Great Father’s Day gift option

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With Father’s Day fast approaching, many consumers may be unsure of a great gift for dad that encompasses that idyllic marriage of function, leisure, and affordability. One way to achieve this in a practical way is through apparel. There are few dads that don’t appreciate or garner utility from a new garment, such as jeans or tie for the office.

Shoppers looking to take a detour from convention may find that there are some intriguing options from reputable brands available in the spring line of mens polo shirts found in some local retailers, as well as through some online sites and vendors. These polos, when purchased online, provide the buyer with an expansive selection of sizes, styles, and fabrics to suit any preferences while also allowing the shopper the added convenience of having these purchases sent directly to their door.

Some buyers may want to add a bit of personal flair to their gifts through customized embroidery or other personalized touches which might be offered through some additional online sites. The quality of men’s shirts found from reputable brands, including Peter Millar and others, are the perfect foundation for clever embroidery, motifs, and silk-screening that might be found from some respected venues.

Whether Dad enjoys golf on the weekend or dressing to fit a casual Friday work environment, a new polo is an exemplary gift for the coming season. Consider some unique colors or appealing details to give the shirt the little extra something that will make dad feel particularly special.

uBEAT – Should Have Treated You Better

With all the sites I’ve got. This site, Istarblog.com, is the one I most liked and near to my hearth.lol Because the site talks about entertainment, lifestyle, personal matter and fashion at the same time. In short, it is well rounded site that means too. It can probably suits in any blog categories that can brings a bunch of opportunities on my way online. That’s why I cant really let this site go though there’s really a times ( hard times) of thinking off to let the domain expired and forget about it at all. But all of the sudden fate wont allow it to happen..haha That’s why I am still here blogging whatsoever I’d like to tackle whether it is related to kpop to my personal product reviews, doesnt matter.. as long my readers reads it and got still the inspiration to do this so.. lol Okay! enough for being emo..ahah and Let’s talk about the new subgroup kpop that I recently found over YouTube which the uBEAT.

uBEAT is actually from the kpop group U-Kiss, Yes! their were an subgroup. And I know most of you knew the group already so please bear with me then as I tells any inappropriate info about them because this was actually my first time to heard about them as I found their video ” uBEAT – Should Have Treated You Better”  over youtube which is really worth to share that’s why I included them up here. Other than that, nothing else where I know. hahah Sorry! but will try to post up more about  them soon as I got this time then to dig up youtube for some of their live performances. So – meantime, just check their video on top for you to see on how great these guys are..

New Balance 2014 “Summer Solution” Collection

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As the first day of the month comes, I see to it that I can update most of my sites for the archives matter but most of the time I fail to do so due with some stuff that I needed to do offline also for some related works here in online. But moreover, my blogs got updated at least once or twice a month which I think isn’t that bad right.. haha Yeah! that’s how lazy I am today not unlike before where I usually blogging almost everyday just to build up my blog readerships especially on this site, Istarblog.com.

Anyway, let me then share to you these new in shoes designs of the brand “New Balance” Which called ” New Balance 2014 “Summer Solution” Collection” You can see all the new kicks up to the photo. And I think, new balance shoes are the one most practical to have because their type of shoes are can be wear off in any different styling. Yes! you heard it right, you can wear new balance shoes with your casual wears as well on your light formal wears. It can either fits well on your daily wears and of course most probably on your sports wears. Yeah! that’s how awesome these new balance shoes are, it’s better yet to invest a shoes from them than to the other brand of shoes out there, for my opinion..

Regarding on the availability of these shoes here. Sorry to say that.. I haven’t got any further details yet in hand as of now. But sure thing! I’ll update you all once I got to know the details for it. I suggesting you as well to often check new balance main website for you to update yourself on what’s new in them today. Okay that will be all for now. Thank you so much!

Technology Trends to expect in 2014

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Technology has always been interested topic to think about, but it is even more interesting now, when the technology has a big influence in our lives. There are many things going on in the world and it is very hard to follow technology today since it is developing very fast. Here is a list of trends we can expect in this year:

1. More and more ads. There number of advertisements is expected to increase. It is the best way to sell your product or service. Of course this is about internet ads and not the ones we see off-internet.

2. 4K content. 4K HDTV offer screen resolution approximately four times better than your standard 1080p and what is surprising is that their price is not that expensive! This will be one of the best things that happened to the TV industry ever, even better than the 3D. People will sell their TVs and replace them with new 4K HDTV. Well, of course those who could afford to do so.

3. Smart home technology. Nest and Lockitron are companies that include technology in our homes. It is expected that many other companies will follow them which will lead into an “explosion” of smart home technology.

4. Bigger games. Well, the gaming industry is something that is expecting to be much more popular this year with bigger games.

Boys to Men, or Men to Boys? —Skincare Tips for Looking Young, Fresh, and Healthy

It’s easy to jump out of the shower, throw on some clothes and head quickly out of the door. For many guys, this is the standard “getting ready” routine. However, this rushed regimen can wreak havoc on your body’s largest organ: your skin. Just like your hair needs a regular cut and your nails need periodic trimming, your skin needs some attention, too. Here are some tips for keeping your skin looking fresh and healthy:

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Daily Cleanse

Skip the bar of soap and hot water mix, and instead cleanse your face with a good quality facial scrub every morning. A lot of guys just try to keep it simple, hence the bar of soap, but the combined effect of hot water and soap can dry out your skin, which only serves to increase the wrinkles and age you. Not good!

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Use a Daily Moisturizer

Once your face is nice and clean, apply a daily moisturizer. Ideally, pick one with sun protection factor (SPF) so that not only do you moisturize your skin well but you’ll also protect it from the harsh rays of the sun. Moisturizing every day will help you feel fresher and look younger, and give you softer skin. There are many moisturizers for men out there on the market, so test a few and you’ll quickly see which one is right for you.

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Invest in a Quality Razor

Shaving, a daily event for many men, can leave your skin tight, dry, and, if you’re not using the right equipment, irritated. With the right tools, however, you can lessen the effect. Invest in a good quality razor and you won’t be disappointed. Choose one that suits the condition of your skin and beard, be it sensitive or extremely coarse, and avoid cheap, drugstore razors at all costs. Splash some warm water on your face — maybe even squeeze in a quick facial scrub too — to open up those pores, then apply a moisturizing shaving gel before you get started.

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Drink Water

You’ve heard it so many times before but it really is true. Drinking a healthy amount of water will keep your body, and your skin, well hydrated and looking its best. Winter weather and temperatures go in particularly hard on the skin, as spending more time in the heated, indoor air can cause your skin to lose moisture. Dehydrated skin can look wrinkly and dry, so make sure you find time for those eight glasses of water a day.

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Eat Right

Finally, a healthy diet can also help improve the quality of your skin. Make sure your diet includes the recommended five fruits and vegetables each day. Fruits and veggies are high in antioxidants that will help protect your skin from damage. Carrots, sweet potatoes, kale, spinach and foods high in vitamin C — namely kiwis, blueberries, and papaya—are especially high in these powerful antioxidants so pack them into your meals whenever possible. Then watch how your skin thanks you later on!

 

With the right products and approach you can whip your skin into a fitter, healthier-looking protective layer in no time at all. You’ll look good but feel great! It all starts with a face scrub!

 

 Image by gerlos, used under Creative Commons license.

 

We Can’t Stop – Miley Cyrus (Boyce Avenue feat. Bea Miller cover)

One of the reason why I cant be able to update this site often was this acting hosting server which leads me for transferring the site, istarblog.com, into other hosting account I have. Now, I guess the site is running better than before, right? what do you think guys? it this site loads fast on your end? lemme know please for me to fix the glitch as early as now and to avoid any big troubles I might get soon. Anyway. let’s talk about this video I’ve been stumbled recently which my fave band Boyce Avenue doing an cover of an Miley Cyrus piece entitled ”  We Can’t Stop ” together with the very sweet and talented young lady here named Bea Miller. Actually, I’ve heard a few about Bea Miller but am not totally aware on how she does sings. My goodness, she is really good and I simply liked her range of voice too, so angelic on the ear. Now, I am looking forward to hear more about of these guys and hopefully they’d often do this where they collab for an cover and stuff related. Yes! a fan here waiving his hands.. ahah

What do you think guys about their cover? give them an thumbs up over youtube for us to see more cover from these guys in the future. I hope to, they can have a concert or mini performance stage here where I resides for me to see on how awesome these guys are.. Cant wait.. LOL.. Okay, I think I need to stop taking now and doing some fan boy-ing acts haha by the way, soonest I’ll be having my own youtube channel and I hope you can check it out too beside this site as it’s available soon. I’ll let you know then when would  it be available to see..LOL Thanks so much, peace out ya’ll..

How to choose the travel destination?

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If you have extra money and some free days, then you should travel somewhere and relax. But are you wondering where to go? Well if you are, then this article will help you chose the perfect destination for you. How to do that? Follow the next steps.

1. Make sure how much money you can afford to spend. You need this information before you do anything, that’s why It is the first step.

2. Eliminate the places you don’t like, places you don’t like to visit.

3. Make a list of all the places you want to visit. It doesn’t matter if it is your first time or you’re going there for second time. Just write all the places you want to visit.

4. Check the travel agencies around for the prices for all those places you want to visit and update your list.

5. Check which of those travel destinations you can afford and for how long. Remove those you can’t afford.

6. Make your own value of those you can afford. Check which of those that you can afford are worth paying that much money for and which are not. You should remove those that you think are too expensive.

7. Now you have a short list of probably few travel destinations. Now it is up to you to choose which one you will visit.

Learning Ikebana

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Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I cannot help but be reminded of beautiful flowers during this time. Not all of us are fond of flowers, but personally, seeing them in the garden, living room, and bedroom always gives me that calming effect. Not only are they nice to look at, but more importantly, they are an essential part of nature – feeding birds, insects, animals, and humans. Furthermore, they help in a plant’s reproduction by attracting outside pollinators and supply natural medicines. They have become such a deep-rooted part of our daily lives and a fundamental part of our landscape.

Admittedly, I know very little about flowers, much less arranging them. I know the names of the popular and common ones but I am quite ignorant when it comes to flower arrangement. I see florists preparing them and it looks easy but since I am no expert, it probably is not and takes a lot of skill. I am interested though in Ikebana or the Japanese art of formal flower arrangement, also known as kado or the “way of flowers”. I see pictures and notice how delicate and exquisite these arrangements look. It emphasizes form, balance, and harmony. Although it is a creative expression, there are rules determining its form and the meaning of each arrangement are seen through the color combinations, graceful lines, and natural shapes.

The book Japanese Ikebana For Every Season by Rie Imai and Yuji Ueno gives us more information about Ikebana and makes it more accessible to everyone. A lot of us may think that it is hard but this book makes it all look so uncomplicated. It presents 53 simple yet elegant flower arrangements that even someone who has not done any arranging can do anytime, anywhere. The flowers are arranged in simple containers to adorn your surroundings or to be given away as gifts for special occasions like Mother’s Day, birthdays, and wedding anniversaries.

This book presents and explains in detail some simple principles such as the idea of seeing old things with new eyes and also offers a few very easy methods of flower stabilization and how to support flowers and plants inside a vase or any container. Using any kind of flower, you can make beautiful Ikebana in just a short time. Choosing the flowers and the containers that you can see around you and showing how to turn them into special arrangements are carefully and thoroughly explained. Furthermore, the book presents many styles that make the reader use his creativity rather than imitate traditional and highly technical Ikebana design concepts. Probably the best thing about having this book is knowing that all these elegant Japanese flower arrangements do not have to cost so much.

A Worthwhile Read: Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins

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I like browsing through the pages of Good Housekeeping because I get a lot of home decorating ideas and it keeps me abreast on what is happening in the world of interior design. If you do not want to spend too much money then instead of hiring an interior decorator just flip through the pages of magazines to get inspiration and in the process know the latest trends when it comes to what looks good in a home. But more than contemporary design, I have always been fascinated with old fashioned homes decorated with oriental rugs. Their beautiful and intricate designs and colors make a house, no matter how small or big it is, look so elegant.

A lot of people consider them as pieces of art. They are rugs that were made in the Orient or in Asia namely China, Vietnam, Nepal, Pakistan, Turkey, Cyprus, Iran, India, Egypt, and Morocco. They were brought to the West during the Crusades and are organized by origin such as Arabian rugs, Persian rugs, Central Asian rugs, Chinese rugs, Indian rugs etc. They can last for decades because of their high quality. Antique oriental rugs have been in demand for years. Some even display them as wall decors. Since there are so many different designs and sizes, finding one that will complement your home’s motif might be challenging. It is probably a good idea to start your home decor with the oriental rug first then pick the rest of the furnishing to suit the oriental rug.

If you want to know more about oriental rugs, then Peter F. Stone’s book Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins is a great reference. It contains over 1,000 vivid drawings and pictures of different types, designs, and sizes of oriental rugs. The book gives ample information about rugs being a part of art history and how tribal weavings, particularly oriental rugs, make us more knowledgeable about some traditions that were not given much attention before. Examples of which are the weavings of southwest Persia, Baluchistan and Kurdistan.

This book likewise gives information about oriental rugs that have not been previously written. It provides straightforward and exact definitions for the rug and fabric terms used in each country where it is made. The book also touches on museum-quality rug traditions and the modern ways of manufacturing or producing them as well as on the rich hand-knotting and hand-weaving traditions of the Near East and Central Asia and some examples of Scandinavian and Native American weavings. This brief but comprehensive book is a must-have for beginners, serious collectors, scholars, and dealers. It is easy to read and any rug afficionado can read this to expand their knowledge of textiles.

Vogue Hommes International Fall Winter 2013-14 by Jeff Burton

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Vogue Hommes international is a French popular magazine. In its features collections of Fall-Winter 2013-14, French model clement chebernoud is photographed by Jeff Burton. The fashion editorial which features various high quality collections includes clothes with a mixture of luxury fabric and which are styled by fashion.

In these collections are very high quality vogue branded clothes. They stock very high quality woolen suites made from very smooth woolen fabric. One example is the black one-button hole suit. It comes with a black polo neck sweater to match and high quality black strapped shoes. It comes in many styles and colors and looks very formal, smart and stylish. In their collection is also a long three-button hole jacket long to the knee. It is made of high quality smooth woolen fabric and comes with a red scarf to match. It also matches well with a dark blue trouser and brown shoes.

Another high quality clothing in their collection is a grey woolen two-button hole suit. It is made to measure with a blue shirt and a woolen overcoat to match. The suit is casual but looks elegant. They also have many other high quality clothes such as jackets and woolen sweaters in different styles both rounded and v-shaped neck. They also stock high quality shoes, socks, trousers, belts, shirts, and various Calvin Klein collections.