Problem: Article: Wash your face with your regular soap or cleanser before applying any makeup. Makeup will stay on a clean face longer. This will also help remove any sweat that's already stuck to your face. Liquid foundations hold up much better under the heat than powder varieties. In addition to opting for a liquid foundation, look for a sheer and light brand. This will minimize sweat and keep your makeup intact longer.  Consider a matte finish, as matte tends to reduce shine. Look for liquid foundations labeled as "long lasting," as these may stay on easier during the summer months.
Summary: Start with clean skin. Choose a liquid foundation.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Although birth control pills cannot help to control the pain of any cyst(s) that are currently present on your ovaries, the pills can serve to prevent any new cysts from forming. As such, doctors advise patients with ovarian cyst(s) to begin hormonal birth control pills as a method to prevent the problem from getting any worse than it currently is.  You can receive a prescription for birth control pills from your family doctor. The pills are taken once a day for three weeks, followed by one week off (or one week of "sugar pills"). This cycle repeats monthly. The hormones in the birth control pills replace the hormones that are normally produced by your ovaries. The ovaries then temporarily "shut down" hormone production while you are on the pill, and this greatly reduces the risk of any new cysts forming. If you have breast cancer, uterine cancer, or another cancer that is "fed" by estrogen, you will be advised not to take hormonal birth control pills. If you are a current smoker and older than 35 years old, you will also be advised against taking the pills due to a heightened risk of developing blood clots. Similarly, if you have another bleeding disorders (such as a hereditary bleeding disorder), you should not take the pill due to the risk of blood clots.  Your doctor will go over your medical history with you to determine the safety of taking hormonal birth control pills. For the majority of people, it is completely safe to take the pills. Taking birth control pills will reduce the chance of developing new cysts in the future. In addition, it can reduce your chances of developing ovarian cancer. In fact, the longer you take birth control pills, the more your risk is reduced.

SUMMARY: Take birth control pills to prevent the formation of new cysts. Ensure that you do not have any medical conditions that prevent you from taking birth control pills. Continue taking birth control as a prophylactic measure.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Start by reading glossaries of southern "colloquialisms," or vocabulary. Learning more about your own speaking habits will help you to recognize when you’re slipping into a a more "southern" speech pattern. Then, use vocabulary-building books to find more neutral alternatives to replace these local colloquialisms..  Start a vocabulary journal to help you learn and remember the new words. Focusing on the new words will force you out of your accent comfort zone, and will go even further to help you present a more educated and professional image For example, minimize the use of "ain't" and "y'all, replacing them with "am not" and "you" or "you all," respectively. Additionally, say "preparing to" instead of "fixin’ to." Some grammatical constructions not only seem quaintly southern, they’re also incorrect or confusing to non-southerners. Use concise and concrete language to provide directions or descriptions.  For example, don’t use an extra pronouns in instructions: "Go get you a stapler from the supply room,” emphasizes a regional dialect, while “Go get a stapler from the supply room" is straightforward and correct. Avoid double-prepositions like stating that an object is "Up under" something. Instead, just use the preposition “under.” Southerners tend to speak more slowly than Northerners, so picking up your pace a bit can offset the impression of a drawling speech style.   "Clip" or shorten your vowels. The vowel “i” often gets drawn out in southern speech styles, which is called "glide deletion," so when saying the pronoun “I,” for instance, pronounce with the sharper “ai” rather than the softer “ah.”  You can try to speak with your mouth in more of a circular shape to achieve the effect of rounding out your vowels instead of flattening them. Try it with the word “wine,” so that you’re saying “waiyn” and not “waihn” Place the accent on the second syllable of words such as cement and umbrella. For example, the word “cement” should be pronounced  “suh-MENT” and not “SEE-ment” Leaving out letters sounds less professional, and also indicates a regional accent, and so gives a less polished impression. For instance, pronounce the “r” in  “library,” to avoid saying “liberry.” Other examples are the “y” in “crayon” and the second “a” in “caramel;” Without those letters, they sound like “crown” and “carmel.”  Include the final /ng/ sound at the ends of verbs and gerunds, such as “walking,” so that you say “Are you walking to the park?” instead of “Are you walkin’ to the park?” Be sure to include both words in short phrases like “going to” and “want to,” and avoid saying “gonna” and “wanna.” Some are specifically designed to help you reduce your southern accent, such as Say Goodbye to Your Southern Accent, a book and CD set. These texts provide information and practice exercises to help you to change your speech patterns through exposure to neutral dialects and repetition exercises. You may feel nervous about practicing in public at first, so try a repetition method that will allow you to become more comfortable. Try listening to national radio new broadcasts and repeating the sentences back while you drive to work or run errands, or while working around the house.  Consider recording yourself repeating the words or reading some text. You can then listen to yourself and make notes about problem areas. You can then try the whole process again until you feel confident that you’ve modified your southern accent to a more neutral one. Watch yourself in a mirror so that you can monitor your mouth shape as you speak. Find a friend with a more neutral American accent and ask him or her for help. Plan to meet them in a comfortable place where you can talk about a variety of topics, like a coffee shop or on a shopping trip, and explain your plan to practice speaking with less of an accent.  Decide, with your friend, how you will practice. You might ask your friend if he or she notices any words that seem particularly accented, and you can practice repeating those words back to your friend in a more neutral accent. You might also simply have a conversation, as usual, with your friend will occasionally stopping you to point out accented speech or southern colloquialisms. You can then discuss and try new ways of saying the same things. Trying out your new standard American dialect on strangers might feel awkward to you, but it’s a powerful way to practice in real-life situations. Try speaking to baristas in coffee shops, servers in restaurants, store clerks, and flight attendants, since you may not see these particular service personnel again and you can avoid later embarrassment if you feel uncomfortable.
Summary:
Develop a large vocabulary. Work on your grammar and sentence structure. Pronounce your vowels and consonants more clearly and quickly. Pronounce the consonants and vowels in the middle of words. Read a book about accent modification. Practice imitating your new accent in private. Practice your new accent with a friend. Practice using your new accent with strangers.