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Whetheryouwantto look good or just to feel better, reaching your goal tradition- ally comes at a signif- icant cost. But not if you're a ded- icated cheap- skate. While medications and beauty products you use must be safe, there's no reason that you have to pay exorbitant prices to ensure such qualify. Here are some fascinating and functional tips for saving time and stretching costs on everything from de- odorant to skin care and more. VISIT THE MEN'S DE- PARTMENT. Buy men's toiletries if you have a choice when it comes to unscented deodorant, shaving foam and hair col- orings, for example. Prod- ucts manufactured specif- ically for men are signifi- cantly cheaper ounce for ounce than those made for women. Go figure. SHAMPOO. With great confidence, you can con- fidently stop being a shampoo snob. In a Con- sumer Reports test of 132 name-brand shampoos, the lowly cheap brands from the supermarket rated just as highly as the pricey salon brands. Just make sure you know how to read the product's list of ingredients. See previ- ous column, "Stop Mak- ing Costly Hair Mis- takes." SUNLESS TAN. Smooth baby oil on skin and al- low it to penetrate before applying sunless tanning lotion to achieve a more even, lighter tanning ef- fect, especially on elbows and feet. HAIR DYE ALTERNA- TIVE. Sounds wacky, but bear with me here. As a color pick-up for drab brown hair, rinse it with warm strong, stale coffee. Rinse with cool water. HAIR CONDITIONER. Slather mayonnaise lib- erally on your hair. Wrap your hair in plastic wrap or a small plastic bag and heat with a hair dryer. Leave on for 30 min- utes. Shampoo and rinse well. This beauty secret is brought to you compli- ments of a professional cosmetologist's collection of secret bag of tricks. . MAKEUP REMOVER. You can continue to spend big bucks for brand-name pricey make-up remov- ers, or you can save a bun- dle and use baby wipes. They're made for sensitive skin and won't cause dry- ness or irritation. MAKEUP PRIMER. My new primer is not actually sold as a makeup product, but it is an amazing gel that doubles as a fabulous face primer. You have to trust me on this — I would not lead you astray. Mo- nistat Chafing Gel is out- standing for this use and outperforms any primer I know of. LIPSTICK PALETTE. Don't waste the last half- inch of lipstick in the tube. Do what professional makeup artists do. Using an orange stick or other clean implement, transfer all of the product from the bottom of the lipstick tube into one compartment of a compartmentalized pill organizer (the kind with a little compartment for each day of the week, available at the drugstore for less than $2). Use a lip- stick brush to apply. As you accumulate other col- ors, fill the rest of the com- partments and soon you will have a portable make- up palette. FACE-LIFT. Here's how to give yourself an instant "face-lift" and beauty treatment: Mix one tea- spoon each of baking soda and olive oil to form a slightly thick paste. Gen- tly massage it into your skin, rinse well and then pat dry. EARRING BACK RE- PLACEMENT. If you lose the back piece of a pierced earring, cut the eraser from a pencil and insert it on the post for a tempo- rary fix. FACIAL IN A TUBE. Use Preparation H to firm small wrinkles and fine facial lines. It sounds gross at first, but think about it: The prod- uct shrinks delicate tis- sue. This really does work very well, but use it ad- visedly after reading the cautions on the la- bel. Then try not to think about the rest. Wouldyouliketosend a tip to Mary? You can email her at mary@ everydaycheapskate. com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Ste. B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. EVERYDAYCHEAPSKATE Tips to save money on beauty and grooming Mary Hunt REDDING Simpson Univer- sity for Seniors is offering two courses in February for adults of any age. The non-credit, no-home- work classes, which be- gin Feb. 3, are taught on Simpson's campus by uni- versity professors and pro- fessionals in their field of expertise. Classes meet 10:20-11:20 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. ChristianApologetics: Exercising Faith in a Doubting World Apologetics is the branch of theology and philosophy that focuses on giving a rea- soned defense for the Chris- tian faith. This class focuses on the major issues and ap- proaches to Christian apol- ogetics. Presenter is Dr. Brian Larsen. Whiskey, Water and Fighting; A History of Drought and Flood in California. California has a his- tory of mega-droughts and mega-floods. Learn how past events are influenc- ing current decisions re- garding water storage and consumption as California faces the worst water short- age in its history.Presenter: Nadine Bailey Two courses are offered each month through April. The cost is $95 per per- son, per course, or $145 for couples registering for the same course. Register online with a credit card at simpsonu. edu/seniorschool. For more information, call 226-4146 or 226- 4758. SIMPSON Universityaccepting applications from seniors The first women and children have stepped through the doors of the new Happy Valley Women and Children's Center, the first of its kind in the Red- ding area. Once fully opened, the center will care for up to 64 women and their chil- dren through the yearlong program. The women are all 18 years of age and older and are seeking help with their life-controlling prob- lems. "The just-completed fa- cility allows these women and children to start the New Year fresh," said Dick Rhoads, executive direc- tor of the Sacramento Val- ley Teen Challenge. "They come to us in a crisis situation, and while with us they find love, peace, hope and a whole new life." "We have been look- ing for this day for sev- eral years," Rhoads said. "We wanted a place where women and their children could recover and grow in a safe, caring environ- ment that was not a cri- sis facility. This center will be a huge resource for the entire Sacramento Valley area since finding qual- ity, faith-based care for women and children is so difficult." Teen Challenge offers the program through this new residential center to the women and their chil- dren without charge. "Most of these women cannot afford the cost of this residential program," Rhoads said. "Instead, we look to individuals, churches or businesses to sponsor the women and children in the program at a cost of $1,500 per month for each student." The residential facil- ity will have a dedication service at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. There will be an open house for the public and dignitaries from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information as well as personal testimo- nies of alumni, visit www. teenchallenge.ws or visit www.Facebook.com/Te- enChallengeFamily. Women and children's center opens The U.S. government's Office of Personal Man- agement (OPM) has been notifying those affected by a recent cyber security breach that their personal data was compromised. Unfortunately, scammers are also notifying con- sumers. Here's how to identify a real OPM notification let- ter and the signs of a scam. How to spot a real OPM letter: You don't have to be a U.S. federal employee to receive a notification from OPM. The breach was wide reaching, and there are many ways your personal information may have been included. Past and present federal employ- ees: Spouses and other co- habitants listed on federal background investigation applications. Applicants for a federal job: Those who worked or volunteered with a federal agency but are not federal employees. Real letters contain a 25 digit PIN to register for credit and identity moni- toring services. Make sure your PIN is real by enter- ing it at opm.gov/cyberse- curity. They also include in- structions to visit the website opm.gov/cyberse- curity to get more infor- mation and sign up for monitoring. Signs of a scam Scammers love to take advantage of large gov- ernment initiatives. Scams surrounding the roll out of the Affordable Care Act are a recent example. Be on the lookout for scammers attempting to cash in on this effort. OPM will not contact you for personal informa- tion. OPM, nor anyone act- ing on OPM's behalf, will contact you to confirm personal information. If you are contacted by any- one claiming to represent OPM DO NOT share your information. Email is not used in this round of notifica- tions. OPM did email to notify those affected by the breach this past summer. This time, they are sending letters by U.S. Postal Ser- vice. An email claiming otherwise is a scam. Lost your PIN or didn't receive a letter? If you have not yet received a letter but think you have been impacted, you can con- tact the verification cen- ter at opm.gov/cybersecu- rity or by phone. SCAM ALERT How to spot a real data breach letter The Bureau of Recla- mation, National Marine Fisheries Service and other partnering agencies have released a draft of the Pilot Implementation Plan for the Shasta Dam Fish Pas- sage Evaluation for public review. The Pilot Plan can be downloaded at http:// www.usbr.gov/mp/BayDel- taOffice/shasta-dam-fish- pass.html. This Pilot Plan provides a general overview of win- ter-run Chinook Salmon reintroduction to histor- ical habitats in the Study Area, including the recov- ery priorities for salmon and viable salmonid pop- ulations, and the benefits, opportunities and con- straints associated with the reintroduction. It pro- vides information on spe- cies and habitat conditions within the Study Area, and also discusses stock selec- tion considerations, genet- ics, and potential sources of donor stock for reintro- duction. In addition, the Plan de- scribes the implementation and describes the metrics and performance measures to be used to evaluate the success of the implementa- tion techniques compared to the overall goal of the Pi- lot Program. It also provides a blue- print for obtaining addi- tional critical informa- tion about the opportunity for successful reintroduc- tion. As described above, the Pilot Plan is a living document, and it will be reviewed and updated annually as new infor- mation is gained regard- ing feasibility of reintro- duction. The 2009 NMFS Rea- sonable and Prudent Al- ternative includes a Fish Passage Program (Ac- tion V) to evaluate the reintroduction of winter- run and spring-run Chi- nook salmon and steel- head. Action V of the RPA applies to three dams op- erated by Reclamation: Shasta, Folsom, and New Melones. The near-term goal for Action V is to increase the geographic distribu- tion and abundance of the listed fish. The long-term goal is to increase abun- dance, productivity, and spatial distribution, and to improve the life history, health, and genetic diver- sity of the target species. Written comments are due by close of business Wednesday, Feb. 24, and can be sent to John Han- non, Bureau of Reclama- tion, 801 I St., Ste. 140, Sac- ramento, 95814, or by e- mail to jhannon@usbr.gov. 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