Women Corner

Archive for January, 2010

It doesn’t matter how much you spend on expensive skin care lotions and make up, if you don’t have a healthy, balanced diet then your skin will never look its best. Diets that are too rich in saturated fats and sugar can cause tired, lifeless looking skin prone to spots and blemishes, so if you do care about how your skin looks, then swapping your afternoon tea and biscuits with some fresh fruit and unsweetened low fat yogurt can be just what you need to restore a healthy, glowing complexion.

There are many vitamins and minerals vital to healthy skin, and most of these can be found from eating a balanced diet that includes a good range of fresh fruits and vegetables, proteins, essential fatty acids and fibre. Overloading the body with rich, heavy foods can make the skin to look blotchy and can also cause other health problems, so make sure you keep processed meats, ready made meals and fried snacks and sweets to a minimum.

Communication is the foundation to any successful relationship, whether it is between husband and wife or parent and child, but communication is a skill, which in some cases will need to be improved on and practiced in order to make it successful and so you should never just assume that you are communicating effectively.

Communicating well can also help you to spot common patterns in your relationship, which can help you to understand why things sometimes go wrong. Money worries, work pressures and childcare issues can all bring a lot of pressure to bear on a relationship, and by talking to each other you can understand how external and emotional pressures can affect your feelings and attitudes towards each other, so that you can work towards building a stronger relationship for the future. Don’t forget that men and women can have different ways of communicating, and that some people find it easier to talk about how they are feeling than others, so don’t pressure your partner into having a heart to heart if they are uncomfortable, and give them time and space to come to you when they feel ready to talk about their problems.

Infidelity in any relationship is a difficult issue, as this is one of the main problems facing couples which is serious enough to cause a break up. It is important when you start a new relationship that you make sure the other person understands how you feel about this issue, as you may have been hurt in the past by infidelity and know it is not something you are willing to forgive or move on from again.

Tanned skin has been popular for many years now, but it has only been recently that people have begun to understand the risks associated with some forms of tanning, such as increased chance of getting certain forms of skin cancer and premature aging.

There are now many simple ways in which you can get a gorgeous tan which do not have the same risks as more traditional methods such as sun beds and lying in the sun for hours, and many of these are affordable and widely available.

Bronzers
These sunless products come in the form of powders, creams or tanning lotions and if applied correctly create a smooth, even tanof almost any tint you want. When using bronzers at home you should make sure you exfoliate your skin and apply a light moisturiser all over a couple of hours before you use the bronzer. This will help to prevent any dry or rough skin patches that could affect how smoothly the bronzer is applied and will also prepare the skin to receive the bronzer more effectively. You should avoid applying the bronzer directly after a shower or bath, and you should wear plastic gloves to avoid your hands from getting stained by the tint.

There are many ways in which you can help to strengthen your relationship and create a solid, loving foundation for your future together and here are the top five tips to can help you achieve a successful relationship.

1. Communicate
The number one reason why most relationships fail is that the couple are unable or unwilling to communicate with each other. Sometimes people find it difficult to face conflict and try and avoid dealing with any problems that occur, and this can then fester and cause resentment that can undermine the relationship. Each individual person has their own values and attitudes to life and it is important you both talk to each other and get to know one another so that you can understand where the other person is coming from, and this can help you to work through any problems that occur so that you both can resolve them and move on.

Freckles are very common, especially on paler skin and are simply areas of the skin which have darker concentrations of the pigment melanin. Freckles can appear when the skin is exposed to strong sunlight and there are two basic types:

• Ephelides – the name comes from the Greek word for freckle ‘ephelis’ and is a light brown or red skin marking that appears in summer and tends to fade and disappear again in the winter.
• Lentigines – this name comes from the Latin word for lentil ‘lens’, and these are more permanent skin markings that do not disappear in winter. These types of freckles commonly appear in childhood and can fade slightly with age, but they can also develop in later life as well and they are referred to then as ‘liver spots’ or ‘age spots’.

Everyone has different shaped eyebrows, but you can improve the natural shape by teasing out stray hairs and tidying up the general outline. You may have thick or thin brows, but the important thing is not to over pluck eyebrows or try and force them into an unnatural shape as this can end up looking very false, and if you have damaged the follicles through over plucking then your eyebrows they may never grow back to their natural shape again.

Equipment
All you will need to shape your eyebrows is a good pair of tweezers, an eyebrow brush and an eyebrow pencil. If you have very fair eyebrows but dark hair (or very dark eyebrows and light hair), you may want to dye your eyebrows just a few shades so that they match your overall hair colour and are also a bit more (or a bit less) prominent, and you can buy kits to do this at home or visit a salon to make sure you get the most natural look.

One of the best parts of a long term relationship is the gradual building up of trust and friendship, which can create very solid foundations that will help your relationship to last into the future. However the downsides of getting to know each other better and getting more comfortable with each can be that some of the zap and zing goes out of your sex life, and so it is important not to let this vital area of your relationship slip.

Cellulite is a common condition that affects nearly all women in their lifetimes, and successfully combating this condition can be difficult as there are lots of myths surrounding the causes and treatment of cellulite.

Myth 1 – Only Overweight People Get Cellulite
If you are overweight you are more likely to get cellulite, but it can affect anyone of any size and is difficult to shift even with diet and exercise. Cellulite is a type of fat deposit that has become malformed, as it has burst through the first subcutaneous layer to become trapped in the fibrous, mesh like tissues of the lower dermis. This is what gives it the distinctive ‘orange peel’ appearance and also what makes it difficult to shift, and it is commonly found on the hips, thighs, bum, stomach and tops of the arms.

Underwear is one of the most important parts of your wardrobe, and the type of underwear you choose can have a dramatic effect on how well your clothes fit you, and how good you look in your chosen outfits. There is no point spending hundreds of pounds on expensive clothes if you are not going to invest in some decent underwear as well.

Professional Fitting
Ill-fitting underwear not only looks bad, but it can also cause a whole host of problems from back pain through to feminine hygiene issues. You should get a proper fitting for your bra, especially if you have a big bust as you will need to have adequate support in this area to help prevent back and shoulder pain and improve your posture. You also need to make sure you are buying the right sized panties for your hips and bottom, as very tight underwear can give you unsightly bugles and will also restrict the flow of air through your genital areas, which can aggravate problems such as thrush.