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My dentist told me i have it, and i brush my teeth day+night. also, i have braces and im getting them off soon so what are ways i can get rid of the puffiness in my gums. (link)
My gums were really red and puffy, and my dentist told me to either mix a small amount of peroxide and mouth wash together, and swish it around just like regular mouth wash(it tastes reaaaally bad afterwards, but it works) or take some baking soda and sprinkle it on my toothbrush and brush my teeth with that(not instead of with tooth paste, in addition to toothpaste) like once or twice a week. i never tried the baking soda, but the peroxide and mouth wash works really good. i do it about two or three times a week, and it has deffinetly made a difference.


This has ahppened to me a few times before: I bid on something (and it said it has no bids)
So after I bid, becoming the first bid, it'll say I've been outbid, and that I should bid again:
So let's say I bidded .99, then it says I've been outbid, so then I raise it to 1.50, and then it still says it so I go to like 2.50, and then it says "You're currently the highest bidder" or something like that...
So why does this happen?
And how can I make it so that happens with me so when otheres try to out bid it, I have the highest or something? (link)
Sellers can put a reserve on what they are selling, which means until you bid a certain amount of money, it will say your outbid. Theres no way that you can do this to others on an item your bidding on, its just something the seller can do to ensure they get a certain amount of money for the item they are selling.


does anyone know a website where you can get free ringtones and ringback tones for verizon? thank you (link)
myxertones.com has free ringtones and backgrounds for most cell phone service providers. when you find the ringtone you want, for verizon, theres a little box you have to check that says check if verizon, then you find your phone, and then click send to my phone, and it sends it by a text message. i dont think it has ringback tones though. i dont think you can find ringback tones anywhere for free, you have to buy them from verizon


what are the cutest breeds of dogs that aren't too hard to take care of? no poodles or chihuahuas or pitbulls or like.. pugs. like really CUTE dogs. my neighbor has this dog.. she went someplace for vacation and im lazy to wait for her to get back so i can ask her.. and its SOO adorable. i think it was kinda a mixed breed and it looked like a golden reciever but it WASNT. can you give me other cute dog breeds? i may want to get a dog.. but I dunno my parents think its a huge responsibility since we've never had a pet before. btw im 13/f. what are the good and bad parts of having an adorable lil doggie? lol (btw i dont particularly want a small one.. i just dont want a big one. i want one i could carry around and possibly put in a big purse haha to walk around with) (link)
Papillions are ADORABLE=]. I also think Australian shepherds, miniature Australian shepherds, Shetland Sheepdogs are gorgeous. Theyr not small dogs that you can carry around in purses, but they are gorgeous. Yorkies, Benji's, Dachshunds, keeshonds, Moscow Longhaired Toy Terrier(adorable!, but probably hard to find a breeder), and west highland terriers are all cute, smaller "purse" breed dogs. You should google pictures of those breeds. and if any interest you, look up their temperaments and things like that.
Dogs are great companions, but are really big responsibilities. Theyr great for when you want someone to talk to, or play with, or cuddle, but you need to be there for them when theyr sick, need a bath, need shots, need daily food and water, a daily walk, toys, obedience classes, things like that. Dog are HUGE responsibilities. If i were you, i would wait until your around 14 or 15 to get a puppy, because i got one at 13, and i wasnt ready at all. It became my moms responsibility because i didnt have the time or money to care for the puppy. So theres lots to think about when considering a puppy!


Im 15/m

I just shaved my pubic hair (all of it, but not my legs, stomach or chest) because my girlfriend was doing it so we decided to both do it. It was actually pretty easy, it didn't hurt (I have really not sensitive skin, I don't even have to use shaving cream). So it was fine and really smooth for the night after I shaved it, but now it's starting to get stubble and starting to itch. A website said that I can't shave it again for a week, but I don't think I can wait that long, it's really really itchy and it looks really weird with the stubble. Does anyone know what will happen if I shave it again tonight or later on in the week without waiting? Also any other advice to lessen the itch? (link)
Theres nothing you can really do for the itch, because the day after(sometimes two days) its going to itch because the hair is starting to grow back. Nothing will happen if you shave tomorrow. You'll be fine=]. As for the red bumps, thats razor burn. Its from shaving in the wrong direction and not using shaving cream or soap. Even if you dont have sensitive skin, you should still use a thin layer of shaving cream or soap, either one works. When you shave, you dont want to shave the same direction you shave your legs(against the direction the hair grows), you want to shave with the direction the hair grows. So instead of shaving from the bottom(your feet) to the top(your stomach), you want to shave from the top down to the bottom. That will pretty much stop you from getting razor burn.

Good luck=]


Okay, with my body measurments my bust is a small, my waist is a large, and my hips are like a medium. Really weird, I know. But I do not know what size to buy my hamecoming dress. It's strapless so I don't want any wardrobe malfunctions. So, let me know what size I should buy. Thanks!!! (link)
If your going to buy the dress at a store, grab all different sizes and try them all on!
If your buying the dress online, the best thing to do would be to go ahead and buy a large, because the biggest part of you is a large. It will fit around your waist, but obviously be big around your hips and bust, soo then your going to need to take it to a tailor so they can give you a custom fit in your bust and hips, that way your sure the dress fits. Its always better to buy bigger when buying online.


ok, i have 3 questions. so me and my boyfriend went to this horseback riding place and my horse went nuts haha. like all the trails connected back to the trail to go back to the ranch or whatever, but anyways we got to that part and were gunna go onto this different trail but my horse wasnt going when i was pulling on the right reign thing and kicking it, it just kept flinging its head all over the place up in the air. so the guide person came over with his horse and tried pulling on the reigns to get it to go but it didnt work. then the horse just started like charging back to the ranch and i was pulling on the reigns and it wouldnt stop and since it was flinging its head all around both reigns got flung on the right side, so i felt pretty much screwed and like i was going to fall off but then it kind of just stopped but was still crazy haha. my first question though, why did it do that and whyyy didnt it like buck me off? i was so scared it was going to do that by the way it was flinging its head. oh, and the guy who worked there knew i had only ridden a horse once, and gave me the only stallion that was apart of the ridable horses. i am a girl and weigh 123 pounds i just dont see y i would get that horse and not my boyfriend or even that horse at all. so 2nd question, why would he do that? and third question, lets say i had already bought a horse and needed to keep it at somebody elses ranch or where ever, how much would it cost a month for everything that a horse needs? (link)
Horses can get spooked really easily, especially in the woods. Something in the woods could have scared him, and once a horse gets spooked, theres no stopping it.
As for why you got that horse, im not really sure. That was pretty stupid and unsafe on the guides part to give you a stallion like that, especially if it was a younger horse. He should not have given you that horse if you ar an unexperienced rider. You should call the stable you went to and complain the the manager if you remember the guides name.
If you keep it at a boarding stable, it all depends where you live. Look on google or in the phone book for local stables. Dont just board a horse at a stable because its the cheapest in the area, because thats the type of service youll get for your horse, check out the stable, talk to people that board there, and make sure it is a good stable. Around my house, its about 600 dollars a month for board and feed, but that doesnt include vet checks, shoes, tack, and things like that which can run anywhere from 50-500 dollars a month depending on what your horse needs.. Horses are veryyy expensive.


i'm redoing my room and i want i to reflect my personality: sexuality and sensuality + edie sedgwick:) can somebody give me some good ideas?

plus: i'm painting the walls a romantic golden suede: and its kinda small! (link)
you could paint all of your furniture red and get a red velvet or silk type bed spread. that would look great with the gold walls. you could hang pictures up of silhlouettes like the ipod things, but of sexy posses, which you could probably find online. dim lights would look great and create a very sexual motife.


is it yo se un poquito espanol
or yo se un poco espanol?

whats the difference (link)
un poquito means just a little bit, poco means a little. there isnt really a difference. im not sure what your trying to say exactly, but neither of those translate into an actual sentence. the first one translates into "i just a little bit spanish" and the second on means "i a little spanish". it sounds like your trying to say i know a little bit of spanish? which would be (yo) se un poco de espanol, or you could say i speak spanish a little, which would be (yo) hablo espanol un poco.


i have had my hamster 1 day and she keeps making sneezing noises is this normal because of the smells around her or could it be something serious??? (link)
Hamsters, just like people can get colds. If it is cold in your house, he could have gotten a cold from it because usually pet stores keep them pretty warm. If your house isnt cold, i would suggest taking it back to where ever you bought it from, because it could have been sick when they sold it to you, and they should either give you a new one or treat it until its better, because it shouldnt be making noises like that.

good luck!


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/108/270593092_2394344595.jpg?v=0

how do you get a pic as good as that ^

my dad says the exposure to the sun and temperature makes the pic good

or are the good cameras?

what cameras would capture slow motion water droplets moving?? (link)
There are many things that make a good photograph. The type of camera is important, but not the most important thing. If your using a disposible camera, your not going to get good picutres like that one, obviously. Other things that make a great picture is lighting(natural or unnatural), zoom, contrasting colors(that really makes the picture pop, like the brown corn husks and the blue background are opposites, and they really satnd out and pop against eachother), not just centering whatever your photographing, but having more than just the middle object so your eye will move across the whole picture smoothly, like in that picture the parakeet isnt just centered and the only thing in the picture, theres the detail of the corn husks and then blue background that makes your eye move all over the picture. But the most important thing about taking a picture is the photographers eye. A photographer has to have an eye for great subjects, backgrounds and foregrounds.

That picture was a great picture. The detail and coloring is amazing=]


What does "milf" stand for? (link)
it stands for mother id like to fuck. it basically means a hot mom lol.


How much do the plans for sidekick 3's usually run.
The one's with like 1000 minutes, unlimited texting, and internet access? I really want one, but my mom said I would have to pay for it by myself, so i was wondering how much it costs.


Thanks :] (link)
I know you said you wanted a plan, but have you looked at doing pre-paid? I did it with my side kick 2, and it was great. You get unlimited texting, unlimited aim use, and unlimited internet access for only a dollar a day. The only thing you dont get is calling. Caling takes away so many cents per minute, but i dont remember the exact amount. You just have to buy a sim card off ebay or from t mobile, and then buy the card for however many days you want. If your not much of a talker, its great, but if you talk more than texting or iming, you wont want to go the pre-paid route.


how can i get the ringtones in a full length version on myxertones? i know you can choose like the length but i can't find the link. i haven't used myertones for a while so i kinda forgot how to do stuff there. thanks in advance! (link)
When your on the song you wants link, click customize under where you enter you phone number, and then in the box that says length, change that to however long you want. Then click the orange line and drag it out. I think the longest you can have is one minute though.


Does anyone know a site that shows you how to put eyeliner on?
I know how to put it on I just suck at it so I wanna see exactly where and how to put it on, so it looks better.
Thanks! (link)
Most sites out there that i found make it sound and look all complicated. So i'm going to try to explain it and hopefully help you.

If your applying it to the lid also, your going to want to do that first. When i do it, i close the eye i'm going to apply it to, and pull it out at the corner a little so my eye is nice and smooth. Then, i start at the side near my nose and just apply and really thin line right to my lash line, and then as i get down my eye, i make it a little thicker. You dont want a thick bold line at the part near your nose. If you gradually get a little thicker, it will give your eyes more definition and give your eyes a really open look.

Next, for the bottom of my eye, i feel under my eye about where my check bone ends, and place two fingers there. Then, i pull down slightly so the pink part behind my eyelashes shows. Thats where you want to apply the eyeliner. You dont want the eyeliner to be under your eyelashes. Then, i start from the opposite side i do the top(the side away rom my nose) and just make one clean sweeping line down towards my nose. Make sure you dont bring the eyeliner into your tear ducts, stop just before the little curve for the tears ducts.

I hope this helps! because like i said, most of the sites out there think that everyone is a makeup artist and they do all thses fancy little things to make it seem comlicated, when applying eyeliner really isnt if you know the basics of it=] Good luck!


does anyone know a website that makes pictures on your myspace brighter and whiter looking?
i've already tried lunapic.com and it works but it also makes my pictures WAY to small and won't stay the same size after i use it on their website. so any more ideas on a different site?
please and thanks. :] (link)
I know you said you wanted a website, but Picasa is great for that. Its a program you have to download. Theres a tunning feature where you can change the fill light and the highlights to make the picture lighter, and then shadow to make it darker.


Okay... sorry if this gets long. So I'm gonna be a seventh grader this year. And I have a HUGE crush on my older sister's boyfriend's brother. He's going into 9th grade. I have never even talked to him before, but he's pretty funny and really cute. And single. ;)

I don't really think it would be smart of me to just go and ask him out when I haven't even talked to the guy before, so I want to hang out with him. I just don't know how to ask? And it's not like I wanna be alone with him or anything, 'cause I don't know him. I just wanna get to know him.

I was thinking maybe my sister could bring her boyfriend and his brother over and I could hang out with him... But God, it's just so weird cause hes my sister's brother's boyfriend! And my sister would make a big deal of it so I don't know how to tell her I like him. She wouldn't be mad or anything, she would just be all "OMG you like my boyfriend's brother!?"

And what if he doesn't even wanna hang out? He's in 9th grade, I'm in 7th grade. We've never even talked. People tell me all the time I am really mature for my age, which I guess I can see, but not trying to brag...

So how could I ask my sister to talk to him for me? I mean, is that even what I should do? Please help. Anything you have to say is appreciated. (link)
Thats wicked funny, i have a huge crush on my older sisters boyfriends brother also=].
What i did was i told my sister about it, and she thought it was a little odd at first, because it is her boyfriends brother. But then she was all excited about it because she wanted to hook us up. So she talked to him first and told him about me and stuff. And then we started talking on myspace. Talking online is for getting to know someone like that is good so then when you do hang out, its not awkward and you have things to talk about. And then after we talked for a couple days, my sister brought me over to her boyfriends house and we all hung out=]
So you should deffinetly tell your sister. Im sure she'd be excited and more than happy to help out=]


i got my kitten like 1 month ago. when she first got to my house everything was fine till like a week ago. ever since then shes been so aggresive i cant pet her she starts biting me and scratching me. i cnat play with her or anything. i cant call her because she wont listen to me. i dont know why shes ike that with me im so nice to her. so my teacher told me that its becuase she got taken away from her mom too early and she wasnt tought what she had to be tought. so how can i teach her? how can i show her i love her if i cant even get near her or pet her? what should i do? (link)
I dont think you need to take her to a vet. That would be a waste of money because they wont do anything. Theres nothing wrong with the kitten, thats just her instincts. What i did with my kitten was i always kept a squirt bottle full of a mixture of water and vinager(about 3/4 water, 1/4 vinager). And every time she bit or scratched me when i tried to pet her, i would spray her once with it. After a little while, she associated biting and scratching me with the smell of the vinager and the wetness of the water, and stopped. You have to pick her up and pet her as often as possible, and yea, you'll come out with scratched hands, but it will pay off after a little while.

If your worried about the vinager hurting the kitten, it wont at all. It smells really bad for them and they hate the taste of it. So when you spray her with it, she will want to lick it off because it will smell bad, and then she'll have to taste it when she licks it off. So eventually, she'll accosicate biting and scartching with that taste and smell, and not want to do it again. If you dont want to do vinager, just do straight water. It will take a little longer to train her, but she wont like getting wet, so she'll eventually stop.

The most imporant thing with this is petting and picking her up very often and spraying her every single time she bites you so its consistant and she will learn.

good luck and have fun with your kitten=]


My period has always been kind of, since I gotten it. It has never been on time sometimes I dont even get it every month sometimes I skip a month and it's just so stressful. Well last time I had it was june 24th and now it's Aug 15th still no period. I know I am not pregnant I tested myself 5 times...it's like this everytime. I just waste money buying pregnancy tests for no freaking reason. And I also know that it's not healthy when you don't have your period...every month. I am 23 now it should be regular by now. And if I go to the gyno I know they'll put me on birth control which I dont want. What else could be the problem. Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you !

Worried..... (link)
Many women are like that. I know you said you dont want to go on birth control, but thats the only way to regulate your period. On birth control, you'll know exactly when your period will start and when it will end. Lots of women go on birth control the regulate themselves. So to stop the stress of never knowing when your going to get your period, you should deffinetly consider birth control.


I have this perfume called Desnuda, and it has this like little brush thingie. If you look it up on google, you'll see it comes with a brush on the end. um why is there a little brush looking thing on the perfume? like what am i supposed to do with it? i've been wondering about that for a while (link)
I have perfume like that too. The brush is for when you dont want to spray it all over you, you can brush a little on your neck or something so its more subtle. I think its kind of useless, because i have never once used it.




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