Skincare Tips Make You Glow

July 31st, 2008 by cathy

face2.jpgIf you want to look great, then having great skin is a necessity. Diet and exercise play an important role when it comes to taking steps to improve the health of your skin beyond simply using good skin care products. Not only will it make you feel good about yourself, but the following steps also have many ancillary benefits when it comes to your health and happiness.

Dry Brush Exfoliation: This should be done in the morning prior to going in the shower. This gets ride of excess dead skin, thus allowing your skin to detox. This will also help with blood circulation and decreases any puffiness. While this is a great way to improve your skin condition it also provides a calming affect through the gentle pressure, which stimulates the nervous system. With the help of a bristle brush you can be on your way to a dry brush exfoliation once a day in no time.

Hydration: This causes your digestion to slow down and in turn leaves your body filled with impurities for longer than it should. You should try to drink 4 litres of water per day, at least. In order to make sure you meet this target have a bottle of water with you at all times throughout the day and you will find it’s easy to get through this amount without thinking about it. Don’t like drinking plain water? Consider adding flavoring to your water. Read the rest of this entry »

beauty2.jpg We think that we lack beauty and live in an imperfect world but that is only because we are not seeing correctly.
Beauty is an act of consciousness. It is an appreciation of color and form in the phenomena of experience. Your form is always beautiful because it has been created with exquisite craftsmanship. Each cell is a celebration of evolutionary genius.And, if you look beyond your form, to your mind, then you can only feel a sense of awe and wonder.

Your mind can process trillions of bits of information every second. At this very moment, your mind is orchestrating the exchange of oxygen from your bloodstream to your internal organs while your eyes are busy reading these words and your intellect is busy comprehending them. All human beings are beautiful because each and every one has arisen from the creative genius of pure consciousness.And the world itself is a living, moving poem, full of wondrous sights, sounds, and myriad impressions.The saddest thing of all is how little we appreciate any of it.

Sunrises and sunsets are lost on us, the dew in the morning, and the touch of a lover’s hands are all wasted on us. We do not see what is before us or feel what is within us because we are preoccupied with things of the utmost foolishness.

kate.jpgCelebrities enjoy huge fan following especially when it comes to beauty and style matters. Being a style-icon a celebrity is imitated by his admirers once he builds an image. A celebrity beauty tip, whether it be about skin care, acne prevention, hair styling, reducing body weight or any other issue related to improving looks has always been cherished by the admirers. Adjudged from this angle, the best celebrity beauty tip of the present age seems to be being ones own self.

Inspired by the doctrine that beauty comes in all sizes, shapes and colors and is more about self-expression than mere imitation of someone else’s style, modern fans go for personal styling. A few generations back an individual would be content with just getting an Elvis Presley hair cut or a Marilyn Monroe makeup even if that gave a more or less dumb look. A present generation Tom Cruise admirer instead customizes the star’s hairstyle to best suit his personality. Similarly, a woman obsessed with Julia Roberts may not opt for a curly crop, but rather sport her hair straight, a la Brooke Shield’s style.

The same celebrity beauty tip holds for make up and attires. Considering the camera glares and flashes they are exposed to, it is very fitting that a beauty pageant winner or a celebrity will settle on heavy makeup and some out of the ordinary clothing. However, when adopted in everyday lives, the too gorgeous, overtly glamorous looks will best be termed ‘blunders’ on the fashion-front. No wonder that young women go for a lot of scaling down and opt for the ‘girl next door’ look rather than the ‘Diva’ look.

Most celebrities consider beauty as ‘not just skin deep’, and hence concentrate a lot on health care and grooming. With useful advices as natural and homemade beauty tips on skin, hair care and on other health related issues, this happens to be the most helpful aspect of celebrity worship. Although most of the beauty secrets shared by the stars are no different from the natural beauty tips one has grown up with, youngsters pay heed to these time tested beauty secrets only when it comes in the form of a celebrity beauty tip.

A celebrity beauty tip can be anything such as

  • Sticking to healthy lifestyle
  • Giving the body its regular quota of exercises
  • Increased intake of water
  • Meditation
  • Direct application of natural products like honey, milk, etc.
  • Application of homemade beauty potions
  • Application of other beauty treatments like TCA skin peels, etc.

The perfect combination of homemade beauty tips with occasional TCA peels seems the right answer when it comes to stopping the onslaught of professional stress and makeup. The fast-action TCA (Trichloroacetic Acid) skin peels cause acne, pigmentations, scars and wrinkles to vanish in matter of moments and is perfectly safe. With the effects of the chemical skin exfoliation lasting for 6 months to a year, application by medical practitioners is recommended. The wide acceptance of TCA peels in the medical community has made it much more than just a celebrity beauty tip.

Hands reveal a lot about a person’s character and health. The skin on hands gets exposed to harsher treatment than that on the other parts of the body. Hands are subjected to extremes of temperature, harsh detergents and constant immersion in water, with resulting dehydration. If you do not look after them properly they can age very quickly, the skin on the backs of the hands becomes loose and liver-spotted. Nails are a focus of attention and need special care to keep them healthy and in good condition.

Hands Care Tips

Protect your hands from elements whenever you can. Wear gloves in cold weather to prevent chapping and wear rubber gloves against hot water.

Use a sun screen on the backs of your hands in summer.

Use a nailbrush and pumice stone on really dirty hands, bleach away stains with lemon juice and massage round the nails with cuticle cream. Read the rest of this entry »

Unwanted hair can be dealt with in several ways - bleaching, shaving, waxing, depilation and electrolysis. There are many ways of disguising body hair using products such as bleach to disguise growth on face or arms. When using hot wax or depilatory creams the hair is removed and regrowth occurs more slowly than shaving which needs to be done more regularly.

Bleaching Hair Removal

Bleaching is very effective if you want to conceal a fine down of hair on face or arms. Warning: only use a bleach cream product specifically formulated for use on the face. Household bleach is not suitable. Does a patch test on the inside of your lower arm and leave it for an hour to make sure that there is no irritation before you apply bleach to your face. Follow manufacture’s instructions carefully.

Shaving Hair Removal

Shaving removes hair quite satisfactorily from underarms and legs. You will need to shave regularly, with a shaving cream to avoid soreness. Do not apply antiperspirant to a shaved armpit straight away - it may sting. Read the rest of this entry »