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Your Health and Your Skin (Part II)

Healthy skin also results from regular exercise. It improves blood flow to all parts of the body. The blood vessels underneath the skin provides the nutrition for skin health, therefore better blood flow is good for the skin.
The skin becomes dry and brittle because of lack of water in the body. Drinking plenty of fluids [...]

Filed under: General Skin Care by zahflo - 10. February 2010, No Comments

Berries and Nuts, Rich in anti-Oxidants

Berries and nuts are loaded with some of the best anti-oxidants for the body according to researchers who have found that the foods contain some vital minerals and compounds. Hyaluronic acid which is produced naturally by the skin is produced more efficiently with large amounts of intake of root vegetables that stimulates the production of [...]

Filed under: Anti-aging and General Skin Care and General skin info and Information and Related and Treatments by Lightning - 21. May 2009, No Comments

Stress and Making it Known Exaggerates the Effects

Stress has long been known to ruin even the best of days and people manifest it in different ways as well as handle it just the same. There are surprising facts about stress and the physical manifestation of such as a recent finding that being stressed and manifesting it makes it worse. This may explain [...]

Filed under: Anti-aging and General Skin Care and General skin info and Information and Related by Lightning - 21. April 2009, No Comments

Fat Synthesizing Enzyme makes Healthy Skin and Hair

It seems the human body’s mechanisms still have a thing or two that defies understanding, and in today’s gene-defining generation that comes as a surprise indeed. Many of the world’s premier discoveries have been made through the advent of genetic research that have given us an insight into the workings of the human body. The [...]

Filed under: Anti-aging and General Skin Care and General skin info and Information and Related and Treatments by Lightning - 21. March 2009, No Comments

Olay Total Effects

Our skin ages with us, so we must find ways in fighting skin aging.
Olay Total Effects promises to fight the seven signs of skin aging, fine lines and wrinkle, skin texture, skin tone, skin surface dullness, visible pores, blotches and age spots, and dryness. The Olay Total Effects line has a variety of products, [...]

Filed under: Anti-aging and General Skin Care and Information by editor - 13. February 2009, No Comments

Coffee… Not to Drink… For Your Skin!?

Yes, this is true for coffee being a vasso-constrictor reduces the blood vessels size making them less visible. Coffee beans have ten times the amount of anti-oxidants as green tea and pomegranate. Chocolate is also another product that has received acclaim for its value as a skin remedy. Like coffee, it has a lot of [...]

Filed under: Anti-aging and General Skin Care and General skin info and Information and Tips and Guidelines by editor - 30. December 2008, No Comments

Beat Cellulite

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To beat cellulite we should try to always stay in shape. Exercise speeds up the metabolic rate and builds muscle, which makes cellulite less noticeable. An hour of exercise that makes you break a sweat three times a week, and do squats and lunges to firm [...]

Filed under: General Skin Care by Lightning - 30. November 2008, No Comments

MAKEUP BASICS

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Women nowadays are more conscious on how they look. From the hairstyle up to the foot, they see to it that it’s perfectly beautiful. Of course the face is the most important for them aside from the figure.
To enhance the beauty of the face, makeup is necessary. It accentuates the natural beauty. There [...]

Filed under: Beauty Scams and General Skin Care and General skin info and Information and Invasive Procedures and Sun Protection and skin diseases by Lightning - 15. August 2008, No Comments

The Buzz on Sunscreens

Skin cancer is the leading form of cancer in the US. Because of this, sun protection is one essential of skin care we cannot do without. This is a review on sunscreen basics.
SPF or sun-protection factor, is a number such as 15, 30 or 50 that indicates how long a topical sunscreen remains effective on [...]

Filed under: Anti-aging and General Skin Care and Sun Protection by Lightning - 1. June 2008, 1 Comment

Causes of Acne

Some of the factors causing acne are:
- genetic history
- hormonal activity, such as puberty and menstrual cycle. This is the reason most teenagers, both male and female, develop acne.
- Stress, as increased amounts of hormones are released through the adrenal glands
- Hyperactive sebaceous glands, producing more sebum than what is naturally needed by the [...]

Filed under: General Skin Care and skin diseases by zahflo - 14. April 2008, No Comments