Buying groceries in large Chinese cities can be a nightmare for busy professionals. After a long day at work, shoppers often don't want to deal with overcrowded supermarkets, impossibly long lines at the payment counter, and the trek home with heavy grocery bags.
E-commerce players in China, always quick to smell a business opportunity, are trying to take the sting out of grocery shopping for these busy urbanites. They are devising solutions to give shoppers the convenience of ordering groceries online to be delivered to their doorsteps within days and sometimes hours.
Entering the fray
Yihaodian, China's first online supermarket, launched 1,000 augmented reality stores across the country in October 2012. These "stores" are open public spaces where shoppers can use their smartphones to view a virtual supermarket with 1,200 meters of floor space and 1,000 items in stock. They can fill virtual shopping baskets by scanning the item codes before checkout. The company then delivers their purchases directly to their homes in a day or two. Yihaodian's virtual supermarkets have attracted attention in China and abroad. The company won a Silver Lion for the best use of mobile devices at the 2013 Cannes Media Lions awards.
The company's chairman, Yu Gang, says that the virtual supermarkets are less about actual sales and more about helping Yihaodian build its brand. When he and his partner Liu Junling founded Yihaodian in 2008, the company was China's first online supermarket. (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. purchased a controlling stake of Yihaodian in August 2012.) But today the field is getting increasingly crowded -- with everyone from e-commerce companies to players in the logistics industry jumping into the fray -- and it is becoming important to build a strong brand to rise above the noise. Yu estimates that online purchases of food and drink stand at just 1-2 percent of purchases at physical supermarkets. He believes the figure will eventually grow to 20-30 percent.
Others are taking note, too. Online retailer Jingdong Mall (until recently called 360Buy), which specializes in computers, communications and consumer electronics (3C) products, recently added fast-moving consumer goods -- products like groceries or toiletries that are sold quickly and at a relatively low cost -- to its array of products. In April, the company launched a new online supermarket service.
Not to be left behind, Alibaba Group's Taobao, China's leading consumer-to-consumer (C2C) site, launched 24 Taobao as an experimental C2C supermarket platform. When Alibaba Vice President Tao Ran, launched 24 Taobao in January 2013, he said it was because the company had identified a need among local grocery suppliers to have a platform to sell their products nationwide and help them reach more customers. Still in early stages, the company has limited its operations to Beijing and Hangzhou, where Alibaba's headquarters are based. But the company has plans to expand to more than 10 cities in the coming months.
Oceanne Zhang, leader of market insights at Kantar Retail, says selling groceries online is increasingly becoming a key differentiator for China's online retailers, who are struggling to attract new shoppers and gain market share in an increasingly overcrowded sector. "(Online retailers) want to sell everything online, but they are still not attractive to people because they have lots of competitors. Since people do grocery shopping on a more frequent basis, this can help the e-commerce companies drive more traffic and build customer loyalty," she says.
Competing in a new arena
"Selling fast-moving products, like supermarkets do, is the biggest thing for Jingdong," says Shi Tao, Jingdong's vice president for retail. Since its launch in 1998, Jingdong Mall has been continuously expanding the categories on offer, and grocery was the only one left, says Shi. This category-expansion strategy has worked for Jingdong so far. The company is the second-largest business-to-consumer (B2C) company in China, with a 16 percent share of the market in 2012, according to China Internet Watch.
Reactions to Jingdong's expansion have been mixed. Will Tao, analysis director at iResearch, an internet industry research firm, says Jingdong is trying to differentiate itself from competitors. At the same time, "they can attract new buyers through new categories because people can (now) buy everything from the same place," he says. Zhang of Kantar is less optimistic and believes that Jingdong seems to be losing focus by "opening to all categories."
Jingdong has one advantage, though. The company owns a logistics system, which gives it an edge over other online grocery shopping platforms that rely on third-party logistics providers. Jingdong had to invest in improving its facilities to store and distribute perishable products. Shi is confident about this new venture and says the brand can rely on its strong distribution network and its wide reach in big cities. "The customer (base) is huge there, and it allows us to test the market and see which aspects we should improve," he says.
A practical move?
But will expanding into groceries really help Chinese online retailers achieve market supremacy?
iResearch's Tao doubts there is a large consumer base in China for online grocery shopping, but he says that it might be a sustainable strategy "as long as these companies limit their operations to major cities" where they have well-established supply chains in place.
When people go grocery shopping, they typically like to browse and sift through products before picking what they want. Given this consumer trait, companies need to give shoppers a compelling reason to shop for groceries online. A recent report by Kantar Retail compares the pricing strategies of China's online and offline supermarkets. The study concludes that consumers who shop for groceries online save just 4 percent compared to shopping at brick-and-mortar stores. Yihaodian is the only online grocery retailer that stands out, according to the report, because of its low prices on imported food.
As Zhang from Kantar Retail explains, Yihaodian has the highest level of customer loyalty among online grocery retailers because it started with groceries before expanding into new categories like apparel and cosmetics. "Shoppers who decide to buy groceries online usually have higher loyalty," she says. The company has also developed its own logistics system and infrastructure to optimize product distribution and to ensure its 20 million registered users have good shopping experiences.
"Our business model might be easy to copy, but the supply chain management is very difficult to copy," Yihaodian's Yu Gang says. "It's been specially designed to ensure low operation costs that really pass the benefits to customers and ensures (the) success of e-commerce companies."
Other online retailers selling groceries face a greater challenge. Jingdong, for example, enjoys a good reputation among its customers for its 3C products. But it will be difficult for the company to transfer this trust to its new grocery operations.
The last frontier
According to Xu Yong, senior consultant at China Express Consulting, the real competition between China's online grocery retailers will start in the next few years with the delivery of frozen food. Currently, China's logistics infrastructure cannot ensure a seamless cold chain. Players who manage to advance in this field will enjoy a unique advantage. "Online supermarkets like Yihaodian will need to build refrigerator warehouses, equip delivery branches with freezers, and own a fleet of refrigerator trucks," Xu says.
This is an opportunity SF Express, a Shenzhen-based logistics provider that launched online grocer SF Best, doesn't want to miss. Launched in 2012 in Beijing, SF Best quickly expanded to other major cities, including Shanghai and Shenzhen. Its mission is to offer healthy and high quality imported produce with the best shopping experience. It also guarantees an "unbroken" cold-chain. iResearch's Tao says the company is confident that people will trust their service because of SF Express' reputation in shipping goods. "They have the advantage and they have the shipment infrastructure. So why not use the extra room and make money from that? They can get extra stock on a plane, so everything (they get) will be a profit," he adds.
Companies are still experimenting with new ways of attracting customers, reducing costs, and earning a profit, according to a recent McKinsey report. Profitability requires innovation especially for China's online retailers, who are already struggling with intense competition and squeezed profit margins. But many companies see opportunity. As Jingdong's Shi Tao says, "With e-supermarkets (in the picture), the real battle with offline stores has begun."
"This article has been reprinted with permission from" CKGSB Knowledge, the online research journal of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), China's leading independent business school. For more articles on China business strategy, please visit CKGSB Knowledge.
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The Care & Feeding of the Baby
I know that a Democrat is just like a Baby. If it's hollering and making a lot of noise, there is nothing serious the matter with it. But if it's quiet and still and don't pay much attention to anything, why that's when it's really dangerous.
— Will Rogers
With little more than a month to go before the national convention, the Democratic Baby last week was uncommonly quiet and still. Party leaders nibbled cucumber sandwiches in Illinois, collected chigger bites in Iowa, stood at attention for the Uruguayan national anthem in Montevideo (Minn.), smiled at each other across a table in Manhattan's "21." At national committee headquarters, staff members were calmly looking beyond the convention, planning to conduct the fall campaign with the help of Madison Avenue's Norman, Craig & Kummel, Inc., the advertising agency that made the Maidenform bra a symbol of the American Dream. Even in South Carolina, where the civil-rights issue is seething, Democratic delegates caucused, tut-tutted talk of a third party, voted to seek their objectives "within the framework" of the Democratic Party.
Beneath this calm surface, the Democratic situation of 1956 has the ingredients for as much hollering and noise as the party has ever heard before. There is the basic split between moderates and radicals on economic and social policy. The fuse burns short on the civil-rights issue. And personal bitterness grows between,, the two leading candidates for the nomination: Adlai Ewing Stevenson of Illinois and William Averell Harriman of New York. The key question as the convention approaches: Will the quiet be broken?
Coddling & Joggling. In the preconvention campaign, Adlai Stevenson has taken a big lead with his moderate, brothers-in-arms appeal to party unity. It is his clear strategy to coddle the Democratic Baby. He wants no wounded feelings or angry yowling. He hopes to lie low in the last weeks before the convention while his managers clinch his nomination with a starkly simple piece of advice to uncommitted delegates: "Jump onto the bandwagon while there are still choice seats."
As the man who must arouse more interest in his candidacy, Harriman follows an equally clear strategic plan: joggle the Baby. His crucial moment will come when the Democratic resolutions committee meets in Chicago Aug. 6 to hammer out a party platform. His main effort is aimed at using civil rights as an explosive issue to blow the roof off convention hall—and the nomination out of Stevenson's hands.
Last week Candidate Stevenson was playing to the hilt his role of leading candidate, party peacemaker and (with all outward confidence) the certain nominee. He traveled to Bloomington, Ill. (his old home town) for a cucumber-sandwich garden party and a Fourth of July picnic.
Acting as though he had not a Democratic foe in the world, he threw all his darts at Republicans, declared that the Eisenhower Administration is "stalled in the middle of the road," that "our prosperity is as spotted as a coach dog," and that "evidence is mounting that we are losing the cold war while neutralism is on the rise through much of the world."
After the picnic Stevenson entrained for Iowa with the air of a man who really had nothing much to do. Accompanied by 25-year-old Adlai Stevenson Jr., he informed no Iowa politicians of his coming. (Said one baffled county chairman: "I just happened to hear it on the radio.") His mission was to collect farm facts for the fall presidential campaign, observe the effects of drought on Iowa's farmers (he was thwarted by a rain that fell steadily for three days). His method was to seek out farmers and ask questions, prefacing them with the explanation: "Folks, my objective in coming here is not to talk but to listen."
Goodbye & Hello. As the confident candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1956, Adlai Stevenson bears little resemblance to the beaten candidate of 1952, who, when asked if he would run again, replied wanly: "Examine that man's head!" Mused Stevenson last week:
"It seemed wholly improbable to me that one could be nominated twice for the presidency. It seems rather strange that I am about to ..." He caught himself, hesitated, and finished: ". . . that I'm a possible nominee even this time."
For two years after 1952, Stevenson traveled (including a five-month world tour), made scores of speeches to pay off the Democrats' $560,000 deficit. In December 1954 he said goodbye ("Now I must devote more time to my own concerns") to nearly all political activity, returned to Chicago to open his law office.
But the presidential virus is not that easy to shake off; within six months Stevenson was again making speeches, and in July 1955 he confided to Harry Truman that he had ideas about running again. Truman had reasons for coolness toward Stevenson; e.g., he had heard how, in the heat of the 1952 campaign, Stevenson had said that someone ought to enact a "gag rule" to stop Harry's give-'em-hell campaigning. But Truman choked down his personal feelings, urged Stevenson to make the sort of fight that would return the Democrats to the White House in 1956. Truman's specific advice: come out swinging with a 1955 Labor Day announcement of candidacy. Stevenson insisted that he wanted to consult first with his sons, then seek out the opinions of Democratic leaders across the U.S. The process required months—and Harry Truman was not pleased that his advice was spurned.
By lining up party approval before he made his announcement, Stevenson hoped to win the nomination virtually uncontested. He made plans to work with Democratic congressional leaders toward a legislative program he could point to in the campaign against the Republicans. He had bright dreams of leading a completely united party into the national campaign. Then along came Estes Kefauver—and Stevenson's plans went into the scrap heap. To meet Kefauver's challenge, Stevenson unhappily entered his name in a few carefully selected primaries.
"Now He's a Politician." His first primary was almost his last: the stunning Minnesota loss to Kefauver nearly finished Stevenson as a serious contender. But he inched back to the top of the Democratic heap by way of primary victories in Alaska, the District of Columbia, Oregon, Florida, and—finally—a crowning triumph (by 450,000 votes) in crucial California.
Adlai Stevenson learned a lot about politics during those hard weeks. Always uneasy when speaking without a highly polished, typewritten text in front of him, he learned to talk with roughhewn notes —and in so doing, he freshened his delivery. With considerable effort (often demonstrated by an embarrassed or embarrassing quip) he perfected a folksy, handshaking, stunt-performing style of campaigning.
In many other ways, Stevenson became far more willing to face the facts of political life. Explains his original political sponsor, former Chicago Boss Jack Arvey: "In 1952 he went to the American Legion convention and pointed out their faults. He did the same with labor. He thought he had to do this as a part of his integrity. He'd never do it again. Now he's a politician."
Most important of all, Adlai Stevenson came to trust in professional political managers instead of in the amateurs who surrounded him in 1952. And his newfound faith in professionals has become the key to Stevenson's drive for the 1956 Democratic nomination.
A Job for Professionals. With the prestige he won in California, Stevenson again became the Democrat to beat. His campaign entered an entirely new phase. No longer was it necessary for Stevenson himself to get out and persuade California clam diggers and Florida grapefruit growers that he deserved the nomination. The job was to convince delegates that their political futures rested on backing a winner, i.e., Stevenson. That job was turned over to Stevenson's smoothly professional campaign manager, James Finnegan, 55, a leader of Philadelphia's potent Democratic organization.
At Stevenson headquarters in the heart of Chicago's Loop, Jim Finnegan directs a staff that includes high-level volunteers and 18 paid employees. At his right hand is white-maned Hyman Raskin. 47, law partner of former Democratic National Chairman Steve Mitchell. Finnegan is generally responsible for gathering delegates east of Chicago, while Raskin works on those to the west. They employ no crunching tactics, rely heavily on their knowledge of the best approach to individual delegates. That knowledge comes from the 4-by-6-in. index cards on which John Sharon, a young Washington lawyer, has recorded vital statistics: what each delegate has done at past Democratic conventions, what he has said or pledged for this year, the policies he is for and the policies he is against, who has talked to him about his attitude and vote—whether Adlai Stevenson himself has written, called or seen him.
P.A.Q. Without H.S.T. The ascendancy of Finnegan and Raskin in the current phase of campaign operations leaves little for Stevenson to do except stay out of politically compromising situations. Stevenson's occasional excursions outside Illinois are kept deliberately innocuous, as in last week's Iowa tour and in his trip late last month to New York, where he discussed campaign finances with Real-Estate Broker Roger Stevens, checked with his friend, CBSman Edward R. Murrow, about television ideas for use this fall. Most of Stevenson's time since the California primary has been spent on his 72-acre farm at Libertyville, on Chicago's northwest suburban edge, pitching hay, receiving visitors, and reading.
His reading is devoted almost exclusively to papers prepared by his research staff on the issues he hopes to argue with Republicans after he has won the Democratic nomination. To prepare Stevenson for the fall campaign, staff researchers in Chicago have compiled material filling 16 triple-drawer filing cases. One of the fattest sections is labeled "Ike—P.A.Q." —for Policies, Actions, Quotations. At the researchers' fingertips are the speeches of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adlai Ewing Stevenson. Conspicuously missing: the speeches of Harry Truman.
Angry With Ave. As the candidate whose strategy aims at avoiding personal, name-calling, party-splitting feuds with other Democrats, Stevenson has one particularly trying problem: to hide from the public his feeling toward Averell Harriman. That feeling goes deep.
Since Harriman said, after his election as New York's governor in 1954, that he would support Stevenson for President, Adlai feels that Ave has no right to be in the race at all. Specifically, Stevenson thinks that both Harriman and Kefauver entered the contest only because they thought that Dwight Eisenhower's heart attack enhanced Democratic chances for November. "I had almost universal encouragement," frets Stevenson, recalling how he touched bases with Democratic leaders before announcing his own candidacy. "That is, until after Eisenhower's heart attack. Harriman rushed out almost within the week and said he was no longer supporting Stevenson. Kefauver was not far behind."
Stevenson is pained by the Harriman forces' argument that 1952 was a sad Democratic showing, and that Adlai would do no better this time. There are two sides to the argument about Stevenson's 1952 showing. Next only to Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 and Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, he received more votes than any presidential candidate in history —winner or loser. This statistic, however, is tempered by the fact that the burgeoning U.S. population almost inevitably results in larger popular votes in each succeeding election. The key statistic on the other side of the argument: with the single exception of Al Smith in 1928, Stevenson got a smaller percentage (17%) of the electoral vote than any other Democratic candidate in this century.
While they quietly advance the negative side of the 1952 argument, Harriman's supporters are also advancing experience as an issue: "After all, Harriman was a high official of the U.S. Government when Stevenson was a minor bureaucrat."
The Harriman Strategy. To win in Chicago, Harriman must exploit the splits in the Democratic Party: between himself and Stevenson, between conservatives and liberals, between the North and the South. In particular, he sees the civil-rights issue as the key to his nomination.
Harriman's theory involves these premises : the North and South are so far apart on civil rights that no candidate can straddle the issue. Stevenson has tried, and won grudging support from the South (which considers him, as one observer puts it, the "least worst"). Therefore, Stevenson is the candidate of the South-and that candidate cannot be acceptable to the Northern conscience, if properly aroused. Therefore, the North must find another candidate. Who's the man? Averell Harriman.
When the resolutions committee goes to work on the Democratic platform in Chicago a week before the convention, the New York members aim to touch off a roaring fight on civil rights. Stevenson backers will seek a civil-rights plank that offends nobody; the Harriman forces will try for a plank that will blast all hopes of North-South agreement on anything—including a candidate. They expect help from such enthusiastic civil-righters as Michigan's Governor "Soapy" Williams and the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s Walter Reuther.
It makes little difference to the Harriman people whether they prevail on the committee. If they lose, they will send to the convention floor a blazing minority report. That, they hope, will rip the convention apart, leave Stevenson stuck with the South and give Harriman the North— which has more delegate votes.
Although the real Harriman thunderbolts will not come until convention time, Harriman meanwhile is missing no chances to collect delegates through organizational strength. Top men in the Harriman camp are Tammany Hall Boss Carmine De Sapio, who digs in the delegate-rich fields of the East; Sam Rosenman, onetime Roosevelt and Truman speechwriter, who serves as idea man and adviser without portfolio, and onetime (1939-42) New York Post Publisher George Backer, who runs Averell Harriman's Manhattan campaign headquarters.
Unlike Adlai, Averell has not turned himself over to his managers. He is emphatically his own boss, makes his own decisions, and often goes against the wishes of his top advisers. Example: the managers wanted him to announce his active candidacy on the June 10 Meet the Press television show. He agreed, then changed his mind. Telling only a few members of his personal staff, and then only two hours ahead of time, he tossed his grey fedora into the ring on June 9 at the convention of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers.
"Hold on to Your Hat." Last week, especially in search of restive Kefauver delegates, Harriman was in Iowa, North Dakota and Minnesota (where he attended a Montevideo fiesta honoring Uruguay's Montevideo). From Minneapolis he flew back to Manhattan to keep a breakfast date with the man he considers most important to his future: returned European Traveler Harry Truman.
Senior Democrat Truman has not—and may never—come out in public support of Harriman against Stevenson. But he leaves little doubt where he stands, and he is a tough behind-the-scenes operator. Walking with Truman along Madison Avenue, Harriman took off his hat, displayed it as the one he had thrown into the ring. Advised Truman: "Keep it. It's going to be valuable."
Throughout Truman's stay, Harriman supporters marched in and out of his Carlyle Hotel suite. No working Stevenson backer came to call. Sam Rosenman had breakfast with Harriman and Truman, escorted Truman to a meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations, closed out the day with Harry and Bess Truman at "21." When New York Post Publisher Dorothy Schiff (George Backer's exwife) asked Truman about Stevenson's chances, she got a meaningful reply. Reported Publisher Schiff: "Mr. Truman pointed out that a once-defeated presidential candidate has never won in American history except in the strange case of Grover Cleveland." And above all else, Harry Truman wants a Democrat to win the White House in 1956.
The Cold Mathematics. Averell Harriman can gain much from Truman's attitude. He can keep on throwing missiles at Stevenson, from beans to harpoons. He can perfect his plans for blowing up the civil-rights issue. But all this may well be too little and too late, for Harriman is still confronted by the cold mathematics of the delegate count as the convention draws close. That count, including first-ballot votes pledged and indicated (see box), shows:
Stevenson 432½
Kefauver 195½
Harriman 140½
Lyndon Johnson 89
Stuart Symington 60½
Favorite Sons 266
On the Fence 188
Needed to Nominate 686½
Confronted by Stevenson's big lead, Averell Harriman and his forces know that, to win, they must shake the party awake and set it to hollering. Adlai Stevenson and his supporters think they can keep it still and quiet until the decisive ballot. The care and feeding of the Baby, between now and the first roll call, may well be the decisive factor in Chicago.
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With little more than a month to go before the national convention, the Democratic Baby last week was uncommonly quiet and still. Party leaders nibbled cucumber sandwiches in Illinois, collected chigger bites in Iowa, stood at attention for the Uruguayan national anthem in Montevideo (Minn.), smiled at each other across a table in Manhattan's "21." At national committee headquarters, staff members were calmly looking beyond the convention, planning to conduct the fall campaign with the help of Madison Avenue's Norman, Craig & Kummel, Inc., the advertising agency that made the Maidenform bra a symbol of the American Dream. Even in South Carolina, where the civil-rights issue is seething, Democratic delegates caucused, tut-tutted talk of a third party, voted to seek their objectives "within the framework" of the Democratic Party.
Beneath this calm surface, the Democratic situation of 1956 has the ingredients for as much hollering and noise as the party has ever heard before. There is the basic split between moderates and radicals on economic and social policy. The fuse burns short on the civil-rights issue. And personal bitterness grows between,, the two leading candidates for the nomination: Adlai Ewing Stevenson of Illinois and William Averell Harriman of New York. The key question as the convention approaches: Will the quiet be broken?
Coddling & Joggling. In the preconvention campaign, Adlai Stevenson has taken a big lead with his moderate, brothers-in-arms appeal to party unity. It is his clear strategy to coddle the Democratic Baby. He wants no wounded feelings or angry yowling. He hopes to lie low in the last weeks before the convention while his managers clinch his nomination with a starkly simple piece of advice to uncommitted delegates: "Jump onto the bandwagon while there are still choice seats."
As the man who must arouse more interest in his candidacy, Harriman follows an equally clear strategic plan: joggle the Baby. His crucial moment will come when the Democratic resolutions committee meets in Chicago Aug. 6 to hammer out a party platform. His main effort is aimed at using civil rights as an explosive issue to blow the roof off convention hall—and the nomination out of Stevenson's hands.
Last week Candidate Stevenson was playing to the hilt his role of leading candidate, party peacemaker and (with all outward confidence) the certain nominee. He traveled to Bloomington, Ill. (his old home town) for a cucumber-sandwich garden party and a Fourth of July picnic.
Acting as though he had not a Democratic foe in the world, he threw all his darts at Republicans, declared that the Eisenhower Administration is "stalled in the middle of the road," that "our prosperity is as spotted as a coach dog," and that "evidence is mounting that we are losing the cold war while neutralism is on the rise through much of the world."
After the picnic Stevenson entrained for Iowa with the air of a man who really had nothing much to do. Accompanied by 25-year-old Adlai Stevenson Jr., he informed no Iowa politicians of his coming. (Said one baffled county chairman: "I just happened to hear it on the radio.") His mission was to collect farm facts for the fall presidential campaign, observe the effects of drought on Iowa's farmers (he was thwarted by a rain that fell steadily for three days). His method was to seek out farmers and ask questions, prefacing them with the explanation: "Folks, my objective in coming here is not to talk but to listen."
Goodbye & Hello. As the confident candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1956, Adlai Stevenson bears little resemblance to the beaten candidate of 1952, who, when asked if he would run again, replied wanly: "Examine that man's head!" Mused Stevenson last week:
"It seemed wholly improbable to me that one could be nominated twice for the presidency. It seems rather strange that I am about to ..." He caught himself, hesitated, and finished: ". . . that I'm a possible nominee even this time."
For two years after 1952, Stevenson traveled (including a five-month world tour), made scores of speeches to pay off the Democrats' $560,000 deficit. In December 1954 he said goodbye ("Now I must devote more time to my own concerns") to nearly all political activity, returned to Chicago to open his law office.
But the presidential virus is not that easy to shake off; within six months Stevenson was again making speeches, and in July 1955 he confided to Harry Truman that he had ideas about running again. Truman had reasons for coolness toward Stevenson; e.g., he had heard how, in the heat of the 1952 campaign, Stevenson had said that someone ought to enact a "gag rule" to stop Harry's give-'em-hell campaigning. But Truman choked down his personal feelings, urged Stevenson to make the sort of fight that would return the Democrats to the White House in 1956. Truman's specific advice: come out swinging with a 1955 Labor Day announcement of candidacy. Stevenson insisted that he wanted to consult first with his sons, then seek out the opinions of Democratic leaders across the U.S. The process required months—and Harry Truman was not pleased that his advice was spurned.
By lining up party approval before he made his announcement, Stevenson hoped to win the nomination virtually uncontested. He made plans to work with Democratic congressional leaders toward a legislative program he could point to in the campaign against the Republicans. He had bright dreams of leading a completely united party into the national campaign. Then along came Estes Kefauver—and Stevenson's plans went into the scrap heap. To meet Kefauver's challenge, Stevenson unhappily entered his name in a few carefully selected primaries.
"Now He's a Politician." His first primary was almost his last: the stunning Minnesota loss to Kefauver nearly finished Stevenson as a serious contender. But he inched back to the top of the Democratic heap by way of primary victories in Alaska, the District of Columbia, Oregon, Florida, and—finally—a crowning triumph (by 450,000 votes) in crucial California.
Adlai Stevenson learned a lot about politics during those hard weeks. Always uneasy when speaking without a highly polished, typewritten text in front of him, he learned to talk with roughhewn notes —and in so doing, he freshened his delivery. With considerable effort (often demonstrated by an embarrassed or embarrassing quip) he perfected a folksy, handshaking, stunt-performing style of campaigning.
In many other ways, Stevenson became far more willing to face the facts of political life. Explains his original political sponsor, former Chicago Boss Jack Arvey: "In 1952 he went to the American Legion convention and pointed out their faults. He did the same with labor. He thought he had to do this as a part of his integrity. He'd never do it again. Now he's a politician."
Most important of all, Adlai Stevenson came to trust in professional political managers instead of in the amateurs who surrounded him in 1952. And his newfound faith in professionals has become the key to Stevenson's drive for the 1956 Democratic nomination.
A Job for Professionals. With the prestige he won in California, Stevenson again became the Democrat to beat. His campaign entered an entirely new phase. No longer was it necessary for Stevenson himself to get out and persuade California clam diggers and Florida grapefruit growers that he deserved the nomination. The job was to convince delegates that their political futures rested on backing a winner, i.e., Stevenson. That job was turned over to Stevenson's smoothly professional campaign manager, James Finnegan, 55, a leader of Philadelphia's potent Democratic organization.
At Stevenson headquarters in the heart of Chicago's Loop, Jim Finnegan directs a staff that includes high-level volunteers and 18 paid employees. At his right hand is white-maned Hyman Raskin. 47, law partner of former Democratic National Chairman Steve Mitchell. Finnegan is generally responsible for gathering delegates east of Chicago, while Raskin works on those to the west. They employ no crunching tactics, rely heavily on their knowledge of the best approach to individual delegates. That knowledge comes from the 4-by-6-in. index cards on which John Sharon, a young Washington lawyer, has recorded vital statistics: what each delegate has done at past Democratic conventions, what he has said or pledged for this year, the policies he is for and the policies he is against, who has talked to him about his attitude and vote—whether Adlai Stevenson himself has written, called or seen him.
P.A.Q. Without H.S.T. The ascendancy of Finnegan and Raskin in the current phase of campaign operations leaves little for Stevenson to do except stay out of politically compromising situations. Stevenson's occasional excursions outside Illinois are kept deliberately innocuous, as in last week's Iowa tour and in his trip late last month to New York, where he discussed campaign finances with Real-Estate Broker Roger Stevens, checked with his friend, CBSman Edward R. Murrow, about television ideas for use this fall. Most of Stevenson's time since the California primary has been spent on his 72-acre farm at Libertyville, on Chicago's northwest suburban edge, pitching hay, receiving visitors, and reading.
His reading is devoted almost exclusively to papers prepared by his research staff on the issues he hopes to argue with Republicans after he has won the Democratic nomination. To prepare Stevenson for the fall campaign, staff researchers in Chicago have compiled material filling 16 triple-drawer filing cases. One of the fattest sections is labeled "Ike—P.A.Q." —for Policies, Actions, Quotations. At the researchers' fingertips are the speeches of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adlai Ewing Stevenson. Conspicuously missing: the speeches of Harry Truman.
Angry With Ave. As the candidate whose strategy aims at avoiding personal, name-calling, party-splitting feuds with other Democrats, Stevenson has one particularly trying problem: to hide from the public his feeling toward Averell Harriman. That feeling goes deep.
Since Harriman said, after his election as New York's governor in 1954, that he would support Stevenson for President, Adlai feels that Ave has no right to be in the race at all. Specifically, Stevenson thinks that both Harriman and Kefauver entered the contest only because they thought that Dwight Eisenhower's heart attack enhanced Democratic chances for November. "I had almost universal encouragement," frets Stevenson, recalling how he touched bases with Democratic leaders before announcing his own candidacy. "That is, until after Eisenhower's heart attack. Harriman rushed out almost within the week and said he was no longer supporting Stevenson. Kefauver was not far behind."
Stevenson is pained by the Harriman forces' argument that 1952 was a sad Democratic showing, and that Adlai would do no better this time. There are two sides to the argument about Stevenson's 1952 showing. Next only to Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 and Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, he received more votes than any presidential candidate in history —winner or loser. This statistic, however, is tempered by the fact that the burgeoning U.S. population almost inevitably results in larger popular votes in each succeeding election. The key statistic on the other side of the argument: with the single exception of Al Smith in 1928, Stevenson got a smaller percentage (17%) of the electoral vote than any other Democratic candidate in this century.
While they quietly advance the negative side of the 1952 argument, Harriman's supporters are also advancing experience as an issue: "After all, Harriman was a high official of the U.S. Government when Stevenson was a minor bureaucrat."
The Harriman Strategy. To win in Chicago, Harriman must exploit the splits in the Democratic Party: between himself and Stevenson, between conservatives and liberals, between the North and the South. In particular, he sees the civil-rights issue as the key to his nomination.
Harriman's theory involves these premises : the North and South are so far apart on civil rights that no candidate can straddle the issue. Stevenson has tried, and won grudging support from the South (which considers him, as one observer puts it, the "least worst"). Therefore, Stevenson is the candidate of the South-and that candidate cannot be acceptable to the Northern conscience, if properly aroused. Therefore, the North must find another candidate. Who's the man? Averell Harriman.
When the resolutions committee goes to work on the Democratic platform in Chicago a week before the convention, the New York members aim to touch off a roaring fight on civil rights. Stevenson backers will seek a civil-rights plank that offends nobody; the Harriman forces will try for a plank that will blast all hopes of North-South agreement on anything—including a candidate. They expect help from such enthusiastic civil-righters as Michigan's Governor "Soapy" Williams and the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s Walter Reuther.
It makes little difference to the Harriman people whether they prevail on the committee. If they lose, they will send to the convention floor a blazing minority report. That, they hope, will rip the convention apart, leave Stevenson stuck with the South and give Harriman the North— which has more delegate votes.
Although the real Harriman thunderbolts will not come until convention time, Harriman meanwhile is missing no chances to collect delegates through organizational strength. Top men in the Harriman camp are Tammany Hall Boss Carmine De Sapio, who digs in the delegate-rich fields of the East; Sam Rosenman, onetime Roosevelt and Truman speechwriter, who serves as idea man and adviser without portfolio, and onetime (1939-42) New York Post Publisher George Backer, who runs Averell Harriman's Manhattan campaign headquarters.
Unlike Adlai, Averell has not turned himself over to his managers. He is emphatically his own boss, makes his own decisions, and often goes against the wishes of his top advisers. Example: the managers wanted him to announce his active candidacy on the June 10 Meet the Press television show. He agreed, then changed his mind. Telling only a few members of his personal staff, and then only two hours ahead of time, he tossed his grey fedora into the ring on June 9 at the convention of the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers.
"Hold on to Your Hat." Last week, especially in search of restive Kefauver delegates, Harriman was in Iowa, North Dakota and Minnesota (where he attended a Montevideo fiesta honoring Uruguay's Montevideo). From Minneapolis he flew back to Manhattan to keep a breakfast date with the man he considers most important to his future: returned European Traveler Harry Truman.
Senior Democrat Truman has not—and may never—come out in public support of Harriman against Stevenson. But he leaves little doubt where he stands, and he is a tough behind-the-scenes operator. Walking with Truman along Madison Avenue, Harriman took off his hat, displayed it as the one he had thrown into the ring. Advised Truman: "Keep it. It's going to be valuable."
Throughout Truman's stay, Harriman supporters marched in and out of his Carlyle Hotel suite. No working Stevenson backer came to call. Sam Rosenman had breakfast with Harriman and Truman, escorted Truman to a meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations, closed out the day with Harry and Bess Truman at "21." When New York Post Publisher Dorothy Schiff (George Backer's exwife) asked Truman about Stevenson's chances, she got a meaningful reply. Reported Publisher Schiff: "Mr. Truman pointed out that a once-defeated presidential candidate has never won in American history except in the strange case of Grover Cleveland." And above all else, Harry Truman wants a Democrat to win the White House in 1956.
The Cold Mathematics. Averell Harriman can gain much from Truman's attitude. He can keep on throwing missiles at Stevenson, from beans to harpoons. He can perfect his plans for blowing up the civil-rights issue. But all this may well be too little and too late, for Harriman is still confronted by the cold mathematics of the delegate count as the convention draws close. That count, including first-ballot votes pledged and indicated (see box), shows:
Stevenson 432½
Kefauver 195½
Harriman 140½
Lyndon Johnson 89
Stuart Symington 60½
Favorite Sons 266
On the Fence 188
Needed to Nominate 686½
Confronted by Stevenson's big lead, Averell Harriman and his forces know that, to win, they must shake the party awake and set it to hollering. Adlai Stevenson and his supporters think they can keep it still and quiet until the decisive ballot. The care and feeding of the Baby, between now and the first roll call, may well be the decisive factor in Chicago.
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Thursday, November 13, 2014
From caps to Mardi Gras beads, NFL Shop has the whole shebang
It's
an impressive display: rock-ribbed, muscle-bound mannequins in NFL game
jerseys, looking like they couldn't pass Roger Goodell's urine test.
There is one for each team -- Drew Brees representing the New Orleans
Saints, Justin Tuck standing tall for the New York Giants, Champ Bailey
-- apparently recovered from his divisional-round playoff stumble -- in
his Denver Broncos garb, and so on.
Uh,
wait, is that Darrelle Revis in a New York Jets jersey? Well, for the
time being, anyway. But if he is traded, who would be Plan B for Gang
Green?
Tim
Tebow? He probably has watched his last down in a Jets jersey. Mark
Sanchez? Is there a market for the jersey of a quarterback whose
completion percentage looks like Dwight Howard's free throw success
rate?
Nevertheless,
the plastic players are here to greet fans as they come to the NFL Shop
to load up on Super Bowl XLVII souvenirs at the New Orleans Convention
Center.
If
you want one of those jerseys, they're $150, with a player's name or
your name on the back. Kent Haffner, director of embroidery operations,
will show fans how to use the touch screen to customize the shirts. Pick
a team. Pick a size. Type your name and see how it looks.
There
are 30,000 square feet of everything NFL: mugs ($14.99), shot glasses
($9.99), T-shirts ($28 and up), hats ($30) and more. And that's not a
life-size Russell Wilson action figure, that's a Seattle Seahawks garden
gnome ($24.99).
A
hat with the logos of the Super Bowl teams costs $34 -- or $44 with a
silver Lombardi Trophy stitched on the side. An official NFL game ball
is $179.99. A game program is $20. Mardi Gras beads with your favorite
team's logo are $28 -- not that fans of the 30 other teams have any
reason to party.
If
you want your toddler to grow up to be like Joe Flacco, buy the $95
kiddie jersey with Flacco's name on the back. But you'll probably need
the kid to get a free ride to Delaware, like Flacco, because the college
fund might be sparse.
And
if you long for yesteryear, there's an Archie Manning throwback Saints
jersey for $275, which is more than Morten Andersen's ($250) or Rickey
Jackson's ($200). You want to be Archie, but you've had a few too many
po' boys? No sweat -- the jersey comes in XXXL.
"We
have everything an NFL fan could want," Haffner said Sunday as he
surveyed the racks and shelves and waited for the crowds to arrive.
We wondered what a Revis was worth.
"One hundred fifty dollars," Haffner said.
No, we meant in draft picks.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Diamonds Are for Men
At
London's Royal Stock Exchange bar, patrons sparkle with gold bracelets,
diamond earrings and platinum necklaces. And it's not only the women. In
Britain, as in the United States, men's pieces now account for more
than 10 percent of jewelry sales, and are one of the fastest-growing
sectors for fine jewelry.
Why?
The '90s casual look gave way to a brief revival of the corporate suit,
which is now adding a hint of glam. Socially, bling on the necks of
working-class men has made male jewelry sufficiently macho, and the rise
of metrosexual chic has made it OK for executives. Says Mary Brittain,
editor of Jewelry magazine, "Expensive, sophisticated and subtle is in.
We're a post-bling generation now."
Last
year, Cartier, Georg Jensen and Garrard launched full lines of men's
jewelry, with platinum rings and gold sword necklaces. Names like Gucci
and Prada are offering chic takes on old staples: cuff links and tie
clips. Next month Dolce & Gabbana launches a "military-inspired"
jewelry line with 24-karat-gold dog tags. In March, Vivienne Westwood
started selling single diamond earrings for men.
The
typical customers are sartorially conservative, high-ranking executives
older than 40. "The younger men can't pull off jewelry with the
requisite confidence," says Harrod's merchandise manager Peter Nyhan.
Barneys New York now carries 10 men's jewelry designers, up from zero
two years ago, and top men's buyer Tom Kalendrian sees signs that this
trend is here to stay: "This is not a gift business," he says. "The men
are shopping themselves."
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By Emily Vencat Flynn
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Understanding Your Beauty Tools
Understanding Your Beauty Tools
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Carole_Sowe]Carole Sowe
Before you begin doing makeup on yourself, you need to know the right tools. With good tools, you can control the amount of colour you want, blend the colours and correct minor mistakes. Even the finest cosmetics will look streaky when applied with poor applicators.
Do try to buy only natural hair brushes. Natural hair is gentle to your face, lasts longer, maintains its shape and allows you to control the application. The weight of natural hair also gives a brush the best balance. Pony, goat, sable, camel and squirrel hairs are the most commonly used in brushes.
Below is couple of makeup brushes that you should be aware of;
Eyeliner Brush
Thin thin, fine tipped brush is used wet to apply cake eyeliner or to turn your eyeshadow into an eyeliner. Select a brush made of sable so it is resilient, not too soft, and holds its point. If you have blemishes, you can buy a second brush and use it to dot cover stick on the problem spots for extra coverage after foundation has been applied.
Eyeshadow Sponge
An eyeshadow sponge will apply shadow more heavily than the brush, so it is best for applying light to medium colours or any shadows where you want more coverage. A clean sponge is also great for blending stubborn edges, erasing mistakes or for smudging eyeliner to soften its effect. Eye sponges
are not expensive, so you will want to have several. Be sure the applicator is made of cosmetic grade sponge which is smooth to the touch. If the sponge looks very porous or is scratchy, do not buy it.
Eyeshadow Brush
This fluff brush is a miniature version of your blusher brush. The same shape and hair, it will give you a light application of eyeshadow, and is especially good for dark colours where you do not want too much. You will also use it for blending.
Blusher Brush
The blusher brush is one of your most important beauty tools. Smaller than the powder brush but similar in shape and composition, it is used to apply and blend your blusher. This brush ideally should contain some sable, as sable has enough body to help 'move' the blusher where you want it on your cheek. Correct placement of your blusher is vital, so please do not skimp on the quality of your blusher brush.
Powder Brush
This is the largest brush in your collection, it is used to fluff on loose or pressed powder. It should be slightly rounded in shape and very full. Select soft hair such as pony, squirrel, goat or a combination.
In addition to these brushes, there are several other tools you will need from the chemist.
Cosmetic sponge, cotton wool balls or pads, cotton wool buds, tissues. Now you have everything you need to become your own makeup artist
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By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Carole_Sowe]Carole Sowe
Before you begin doing makeup on yourself, you need to know the right tools. With good tools, you can control the amount of colour you want, blend the colours and correct minor mistakes. Even the finest cosmetics will look streaky when applied with poor applicators.
Do try to buy only natural hair brushes. Natural hair is gentle to your face, lasts longer, maintains its shape and allows you to control the application. The weight of natural hair also gives a brush the best balance. Pony, goat, sable, camel and squirrel hairs are the most commonly used in brushes.
Below is couple of makeup brushes that you should be aware of;
Eyeliner Brush
Thin thin, fine tipped brush is used wet to apply cake eyeliner or to turn your eyeshadow into an eyeliner. Select a brush made of sable so it is resilient, not too soft, and holds its point. If you have blemishes, you can buy a second brush and use it to dot cover stick on the problem spots for extra coverage after foundation has been applied.
Eyeshadow Sponge
An eyeshadow sponge will apply shadow more heavily than the brush, so it is best for applying light to medium colours or any shadows where you want more coverage. A clean sponge is also great for blending stubborn edges, erasing mistakes or for smudging eyeliner to soften its effect. Eye sponges
are not expensive, so you will want to have several. Be sure the applicator is made of cosmetic grade sponge which is smooth to the touch. If the sponge looks very porous or is scratchy, do not buy it.
Eyeshadow Brush
This fluff brush is a miniature version of your blusher brush. The same shape and hair, it will give you a light application of eyeshadow, and is especially good for dark colours where you do not want too much. You will also use it for blending.
Blusher Brush
The blusher brush is one of your most important beauty tools. Smaller than the powder brush but similar in shape and composition, it is used to apply and blend your blusher. This brush ideally should contain some sable, as sable has enough body to help 'move' the blusher where you want it on your cheek. Correct placement of your blusher is vital, so please do not skimp on the quality of your blusher brush.
Powder Brush
This is the largest brush in your collection, it is used to fluff on loose or pressed powder. It should be slightly rounded in shape and very full. Select soft hair such as pony, squirrel, goat or a combination.
In addition to these brushes, there are several other tools you will need from the chemist.
Cosmetic sponge, cotton wool balls or pads, cotton wool buds, tissues. Now you have everything you need to become your own makeup artist
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
Big Reasons to Use an Organic Natural Body Care Product
5 Big Reasons to Use an Organic Natural Body Care Product
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jason_P._Michaels]Jason P. Michaels
Wondering if organic natural body care products work as well as they say they do? We have the power and technology to produce complex chemicals and synthetic ingredients - why don't we use them? This article will provide you with 5 reasons to use an organic natural body care product.
Reason #1. Organic natural body care products only contain all-natural ingredients. All-natural ingredients, without a doubt, are the best ingredients you can use on your skin.
Reason #2. You will not suffer from harmful side effects caused by chemicals and toxins found in non-organic products. Many types of non-organic skin care products contain parabens, alcohols, fragrances, and mineral oils that irritate your skin and can lead to serious health issues. An organic natural body care product with all natural ingredients will only produce negative side effects for you if you are allergic to any of the natural ingredients used.
Reason #3. The ingredients found in an organic natural body care product work in synergy with your skin and it's cells. The human body always reacts well with natural ingredients. Natural ingredients and remidies have been used since the beginning of time to keep healthy. It only makes sense to continue to use organic ingredients, while simultaneously benefiting from present-day technology to further use these ingredients.
Reason #4. Natural ingredients produce natural results. In the long-run, taking care of your body naturally with an organic natural body care product will insure long-term health. It's the chemicals, toxins, and carcinogens that pose a threat to your health.
Reason #5. You'll simply get faster and better results! It's been proven in clinical trials that natural skin care ingredients produce better and faster results that synthetic or non-organic products.
In order to assure you get yourself a reliable and effective organic natural body care product, you should look for at least 3 major things. The first is an ingredient that stimulates collagen and elastin production inside your skin. Collagen and elastin break down after you turn 25 years old and is what keeps your skin firm and elastic.
The second is powerful antioxidants that defend your body and skin against damaging free radicals. Free radicals is the main cause of collagen damage, and it's what ultimately causes wrinkles, fine lines, and other aging sign to form.
The third thing to look for is an ingredient that inhibits the activity of hyaluronidase, an enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid. Your body needs hyaluronic acid because it acts as the "glue" that binds collagen and elastin fibers together.
It also doesn't hurt to look for an organic natural body care product that contains plenty of moisturizers to hydrate the skin, essential oils to replenish your natural oils lost throughout the day, emollients to soften and sooth the skin, and vitamins and minerals.
In conclusion, it's really a no-brainer to go with an organic natural body care product. Natural ingredients are continually proven to work better with your skin and body. And by avoiding harmful chemicals, toxins, carcinogens, and synthetic ingredients, you are providing yourself with more years to enjoy life.
To learn more about powerful anti aging ingredients and ingredients you should avoid in any skin care products, I invite you to visit my informative website at http://www.skin-and-health-site.com
Jason Michaels is a long time user and passionate admirer of all natural skin care products. Visit his site now and discover the latest and greatest organic natural body care product he recommends after conducting extensive research of anti-aging ingredients.
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By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jason_P._Michaels]Jason P. Michaels
Wondering if organic natural body care products work as well as they say they do? We have the power and technology to produce complex chemicals and synthetic ingredients - why don't we use them? This article will provide you with 5 reasons to use an organic natural body care product.
Reason #1. Organic natural body care products only contain all-natural ingredients. All-natural ingredients, without a doubt, are the best ingredients you can use on your skin.
Reason #2. You will not suffer from harmful side effects caused by chemicals and toxins found in non-organic products. Many types of non-organic skin care products contain parabens, alcohols, fragrances, and mineral oils that irritate your skin and can lead to serious health issues. An organic natural body care product with all natural ingredients will only produce negative side effects for you if you are allergic to any of the natural ingredients used.
Reason #3. The ingredients found in an organic natural body care product work in synergy with your skin and it's cells. The human body always reacts well with natural ingredients. Natural ingredients and remidies have been used since the beginning of time to keep healthy. It only makes sense to continue to use organic ingredients, while simultaneously benefiting from present-day technology to further use these ingredients.
Reason #4. Natural ingredients produce natural results. In the long-run, taking care of your body naturally with an organic natural body care product will insure long-term health. It's the chemicals, toxins, and carcinogens that pose a threat to your health.
Reason #5. You'll simply get faster and better results! It's been proven in clinical trials that natural skin care ingredients produce better and faster results that synthetic or non-organic products.
In order to assure you get yourself a reliable and effective organic natural body care product, you should look for at least 3 major things. The first is an ingredient that stimulates collagen and elastin production inside your skin. Collagen and elastin break down after you turn 25 years old and is what keeps your skin firm and elastic.
The second is powerful antioxidants that defend your body and skin against damaging free radicals. Free radicals is the main cause of collagen damage, and it's what ultimately causes wrinkles, fine lines, and other aging sign to form.
The third thing to look for is an ingredient that inhibits the activity of hyaluronidase, an enzyme that breaks down hyaluronic acid. Your body needs hyaluronic acid because it acts as the "glue" that binds collagen and elastin fibers together.
It also doesn't hurt to look for an organic natural body care product that contains plenty of moisturizers to hydrate the skin, essential oils to replenish your natural oils lost throughout the day, emollients to soften and sooth the skin, and vitamins and minerals.
In conclusion, it's really a no-brainer to go with an organic natural body care product. Natural ingredients are continually proven to work better with your skin and body. And by avoiding harmful chemicals, toxins, carcinogens, and synthetic ingredients, you are providing yourself with more years to enjoy life.
To learn more about powerful anti aging ingredients and ingredients you should avoid in any skin care products, I invite you to visit my informative website at http://www.skin-and-health-site.com
Jason Michaels is a long time user and passionate admirer of all natural skin care products. Visit his site now and discover the latest and greatest organic natural body care product he recommends after conducting extensive research of anti-aging ingredients.
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Friday, November 7, 2014
Get Healthy Skin By Listening to These Great Suggestions
Get Healthy Skin By Listening to These Great Suggestions
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Andrew_N_Wasyluk]Andrew N Wasyluk
A considerable amount of time and cash can be wasted trying to come across the correct skin care solutions that will provide you the glowing, young skin that absolutely everyone wants to have. If you can skip the step of getting products and solutions that do not work, you will be able to acquire the glow a great deal faster.
When trying to have the utmost attractive skin possible, attempt to eliminate the amount of stress in your daily life. Anxiety can add to acne breakouts, wrinkles, and other skin difficulties. If you can't stay clear of the tension, at minimum just take time to relax and help mitigate it. Routines such as meditation can benefit you in this way.
Avoid touching your face unnecessarily. If you pay close attention, you will notice that you place your fingers to your face quite consistently throughout the day. This spreads microbes and oils from nearly anything you touch onto your face. Wash your hands and face normally to clean off these kinds of oils and try your best to avoid this terrible habit.
Never sleep with make-up as this will damage your skin. Your body and skin will need time to rejuvenate and restore from the day. If you sleep donning makeup, the skin can not breathe and rejuvenate by itself. It normally takes just a matter of moments to fully clear away any leftover makeup.
Pick out recyclable and recycled packaging for your skin care products. With the amount of skin care lotions and potions out there, far too many packing containers end up in landfills. Search for companies with strong recycling procedures in place. It is no good to purchase organic and natural skin care products in bottles that cannot be easily recycled.
Employ a makeup sponge to apply your sunscreen. This will guarantee an even distribution to the lotion and continue to keep you from having to contact the lotion. Making use of a sponge to put on sun-screen is worthwhile for the reason that it will keep the lotion off of your fingers and allow you to spread it evenly.
Many people today employ oil-blotting sheets from the pharmacy to absorb extra oil from the face all through the day. If you happen to run out and have to have a beauty fix in a hurry, tear off a piece of a new paper liner from the restroom. This paper has the identical absorbent attributes as oil-blotting sheets you get hold of from the store.
People who have been heavy drinkers typically seem substantially older than they really are. This is simply because liquor leads to premature aging, as well as lessening the quantity of blood flow in your face. This lack of circulation leads to dull, faded skin and fine lines and wrinkles. The less frequently you drink, the more radiant and youthful your skin will look.
This article was prepared to help you get the glowing, younger complexion that every person wants without the need of having to check out a bunch of failed products. Consider the material that you have read through here and apply it to your everyday beauty regiment, and you will love the appearance of your skin quickly.
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By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Andrew_N_Wasyluk]Andrew N Wasyluk
A considerable amount of time and cash can be wasted trying to come across the correct skin care solutions that will provide you the glowing, young skin that absolutely everyone wants to have. If you can skip the step of getting products and solutions that do not work, you will be able to acquire the glow a great deal faster.
When trying to have the utmost attractive skin possible, attempt to eliminate the amount of stress in your daily life. Anxiety can add to acne breakouts, wrinkles, and other skin difficulties. If you can't stay clear of the tension, at minimum just take time to relax and help mitigate it. Routines such as meditation can benefit you in this way.
Avoid touching your face unnecessarily. If you pay close attention, you will notice that you place your fingers to your face quite consistently throughout the day. This spreads microbes and oils from nearly anything you touch onto your face. Wash your hands and face normally to clean off these kinds of oils and try your best to avoid this terrible habit.
Never sleep with make-up as this will damage your skin. Your body and skin will need time to rejuvenate and restore from the day. If you sleep donning makeup, the skin can not breathe and rejuvenate by itself. It normally takes just a matter of moments to fully clear away any leftover makeup.
Pick out recyclable and recycled packaging for your skin care products. With the amount of skin care lotions and potions out there, far too many packing containers end up in landfills. Search for companies with strong recycling procedures in place. It is no good to purchase organic and natural skin care products in bottles that cannot be easily recycled.
Employ a makeup sponge to apply your sunscreen. This will guarantee an even distribution to the lotion and continue to keep you from having to contact the lotion. Making use of a sponge to put on sun-screen is worthwhile for the reason that it will keep the lotion off of your fingers and allow you to spread it evenly.
Many people today employ oil-blotting sheets from the pharmacy to absorb extra oil from the face all through the day. If you happen to run out and have to have a beauty fix in a hurry, tear off a piece of a new paper liner from the restroom. This paper has the identical absorbent attributes as oil-blotting sheets you get hold of from the store.
People who have been heavy drinkers typically seem substantially older than they really are. This is simply because liquor leads to premature aging, as well as lessening the quantity of blood flow in your face. This lack of circulation leads to dull, faded skin and fine lines and wrinkles. The less frequently you drink, the more radiant and youthful your skin will look.
This article was prepared to help you get the glowing, younger complexion that every person wants without the need of having to check out a bunch of failed products. Consider the material that you have read through here and apply it to your everyday beauty regiment, and you will love the appearance of your skin quickly.
A fresh product on the market that has been clinically tested to combat the signs and symptoms of getting old is Nerium AD. There is a lot of Nerium AD information on the net, and it is easy to locate out where to buy NeriumAD online.. This product has been proven in clinical trials to show the lessened appearance of fine lines and wrinkles by up to 42%, and with a 30 day money back assurance, you have absolutely nothing to lose.
Get the skin you always wanted and check out more [http://blog.bemagnificent.net/]NeriumAD information at the Be Magnificent! Blog and you can find information on [http://www.bemagnificent.net]where to buy Nerium AD here.
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