Archive for August, 2009
Tips For Lovely, Healthy Nails
If you want nails look good and are healthy to boot, follow some of our simple tips for lovely, healthy nails: Your nails may have evolved originally as weapon of defense or offence and as a rudimentary tool to pick apart and pry open things, however try not to use your nails for all of […]
Stress: How Does It Affect Hair, Skin And Nails?
We all know that stress can negatively impact our health, causing or exacerbating a range of health problems from ulcers, to heart disease and hypertension. What we are rather less aware of is that stress can also negatively impact our hair, skin and nails. How Stress can affect Skin? Stress can tell on your skin […]
Link Between Immune Defect And Skin Aging
A team of scientists funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have found that imperfect immunity in skin is major cause for age related skin problems in elderly people. In humans, the defective immunity in the skin is caused by an inability to activate essential defenses that would otherwise identify the threats and clear […]
What To Look Out For In Your Anti Wrinkle Cream?
We have discussed earlier that topical creams, lotions and serums that claim to give younger looking skin have limited efficacy, but that they do tend to good health for your skin. So what are the things that you should be looking out for in your anti wrinkle cream or lotion that will give you the […]
Get The Look: Au Naturel Vs The Vamp
Makeup looks—on runways or on the street—are ever so dynamic, especially with every change in fashion seasons.
Some Little Known Nail Facts
Are your nails something that you pay any attention to? Or are they something that you forget about after a slick of nail polish or the periodic nail manicure/pedicure? Well it helps to know something about our nails since they indicate your state of good health or bad, and can also be indicators of factors […]
How To Save Your Hair From Chlorine Damage?
There are things you can do before and after your swim, to ensure that the damage that chlorine can cause to your skin is minimized. Before your swim Condition or oil your hair before getting into the pool so that it forms a protective layer over the hair shafts. [hot oil treatment] When in the […]
Choosing An Anti Aging Cream: What Should You Look For?
Most women want to preserve their youthful skin and look to use the appropriate cosmetic product that will give them the best results to this end. However with the plethora of cosmetics out there which promise to give you miraculously younger looking skin in a matter of days, it is difficult to understand what to […]
Low SPF Sunscreen Lotions Should Be Banned
With skin cancer levels on rise, health experts fear that skin care products with low sun protection factor are giving consumers false promises and they sincerely suggest that sun-creams below SPF 15 should be banned. Skin cancer cases have been rising faster than any other form of cancers in UK in past 20 years and […]
Head And Face Massage Techniques
Head and face massage is a useful technique not only to get rid of stress and fatigue, but it is also a pleasurable way to stimulate and improve circulation in these areas. Improved circulation is what will give you a glowing complexion as well as stimulate hair growth. It is sometimes a good idea to […]