Q: The beginning of a new relationship can be exciting, but first dates can be awkward, especially if you don’t know your date very well yet. Meeting up for coffee or drinks is an easy way to maintain a relaxed atmosphere while getting to know the other person.  The first few dates you go on can be an important foundation for the rest of your relationship, and making sure the other person is comfortable will increase the odds that they will want to go on more dates. Movies, plays, and other performances may be fun, but they prevent you from getting to know your date. For first dates, try dinner, coffee dates, drinks, or activities like bowling, visiting a museum, or going to a local fair. These allow you to talk and get to know each other, an important basis for a long-lasting relationship. While you should not initiate physical contact that your date is uncomfortable with, light touching around the arms and shoulders can signal interest and enhance attraction. Try sitting next to your date instead of across from them. Gently touch their shoulders as you are talking to them or brush against them if you are walking together.  If the other person draws away or does not return the contact, it is a sign they are uncomfortable with the touch. Do not continue physical contact. Furthermore, this may be a sign of disinterest. While you might be shy around a new date, making eye contact not only boosts attraction but it can make you more memorable to your date. Extended eye contact can even make you feel like you’re in love with someone.   Keep their gaze for several seconds, and remember to blink! If you are looking to call someone the "love of your life," an emotional bond is key.  Rushing the physical side of a relationship does not necessarily prevent an emotional bond, but it can make the emotional landscape more difficult to navigate. Couples that have strong friendships with one another also have higher sexual satisfaction and romance in their relationships
A: Keep it casual for the first date. Plan dates that allow you to talk. Touch them in non-sexual ways. Make eye contact. Strive for emotional intimacy.

Q: Using darker shades will distract from your eyes rather than enhance them. Neutral tones like coral, champagne, or a gray-brown will work best.  When applying eyeshadow try swiping a champagne hue over your lid and a complementary brown in your crease. Finish with a black eyeliner to really make your light eyes stand out. Gray eyes are similar to hazel, but rather than containing browns, golds, and greens, they reflect blues, grays, and greens. Using smoky shades like misty grays or silvery blues will help bring out the natural gray of the eye rather than change its color. Try using a darker eyeliner like black or a deep brown to draw more focus to the gray, too. Green eyes generally stand out on their own, so muted colors really help draw attention to their natural sparkle. Colors like a dusty purple/plum or brown will make green eyes appear more vivid. Try a pale pink on the lid and work upwards with a dusky purple on the crease. Blend the two into a gradient and finish with a plum eyeliner to help make the green pop. Similar to gray eyes, hazel eyes can change depending on what color eyeshadow you use. However, to keep the natural hazel color, shades of bronze, gold, or deeper pinks like a dusty rose work best. Try out a neutral beige on the lids and a green metallic on the crease to enhance the mixed hues without changing them. Almost anything works with brown eyes, but colors that are opposite on the color wheel like purple or teal will really help deepen the brown of the eye. However, colors like salmon, a coppery gold, or a reddish brown work as well. For light brown eyes, try sticking to more neutral tones like a light pink on your lid and a reddish brown in your crease.
A: Try to go lighter for blue eyes. Try going smoky for gray eyes. Try using muted colors for green eyes. Experiment with metallics for hazel eyes. Try using contrasting colors for brown eyes.

Q: A curious mind seeks to be educated. By asking questions, you can find out a lot of things that many people don't know and won't ever know.  There is no limit to how many questions you can ask, or should ask. Be aware that some people are annoyed by questions. In fact, the less a person knows, and the less patient a person, the more a question will bug that person. That in itself tells you a great deal. Try to expand your mind by learning beyond your comfort zone and seeing how other people think, perceive and understand things.  If you only ever see rom-coms, go and see a documentary or an action film instead. If you only ever read comics, try a novel instead. If you only ever see car rallies, go and see a museum exhibition instead. Curiosity is about pushing yourself beyond what you're used to. There will be times when you feel really uncomfortable, out of your depth and perhaps even upset when trying to learn new things. This can happen especially where you feel dumb, unlearned or when your beliefs and values are challenged. These are the very times when you should keep pushing yourself to learn and to become wiser about whatever it is you've been avoiding.
A: Be curious. Read, watch and see things that you don't know anything about. Challenge yourself.

Q: Before hanging the garland, string lights around the boughs to create a lighted focal point on the stairs. If you’ve already hung the garland, you can drape the lights over and around the boughs for a more casual look. If you don’t want to bother with hiding the wires of the lights, use battery-operated fairy lights, which tend to come on a thin, metal wire that’s easy to conceal in the branches. around the zip ties to conceal them. This is a great and festive way to hide zip ties. Use ribbon to tie large bows on the places where the garland is secured to the banister.  Your bows can be as small or as large as you’d like. Larger bows tend to look more dramatic and will complement garland that has large dips. Choose colors like silver, gold, red, blue, or white to complement the season and stick out from green garland. Most craft stores sell fake snow in spray cans during the holidays. Take the garland outside and spray the entire length with the “snow,” focusing mostly on the ends of the branches. Let the flocking powder dry for an hour before hanging the garland on the stairs.  Never spray the garland in the house! The wet flocking will get everywhere and can stain the banister or your floors. You might have some shedding from the garland as people brush against them. If you’re worried about shedding, spray any brand of extra-strength hairspray over the garland to seal the “snow” in place. Use ornament hooks to secure the ornaments in clusters of 3 or 4 bulbs of varying sizes. Simply thread the hook through the top of the bulb and then hook the bulb onto a piece the garland. Wrap the hook around the garland a few times for added security.   Pick bulbs of a similar color scheme to coordinate with the rest of your decorations! You could also decorate the garland with pine cones. Wrap wire or twine around the pine cone, then tie it to the garland or banister. Make sure the bulbs or pine cones are attached to the garland well, as they can fall when bumped. It might be helpful to wrap the hooks around the garland a few times to make sure they won’t fall.
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Wrap lights around the garland for a festive look. Tie bows Spray flocking powder on the garland to give the appearance of snowfall. Hang ornaments on the garland to coordinate with your tree.