How to Send Perfume by USPS

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has an obligation to ensure that parcels are safe for its employees to handle. While perfume may seem innocuous in your home, changes in temperature and pressure during transport can make it explode or catch fi...

How to Clean Perfume From a Suitcase

Cleaning the smell of perfume from a suitcase can act as a lifesaver before your next travel engagement. While perfume is often associated with a pleasant aroma, someone may have borrowed your suitcase that happened to use a fragrance to which you ar...

Five Modernist Themes

Modernism as a mode of thinking manifests itself as a style that turns away from tradition and old philosophies while pushing forward past the present and into a theoretical future. Modernism is fairly easy to recognize in various art forms -- litera...

How to Decorate Your Own Perfume Bottles

Whether you are designing and selling your own perfume or keeping store-bought scents in your own containers, decorating your perfume bottles allows you to add colors, designs and other patterns to your personal belongings. Using traditional arts and...

What Makes a TV Capacitor Go Bad?

Capacitors are common components used almost every kind of electronic device, including computers, radios and TVs. In a circuit, capacitors store electric charge, making them useful as noise filters in power supplies, and in television signal-generat...

Types of Satsuma Fragrance Oils

The satsuma is a type of tangerine. As a fragrance oil, the satsuma aroma has strong citrus notes, though not exclusively tangerine. Fragrance oils are synthetic oils designed to mimic natural fragrances. Scientists use a technique known as gas chrom...

How to Become a Perfume Designer

Perfume designers, or perfumers, combine different aromas to create new scents. Perfumers may create fine fragrances, or develop scents used in products such as detergents, foods and candles. Designing a perfume involves more than mixing chemicals to...

How to Make the Standby Longer on a Mac

Standby, or sleep mode, in a Mac is when the computer goes into a mode that consumes less power than usual. This happens automatically when the computer is not used for a certain period of time. Although this helps conserve energy when you are not us...

How to Make a Self-Tanner Last Longer on Your Face

Baking in the sun is passé, indoor tanning beds have been linked to skin cancer and spray tans are time consuming and expensive, which leaves self-tanner lotion and gels as the healthiest, most inexpensive way to looking like you just got back f...

How to Make a Torch Burn Longer

Constructing a basic torch is as simple as tying bunches of dried grass together and lighting the end on fire. While this simple torch may provide some brief pleasure for pyromaniacs and wilderness enthusiasts, it won’t burn for more than a few...

What Causes the Thermal Cutoff to Keep Going Bad on a Dryer?

A thermal cutoff or switch is a safety feature found on many dryers. It prevents the dryer from overheating by cutting power to the heater if the temperature inside the drum reaches the cutoff’s preset activation temperature. Once it triggers,...

How to Make Your Eyebrows Longer Naturally

Many companies promote expensive and in some cases dangerous products to grow and lengthen eyebrows. While there is no magic remedy to grow hair faster, you can nourish existing hair to make it grow fuller and longer. By implementing simple lifestyle...

How to Make Perfume With Scented Oils

Making your own perfume will liven up your selection of fragrances. This perfume recipe produces a refreshing scent reminiscent of an English garden. Its fragrance comes from a combination of valerian, chamomile and lavender essential oils. The oils...

How to Make Your Kindle Last Longer

To enjoy using your Amazon Kindle for a long time, you need to take care of it and avoid situations that could damage the device. You can access the Internet, download content from Amazon and even transfer PDF documents to the Kindle. However, some o...

Can a Company Legally Ban Perfume in a Workplace?

A company has the right to set policies regarding satisfactory workplace appearance, including the use of perfume. Restricting the use of perfume is essential in some areas of business where smells can affect the customer experience, including food s...

How to Make Perfume Talc

If you want to experience the luxury of using a scented talc powder without the danger, make your own homemade talc. While talc does an effective job in absorbing unwanted moisture and providing skin with a silky smooth finish, it also contains harmf...

How to Coil Your Sperry Top-Sider Laces

Sperry Top-Sider is a well-known manufacturer of boat shoes with leather shoelaces. You can tie your Sperry Top-Siders in a variety of ways. One often-used method known as decorative coiling does not actually tie the shoelaces, but rather uses a boat...

How to Make a Bonfire Last Longer

Creating a bonfire gives friends and family a way to gather and share quality time together. A bonfire can be designed to create warmth or just serve as a dramatic focal point. A number of different kinds of woods and kindling material can be used fo...

How to Keep Animals From Going Under a Deck

It may be hard to enjoy your outdoor deck if a skunk or other wild animal decides to move in underneath it. While outdoor deck trim, such as lattice, is designed to close off the space under decks, it may not be enough. Prevent animals from entering...

Does Coleman Fuel Go Bad?

In addition to a full lineup of camping gear ranging from sleeping bags and tents to lanterns, the Coleman company offers gas-powered camp stoves and heaters. Though some Coleman products can use fuel such as propane, butane, unleaded gasoline or ker...

How to Make Satin Roses for a Rice Toss

Offer your wedding guests an alternative to blowing bubbles or throwing birdseed as you leave the wedding or reception. Make satin roses to hold the rice. Not only are they functional, they can make a pretty arrangement while you're waiting for the r...

How to Keep Yourself Awake So You Don't Go to Bed Early

Whether you want to stay up to watch a movie or need to change your sleeping schedule, staying awake through your regular bedtime can be difficult. However, when you occupy your mind and keep your body working, it helps take the edge off of sleepines...

How to Keep Perfume from Fading

The perfume you choose to wear says a lot about your personality. Wearing your signature scent allows you to express yourself having to say a word. When you put your perfume on before work in the morning or before a big night out, you want the scent...

Bottling Your Own Perfume

Perfume has existed for thousands of years and in various forms, from solid to liquid and from oil-based to alcohol-based, as a substance to improve someone's scent. Bottling perfume at home does not require special equipment, and the quality of the...

How to Design Perfume Bottle Tops

Designing a perfume bottle is nearly as important as the scent and design of the perfume itself. Bottles are no longer just a container to hold a scent, but instead are used as an advertisement for what the bottle contains. Most perfumes use a specia...

Cutting Bananas So They Don't Go Bad

Nothing ruins the presentation of a colorful banana-based dessert, like banana cream pie or fruit salad, as the banana turning an unseemly brown. Although the reaction is simply the result of the fruit’s chemicals mixing with oxygen in the air,...

How to Make Plantains Last Longer

The plantain is a Latin American fruit related to the banana. Their textures and flavors vary, though. Plantains have thick skin, which is harder to peel than a banana's skin, and their flavor is starchy rather than sweet. Most consumers use them lik...

How to Keep Perfume Longer

Perfume can be the finishing touch to your grooming routine. The scent of perfume can invoke memories and affect your mood, and the average shelf life is two years. However, if you don't store your perfume properly, its life may be shorter; the scent...

Can I Put Oil Fragrances Into My Shark Steamer?

Shark is the manufacturer behind a line of steam mops and household steamers that clean surfaces with heat. The smaller devices provide only 10 minutes of cleaning time, while the larger mops are strong enough for cleaning an entire room. Inside the...

Do Concrete Steps Go Bad?

Concrete is as hard as stone when it sets, and when a concrete structure is designed and constructed to the best standards, it lasts a long time. Steps are less forgiving to some common pressures and faults in construction. When concrete steps go bad...

How to Make a Toothbrush Last Longer With Salt

If you think salt is only for flavoring food, think again. According to the Salt Institute, the versatile mineral has more than 14,000 uses. One of the ways salt can come in handy around the home is by extending the life of your toothbrush. Soaking a...

How to Make Blooms Last Longer for an Amaryllis

Amaryllis blooms last for two months or more with proper care. The individual blossoms may not remain open for the entire flowering period but each stalk contains two to four flower buds that provide a consistent display during that time. Make the bl...

Why Does a Light Ballast Go Bad?

The ballast is the primary electronic device that serves the light-emitting tube in a fluorescent light fixture. Imminent ballast failure is indicated by longer start-up times, flickering at startup or intermittent cycling on and off of the lamp. A c...

How to Open a Perfume Boutique

Opening a perfume boutique requires business acumen, a sense of adventure and a desire to make a profit from selling a luxurious retail item. While ancient cultures first used incense in religious worship, and the ancient Egyptians used perfumes as p...

How to Add Perfume to Unscented Lotions

Just because you don't enjoy the overwhelmingly sweet scent of commercially perfumed lotions doesn't mean you have to endure bland, unscented moisturizing cremes. Sensitive skin, allergies and odor sensitivity are a few reasons why purchasing scented...

How to Make Antique Perfume Buttons

The Victorian era of the mid-1800s popularized perfume buttons. During this era, women used oil-based perfumes, which would stain clothing after being applied on the skin. To avoid this, some women wore a perfume button as a long necklace, with an un...

How to Make Antique Perfume Buttons

The Victorian era of the mid-1800s popularized perfume buttons. During this era, women used oil-based perfumes, which would stain clothing after being applied on the skin. To avoid this, some women wore a perfume button as a long necklace, with an un...

How to Tell if Struts Are Going Bad on a Truck

You should always be on the look out for warning signs in your vehicle so you know when things are going bad. Find out how to tell if struts are going bad on a truck with help from the owner and lead mechanic of an automotive services business in thi...

My Ariston Boiler Keeps Going Off

Ariston boilers use a flow of natural gas to heat water. If your Ariston keeps turning off unexpectedly, you may notice water suddenly going cold, or -- if you stand by the boiler when it is working -- hear the burners click off when they should stil...

How Often Can I Change My Retirement Contributions?

When changing your retirement contributions there are a few things you're going to want to keep in mind. Learn how often you can change your retirement contributions with help from the president and CEO of Smart401k in this free video clip.

Tips on Connecting Drain Snakes to Make Longer

Drain snakes come in a variety of lengths up to 50 feet. While 50 feet may seem like a great deal of footage, some of the more complex pipes in the house, such as the ones for a toilet, can actually stretch even further. When this happens, it may be...

My Toro Wheel Horse Ignition Switch Keeps Going Bad

The Toro Wheel Horse riding mower model makes use of an electrical ignition system that starts with a key. While a failed engine start can happen because of fuel issues, it’s possible that failed starts happen when your ignition switch is bad....

Vertical Grain Fir for Gates

Vertical grain fir is made from the Douglas fir tree, or Pseudotsuga menziesii, which is not a true fir. A softwood, the Douglas fir produces some of the sturdiest lumber available, according to the Softwood Export Council. To get vertical grain lumb...

What Makes a Refrigerator Run Capacitor Go Bad?

Refrigerators keep food cold only when all of their parts are working together properly. If you hear a clicking sound when the compressor runs, or if you suspect the compressor is running too often or too infrequently, the refrigerator’s run c...

What Causes the Bearings to Go Bad in a Dishwasher?

Dishwashers undergo regular abuse that isn’t readily apparent. Food might not be properly washed away, dishes are stacked on top of the bearing’s spray arm and buildup causes the arm and bearing to remain upright, and the slide drawers cr...

How to Make a Counter Longer Than 8 Feet With Plywood

Furniture-grade veneered plywood countertops are popping up in decorator magazines as a sustainable alternative to quarried stone like granite. The wood grain adds warmth to the room, and the sand-and-polish nature of wood makes scratch repair a bree...

Symptoms That Your Water Heater Is Going Bad

A dying water heater can lead to fluctuations in the temperature of water flowing from every faucet and shower in your home. This can mean a lot of suddenly cold showers. The signs of a bad water heater can vary by the source of the problem and the a...

Why Does My Myspace Keep Going Unavailable?

Under normal circumstances, both the Myspace social network itself and your personal Myspace profile should remain available at all times. A sudden unavailability of Myspace may reflect an error with your profile, your login session or the site as a...

How to Check a Bushing

Checking a bushing can help identify problems before they go from "bad" to "worse." Check a bushing with help from an expert in the automotive industry in this free video clip.

What Causes the Lifters in an Engine to Go Bad?

Two types of lifters are used in automotive engines: the hydraulic type which uses oil inside the lifter body to keep the valve lash within specifications, and the solid lifter which has no hydraulic system, which you must adjust manually. Lifters op...