Female Care

A few years ago I was working in an office with six women and two men, as you can imagine the hens do the rule the roost. We talked about female things all the time but I never knew I had a problem choosing the right make up colors until one morning when the topic came up in conversation.

A coworker walked in that morning and one of the women said, “Wow! I love that lip color. It looks perfect on you”. Then she looked at me, her eyes rolled across my lips, and well … she didn’t say anything at all.

The ole phrase, “If ya can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all” crossed my mind and I realized that I had just been silently dist!

To avoid lip issues, learn a few rules of thumb like I did:

Ideal Colors for Pale Skin

If you have light pale or light pink skin, it’s best to stay with light colored pink, soft corals or warm beige colors. Continue reading »

The condition of your skin can give away your age, but when properly cared for and protected, your skin can help you look considerably younger than you truly are. Why not try your best to look as young as possible for as long as possible and prevent wrinkles and lines? Try the following tips and suggestions on caring for your face. It’s never too late to begin turning back the hands of time and working on attaining younger looking skin.

Hydrate Your Skin

Healthy, younger looking skin is hydrated skin, and what better way to moisturize your skin than from the inside out? Make sure to drink plenty of clear water on a daily basis to properly hydrate the cells of your skin. Drink at least eight glasses per day, and even more on hot days or when participating in strenuous activities. Your skin will glow from the inside out when properly hydrated.
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It is hard to battle a snub nose, round cheeks or stumpy legs but what is your excuse if you have a stunning face and a figure to die for, but mottled, dry or listless skin? On the other hand, if you don’t exactly make the cut for a diva, remember that a healthy, glowing skin on an average figure could well give a Jessica Simpson look-alike a run for her money any day.

Your skin is the barrier between your body and the environment, it protects you from the ravages of the weather. It bears the brunt of city fumes, of the stress and tensions at home and work and the junk food you snack on from time to time: oh yes, they all take their toll.

So you wonder what you can do for your skin, seeing that it does so much for you. And you can’t forget that your skin screams your lifestyle like nothing else: Manolo shoes and Gucci bags cant make up for  undernourished skin. But of course, you need something that wont take up too much of your time, not burn a hole in your purse, but make you feel like a million bucks at the same time! Continue reading »

Every day our skin is exposed to the less-than-beneficial elements of dry air and sunshine, and sometimes even harsher environments with pollution. The neglect and abuse of our skin often results in dry and flaky skin that dulls our appearance. An easy and instant do-it-yourself beauty makeover is to create a homemade sugar scrub with quality ingredients which can rival any treatment at an upscale spa.
A proper sugar scrub will smooth out dry skin and gently lift flaky, dull skin and result in radiant, more healthful and youthful-looking skin.
The ingredients needed for this at-home spa experience are:

• Fine granulated sugar
• Extra virgin olive oil, almond oil or apricot kernel oil
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It seems you can’t flip through the channels these days without being inundated with infomercials. These 30-minute commercials are advertising everything from exercise equipment to “get rich quick” programs. But by far the “queen” of all infomercials has to be the one for the Proactive Solution. Proactive is a face cleansing program especially targeted for people with acne problems. Curious as to what people actually thought of this system, I compiled a summary of various customer reviews regarding this very popular product.

The Proactive Solution is a 3-step process that consists of using a cleanser, a toner, and a repairing lotion. Let’s look at each in detail.

Step 1: Renewing Cleanser
The Proactive Renewing Cleanser is an oil-free cleanser that contains prescription strength benzoyl peroxide to treat existing acne. This product is applied to your damp face by using a circular motion to disperse the cleanser. This product feels slightly grainy in texture and it is designed to lightly exfoliate the dead skin cells from your face. Continue reading »

Dry skin can be a troubling condition, and for many of us it is all too common. While dry skin is especially prevalent during the winter months, when the air is dry and we are spending lots of time indoors, this condition can occur at any time of the year. Some people are troubled by dry and flaking skin only occasionally, while others live with the problem on a daily basis.

While there are all manner of oils, lotions and creams on sale at the local pharmacy, in many cases dry skin can be treated naturally, without relying on harmful chemicals or artificial ingredients. In fact many dry skin conditions respond better to the natural approach, and it is a good idea for every dry skin sufferer to try these common natural treatments first.
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It’s a known fact that there are many ways our skin is affected from daily activities from stress, pollution and other environmental factors, as well as our own diets. Skin care is ultimate to keeping your youthful beauty that can be lost, one day at a time and remember, beauty is from the inside out.

Start with the inside first…
A healthy body radiates healthy skin. Drink lots of water, eat healthier and balance your intake. Eat “good fats” like flaxseed, walnut oil and fish oil or eat salmon and other coldwater fish. Eat more fiber in the form of nuts, dried fruits, figs and prunes. Add whole grains and eat plenty of veggies. Whatever you do, avoid excess sugar, sugar burns up energy and makes us feel sluggish preventing us from doing everyday things.
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Sweating

You might think that you are only supposed to sweat when you are hot, but once you hit puberty, you also will sweat when you are nervous. Your sweat glands (which make sweat) become more active during the teen years, causing both more sweat and also some smell. You actually have 2 million to 4 million sweat glands all over the body. Most are on the soles of the feet, the palms, forehead, cheeks, and in the armpits. Don’t panic, though. Sweat and smell are normal parts of becoming an adult. Sweating also does an important job – it helps to cool your body down when you are hot.

How to help keep sweat from smelling badly:

• Shower or take a bath every day.

• Use a deodorant (covers smell) or an antiperspirant (decreases sweating), or a product that has both.

• Talk to your doctor if these things do not work or you are worried.

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By Annetta Holmes

With the increasing downward spiral of food quality, vitamins and minerals that should be in your food are absent. Add to that processing and poor eating habits and this lack of sufficient nutrients show up in abnormalities of the body. The skin, our biggest organ, is the first line of defense against the microbes that lurk in the air and when changes for the worst occur in the skin it is time to re-assess our diet and to start thinking about supplementing with vitamins and minerals.

The body carries out it’s daily routines of which we are oblivious. However we become aware that all is not well when we start to see disease or deterioration. The body, to keep vital functions going – lungs repaired, heart beating rhythmically, correct pH levels of the blood – will strip less important parts of their nutrients in order to keep you alive. If a nutrient is required to keep your lungs in good repair and the nutrient is not being supplied through your diet then your body will start breaking down healthy cells just to retrieve the correct vitamin or mineral. This puts an added burden on your body. Cells once constructed usually have a certain length of life before they are broken down and new cells made. By depriving your body of its required vitamins you force it to work harder recycling itself. The more deficient your food, the harder the body works which has a knock-on effect as extra nutrients are used up in the break down, re-construct cycle.

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