Now everyone has to learn at some point in early life how to bathe themselves. I remember learning this over the course of years. My clearest memories are at the age of 3 or 4.
This post is not instructions like that.
This post details a bathing scheme for people with heavy acne, or oily skin and hair. Its about acne control.
1. Products
If you have seriously persistent acne, and a dermatologist is not a viable option for any reason, then I suggest you get yourself 4 good acne fighting products. Good doesn't necessarily mean expensive. For this case, you want to look for the highest concentration of the listed active ingredient. This is usually salicylic acid. The highest concentration I've found is 2%. This involves a little hunting around. Most products are between 1.25 and 1.5%. I've found that Rite-Aid brand acne treatments tend to have a high salicylic acid content.
The five products you will want are:
1. Noxima (Or generic brand equivalent)
2. Astringent
3. Oil-free acne wash (This is a SOAP)
4. face mask (I like apricot scrubs, personally)
5. Lotion (No salicylic acid here- just lotion. The higher quality the better. This is the only item you should splurge on.)
2. Shower Procedure
Follow this procedure once a day as part of your shower. Your shower should come in two parts, in order to maximize the amount of time a product sits on your face.
As soon as you're in the shower, use the oil-free acne soap that you purchased to wash your face. Then was your hair and body while it sits there. Rinse your face last.
Then, smear the noxima over your clean face. Then condition, brush your teeth, shave, or whatever else you do in the shower. The noxima should be on your face LONGER than the soap. This is important. Again, rinse your face last.
3. After Shower Procedure
Put on the face mask immediately after drying off. Then go do something else. Read, lotion up your skin, dry body brush, whatever. Try to keep the mask on as long as possible. This will be hard because it will be tender.
When you can't stand it anymore, wash off the mask, and finish by dousing your face in cold water.
When you're dry again, use some lotion on your face. All the products really dry out the skin, and leave it parched, even if its so oily that it doesn't feel dry.
You want to use the lotion sparingly for oily skin, which if its expensive shouldn't be a problem.
4. Astringent
You're going to want to wash your face gently with just regular soap and water at the opposite time of day as your shower. Immediately after, use some astringent. You can also use astringent throughout the day whenever you feel your need it. Always wash your face and follow it with astringent after a work out or any sweaty or dirty activity.
Following these steps, and keeping it up until the acne is totally gone is quite effective. The results start showing right away, but it takes awhile for it to really disappear. As it begins to decrease, quantities and frequencies can be adjusted to best fit your needs.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Friday, September 4, 2009
Swedish Quesadillas
This recipe has been passed down on my mother's (Swedish) side for generations. That is the only thing "Swedish" about them. They are thick, fattening, and delicious. I give you the basic recipe.
Ingredients
Large white flour tortillas
Shredded cheese of your choice
Bean dip
Avocado
sour cream
Pico de gayo or salsa
cilantro
Butter
Materials
Pan large enough to hold the unfolded tortilla (Or close)
ordinary dining spoon
plate
napkins
Directions
1. Butter one side of the tortilla with a thin but thorough layer. Do this for every quesadilla you will make.
2. Heat up a pan on medium heat. I use Teflon, but if you have a strictly metal (not cast iron) pan, you'll want the heat kind of low. (2 or 3)
3. When the pan is hot, set the tortilla in it, butter side down. With your spoon, spread one or two spoonfuls of bean dip* over half of the tortilla. It should be and even thickness, but not out to the edge. Add some salsa over the dip to taste. Sprinkle the cheese over it, so that it overs the stuffings completely, and then fold the tortilla in half.
4. While its cooking, cut open the avocado, and slice some of it to taste. When you're done, flip over the tortilla. It should be a crisp golden brown, maybe a little darker. Let it cook for just a minute or so, and then take it out of the pan.
5. Carefully unfold the quesadilla. Most of the cheese should be melted. Add a spoonful or two of sour cream, and then put the avocado and cilantro on top. Refold the tortilla, and enjoy with plenty of napkins.
* Make sure that you use bean dip, and not just plain refried beans. You can make the dip yourself from the recipe in the links section of this blog, or buy it in tubs at the store.
Ingredients
Large white flour tortillas
Shredded cheese of your choice
Bean dip
Avocado
sour cream
Pico de gayo or salsa
cilantro
Butter
Materials
Pan large enough to hold the unfolded tortilla (Or close)
ordinary dining spoon
plate
napkins
Directions
1. Butter one side of the tortilla with a thin but thorough layer. Do this for every quesadilla you will make.
2. Heat up a pan on medium heat. I use Teflon, but if you have a strictly metal (not cast iron) pan, you'll want the heat kind of low. (2 or 3)
3. When the pan is hot, set the tortilla in it, butter side down. With your spoon, spread one or two spoonfuls of bean dip* over half of the tortilla. It should be and even thickness, but not out to the edge. Add some salsa over the dip to taste. Sprinkle the cheese over it, so that it overs the stuffings completely, and then fold the tortilla in half.
4. While its cooking, cut open the avocado, and slice some of it to taste. When you're done, flip over the tortilla. It should be a crisp golden brown, maybe a little darker. Let it cook for just a minute or so, and then take it out of the pan.
5. Carefully unfold the quesadilla. Most of the cheese should be melted. Add a spoonful or two of sour cream, and then put the avocado and cilantro on top. Refold the tortilla, and enjoy with plenty of napkins.
* Make sure that you use bean dip, and not just plain refried beans. You can make the dip yourself from the recipe in the links section of this blog, or buy it in tubs at the store.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The Ultimate Weight Loss Plan
I am a person who chronically gains wait. I've been gaining rate at a steady rate since I was 11, and now eight over 200 lbs.
While I'm lucky enough to have a large bone frame, that hides most of my bulk, I'd still like to be thinner.
I've never tried a fad diet, because I've read too much about how they don't work. Instead, I put together my own weight loss plan based on my family history and body type. I've decided to record it for you as follows. I've been on the diet for less then a week, and I've already lost four pounds.
1. Exercise
Its important to get proper exercise, but I've never been the kind of person that likes to exercise. I spread mine out over my day into bite sized, manageable amounts. Every morning, sometimes before I get dressed or shower, or sometimes during the commercial breaks on TV, I do a routine known as the 6-Pack. The routine is as follows:
Lay on your back with your knees bent. Set your hand on the back of your head, so that your elbows are out. Proceed to lift your head and shoulders off the ground, bringing you elbows together at the same time. Imagine a point just above your knees, and have your elbows on either side of that point so that they do not touch.
Then take a few quick breaths, and start lifting your head and shoulders off the ground, except this time yo should lift upwards, towards an imaginary point on the ceiling.
Make sure you lower back is flat on the ground and your stomach pressed in. Drop your hand so that they lay either flat on either side of you, or on your stomach. Keeping your legs bent and together, lift your feet a few inches off the ground.
Lay on one side, your knees bent and together, and then turn your upper body and do side sit ups. Repeat on the other side.
I started out doing ten of each of these, and just went up to fifteen. I also remember to get one other form of exercise each day besides my normal walking. I live up a large hill, and so every day that I walk up the hill, I count that as my additional exercise. On the days that I don't walk up the hill, I do a fitness video of my choice.
2. Diet
Your diet is important. I used the online calorie calculator in the links section of this blog to determine what my current calorie intake was, and how much I needed to reduce it by to loose weight. It breaks it down very nicely by how many meals a day you like to eat. I wrote it down and put it where i would see it every day, however, I don't bring a pocket calculator to every meal. I use some rough mental math to make sure I'm in the ballpark of my calorie requirement to loose weight. I don't watch what I eat so much, as long as I'm taking in the right amount of calories.
I don't try to curb my food cravings.
Instead, I made a rule for myself that I can have 4 meals a day of whatever i want, as long as it doesn't exceed my calorie requirement. When I am craving sugar or food between meals, there are several things i can do. I have some juice or raw fruit for sugar, and have salads whenever I'm hungry between meals. I am the sort of person that fidgets, and as a symptom of that, I eat nearly constantly. To curb this, I chew gum whenever I feel the need to eat but I'm not actually hungry. I like Big Red, because it has cinnamon flavoring, and lasts awhile.
Last but certainly not least, I allow myself to have a treat once a week. My treat is a social group meeting that i go to where they have free food. I let myself eat whatever I want while I'm there without worrying about my food intake. This serves to help me cope with those cravings, because i can tell myself, "Just wait for group." It also keeps my metabolism from slowing down completely. If you don't have an occasional cheater meal, then the metabolism will just slow down, and after awhile, you won't be loosing any more weight.
Finally the all important diet restrictions. I fashioned my diet restrictions based on my family history.
My grandmother has arthritis, and was put off all tomatoes and potatoes by her doctor. I use my hands ALL the time, in music, on the computer, drawing, and they do tend to get sore a lot. And so I try not to eat tomatoes or potatoes.
Lactose intolerance also runs in my family, and so I try to stay away from dairy.
I hope that my weight loss plan can be the basis for your own, if you, like me, are having trouble loosing weight.
While I'm lucky enough to have a large bone frame, that hides most of my bulk, I'd still like to be thinner.
I've never tried a fad diet, because I've read too much about how they don't work. Instead, I put together my own weight loss plan based on my family history and body type. I've decided to record it for you as follows. I've been on the diet for less then a week, and I've already lost four pounds.
1. Exercise
Its important to get proper exercise, but I've never been the kind of person that likes to exercise. I spread mine out over my day into bite sized, manageable amounts. Every morning, sometimes before I get dressed or shower, or sometimes during the commercial breaks on TV, I do a routine known as the 6-Pack. The routine is as follows:
Lay on your back with your knees bent. Set your hand on the back of your head, so that your elbows are out. Proceed to lift your head and shoulders off the ground, bringing you elbows together at the same time. Imagine a point just above your knees, and have your elbows on either side of that point so that they do not touch.
Then take a few quick breaths, and start lifting your head and shoulders off the ground, except this time yo should lift upwards, towards an imaginary point on the ceiling.
Make sure you lower back is flat on the ground and your stomach pressed in. Drop your hand so that they lay either flat on either side of you, or on your stomach. Keeping your legs bent and together, lift your feet a few inches off the ground.
Lay on one side, your knees bent and together, and then turn your upper body and do side sit ups. Repeat on the other side.
I started out doing ten of each of these, and just went up to fifteen. I also remember to get one other form of exercise each day besides my normal walking. I live up a large hill, and so every day that I walk up the hill, I count that as my additional exercise. On the days that I don't walk up the hill, I do a fitness video of my choice.
2. Diet
Your diet is important. I used the online calorie calculator in the links section of this blog to determine what my current calorie intake was, and how much I needed to reduce it by to loose weight. It breaks it down very nicely by how many meals a day you like to eat. I wrote it down and put it where i would see it every day, however, I don't bring a pocket calculator to every meal. I use some rough mental math to make sure I'm in the ballpark of my calorie requirement to loose weight. I don't watch what I eat so much, as long as I'm taking in the right amount of calories.
I don't try to curb my food cravings.
Instead, I made a rule for myself that I can have 4 meals a day of whatever i want, as long as it doesn't exceed my calorie requirement. When I am craving sugar or food between meals, there are several things i can do. I have some juice or raw fruit for sugar, and have salads whenever I'm hungry between meals. I am the sort of person that fidgets, and as a symptom of that, I eat nearly constantly. To curb this, I chew gum whenever I feel the need to eat but I'm not actually hungry. I like Big Red, because it has cinnamon flavoring, and lasts awhile.
Last but certainly not least, I allow myself to have a treat once a week. My treat is a social group meeting that i go to where they have free food. I let myself eat whatever I want while I'm there without worrying about my food intake. This serves to help me cope with those cravings, because i can tell myself, "Just wait for group." It also keeps my metabolism from slowing down completely. If you don't have an occasional cheater meal, then the metabolism will just slow down, and after awhile, you won't be loosing any more weight.
Finally the all important diet restrictions. I fashioned my diet restrictions based on my family history.
My grandmother has arthritis, and was put off all tomatoes and potatoes by her doctor. I use my hands ALL the time, in music, on the computer, drawing, and they do tend to get sore a lot. And so I try not to eat tomatoes or potatoes.
Lactose intolerance also runs in my family, and so I try to stay away from dairy.
I hope that my weight loss plan can be the basis for your own, if you, like me, are having trouble loosing weight.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Manicures and Pedicures
I thought I post up my instructions for home manicure/pedicures. This can be used on yourself or someone else.
1. Prepare
You need a suitable area. For a manicure, a desk or table, for a pedicure, a hard patch of floor with a cushion to sit on. Set a towel down over your work area to soak up the drips. Get a large bowl and fill it with hot water. Add some oil or bath salts to taste.
Set out your materials. You'll want a dry brush, a metal sander, a pumice stone, and fine sand paper Sometimes you can get a four sided brush. In addition, you'll need a pair of nail clippers, nail scissors, an emery board, nail polish, polish remover, lotion, Q-Tips and cotton balls.
2. Wash
Wash the area to be worked on. Take your time, and use a washcloth or loofah. Scrub off all the oil and dirt. This can be done at the station for pedicures to eliminate dirt collected from walking.
3. Remove
Remove the old polish with some cotton balls and polish remover. Be sure to get all the polish off.
4. Soak
Soak the area in the hot water with the salt or oil. Do so for at least ten minutes continuously before beginning the process. Soaking softens the overgrown cuticles and the rough skin to be removed.
5. Massage
Massage the area thoroughly. If you're giving a treatment to someone else, this can be done while the hands or feet are soaking.
6. Trim
Use the nail clippers to trim the nails, and the grooming scissors to even out the trim. Use the scissors also to trim off any hangnails or loose skin.
7. Sand
Use the emery board to round out the nails and smooth down the cut.
8. Smooth
Use the metal grate to sand down your callouses, rinsing your hands and the tool as you go. Move on to the pumice stone, keeping it wet and buffing the skin.
Finally, use the fine sandpaper to finish it off.
9. Finish
Rinse the area, and use the brush to clean the area of loose dead skin. When finished, dry off.
10. Paint
Paint the nails with a fresh coat of polish, or strengthening oil.
11. Moisturize
After painting, let the nails dry undisturbed. Use the polish remover and a Q-Tip to clean the skin of any spilled over polish. Once the polish is completely dry, moisturize with a lotion.
1. Prepare
You need a suitable area. For a manicure, a desk or table, for a pedicure, a hard patch of floor with a cushion to sit on. Set a towel down over your work area to soak up the drips. Get a large bowl and fill it with hot water. Add some oil or bath salts to taste.
Set out your materials. You'll want a dry brush, a metal sander, a pumice stone, and fine sand paper Sometimes you can get a four sided brush. In addition, you'll need a pair of nail clippers, nail scissors, an emery board, nail polish, polish remover, lotion, Q-Tips and cotton balls.
2. Wash
Wash the area to be worked on. Take your time, and use a washcloth or loofah. Scrub off all the oil and dirt. This can be done at the station for pedicures to eliminate dirt collected from walking.
3. Remove
Remove the old polish with some cotton balls and polish remover. Be sure to get all the polish off.
4. Soak
Soak the area in the hot water with the salt or oil. Do so for at least ten minutes continuously before beginning the process. Soaking softens the overgrown cuticles and the rough skin to be removed.
5. Massage
Massage the area thoroughly. If you're giving a treatment to someone else, this can be done while the hands or feet are soaking.
6. Trim
Use the nail clippers to trim the nails, and the grooming scissors to even out the trim. Use the scissors also to trim off any hangnails or loose skin.
7. Sand
Use the emery board to round out the nails and smooth down the cut.
8. Smooth
Use the metal grate to sand down your callouses, rinsing your hands and the tool as you go. Move on to the pumice stone, keeping it wet and buffing the skin.
Finally, use the fine sandpaper to finish it off.
9. Finish
Rinse the area, and use the brush to clean the area of loose dead skin. When finished, dry off.
10. Paint
Paint the nails with a fresh coat of polish, or strengthening oil.
11. Moisturize
After painting, let the nails dry undisturbed. Use the polish remover and a Q-Tip to clean the skin of any spilled over polish. Once the polish is completely dry, moisturize with a lotion.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Crepes
Crepes are delicious French gifts from above.
I recently found a new crepe recipe that I like VERY much. Unlike most crepe recipes, this one does NOT require that the dough be chilled first, making a No-wait crepe recipe sure to delight. The original recipe is here. I have added some important details that they do not cover, and I am also including the process to make a simple strawberry compote.
1. Start with the compote, it takes the longest. Wash and chop up 1 small basket of strawberries (The prepackaged ones from the supermarket). You want to get them in roughly quarters. Larger strawberries may be further cut down. Put all the chopped berries in a clean bowl.
2. Cut up a lemon, or get some lemon juice. You want about half a lemon's worth of juice added to the strawberries.
3. Add some sugar to the strawberries. Don't be shy, however, only add a bit at a time. Taste a strawberry to test it. You need enough sugar to counteract the lemon juice.
4. Put the compote in the fridge while you cook the crepes.
5. Mix together all the ingredients for the crepes, and beat until smooth.
6. Heat a small fry pan (5" diameter is best). Keep the heat somewhere between 3 and 4 on your stove knob settings.
7. Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to measure out the batter for each crepe. Pick up the pan when you pour the batter in, and immediately tilt it, to be sure the crepe batter spreads out very thin across the bottom of the pain, hopefully in a circle. This takes some practice.
8. Use a soft, heat resistant spatula. When the wet batter gets small holes in it (Like when cooking a pancake) its time to flip the crepe. There are many ways to do this. I just tilt the pan so that the crepe slides mostly out onto my spatula, and then flip it back in, upside down. The crepe only needs to sit 15-30 seconds once it is flipped.
9. When ALL the crepes are done, they're almost ready to serve. Retrieve your compote from the fridge, along with some sour cream. Decide which side of the crepe is prettiest, and set that side down towards the plate. Put a small layer of sour cream in the middle of the crepe, in a line. Add some of the compote, and fold up the sides. Carefully flip the crepe over, and add a sprinkle of powdered sugar. Its ready to eat!
I recently found a new crepe recipe that I like VERY much. Unlike most crepe recipes, this one does NOT require that the dough be chilled first, making a No-wait crepe recipe sure to delight. The original recipe is here. I have added some important details that they do not cover, and I am also including the process to make a simple strawberry compote.
1. Start with the compote, it takes the longest. Wash and chop up 1 small basket of strawberries (The prepackaged ones from the supermarket). You want to get them in roughly quarters. Larger strawberries may be further cut down. Put all the chopped berries in a clean bowl.
2. Cut up a lemon, or get some lemon juice. You want about half a lemon's worth of juice added to the strawberries.
3. Add some sugar to the strawberries. Don't be shy, however, only add a bit at a time. Taste a strawberry to test it. You need enough sugar to counteract the lemon juice.
4. Put the compote in the fridge while you cook the crepes.
5. Mix together all the ingredients for the crepes, and beat until smooth.
6. Heat a small fry pan (5" diameter is best). Keep the heat somewhere between 3 and 4 on your stove knob settings.
7. Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to measure out the batter for each crepe. Pick up the pan when you pour the batter in, and immediately tilt it, to be sure the crepe batter spreads out very thin across the bottom of the pain, hopefully in a circle. This takes some practice.
8. Use a soft, heat resistant spatula. When the wet batter gets small holes in it (Like when cooking a pancake) its time to flip the crepe. There are many ways to do this. I just tilt the pan so that the crepe slides mostly out onto my spatula, and then flip it back in, upside down. The crepe only needs to sit 15-30 seconds once it is flipped.
9. When ALL the crepes are done, they're almost ready to serve. Retrieve your compote from the fridge, along with some sour cream. Decide which side of the crepe is prettiest, and set that side down towards the plate. Put a small layer of sour cream in the middle of the crepe, in a line. Add some of the compote, and fold up the sides. Carefully flip the crepe over, and add a sprinkle of powdered sugar. Its ready to eat!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
T-Tunic and Sash
I like to sew and make my own clothing. By far my favorite piece of clothing is the T-Tunic. Simple to make, original, and elegant. You can wear them to Ren. Fairs or just around down. Tunics are traditionally tied with a belt or a sash.
The first thing to take into account is the season in which you will be wearing tunic. Spring and summer tunics are the simplest to make, and that is what I will describe here.
Fabric
Fabric is an important thing to take into account. A tunic is essentially a long, open shirt, so your fabric needs to be something study, in case it catches. You need to buy enough to cover you. Two or three yards should be plenty, maybe even with enough left overs to make a matching sash.
Cutting
The brilliance of the T-tunic is that it can be made by a beginner, alone, without a pattern. Lay your fabric down on a clean bit of floor so that it only has two layers, and these layers are perfectly even. Lay down on it and adjust yourself so that the top edge of the fabric is just above your shoulders. Stretch out one of your arms. With some sewing pins, mark next to your shoulder, and then your elbow. Do the same on the other side.
Also mark on either side of your hips. There's no need to properly pin the fabric yet, just stick the pins in there, so you know where the places are. Get up again, and properly pin the two layers of you cloth together. You may have adjust one of them. Cut out the shape of a large T for your body and arms, just a few inches wider then your hip marks. leave at least 5 inches of witch in the sleeves.
Sewing
Hem the rough edges, and then cut and hem a hole for your head.
You can make it as ellaborate or as simple as you like!
The first thing to take into account is the season in which you will be wearing tunic. Spring and summer tunics are the simplest to make, and that is what I will describe here.
Fabric
Fabric is an important thing to take into account. A tunic is essentially a long, open shirt, so your fabric needs to be something study, in case it catches. You need to buy enough to cover you. Two or three yards should be plenty, maybe even with enough left overs to make a matching sash.
Cutting
The brilliance of the T-tunic is that it can be made by a beginner, alone, without a pattern. Lay your fabric down on a clean bit of floor so that it only has two layers, and these layers are perfectly even. Lay down on it and adjust yourself so that the top edge of the fabric is just above your shoulders. Stretch out one of your arms. With some sewing pins, mark next to your shoulder, and then your elbow. Do the same on the other side.
Also mark on either side of your hips. There's no need to properly pin the fabric yet, just stick the pins in there, so you know where the places are. Get up again, and properly pin the two layers of you cloth together. You may have adjust one of them. Cut out the shape of a large T for your body and arms, just a few inches wider then your hip marks. leave at least 5 inches of witch in the sleeves.
Sewing
Hem the rough edges, and then cut and hem a hole for your head.
You can make it as ellaborate or as simple as you like!
Study Tips for Finals
This year I had three finals tests, and three final projects. When facing six finals, proper studying technique is a MUST. Here's what I did:
Tabs
The first thing I did was go through all my notes, and tabbed them. There is no need to buy special tabs for this. I bought a back of multi-colored post-its, so that I could color code my notes. Go through page by page and just glace at them. Anything that I didn't remember, I marked with my brightest color (fluorescent pink). I used my cooler colors (blue and green) for things that I remembered, but didn't do well in. I repeated this process with my text books.
Studying
There are a few studying tips that are generally always given. Everyone hears them at some point in their life, but I thought that I'd repeat them, because they bear repeating.
1. Don't study on your bed. Your brain should associate it with sleeping, not school. Studying on your bed can make you tired when you're trying to review, and keep you up when you're trying to sleep.
2. Take frequent breaks. A ten minute break every half an hour is good for your concentration, especially when you're working on a subject that is hard for you. If your break lasts too long, though you'll get out of your learning mode.
3. Study one subject for at least an hour. It sounds like a big investment, but the brain takes about an hour to really get immersed in a subject, especially if its a subject that you don't like, or are not good at.
4. Don't cram. Cramming right before a test is shown to make your recall worse, not better. Make sure you finish your studying the night before the test.
The reason there really isn't very many overall studying tips, is that everyone learns differently. If you don't already know how you learn best, there are a number of tests out there to determine your learning style. There is a learning style test in the links section. They want you to pay for your results, but the graph to the side as you go can give you a very nice idea for free. Find out your learning style and use it to your advantage when you study.
Tabs
The first thing I did was go through all my notes, and tabbed them. There is no need to buy special tabs for this. I bought a back of multi-colored post-its, so that I could color code my notes. Go through page by page and just glace at them. Anything that I didn't remember, I marked with my brightest color (fluorescent pink). I used my cooler colors (blue and green) for things that I remembered, but didn't do well in. I repeated this process with my text books.
Studying
There are a few studying tips that are generally always given. Everyone hears them at some point in their life, but I thought that I'd repeat them, because they bear repeating.
1. Don't study on your bed. Your brain should associate it with sleeping, not school. Studying on your bed can make you tired when you're trying to review, and keep you up when you're trying to sleep.
2. Take frequent breaks. A ten minute break every half an hour is good for your concentration, especially when you're working on a subject that is hard for you. If your break lasts too long, though you'll get out of your learning mode.
3. Study one subject for at least an hour. It sounds like a big investment, but the brain takes about an hour to really get immersed in a subject, especially if its a subject that you don't like, or are not good at.
4. Don't cram. Cramming right before a test is shown to make your recall worse, not better. Make sure you finish your studying the night before the test.
The reason there really isn't very many overall studying tips, is that everyone learns differently. If you don't already know how you learn best, there are a number of tests out there to determine your learning style. There is a learning style test in the links section. They want you to pay for your results, but the graph to the side as you go can give you a very nice idea for free. Find out your learning style and use it to your advantage when you study.
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