Skin and Body

No man wants to have breasts and yet this is one condition that many men almost 40 per cent do end up having at some period in their life time. This condition of man boobs is the result of abnormal…
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I am a very busy person. So when walking through the store aisles one day, my eyebrow went up at the claim made by one of Sally Hansen’s new products. The Insta-Dri Fast Nail Color is purported in advertisements to…
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Everybody is constantly judging everybody else, whether consciously or unconsciously, and appearance is obviously a significant factor in helping you to reach a conclusion about the people you encounter. If you don’t have time to get to know everyone you…
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Women are extremely critical of their bodies, choosing to analyse in great detail every ‘imperfection’ on their body, looking at their various ‘flaws’ from every angle and trying to find ways of disguising them. They might joke about their prominent…
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In the society we live in being skinny is a rare commodity. Most people look at skinny models or actors and actresses as if they come from a alien planet. We all realize that most people aren’t that skinny. Even…
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We can’t help it, though we would like to say we don’t size people up, truth is we would be lying to ourselves if we said we didn’t. When a thought enters into your mind about another person that you’ve…
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A lot of women don’t like what they see when they look in the mirror because their eyes are automatically drawn to what they perceive as flaws. They believe these imperfections make them less attractive and that because they don’t…
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Most people want to fit in with their peers. They don’t necessarily care about being seen as exceptionally beautiful, but nor do they want to be seen as ugly. What exactly is beauty, anyway? It is very difficult for individuals…
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When our friend with breast implants visited recently, my friends and I found ourselves in a full fledged boob conversation. Silicone, saline, ripples, sagging, cup size, and all those other boob terms that come along with breast focused chatter. Now…
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Judging someone by what we see is I guess inevitable. After all, the first step to knowing someone is looking at the physical appearance. If someone wears a coat and tie, we’d most likely think he’s a business tycoon or…
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Summer is one scary word to almost all women. It has nothing to do with the heat and the humidity; it has to do with how our bodies look. The average everyday woman is not a size zero; they barely…
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When looking in a mirror, people rarely see what the rest of the world sees. They cannot examine their appearance objectively because their minds are too full of the images of attractive people, often celebrities, which dominate the media. Who…
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Interesting title- Mirror as an enemy. We humans have a tendency to turn those things which we fear into the enemy. We dislike it, dislike the way it makes us feel and so push it from us. Very often we…
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The warmer months will soon be upon us with short-sleeve shirts, sleeveless sun-dresses and revealing swimwear. When the sun shines, more skin goes on display. So where are you going to hide those dry, dark elbows? There’s no need to…
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Fat, thin, or in between nobody, man or woman, is safe from issues with their body image. News headlines are continually dominated by how obesity is plaguing the Western world whilst simultaneously exploring why so many young people have body…
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Body image is very much based on how we perceive our external selves compared to how others perceive us. Since we cannot see ourselves through the eyes of others we have only the mirror as a guide to our appearance….
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It’s easy to forget that skin is an organ. Our internal organs aren’t very nice to look at but our skin is an exterior organ that we try to take care of and keep attractive and healthy. A young looking…
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Trying to maintain a financial budget doesn’t mean to give up perfume. Iconic Coco Chanel stressed that a woman is never fully dressed without a chic finishing touch of a perfume that would become her signature scent. Even though many women are seeking ways to cut…
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Keep your skin looking great with things you have in your kitchen. Rub a teaspoon of mayonaise on your face and neck. Wait fifteen minutes then rub a pinch of baking soda in a circular motion for one minute. The…
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Why is it that people who live in rural places are less likely to suffer from acne or wrinkles? It is because there are less stressed than their urban counterparts. In…
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Often asked why I look young, I hesitate to tell people that I never wash my face with soap.I recently found support for my intuition that it is better to never use soap on your face. MD Heather Brannon describes…
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In today’s society everybody is viewed as a potential consumer men, women, and children alike are targeted by the media to entice them to buy the latest available products. Is it any wonder, then, that there are magazines aimed at…
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Why does summer make us even more self-conscious about our bodies than usual? Perhaps it is because for the rest of the year we can wear layer upon layer of clothing to hide or disguise our bodies, which is not…
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In this day and age, being beautiful and thin is “chic” and is the new norm in the U.S. Pick up any fashion magazine and it is evident that fashion advertisements showcasing thin and waif-like models are causing severe problems…
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It’s hard not to feel a bit sorry for women who are naturally skinny because they face a society in which obesity is prevailing, making them a minority. Magazines targeted at women are particularly aware of how much weight is…
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There has always been a certain amount of pressure applied to women to look good which hasn’t been applied to men. The tendency has been to explain it in evolutionary terms with men supposedly attracted to good-looking women because they…
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It seems that all of us are chasing an elusive ideal of beauty created and sustained by an industry which thrives on women’s insecurities. The result is that nobody is ever entirely happy with the way they look, particularly when…
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People are continually judged by how they look, as everybody has their own preconceived notions about how people present themselves correlates with the kind of people they are, despite the fact that you cannot judge book by its cover’. Yet,…
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Moms! Your children are tireless bundles of energy and you give so much of yourself to help them learn and grow. Without a doubt, they are the highlights of your life and you’d do anything for them.  Somewhere in the…
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Admittedly, I know a lot of people have strong feelings when to pierce a child’s ear. “Let them decide” is being replaced by parental decision when mommy intuition knows, “earlier is better” from either personal or friend’s experiences of unpleasant…
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