Archive for the 'Beauty' Category

Spring/Summer Makeup Trends: Bold Is Beautiful

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Yet again, contrary to the minimalist approach to makeup in the daytime for the spring and summer of this year, you can do something altogether bolder and brighter when you go out on the town at night.
Do not be afraid of bold colors.  The runways and catwalk struts for this season have told us that [...]

Spring/Summer Makeup Trends: Metal Madness!

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Now, as you can clearly see, it is definitely not all about the natural look in the coming spring and summer months.  In fact, something of the 70s disco days is coming back.  Now, now, don’t worry too much.  You do not have to cake yourself with glitter or rock the white lipstick.
Rather, turn toward [...]

Spring/Summer Makeup Trends: Going Minimalist

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Minimal, minimal, minimal.  Go minimalist.  Learn how to minimalize.  Get the picture?  No?  Well, just check out the one to the left then, you’ll see!
Sometimes — not all the time, but sometimes — you just have to give into your natural beauty.  Throw on a little bit of bronzer if you want, or at the [...]

Spring/Summer Makeup Trends: Put the Tweezers Down!

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Good news, girls!  You can throw away your tweezers, get rid of those buzzing little trimmers, and save a couple of bucks on all that awful waxing, because natural eyebrows are making a big come back this summer and spring.
Of course, you are going to want to do a little up keep but, for the [...]

Beauty // Health // Skin Care: Moisturizer Madness!

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Lovely readers — guess what?  It’s getting cold!  Personally, I prefer cold weather; autumn is my favorite season, followed closely by winter.  However, that same cool, crisp, stringent air that many of us love can be extremely devastating to our skin.  It sucks the moisture right out of our atmosphere — and out of our [...]

Beauty // Health // Skin Care: Shimmer & Shine, Glimmer & Glow

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

It’s getting on towards fall.  When autumn weather is nice, nothing compares to it – there is little better than those cool, clear days, when the sky is blue as a sapphire and the air is so crisp it feels like you could drink it down.  However, fall is a mercurial season, and when the [...]

Beauty // Health // Skin Care: Making the Most of Menopause

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

We were talking about skin care last time, and that got me to thinking.  I am in my twenties, and when you look at all the skin care commercials on TV, all of them seem targeted to people in their twenties and their teens.  But what about people with adult acne?  What about menopausal women?  [...]

Beauty // Health // Skin Care: Egg White Wonders

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Egg whites are inarguably healthy.  We’re supposed to eat them instead of the yolks, after all.  A little known and sometimes controversial fact is that egg whites are also very beneficial to your skin.
They provide skin care in a number of ways, though you might have read evidence to the contrary.  Trust me, though, I’m [...]

Beauty // Health // Skin Care: Acne Atrocities

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Acne is a problem for a lot of people.  The problem is, those people who have never suffered from this emotionally and physically painful skin condition harbor a lot of misconceptions about it.  For instance, do you even realize how many people think that acne is just a problem for teenagers?  They therefore “coach” people [...]

Beauty // Health // Skin Care: Revitalize, reprioritize, rejuvenate — part 5.

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Your spirit cannot flourish if it is weighed down by burdens.  Grudges, regrets, resentments – all of these are holding you back and holding you down.  Perhaps you have issues with yourself.  Perhaps you have issues with someone else.  If you are hurting, you need to realize – you do not have to hold onto [...]