The Truth About Beauty

The demand for beauty services in spite of the economy?

Even when there is a recession, beauty parlours still flourish. Beauty products still fly off the shelves.

There is this saying that beauty is skin deep.

Then again, first impressions count.

Put it this way. Beauty is power. That was true centuries ago. That is true today.

When a beautiful woman walks into a bar, men flock to her and offer to buy her drinks. When an unattractive woman walks into the same bar, chances are, she would have to buy her own drinks.

A beautiful salesperson, man or woman is more likely to win the sale. Between a beautiful job seeker and an unattractive one, all other things being equal, the employer is likely to choose the good looker.

Like it or not, looks do count.

In the past, when women were dependent on men to support them, beauty was everything to a woman. A beautiful woman would have more suitors. She would be able to marry up. To marry a rich man who could take care of all her financial needs and that of her children. Long before commercial cosmetics existed, mothers would instruct their daughters on traditional beauty remedies. Simple beauty remedies like using mayonnaise as a moisturizer, or egg white as a firming mask were often used by women in the days before commercial cosmetics.

Then along came women entrepreneurs like Estee Lauder and other women from around the world. They converted traditional beauty recipes which worked for themselves into beauty creams that they sold to other women. Every woman has a right to look her most beautiful and these women were selling others their beauty secrets.

Women all over the world are willing to suffer for the sake of beauty. Long ago, in China, women in wealthy families would bind their feet. The Chinese back then view tiny feet as beautiful, so little girls have their feet bound, to prevent them from growing big and ugly. Now that long legs are considered beautiful, some women go through a very painful medical procedure that breaks their legs, and stretches their legs by a few millimeters a day through a painful device until they attain the height they want. With their newfound height, these girls can look forward to a wealthy, glamorous future as an international model.

In Europe, centuries ago, wasp waists and curvy bodies were considered beautiful, so corsets were worn to make the waist look much smaller. These were tied so tightly that women faint easily. All for the sake of beauty. Now, corsets are in again. These days, women and men subject themselves to surgery to attain the beauty they desire. Liposuction to remove the excess fat to contour the body. Breast augmentation for bigger breasts that are considered beautiful. Nose jobs, face lifts, the works.

Both men and women even have poison (botox) injected into their faces to paralyze their facial muscles in order to erase the expression lines we know as wrinkles.

There is also a return to natural beauty remedies. This time, commercial cosmetics use natural ingredients that women have used in centuries in the home beauty preparations.

With modern advances, beauty preparations are more effective than ever. Even doctors have developed their own skin care ranges. Acne can be a thing of the past with some of the latest acne treatments. Some doctors, both dermatologists and general practitioners offer facials which treat most of today's skin problems very effectively. After all, beauty is skin deep. Healthy skin is beautiful.

There is wisdom in the old ways women took care of their looks. Fresh food, exercise, plenty of water, plenty of sleep, soap and water. That's all the women in the olden days had in their beauty routine. These days, add a good sunscreen worn every day to protect your skin from the sun. A good toner, cleanser and moisturizer, a regular scrub and mask and you are done.

Divine Food for Divine Beauty

The phrase "natural beauty" has been abused and misused beyond restoration. The modern use is almost never associated with its true meaning. Someone said there should be a portrait of a healthy person in a museum so people would know what they are talking about. If we don’t know what a healthy person looks like, how do we know what natural beauty is?

In our unnatural world, the word "natural" no longer means without effort, at least not in the realm of obtaining your best look. One thing is a must in defining natural beauty: its achievement must not involve any sacrifice of health. None, period. If health is compromised in any way beauty is not natural.

Our body was created in the image of God, the Supreme Beauty. When our actions are in opposition to nature, the results are different types of bodily ills, deformities, and ugliness. Since there can be no natural beauty without eating 100 percent natural food, most of you have never seen the natural you.

There is an urgent need for another word. The contemporary meaning of natural is too far from the divine. I suggest filling this void with "rawsome", a new word circulating in the raw food community. It is a combination of two words:" raw" and "awesome" with the meaning being something between natural and divine. The diet of raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds also needs to be renamed. I have often been told that the phrase “the raw food diet”, sounds like eating raw meat, particularly sushi, which is misleading. The raw food diet is so awesome that it should be called the very name it inspired- the Rawsome Diet.

Most of us feel our appearance lacks something. In reality, ugliness is more about excess. Toxic accumulations in our bodies are responsible for stealing our health and attractiveness. Beauty lies latent under cushions of retained fluids, deposits of fat, and sick tissues. Your beauty is buried alive, but in most cases it can be revived in a version that will be satisfactory to you. You must take immediate action to revitalize it. When you do, your uncovered beauty will surprise and delight you.

Eating cooked food will leave residues the body cannot utilize, and they will be deposited in places our Creator never intended. Everything not fully digested and properly eliminated, the body will treat as an abnormal substance. It will pocket these toxins as far away from the vital organs as possible--on the peripheries of the body--where it will invariably be reflected in our outward appearance. If the body cannot use it inside, it will deposit it on the outside. Nutrients from the food you eat spiral upward to the epidermis, and their quality will determine whether you will have a glowing clear complexion or skin spotted with growths, such as moles and skin sores.

Some physical characteristics of our face and body we cannot change--they were determined prior to our birth. But the consumption of the raw plant diet as an adult will make a difference in the texture of skin and hair, the health of nails, weight and complexion. All of these traits and more are determined by daily choices, with food being one of the most important and, luckily, the one we can fully control.

The Rawsome diet is the most suitable one for human physiology. It is salubrious to the body’s health and salutary to its beauty. The ability to renew cells is built into your body, and the body itself is capable of making you look more attractive. After all, we were designed to bloom continuously as old cells get replaced by new ones. The Rawsome diet makes the most of this rejuvenating ability of our bodies.

Rawsome beauty is not manufactured from the outside but cultivated from the inside by nutritionally charged food. Whole raw food restores the integrity of every cell and facilitates the optimal operation of every organ inside and out. The body, having been awakened by the improved diet, in its wisdom, will reach out to the places where health was lacking, and you will gradually see your beauty surfacing. The Rawsome diet will eliminate all the toxins on a deeper level and bring amazing changes to your appearance.

Only the body sustained on raw food will host natural beauty, or should we say Rawsome beauty. The landscape of the body will change. The surface of the skin will become soft and smooth but still firm and supple. Visible pores will diminish. A sallow skin with a yellow pallor will turn into a porcelain-like complexion. The whites of eyes, once red, will become bright with a bluish tinge. As natural collagen production improves, it will fill in the places where it is needed as in hollow cheeks. Raw food eating will clarify and refine your features and bring delicacy to your face.

On the Rawsome Diet, you will marvel at how the Master Artist will make the most of your individual features and bring balance to the entire face. Texture, hues, and shape will be harmoniously arranged into a genteel whole. Perfection and imperfection will be tied together into a unique original version of beauty.

Each time I see a woman, I study her appearance, and I see not just the way she looks but the way she could look. What I see is how far her image falls short of her potential beauty. I perceive her beauty as it would stand out after the body has cleansed itself from toxins and excesses.

From age 15 until recently, I wore my hair permed, only to discover at 45 that straight hair in my natural color was the best possible frame for my face. Did my preference change? Not at all. My face did. So let me give you a hint, if you need a camouflaging hairdo, you are not looking your best. The changes in your face brought about by raw foods will bring the freedom to arrange your hair in any way you want. When your peer group is thinking: “I am losing my looks”, you will be finding yours. At 45, I enjoy looking in the mirror while before I detested my reflection.

As the cleansing initiated by this diet is completed, you will be very pleased to see how you were meant to look. Your body will exhibit beauty and dignity. You will become satisfied, even fascinated, with your appearance. When you look your very best, you look perfect, in a sense that you are as close to the divine image for yourself as you could ever be. You accept yourself completely. Natural beauty is above conformity; it doesn’t demand to be accepted by the dictates of the beauty norm.

People who have been on the raw food lifestyle for several years begin to have a glow, the kind not often seen in middle-aged people. Optimal health is recognized by an emerging radiance. Glow is hard to fake because it is internal. It comes from an abundance of clear, pink, almost transparent cells that light up the face. Only superior blood circulation can bring this transfiguring glow. Several years on the raw food diet will make you look as though you just stepped out of a painting by Renoir--the impressionist best known for his preoccupation with light.

I have come to believe if you do not embrace the 100 percent raw food diet, you will never meet The Most Beautiful You. The best proof that the Rawsome diet is optimal for the body is it makes you beautiful. Slim face, slender waist, and clear skin with smooth coloration-these subtle changes will convince you the raw plant diet is the best for good health and graceful beauty. No woman knows her true beauty until she cleanses her body completely of all waste.

You can say there are people who are beautiful, and they are not on this diet. That is true. It is hard to believe, but even they haven't seen the best of themselves. Dissatisfaction with one’s appearance arises not from perceiving our bodies inaccurately but because subconsciously we are aware we haven’t achieved our optimal look. The Rawsome diet gives a feeling of authenticity, an assurance we have become what we were meant to be.

Raw food not only corrects beauty’s shortcomings but also lifts the limitations of one’s spirit and releases strains and tensions in both your mind and body. People on the raw food diet have an aura about them, a transcendent nobility and complacent dignity. Sickness is goodness lost, and our unhappiness is a longing for goodness. One takes in the goodness in the form of fresh fruits and vegetables and feels its purifying process on the inside. Goodness in one’s food summons up goodness in one’s appearance and character.

Do you think it is hard to follow this life style? Women have done so many outrageous and dangerous things to themselves in the pursuit of beauty, I believe they should at least try the Rawsome lifestyle, which promises to transform them into beautiful people. What a woman won’t do for health, she will do for beauty. This is the first time beauty asks no sacrifice from health.

7 Steps to Great Makeup

1. Avoid wearing too much

Makeup is meant to enhance features not bring negative attention to you. That's what wearing too much makeup will do; it will bring you unwanted attention. Don't wear too much of anything such as:

1. Eyeliner: dark, thick eyeliner will make you look overdone and will ruin the rest of your makeup.

2. Mascara: too much mascara looks fake and will flake. It looks especially bad if worn with thick eyeliner or dark blue eye eye shadow.

3. Foundation: Make sure your foundation is the same color as your skin. Foundation is meant to protect and give the face a smooth look. The magic word is blend.

4. Powder: The same holds true for powder - not too much. Also, be sure to blend your makeup so there are no obvious lines.

2. Lips

Apply lip liner to completely cover the lips, add color and your lipstick will stay on much longer. Make sure your lip liner doesn't show. Also, your lip color should match your skin tone; wear cool colors if you have cool coloring and warm colors if you have warm coloring. If you want to make your lips look smaller, keep your liner on the inside of your lips. However, if you decide to make your lips look larger, going outside the natural outline of you lips is a mistake. This can look quite messy and unnatural.

3. Appropriate makeup

Wear makeup that is appropriate for the occasion. If you are going to the beach you shouldn't wear the same or as much makeup as you would if you were going dancing. Also, when you are in daylight your makeup should be a lighter than when you are out for the evening.

4. Too little or no makeup

Some women don't wear makeup because they are not sure how to use it and are afraid of being overdone. If you are unsure, start will light colours in your shade. Start slowly and add one product at a time. Maybe start with foundation, add mascara, blush or lipstick. If you are not used to wearing makeup, using a lot a first may be a little too much for you, so start slowly. The bottom line is a little is better than none. If you are still unsure seek professional advice.

5. Overall look
When your makeup is completed it should look natural. That means avoiding colours that clash. If you have dark skin and hair you will look better in darker shades; light colours will make you look washed out. If your hair and skin tone are light, light colours will look better on you. Dark makeup will make you look older and harsh. If you have oily skin, first use oil control moisturizer and foundation. Then be sure to wear loose powder, keeping pressed powder with you for touch ups.

6. Hair color

Your hair color should also be in harmony with your skin. If you have dark hair and you want to add color, keep it close to the same shade. If you have light hair, use light colors. As you age your skin will lighten, so should your hair color. One last thing about hair color - if you do color you hair be sure you keep it up, don't let your roots show.

7. One last thing

Keep makeup looking fresh all day by doing regular touch ups. Don't let your makeup fade or crease. Smile!!!

Helpful Tips For Expectant Moms in Their First Pregnancy

Expecting a baby is the most exciting and scary time for a woman. The excitement of becoming a mother is often a lifelong dream for many women. Not knowing what to expect during the pregnancy as well as actually giving birth are things that definitely raises the fear factor. There is no better advice than from women that have already experienced pregnancy and childbirth to offer some helpful tips. Some of the tips may be about maternity clothing and how to find stylish maternity clothing without breaking the bank and how to stay in shape during pregnancy too. Other tips will be offered in this article as well.

There are so many new things to think about once you find out that you are expecting a baby. Many things that you enjoyed doing before that time, may not be healthy now that you are pregnant such as drinking alcohol, consuming a lot of caffeine or even eating certain foods like mercury filled fish. One of the best sources for pregnant women is the book titled, "What To Expect When You Are Expecting". It takes you through your pregnancy month by month and helps you to understand the various things that may happen over the course of the pregnancy that may seem unusual to you but are actually perfectly normal.

There are actually a lot of things that you can do prior to becoming pregnant to ensure a better pregnancy for you and your baby. If you are dependent on caffeine and cigarettes, attempt to quit both of them before getting pregnant. Also, if you are overweight, try to lose those extra pounds and become more physically fit before getting pregnancy as maintaining your exercise regimen during your pregnancy will make your delivery and recovery that much easier. Sometimes, the most important preparation happens before you even get pregnant.

Once you are pregnant, many women experience what is called morning sickness the first trimester. A good way to curb the nausea is to keep saltine crackers by your bed and try to eat some of them before you get up for the day. Also, sucking on peppermint or ginger candy may help with the nausea as well. Most women get rid of this problem in the second trimester. Another issue is discomfort in the legs and back as your belly increases in size. Try to continue to exercise during pregnancy to keep you strong to handle the weight of the baby and also have a pregnancy massage to relieve that soreness.

Try to eat healthily during your pregnancy too as you only need an additional 500 calories for the baby and really should not eat for two. Swelling may occur in your feet so try to elevate them whenever you sit down to prevent that from becoming a problem. Another great tip is to have your friends that are Moms have a maternity clothing swap party where you can share your maternity clothes with each other. There are also some great online sites for cute maternity clothing as well.

Connor R. Sullivan and his wife purchased maternity clothing online for their daughter to use during her pregnancy. His wife loved the stylish maternity clothing offered online for her daughter.

How to Help Your Teen Deal with Stress

Teenagers must deal with many stresses. The family can help by encouraging communication, positive attitude, healthy lifestyle, and practicing stress relieving activities.
Being a teenager has never been easy for anyone, with school, family, and peer pressure, not to mention having all of those raging hormones. But nowadays, it seems like living the part of the youth is a lot harder than it was before. School gets harder with each passing generation, and with the instability of jobs nowadays even the kids are feeling the stress. Parenting children nowadays is also harder, since it is important to help your child deal with the stress of the modern world.
When you see that your child is experiencing a stressful situation, try to talk to them and tell them about your situations too. You can help each other deal with the stress and you can help your child fix their problem. Talking it out helps relieve stress.
It is important to face stress with a positive attitude, so that they can cope with stress better. Being optimistic keeps one hopeful and happy, rather than being depressed and cynical. It will give them the determination to do better, even if their situation is bleak. You should help your teenager develop a positive attitude, so that they can cope with their stress. You can help your teenager create a better study plan for school, for example, to help them see the brighter side of things.
The condition of one's body also affects the condition of one's mind. Having a healthy body will help you and your teenager cope with stress. Eating junk food and not sleeping enough increases your teen's chances of getting depressed and feeling the pressure of stress. It might be a good idea to see a doctor to check if your teenager is suffering from a lack of nutrition or some illness that they may not have noticed. Having a healthy body and a good diet will help you and your teen have the energy to face problems and get rid of stress. You should also be frank with your doctor if you suspect your teen may be suffering from depression, so that treatment need not be delayed.
Make your family a support system for each other. Help your teen with their problems, and encourage your child to do well and deal with their problems. You can also talk to your teen about what's troubling you and feel better, and they will feel like they have a role to play in helping you too. Do your best to lessen the weight of pressure on your teen by being understanding and telling them that you love them no matter what. This will let them feel accepted by their family, and lessen their stress.
Do stress relieving activities as a family. You can do anything that the whole family enjoys and has fun doing. For example, you can play a sport that everyone loves to forget for a while about the problems in life. Or you can learn yoga and meditation, to learn how to keep calm and relax. Helping your child deal with stress can also help you face your own problems. In the end, you will become a stronger family and stronger individuals.

Popularity of Silver Earrings

It has been said that silver jewelry allows a person appear vibrant and lively, whereas gold would make a person look more experienced as well as adult. Therefore, silver can be a well-liked decision of the younger for their adornments. It's also more sensible, since it is cheaper as compared to gold jewelry and it is more widely available. You'll find much more niche shops that will sell silver earrings, rings necklaces and bracelets, for instance, than those that focus on gold jewelry.

Silver jewelry contains the extraordinary quality of becoming both low-cost as well as classy. Silver earrings are in no way "bargain" -- actually, it can be strongly suggested cleverly combined with darkish clothing, making a extremely stylish as well as elegant blend. Silver sets out darkish shades and plays more about contrast, which usually creates an extremely effective fashion statement. Silver Jewellery and black outfit is really a preferred set of clothing of musicians, in addition to advocates from the well-known "goth" movement.

Everywhere, and within history, silver is certainly regarded as another complement to gold. Silver being an element has been linked to the moon, while gold has long been associated with the sun. The moon can make soft, magical silver ripples as it's mirrored over a motionless sea. Its near relationship with moon imagery has made silver the color most often related to dreams, imagination and magic. Folklore has also aceded silver with special powers and curing qualities.

Models are also seen to patronize silver earrings. Oprah Winfrey as well as Sandra Bullock have worn stylish chandelier-type silver items more often than once. It is always intriguing and a joy to be able to look at various styles and designs of famous people silver Jewellery , particularly if it's put on in flavor as well as in style.

A person that's constructing an accumulation of earrings should think about purchasing a silver earring collection. In addition to being practical, the concepts are greatly diverse plus it won't hurt to learn that silver earrings are very popular!

Save Your Marriages!

We all believe that when we stand with our loved ones and say `I do` we will live happily ever after. Sadly, that is very often not the case. Not only is the divorce rate soaring, but the length of marriages is shortening.

A marriage on the rocks doesn`t necessarily have to end up in the divorce courts. With effort from both parties, even the most fragile marriage can not only be saved, but take on a whole new lease of life. The first step is to be honest with each other, if you are unhappy your partner needs to know why. They aren`t psychic, and if they have done something wrong, they need to know what it is before they can fix it.

There maybe no specific thing and it could be an accumulation of events that have left you both in this turmoil. Again, communication is vital. Maybe your friends or relatives` calling in at all times of day and night is really starting to annoy your partner, or vice versa. This is easily solved, you have time with them and time with your partner. Friends and family have been known to ruin many a marriage, don`t let them ruin yours! This is the family home and you all have the right to come home and relax without a barrage of visitors, so resolve this problem before it gets any worse.

If one partner has a drink or drug problem, the other has a big dilemma. Providing the problem doesn`t result in violence of any kind, you can save this marriage. If you love them and want to support them, don`t make yourself into a martyr, you would expect them to do the same if it was you wouldn`t you? If the problem is escalating and the whole family is being badly affected, that`s a whole different ball game, but if this is an occasional weakness that isn`t hurting anyone but them, you can save this marriage.

Infidelity from either side is very hard to deal with, and the reason many of us throw in the towel and start divorce proceedings. There is an old adage `once a cheater, always a cheater`, but before you do anything hear them out. This may open a whole can of worms and you may hear things that you don`t like, but honesty is vital and at least then you can make an informed decision and not rush into something you may later regret.

If there is no specific reason for you considering divorce, again don`t rush into anything. How long have you felt like this? How do you feel when you look at your partner? Sit down and think how you would feel if your partner wasn`t there anymore. Consider all the little things that you used to love about them, do you still love them or are they just infuriating now? Divorce is a very painful and very final experience to go through, and should never be rushed into. By keeping the lines of communication open and discussing things honestly and openly a lot of divorces could be avoided. Inevitably, some marriages will run their course and result in divorce, but if your marriage can be saved, do your best not to become just another statistic.

Teenage Skin Care - Make a Clean Start

Some teenagers are so active, they don't have the time to even consider their skin. Factor in hormonal changes, and you have a breeding ground for a variety of different skin problems. The good news? With a proper and simple routine, a couple of changes (avoiding bad habits), teenagers can achieve clear and radiant skin.

Firstly, let's consider some quick and dirty tricks teens can incorporate into their daily lives. Some of the most simple changes can make all the difference.

Always wash your hands before cleaning (or touching) your face. Our hands come into contact with an awful lot during the day. The dirt that builds up on our hands can lead to clogged pores, and as a result cause breakouts. Washing your face with dirty hands can be absolutely counterproductive.

Check the cleanliness of everything that touches your face. Peaked caps and mobile phones are regular culprits. Be particularly cautious with any areas of the face where breakouts are common. Could you be touching those areas with grubby objects throughout the day? Take care to check that your skincare lotions or makeup don't contain ingredients that are known to restrict pores. Ingredients to avoid include:- lanolin, mineral oil, SD alcohol, fragrances and colour.

And eat healthily. Many experts think there is a correlation between your diet and skin. When we eat unhealthy foods, our skin tends to show it in the region between our foreheads, as well as on the chin. Wearing a quality SPF15 every day can really help. Of course, this is good advice for all ages, but teens should especially wear a moisturiser that has a full-spectrum sunscreen. The suns rays break down our collagen and elastin, which can lead to sun spots. These results don't tend to surface until years later, so an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The most beneficial way to optimise your skin health in the future is to start protecting it during the younger years. For instance, remove makeup every night. Most young women are guilty of not doing this in their teenage years, but sleeping in makeup is just not good. Especially, if you put up with an oily complexion. Congestion can build up in your pores and cause breakouts.

Using too many drying products is also likely to cause disappointing results. When the skin is oily, most teenagers tend to buy face wash, moisturisers and spot treatments that promise to remove oiliness. At first, you may see some results, but in the long run, the oil glands will begin to over accommodate for the lack of oil by producing even more oil than in the first place! Everything starts with good intentions, initially teenagers say they love drying skincare regimens. But after a while, they suddenly cease to be effective. Any creams with SD Alcohol are unquestionably part of the 'drying out' category.

Avoiding no, no's, such as using plain soap on the face. It is alkaline, and our skin is acidic. Meaning that it can make skin feel tight, dry and itchy. Taking hot showers is another tactic to be avoided. Whilst tempting, the heat can actually draw moisture out of the skin. This can cause your skin to either produce surplus oil (or look dry and flaky). We're sure that everyone can recollect being told not to pick spots, but picking really isn't a good idea. Infected and angered spots spread infection to other areas of the face when picked. Instead, try applying products containing Sulfur or Salicylic Acid to problem areas, just as you feel them starting. So, how do you develop a good skincare regimen in your teens? The answer is keep it simple but effective.

Choose a high quality cleanser. Dermalogica Clean Start is recommended, as it includes all of the ingredients necessary for a total regimen. For instance, a foaming wash containing salicylic acid, which reaches deep into pores to help exhaustively clean the skin.

For active teenagers, ensure any routine includes the body. Don't over exfoliate, usually 3 times a week is good enough. Excess scrubbing can lead to any infection spreading across the surface of the skin. You may consider using a leave-on exfoliant, containing salicylic acid. This can clean up the pores and cut through oil. When the pores are clear, breakouts are much less likely to occur. Treat breakouts as and when they take place.

Choose a spot treatment that is well regarded and has proven results. Some use sulfur to dry out infected areas, and some contain Benzoyl Peroxide to get rid of bacteria. You should apply as soon as you suspect a breakout forming. One common myth is that moisturising restricts pores. There are moisturisers available that will hold oil on the surface of the skin at bay and looking matte. The same applies with SPF protectors and sunblocks.

With the best will in the world any campaign to keep skin healthy can be met with the odd congestion or breakout. Utilising quality products and staying up to date with professional advice will go a long way to saving your skin in optimum health.

Top Jewelry Trends for 2010

Fashion trends tend to change with likes and dislikes of fashion setters and followers. Same tradition goes for the jewelry world. New jewelry styles and trends are frequently being introduced and it is quite an excitement to watch what is in and what is out.

Hot Jewelry Trends of 2010:

Key pendants:

In the year 2009, Key pendants came up with a bang and became unpredictably popular among many people. 2010 expects more jewelry fans to get attracted towards this trendy piece. A unique selection in this fragment of jewelry could be rose gold metal instead of the traditional yellow and popular white gold.

Diamond Lock Pendants:

The newly arrived jewelry is the Lock Pendant and retailers are hoping that this can set the new fashion just like key pendants did in the last year. Its unique looking designs bring about novelty in the overall appearance of the wearer. Diamonds on Lock pendants make them even more sparkling and attractive to the viewers.

Dangling earrings:

Dangling earrings were liked by many women in the previous year and preferred to accessorize themselves with this type of earring. Such type of earring gives a glamorous look to the overall personality of women. These are expected to continue to be the favorite of many ladies this year too.

Yellow gold jewelry:

Since quite a long time, people had turned their eyes towards white gold and silver. But yellow gold is back and in trend now. Getting noticed is what one likes nowadays, hence making this metal more popular. Its substantial pros like no change in its color and look and non-tarnishing feature keeps it a step ahead of metals like white gold and silver.

Bigger, the better:

From big cocktail rings to stack of big bangles and bold jewelry is liked by ladies. Although this fashion had come into notice and followed since long, it has managed to stay in trend because of the daring look that it emits.

Following these trends may not be liked by all; such people are usually proved to be the fashion setters. They bring in new trends and others follow it making it the latest style. You may also try out new jewelry designs and set the fashion for all!

The Health Benefits of Green Tea

Green tea has long been a staple of Asian culture. The Chinese use green tea to treat various diseases and conditions, and they depend on it for long, healthy lives. So what exactly can green tea do for you? Read more to learn about this incredible beverage.

What is it?

Green tea is made from the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant. It is picked, steamed, and then dried. Green tea is unique because it does not undergo the oxidation (or fermentation) process that black, white, and other teas undergo.

What makes it so good for you?

Green tea has powerful antioxidant properties due to the polyphenol chemicals it contains. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), in particular, is responsible for the health benefits that green tea can offer.

Cancer Fighter

The EGCG in green tea is a known cancer fighter. It both prevents the growth of cancer cells and kills them off, without harming healthy cells. Scientists also found that EGCG shuts down one of the key molecules that tobacco relies upon to cause cancer.

Heart Helper

Green tea improves the flexibility of your blood cells, which prevents clogging and makes for a healthier heart. Green tea has also been found to prevent obesity, improve the ratio of good and bad cholesterol in your body, and help you burn more calories.

And Even More

In addition to fighting cancer, improving heart health, and preventing obesity, green tea is also suggested to prevent and reduce the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Its anti-inflammatory properties can reduce joint damage in sufferers of the disease. What’s more, it has been suggested that green tea can also boost the immune system and fight tooth decay. Talk about a wonder drink!

How Much Should I Drink?

Scientists still remain uncertain as to how much green tea needs to be consumed for someone to benefit from it. While some scientists say two is sufficient, others push three, four, or five glasses per day. It seems that when it comes to green tea, the more you can drink the better!

The Agony of Back Pain

We don’t often think of the chiropractor until some part of our body isn’t functioning as it should, most often our back. But what about chiropractic care for the well individual?

Is it a benefit to the well person, to visit a chiropractor when really nothing is wrong?

You bet it’s a benefit and here’s why.

The very nature of chiropractic care is the belief in the body’s own healing properties. Quite often, we can have small problems in one area of our body, and not even realize it until the effect is felt in a much larger way, somewhere else.

The practice of chiropractic care focuses on the relationship between your spine and your nervous system. The spine is the structure, and the nervous system is the function. Chiropractic believes these two systems work in unison to keep and then restore your body’s health.

The word “chiropractic” is taken from Greek, and means “done by hand”. This is exactly how chiropractic care works. The chiropractor uses his or her hands to manipulate your body, and help it to heal itself. It is the branch of the health sciences which focuses on the neuro-musculoskeletal system. That’s a very big word to simply say how your spine and nervous system work together. The spine is the highway for your central nervous system; if the highway is blocked or traffic is jammed, they are usually able healers. Many cultures, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Chinese, and even the Africans have used some form of chiropractic care for hundreds of years.

Why has it taken so long for chiropractic care to receive its proper recognition in western medicine? Because by its very nature, it creates a divide between traditional, western philosophies and practices and what the chiropractor practices. In modern, western medicine, prescription drugs play a huge role in our healing process. To circumvent all those years of development, and investment on the part of the drug companies, is like climbing a rock cliff. It has taken many years, much evidence, and the demand of the general public to finally make progress towards the implementation chiropractic medicine as a realistic form of healing.

Chiropractic care in the western civilizations however has experienced many hurdles on its way to becoming one of best forms of back care and preventive medicine available today. To date, much research has been done and much material published on the benefits and cost-effective nature of chiropractic treatment. The number of Americans who seek chiropractic care has more than tripled in the last ten years, and continues to grow each year. It is a known fact, if you’ve ever visited the chiropractor, the philosophy works, your body feels better, it heals better, and you aren’t cut, drugged, and off from work for 6 weeks to recuperate. It is interesting to note here, that chiropractors are still classified as holistic healers. In other words, they believe in the whole body approach to healing. So do the acupuncturists, and the herbal healers. It would seem to me, that traditional medicine as had a lot of catching up to do, and they thought they were in the lead!

Gentle excising and easy stretching and go a long way to alleviating back troubles, and even preventing problems in the future.

Overcoming The Family’s Economic Difficulties

Normally, husband is the backbone of families that drives the economy. But sometimes, the husband is not able to do much to meet the needs of families. Not to mention the attitude of the husband who did not want to understand the needs of the household and as such delegate every household affairs to his wife. Family economic hardship is often triggered a conflict a husband-wife. Moreover, if both parties not tried to find a solution of the problem, but blame each other even be a problem making a weight.

Therefore you have to realize many things that can cause economic problems evolved into a family conflict, such as:

Reactive attitudes and emotional
Sometimes without realize, you have be emotional in the economic difficult conditions. Does not accept the fact, you behave exactly emotional as the expression of feelings disappointment, fear and panic.

Trapped in the psychological pressure
Loss of livelihood, exposed to bankruptcy and dismissed from the job necessarily a negative impact on the someone emotional stability. Moreover, people who are not ready mentally to accept an extraordinary occurrence, which can lead to mental shock.

Not able to motivate themselves
It is felt the most bitter that someone who lost their livelihoods is a destruction of pride and trust in yourself. Person be feeling afraid, as fear of failure, fear to refused and make the pessimistic argument.

The description above gives a little description that you really need to help your husband and support in order to come out of the problem. The following steps can help couples presumably out of complexity:

Providing emotional support.
Give attention to your couples to discuss on the problem. Make yourself as a couples to restore the spirit of life and confidence. Rileks him with go to a place that can refresh and calm his head.

Invites couples out of the problem.
Give motivation for making plan in order to get a new work with a new spirit. Which is considered , it is important not to blame and press your couples. If difficult to obtain new jobs, you can encourage couples to create their own employment. Do not be afraid to start, do not let themselves defeated by fear a failure.

Motivate your couples to start.
The key to build a successful business is doing it right now. Do not afraid because of capital. To start a business not always need a big capital. To support the success, you and your couples have to active and expand the association.
Hopefully you are become more wise in solving the problems which found

Women’s Role As Wife In Household

God creates men and women complete with its software and hardware. Every men and women also have rights and obligations of each. As a human being, especially women want to truly noble and worthy; she must refine his role as a woman. And the role of a woman will be truly in charged when she become a wife and mother. When running her tasks, a wife should have “a strong charm in the soul”. Thus, even though she is getting older, her charm in her soul, still give the peace and happiness for the whole of family.

Making home as a paradise for families
A wife should be able to make home like paradise, despite only living in a small house. Make a pleasure situation for your husband and children. Come to your husband with a cheerful and full face of charm, interesting appearance with interesting dress and make him feel comfortable.

Becomes a good listener
When your husband having difficulties and being stalemate, as a wife, you should still respect and provide motivation to continue fighting. Not even berate to your husband, grumble or complain every day without solution. All this can only be done by a wife who has a strong faith and a sincere heart.

Ready for being pregnant and birth of child
Be destined for women to birth a child on the earth. Therefore, as a woman, a wife must be willing and ready for being pregnant and birth. Not uncommon for a wife who is reluctant to do this because afraid if her body will be damage.

Educate children
A mother has an obligation to educate their children. For the career woman and as a mother who worked outside, realize that you have a debt to your children at home. Do not let, the children have a mother, but have not felt a mother. Do not ever expect rewards in raising and educating your children. In the future, good leaders will be born, if they are born from a good family, so that the mother has a play important role in shaping and educating great personality.

Beauty is grace that can not be estimated. But if not careful, beauty will become a source of issues that will complicate the owner himself

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Weight Loss after the Pregnancy

Rebecca Romijn (36) claim to have lower body weight was 27.2 kg since the birth her twin daughter, Dolly and Charlie, four months ago. This is done without the exercise. According to the stars of Ugly Betty, her weight loss secret is out. “It’s like we have to eat 5000 calories a day. If not, we can not provide enough food for them (children). Thus, the process is also fun,” the wife of Jerry O’Connell say this.

Rebecca felt even in the first three weeks she has lost 16 kg without doing anything. “I can not too many sports because my twin children. It is not possible to return to the training schedule as before,” she added. However, she realized that she can not hope to return to the form of the body first. “There is still excess weight that must be removed.”

Rebecca how this can be effective for all new mothers who give birth? We know not all women are given the ability to trim back quickly after the birth. Basically, the weight will go down after birth, but not all. During pregnancy, body weight generally increased between 11 and 16 kg. After birth, the amount of body weight down around 5-7 kg. So, there is still excess weight is behind.

Breastfeeding is to be a good way to accelerate the decrease in body weight. It is evident that provide breastfeeding issue certain hormones in the body for the first 12 months after the birth to help the uterus return to form before the pregnancy. When breastfeeding, everything we eat will be processed into breast milk and the baby will take food from you.

In addition to breastfeeding, there is no other way to reduce body weight except diet and sports. However, we must ensure that this is done both in a manner that is healthy and safe. You can begin exercise 40 days after birth. Of course, select the sports that are not too heavy. These are any tips of weight loss after pregnancy:

1. Lay down in position with your back flat and the second knee buckling. Keep the foot flat on the floor (or bed) and knee meetings.
2. Slowly, move the knee bend to the right thigh right up to touch the outside floor. Make sure the top of the body (stomach and chest) remains straight upwards.
3. Then turn back to the top of the knee and to the left so that the outside of the left thigh touches the floor.
4. Repeat this movement several times. This movement of relax will repair joints and stiff joints that will ease back pain after childbirth.

After your condition is quite strong, you can walk for 30 minutes every day. After the better, do jogging effective as running to burn calories. Treadmill you can use to find out how many calories are burned. Another way is to burn the calories by handle your baby alone and reduce the help of family or servant.

What about diet?

You have often heard that healthy eating patterns, including

1. Stop consumes food and drinks that too sweet. Reduce sugar from which you enjoy a drink, stop drink-drink cans, and avoid cake, brownies, chocolate, and so forth. Consumption more white water.

2. Reduce carbohydrates because carbohydrates can turn into sugar in the body and keep your weight on during pregnancy. If you’d like better (because you are still producing breast milk), find the recipe books that offer food combining eating pattern that is also useful to streamline.

3. Add fiber to food in the menu, such as fruits and vegetables. Do not forget to keep drinking milk, but select the product or even low fat milk and yogurt is fat free.

4. Reduce the portion you eat. How many portions are enough for us? Take meat, fish, or chicken, as many as 85 gr, 28 gr cheese, and 1 tsp butter.

So that hard work is successful, there are three things we need to remember: patience, motivation, and trust that you will come back healthy and slim.

How To Make Your Breast Looks Tight And Beautiful

For many women, having breast condition that no longer as tight as a young is fair happen. Moreover, the age you have already spread increased, so that the breast is starting down a little. What happens is, the network fastener joints which holding the breast start to sag, so that your breast will looks down a bit. In addition, the skin is not rigid anymore, so that the breast gland will contract and the fat will replace it. But you don’t need to worry. For woman’s affairs, there are ways to prevent or improve this. At a minimum, maintain the breast shape and tension. So you can have breast care regularly:

1. The first thing that can be done to prevent the form of a breast change is to set the sleep position. Do not get yourselves to sleep prone, because the body will press your breast for hours at the top of the mattress. It Better to get a recumbent or italics sleep.

2. Apply conditioner containing a moisturizer regularly, such as sea butter or vitamin E oil, to maintain skin elasticity or breast elasticity. This cream will seep into the skin perfectly; helps maintain the appearance of breasts looks young. Although your skin sensitive, you can still use it.

3. Want to try the other ingredients? Mix one teaspoon of vitamin E oil (you can get it from vitamin E capsule) with one teaspoon of yogurt and an egg. Apply this herb and squeeze your breast with play movement, and wearing bra for about 20 minutes. After that, Rinse in warm water.

4. Mix one cucumber in big size, fatty cream cake, and egg white (1 grain) into a blender. Apply this dough leave for 15 minutes. The use of natural products should not give side effects, but should not apply it if the skin is being injured. Rinse in warm water.

5. Take two Ice Cube and then paste in the breast with rotating half-circle movement. Make at least 1 minute. Do not make this technique more than 1 minute, or if the ice is making you feel uncomfortable. Ice will act as a maker a network under the skin.

6. Best exercise for chest muscle strain is a push up. Expand yoga mat or mats, and do push-up 10 times in 4 sets, at least 3-4 times a week. See how the changes.

7. Folding your both hands in front of the breast, handheld the palm each other as such as to pray. Then, press both of them. Feel how the chest muscles will stretch when both palms press each other. This movement does not need a special room, you can do while sitting in the bus to the office.

8. Take two dumbbell ( 1 or 2 kg ). Lie down on the floor, each hand holding a dumbbell. Pull the both arms in shoulder-high with the palm facing up. Lift both arms up, bend the elbow a little, so that the weight meet to your chest. Then, lowering the arm to the second side of the shoulder again. Repeat this exercise 8-12 times, 1 minute a rest. Make for 4 set.

9. Another exercise which also good idea to tighten breast is swimming. If you have left this hobby because you are busy in the office and manage children, come on, take to the swimming pool immediately with your children.

10. Use the right bra, according to the form of your breast. Sometimes we choose the wrong bra model, so that the bra does not lift the breast and even let it hang. Sport bra can also be used if your breast size is medium.

Tips to keep the breast tight with breast care:
1. Apply and massage breast with cream before bed. Do not forget to wear a comfortable bra.

2. Avoid activities such as bow to the front, jogging, or running. This will make the breast decreased. Make sure that you sit down with the correct position (vertical).

3. Do not expect that the results of all the ingredients or physical exercise can be seen in a week. Do regularly every day, and need not calculate the days when you can see the results.

Top 10 Signs of Pregnancy

If you're extremely tuned in to your body's rhythms, you may begin to suspect you're pregnant soon after conception. But most women won't experience any early pregnancy symptoms until the fertilized egg attaches itself to the uterine wall, several days after conception. Others may notice no signs of pregnancy for weeks and begin to wonder "Am I pregnant?" only when they miss a period.

Below is a list of some of the first signs of impending motherhood. You may experience all, some, or none of these symptoms of pregnancy:

1. Food cravings: Sure it's a cliche, but food cravings sometimes can be a sign of pregnancy. Don't rely on them as a sure symptom (it may be all in your head, or even a sign that your body is low on a particular nutrient), but if cravings are accompanied by some of the other symptoms on this list, start counting the days from your last period.

2. Darkening of your aureoles: If the skin around your nipples gets darker, you may have successfully conceived, though this may also signal a hormonal imbalance unrelated to pregnancy or be a leftover effect from a previous pregnancy.

3. Implantation bleeding or cramping: About eight days after ovulation, you may experience implantation spotting, a slight staining of a pink or brown color, as well as some cramping. You might also see some spotting around the time you expect your period; this is caused by the egg burrowing into the endometrial lining.

4. Frequent urination: Once the embryo implants and begins producing the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), you may find yourself going to the bathroom more often.

5. Fatigue: Feeling tired? No, make that exhausted. High levels of the hormone progesterone can make you feel as if you've run a marathon when all you've done is put in a day at the office. Fatigue is a hallmark of early pregnancy, though probably not a surefire symptom on its own.

6. Tender, swollen breasts: If you're pregnant, your breasts will probably become increasingly tender to the touch, similar to the way they feel before your period, only more so. Once your body grows accustomed to the hormone surge, the pain will subside.

7. Morning sickness: If you're lucky, morning sickness won't hit you until a few weeks after conception. (A lucky few escape it altogether.) But as early as a couple of days following conception, you may begin feeling nauseated and queasy. And not just in the morning, either pregnancy-related nausea can be a problem morning, noon, or night. You may also notice that your sense of taste changes. Some women say they have a metallic taste in their mouth, others that they cannot stand the taste of coffee, tea, or a food they usually like.

8. Your basal body temperature stays high: If you've been charting your basal body temperature and you see that your temperature has stayed above the coverline for 18 days in a row, you're probably pregnant.

9. A missed period: If you're usually pretty regular and your period is late, it's worth trying a pregnancy test. A missed period is the surest sign of pregnancy in a woman of childbearing age who usually has regular periods. And finally ...

10. A positive home pregnancy test: If you've waited to test until at least the first day of a missed period and a blue line appears in the test window, you're most likely in the family way. Make an appointment with your doctor to confirm the good news, and head on over to our pregnancy area.

Tired of Being Pregnant

As much as mothers might like to naturally induce labor as soon as they grow tired of being pregnant, labor starts often unpredictably and sometimes later than what mothers would like for their own comfort. Babies will come at 38 weeks and other times will need 42 weeks. Technically you are not overdue or what is called "postdates" until 42 weeks. However, today it is more common to hear from providers that you are "overdue" even if your due date was yesterday!

So in essence, your due date is only a very rough target; which is why it is referred to as an EDD - estimated due date. Your own baby will likely come within a period of four weeks between 38-42 weeks. Only about 3-5% of women actually give birth on their due date not to mention that the majority of women don't go into labor until after their estimated due date!

Rushing the Last Weeks May Cause Long Labors and Cesareans

Studies have shown that if your body is not ready for labor, (i.e. cervix unripe- not dilated or effaced) and you have an induction with pitocin, you will either have a very long labor or a much greater chance of a cesarean. For more information about reasons for an induction and how to labor with an induction, see this article on labor inductions.

Realize that inductions, especially early ones, can be harmful to your baby. If your baby is born even 1-2 weeks pre-term, they can have difficulty breathing on their own. This can happen when your due date has been miscalculated and the baby's lungs have not finished developing. Babies may require a stay in the NICU often for several days or longer if necessary.

Sleep is Not a Given After the Baby Arrives

Another thing to consider is that even though your sleep is likely to be very poor in the last few weeks of your pregnancy, it won't get any better once the baby comes. In fact, most babies will be wakeful and need to eat about every 2 hours thoughout the day and night for the first several weeks. Many babies will be waking up once or twice a night even months after birth.

Stop a Nail Biting Habit with Proper Natural Nail Care

The first thing we can all do in having good-looking hands is to keep them
clean by washing regularly. It’s amazing how many people (guys especially, but some women and girls too) walk around with grubby non manicured finger nails. Get a nail brush and put it by the sink, so it’s convenient whenever you wash your hands. An added plus of a nail brushing your fingers is the way it feels: those soft bristles and the luxurious soapy lather take your hands on a daily very mini spa vacation. Always follow up with a nice hand cream or lotion to keep your hands moisturized

Stop nail biting. Break your toddler or child's habit early.Beautiful hands and nail care start with basics, and not having raggy, bleeding cuticles is a primary step in having presentable hands. Granted, one of the hardest habits to break is to stop fingernail biting, but it’s also one of the more disfiguring things that can happen to a hand. We all know someone who bites their nails to the quick, then starts on those ragged cuticles. Nail-biting usually starts in early childhood as a toddler with some people never outgrowing it, while others only revert to nail-biting in times of stress.

A finger nail biting cure that helped remedy 18 year old girl's problem from when she was a child.

I know a New York woman who stopped biting her nails when she was eighteen, because she wanted to be a flight attendant, and she had read in one of those “How to Be a Flight Attendant” guides, that bitten nails would keep her from being accepted into “Smile School”. (It was a long time ago, when airlines also had age limitations for stewardesses.) I admired her greatly as she stopped through sheer willpower.

At first, she went retro and wore gloves a lot. She also started carrying a nail file in her purse so that when a nail got split or roughened, she could take care of it on the spot. She wore gloves because taking off a glove to bite a nail is a great way to make yourself pause and consider, and then stop the behavior before it starts. She never did become a flight attendant, but she did have her hands photographed for a newspaper ad for the Chicago manicure and nail salon that she frequented and once more a few years later for a Los Angeles nail care and manicure salon.

Nail care and nail biting products

There are some products on the market to stop nail-biting, super-hot or bitter things to paint on your nails. I've heard some nail-biters say that the nasty taste didn't stop them, but they must work for some people. Finally, for nail-biters and non-nail-biters alike, hand cream right before bed is a great way to keep your skin smooth. When things are looking rough (or if you’re a biter who’s trying to quit), you can get some wonderfully thin cotton gloves, slather on a hand cream like Sephora’s Bliss Glamour Glove Gel and glove up until morning. The cotton will keep the hand cream off the pillows and on your hands where it belongs. And for a real spa-treatment, get some little cotton socks and give your feet the same experience.

Nail polish shows off those fingers.

And for a little something extra try a nice bright nail polish for your next manicure. OPI nail products give a great professional finish that looks like you went to a manicure salon or spa. But buyer beware of the "fake" acrylic manicure. Your own natural nails are better than using fake "glue on" nails. If your manicurist doesn't properly clean tier tools, acrylic nail application can cause the dreaded nail fungus that has to be specially treated for months at a time. My advice save the acrylic french manicure for a special event or occasion like attending the Boston symphony in a black sleek gown