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How to prevent dry skin and look dashing?

Posted on June 23, 2011 by
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Wash your face in cold water or gently soak your face in rose water.Today’s fast paced lifestyle gives women only a little time to treat her indulgently. Due to worries,anxiety and tension ,also because of ageing the skin becomes drier, less active, fragile and will be to prone to wrinkles. Sometimes lines may appear besides the eyes which will spoil your youthful skin.If the oil glands fails in producing proper oils which results in the natural shining and oilness of skin,your skin may appaer dry. Exposure to dry air and harsh winds, hormonal imbalance, exposure to acidic chemicals and low quality bathing soaps destroys your smooth skin.

So care must be taken to protect the skin from being got dried. There are many methods to prevent dry skin. Some of the common methods are:

  1. Wash your face with mild cold water and  soak your face in rose water.
  2. Avoid the use of soaps with very  high alkaline content also low quality soaps or detergent.
  3. Use creams and makeup products with oil content.
  4. Avoid hot baths, walking in hot sun and harsh winds.
  5. Avoid smoking because smoking takes away oxygen present in the skin and nutrients as well. This makes the skin to become more dry and leathery.
  6. Good consumption of water may reduce the cracks and sores present in the skin. Chapped or torn areas in the skin must be kept well lubricated and protected by using good moisturizer.
  7. Use of mild, creamy, pH balanced moisturizing gels or lotions may help you to protect your skin from getting dried.
  8. Including fruits, nuts,vegtables, seeds and grains in the daily diet may provide minerals and vitamins which are necessary to maintain a good healthy skin. Lessening the intake of fried foods, alcohols, soft caffeinated drinks may also reduce the chances of having dried skin. This is because such foods and drinks causes lose fluids from the body.
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Dark Circles around eyes and the treatments for them|beauty tips

Posted on June 14, 2011 by
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The presence of dark circles or bags around the eyes shows the bad health of a person. This may be caused due to stress or strain, disease, fatigue, medication, hereditary or due to anemia. These dark circles appearing just under the eyes are blood vessels which are seen through the skin. This mainly happens because the thickness of the skin below the eye is very thin. Sometimes these dark circles may appear as hereditary. A bluish tint occurs when blood passes through large veins. Since the skin is very transparent, the circles may appear much darker. The dark circles can also be caused due to the deficiency of iron or due to poor diet. The presence of dark circles under the eyes also indicates the deficiency of oxygen in the tissues of the body. Sometimes excessive exhaustion may also cause the skin to pale, leading to dark circles. Aging also makes the skin to become translucent and thus making it darker. Sometimes pigmentation also leads to the formation of dark circles because melanin is produced near the eyes.

There is no perfect treatment for dark circles. So it is found that it cannot be completely cured. There are some homemade solutions to make this dark circles to fade. One such method is to drink plenty of water and fluids so that to improve circulation and to eliminate toxins. Avoid consuming whole foods, fruits, vegetables. Also avoid the habit smoking, consumption of alcohol and drinks which are caffeinated. Use of tea bags or slices of potato or slices of raw cucumber may reduce dark circles. They are put on the closed eyes for about 20 mins and then they are washed off by using cold water. Doing this process for a week may lighten the dark circles appearing under the eyes. The dark circles can also be treated by improving blood circulation by pressuring under the eyes. In some cases washed cloth immersed in rosemary tea is placed on the eyes as treatment against dark circles.

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How to shop beauty products wisely giving care to your Skin?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by
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We have been coming across many beauty products in our daily life. Even though we don’t want to buy them we are been compelled to buy them as they may be the modern trend. May be the advertisement motivates us to buy them. For some people cosmetics are the major part of their expense.  Many women are easily deceived by advertisements.

Actually we can’t tell it as deceived. It’s just they are more susceptible to these ads (especially ads on cosmetics). Or else all these companies or ad agencies would have been out of business. One point to be noted is that we must be wiser when spending on cosmetics.Smooth skin is being the dream of every human being. Hazardous cosmetics should be avoided as it damages your skin in large scale.Here we provide you some simple tips by which you can shop smart.

  • Understand hype – We must learn to recognize hype from reality. Most of the ads are hype.Whenever you try to buy a product just make sure that they provide a money back guarantee.
  • Keep in touch with reviews- there are lots of magazines and articles published based on these matters. Although magazines are well known sometimes they need not be really trusted. Always it’s better for a person to search the net on these ideas, so that they can also get reviews of their competitors.
  • Expensive don’t mean best – we usually want to make ourselves convince that buying costly products is better than cheap ones. This cannot be true. In case of cosmetics whether it may be costly or cheap, the ingredients are almost the same.
  • Asses your skin- a lot of expenditure can be avoided by just knowing your skin well. Some people have dry skin whereas some have oily skin. Dry skin requires a better moisturizer than an oily skin. You must shop items also based on your skin color. Skin tone and color awareness is important in shopping cosmetics. If you don’t know the above consult a dermatologist and ask him to give you information for smarter shopping.
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Best postures for better health and stylish looks

Posted on January 25, 2011 by
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Beauty of a woman not only lies on her face, her hair, or her color. Another important or essential part of a well dressed woman is the posture. People are more attractive when seen at certain postures. When it comes to woman the good postures give them grace and more additional beauty. We must walk erect without slouching. When walking upright the body must also be relaxed and the body movements must not be rigid. It must see like it’s very smooth and flowing. Rigid body or robotic movements must not be practiced. They give us an impression of military men.

Each part of body must work uniformly in order to have a good posture when you walk. The leg should swing uniformly. And the distance each step is made must be average size.  Knees must be bending as small as possible. Each time you step your foot on the ground just note that you touch the toe first. If you touch your heel first the movement will feel heavy. There must only be a slight inclination of the toes towards the ankle. If not your walking resembles that of a duck. Always be comfortable with your hands. But the hands are not well occupied by the people.  The hands must be straight down while walking. A slight swinging is graceful. Keep your movements of hands loose. Now let’s check out the elbow movement.

Here the point to be noted is the elbow must not face towards your body. With all these things in mind try and practice for yourself. Although initially you may find it rigid and tuff, slowly you will look elegant. Don’t walk as if you are participating in a parade. Keep your total body movements smooth, loose and periodic. All these together make you stylish.

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