Style and Beauty – Other

Absolutely yes. And, I am saying yes from firsthand experience. I was never ultra-thin growing up, and was extremely affected by the images in magazines and televistion. I even attended live fashion shows, comparing my healthy child-bearing hips to the boyish…
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Castile soap is named for the Castile region of Spain, an area of the country well known for making olive oil. If a soap contains at least 40% olive oil, it can officially be dubbed Castile soap. This is a…
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Self-image means a lot to people.  What we look like.  What other people think we look like.  And, what we look like in permanent still-life.  Photographs, in other words. Photographs are tricky things.  They seem simple enough: a small square of thick…
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Growing older does not diminish a person’s beauty. It only enhances it. When a person is young they tend to look at the outside of a person for their beauty. This is only a natural reaction for the young who are…
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The glitzy glamour world of children’s beauty pageants may well be something a child is thrilled to participate in, or just something which a child’s mother wants. Beauty pageants have the potential to unleash spoilt brats onto their stage of…
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The picture does not tell the story. As the saying goes “a picture is worth a thousand words”. At times is not worth a dime. White lies, false advertisement and deceiving practices have been around for a long time and…
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For the New Year, how about a new you? Changing your look isn’t as difficult as one may imagine. In fact, it’s commonly known that improvements can be made upon what nature gives you, simply by making the most of…
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The celebration of the first Indian-American Nina Davuluri was short-lived. Nearly as soon as she accepted her crown, the social media universe began its all-too-familiar pattern of racial slurs and ignorant comments. While the 24-year-old New Yorker made history (just…
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By air-brushing and digitally altering the photographs used in the media for advertising purposes, the companies responsible are misleading the populace. They are leading the viewing public to believe that the perfect images seen on the screen or in magazines,…
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Just because the temperature drops, it does not mean that you don’t still want to look hot. While looking hot and sexy is not as easy to accomplish when it’s cold out, that does not mean that it is not…
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Airbrushing is used in many magazines across the world in order to improve the quality of the images it contains. To ban its use could be seem to be a potential jeopardisation of the freedom of speech and expression that…
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Both women and men will always compare themselves to one another, especially if they have low self-esteem. It’s ok to want to change the way you look, but don’t do it just be like someone else. Here are 5 simple…
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Older and wiser, this woman of the future who lives among us today, is the absolutely stunning product of cultural evolution; she is the personification of accomplished womanhood. She stands firmly on the shoulders of women who have been leaders…
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Artfully applied, makeup can make any woman look more attractive. But what if you can’t or don’t wear make up for any variety of reasons? Although it doesn’t seem possible, there are quite a few easy, common sense things that…
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Ladies often complain about the state of their feet and from a health point of view, it’s worthwhile looking after them. Those tiny tootsies are going to carry you around for a very long time and deserve a pampering on…
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Looking chic has nothing to do with how much money you can spend.  Some people have an unlimited budget and still cannot get it together.  To create a chic look, you have to know what works for you and what…
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The global market for organic cosmetics and personal care products continues to grow at a rapid pace. This reflects the increased desire of consumers to use products that are more natural and cleanly derived, far removed from the synthetic and…
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Beauty tips and tricks with vinegar include consuming vinegar in the form of tasty marinades and dressings in order to take advantage of their powerful antioxidants, and using them in beauty preparations to apply to the face or body. There…
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All women can be beautiful without wearing makeup. With a few beauty tricks you can look your beautiful best without foundation, powder, lipstick and even eyeshadow. The trick is in diet, hair care, dress and skin and body care. Diet…
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The media constantly changes our perception of what beauty is because we as a society allow it to. While the media has changed what we consider beautiful regarding men to some degree over the years as yes, men can be…
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Raquel Wright never imagined herself as a beauty queen – but promoting Jamaica’s people, culture and natural beauty is something she has always been passionate about. At Ithaca College, New York, where she studied sociology, Raquel saw herself as “selling”…
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I recently worked with a young girl of 19. She was very attractive, had plenty of male attention always dressed smartly and appropriately for work yet she had the most ridiculous talons poking from the ends of fingers. They were…
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Before developing an eating disorder and spending the rent money on must-have fashions that look great in print, consider the reasons why models don’t really look that way. Digital enhancement is used to cut corners, trim excess and leave a…
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The TALON SALON. What a brilliant name for a nail shop!Go get your new fingernails and you can run them through your man’s hair when he’s good. Or you can scratch his eyes out when he’s not. False nails can…
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People shouldn’t clean their face as if it’s the dirtiest part of their body. The skin on the face is delicate and doesn’t require heavy duty scrubbing. Some people rub and scrub like they are hoping to scrape a layer…
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The Spartan Health Club Association has worked in tandem with the Miss World Contest since 1976 when the club was extended the national franchise via Miss World, however a certain then-twenty-four year old, Tonoya Toyloy, didn’t care much for revisionist…
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If you have been naturally blessed with perfect nails then false nails are so superficial and virtually unnecessary. However, when you have brittle, chipped, hard to grow nails it’s a different story.False nails can turn ugly, unattractive nails into beautiful,…
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Is real beauty on the outside or the inside? I would say real beauty is on the outside. We are only kidding ourselves when we say beauty is on the inside. The very reason why we have sight is to…
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Many women consider carefully manicured fingernails to be an important part of their physical appearance. For many women, maintaining a relatively short, well-performed French manicure is all part of portraying a certain image of a well-groomed professional. For other women,…
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Some say beauty is only skin deep. However, walking down the isles of any drugstore or department store, one can easily become bombarded with a plethora of beauty products which suggest otherwise. If you are like any other active woman…
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