Beauty Queen Secrets

Many cosmetics producers and manufacturers have returned to Nature for their beauty care products. True to this, many products of natural origins are on the market and are being used by thousands all over the world. Nutrition also plays a key part in the longevity and youth of the human body which has nutritionists advocating products that are grown ‘ORGANICALLY’, or products that are grown without the use of fertilizers or pesticides made by man. These produce are allowed to grow naturally using natural fertilizer from other plant materials and pest control using bio-friendly organisms such as lady bugs and more who prey on pest species.

The said plants are loaded with unadulterated natural vitamins and minerals as nature makes it without the stimulants and other plant yield boosting products. Pesticides which have a nasty ability to accumulate inside the body’s cells are void thus delaying if not totally preventing the occurrence of free radicals or chemicals within the cells themselves that causes it to age and subsequently die off.

We all stare in envy as those too good to be true contestants in beauty pageants stand before us with their perfect figures and flawless skin. Their perfect white teeth and their freeze-less locks taunts our less than perfect selves. What we do not know is that there is a secret to this. Those so called beauty queens resort to beauty cheating. For instance, for a perfect bikini bodies, some of them resort to using masking tape to hide their ugly flabs. For supposed flawless skin, there are foundations and mineral make up that almost look invisible to the distant and untrained eye. For white teeth, there are bleaching ready at the counter as for perfect hair, there are extensions. All that is really needed is the budget and the know-where of the secret gadgets to a perfect you.

Everybody knows that you are the way you dress. Dressing-up with clothes that do not highlight your best sides or assets are useless thus a turn off making you the subject of many a fashion critics. Celebrities who maintain comfortable yet respectable looking clothes however normal they may look give a sense of consciousness of the world around them. On the mall shopping, having dinner with family or just about anywhere you may be, dress up in a way that represents you as the true you and not as what the media sees you. And one more thing, even celebs have their dirty little secrets like they have two week hairs under their arms. Under the spotlight or on the shoot of a feature film leaves not much time for hygiene down under the arms.

Many fall victim to the bandwagon and get hooked onto what others are doing. Ask any beauty queen and you will hear them saying that sometimes it may be necessary but that you must try to maintain your individuality and avoid getting sucked into the whirlwind of gossip and intrigue. Make your own mark and do not judge your achievements by the achievements of others, that way you maintain your identity even under the spotlight. Maintain your own style and if you must follow trends do add your own style to make it your own and therefore unique. Be ready to revise your style if it is demanded of you, flexibility is another key.

Lines 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.

As 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!

Beach 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.

All 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.

You’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?

Ever wanted a fabric that was so comfortable it didn’t irritate your skin? Dermatologists have created just a material for such applications that prevents the fabric from irritating skin that it causes skin disorders. Called Derma-Smart, the fabric has been designed to have all the seams on the outside so as to eliminate the itchiness associated with fabric snagging on skin and body hair that ir irritates it so much resulting not only in itch but more skin disorders. Now t-shirts are not only comfortable, they are also irritation free. Wera them everyday without worry of being irritated with those old fabrics. Natural cotton is cool but it can also irritate you a lot when the seams catch on the follicles of hair rubbing them raw in some cases.