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If you are in the process of living a ‘greener’, more environmentally friendly life, you have probably made the switch to beauty and body care products that are made entirely with natural and organic ingredients. These products most probably bear the Beauty Without Cruelty logo and are perhaps accredited by a fair trade organisation. Have you thought about taking it a step further and making your own skin care products? You can start with a range of delicious face masks, using fresh, organic produce. (more…)

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Your eyebrows frame one of your best features so it is essential to make that frame as beautiful as possible. Perfecting your eyebrows is all in the detail and getting the right shape can prove difficult. No person has the same shape eyebrows and so each person’s brows need individual attention. Remember that eyebrows need to be plucked on a regular basis and getting the perfect brows may cause some pain! (more…)

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In extreme environmental conditions, such as very cold or very hot weather, the condition of your skin tends to deteriorate. Air conditioning and central heating are prime suspects. Your skin loses elasticity and feels tight, dry and itchy. This is because it loses moisture and your body is unable to properly deal with this condition. There are thousands of products out there which promise maximum moisturisation but they often cost the earth and contain synthetic ingredients. (more…)

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In extreme environmental conditions, such as very cold or very hot weather, the condition of your skin tends to deteriorate. Air conditioning and central heating are prime suspects. Your skin loses elasticity and feels tight, dry and itchy. This is because it loses moisture and your body is unable to properly deal with this condition. There are thousands of products out there which promise maximum moisturisation but they often cost the earth and contain synthetic ingredients. (more…)

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Everyone knows that even if you have the exact same make-up as someone else, the way the make-up appears on your face could be vastly different. This is because not only is the way you apply make-up critical – the very reason for the existence of make-up artists – but also because the canvas, your face, needs to be perfectly prepared for the make-up. Here are some tips on making sure your face is the ideal canvas for perfect make-up. (more…)

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Have you ever wondered what people did to look after their skin before the time of mass-produced cosmetics? Most people are so used to buying facial care products in a shop that the idea of cheap, easy-to-use natural skin care alternatives lying around at home seems a bit too good to be true. But if you read the labels of many well known face creams you will see ingredients like ‘papaya extract’ or ‘fruit acids’ are a common feature. So why not go straight to the source, cut out artificial additives and use the natural goodness of a fresh fruit facial in your skin care routine? (more…)

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To some people the phrase ‘cracking a smile’ is more literal than figurative. Keeping a straight face may be more a matter of avoiding pain than hiding emotion. With sore lips, dry and chapped all the time, it is often better not to laugh than to feel the sting of cracking skin. The solution may lie in a new understanding of what causes dry lips and a simple change in your diet. (more…)