Who is the fastest surfer or windsurfer? I don't mean in the world, I mean at that lower profile event or when you are trying out some stunts with friends. If you are like me, you've certainly looked for countdown watches that help you in this pastime. For others it is to help them time themselves. This is invaluable in determining their improvement as they grow in a sport.

The Casio SPF40-1V model is a countdown watch that satisfies both expectations. With it you can do the conventional countdown for five or ten minute start sequences. There are beeps at every second of the last ten seconds. The good thing about the SP40-1V model is that it shows you hours, minutes and seconds simultaneously this helps know precisely when the first gun will go off. Other countdown watches keep you guessing.

You can easily change or switch to stopwatch mode from the countdown mode. The stopwatch mode helps you get accurate records of your finish time. It can also be used for events that run for long periods of time. Anyone who likes to run or walk will also appreciate the benefits of having a stop watch included in their regular watch.

It has a design that is different than regular watches. This one is made for work and not as a dress accessory. It is a lot larger too. However, it is made of plastic and so won't weigh you down. It also controls that a easy to use. It has a kind of thermometer so you can know what the temperature is. If you need to know the pressure, you can. And, lastly, you can get your bearing right with the compass.

It is, however, not as cheap as other Casio watches. You get what you pay for. You pay for what you want. This countdown watch is loaded with features and goes further to ensure it merges great design, features and simplicity.

Before deciding on a countdown watch that is right for you it is best to do a little research. Spend some time on the Internet and at your local watch retailer so you know exactly what you are looking for in a watch. Then once you know what you want you can start searching for the best available prices. The Internet is often the best source you having for finding fantastic deals on merchandise.

There was a time was when plus size women were totally left out in trendy wears. They were beaten into accepting the lie that only thin ladies had the right to beautiful dresses. They dreaded boutiques and every other place that called attention to their shape and size. They preferred to be invisible because of the numerous heartaches they've had due to taunts from both friends and family about their ugly bulky size.

The stores and outlets didn't help issues either. They always had a habit of having very thin ladies as sales persons. These lot who had always been praised for their great shape have grown accustomed to showing their disdain for the plus size.

And, least I forget, their section was somewhere at the back of the store where they won't scare away better looking customers. Many businesses still run their plus size departments this way.

Bad as it was, the plus sized accepted their sentence without protesting. They accepted this conspiracy without a contest. The worst of designs were for them. It seemed like only designers who lacked ability undertook their design. Whereas designs are made to enhance looks, their designers consistently preferred styles that did all but enhance their appearance.

That was the norm until a few savvy business persons began to changed things. Perhaps it was the intervention of fate that made Delta Burke, a former beauty queen, become plus sized. Perhaps because she knew that dresses were made to enhance looks from her stint as a beauty queen, she started a line of tastefully designed dresses especially for the plus size. She made huge profits and since folks go wherever money goes, a lot of other enterprises started attending to the specific needs of this formerly disregarded group.

J. Jill, Plus Size, Lane Bryant and others brought in innovations that gave shape to the most off shape. There was a massive departure from the jute sack designs that these group had been condemned to in the past. These designs used the ingenuity of color combinations, darts, packets and other options to give life to their innovations.

Parents often need to buy their children new kid’s shoes because most children grow fast. Young children can grow a size every year, making it necessary to buy new kid’s shoes every time you turn around. At least young children are not fashion conscious and you do not need to buy them expensive shoes. However, pre-teens and teenagers would often ask you to spend your whole salary on expensive footwear.

There are a lot of places that offer thrifty kid’s shoes. Payless is a good source for great looking shoes, but keep in mind that they might not be durable or high quality. These kinds of shoes are ideal for youngsters who outgrow their footwear quickly. However, Payless shoes would not be suitable if you need running shoes for sports or gym class. If you want to give your child expensive shoes, you can search for bargains online.

The only problem is that your child cannot try these kid’s shoes on before you buy them, and in some cases, shipping is slow. But if you want to give high-end, brand names shoes as a present for your son’s birthday, online bargains can be useful. Hop on online sites like eBay for some great deals on kid’s shoes.

If you are planning to purchase kid’s shoes from retail stores, you should keep a few things in mind. Since your child’s feet are constantly growing, it’s not wise to choose a pair that fits perfectly. You have to give them space to grow, but you don’t want your kid’s shoes to be too large that your children will trip over them when they walk.

Have your child try on the shoes, and let your child walk in them for a bit. Feel to see how much extra room there is, and ask them if they feel comfortable in their shoes. To make sure that your child’s footwear will not wear out quickly, remember to have a pair for school, and a spare pair for dirty play.

Originally the chemise was a simple shirt or smock worn under the clothes. It was designed to keep sweat and body oils from staining and spreading to the outer garments. It developed from the Roman tunica in the medieval times. In the European Middle Ages chemise was popular in both men and women. Women wore chemises as shirts beneath their gowns while the men wore chemises with their trousers and covered them with doublets or robes. Today only women wear a chemise almost always as a part of her lingerie ensemble.

Chemises are worn as lingerie under formal clothes and also as a simple sleepwear. They are made of comfortable fabrics like cotton, silk or satin. They are considered quite a fashion statement for women who love the beauty of sexy lingerie. Designer chemises are quite a fad these days. Earlier chemises were mostly stitched by the wearer themselves at home. Gradually the store bought readymade chemises made their way into every woman's wardrobe. Today they are not just ready made but are branded and are also designer wears with a difference.

Chemises are popularly called slips these days. It is a light or flimsy piece of garment that is available at all retail or branded stores. They are made of different materials, styles and designs and colors. Brands and individual designers churn out amazing designs in chemises, which are exclusive and make the wearer feel like the most special person on earth. It makes a lovely prelude to every love scene. There are numerous international brands available today of different makes and feel. These give the buyer umpteen choices to meet their money's worth.

Some chemises are made of crushed velvet, silk, satin, lace, and mesh. The simple sexy crushed velvet chemise is a classic with its soft texture and seductively flair. Silk and satin chemises are soft and sensual and can be found with a combination of other materials lace, mesh, embroidery or sequins. Coupled with various colors, these designs strive to create a chemise, which is the perfect wear for an intimate night.

Chemise remains popular even five hundred years after it was introduced into the clothing scene. They have evolved from being objects of mere comfort to being the essential part of the lingerie ensemble to make a woman feel sexy and beautiful. The advent of movies and the visual portrayal of chemises have nurtured their romantic and sexy image. They have been shown in every aspect from the femme fatale image to the sweet and innocent baby doll idea.

Jennifer Aniston the much loved actress has had many great hairstyles. Jennifer Aniston’s best known role was on the TV show “Friends”, as the fun loving character Rachel. Rachel was cute, sexy, lovable, and actually quite dingy. She was a character that reached out to the hearts of many of us for many seasons. Her hairstyles have been some of the most popular of all time.

Each year Jennifer Aniston fans would wait with great anticipation for the fall season of “Friends” to begin. What great new hairstyle would Jennifer have to share with all of her fans. Would she have a long or short hairstyle, wavy or straight hairstyle? Whatever hairstyle Jennifer had, it was sure to be a hit. Women from all over would head to the hair salon with a picture of that favorite Jennifer Aniston haircut.

The famous “Rachel cut” was an all time favorite. This hairstyle was a huge trendsetter. This cut framed the face and was shorter at the crown and longer around her face. This cut gave her height on the top of her head while still giving her the look of longer hair. The bottom of her hair was shag cut with a razor.

Jennifer with long hair would sometimes have big romantic curls. These were created by blow drying with a big round brush and then using a big curling iron to make lots of big soft curls and then softly brushed to blend.

One of Jennifer Aniston’s great fun looks is just a bunch of tousled waves. This is a great look for her with long hair. This look is easily achieved by blow drying with a round brush and then once hair is dry, take random sections of hair and wrap it around the outside of a curling iron. Then gently brush through using a vent brush to achieve tousled waves all over.

Jennifer Aniston’s favorite trademark look has to be her sleek and shiny sedu hairstyle. For her, this hairstyle is just glassy straight and parted off center. She has fine hair, ( and a lot of it) and it straightens easily by blow drying with a round brush.

The arena of contact lens making has become a subject of intense research. As more and more people are wanting to redefine their looks and reinvent themselves into newer images, or as more and more movies are being based on creatures and human in the outer planet, the task of fitting these people with changed personalities has led to the use of crazy contact lenses. Side by side, there are several companies and brands that have grown around this demand. As a result major brands have now been established in the crazy contact lens industry.

Some of the most popular types of crazy contact lenses that have fired the imagination of wearers of contact lenses is the ones that simulate the shapes of the eyes of wild animals. The more ferocious the animal, the more is the fascination to wear a pair of crazy contact lenses. It makes one imitate the eyes of these creatures from the wild world.

Thus people like to wear crazy contact lenses that are modeled after the eyes of jaguars. These are cat like in shape and have a narrow black slit in the center that is surrounded by a reflexive metallic teal. They give the wearer of these crazy contact lenses the feel of being a sly but sure enemy even in the dark.

For fun wearers of crazy contact lenses, there is the zebra crazy contact lens. This type has solid black stripes on a white background and makes the wearer draw instant attention. This is very useful if one is acting to be a personality from the nether world or one is trying to depict a supernatural creature, on stage or screen.

The crazy contact lens that is sure to draw attention with magicians albeit the amateur variety is the hypnotica contact lens. This lens has a thin white line spiraling towards the pupil of the eye and seems to bring everything into its magic spin. {mospagebreak}

This crazy contact lens can give the magic show an extra edge. For the magician wearing such a pair of crazy contact lenses is an additional draw to the event.

While crazy contact lenses had initially begun as essential make-up gear for actors in horror movies, they have now become a style statement. The days are not far therefore, when socialites and beauty queens will come up on stage wearing crazy contact lenses in lieu of their original eye color and shape to woo the crowds with their glamorous and eye catching make over.

Hairstyles date back hundreds of years and generally reflected what was happening socially at the time. Hairstyles have gone through many changes over the past several decades. The one consistency has been that the hairstyles that were worn by icons of popular culture symbolized what was thought to be the ideal. To find out more about the inspiration for particular hairstyles over the last century, read on.

In the early 1900’s wealthy women set the standard of wearing hair jewels and hats with veils and lace. They dusted their hair with gold and silver powders for the nights. Antoine of Paris created a look of hair parted in middle and swept back in smooth bands over the ears. In 1907 the Marcel wave swept the United States and Europe. In 1910 American nurses in Europe cut their hair short to avoid a flea infestation and the women in America began to cut their hair short for fashion.

The Louise Brooks’s bob became the popular hairstyle in the 1920’s as women began to express their freedom. They also began shedding their corsets to enter the workforce and in 1931 Jean Harlow starred in the movie “Platinum Blonde.” This hair color then swept the nation. Also in the 1930’s, Shirley Temple’s ringlet curls had women of all ages pinning their own hair into tight curls.

During WWII when feminine was ideal, women began copying Hollywood hairstyles. In the 1940’s, Rita Hayworth began the hairstyle trend of side-parted finger waves the sexiest style of that time. Veronica Lake and her cascading blonde hair defined glamour.

The 1950’s brought a trend of highlighting and Lucille Ball’s flaming red hair was an example. Also Doris Day had a helmet like hairstyle that inspired her fans and Audrey Hepburn started the pixie cut.

During the 1960’s people were letting their hair down and the rock group The Beatles, wore their hair long. This ended the gender norm in hairstyles. The Beatle look became a very popular hairstyle for men of all ages.

In the 1970’s, the musical “Hair” came out during a time of sexual revolution. Angela Davis’s afro became a symbol for black pride. One of the most copied hairstyles of the 1970’s was the Farrah Fawcett feathered back hairdo.

The 1980’s were an economic boom and women began the mall bang trend. Big hair and poodle perms were the big thing.

The 1990’s found many women heading to the hair salons looking for the Jennifer Aniston hairstyle. Her hair at the time was an angled, layered, shag haircut. And the millennium brought Sarah Jessica Parker’s flowing curly look back into style.