There are lots of reasons why people look forward to their holidays in the sun as this is the time to achieve that perfect golden tan. Exfoliating body with a loofah and using a light tanning lotion a week before holidays can do wonders.
To avoid looking like a lobster on the return flight, femalefirst.co.uk has compiled its top tips for developing a healthy glow as this summer.
Healthy hydrated cells are said to be the key to staying young, so get the flow on your face from inside. Glowing and youthful skin may not be far away.
Beauty expert Kathryn Danzey, favoured by celebrities for gaining that extra glow, gives advice to achieve that glow from the inside out in two weeks and says healthy hydrated cells are the key to staying young.
Online shopping destination Amazon.in has launched its Intimate Apparel store for women and offers over 1,100 styles of innerwear and nightwear from popular Indian and international brands.
The Intimate Apparel Store offers women customers an extensive choice in terms of styles, sizes, colours, fabrics and prices from popular lingerie brands like Triumph, Enamor, Bwitch and Amante.
Ubtan, a traditional Indian beauty paste applied on brides-to-be a few days before the D-Day is something that’s become a ritual of sorts! Even the grooms apply it before the wedding. Made using natural ingredients, it helps clear the skin and many believe it even lightens it by removing the layer of accumulated tan. It does have several beauty benefits for your skin but you don’t necessarily have to wait to get married to use ubtan.
How to make ubtan?
Ubtan is made using natural ingredients. Here’s what you need:
Gram flour or besan
Turmeric or haldi
That contraceptive pill has a secret to share. According to research, women’s sexual satisfaction is not affected if she meets her partner while she is already taking the pill.
However, women do see their sex drive fall if they stop taking the pill during a relationship.
Maxi dresses have once again proved to be a style staple for summer as 68 percent women revealed they feel more confident in a longer length dress, according to a survey conducted by clothing brand George.
The maxi trend emerges as 34 percent over 50 named the knee as one of their key problem areas. The recent poll found that 62 percent feel slimmer in a longer style, and “hiding cellulite-problem areas” and “elongating the silhouette” are key plus points for over 50 percent of consumers, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
In a first, researchers have found that women who go through menopause early – at ages 40 to 45 – have a higher rate of heart failure because of the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs.
Smoking raises the risk even more, the study noted.
The study involved 22,000 postmenopausal women in Sweden.
Women who went through menopause naturally at this early age had a rate of heart failure some 40 percent higher than women who went through menopause at the usual age between 50 and 54, the average age being 51.
When we enter teenage, we start having so many problems and along come complaints. We get to deal with acne and pimples. And when we think we are over acne and pimple problem, a new irritation appears – blemish! Blemishes are the marks that lessen our beauty. Well, there’s nothing to worry because now you can easily treat them at home without having to disturb your beauty sleep or having to visit a dermatologist regularly.
Home Remedies for Blemishes on Face
Some of the best home remedies for blemishes on the face or skin are as follows:
1. Potato Pack:
Did you ever want to dress up like a Disney princess? A new collection of headpieces from London-based milliner Alexandra Harper Millinery will help you with the fantasy.
Millinery has teamed up with The Walt Disney Company Britain to produce one-off designer hats and headpieces inspired by the enchanting stories and beloved characters of the most iconic fairytales, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Madonna recently posted her naked selfie in bubble bath on Instagram and said that she was living for love on Mother’s Day.
The ‘Material Girl’ singer kept her face hidden in the picture and captioned it as “The perfect end to a perfect day #livingforlove”, the Mirror reported. In the picture, the 55-year-old pop queen can be seen leaning on the edge of the tub with her hair tied up out of the way, as she peered over the edge. Madonna enjoyed a relaxing Mother”s Day with her children Mercy, 7, and David, 8. (ANI)
Olive oil is considered the closest oil to match the chemical structure of our skin’s natural oils. Apart from providing glowing and healthy skin, it also helps in fighting other skin problems such as blackheads and whiteheads. Some of the best skin benefits of olive oil are as follows:
1. Antioxidant – Olive oil is an antioxidant. Due to this property, it helps in protecting the skin from harmful impact of free radicals which tend bring on skin aging.
listerine to cure dandruff
It’s time to say goodbye to pretty ballerina flats and embellished sandals to usher in thick-soled sandals called pool sliders that have taken fashion runways by a storm this year.
International brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Givenchy, Helmut Lang and Celine are some of the names that took up the new shoe trend and showcased it in their latest collection, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Inspired from 1990s era, these footwears are not only practical when you’re on holiday, but also comfortable as they consist of foot support and extra padding on the sole.
Practicing yoga during pregnancy can help you reap health benefits like stress reduction and a decrease in a woman’s fear of childbirth, according to researchers.
A new report from Manchester University researchers finds that it can ease stress and reduce women’s fear of childbirth by a third, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
In addition to its many other health benefits for pregnant women, including reduced cortisol levels, less difficult birth plus more full term and healthy weight neonates, pregnancy yoga is a low cost intervention too.
This season one of the biggest beauty trends is natural and glowing skin, the foundation of which is a good skincare routine.
Skincare experts Rabia Malik and Preema Vig suggest that exfoliation and increasing hyaluronic acid in your skin can show great results, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Malik says that one can begin with some gentle exfoliation as this will ensure removal of surface debris from the skin.
A new study has revealed that lack of physical activity is one of the major reasons behind future heart disease risk in women.
According to the study by researchers of University of Queensland, physical inactivity was a leading factor for heart disease in women at every age from the early 30s to late 80s, CBS News reported.
Lead author Wendy Brown, director of the university’s Center for Research on Exercise, Physical Activity and Health, said that from about age 30, physical activity levels decline and women need to do everything that they can to avoid it.
An Israel-based medical device company has designed a new “internal bra” that could give their saggy breasts along lasting lift.
In Orbix Medical’s OrbiShape Breast Supporting System a thin silicone sling is anchored to the woman’s rib cage by titanium screws and surgical thread, the New York Daily News reported.
Orbix Medical CEO Yossi Mazel explained that the new system isn’t an alternative to a breast lift, adding that it is done in conjunction with a breast lift or reduction.
Breast milk is often referred to as ‘liquid gold’, thanks to its amazing health benefits for a newborn. Nature has given humans, in fact all mammals, the ability to breastfeed their helpless newborn. Breast milk is nutritious, wholesome, and free! But breastfeeding is anything but easy. While to some women, breastfeeding seems like a piece of cake, to others it can be a battle. An improper latch, exhaustion from childbirth, PPD, etc., can play havoc with a woman’s ability to breastfeed her little one.
We all hate blackheads. And erasing them can be such a pain. Squeezing them out, getting a facial, using nose strips –it can all be so overwhelming! So what could be better than a few good home remedies to help you get rid Blackheads for good?
Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mother’s Day, hated the idea that the holiday was being commercialised, it has been revealed.
The American woman who single-handedly worked to make Mother’s Day a national holiday was reportedly so disgusted to hear that a department store was having a Mother’s Day sale that she threw her lunch on the floor, News.com.au reported.
Following this, she dedicated her life to disbanding the day she spent six years campaigning Congress for.
Women who go for uterine surgery have a better alternative now: Uterine Fibroid Embolization. Uterine fibroids among women are quite common. Non-cancerous , benign, masses of muscular tissue develop within the walls of the uterus. It is not commonly known that nearly seventy percent of the women suffer from some kind of fibroids in their uterus. The cause of fibroid formation is still not known, however genetics and hormones are believed to play a big role in this.
You can probably pop those calcium supplement pills for bones without worrying much about how they would affect your heart. A new study shows that calcium supplement intake need not necessarily increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases in women.
Previous studies had suggested that calcium supplements may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease but the data has been inconsistent.
Researchers examined supplemental calcium use and incidents of cardiovascular disease in a prospective cohort study of 74,245 women.
Indian nurses, the backbone of the healthcare sector, are leaving the country in droves for higher salaries abroad, mainly to “arrange for dowry” and “repay education loans”.
Battling with low salaries and inadequate working conditions, these Florence Nightingales of India are seeking better pay packets abroad that will benefit them and their families.
Unwanted facial hair is a huge beauty bummer; it makes you feel embarrassed and therefore women always seek different ways to get rid of these unsightly strays.
There are several solutions to prevent facial hair growth available today, some of which are temporary and others permanent. You can resort to any of these methods to remove ugly looking facial hair but make sure to figure out the underlying cause of the growth of facial hair before settling on any treatment option.
Have you noticed pimples or zits, pustules and blackheads on your face? Oh my! It’s acne!! It’s not nice and it’s not pretty, but it is very common. You don’t need to suffer in silence. It’s time to slow down and pay attention. If you’ve ever experienced acne, you know just how daunting it can be.
When life gets crazy and deadlines are looming, one often tends to leave own health slide in the process. But, you still need to work on it. What to do if you have acne and want your skin to get clearer? How to zap those spots? Take a chill pill!!