Day: May 10, 2019

Not Even Bored

Sitting around for a period of time without being used in any way is exactly how any product can go bad. We are not just talking about your perishables and food items but also things like your makeup. These things to be kept maintained and an eye on their expiry date is important less you mess things up for yourself. Many beauty products in particular are not really known for expiring like food items do, but some definitely can expire and it’s important to know whether you plan on finishing that item before it hits that expiry date when you consider purchasing it.

On lipstick, many oils start to smell off-putting and trying to apply that might make matters worse for yourself, never mind the fact that the shade or colour of the lipstick will be pretty off when you try to use it past that expiry date. Ingredients in some of these make-up products will separate if they are left around without use for too long and that is a disaster to find out when you have some upcoming event that you want to look on point for. Mascara in particular however, is not something you want to find out about at the last minute.

According to The Fashionable House Wife, you should be throwing out your mascara products as early as three months into their manufacture date and if you want to hold on to it, mascara products are expensive after all, the most that you should keep it around should be up to six months in. Of course, this is something that varies on the individual and the advice is only really meant to serve as a suggestion, but keeping makeup products around just like with food, offers and tickets should eventually come to an end even if you don’t use them.

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Using Mudjacking to Fix Your Concrete

Houses are built using concrete. It is used in the foundations as well as in the building blocks but you will be surprised to know the amount of outdoor spaces that require concrete. These outdoor spaces are garages, driveways, walkways, pavements and a lot more. As they’re made outside the house, they cannot be built using expensive flooring or tiles because then they will always be exposed to water and dust. They will break down in no time. This is why people prefer building these spaces with concrete so that they don’t have to go through the hassle of fixing them or building them all over again.

Even The Concrete Sometimes Gets Damaged

The concrete slabs that people mostly use to build these places can also get damaged greatly. They are extremely vulnerable to water and moisture and will damaged if they’re exposed to any of these for longer periods of time. If the weather and terrain of the place is rainy and moist then it will definitely cause damage. The water can sulkily sweep inside through the cracks in slabs and damage other things as well. It most often finds its way to the foundations of the house and cause damage there.

How to Avoid or Prevent This?

There is a very apparent way to fix this. The water won’t be able to get in if the concrete isn’t cracked. If there are cracks in the slabs, then you should use mudjacking to close them up. Mudjacking is done by making a muddier substance by using cement, mud and some other ingredients. This is then poured into the cracks and then closed up. The water won’t be able to go in the slabs and they will also be fixed in the cheapest way.

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