitors, which can cost several hundred dollars, is false reassurance, according to a new article in the journal BMJ.