It feels like I haven’t paid attention to LeAnn Rimes in months. It feels good. Did she really go away or did I just make a new habit of ignoring her? Who knows? Anyway, LeAnn is back with a new album and she was in London late last week to promote it. These are photos of LeAnn outside of the BBC Radio offices, and I have to admit… I actually like her dress here. If she had worn a bra, the look would have been stunning. While in London, LeAnn also stopped by the British talk show Loose Women, which from what I understand is sort of like our American show The View? Sort of. In the Loose Women interview, LeAnn said many words. Some highlights:
She gets Kao Sori facial treatments involving a scalpel to the face: “A couple of weeks ago, it’s amazing,” LeAnn said of the face-shaving procedure that works to exfoliate the skin with a blade. “She did it with a scalpel. It was insane afterwards. My face felt like a baby’s butt…All of my face. It was amazing. It’s different to microdermabraision. It’s all the pulling. There’s no shaving cream either, it’s dry. Oh yeah, absolutely.”
Being a stepmother to Eddie’s sons: “My stepsons are nine and 13. They were two and six when I first met them. It was quite the adjustment. I think any blended family, it takes a while. Over the past year, year and a half, I feel like we’re finally settled in. We’re not exempt [to struggles] because you see our faces. My husband and I are a team and that’s how we have to approach parenting. They’ve always been super respectful of me. They are good to me.”
Whether she & Eddie will have a kid: “We practice a lot.”
[From E! News and The Daily Mirror]
Is it wrong that I’m sort of interested in the Kao Sori facial now? A scalpel? FOR REAL? I mean, you have to have a lot of trust with your facialist. Is the scalpel for unwanted whiskers? Because I have some whiskers. And I’ve never thought to go at them with a scalpel. As for the stuff about being a stepmom… LeAnn always sounds so self-absorbed, no surprise. “They’ve always been super respectful of me. They are good to me.” Great. I’m so glad that the priority is how THEY treat YOU.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I just shave my face. Saves me $400. They say one reason why men age more slowly is the exfoliation from shaving.
Do you really?
Not with cream or anything. It really does make your face smoother and face creams absorb better.
I find this fascinating. I would love to try it but am worried I would end up cutting up my face! Any tips?
Shave with the grain and be careful around the lips
Same! I go over my face with a razor in the shower. It’s great for exfoliating!
Tell more! Does your hair grow back faster? Do you get shadow? Isn’t it abrasive?
If shaving meant hair grew back faster (or thicker, another thing I’ve heard people say) balding men would shave their heads constantly.
I think most women get peach fuzz which is what I shave, I have for years and years. The fuzz is like cotton candy (I’m blonde) and is thick enough that I have a hard time wearing foundation or powder and getting it down to my skin. It also holds sweat/oil right to my face so I shave once a week, every other week in the shower. No shadow, stubble or abrasive and my skin is flawless at 45.
I do get a few ‘goat hairs’ at the very corners of my mouth (I should call them catfish whiskers I just realized) but I pluck those puppies- they’re like fishing wire and abrasive when they grow in regardless of method of removal.
It is a big beauty myth that hairs grows back if you shave it faster no truth to it.
Go to your local Dollar Store, buy a bag of razors and shave your face in the shower, The End.
Am I the only one who suddenly turns into the bloody yeti every month?
You shouldn’t shave or scalpel the ‘terminal’ hairs (the darker, thicker ones in brows and sometimes lip/chin), only the ‘vellus’ ones ( fine, peach fuzzy).
I do this too! I use the razors for eyebrows and just dry shave my entire face up to my cheekbones about once a week. It removes the peach fuzz so any makeup goes on smoothly but also is really good exfoliation!!!
I use those eyebrow razors on my face too! I get them on Amazon and do my face like twice a week. I try to do it the same way they dermaplane with a scalpel (from youtube videos). I don’t get many blackheads, but it’s great for those. If I see a little one on my nose it’s like it comes right off!
I shave my face too, not all over but those stray (after menopause) hairs. Contrary to old wives tales, it does not make you grow more hair or a beard but I have no wrinkles where I shave. Maybe I should start shaving my crows feet! lol.
Yep, me too. And dry. Trick is to use a new razor, not the same one you use on legs.
Possibly if doesn’t work so well on sensitive skin.
You don’t have to get a kao sori facial, this is just dermaplaning often available with any facial, but some states laws may vary on who can dermaplane, so it may not be available with any facial, but a dermatologist could do it. You could just shave. It isn’t quite the same, but it works. Also male sure the razor is clean.
I tried dermaplaning once. For about a month afterwards my face would burn when putting on moisturizer. Won’t do it again.
Do you generally use very gentle stuff on your skin? I think it’s a big jump for people who baby their complexion. I’ve been giving myself various types of home-made chemical peels for years to deal with scarring from adult acne, I don’t know if anything aside from a blowtorch would actually burn me at this point
I honestly believe celebs will try any trendy ‘treatment’..any removal of top skin cells, chemically or mechanically, is going to make your face feel like a baby’s bottom..temporarily
I became addicted to a wonderful exfoliating scrub as a teen for that very reason. 40+ years later I now make my own for next to nothing. Never thought of shaving, though!!!
Listen lady! You don’t get to divulge something like that – you making your own exfoliating scrub and then leave us all hanging. Please dish on the details. Recipe please. I’m fascinated.
Oops. My bad. Ground almonds, cornmeal, honey, almond oil and water for consistency. I hacked it from the ingredient list from the stuff I grew up using. Beware, tho. My skin is used to the abuse. Go gently!
Look at the faces of those waiting behind the gate. Not exactly bowled over, it appears.
Wrong, LeAnn. You, their father and their MOTHER are a team. It’s fascinating the lengths she goes to, to exclude Brandi from her own family. I wouldn’t be surprised if she has some Cibrian family pics, taken before Ed and Brandi split up, with her face pasted over Brandi’s, hanging up on her bedroom mirror.
She is so creepy.
Actually no, she’s not wrong, at least in her words. If she (or any person) is an step parent they are part of raising the children. Of course ideally the three of them would be a team, but saying she and her husband are a team that work together to parent is a good thing.
It bothers me that the step parent narrative gets tangled up in the histrionics. Yes, LR is an awful person who has done terrible things, and we all suspect that her marriage is the opposite of what she claims. That taints her words on being a stepmom, but they really aren’t that bad. This goes far beyond LR. Many step parents are happy if the kids accept them and treat them respectfully, these are good things. Why shouldn’t they be allowed to talk about it? Many step parents are highly active in raising their stepkids, are proud of them and are important people in the kids’ lives. That shouldn’t be discounted just because of one silly woman who can’t keep off twitter for two seconds.
I get that people hate LR, and rightly so, but she really does say good things about being a stepmom. Even if she doesn’t practice what she preaches, people are so happy to condemn all step parents as “stealing a family”. Um, no. This one crazy woman did but there are countless other people who actually live the life she claims to have, and all the bashing of her role is never specific to her but includes all step parents.
Very well put Wren. Thank you for such a thoughtful comment.
I am a child of divorce. There were times when I lived with my mom and went to my dads house every other weekend and there were times when I lived with my dad and saw my mom on the weekends (I was in highschool at that point and could drive myself over to see her when I wanted). When I lived at my mom’s house, my dad was still part of the team and vice versa. I understand step parents can take on a bigger role if the biological parent is not around due to death or abandonment and I’m not trying to minimize or understate that role in those circumstances, but Brandi and Eddie have 50/50 custody. Brandi is very much in the picture, raising HER children and it’s insulting to her to suggest otherwise.
Wren, I know many wonderful step-parents. (My own husband is one.) I know families who cooperate with each other, even to the extent of one Mom who regularly has the children of the other family, ones the Dad had later with his new wife, spend the night because they are her son’s brothers. I know families who vacation together so that the children are all together. Unfortunately I also know step-parents more like Leann, who are jealous and difficult. But most people I know keep the children in mind and try their best to get along with ex’s, new husbands and wives, and extended families. Leann gives step-parents a bad name, but luckily few are like her with her crazed jealousy.
One parent doesn’t have to be dead for a step parent to be active in the kid’s life. Like I said, ideally all three of them would be a team and LR would include Brandi in her statements, but it’s not inherently wrong of her to be proud of her own role as stepmom in the kids’ lives. Their dad’s wife is very much a part of the family, and since they are so young she is an authority figure in their lives, certainly when they are at her and their dad’s house. If the kids feel loved and supported and like they’re important to her, that’s a good thing. I hope that is true here. But the overreaching message I see thrown about here is that all stepmoms should just take a seat and let the REAL parents raise the kids, which is bad and a huge disservice to all step parents who aren’t crazy twitter addicts.
. I don’t think she was actually trying to put down Leann’s role as stepmom. I think many people understand that in this case Leann has excluded Brandi as much as possible. It is documented in the social media interactions in which Brandi has tried to include Leann in the narrative of the boys lives but Leann has done the exact opposite. This is the issue in this scenario- Whether or not she is good, caring Stepmom isn’t where the majority of criticism comes from. It is how she actively tries either emulate or write out Brandi that garners ‘side eyes.
Even if both parents have equal custody, that does not mean they act as a team. Both parents may be supportive of the child but that does not mean they do so in the same way with discussion and agreement on said support and the intentions behind it. My husband and his ex barely speak and largely communicate through emails or me. I understand this since she has made horrible untrue allegations against him and his family. I’m sure she has about me as well. But I have spent three years being friendly and respectful to make myself a bridge. Does that mean we’re all a team? Nope. The parenting at the two houses is wildly different and my SS lives a pretty disjointed life. But I work hard to be Team Stepkid and to make sure there is at least communication between the two household teams. I’d say it’s more like being in different school clubs and teams, you are both looking to do well for your school but you take different paths to do it and don’t necessarily socialize or share goals.
Wren, while I agree with absolutely everything you said, when it comes LR, we all have a very hard time seeing the trees through the forest. When I hear you talk about being a stepparent, it’s accepted as genuine and honest. When I hear LeAnne say the exact same things, all I hear are subtle jabs at Brandi, ie “we practice all the time” = Remember when Eddie said he didn’t like having sex with you anymore. Well, he bangs me everyday. “The kids are respectful of me. They treat me well” = Hey Brandi, I’m friends with your kids and they might actually even like me better than you.”
I admit, I hear things in her words that probably aren’t even there. But we don’t thnk this of all stepparents. We are simply jaded when it comes to LeAnn. We don’t beleive anything she says and we do see digs at Brandi whether they’re intentional or not because so much was intentional early on. I don’t even like Brandi. But I dislike a home-wrecker even worse, especially one who rubs it in your face ad nauseum. (Yes, I know Eddie was the married one who broke his commitment, but nobody writes LR off as some innocent bystander either).
I’m not a step parent myself but a dear friend of mine is, and I have known many good, loving people who are step parents. The thing is, I have heard them use the same language as LR to describe their lives and their role in their step kids’ lives. They are genuinely happy and proud of the kids and sometimes do really think of them as theirs, coming from a place of love and support. The inclusive terms, such as bonus mom, are used to unite the family, not to supplant anyone. Adding another person, rather than replacing an existing one.
Obviously we all have seen the context of these words in respect to LR, and from all the public pettiness it’s hard not to roll your eyes at anything she says. But many people can’t seem to get past the fact that it’s her, even when she says something good, and end up making sweeping statements on step parents in general, which are hurtful.
Wren,
You did quite well outlining that LeAnn is an awful person who has done awful things and is probably lying about most of her narrative.
So, this might seem like splitting hairs. But LeAnn’s constant exploitation of those boys is designed to diminish Brandi. And even create the false impression that the boys are always with her. That she is the better mom. LeAnn has even done interviews claiming the boys say she’s the fun mom. This is just another extension of all of that, trying to diminish and exclude Brandi from her own family.
At this point, stepmom is one of LeAnn’s main pr focuses. Her entire X-mas CD promo was discussing the boys and not the music. It’s in every DM article and interview she gives. Also her fans have harassed Brandi for years with the exact false narratives that LeAnn has pushed online and in interviews. Which LeAnn goes out of her way to fav on Twitter, follow, and encourage such people.
It’s important to note the stepmothers she attracts are the same type of weirdos she is. If you see their timelines it’s all about bashing mothers, in exceptionally vicious ways, for completely normal parenting situations and communications. They see exactly what LeAnn’s doing and are drawn to her.
Normal step-mothers who respect their role to the parents don’t support LeAnn’s version of stepparenting. They would never dream of doing or saying the type of things she does. Even the ones who are the main caretakers of their stepchildren don’t support LeAnn’s version.
She’s the one doing the disservice to stepparents and rightfully earns her place on those most hated lists.
@Kittykat I understand your point and I found your message very thoughtful and well articulated. My take is as follows (and I certainly don’t think your message was hateful so this is not a pointed comment!) I don’t follow LeAnn or Brandi except for what pops up here and I certainly don’t follow any of their followers. So I have no idea what sort of hateful nonsense they’re spewing and don’t particularly care to know all of it either. I guess my feeling is that although this site it called Celebitchy I am generally more interested in a bit of snark than outright hate. And I increasingly feel that way as the overwhelming messages from politicians, celebrities and board commenters seem to be hateful generalizations. We all have our celebrities we dislike, some with more justification than others. But at the end of the day the sweeping generalizations don’t really do anyone any good. And more specific to divorces, including messy ones, is that those hateful generalizations really keep people from moving forward towards a place where they’re focusing on the kids. Not every divorce is going to end up with all the adults being a team. That’s just life and sometimes things are too messy. But you hope that at the very least people can be supportive enough of a kid that they accept everyone’s role and despite personal feelings can play nice.
Leann uses and abuses her stepsons for press and sold stories, that’s the difference. Leann appears to have the same mentality of a small child, she never matured and something is very off about her. Taking weird 40 pills and day and maybe having health issues passed on from her hubby has done something to her brain. She is scary and if she was a stepmomr to my kids, she would be shut down fast.
Leann is a horrible example of what a stepparent should be. 95% of stepparents are just normal people, supporting their spouses and the spouses’ kids. Leann has attempted repeatedly to push the boys’ own mother out of the way, and she’s been public about it. She is seriously mentally unwell. She likes to manipulate, and those poor kids are her tools. Whether she uses them for PR, or to punish their mother, or for her own needs, it’s always about Leann. You don’t talk about your stepkids as if their mother doesn’t exist. Reality Tea always writes nasty posts about Brandi, and even they recently posted something that said that Leann acts as though she and Eddie are the only ones involved in these boys’ lives. She never talks about anything other than how the boys treat her, how she feels, how she felt during the affair, how Brandi made her feel- everything is about Leann. I can’t believe how this D list singer manipulates media and others, who say things like, “Brandi is a tramp”. Um, because a tramp isn’t a person who slept with a married dad while married herself and then spent the first year with that man being hypersexual in front of his kids?
I do a facial like this where they scrape my skin w a scalpel and then apply an acid treatment for a few minutes. The scalpel part is the easy part! I’m 43 and have been doing it for a couple years. I’ve found that it makes my skin feel less tight/dry and I have friends that say it really makes my skin look better (although I can’t see the difference like they can). I have often wondered if the male shaving thing is a built in anti aging devise. Maybe I’ll start doing it at home. Not that any of it helps the lines I’m getting over my lips – I hate those things and need to figure out how to treat them!
Dermaplaning – any good aesthetician can do it for you!
Yes-I have this done and it’s great. It does make your skin look more dewy and fresh.
I just thought Brandi Glanville was moonlighting at the spa that day…wielding a scalpel
Ok please I need to know. 1. Does your hair ever grows back ticker and darker? 2. Do you need to keep shaving? Why? Thanks a lot
No, shaving does nothing to the hair follicle, so it does not grow back thicker or darker.
Yes, you would need to keep shaving. I have heard that Japanese women like to shave their faces for the exfoliation. I imagine you could get a similar effect with a good dermabrasion product. I buy dermabrasion crystals and make my own – much less expensive that way.
There are multiple claims that Liz Taylor and Marilyn Monroe shaved their faces for years
@CHRISTIN
You’re right. Elizabeth Taylor had her hairline shaved from the time she started to work in Hollywood. I think most people in the business remove the baby hairs from their faces because make-up does not sit as well on the surface. I assume that most women use some type of laser hair removal. I want that done on my underarm area! Alas, as I am only a pleibian, I shave or pluck.
I can see why it would help, and (confession) I’ve been doing it myself for several months. I got tired of the little specialty razors and just use a women’s razor every week or two. I have yet to cut myself. It does help makeup application.
One more celeb story — Supposedly Judy Garland insulted Ginger Rogers by sending her a shaving mug (maybe after some type of awards loss – can’t remember). Ginger was rumored to have lots of blond peach fuzz that was very noticeable, and she didn’t want it removed.
She’s had something done because she looks less bat-like and “softer” somehow.
Yeah, she looks good
Yeah, +1 to both…and she’s resembling someone but I can’t put my finger on it…who is she looking like in these pics??
I think it is weight gain. A few pounds can make a difference.
She should never go braless, jeez, she rivals Tori Spelling with that boob job. She looks different for some reason, the dress is pretty and her face looks decent, that’s all the positivity I have for this creeper.
Googling derma planing
She looks so much better parting her hair on the side instead of the middle where is accentuated her nose. I’m glad Brandi did it first so Leann can do it too.
The part has nothing to do with it, I think she had her nose thinned and nostrils reduced plus got a brow lift, to make her eyes look less squinty. However, her veneers are still awful.
Forgot to add, nothing will really help her as she is very ugly from the inside out.
If LeAnn really had this beauty ritual she would have it on SM like every other parts of her life, LeAnn ran out of things to talk about plain and simple.
Leann went through all her usual talking point she reveals in EVERY interview she has ever given. I guess this was last resort.
I think one of the show’s regulars had the technique done during the show. It’s very possible that a certain yodeler (knowing the ritual was a show topic) could have claimed she had the same done “a couple of weeks ago”, whether she really did or not. And that’s what got the headline, not her music.
Her plastic is showing, she looks way older than 33, looks more like 43. She giggles like a 10 year old, thinks like a jr high girl, and has no common sense. Her excuse for writing cover songs is just laughable, she never had any talent, just stole from others, added a remix and called it her own. She is nothing but a lounge singer, tip jar always open.
I really, really do not want to hear about their sex life. Ever again. Ever. lol
Exactly. The thought of her O- face scares me, and he truly grosses me out, the thought of them together is ugh.
You are totally right. Lean is so uncouth it makes me sick to my stomach.
Eddie should crawl in a hole when she opens she opens her mouth, or he did when he married her. He has no interest in her, she pays the free loaders bills. Sad when you have to pay for a man to marry you.
Her “new” music has been out for two months and has gone nowhere in the U.K., despite desperate attempts to promote it. Her hair looks better than it has in years and I think her white dress is really lovely. Unfortunately, her wonky implants are ruining the aesthetic. She needs a good bra to keep them in the same region. Bra’s can really make or break an outfit. She’s also been ramping up the SWFing of BG and step-parent talk lately. That side braid fiasco was ridiculous and it’s kind of creepy that she’s still so obvious about it. It’s very transparent. She’s really her own worst enemy.
How do they practice doing dermabrasion?
Ok. I am defending what she said. This woman is a creepy little thing, so I will probably never do this again….
My take on what she said was that when the kids are with them, they are a team. I’m sure that when all three of them are at one of the kids functions, and she is wearing her gross, inappropriate clothing as she does, and hanging all over Eddie to show the world how lovey they are, they all three would be a team. If that makes sense?
Now, if you’ll excuse me I am going to wash my mouth out with soap, because I did not like having to defend what she said! Lol 😷😉
So she’s got a new album out, but continues to talk about nothing but her stepsons! She continues to show us what a horrible person she is, and I hope it continues to have the affect on her career that both she and Ed deserve! She’s lucky Brandi raised her boys to be respectful, because she does not deserve respect. It would be nice if she respected those boy’s privacy just once. It would also be nice if she learned boundaries. No matter how hard she tries, their mother is always going to be first in their hearts!!
I don’t care what it would cost, her mouth would be shut down, including the STD she married.
Paula’s Choice BHA exfoliant is my hope & face saver! Liquid gold and it’s the only exfoliate I now use. No longer need to get facials, no hash scrubs and skin looks better than its ever look. Seriously its liquid perfection and IMO the best exfoliant on the market.
It is magic in a bottle! I get panicky when my stash gets low.
As a guy I always noticed a difference in texture between my beard-skin where I shave every day, and the upper part of my face. After people started telling me how much they were spending on dermal planing (this procedure is nothing new, and yes very simple and effective because beyond just removing the layer of dead skin cells and debris, it stimulates a nice healthy glow and slight plumping in the skin) I decided to go for it and start shaving my entire face. I only do the upper part about once a week, and I use cream cleanser or moisturizer. My best results come from using a bentonite clay masque followed by face-shaving, and applying a very thin layer of argan oil and rosehip seed serum followed by moisturizer. It takes away all of my forehead wrinkles, just like magic.
I actually noticed that with my husband too – he doesn’t shave often because he keeps a short beard – but when he does the skin that was shaven is definitely softer and fresher. The skin on his cheekbones tends to be a bit dryer and more dull – so I can assume that between the protection from the beard hair, then a close shave removing old skin cells, it really does make a difference. I’ve heard a lot of good things about using a bit of oil on your face – I always cringe at the idea because in my head I’m just like “but my skin gets oily! More oil isn’t good!” but from what I understand, it’s pretty gentle and actually helps to regulate the oils as well.
I saw a dermatologist on Oprah once and I changed my ways. I used to go get little GA peels and stuff and scrubs. But she said a soft washcloth every day when washing your face does the exfoliating necessary every day. I exfoliate that way now all over my face, under my eyes, and it works better for me. Then I put the lotion on while my skin is damp. All these abrasive scrubs and such was, unfortunately, not good on my sensitive skin.
Scrubs are awful for facial skin, even the ones deemed good for it.
I use a Clarisonic with the gentle brush either once a day or every other day. The timing isn’t so much part of the technique as it is based on how lazy I am feeling about getting it out or if I have charged it! I really like it and saw a huge improvement when I was living in a humid climate. I think it helped eliminate bacteria more effectively. Now that I’m in a drier climate it seems to mostly help with gently exfoliating.
I was reluctant to purchase one (thought it was overhyped), but I use it daily and have for at least three years. I like to switch between the brush styles (planning to try radiance next).
I’ve never tried another brush because my skin is pretty sensitive. Do they feel much harsher than the gentle one? Do you actually notice a difference in your skin when you switch brushes? My skin is getting worse with early pregnancy hormones right now and since I’m limited in the washes, etc I can use due to chemicals I’m looking for alternative ways to help out my skin!
I switch every five or six months, which is longer than the recommended three months. I have tried normal, deep pore (which has graduated levels of bristles) and sensitive or delicate.
I have oily-combination, but deep pore seemed a bit too much. It felt fine, but seemed to cause some flare up. I have the radiance in a four pack of replacements I bought during the holidays and plan to try it next.I have also switched back to mild liquid soap (Clinique). Seems like my aging skin cannot take the harsher soaps and treatments without reacting.
Leann has been a very busy girl. Last October LeAnn made a deal with RCA UK to release a CD for them.
In late June Leann released the single The Story… before going on vacation with her husband.
Unfortunately the CD fell off the charts within a matter of days. In August Leann decided to fly to the UK to promote the single. But before she left LeAnn decided to hang out on the set of her husbands new job. She took pictures with his co stars and put it on SM before leaving.
In London Leann made appearances. But not enough for her CD to sale over 250 digital copies. Yes. The singles been out since late June and according to digital media data LeAnn sold only 240.
Good lord. That’s awful.
I remember looking on youtube at the newly released music in late June. The new Blink-182 video had been out for a couple HOURS and it already had more views than Leann’s that had been out for a week or two.
Tweezerman makes a really great razor for a few bucks. You can find them at Ulta. Amazing for baby hairs, cleaning up the brows and any unwanted whiskers. It’s also designed differently than a regular razor. It’s straight and folds back into itself. It’s almost impossible to cut yourself if you do it on dry face and a light touch. I SWEAR by it!!!!!
Great tip! Thanks for such a thoughtful answer! I think I may go get one.
Thanks for mentioning this. I took my contacts out for a couple days and REALLY saw what was doin on my face! EEEK! Waxed my upper lip, but it was too rough. Gonna go look for this to have on hand cuz I will not be walking around like that ever again.
I had absolutely NO IDEA that so many women shaved their faces!!!!
Now I’m seriously considering this as opposed to waxing or threading. I haven’t done anything yet but consider it every day I put on my make up. Hmmmmm….
Talk about rookies mistake. Leann always gets it wrong. That beautiful maxi is designed to be worn with a jewelled or tan sandal, a good bra and some ethnic jewellery. Why is she wearing a four inch heel with a hippie maxi? Plus her face looks different… She still looks like hell but different.
There just isn’t much to discuss anymore with her, is there? At least she gave us an opportunity to discuss beauty tips.