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Warren-Tricomi salon have created a revolutionary new line of hairbrushes. Their combined thirty years of salon experience determined that the single most important tool for styling is the brush. A quality hairbrush is crucial to the maintenance of healthy hair. The actual act of "brushing" cleans the hair and stimulates the flow of blood from the scalp to the roots. From basic brushing to blow-drying, the brush you choose is integral to the hair's condition. Warren-Tricomi takes special care to select the finest components and best natural bristle combinations to ensure peak performance. The key to a great brush is the tension it creates when it grips the hair. With this being said, the shape and design of each brush creates the pro...  (less)

oils to soothe and moisturize soothes and calms skin while shaving contains topical anesthetic for a slight numbing sensation acts as a skin freshener vitamin e acetate for antioxidant and emollient properties  (less)

recipes, for everything from bath salts and facial masks to tub infusions and hair rinses, all made using easy-to-find ingredients from your kitchen cupboard. Attached to the book is a complete personal home spa kit, including a facial loofah, a nail brush, a pumice stone, and vials of fragrant essential oils. The book clearly explains exactly how to use everything you get. With its "if you feel good, you look good" philosophy, The Natural Beauty Book is an ideal title for tweens on up. Step-by-step directions - for treatments like the natural manicure, complete facial the "I've-had-such-a-day" foot massage - make it simple to treat yourself or share with friends. For ages 10+ Includes: Terry Head Band Tangerine and Lavender Essential Oil F...  (less)

American Booksellers Association, offers striking illustrations in black and white and color of its lessons on the practice and philosophy of sumi-e. Readers are encouraged to learn about the bamboo-handled brushes and ink sticks, experiment with simple naturalistic forms, and explore the history and spiritual foundation of an art form which this book makes accessible to Westerners for the first time./divDIVbiKay Morrisey Thompson/b/istudied at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston and the Art Students' League in New York. Her professional experience includes work withiGlamour/IandiWoman's Day/ias assistant art director and freelance artwork foriGood Housekeeping, McCall's,/iandiThe New York Times Magazine./iShe accompanied her husband, an officer in the United States Coast Guard, on a three-year assignment to Japan, where she began her study with Ukai Uchiyama./div  (less)

and matte board. The style and technique of each painting conforms to the centuries old conventions of Chinese brush painting. Both were painted in the early to mid 1970s in the Sichuan region of China. Though painted by different artist, each follows well established customs of brush and ink art. The scenery is a highly crafted display of natural beauty including flowers with birds or insects. Pairing the rooted stationary flowers with the free roaming birds or flying insects demonstrates a balance of yin and yang energies. The concepts of balance and harmony are mainstays of eastern Philosophy, from Feng Shui to Zen to Buddhism and are closely reflected in Asian arts.  (less)