Beauty News

Our health is important to us for so many reasons. we want to live a long life, we want to be able to physically do the things that we want to do and not be restricted by any lack of fitness, we want to be able to be able to play sport and enjoy ourselves whilst doing things that would be ruined if we had to stop to catch our breath every 5 minutes. We want to be fit for so many reasons… yet now that we are no longer hunter gatherers, we want to be fit mostly because we want to look good. We want to be beautiful.

This change of emphasis has become so normal that even the language we use to talk about it has altered. The word "fit" no longer just means physically healthy, but is often used to describe someone who is considered beautiful. To be "fit", is to be "attractive". So where has our search to be fit led us?

It has led us to the invention of things like Omnilux treatments, something that until recently I had never even heard of. Cosmetic surgery is something that has been around for some time, and it has become reasonably acceptable that women will have procedures done in order to appear more beautiful. But male cosmetic surgery is something that is now a fast growing industry, with more and more men wanting to look fit without being worried about actually being fit. Allow me to give an example.

A treatment that again I didn’t even know existed until recently is the calf implant. A calf implant is surgically inserted into a man’s leg in order to give him “the muscle definition that exercise alone sometimes just can’t deliver”.

It seems that genuine fitness really is being replaced by simply looking good. I don’t think that this is a good or a bad thing, I just think that perhaps if we as a race don’t care about how physically-fit people actually are as long as they look good, perhaps there will be a change where you no longer have to look physically-fit in order to look attractive-fit.

In the countdown for Christmas we get caught up with the gift buying, food preparation and general commercial madness associated with a modern holiday period, but try and spend a few moments over the coming weeks to think a little ahead to the New Year.  As the old year fades out, it offers the opportunity to remove all of the bad habits that have formed during the preceding 12 months, and offers the chance to make a better impact on the year to come.  These resolutions are usually made in a hasty fashion over a 3^rd or 4^th glass of wine on New Year’s Eve just seconds before Big Ben chimes in the arrival of the New Year.  Under such circumstances is it any wonder that most New Year resolutions are doomed to failure?

Your skin is worthy of your attention, and you are also worthy of the little bit of preparation time that it will take you to review your current skincare programme.  What products do you use?  How often do you use them?  When was the last time that you had your skin assessed by a professional?  Are you still using the same products now as you did 5, 10, 20 years ago?  Do you even have a daily skincare routine?  If you have had a recent session with one of the “at-the-counter” store professionals who are there to try and get you on their list of customers, and you either bought products recommended by them for your skin type (or similar ones in a different brand!), and you have some kind of daily routine that you carry out without fail morning and night, then you can move on to some other area of your life that could perhaps do with some New Year’s resolution tweaking.

If however you can’t remember when, if ever, your skin was assessed, and you slick on whatever’s to hand after scrubbing the day’s grime off, then make your skincare routine a priority.  Make the trip to the department store and get the assessment – they don’t usually charge and it takes minutes!   Then once you know what kind of products you should use, and how often, buy these in readiness for the end of the year. 

Being prepared means that once midnight rings out across the country, and you start thinking of going to bed, you already have the products at hand to start the year as you mean to go on, by properly cleaning, toning and moisturizing your skin before you go to sleep.

Have you ever wondered what the inflammation on your skin is? It is called Celluitis, and is the bacterial infection caused by the inflammation of connective tissue underlying the skin. Cracks in the skin, cuts, burns, insect bites, surgical wounds are the common areas of the occurrence.

It can appear on any part of the body but face or lower legs are the most common areas where celluitis can occur. Some times it is only superficial i.E affecting only the skin but some times it can spread to lymph nodes or bloodstream.

It occurs commonly to elderly people and those with weakened immune systems like people with diabetics.

The common symptoms include fever, headache, nausea and redness on leg.  A course of antibiotics is necessary to cure the same.

With all the current programs on cosmetic surgery on television, I thought that it was important that Beauty News had a voice on the subject.

There is nothing wrong or bad about wanting or in fact having plastic surgery done. Modern techniques are safe with reliable statistics of successful procedures, and there are bodies out their like the BACD that help to regulate and give free advice to anyone thinking about having any kind of procedure done. We’re not going to go into the specific considerations that should be made depending on the type of treatment that you are thinking of having, what we want to cover is just one simple question that should be asked by anyone thinking of having any kind of cosmetic treatment done.

Why do I want to have this procedure.

It is such a simple question, but also the most important one, no matter the size or magnitude of the treatment you are considering. What do I hope to achieve from this? A surprising amount of people don’t ask themselves this important question and then are disappointed by the surgical results because what they were looking for could not be brought about by a cosmetic treatment.

When having some smart lipo done for example, if you were hoping to lose some excess fat quickly, and that is all, then a successful procedure will yield results. Yet with some other procedures such as breast enlargements, the people having them done are sometimes looking to make a change in their lives. Some people believe that getting to a certain weight level will make a bigger change in their lives.

Now don’t misunderstand this, many people have used this change as an opportunity to make change in their lives, to change their day to day habits or their happiness levels for the better. It is important to remember however that getting a calf implant will give you more defined calves – it won’t necessarily turn you into a ‘honey magnet’ as one man described. Having your nose reshaped will change the shape of your nose, and when you ask yourself why you want the procedure having a different shaped nose is the answer, then the procedure may well be for you. If however, you are looking for a bigger change in your life, you should perhaps look to making changes in your life rather than just changes to your appearance.

Are you fond of glowing skin? Surprised, by the question, who in this world will not be fond of glowing skin. Ok, so next question is, have you ever tried some homely tips for getting glowing skin, if not this article is for you.

• Are you irritated with blemishes, then try some carrot juice to get rid of the same. The remaining carrot juice can help you to get some red blood cells (if you like the taste).
• Create a paste of egg white, sugar & corn flour. Apply the same 2-3 times a week to get rid of facial hair.
• Pumpkin is not only used during Halloween, but is a good natural ingerdint for getting a glowing skin. Create a paste of pumpkin, egg yolk & milk and apply the mixture on the face. The mask will help you get a glowing skin.
• Mint is not only good for mouth freshener. Create a paste of mint leaves & almonds. Apply the paste on the body & get a smooth & refreshing skin.

Vitamin A is a essential human nutrient and exists in multiple forms.

The vitamin A reduces free radical damage induced by UV radiation and protects the skin from age associated damage like wrinkles & fine lines. It also brings about the differentiation of skin cells, aids skin repair, and is a key nutrient for numerous skin functions.

Some of the food sources of vitamin A are, dairy products, eggs, salmon, green leafy vegetables particularly spinach, kale, broccoli, asparagus, and chard; also yams, carrots, pumpkins, tomatoes, turnips, apricots, peaches, papaya, prunes, cherries and cantaloupe.

Improving the skin quality by using the natural vitamins is far better than going for artificially created cosmetics as it not only provides good skin but help in curbing other major diseases.