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More Chinese Interpretations of your face

Posted by on Dec 14 2009 | Basics, people, Real-life

chinesebeauty1.jpgLines on your forehead that doesn’t seem to go away are indicative of some bladder problems that can explain your frequent trips to the bathroom. If you have high blood pressure, your nose may be a bit red looking like the neighborhood bum who patrols the streets. Red hot ears mean you may be drinking too much caffeine or have high salt intake. All the above signs are meant to provide hints to health problems that may or may not manifest in individuals so do get your health checked regularly if you see some of these signs on your face. The body of knowledge the Chinese use for such diagnosis comes from one of the oldest civilizations on earth and may hold the key to solving some of your mystery illnesses.

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Beni – Japanese Geisha Lipstick

Posted by on Nov 21 2009 | History, Techniques

beni.jpgAs it turns out, Geisha or the ultimate entertainers of Japan were truly trendsetters in the arena of beauty not only for their exceptional skills at the Japanese performing arts (they’re not PROSTITUTES). They have been using all-natural make-up for centuries which was taken out of style as Western style lipstick and other beauty products began to flood the market. A Japanese cosmetics firm named Isehan-Honten is ensuing the revival of the all natural make-up that was part of Japanese culture for millennia by releasing the world’s most expensive lipstick. Beni is extracted from orange-petaled safflower which has the peculiar habit of having its most color before the sun rises (so they are picked before the sun rises) in July at Japan’s Yamagata Mountains. They are soaked, steamed to make a compound that turns red when water is applied. Richness of the color can be changed with the amount of water that is applied, ranging from pale pink to rich ruby red. The lipstick costs around 70,000 to 300,000 Japanese Yen which translates to around 335 to almost 1,500 British Pounds!

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Summer Fun on the Beach

Posted by on Oct 09 2009 | Basics, people, Real-life

beach.jpgBeach season again and we’ve all said it again and again, take care of your skin so you don’t get sunburned and look older. Many still ignore the aging effects of the harmful UV rays the sun showers down on the earth which does us some good but too much is known to cause skin cancer plus a myriad of other skin problems. Arm yourself with sunscreen for your body, face and lip balm for your lips to avoid those ugly age lines that once you get them don’t go away so easily. Encourage kids to do the same so they lower their risk of getting skin cancer in later life. Chances of getting it increase if you have had any serious sunburn on your skin when you were a little younger. So take care under the sun.

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Chemicals on your skin???? Not on Mine!!!!!

Posted by on Sep 13 2009 | Basics, Real-life

label.jpgAll women and even some men use beauty products each and everyday, many are unaware that the average woman applies close to two hundred specific chemical compounds on their faces each and every day. Two hundred may be a bit too exaggerated but it’s true, check out th3e ingredients on your make up and you’d get the picture. Also check the labels of soaps, cleansers and other beauty products you use and you may even end up with more. The lowly hair styling gel may contain anything form 2 dozen or more chemical compounds (and you’ll be surprised to know it also contains formaldehyde, you know, the embalming stuff or some derivative of sorts) and that’s just for hair styling. Be sure to check out the labels and also try to go organic, thought they are not as safe as you always think they were as with the previous post. Imagine all those chemicals being absorbed by your skin into the blood and you’d get the picture. If not, you end up becoming a soup of chemicals on the inside and suffer from some unknown disease you don’t even know might have been precipitated by the make-up and beauty products you use on you.

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Stem Cells, making old skin new again

Posted by on Aug 17 2009 | Basics, Real-life, Techniques, Tools

amatokin.jpgYou’ve heard of them and they’ve been debated on for years, stem cells or the body’s super cells that have the ability to turn into just about any type pf cell inside the human body with a few hormones and genes thrown into the mix to make it all work out. Many say the beauty crèmes you get off the shelf for a dollar and the way pricy stuff you get form stores have just the same effects and ingredients, wrong! Well for this one product that is, Amatokin(R) which was developed in a high security lab surrounded by guards that are armed to the teeth with sub-machine guns in some small corner of Russia where they were working on some product to allow the healing and renewal of skin for burn victims (most beauty products have roots in the drive to discover and develop products for burn victims if you’d like to know) when they came upon polypeptide#153 which has rejuvenation effects for skin and promised to be a revolution in the cosmetics industry. Most anti-ageing compounds and products come from research in genetics and stem cells which has benefited millions of women world wide. The research is top secret and you would know why, who doesn’t want ageless skin?

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Beauty Myths – Hair Stuff

Posted by on Jun 09 2009 | Basics, Real-life, Techniques

hair.jpgThere are a lot of beauty myths around which makes attaining perfect beauty a little harder, in this post we will tackle some of them in hopes of ending the fears people have about their bodies and maintaining that youthful glow. Let’s begin with hair, that all crowning glory of your physiology, there are myths that say you must not pluck hair or ten would grow in it’s place, that is very much false for there is no way that ten hairs would grow from just one single follicle. But do stay away from that gray hair for if you do pluck it, the one that grown in it’s place would lie flat giving the impression of thinning hair. A better option would be to color it and leave it be. What ever your ethnic background, we will all loose hair as we age and that has been the focus of many studies from the hair transplantation business. Better delay or prevent loss that have to add more to get more.

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No!No! to Unsightly Hair

Posted by on May 05 2009 | Basics, people, Tools

nono.jpgA new hair removal tool for those unsightly hairs on your body, that prevents you from wearing your favorite swimsuit is out on the market. The device called “No!No!” from Sephora uses thermal technology that kills the hair follicles which results in the smell of burning hair. Not recommended for the face (due to possible lawsuits if you happen to burn yourself while using it), it uses pulsed heat through a thermal wire which burns off the unwanted hairs in those areas such as bikini lines and others. The product claims to reduce new body hair growth by as much as 64% and is not hailed or even advertised to be a permanent hair removal tool rather a reducer. The product is available exclusively in their stores and do expect a hefty price for less hair for it costs $250 so you’ll be sure to dig into your savings of have to save for quite sometime before you can get one for your personal beauty arsenal.

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Omega 9 : the unsung hero of perfect health from Mother Nature

Posted by on Jul 01 2008 | Basics, Foodstuffs, Real-life

oils.jpgOld wisdom told us that too much oil is harmful to health, but recent studies have shown that certain types of vegetable and animal oils in the class of unsaturated fatty acids are very much beneficial. They do not harm the organs due to the body’s natural ability to manufacture the said compounds which are essential for healthy living. Many products are on the market which can contain derivatives from many plants and other sources. Identified as the ultimate salad oil by nutritionists, they help the body in it’s natural workings allowing it to stay young and glowing.

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Beauty : For Real

Posted by on Jun 01 2008 | History, people, Real-life

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Many beauty queens truly deserve the title of being queens for the roles they play in society. Many who do win contests act as representatives to many human oriented projects like those from the WHO, and other charitable organizations. They also have private lives that may be similar to most of us except their jobs require them to be under continuous scrutiny. Like the recent events that have had beauty queens stripped of titles due to their untoward behavior in public. Many of these people forget that once they step up to the plate they are there to stay. Those that do not make it have lives to return to and those who do stay there for sometime diligently fulfilling the mandates of their pageant.

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Sclerotherapy

Posted by on May 29 2008 | Real-life, Techniques

scleiotherapy.jpgEver been bothered by those broken veins on your face and legs, well they’re actually broken capilliaries and can be compared to a milder form of varicose veins older women usually have from long periods of standing up. It is unsightly especially in the summer when you would dare to bare it all yet have to hide all that skin under clothing because of them. The good news is that there are proceses that takes them away as if by magic but expect a hefty price for they cost around 200 Pounds per hour and a minimum 3 session treatment is needed for effective removal or at least to make them least apparent.
The tratment has a solution that shrinks these lines or veigns that eventually disappear as the treatment progresses. The treatment usually lasts a few weeks and a full summer’s worth of sun is to be avoided for the treated parts so they don’t reappear.

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