PULSE.AT YOU FINGERTIPS "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. As summer hits and the temperatures rise, so too does the demand for manicures and pedicures. At Relax Nail Spa in Woodland Hills, owner Kathy Katz, a former Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as nurse emphasizes healthy-looking, more natural nails. She advocates using clear or lighter shades of Noun 1. shades of - something that reminds you of someone or something; "aren't there shades of 1948 here?" reminder - an experience that causes you to remember something polish and also suggests clients take a break from polish altogether from time to time to give their nails a break. Daily moisturizing helps keep hands soft and supple, but to strengthen nails, here's her at-home tip: Simply soak fingers in a mixture of lemon juice and salt twice a week for 10 minutes. ``Just do it after you take a shower,'' she says. ``It will whiten and strengthen your nails.'' Manicure/pedicures at Relax Nail Spa start at $25. For more information, call (818) 888-2452. -- Diana McKeon Charkalis Bug off! Just in time for the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. weekend, there's a new natural alternative to DEET-based insect repellent. Buzz Away Extreme wards off not only mosquitoes, but also ticks, flies, fleas and gnats. It's made with the eco-friendly oil of soybeans and other plants and keeps mosqitoes at bay for up to 8 hours, ticks for 3 1/2. The product line includes spray and towelettes as well as sunblock sunblock Public health An opaque substance, usually formulated from zinc or titanium oxides, designed to completely prevent solar radiation from reaching the skin. See SPF rating. Cf Sunscreen. lotion, and citronella citronella, common name for a grass, Cymbopogon nardus, the source of oil of citronella, used in perfumes and soaps and as an insect repellent. The plant, with bluish green, lemon-scented leaves, is cultivated in Java and Sri Lanka. candles. It's available in health-food stores as well as sporting-goods and hardware stores. A 4-oz spray container is $8.99. For more information, visit www.quantumhealth.com, or call (800) 448-1448. -- D.M.C. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) no caption (manicured fingernails and to toenails) (2 -- 3) no caption (Buzz Away Extreme) |
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