Be true to your skin as it is our body’s largest organ and is capable of adapting very well to the rapidly changing environment. Knowing your skin type (skin you would have under ideal environmental conditions) is easily the first big step to choosing the products that meet your unique requirements. If you have sensitive skin cheaper shaving creams, fragrances, perfumed soaps, and alcohol based products will irritate the skin. Continue reading “Skin Care Tips For Men”
Feb 10 2010
How Aromatherapy Came To Be
Aromatherapy is the term used to describe the use of essential oils, extracted from plants, for therapeutic applications. Essential oils have long been known to have therapeutic properties that will stimulate the human body’s natural defence and repair mechanisms and help prevent infection and disease.
The usefulness of aromatic oils, for healing and the promotion of well-being, has been well known for centuries. Continue reading “How Aromatherapy Came To Be”
Feb 04 2010
Why switch to natural skin care products?
The trendy ‘buzz’ word is natural skin care, with many natural products performing better than man-made varieties. “You get what you pay for” is an old adage, but applies literally in this case.Choose your budget carefully, and wise select your preferred product.
If you’re spending very little, you are almost certainly getting a watered down or poorly manufactured version of the primary natural ingredient. Continue reading “Why switch to natural skin care products?”
Jan 27 2010
Glycolic Acid Products : What Benefits Do They Offer?
Proven to be effective for dealing with skin problems, glycolic acid products are very popular these days. These products come in a range of formulations, including skin lotions and moisturizers, skin exfoliators, anti-aging creams and soaps, and facial cleansers.
So, what exactly is glycolic acid? Continue reading “Glycolic Acid Products : What Benefits Do They Offer?”
Dec 21 2009
Carrying On Your Spa Day at Home
There are lots of reasons for indulging in a spa day but the problem is how to maintain the glow you get from the experience. Thats especially true with manicures or pedicures.Beautiful hands are an important part of a womans personality and the treatments available can reduce lines and wrinkles, nourish and hydrate the hands and relieve aching joints.
Some leading spas have a series of beauty products products that can be used domestically without needing a therapist or special equipment and many of these products are as used in the spas own treatments.There are soothing and cooling products that will carry on the good work at home after the treatment is just a happy memory, extending the sense of well being, improving mood and enhancing health. Continue reading “Carrying On Your Spa Day at Home”
Nov 26 2009
Health Before Beauty in a Spa Day?
There are many reasons for indulging in a spa day.Many look upon a spa experience as being beneficial to health, whilst others just look on it as a well deserved beauty regime. Whatever your reasons for visiting a spa, massage of some from will almost certainly be part of the day. Massage can help maintain your physical, mental and emotional well being, especially when it is part of your regular wellness routine. Continue reading “Health Before Beauty in a Spa Day?”
Nov 21 2009
Do Spa Days Exist Just to Sell Products?
There are lots of motives for indulging in a spa day. Many look upon a spa experience as being beneficial to health, whilst others simply treasure pampering as part of a well deserved beauty treat.The more cynical among us often take the view that the treatment in the spa is just a softening up process to persuade the relaxed and suggestible to part with even more of their cash for a range of spa branded products.
Its true that some leading spas have perfected a series of products that can be used domestically without needing a therapist or special equipment and several of these products are as used in the spas own treatments. Continue reading “Do Spa Days Exist Just to Sell Products?”
Nov 21 2009
Spa Days: The Ideal Preparation for Christmas
Christmas is the season of stress as well as celebration. The pressures of organising a family Christmas (cooking, entertaining, tolerating the in-laws, making sure everyone has the appropriate gifts) on the woman of the household are huge.While it may not be a great idea to abandon those seasonal domestic responsibilities altogether, why not make some time to treat yourself either as preparation for the onslaught to come or as something to look forward to after the event?
Few gifts to yourself are more personal, more thoughtful and more deserved than an indulgent spa day. They can be a passport to bliss and health as well as relieving the Xmas stress factor. Continue reading “Spa Days: The Ideal Preparation for Christmas”
Oct 17 2009
Adult skin problems and irritations
Aren’t poor skin conditions and acne supposed to be the domain of the young? Bad skin condition surely is some kind of rite of passage, like developing body hair or or having your first kiss. As a grown up, this is entirely the natural way to think. Continue reading “Adult skin problems and irritations”
Sep 09 2009
My skin care products are cheaper, are they better?
Natural skin care is creating the ‘buzz’, and many natural products are doing better than their man-made alternatives. As with any other natural beauty products, the old adage “you get what you pay for” applies literally in this case.Select your chosen product carefully, according to your budget..
If you don’t spend much, you are probably getting a weakened or badly made version of the primary ingredient. Continue reading “My skin care products are cheaper, are they better?”
Next Page »