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Caring for your feet goes so much further than buying the perfect pair of high heels or running shoes.We pay so much attention to our face, hair and hands but we hardly ever notice our feet. Our feet are what support us most of the day and they need attention and care to keep them healthy and strong. Avoid fungal infections by looking after your feet and keeping your toenails in good condition. (more…)

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Removing your make-up before you go to bed may be a hassle, but if you hit the sheets without cleansing after a long day you’ll ruin both your skin and your pillowcases – especially if you do it often. If you tend to leave your make-up on overnight because you don’t have the time to take it off, try hot cloth cleansing. It’s very quick, very easy, and it exfoliates your skin while removing all traces of make-up. (more…)

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The most stunning women are often those who look completely and utterly naturally beautiful. Most of us don’t wake out of bed looking like the face of L’Oreal or Maybelline and in actual fact that naturally pretty look can take a long time to perfect. Women who wear too much make-up end up looking overdone and insecure while a natural beauty turns heads. You will need to take care of your skin, eat healthily, dress appropriately and do your make-up right if you want to achieve that naturally beautiful look. (more…)

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If you want to keep your youthful, healthy look you don’t have to resort to botox and plastic surgery like many Hollywood celebrities do. There are some simple beauty tricks that you can follow to make yourself not only look, but feel, younger. It is all about choosing products that are good for your skin and colours that won’t age you. So many women make the mistake of dressing like their daughter or applying too much make-up in the hopes of looking younger, but are these habits actually ageing them even more? (more…)

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If you shave, wax or pluck any part of your body, then you might have suffered from ingrown hairs at some point. Ingrown hairs are hairs that have been shaved or plucked out only to regrow through the skin surrounding the follicle instead out of the follicle itself. This often causes skin irritation and sometimes painful inflammation. There are a number of ways to not only remove ingrown hairs but also to prevent them, using healthy, natural methods. (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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Most women – all women – want to have the most beautiful skin possible, investing hundreds of pounds every year to attain that goal. The strange thing is, oftentimes what women do to care for their skin has an adverse effect on the health of their skin. We only have one chance at good skin and unfortunately doing too much to it has long lasting effects. Here are some tips on better caring for your skin, in terms of what not to do when practicing good skin care. (more…)

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If you rely on a Botox shot or two (or three or four) to help keep wrinkles at bay, you may not only be preventing your face from expressing emotions – you could even be preventing yourself from feeling them properly. LiveScience reports that a Botox shot’s effect on your facial muscles could interfere with brain activity. Facial expressions are linked to emotions, scientists believe. (more…)

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Botox is increasingly becoming the residing place for one’s pay check, but recent research has noted that it is all a waste of money as there is a much cheaper and more accessible way of keeping wrinkles at bay. A study which was published in the June issue of the British Journal of Dermatology and led by Dr. Greg Hillebrand, the principal scientist for Olay, has revealed that the best way to prevent wrinkles is to use moisturiser. This study was done over an eight year period with various girls and women between the ages of ten and seventy-two. (more…)