Q: It’s best to avoid washing larger garments, like sweaters or leggings in a washing machine. However, smaller Merino products, like hats, socks, or mittens, will be able to hold their shape better. Prevent any potential damage from your Merino wool bleeding by washing it with similarly colored garments, such as darks, brights, or lights. It’s also a good idea to wash it with clothing of similar weights or harder fabrics, like canvas or denim, for the sake of minimizing the pilling of the wool fibers. To be completely safe, consider washing your Merino wool by itself. Keeping it separate from other laundry will preserve it and your other garments for longer. To help keep your Merino wool from pilling or getting fuzzy on the outside, wash it inside-out. Merino wool necessitates a very gentle soap that will minimize bleeding or fiber-damage. Wash it with a shampoo or soap that’s especially formulated for wool or with a mild detergent that is free from bleach and fabric softeners. You want to select a gentle, delicate, or knit cycle so that the rotation of the machine will not damage the wool fibers or shape of your garment. Note: if you cannot control the speed and/or temperature of your washing machine, stick to washing your Merino wool by hand. You want to wash your Merino wool at a consistent warm, low, or cold temperature. Warm (about 30 degrees C or 85 degrees F) is the usually the best bet, but be sure to check the care instructions of your garment’s tag to ensure you have the right temperature guidelines for your particular product.  Never change temperatures for your rinse cycle. To avoid shrinkage and felting, you need to keep the temperature of your entire wash cycle constant. Either do all warm water or all cold water, never a mix of the two. Never use hot water since high temperatures can seriously shrink your wool. As soon as the washing cycle is complete, take your Merino wool out of the machine and dry it according to the care instructions. Leaving it wet in a pile of other laundry will stretch and misshape the fibers.
A: Wash smaller garments in the washing machine. Wash with like colors and fabrics. Turn garments inside-out. Use a wool-specific washing liquid. Pick the right cycle. Set the right temperature. Remove from the machine immediately.

Q: The skin around your eyes is much thinner and more sensitive than the skin anywhere else on your body, and as such, it needs to be treated with extra care.  Eye creams are designed specifically for this type of skin and should be the only product (other than eye makeup) that is applied to this area. Always apply your eye cream using your middle or ring finger on your dominant hand.  The reason for this is that this finger is used the least and will be the most gentle. If your eye cream comes in a pump bottle, you'll need to pump a small amount of the cream onto the finger you're going to use, and add more as needed.  If you're eye cream comes in a tub-like container, you can simply dip your finger into that container as needed. After you've blended your eye cream into your skin, wait 1-2 minutes before applying any eye makeup.  This is especially important if you use any liquid types of eye makeup, as it may run if your skin is too damp. It is especially important to remove all your eye makeup at the end of the day, before you wash your face before bed.
A: Use only eye cream around your eyes. Apply eye cream only with your finger. Allow the eye cream to dry before applying makeup.

Q: Regardless of your financial goal, saving will be a central component. Whether your objective is to purchase a house, retire early, or pay for a child's education, saving will be the key means by which you accomplish the goal.  Refer to your budget for this. Look at your monthly expenses, and find areas of non-essential spending that can be cut. For example, if you eat out three times a month, or buy lunch at work everyday, focus on eating out once a month, or bringing a lunch to work. Look at your budget and decide what is a "want" and what is a "need". Look to the "wants" area for savings. Similarly, look at what you consider "needs", and ask yourself if they are truly needs. For example, your cell-phone may be a need, but you may not need a 3GB data plan, and instead can get by on 1GB. Begin by opening insured account at a reputable bank. Experts recommend the method of “paying yourself first,” which means that each pay period, you commit to setting a certain amount aside for savings as part of your budget.You can make an arrangement with many banks to automatically withdraw a set amount of money from your paycheck for this purpose.  Save an amount that you are comfortable with, given your needs and expenses. The amount you save can increase (or decrease) as time goes on. The important thing is to save something, even if it is just a small amount. Saving ten percent of your income is a good place to begin, but saving anything is better than nothing.  Saving even a small amount in an interest-earning account (checking, savings, CD, etc.) will be beneficial because of the power of compounding. This means that the interest your money (principle) earns becomes added to the principle in time, which then earns more interest, and so on—causing the overall value of the account to grow.  Practice makes perfect. By saving a set amount each month, or "paying yourself first", it will become automatic and you will learn to live without the saved money as if it wasn't there to begin with. View the saved money as an essential expense, just like rent or mortgage payments. Experts recommend setting aside enough money to cover your needs for at least three months as an emergency fund in case of job loss, major illness, etc. Keep these funds in an insured bank account so they will be both protected and easily available when you need them. You can also protect yourself against financial problems by being properly insured. If you have questions about homeowner’s/renters, health, life, unemployment, disability, or car insurance, talk to your relevant agent. If there are government- or employer-based savings incentives available (such as for education or retirement), consider taking advantage of them. If your government or employer is able to contribute to these savings plans or offer other kinds of benefits (such as tax relief), it may help you get closer to your financial goals. In the United States, for example, you may have access to a 401(k) retirement account through your employer, who may also match a certain amount of your contributions and increase the value of the account. Similarly, anyone can open an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), which can have tax benefits.
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Find savings. Learn to make saving a habit. Build an emergency fund. Take advantage of any special savings benefits.