Beloved readers, my How to Be Swell series encompass a variety of “disciplines” that offer targeted information and personal revelations I wanted to share to compliment the reviews and beauty-related, information posts that I regularly publish.

I choose the title “How to Be Swell” because, once upon a time “swell” was a word that a properly-reared lady would never utter. “Swell” is quite mundane compared to the words that “ladies” shout from the roof tops today. I found the irony and social change humorous.

Upon further introspection, I decided to to find and eliminate in myself any instances of society’s general downgrade in civility in a wide variety of areas.

What I found, how I found it, and what I did about it resides in the posts below.

I hope you find them to be useful.

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All posts related to skin care, hair care, tutorials, recipes and general self-maintenance can be found here with a “How to Be Swell” twist and encouragement.

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All posts related to finding your personal style, dressing for your body type, personal branding through your outward appearance, and what it says about you (and how to make it say what you want it to) can be found here with a “How to Be Swell” twist and encouragement.

(More content coming fall 2012)

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All posts regarding diet, fitness, my own diet and weigtht loss journey, and  experiments, and building a better relationship with your body as whole can be found here with a “How to Be Swell” twist and encouragement.

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“Self” study posts are just that: posts born of difficult conversations and experiences that I have endured that have changed me for the better, with a path and encouragement to study ourselves for a moment to find what needs to be applauded…and amended.

In other words: tips and ideas for how to change –for the better.

All that and more can be found here with a “How to Be Swell” twist.

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How to deal with difficult family and friends, frenemies, become a social force to reckon with, better control situations you find yourself in, and conduct yourself with the utmost class and proper etiquette in all of life’s scenarios, served up with a How to Be Swell twist and (of course) encouragement.

 FEMININITY

 Approaching femininity from the inside out: a pleasantly practical and sometimes whimsical  approach to falling in step with womanhood, and actualizing your true femininity with a How to Be Swell twist and (of course) encouragement, tutorials, and references.