Before applying makeup in the morning, wash your face so you'll be able to start with a fresh canvas. Use a cleanser or simply splash lukewarm water on your face a few times to wash away any debris on your skin. Pat it dry gently with a soft towel.  Avoid washing your face with hot water. This will dry it out and leave it prone to irritation. Lukewarm water is best when you're washing your face. Don't scrub your face dry. This causes fragile facial skin to loosen over time. . It's not necessary to exfoliate every day, but doing so every few days is essential to keeping your skin looking fresh. Putting makeup on over dry, flaky skin defeats the purpose! Exfoliate your skin using either a small facial brush, an exfoliating scrub, or another exfoliating tool designed for use on the face. Focus on areas that tend to get dry and flaky. Using a face mask from time to time is another good way to keep your facial skin in good shape. Choose a clay mask, which will cleanse your pores and help pull off dry skin when you wash it away.
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One-sentence summary -- Wash your face.  Consider exfoliating

Q: The roof of your mouth is made up of a hard palate and a soft palate. If you touch it with your tongue, you can identify.   The hard palate stays in place. This is what's thought of as the roof of your mouth. It's the part of your mouth made of bone and covered with skin. It's encased between your teeth and attached to your skull.  Further back in your mouth is the softer, fleshier area of the soft palate. It can move up and down when you touch your tongue to it and it moves and stretches up whenever you speak, eat, yawn—basically anytime you use your mouth. Lifting your soft palate is key to controlling your voice, and can help you prevent singing through your nose. Imagine there is a ping-pong ball in the back of your mouth. You would need to have your soft palate lifted if there were an object back there taking up space.  Alternatively, you can do a half yawn. Notice that you lift or stretch your soft palate upward while you do this. Practicing this will familiarize you with the feeling of lifting your soft palate. You can also practice inhaling a soft K sound. This will naturally lift your soft palate, just slightly, so it is not as dramatic as the lift would be if you had a ping-pong ball in your mouth. Raise your soft palate and speak. You can try talking to yourself or doing something like reading a book out loud with your soft palate raised. It may feel and sound silly, but you will train yourself to be able to lift the soft palate on demand. This can also help you learn how to make noise with your mouth while raising your soft palate.
A: Identify your soft palate. Practice lifting your soft palate. Practice talking with your soft palate raised.

Article: Lots, and lots of water. Staying hydrated is key to staying vocally healthy.  Stay away from cold water. It tenses your vocal folds up when they need to be relaxed to hit those notes. Tepid water is best.  Milk coats your vocal folds. It may feel good to drink, but its not good for your voice. If you are feeling a strain, don't drink liquids that are too hot. Warm tea (with a bit of honey is fine); thin, room temperature liquids are best. You know those girls you see in Victorian pieces in the movies and on television? That's not a bad place to start.  If there's a back to your chair, don't use it. Keep your back straight and your arms loose. Don't suck in your stomach. You're breathing from it, remember?! Keep your body as relaxed as possible. Relaxing your voluntary muscles makes it easier to relax your less-than-voluntary ones. When you start feeling yourself reach vocally, do it physically. You'd be surprised how the physicality helps.  Start with your arm by your side at the beginning of your siren and make a circle as you go, reaching as high as you can vocally and physically simultaneously. Think of throwing a frisbee when you do trills and high warm ups. Some coaches advocate literally pressing down when you're warming up with arpeggios and hitting your vocal breaks. The idea is that pressing down with your hands reminds you to keep your larynx low. Simply enough, a professional's guidance will be the quickest way to seeing the results you want. However, keep in mind that every vocal coach is different and you'll obtain different results with each one. Ask your potential coach questions about their own training, what techniques they employ, and what genres of music they'll be teaching you to start. Some coaches might give you a very poppy sound and others very classical; yet others a happy medium.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Drink water. Practice good posture. Use your arms. Get a vocal coach.

Article: Using essential oils will not cure your insomnia or the root cause of it. However, essential oils can help you calm down and relax before bedtime and may help you fall and stay asleep.  Essential oils are distilled from the leaves, stems, flowers, bark, or roots of a specific plant. They are highly concentrated and you won’t need to use much to reap their benefits.  If you have insomnia for a longer period of time, see your doctor to rule out a more serious condition. Each essential oil has a different effect on the body and mind. Learning about the different essential oils will help you identify which ones may help you sleep.  Chamomile essential oil is a powerful calming agent. It can also help lift mood and aid depression.  Lavender essential oil is an excellent choice to relieve stress, but can also be used as an anti-depressant, and sedative.  Marjoram essential oil can help ease anxiety and stress, fight fatigue.  Valerian essential oil can help relax and calm you and may aid occasional insomnia.  Vetiver essential oil can help relax and calm you and may help you fall and stay asleep. Once you’ve identified the essential oils that may help you sleep, buy one that you like and a carrier oil. You can buy essential and carrier oils at many stores and online retailers.  Consider buying several different essential oils to aid your sleep. That way, you can choose a scent you like best on any given day. Because essential oils are so concentrated, you’ll need to dilute it with a carrier oil to best use it. Some examples of carrier oils are: sweet almond oil, apricot kernel oil, avocado oil, olive oil, and sesame oil.  You can buy essential oils and carrier oils at most health food or nutritional supplements retailers either online or in the store. Because each essential oil has different properties and may not be ideal for all users, it’s important to read the label of any essential oil before you use it. It’s also a good idea to do a skin patch test before using an oil.  You can find out about the oil’s contra-indications by reading the label. For example, you wouldn’t want to use valerian if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.  Before you use the essential oil in a bath or for a massage, do a skin patch test. Add 1-2 drops of diluted essential oil to the inside of your elbow. If no irritation occurs after 24 hours, then you can safely use it on your skin.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Understand how essential oils aid sleep. Know the best essential oils to aid sleep. Buy an essential oil that will aid your sleep. Read the label.