Back pockets are one of jeans’ most useful secret weapons – you can use them to make your behind look fuller or leaner, depending on your personal preferences and body type.  If you want to make your bottom look smaller, avoid back pockets with a flap, or details like buttons, studs or embroidery. Look for jeans with oversized pockets – they’ll make your butt look small by comparison. If you want to make your backside look larger, seek out jeans with lots of embellishments on the back pockets. You can also look for pockets that are high and centered. Heels might not be the most comfortable shoes, but there’s a reason women continue to suffer through wearing them. Heels elongate your bottom half and make your legs look long and lean.  Walking in heels also requires that you work your calf, thigh and glute muscles, which also makes you look more toned. Pair your heels with a pair of denim flares for an elegant 70’s throwback. Cropped jeans make your legs look shorter, so always wear them with heels. Your inseam is the length of a pair of pants from your crotch to the bottom of your legs. If your inseam is too long, your pants won't fit correctly. You can measure your inseam at home by taking a pair of pants that fit you well and measuring from the bottom of the zipper to the hem of the pants.  If you find a pair of pants that fits well everywhere but the inseam, take them to a tailor to have them hemmed. If you plan to wear these jeans with heels, bring the heels to the tailor too. The yoke is a seam on your jeans that falls below the waistband but above the rear pockets. Look for a yoke that is located near the top of your butt, a few inches below the small of your back.  To make your butt look rounder, look for a yoke that arcs upwards. Deep-V yokes and straight seam yokes will make your butt look flatter than it actually is.
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One-sentence summary -- Use pockets to flatter your behind. Wear heels. Choose the right inseam. Pay attention to the yoke of your jeans.


Although some people in the gay culture may put on a certain voice or a way of speaking, your friend talking in a similar or "effeminate" way is still not a very good way to judge. Some guys are simply soft-spoken or have naturally feminine ways of speaking. For example, he may simply be shy or grew up around someone who talked in a similar way. What a guy enjoys is also not a very good way to judge if he is gay or not. Everyone can enjoy different things; just like a woman might enjoy watching football, guys can also enjoy things that are more commonly associated with women or the gay community. Examples of activities he can like and still be straight as an arrow: figure skating, dance, and theater. The movies he watches and the music he listens to are also not fair methods to gauge if he is straight or gayer than Elton John and George Takei put together. You'll have to look for other indicators than his mp3 collection. Examples of media that he can like and still be straight: Lady Gaga, musicals, and chic flicks. There's the stereotype that if a guy is a good dresser or if he spends a bunch of time on his hair,he's definitely gay. However, guys getting more invested in how they look is pretty common these days, making this a terrible way to judge. Similarly, you shouldn't assume that just because he's super macho and wouldn't know the right end of the comb to use, he's definitely straight. Sometimes you might assume that just because a guy only hangs out with girls or just because his best friend also seems gay, then he might also be gay. These are not fair indicators, though. Different people look for different things in friendships and he probably just feels better around the friends that he has.
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One-sentence summary -- Don't judge based on feminine voice or way of talking. Don't judge based on the kinds of things he likes to do. Don't judge based on the kinds of media he likes. Don't judge based on how he looks, dresses, or grooms himself. Do not judge based on who he hangs out with.


There are a lot of home remedies that can reduce the look of your cystic acne scars. But, just because something claims to be natural doesn't mean it's safe. Read up on the ingredients involved in remedies and avoid ingredients that you're sensitive or allergic to. If you're thinking about buying an over-the-counter home treatment for scar removal, research the product first. If you have darker cystic acne scars, the vitamin C in lemon juice can improve wound healing. Use a cotton ball or cotton swab soaked in lemon juice and apply it directly to your scar. If you have sensitive skin, then dilute the juice with water or with a non-comedogenic oil, such as argan oil. Let the juice air dry before rinsing your skin with warm water. Repeat this once a day. Do not expose your skin to the sun while you have lemon juice on it. The lemon juice makes your skin more sensitive to the sun. Cystic scar tissue may feel firm or rough. Applying aloe vera gel into the scar may soften the scar tissue. Use gel directly from the aloe vera plant or purchase an aloe vera gel that doesn't contain many additional ingredients. Aloe vera may improve the appearance and characteristics of scars. It's an anti-inflammatory herb which helps increase the elasticity of the new skin tissue. Choose a gel caplet of vitamin E that contains 400 IU in liquid form and choose a gel caplet of vitamin D that contains 1000 to 2000 IU in liquid form. Open each gel caplet and squeeze the vitamins into a small bowl. Mix in 8 to 10 drops of castor oil and massage the mixture onto your scar. Leave the vitamins on your skin to improve the appearance of your cystic acne scars. Or, you could try mixing 2 to 3 drops of lavender oil or St John's wort oil into 2 tablespoons of castor oil for a healing massage oil. St. John's wort oil is often used to heal c-section scars. Steep a bag of organic green tea in warm water to soften it. Place the tea bag directly on your scar for 10 to 15 minutes. Do this 3 times a week and work your way up to using the treatment daily. You can also soak a cotton towel in green tea, squeeze out the excess and place it over the scar. Green tea may minimize scarring because it contains antioxidants that help your skin heal. Silicone bandages can help to reduce the appearance of acne scars as well. The bandage has to be worn continuously, so consider whether you are willing to wear a bandage on your face for an extended period of time, possibly for several months. You can buy silicone bandages over-the-counter.
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Research and take precautions with home remedies. Apply lemon juice to the scars. Massage aloe vera onto the scars. Massage vitamins into the scars. Use a green tea compress. Apply a silicone bandage.