| How to Ripen Pears Posted: 02 Apr 2021 01:00 AM PDT Pears are a unique fruit—they ripen off of the tree! To taste a pear's delicious flavors, choose pears that are unbruised and firm, and let the pears ripen at home. Pears ripen when they're left on the counter for several days, but you can speed up the ripening process by using a paper bag or placing the pears next to other fruits. Check whether the pears are ripe or not each day by feeling the skin—once the pear feels soft, it's ready to eat! [Edit]Selecting a Pear - Look for pears that don't have bruises or torn skin. It's okay if your pears are different colors or have natural spots on them, but avoid pears with large bruises or exposed flesh. These won't taste nearly as good as unblemished ones![1]
- Purchase pears that are firm if you're selecting them in a store. Pears ripen after they're picked, so don't worry if your pear doesn't feel soft when you select it from the grocery store or farmer's market. It's best to choose a pear that's still firm to the touch so that you can let it ripen at home.[2]
- Most pears are a light green color, though other types (such as Asian pears) are yellow or light brown.
- If you pick out pears that have hard exteriors, don't worry! They'll become soft in a few days.
- Twist mature pears off of the tree if you're hand-picking them. If you have your own pear tree, take a pear in your hand and try to twist it horizontally. If the stem breaks off easily, it's mature and ready to be picked. If the pear resists, it needs more time on the tree.[3]
- Pears ripen off of the tree, so don't wait until the pear is soft to pull it from the tree.
- After you've harvested your pears, it's common to keep them in cold storage (such as a refrigerator) for a few days to help them continue to ripen, but this is only done for hand-picked pears.
[Edit]Ripening Pears - Store pears at room temperature to ripen them in 4-7 days. Whether you picked the pears yourself or brought them home from the grocery store, pears will ripen when left on the kitchen counter or tabletop. Check the pears daily to see if they're ripe.[4]
- Try not to stack pears on top of one another to avoid bruising, especially Asian pears.
- Set the pears in a paper bag to ripen them in 2-4 days. The gases produced by the pear in the bag will quicken the pears' ripening time. Place a pear gently in a paper bag, lightly folding the top of the bag to close it.[5]
- Check these pears daily to make sure they haven't spoiled.
- Avoid using a plastic bag, as this traps all gases and doesn't allow the bag to breathe.
- Add ripe bananas or apples to the paper bag to ripen pears in 1-3 days. To produce ripe pears in just 1-3 days, place a banana or apple in the paper bag with your pears. The ripe fruits give off ethylene gas, which causes the pears to ripen very quickly.[6]
- Check to make sure none of the fruit has spoiled in the bag—one rotten fruit will affect the others.
- If you don't have a paper bag, simply place the pears next to ripe bananas or apples to take advantage of the ethylene gases.
- Avoid refrigerating pears until they're ripe. Putting unripe pears in the refrigerator before they're truly ripe can stunt their ability to ripen in the first place. Wait until your pear is soft to place it in the fridge for cold pears or just to save the pears for a few more days.[7]
- Only pears that are picked right off the tree go into cold storage—pears that you purchase from the store have already gone through this process and shouldn't be placed in the fridge until they're ripe.
[Edit]Spotting a Ripe Pear - Feel the pear's flesh to see if it's soft. Use your finger to press down gently on the pear's neck—if the flesh feels soft instead of hard, your pear is ripe and ready to be eaten. Don't worry if your pear hasn't changed colors, as most pears stay the same color even when they're ripe.[8]
- The pear doesn't need to be overly soft to be ready to eat—as long as the flesh gives a little when you touch it, it's ripe.
- Check your pears daily to make sure they aren't rotting. Pears go from ripe to rotten quickly, so feel your pears each day to make sure you don't miss out on their ripe days. This is especially important if your pears are with other fruit, or if you placed pears in a paper bag to speed up ripening.[9]
- If necessary, write the date you got the pears on the paper bag to help you remember how long they've been in there.
- Eat your pear within a couple days once it's ripe. The tastiest pears are eaten right when they become ripe, so don't wait too long once their flesh becomes soft. If you can't eat the ripe pears right away, place the pears in an airtight container in the refrigerator to save them for a couple more days.[10]
- Asian pears can last a bit longer than other types of pears when stored in the fridge once ripe.
[Edit]Things You'll Need - Paper bag (optional)
- Apples or bananas (optional)
- Airtight container (optional)
- If you have overripe pears, use them in a pie, cake, or stew.
- Avoid stacking your pears to keep them from bruising.
- Wash your pears before you eat them, even if you're cutting off the skin.
- If you're ripening several pears, check often to make sure none of them are rotten—one spoiled pear can affect the whole group.
- Asian pears are the one type of pears that ripen on the tree instead of off.
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| How to Cut Your Own Bangs Posted: 01 Apr 2021 05:00 PM PDT Are you tired of making the trip and paying the money to go to a salon just to have your bangs cut? You can start saving time and money now by cutting your bangs yourself! Whether you want blunt, side, or curtain bangs, shearing your own locks is an easy task that you can easily do at home. [Edit]Blunt or Straight Bangs - Part your hair to create a triangle in your roots. Take a comb and place the tip of it above your hairline, in the center of your head. You may need to go a bit further back, like or even to the high, flat part of your head where a comb will balance. Then, draw a downward diagonal line from the center of your head to the end of your eyebrow. Then, repeat on the other side. Pull your bangs section towards the middle to separate it from the rest of your hair.[1]
- You should have a triangle-like shape with the point a few inches above your hairline. The sides of the triangle should slope down along the sides of your forehead.
- Comb the triangle of bangs forward and pin the rest of your hair back or put it in a ponytail to keep it out of your face.
- Dampen your hair if you're trimming grown-out straight bangs. If this is your first time cutting your bangs, it's a good idea to keep your hair dry so you can cut it the exact length that you want it. If you're just trimming your bangs, spritz some water onto them so your hair is going in the right direction and lying flat on your forehead.
- Try using a flat iron on dry bangs to make them straight. It's important that your bangs don't have any wave to them so you can make a straight cut.
- Keep in mind that doing this with dry hair will be more accurate, but it may also be more difficult. Mist your hair all over with water to get the best results.
- Determine the length and angle of your bang. Straight bangs come in different styles, so figure out exactly how you want them to look before you cut them. Some people like their bangs to go straight across their forehead above their eyebrows for an edgier look, and others like longer bangs that angle down as they meet with the rest of their hair.[2]
- Hold the triangle of hair between 2 fingers to create a straight line. Gather the triangle of bangs and grasp the hair between your index and middle fingers so it's even with the tip of your nose. Your bangs won't be this long, but it's a good starting point in case the bangs don't look perfect right away.
- Cut across the hair in front of your fingers in a straight horizontal line. Make a clean snip across the section of hair. Then, move up and follow the same process to create another horizontal cut. Continue cutting your bangs in increments until you reach the desired length. Use a mirror to check the length and make sure both sides of your bangs are even.
- If your bangs are damp, comb them gently to avoid stretching the hair. Cut them longer than the desired length because the hair will shrink up when it dries.
- If you want your bangs to angle downward at the ends, cut straight across from the middle of one eye to the middle of the opposite eye. Once you reach that point, begin to cut at a downward angle. Move to the other eye and cut at a downward angle until you reach the rest of your hair. The angle can be as steep or as subtle as you like.[3]
- It can help to gather your bangs and twist them once before you cut the straight line. This creates a rounded edge on both sides of your bangs, so the bangs are shorter in the front and longer on the sides.[4]
- Soften the bottom edge of your bangs by making small snips at the tips. Once your bangs are at your desired length, make them look more natural by taking your scissors and making small snips at the tips of your bangs. Keep the scissors parallel to the strands in your hair. Skip this if you want super blunt bangs with a very straight.
- You can also use thinning shears for this.[5]
- Style your bangs with a round brush or flat iron. Straight bangs usually need more attention, so blow dry them with a round brush when you're styling your hair. If you want your bangs to be super straight and flat, straighten them with flat iron once they're dry.
- If your hair is naturally curly or wavy, dry your bangs with a flat brush. Hold the brush close to your forehead and move it behind the dryer from roots to ends so you aren't adding volume to your bangs.
[Edit]Side Bangs - Brush your hair and create a side part where you normally part it. Take a fine-tooth comb and brush your hair until it is smooth and tangle-free. For side bangs, you will need to create a side part. Part your hair to the side it naturally falls on.
- Comb the sectioned hair forward. Taking the tip of a comb, draw a part behind your hairline, perpendicular to your side part. (In other words, from side-to-side, rather than front-to-back.) If you're looking for thicker bangs, you can draw a part farther back. This separates your bangs from the rest of your hair.[6]
- Find the highest tip of your eyebrow. Measure a line upwards from the highest tip of your eyebrow to your hairline. Make a part where that line ends. Move the hair on one side of the part towards the middle of your forehead and pin the hair on the side of your head back to keep it out of the way.
- You should now have a section of hair in the front center of your face that is separated from the rest of your hair.
- If you already have bangs, you should have a width already determined, so take your preexisting longer bangs and part them towards the middle, also separating them from the hairline.
- Pull your bangs up and look at them from the side. They should be about thick. If you want thicker bangs, pull more hair forward from the horizontal part behind your hairline. If you want thinner bangs, do the opposite by pulling less hair forward from your hairline part.
- Pin back the rest of your hair. Pull back the rest of your hair with a clip or bobby pins to separate it from your bangs. This will make it easier to cut your bangs without worrying about cutting the rest of your hair.
- Run a comb through your bangs so they're smooth and straight. This may require you to dampen your hair with a spray bottle if your hair is naturally curly and your bangs have some bounce. Lightly mist your hair with a spray bottle and comb through so that your bangs are flat. If your hair is naturally wavy or straight, cutting bangs in dry hair is best so that you won't cut them too short.
- Never soak your bangs or make them completely wet. Your hair is longer when it is wet, so when it dries it will be shorter. To avoid cutting bangs that are too short, try to cut your bangs with slightly wet or dry hair.
- If your hair is very wet before you cut your bangs, blow dry them until they're 80% dry. When blow drying, make sure you are brushing bangs straight down, or in the opposite direction of your part. Don't blow dry bangs downward in the direction they normally would lie. This creates a "rainbow effect" in which your bangs have a high arch to them. It's difficult to cut bangs when they are like this, so it's better to create some volume in the opposite direction.
- Determine the length of your bangs. Before you cut your bangs you'll want to decide how long you want your bangs. You may want bangs that cover your eye, or you might want bangs that start above your eyebrow. If you're not sure, you can always start with longer bangs and cut them shorter.
- Cut at an angle. Section your hair along a diagonal line and pull it perpendicular to that line. In other words, your hair should be pulled out to the side of your head at a 45-degree angle. Then, bring any other hair you will be cutting out to this angle before cutting. Hold your bangs between your pointer and middle finger and cut the hair below your fingers.[7]
- If you aren't sure how long you want your bangs, start by cutting at the tip of your nose and ending in a diagonal at the bottom of your ear. This will create long, side-swept bangs.
- Make sure you are using scissors specifically designed for hair, as this will give you the best cut.
- If you want shorter bangs, start near the top of the nose, in line with the eye, and cut at a downward diagonal towards the middle of your ear.
- Always cut bangs longer when you start off -- you can always cut them shorter as you go, but you don't want your first cut to be too short, because there's no way to rewind from there. You can try cutting in increments to make sure you don't cut too much of your bang off.
- Snip the ends of the bangs to create a softer, more natural look. After you have cut your bangs you may notice that there is a very straight line in your bangs. This tends to look awkward and unnatural, so you may want to give your bangs a little definition. Lift the hair back up to a 45-degree angle and cut parallel to the strands of hair in your bangs, making small snips at the tips of your bangs.
- If your hair is really thick or you want your bangs to have an even more natural look, you can use a razor made for hair or a hair thinning tool to thin out the ends of your bangs.
- Style your bangs like you normally would. Use a blow dryer and a round brush, brushing your bangs up from the roots towards the ceiling or towards the back of your head. You never want to blow dry your bangs by brushing them straight down as this will leave your bangs with little volume. You can also run a flat iron through your bangs by pulling the flat iron upwards at your roots to create volume.
- You can also blow dry your bangs in the opposite direction of where they naturally fall to make them lay flat and give them a bit of curl at the bottom. As they are close to being dry, flip them back over and blow dry as usual.
[Edit]Curtain Bangs - Use a comb to part your dry hair down the middle. Place the tip of your comb in the center of your front hairline (about halfway between your eyes). Pull the comb straight back to the crown of your head to create a center part. Try to make your center part as straight as possible.[8]
- Create a triangle of hair from your hairline. Put the end of your comb on your center part from your hairline. Run the comb from this center point straight down to the arch of 1 eyebrow and comb that hair forward. Do the same thing with the other side/your other eyebrow arch to separate a triangle of hair for your bangs.[9]
- Tuck the rest of your hair behind your ears or pin it back with hair clips to keep it out of the way.[10]
- Dampen the separated hair with water and comb it out. Damp hair is easier to cut, so spritz a little water on the triangle of hair that you just separated. Then, run a comb from your front hairline down to the ends of the sectioned hair to smooth it out and remove any bumps or tangles.[11]
- Hold the hair between 2 horizontal fingers at chin or nose length. Grasp the hair between your index and middle finger and run the fingers down the sectioned hair. If your hair is really long, bring your fingers to chin level. If your hair is medium length, bring your fingers to nose level.[12]
- Cut straight across the hair under your fingers. Use your fingers as a guide to make a straight, horizontal cut all the way across the sectioned hair. Once you've removed the length, part the separated hair down the middle to create 2 sections.[13]
- Comb half the bangs and make an angled cut from the ends. Tuck half of the bangs behind your ear so you can concentrate on the other half. Angle the comb at your front hairline so it lines up with the slope of the triangle. Comb the bangs out smooth, tuck the hair between 2 fingers at the hairline, and run your fingers down to the ends. Make an angled cut under your fingers about from the ends.[14]
- Then, do the same thing on the other half of your bangs.
- Cutting at an angle creates the soft sloping edge of your curtain bangs.
- Blow dry your bangs, part them in the middle, and flat iron them. You don't have to do this, but it can soften the edges of the bangs and create a little more texture. Use a round brush to dry the hair, then part your bangs down the center. Use a flat iron to smooth out each side of curtain bangs. Then, use texturizing shears to thin out and soften the ends of your bangs.[15]
- If your hair is naturally curly, allow a lot of extra length. (For example, people with ringlets shouldn't cut more than half of what seems to make sense to cut.) After each snip, let your hair bounce back into its natural shape so you can check the length before cutting off more.
- For curly hair: when cutting each curl, hold your scissors at a 45-degree angle, such that you'll make the hair on the outside edge of the curl longer than the hair on the inner edge of the curl. This makes each curl end in a nice point and stay together better.
- If you have curly hair then you might want to straighten out the part that you are planning to be your bangs so it will be easier to see the actual length.
- Work slowly and carefully, especially if this is your first time cutting hair.[16]
[Edit]Warnings - Be careful using sharp scissors near your face and eyes.
- Always cut your bangs in front of a mirror so you can check them frequently and make sure they're even.
[Edit]Things You'll Need - Sharp scissors
- Fine-toothed comb
- Wide-toothed comb
- Spray bottle of water
- Hair clips
- Round brush
- Blow dryer
- Flat iron
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| How to View Downloads on an iPhone Posted: 01 Apr 2021 09:00 AM PDT This wikiHow teaches you how to find the files you've downloaded to your iPhone. If you're tearing out your hair trying to find that important document, don't worry—it's probably hiding in the Files app. And in general, if you saved a photo from the web or another app, it'll be in the Photos app. The music you've downloaded from Apple is available in the Downloaded section of the Music app. [Edit]Finding Downloaded Files - Open the Files app. It's the blue-and-white folder icon on your home screen and/or in the Productivity & Finance section of the App Library.
- When you tap the Save to Files option on a file, you're prompted to choose a saving location. Depending on your settings, you'll have the option to save to On My iPhone, iCloud Drive, and possibly other cloud drives. If you downloaded a file this way, you'll find it in the Files app.
- If you're looking for a photo you saved from the web, an app, or a message, you'll probably find it in the Photos app, not the Files app. This is because when you save a photo, you're prompted to Add to Photos. The only way your photo will not show up in the Photos app is if you selected Save to Files the option instead of adding it to your photos.
- Tap at the bottom-right corner. If you're already on a screen that says "Browse" at the top, you can skip this step.
- Tap . It's under the "Locations" header at the top.
- Depending on how you downloaded the file you're looking for, you may see it right here in the main On My iPhone folder.
- You'll also find an iCloud Drive folder in this section, as well as any other cloud drive services you've set up on your phone. If you tap one of these folders, you may find downloaded files there, too.
- Tap the folder. It's the blue folder with a downward-pointing arrow at its center. This is typically where you'll find downloaded files, such as PDFs, documents, audio files, and images you didn't save to your Photos app.
[Edit]Finding Downloaded Music - Open your iPhone's Music app. It's the red-and-white music note icon on the home screen and/or in the App Library.
- Tap . It's the icon of 3 overlapping squares with a music note at the bottom of screen.[1]
- Tap . It's one of the categories on the Library page. This displays another list of categories.
- Tap a category to view downloaded music. For example, if you want to view your downloads by artist, tap Artists.
[Edit]Finding Downloaded Apps - Swipe left across the home screen to the App Library. You may have to swipe several times to get to this screen. You'll know you're in the right place when you see a search bar that says "App Library" at the top and several categorized folders.
- Tap the search bar at the top. This displays a list of every app that's installed on your iPhone.
- Type an app's name to search it. If you know the name of the app, you can type it into the search bar to find it in the list.
[Edit]Viewing Available Storage - Open your iPhone's Settings . This is the grey gear icon on the home screen and/or in the App Library.
- Tap . It's in the third group of settings.
- Tap . It's about halfway down the page.
- Browse the recommendations (optional). You may see some recommendations for saving space on your iPhone, such as enabling iCloud Photos or reviewing personal videos. Tap a recommendation to check it out, and if you're interested, follow the on-screen instructions to proceed.
- Tap an app to view its storage information. Most of the apps in the list display the amount of space it's consuming on your iPhone. Tap an app to see how it's using the listed amount of space.
- For example, tapping Instagram (if you have it) displays the amount of space used by the app itself, as well as the data it needs to save to your phone.
- Tapping Safari displays how much space is consumed by Documents & Data, your offline reading list, web history, and downloads.
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