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A permanent make-up artist
Jan Bishop gently pulls on both corners of her client's eye with one hand while her other hand holds the needle steady as it slowly inches across the eyelid, leaving a black line just above the eyelashes.
Bishop has nine years of experience as a permanent makeup artist. Her goal is to make eyeliner, lip liner and eyebrow tattoos look as natural as possible. Bishop is the only permanent makeup artist at and owner of Skin Illustrations, 725 North Second Street. It offers services ranging from tattoos and piercings to haircuts and highlights.
Unlike normal tattoo artists, Bishop prides herself on the fact that most people don't even notice her work. She says her married clients claim their husbands don't even know. Though most of her clients are over 30 years old, Bishop says she has student clients from KU and even a handful from Kansas State.
Photo by Katherine Mulder
The procedure itself is similar to a normal tattoo except the needle doesn't go as deep into the skin and a special cosmetic pigment is used.Another difference is in the amount of pain.
Nina Counter had her eyes permanently lined by Bishop shortly after she started working at Skin Illustrations a year ago. She
Eye-opener: Jan Bishop, permanent makeup artist at Skin Illustrations, strives to make the makeup look as natural as possible.
says the pain and fear of getting a tattoo are worse when the needle is so close to the eye. "It is like comparing a mammogram to a pap test. They both have the same amount of discomfort but they are two completely different experiences."
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DIY: Clean up your computer
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Is your computer running slowly? Then it's time for some spring cleaning.
Ccleaner, formerly Crap Cleaner, is a program for Windows that deletes unneeded (crap) files from your computer. You can choose which files you would like to remove so you don't delete important data.
For the paranoid, there are settings that allow you to delete your data to Department of Defense or National Security Agency specifications. This might take a long time, though, because the program has to delete your files several times over.
Ccleaner also cleans out your computer's registry, which is where Windows stores its settings for programs. Many of these settings are unneeded or redundant, so cleaning your registry can help your computer's performance.
Ccleaner also allows you to uninstall programs, some of which you cannot see in Windows' uninstall utility.
Photo illustration by Adam Schoof
Clean sweep: Clearner deletes unneeded files several times over to speed up your computer's performance.
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You can download Ccleaner at www. ccleaner.com/download.
green it! Make a compost pile
If you want to have good soil for your planting this spring, then you should make a compost pile.
Composts require three elements, says Cassandra Ford, waste reduction and recycling specialist for the city of Lawrence. You need moisture, heat and "ingredients" to make a compost pile. The ingredients consist of brown waste, such as leaves or mulch, and green waste, such as grass. The brown ingredients provide carbon, and the green ingredients provide nitrogen, Ford says, which start the compost process.
You can put most waste into your compost pile. Don't put in meats or dairy products because these will rot, smell and attract animals. You can bury other food waste and it won't smell.
As for maintenance, composts are pretty simple. You don't even have to do anything if you don't want to, but you can turn the compost material over to make it decompose faster. If you do this, then your compost pile will decompose in six months; if you don't do anything, it will take about a year, Ford says.
To accelerate your composting efforts, buy or make a compost bin. Compost bins
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Dig this: Making your own compost pile is a great way to get some good soil for your spring planting.
keep out animals, which may try to live in your compost during the winter because of the heat composting creates. Most plastic compost bins are black, which absorbs heat from sunlight and speeds up the composting process.
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— Adam Schoof