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C. A. Hargreaves is the mother of two adventures boys, she works form her home office in Whangarei, New Zealand. She is the author of "A Simple Guide to Skincare", soon to be released A Simple Guide to Makeup and fiction booklet "Fairy Alliance".

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Business > Entrepreneurship Why a business plan is essential to success: 1 of 21

Why a business plan is essential to your business success? Without a plan for your business you have no direction. A business plan will focus your actions in regards to your business. You will know where your business is currently and you will know where your business is heading. You will set business goals and action plans....
Style & Beauty > Body Image Summer beauty: Overcoming body image issues: 12 of 63

It is possible to have a summer that is stress-free in regards to your body image. First step feel good about your self. Second step dress to suit your own skin and body. Step three look after yourself. Combine all of these ingredients and what do you have? Someone who is comfortable with themselves and isn't stressing the s...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Magical fantasy: 24 of 116

Faerie Alliance: Chapter 5 Leaf Jumper groggily awoke to darkness; something was restricting his left wrist. Then the pain hit him. His wings felt like they were in shreds. His whole body ached. He felt weaker than he had ever felt before. But for the life of him he couldn't remember what had happened. Slowly he began to see...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Stress: 2 of 9

Putting out the rubbish! Moon Flyer was furious with Leaf Jumper; he was being an impossible male. How could anyone be so pigheaded and stubborn, and all things annoying? All he had to do was put out the rubbish. Just once. Was that to much to ask? Well of course it was! "Grr! Males!" she muttered to herself. She began to pa...
Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss Tips for grieving death of parents: 4 of 12

Greif takes it toll on all of us and we all suffer it at one time or another. For some of us it takes years to get over the loss. The grief will always be there but over time, it becomes manageable, and life finally starts to move on again, slowly but surely. Baby steps, slowly life starts to look brighter, and you can final...
Style & Beauty > Body Care How to reduce and combat body odor: 5 of 14

How do you reduce and combat body odor? Well you will first need to understand what causes body odor. The body odor that most people find unpleasant comes about when air is unable to flow freely over your skin because you are wearing clothing (which is essential in everyday life)! Due to this the moisture becomes trapped and...
Business > Entrepreneurship Why in the world do I want go into business for myself?: 3 of 7

Why in the world do I want to go into business for myself? Well it has many rewards, and it has many challenges. But if you get through the challenges you get to the rewards. For me I want to be in business for myself, because it gives me the opportunity to create a lifestyle for me and my boys. When the business can support...
Style & Beauty > Makeup Makeup tips: The tools you need for easy application: 13 of 26

Get confused about what tool to use when you do your make up, this guide should help clarify this for you. Below you will find a list of the tools that you will need to do your makeup. Never fear you do not need to spend $20 on a brush when you can go to a craft or art shop and get your brush for a fraction of that. Over tim...
Business > Entrepreneurship Ten things to consider before starting your business: 6 of 12

Before starting a business there will be certain considerations to take into account, below you will find ten of these considerations. 1 The type of business you will be starting! What type of business would you be starting up? Is it a start from scratch or is it a franchise? Or will you be taking over and already establishe...
Style & Beauty > Face Care Step-by-step at home facials: 1 of 2

Ideally it is a good idea to give yourself a DIY facial once a week, but for a lot of people this is not feasible time wise; so aim for at least once a month. Look at it this way: you are giving yourself permission once a month to pamper yourself. To just chill out for half and hour to an hour to just relax. For this routine...