Did you know that skin sun damage can be reversed? Well it is true, but of course not any old skin cream will do the job for you. The best way to start healing your skin is assist the process from the inside with good nutrition while using an active lotion with proven repairing ingredients.

1. Healing Habits

There are many ways you can heal your skin without even touching it. Skin sun damage can be reversed if your body gets all the nutrients it needs to repair and create healthier skin.

By eating lots of nutritious foods like fruits and lots of berries, vegetables, raw nuts and seeds, and supplement with quality omega-3 fish oil.

Other things that help your skin along are drinking lots of water every day, breathing deeply and relaxing, and keeping the skin moisturized.

2. Intensive Hydration

You can treat your skin intensively if you want to reverse skin sun damage quickly. For example by applying healing active Manuka honey, pure Aloe Vera gel, Shea butter, Avocado oil or another healing substance on the area and let it absorb, the skin will get deeply hydrated, moisturized and soon also healed.

3. Active Skin Cream

A skin cream with lots of active and proven healing and repairing ingredients is definitely your friend when repairing sun damaged skin. Look for a completely natural cream, because chemicals can damage your skin even more.

Skin sun damage can be reversed if you use the cream regularly, every day or at least after every shower. A few ingredients to look for are;

– Cynergy TK, which is deeply moisturizing, and increases radiance and the growth of collagen and new skin cells.

– D-Panthenol, which repairs the skin, soothes and protects against sun burn

– Active Manuka honey, which is proven to heal and rejuvenate the skin, making it younger and softer.

Potholes are just one of the many regular hazards people deal with as they drive their daily routes. Most will try to avoid potholes as much as possible, but will eventually end up hitting a large hole that is simply unavoidable. While some only try to avoid potholes because of the jarring bump that occurs, others realize the serious issues that can come from hitting a pothole. It is important to understand pothole damage and your wheel alignment, as potholes can cause serious problems that will require repairs.

The Problem with Potholes

Potholes are an incredible nuisance and annoyance, but can actually do some serious damage to your vehicle. The problems are all caused by the way the pothole forces your vehicle to move, as only one of the four tires of your vehicle is going to dip into the pothole at any given time. While your car wants to completely shift to the side that the pothole has been hit, the front (or back) tire that is not in the pothole stops it from doing so. This means that the parts that focus on the alignment of the tire that goes into the pothole will bend and shift to compensate.

This shift and bend can cause a myriad of problems for your vehicle, all of them stemming from the wheel alignment of your vehicle. When your tires and the various parts that keep them aligned move, they become off and misaligned. A small wheel alignment issue may not be noticeable for a long time; save for the shaking that you will feel as you drive. Eventually, serious issues will rise from that initial misalignment.

Pulling

If the pothole damage that your vehicle sustains manages to damage or shift the caster, your wheel alignment will be off in terms of steering. If you feel your vehicle pull from one side to the other as you drive, the casters are off. This can make driving and steering somewhat difficult, as you must constantly correct for the way that your vehicle shifts on the road.

Tires

Issues with wheel alignment can cause uneven wear and tear on your tires, as the jolt of a pothole can mess with the cambers of the alignment system. When the camber is damaged, the wheel will tilt to one side or the other. The uneven wearing of the tires results, and the suspension of your vehicle will suffer.

Toeing

The toe is the third part of the wheel alignment system of your vehicle. When you hit a pothole, the toe of your vehicle can turned in (positive toe) or turned out (negative toe). This can cause the same uneven tire wear as camber issues, and can also cause the steering issues caused when the caster is off.

The initial issues caused by pothole damage and your wheel alignments are small – you’ll notice a shift in driving and steering and may notice some shaking. The tire wear and the suspension wear take time to surface, but will result in the need for part replacement.

A cute little kitten or puppy can be a great source of comfort and enjoyment to homeowners and renters everywhere. Unfortunately, these cute pets can also be the source of extensive damage to your home’s interior finishes and furniture. From stains on carpets to scratches on furniture, the list of pet caused damages can be wide-ranging. Fortunately there are easy and cost effective temporary surface protection products available to prevent this expensive damage.

Carpet stains are the most common type of pet damage incurred. This damage occurs prior to the pet being house broken or with older, incontinent pets. While there are products on the market to mask the smell of these areas, they do little to protect the carpet from additional accidents. Carpet film or carpet “mask” used routinely during construction, works extremely well at covering the carpet so that urine or feces cannot soak through the carpet and padding. Since film can remain on the carpet for up to 45 days, it gives owners time to train their pet or to replace the film as needed monthly. Carpet films can be found in local contractor supply shops as well as larger home centers throughout the country.

Scratches on doors are one of the most expensive damages incurred by pet owners. Whether constructed of wood, fiberglass or metal, doors can be protected temporarily by using DoorGuard™ door protectors. The DoorGuard™ easily attaches to the door using giant rubber bands and provides a ¼” layer of sturdy cardboard that pets cannot easily penetrate with claws. The DoorGuard™ can remain in place indefinitely giving the pet owner time to install a pet door or other means to prevent future scratching. DoorGuard™ is available online only. To prevent the scratching of door jambs, there are several products on the market including Jamb Saver,™ a temporary plastic jamb protector, or Jamb Pro,™ a compressed cardboard version that works similarly. Jamb protectors are available at select contractor or surface protection stores of via online purchase.

Perhaps one of the most common complaints from pet owners is the scratching of wood or upholstered furniture. Millwork protection or Protecta-foam™ is a safe and reliable product designed to protect wood and other surfaces from damage. This adhesive foam easily wraps around wood chair legs or table legs to protect them from pet claws. In test studies, surfaces protected by the adhesive foam were completely avoided by both kittens and puppies. It was not clear whether it was a particular foam smell that pets avoided or simply that the foam did not provide tactile satisfaction. Protecta-foam is readily available via online purchase or from select contractor retail outlets.

Adhesive mats or “sticky mats” used during construction can also be a great way for pet owners to control the effects of hair shedding on floors. These adhesive mats are designed with peel away plastic sheets that collect pet hair or dirt. When the plastic sheet is covered in hair or dirt, the pet owner simply peels it away and discards it to expose a clean adhesive sheet. Mats are packaged in either 30 sheet or 60 sheet packs and each sheet can last up to 7 days. Adhesive mats are available from pet stores, surface protection stores or contractor specific retail locations.

In summary, new pet owners can use many of the same products builders and contractors use during construction and remodeling to prevent expensive surface damage. Surface protection products give new pet owners time to train their pets and to cost effectively protect against the normal damage caused by new pets.

Ghosting is commonplace in dating, as it’s a shortcut-albeit unpleasant-to breaking up with someone.

However, it has inevitably caught on in the eCommerce industry as some retailers don’t have the decency to communicate with their customers following a purchase.

Disappearing on someone, whether a date or a customer, is never a good thing, but it has more serious repercussions in one’s business than in their personal affairs.

The reason is that you may lose everything that you’ve worked hard for-earnings and customer’s trust-with ghosting.

Whether it’s intentional or not, ignoring a customer after they’ve placed an order in your store is an act in eCommerce that’s synonymous with a mortal sin.

A survey conducted by Narvar and YouGov among 3,000 online shoppers in the UK, aged 21 to 65 years old, revealed that 61% of them expect a follow-up communication after making a purchase.

While 10% of the respondents said they would appreciate a guide on the different usage of the item which they bought, 20% said a short thank you message would be nice.

Did you know, though, the number one thing that infuriates 25% of online shoppers? It is not hearing a single word about the delivery status of their order.

Sending a post-purchase email to your customers after they buy something from your store is an unwritten rule you should take to heart in order to gain customer loyalty.

Failure to comply makes your dream of generating repeat sales relatively remote.

The implications of ghosting

There’s no such thing as an ill-fated business unless its owner wills it.

You can make up for products that don’t exactly stand out or slow delivery service, but not with ghosting customers. In fact it’s the easiest way to shatter your business.

When asked if they will ever buy from a retailer that failed to send them an email following a purchase, 65% of online shoppers said that’s very unlikely to happen.

Now now, don’t be too quick to consider acquiring new customers as it is estimated to cost five times more than retaining an existing one, says Narvar.

There’s no other way to succeed than by sending valuable email content to your customers.

Once they click on the Buy button, that should signal you to send something out to them which is worth reading if not useful.

Use email marketing to provide a pleasant post-purchase experience to online shoppers. Once you’ve mastered this tool, only then will you be able to gain your customers’ loyalty.

How are you treating them so far after they make a purchase at your store?

When your home suffers from storm damage, sewage damage, or clean water damage, immediate action is required to remove the water and minimize the damage and loss. The key in water removal and restoration is not to try and do it yourself. Water damage restoration is a serious undertaking and not to be taken lightly. If not done properly, by appropriately skilled and experienced, water removal restoration experts, you could at the least fail to fix the problem, and at worst cause greater damage than there was to begin with and suffer greater losses.

Whether the water damage you suffer is clean water from broken water lines, rain water or storm damage, or sewage damage, the best thing you can do for yourself as a homeowner is hire a professional water damage repair and restoration service to handle it for you. Most damage is divided into three main categories: Category 1 is clean water damage, Category 2 is water from a source that is possibly contaminated, and Category 3 is what’s known as “black water”, the result of problems like sewage backup.

Whatever the cause and type of water damage, nowhere does the term “the right tool for the job” as much, meaning that a thorough and complete job requires the right equipment. Renting this equipment yourself could be prohibitively expensive, not to mention the steep learning curve in using it. Water damage restoration experts, by contrast, have all the right equipment for the job, and they know how to use it.

When it comes to selecting the right professional water restoration repair service for your needs, it’s important to look at exactly what services each company offers. Some companies will only offer water removal, for example, while others may offer any number of other services, like structural drying, sewage cleanup and backup, digital metering, thermal imaging and more. Some water damage restoration professionals will even offer assistance with insurance claim filing. And without an insurance claim to file, the cost of restoration can be much higher.

An incomplete job not thoroughly performed can leave lingering moisture behind in walls, insulation, and elsewhere. This creates a breeding ground for molds which, in addition to damaging one of your most valuable assets, your home, could also harm one of your other most valuable assets, your health. Drying the space by opening windows and doors, and blowing the air conditioner is simply insufficient. Never the less, a prepared home owner should keep a stock of rubber gloves, boots, and a good wet/dry vac around for just such an incident.

We frequently hear about silverfish book damage and destruction of valuable papers in the home. Books damaged by silverfish is a common event. If there are books and important papers in your house you might want to learn ways to protect them.

There are a number of strategies you may choose to stop silverfish book damage. This article gives some information and ideas of how to avoid bug damage to paper items in your home.

The silverfish bug is a sneaky little critter and is able to hide in unseen places where they do damage and lay their eggs. Many people are not clear on what silverfish damage looks like or how to control it. Unfortunately silverfish book damage can easily be mistaken for normal wear and tear.

Items that incur silverfish bug damage include books, manuscripts, valued papers, food, clothing, plants, tapestries, and more.

Why Silverfish Book Damage Happens

The silverfish diet is why you should be concerned about silverfish your books. Books are like silverfish magnets because they contain substances that the silverfish bug loves to eat. Book bindings are a source of food because they contain glue, protein, and starch. An example of silverfish damage to books is when silverfish eat the glue that holds the spine of books together. The result is slack pages in the book as it begins to come apart. You may be surprised to find that these bugs will eat paper, book,and pretty much any item that contain starch, protein, and glue.

Often people assume that there is no risk of silverfish damage because they haven’t seen silverfish around their books. Even still you may notice that pages are coming loose from the book spine. This might be the result of damage by silverfish. Just because you don’t see them doesn’t mean they are not there. They are good at hiding, although you will eventually see a few if they are hanging around your books or valued papers.

Indications of the presence of silverfish bugs may be seeing silverfish shed skin or little dark droppings (feces) that look like specks on pages and papers.

Silverfish book damage also happens when silverfish eat glossy papers because it contains starch. Book bindings contain glue, paste and gum which attract them to the bindings in books.

Signs of Silverfish Book Damage

• pages and papers with ragged edges
• yellow stains on pages
• abrasions on paper and photos
• holes in paper
• dead silverfish near books or between pages

Ways To Prevent Silverfish Book Damage

Used books and old newspapers are some ways that these bugs are brought into the home. Silverfish and silverfish eggs often arrive in them. If you must bring old books and papers into the home try to inspect them before you leave them sitting around the house. Old books unattended allow silverfish eggs to hatch. Seeing silverfish eggs with the naked eye can be a problem. You can however look for silverfish skin casings and body parts. Some people have been known to freeze books to kill unseen bugs and eggs.

1. Silverfish can enter the home in used books, used clothing, cardboard boxes and furniture. Inspect cardboard boxes and furniture for silverfish when it is first shipped to brought into the home
2. Used fabrics on toys pillows and other items might contain silverfish or their eggs. Wash in hot water or freezing are used in some instances.
3. Control indoor environment – Since silverfish like a dark damp environment take steps to deny them such a habitat. Lower room humidity levels by using a dehumidifier
4. Books should never be crowed on shelves where there is no air circulation in the room. This would result in moisture buildup and mildew growth. This is also an attractive environment for bugs. Not only do silverfish like the starch in your books they also are attracted to mold and mildew
5. Place silverfish sticky traps close to locations where books and papers are stored. This would mean placing sticky traps on shelves close to books. One particular step is to use silverfish paks.

Learning how to deal with silverfish bugs and eliminate them from your home takes a little time and effort. Fortunately there is information available online on how to get silverfish out of your house.

Auto insurance companies use all types of arguments and tactics to avoid paying claims. The following list contains arguments commonly used by insurance adjusters who want to pay you little or nothing for your injuries and other damages.

The insurance company may try to argue that:

1. Your vehicle was the cause of the wreck, due to bald tires, faulty brakes, or tail lights not working. (You need to check to make sure if it’s true or not. The adjustor might just be making it up.)

2. You had “warning of the danger” within enough time to have avoided the accident if only you had been paying attention. (State laws vary. Find out if this is a valid defense.)

3. You could have avoided the accident if you had not been going “too fast for conditions”. (This is one that adjustors throw around very often.)

4. You made an unnecessary and unexpected stop. (Usually bogus. It’s the person following who has the duty to keep a safe distance.)

5. You made a sudden and unsafe lane change without warning. (Is there any proof of this? Or just a red herring?)

6. You gave no “stop” or “turn” signal. (You know if you did or not. Do not be bullied!)

7. There are supposedly no “independent witnesses” who can be found to substantiate your version of what happened. (That’s their tough luck. Your testimony can prove what happened, all by itself.)

8. There are supposedly witnesses the insurance company knows about, who dispute your version of the facts or substantiate the wrongdoer’s version. (Fine, demand that they give you copies of the witness statements. Oftentimes, such statements don’t exist.)

YOU GET THE PICTURE… AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS MORE!

The Insurance Adjuster considers it their job to seek out and find as many defenses and arguments as possible against you in your case. The Adjuster will question you carefully, and NOT always fairly! It all starts when the Adjuster “Just wants to take your statement”. Do NOT give the insurance company a statement until AFTER you talk to an attorney.

Many people each year lose everything due to flood damage. It only takes a couple inches of water to cause thousands of dollars in damage. Flooding can happen anywhere, whether you live in a flood plain or not. Flooding can include heavy rains, storms or inadequate drain systems.

We encourage you to be proactive and find out how much flood insurance is in your area. Did you know a flood policy could be as low as $300 a year?

After getting flood insurance, there are several things you can do to minimize losses in your home and ensure your family’s safety.

1. Safeguard Your Possessions

Create a personal flood file containing information about all your possessions and keep it in a secure place, such as a safe deposit box or waterproof container. This file should have:

A copy of your insurance policies with your agents contact information. A household inventory: For insurance purposes, be sure to keep a written and visual record of all major household items and valuables, even those stored in basements, attics or garages. Create files that include serial numbers and store receipts for major appliances and electronics. Have jewelry and artwork appraised. These documents are critically important when filing insurance claims. Copies of all other critical documents, including finance records or receipts of major purchases.

2. Prepare Your House

First make sure your sump pump is working and then install a battery-operated backup, in case of a power failure. Installing a water alarm will also let you know if water is accumulating in your basement. Clear debris from gutters and downspouts.

Anchor any fuel tanks. Raise your electrical components (switches, sockets, circuit breakers, and wiring) at least 12 inches above your home’s projected flood elevation.

Place the furnace, water heater, washer, and dryer on cement blocks at least 12 inches above the projected flood elevation. Move furniture, valuables, and important documents to a safe place.

3. Develop A Family Emergency Plan

Create a safety kit with drinking water, canned food, first aid, blankets, a radio, and a flashlight. Post emergency telephone numbers by the phone and teach your children how to dial 911. Plan and practice a flood evacuation route with your family. Know safe routes from home, work, and school that are on higher ground.

Ask an out-of-state relative or friend to be your emergency family contact.

Have a plan to protect your pets.

Furthermore, flood insurance is typically not included through homeowner’s insurance so make sure you are protected this year. The Weather Channel predicts this Hurricane season will be messy.

Whether it is after a fire, burst pipes, or the result of a flood, your home must be restored from all the destruction caused by moisture. Water damage restoration will repair the house and make it safe to live in again. There are several steps to repairing your property after this type of devastation.

Assessing the Damage

The first step to repairing your home after any type of flooding is the loss assessment. This procedure is how the technicians know exactly what to do in order to repair your home. Technicians are required to work with insurance companies to determine property’s injuries. Only then can a plan be devised on how to go about refurbishing it.

During the assessment, the water damage restoration company will assign one of three categories. Each of these categories signifies a different manner in which the devastation is handled and reversed. These categories are:

Category One: This is water without any contaminants such as urine or feces. The liquid comes from a clean source such as pipes or sinks. It may also come from toilets, as long as it was free of contaminants.

Category Two: The liquid comes from dishwashers, washing machines, or toilets with urine and has some minor contamination.

Category Three: The impairments are caused by an unsanitary source such as flooding, toilets with fecal matter, sewage lines, or has been standing for some time and may contain microbes.

Drying and Decontaminating the Area

Once a category has been set, the water damage restoration team can start the process of drying out the area. If the damage has been categorized as a two or a three, the area must also be decontaminated in order for the area to be livable again. It is important to understand that an entire house may not contain contaminated liquid. In some cases, it is only specific pockets of the space that must be decontaminated.

If the area is small and has little moisture absorbed into the surrounding materials, the process is much quicker. Dehumidifiers and blowers may be all that is required to restore the space to its natural state. However, a larger area with carpet or one that has deep saturation may require more equipment such as scrubbers and subfloor drying devices.

Finishing the Job

Of course, during the process, you should expect the technicians to be available on site during the duration. They must constantly monitor the equipment to ensure that the area is drying evenly. They should also verify that the entire site is completely dry before removing the dryers. The company should also be observing the area to spot any other problems that may arise once the water has been removed.

Water damage restoration is not something anyone wants to go through. However, with the right company and the proper equipment, your home can be restored to its former glory. When looking for the right group to handle the job, make sure you do your homework. Look at reviews and check out the Better Business Bureau to see if the business is accredited or has any outstanding complaints.

While in the midst of a recent job, the insurance adjuster came out and asked why we are continuing to dry when the floor looked dry upon the adjuster’s visual inspection. An insurance adjuster, presumedly, is better qualified and has more experience in water damage restoration than a homeowner who is dealing with an emergency remediation service for the first, and hopefully final, time. The sincere question of said adjuster prompted this article as if someone who is supposed to be professionally educated and experienced in this arena does not understand what dry means, then it stands to reason that the in duress homeowner does not know and can reasonably question the time and effort we expend in doing a professional water damage remediation.

Let’s face it, money is always a consideration. Any person, in a purely fiduciary and cost accounting point of view, could make the reasonable determination that removing water from a structure can be accomplished by simply using a store rented machine, a shop wet vacuum, or by any carpet cleaning service found in the phone book. This reasonable and cost controlling assumption that any of the water removal methodologies just outlined is correct as any of the aforementioned water removal methods should be able to remove the top layer of water but NONE of those water removal methods can remove the water that has penetrated the flooring, base boards, or drywall. Unfortunately, the moisture not removed by these methods is, often times, the underlying catalyst for costly structural damage and can create the optimal conditions for mold growth. While this approach to save money is understood and appreciated, this approach is unnecessary as, in many cases, a professional water damage remediation company can handle such work for little to no out-of-pocket cost to the homeowner.

In addition to the cost savings the professional water damage remediation company may afford the homeowner, a professionally trained and intra-industry certified company will know the industry established dry standard for the region they serve and will ensure that the moisture content of the affected area will be dried to the established drying standard and not to a level that looks, feels, and otherwise appears dry upon a casual inspection. The benefit of this is simple… the potential for structural damage is abated and the potential for mold growth is minimized thus saving the homeowner untold expenses in home repair and medical costs.

So what does dry mean? When is something dry? Dry does not mean a moisture content of zero as even in the desert there is moisture – if you know where to look and how to extract it. Dry, in the context of water damage remediation, refers to a point in the intra-industry drying standard at which the moisture content is stated to be dry. Each region, by virtue of its unique ecology, has its own established drying standard. The outline of each region is beyond the scope of this article but any interested party can easily find the established drying standard for their region online. It is to this point that a professional water damage remediation company will dry to, or beyond, to ensure your home indemnified to its preloss condition. Then, and only then, is your affected home / structure able to be deemed as dry.

As outlined in this article, there really is a lot that goes into a water damage remediation service… far more then is apparent at first glance. Now that you have a reasonable understanding of the time, money, and risk you can offset via the contracting a professional water damage restoration company, you now know that your fiduciary responsibility and cost saving intent is BEST served by using a professional water damage remediation company whenever water damage occurs.