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Youthful skin – Really

Posted by Avatar on Aug 10 2010 | Basics, Techniques

youthskin.jpgMoisturizers can be the best solution to preventing aged skin. Many fail to realize that the face, like most parts of the body needs the best protection from pollution, irritants and of course the sun’s harmful rays. Try to get at a regimen that would not only work for you but can be used frequently enough without worrying about damaging your skin. When you get home, clean off all your make-up as much as possible. Cleansers will work as long as they are not too harsh that they strip away the natural lipid protection of your skin that makes it look young. Lipids are actually the natural oil barrier your skin should love rather than hate. Not all oil on your face is bad and stripping away too much can leave it drier as sand on the beach on a hot sunny day.

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Chinese Knowledge interprets your face

Posted by Aileen on Jun 10 2010 | Basics, Techniques, people

chinesebeauty.jpgThere are a lot of beauty trends and products out on shelves that you simply cannot find the right product till you grab one and stick to it however you may like it or not. Here’s some secrets that can be seen on your face using time proven Chinese beauty secrets and knowledge. If you have broken capillaries on your cheeks that look like varicose veins, you might have some form of lung problem so do get your health checked. For that ugly vertical line in between your brows, it could be a sign of liver problems, better get it checked out too to get proper treatment. For women with that broken out chin look, it may be a simple result of ovulation or perimenopousal effects.

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Water – The body’s natural hydrator

Posted by Avatar on May 10 2010 | Basics, Real-life

water.jpgThe human body has a huge percentage of water which makes up a big percentage of it�s bulk. No wonder that doctors have long prescribed the daily intake of at least 8 glasses a day which makes sense for, we humans as a climate control measure produce sweat. This process takes out excess salt from the bloodstream (which is a natural dehydrating agent) and out to the skin’s surface where as the water evaporates, cools the skins surface. This evaporation cools the blood running through the capillary blood vessels which returns to the heart and lungs cooling the human body from the inside. With global warming causing more heat waves, it would be wise to have a daily intake of more than the said minimum amount. Less water makes the body shrives thus the age and stress marks so a healthy dose of water would be enough to maintain your body, cooler and younger.

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More Chinese Interpretations of your face

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

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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Summer Fun on the Beach

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

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 Avatar 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 Avatar 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 Avatar 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 Avatar on May 05 2009 | Basics, Tools, people

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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Touch – More than a Simple Feeling

Posted by Aileen on Mar 12 2009 | Basics, Informaiton, Real-life, Techniques

massageTouch has long been regarded as the simplest way people share feelings and compassion but the strange thing doctors have been wondering about for a long time is why the specific act seemingly brings about healing. Pain seems to react to touch in a way not yet quite apparent to our researchers and doctors, then they find a special set of nerves that dots our fingers directly linked to the feeling processing center of the brain. The special sense receptors can be compared to having healing touch for one knows that babies calm at the touch of their parents, sick people calm down with a compassionate stroke of the hands and massage calms even the most stressed soul. Continue Reading »

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