Skin and Body

A dark underarm is a very common problem among women. It is often the reason of embarrassment when you want to wear your favorite sleeveless dress. Even if you dare to wear a sleeveless you remain cautious all the time…
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The perception of beauty is subjective – what one person finds attractive, another may not. However, we cannot escape the influence of the society in which we inhabit, and thus our perception of beauty can be coloured by what the…
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Everybody suffers from social anxiety. The difference is that many never manage to overcome that anxiety. This anxiety usually kicks in when you are in the midst of a lot of people whom you are not familiar with. Once we…
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I think that most people would agree that the mirror has distorted our view of ourselves and others. This sounds a bit like an oxymoron because a mirror is actually designed to give a true representation or description. I think…
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Body image isn’t just about how people see themselves, but also how they believe others see them. Often whether a person has a positive body image or a negative one is very much influenced by how they think other people…
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Women are particularly susceptible to negativity towards their bodies, due to the importance with which the female appearance is perceived to have in our society. In order for women to ‘succeed’ in their relationships, career, and life in general there…
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We all have features of our body that we dislike, but why do we bother wasting so much time sat in front of the mirror examining all our flaws? Life is simply too short for us to be worrying about…
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Have you ever driven by and seen girls that must have forgotten what size they are? You’ve seen them, right? They have a muffin top. Basically they buy hipster jeans that are too small for them which, when buttoned, causes…
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When many people hear the word gorgeous, they may think of a Hollywood, red carpet look. People magazine dedicated a whole article to celebrities who were gorgeous naturally. You could say organic skin with a big smile and beautiful hair….
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With summer comes the warmth of the sunshine that enables us to bring out those shorts and skirts that we packed away during those cold winter months. We see the beautiful store mannequins tempting us to show a little more…
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The saying ‘you are what you eat’ implies that in order to possess good health you have to follow a healthy diet, which obviously has some truth in it. When individuals lead a healthy lifestyle, including eating a balanced diet,…
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Having dark underarms can be embarrassing. If you have dark underarms, wearing sleeveless shirts or dresses and exposing your bare underarms to the public is usually not an option. Some people will use whitening creams and other chemical-based products to…
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While I agree that many people go to what I consider extremes to achieve physical perfection, I disagree that the battle against imperfections is a futile one. When we use a broadly descriptive word like perfect, we open the door…
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In our society today us women have a lot to worry about. We watch TV and every woman is perfect and when there’s shows about bigger women their not so confident. So when we look in the mirror we see…
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With all of the Hollywood hype about big breasts, pictures of well endowed women splashed all over the pictures of women’s (and especially men’s) magazines, and the number of Google ads promoting “breast growing” products, is it any wonder why…
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After graduation, I got a job as a Sales Engineer in a trading company, servicing the Oil and Gas Industry. Just after I got in, business picked up as oil price shot well above USD 100 per barrel. I have…
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Loving yourself what ever your shape or size can be very difficult.In modern times we are obsessed with physical appearence as newspapers and celebrity blogs,flood our consciousness with either images of airbrushed perfection or pernicious critiques of imperfection. As a…
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Women do try hard to please everyone. Whether a woman works on Wall Street, runs her own company, goes to school or is a stay at home mom, most of us share the same insecurities. When it comes to body…
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When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Body image is your perception of how your body looks in the mirror. A person with a healthy body image will see a true reflection of themselves in a positive…
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You hear a lot of women talking about their “goal weight” or their “ideal weight” while munching on salads with their girlfriends, but you don’t often hear women discussing their “happy weight”. Sadly, this is because most of us don’t…
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If you have lost weight and someone asks you if you have, then proceeds to tell you how great you now look, is it a compliment? Most people would say yes. A woman I once worked with disagreed because she…
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It’s not surprising that women have so many body hang-ups of their own when they are regularly confronted with pictures of celebrities wearing the skimpiest of swimwear in order to show off their beautiful beach bodies. When you look down…
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People do hate their bodies. They spend years hating their bodies, and physical appearance. This is just a state of mind as the mind is a very powerful object, and people hat what is on the inside as well. If…
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Body image is important to anyone. Everybody wants to have a positive body image in terms of how others perceive you and how you view yourself. I think that confidence also plays an important part in it. First of all,…
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There are times when the choice of dress code can tell us a great deal about a person’s character, present how they perceive themselves, show their fears, and taste in clothes and colour. It can send out messages to others,…
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Are you interested in letting your inner beauty shine? If so, you are in luck. There are several things that any woman can do to bring out her natural beauty. It just requires a bit of work and commitment. Below…
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Being skinny is not easy. Trust me, I was quite chubby during my teenage years, but the weirdest thing happened once I reached my twenties. I lost all the weight, and some people who saw me after a couple of…
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Of the various surveys conducted on women’s body image, the indication is that the majority of women are dissatisfied with their bodies. Height, body shape and size, bust size, wrinkles, cellulite, and any distinguishing features can all factor into women’s…
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Why is the mirror an enemy to our body image? The media has created our minds to subconsciously think that we are not beautiful, but we only think that we are not beautiful. Compared to models and actresses in magazines,…
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Human skin has a layered structure that allows the body to get rid of the old surface of the skin and produce a new one every 28 days. Because of this particularity, people experience peeling skin, including on hands and…
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