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Archive for December, 2009

She was The Donald’s right-hand woman on “The Apprentice.” Carolyn Kepecher gives you advice to surviving difficult financial times.

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Hello my beautiful subscribers,

Once a week, I like to pamper myself after a long hard week of work. I use a facial sauna to steam my face and extract all the dirt and impurities out of my pores. Facial saunas are very inexpensive. As an alternative- you can simply use a large bowl of boiling water and lower your head over the water with a towel covered over yourself and the bowl to trap the steam. However- you must be careful and not burn yourself. It is definately worth investing in a facial sauna because it is relaxing and beneficial for the skin.

After steaming the face is an excellent time to use a mask. It can be a soothing mask or an exfoliating mask.

I hope you enjoy this video of me looking silly…. but i did it for you guys hehe…

Used:

Boots Facial Steamer
The Body Shop Luxury Flannel
Tomato Fresh Pack Mask (LOVE!!!)
Boots facial exfoliator
Laneige pore trouble toner
Laneige star white moisturiser

with love,
bubbi

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Egg whites are a great way to treat wrinkles. Learn how to use egg whites to tighten skin with expert tips in this free wrinkle treatment and prevention video.

Expert: Mrs. Jeesaa Gupta
Bio: Mrs. Jeesaa Gupta has been practicing traditional Indian remedies for the last 27 yrs.
Filmmaker: Sarit Baran Tarafdar

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LifeCell Skin Cream is a fresh cosmetic product sold by South Beach SkinCare. They are making some very powerful claims about this expensive new entrant into a highly competitive arena, but the public seems to be sold, literally, as the company has had trouble staying current with the demand. We’ll concentrate on the anti-wrinkle promises of this skin cream in Part 1 of our LifeCell Review.

Among its claims, LifeCell Skin Cream professes it can address wrinkles by:

* Rendering wrinkles instantly imperceptible

* Superseding the requirement for botox injections

* needless production of collagen

* Plumping lips

Can a skin cream, even a costly one, really help you say good-bye to ugly lines and wrinkles?

As it turns out, the human eye is unable to see the actual wrinkle. What the eye sees is in truth the shadow caused by the wrinkle. LifeCell Skin Cream counters this with billions of three-dimensional nanoprisms called “fractionated silicon dioxide”. Since all those billions of minute 3D nanoprisms refract light, shadows can indeed be greatly reduced. The silicon dioxide is invisible, but it adheres to the face until removed by washing. We do note that the effect works for shallow lines and wrinkles only.

For supplemental considerable decline in the appearance of wrinkles, LifeCell Skin Cream relies on Acetyl Hexapeptide-3 (AH3) to do the job, and its job is to work as a natural botox, without the needle. AH3 is indeed an active isolate that goes to work almost instantly when applied to the skin, and is supposed to operate by relaxing facial muscles. Botox does something similar, but in a much more invasive fashion. Botox is in reality a toxin that is injected, resulting in paralysis of facial muscles. The end result does reduce the sight of wrinkles, but is temporary and injections will have to be repeated as needed to maintain the look. According to researchers, anecdotal evidence suggests that AH3 has a analogous mechanism of action as Botox; however, the AH3 in LifeCell Skin Cream does not involve toxins, paralysis, or side effects caused by leaked serum, all of which are connected with botox injections.

Collagen is manufactured by the body, but lower production in later years gives rise to lines, wrinkles, and ugly “crow’s feet”. The producers of LifeCell Skin Cream have designed the product to help stimulate natural production of collagen. Wrinkles appear pushed up and out as though plumped from within, allowing those wrinkles to look smoothened out and lifted away.

This also means that lips will appear fuller; fine lines around the mouth appear smoothened and lip “bleed” is prevented. Again, some women resort to injections to increase the collagen in the lips to get that “pouty”, provocative appearance. With additional production of natural collagen, these expensive injections become needless.

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I understand that I cannot just put oil in my hair to ‘moisturize’ it, but in order to lock in the moisture (water) I must seal it in with an oil or something, right? This this or that doesn’t moisturize got me totally twisted because when I think of the word moisturize when it comes to hair and skin, i think of what helps the skin/hair to retain moisture. What is water (moisture) without the lotion or oil or butter or creme All comments are welcomed

Thanks MyssKay for the following links on moisture:

main page

http://thenaturalhaven.blogspot.com

to moisture or not to moisture

http://thenaturalhaven.blogspot.com/2009/05/shrinkage-proof-to-moisturise-or-not-to.html

more on moisture (butters and oils)

http://thenaturalhaven.blogspot.com/search/label/Moisturise

glycerin

http://thenaturalhaven.blogspot.com/2009/05/glycerin-good-stuff-in-funny-form.html

More Information Links (2 total):

source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Problems-with-Dry-Hair-Moisturize-it-the-Natural-Way-28289.shtml

Dry hair is usually the hair that has not a sufficient amount of natural moisturizer and oil. This can be caused by over-exposure to the sun without protecting the hair, by excessive washing – especially with harsh chemical substances, excessive use of styling products and hot styling methods (blow drier, heat iron), excessive dying of the hair etc.

The solution rests in natural moisturizers, such as natural oils, and nutritious remedies. The jojoba oil is much recommended for regaining the shine and brightness of your hair, as the molecular structure of this oil is almost similar to the one of sebum, the natural hair moisturizer. It can be used as an overnight as well as a daily treatment for the hair.

Other types of natural oils that provide moisture for your hair are: olive, ylang-ylang, almond, avocado, rosemary essential oil, wheat germ oil, emu oil, shea oil and herbal oils such as: nettle oil, plantain oil, burdock oil etc. These are very efficient, as they provide a wide range of nutrients, antioxidants and vitamins vital for the hair and scalp. You can also mix one of these oils with honey and then apply it as a mask for the hair.

Link #2

Source: http://hair.lovetoknow.com/Best_Moisturizer_for_Black_Hair
Shea Butter and Other Natural Moisturizers
Instead, opt for something like organic shea butter. Full of healing properties, shea butter is one of the healthiest moisturizers for hair and skin alike. Jojoba or papaya oils are also very healthy and popular. You can also try ayurvedic oils found in health food shops and Indian beauty supply stores. Obviously, the texture of the hair is very different, but an ayurvedic-based hair oil will be natural and gentle enough for daily use and will promote softness and resiliency.

You can also moisturize straight from the kitchen cupboard. Coconut, olive, and safflower oils are excellent for the hair and skin. If you need to do a hot oil treatment once a week, try using one of these oils, gently heated in the microwave. Apply carefully from scalp to ends, wrap a towel around your head for about twenty minutes, and then rinse out using lukewarm water.

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