Secrets to Beautiful Skin

Written and contributed by: Natalie Hogarth

Beauty Tip: What is the single best thing you can do for your skin?

Quite simply - wear sunscreen. Ultraviolet radiation damages the skin and can lead to wrinkles, premature aging, age spots, and cancer. Take extra precautions to make sure your skin is not exposed to the sun's rays. Use a natural sunscreen, or a moisturizer that contains sunscreen (at least SPF 15) everyday.

What is the second best thing you can do for your skin?

Drink lots of water. That means at least 8 glasses of water a day. Drinking water is one of the best ways to keep your skin healthy. Water helps to hydrate the skin and move waste and nutrients through the system.

Beauty Tip: Things you do daily for your skin.

Aside from the sunscreen and the water consumption, exercise, rest, and good nutrition lay the foundation for beautiful, healthy skin. A proper diet is not only good for your overall health, it also helps to ensure that your skin will receive all of the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients that it needs to maintain and repair cells.

Ways to combat the dry skin that comes with age.

Older skin has fewer sweat and oil glands than younger skin. Dry skin may be caused by frequent baths, certain cosmetics or medications. Avoid using harsh soaps when bathing, and if possible, cut back on the number of baths or showers each week. A sponge bath with warm water may help to clean and revive skin without stripping the skin of its valuable moisturizers. Whenhe foundations for a healthy skin care regimen. Continue moisturizing throughout the day to keep skin healthy. Your hand you do use soap, try using a natural very mild soap that does not contain any dyes, parabens or perfumes. Follow up the bath with a moisturizing lotion concentrating on problem dry areas. A good all natural moisturizer is one of ts and face are particularly susceptible to daily damage, and may need to be moisturized several times.

Wearing Headbands is a New Hot Trend

Retro fashion is making a come back. Be it evening parties or lunch dates.
You can style curly or wavy hair with narrow head bands.
For evening parties, you can spruce up with crystal studded headbands.
Curly and frizy hair can get through a bad hair day, leaving you fuming. Set right your hair, with a headband.

The Essential Skin Care Routine

Written and Contributed by Natalie Hogarth

It doesn't need to be elaborate but these 3 steps are essential? You can add additional laying steps such as applying a toners or an exfoliant as your skin demands but these 3 are the essential steps.

1. Cleanse: Wash your skin thoroughly on a daily basis to remove the dirt, debris, pollutants, and perspiration that accumulates on a daily basis. If you have dry or sensitive skin, use only warm water to wash your skin and use a mild natural cleanser every few days. If you have normal or oily skin, be sure to wash with a gentle cleanser on a daily basis.

2. Moisturize: Unless your skin is very oily, you will want to use a moisturizer everyday to keep your skin hydrated and healthy. Your skin needs moisturizer all year long as both the indoor winter heat, and summer sun can be equally damaging to your skin.

3. Protect: Use a sunscreen when possible, regardless of whether or not you plan on spending much time in the sun. The sun's rays are very damaging and if you get in the habit of applying sunscreen.

What is the difference between a moisturizer and a serum?

They are two different products and serve different purposes. A moisturizer hydrates the skin with humectants and prevents water loss.

A serum contains high concentrations of specific ingredients like antioxidants that helps maximize absorption. Serums aren't designed to be moisturizing although some contain a humectant like glycerin so check the ingredients on your serum. Otherwise you will need both - the serum first and then the moisturizer.

How to combat excessive perspiration

Try Secret Platinum Protection because it contains a high percentage of aluminum zirconium a very effective antiperspirant ingredient. If that over the counter product doesn't help then investigate a prescription called Drysol with 20 percent aluminum chloride. If the prescription doesn't help then you can investigate getting Botox injections under the arm. The injection blocks the signal that trigger sweat production. If you only sweat when you are nervous then try Garment Guard Shields, which are also helpful.

Nail Care

What is one of the best things you can do for your nails?

Drink water ! Brittle nails can be attributed to dehydration so make sure you are getting enough water.

Common Nail ailments - How to avoid brittle nails?

Drink water and make sure if you are going to be working with soaps and detergents to wear rubber gloves? Also you make be surprised to learn that some skin care products and perfumes have alcohol in them which can dry out your nails.

Beauty tip :

Try enjoying a glass of milk to improve your nail strength You could also try soaking your hands in milk for five minutes to strengthen nails and hydrate skin. Milk is loaded with lactic acid, a natural alpha-hydroxy acid that gently exfoliates dead skin, and its high calcium content will strengthen fragile nails.

How to avoid peeling nails?

Your nails could be coming in contact with harsh astringents so try an oil rich soap or cocoa butter.

How to make your lipstick last longer?

To keep your lips going all day, first pencil all over lips with a soft lip pencil. (A shade that is similar to the lipstick you are going to be applying) Apply lipstick over and blot.

Eye Foundation

Why do I need eye foundation?

Everyone should use eye foundation because it makes your eye make-up last longer, prevents creases in your eye shadow and prevents smudges. This is especially important in the summer months when you tend to sweat more and due to allergies your eyes may be itchy and watery.

How do I apply eye foundation?

Use either the supplied wand or make-up sponge to apply across the eyelid an up to the eye brow? Eye Foundation tends to be thicker then most foundations - so keep in mind a little goes a long way.

Dry Skin Relief

Some causes of dry skin:

• Cold weather and low humidity
• Central heating can make air dry which can cause dry skin.
• Ageing - Lower estrogen levels, thinning skin, and the fact that our skin can not produce enough oils are some of the reasons our skin is more prone to dryness as we age.
• Dry skin affects people who have skin type I or II more frequently.
• In some cases dehydration, malnutrition, diabetes, eczema or low thyroid hormones can cause dry skin.

Treating dry skin:

• When you shower use lukewarm water and don't take long showers or baths.
• Apply moisturizer while skin is still damp to seal in moisture.
• Use mild soap and avoid perfumed soaps.
• Use a humidifier at home.
• Avoid skin care products that contain alcohol.
• Use moisturizers which contain emollients. Emollients, such as urea and mineral oils, soften skin and provide a barrier to keep moisture in and harmful agents out. Your moisturizer should also have lipids (fat or waxes) such as cholesterol, lecithin or glycerol.
• Dry skin can cause flaky and rough skin. To get rid of the layer of dead skin use a gentle exfoliant containing alpha hydroxy acid or beta hydroxy acid.
• Wear sunscreen.
• Apply moisturizer frequently.

Summer Short Layered Hair Styles

Regardless of the season you'll have the chance to flaunt the beauty of your asymmetrical haircut. The summer layered short hair styles adopt some of the tendencies of past seasons and also manage to bring various new inventions to perk up the hair styling repertoire. Pick the look that would suit your hair texture and mirrors your refined sense for cute hair dressing tricks. Feel free to experiment with the classy as well as groovy designs until you spot the one that would make you feel the queen of summer for the hot days.

Messy Layered Short Hair


Using simply your fingers and a drop of gel or mousse to tousle the well-defined and tamed strands is one of the latest trends of hair styling. Indeed the Boho and more relaxed style is created with less effort than any other pop hairdo. First and foremost ask a hair guru to grant you with the voguish uneven steps and sections be it placed in the front or back section. Messy layered short hair styles revive the alternative looks as well as banish the moth-eaten rules of hair styling.

There's no need to get rid of the flyaway instead fake the static effect with the help of the best hair styling products and add some definition to the choppy hair ends. It is not a rule to sport only high brow and defined hair styles for the summer. Instead reflect the breezy allure of the windy weather with your purposely tousled and messed haircut. Enhance the tresses with volume by going for asymmetrical and more layers. Whereas the longer ones will soften the trend and would help you sport a more classy do.