Anti-aging
Losing Your Hair – Find Out What You Can Do
If you dread trips to the hair salon and cringe every time you pass a mirror, there’s a pretty good chance you’re concerned about hair loss. Making sure certain foods are in your diet will help keep your scalp healthy, happy and hopefully, full of hair. Below are a list of crucial nutritional elements you…
Read MoreThirty Something and Facial Magic
My 30 year old, drop dead gorgeous niece, Stephanie, who sports Norwegian Blond, flat ironed bangs and shoulder length hair and her friend, Jodi, another beauty with dazzling skin flew to LA last week to enjoy “tourist haunts” including an early morning trek to CBS for “The Price is Right”, Beso, Chateau Marmont and the Polo…
Read MoreSkinny thighs could spell your doom
By JoNel Aleccia At last, good news for anyone who ever despaired of fitting into skinny jeans: Thin thighs might actually kill you. Or at least put a strain on your heart. That’s the word from Danish researchers who studied more than 2,800 middle-aged people for up to a dozen years, only to find that…
Read More7 Historic (and Seriously Unhealthy) Beauty Practices
While our modern beauty regimens certainly don’t lack weird ingredients, by tradition our good looks have often been achieved at the cost of good taste and health. What deadly and disgusting things have people used to stay young and pretty? Here are a few of the truly disturbing used throughout history. 1. Bathing in Crocodile…
Read MoreThe Funny but Not So Laughable After Effects of Plastic Surgery
I found an article written by Simon Crompton, UK, where he coined several new word descriptions that describe certain plastic surgery procedures gone awry. I wanted to share the new vocabulary with you. Just when you thought it was safe to indulge your whimsical fantasies of a younger looking face using the latest and greatest plastic…
Read MoreWhy celebrities get bad plastic surgery
WHY? WHY? WHY? Former supermodel Janice Dickinson (right) gets breast implants that are too large for her body, too high on her chest and too close together. Actress Lara Flynn Boyle (below) has her lips pumped up so they look like something crawled onto her face. Country singer Kenny Rogers (bottom photo) gets his face…
Read MoreAre You Drinking Enough Water
Most people don’t think they need to worry about dehydration. To them, dehydration is something that happens to travelers in the desert when they run out of water. But there is a chronic form of dehydration that does not have the sudden and intense nature of the acute form. Chronic dehydration is widespread in the…
Read MoreGood-Bye Facial Wrinkles!
I was in Florida for seminars and met Paul Allen, publisher of NuYou Magazine, and his lovely wife, Tracy. They attended an Innisbrook workshop where I got to work “magic” on Tracy’s face. She was delighted with her results and just could hardly believe her eyes when her jowls lifted. Here is what Paul wrote in the August 2009 edition…
Read MoreYoung Women Who Use Cosmetic Procedures Fare Better With Facial Exercise
Here is a recent article that I think you will find interesting – I wrote it to help men and women understand that you can begin right now to save your face without using anything harmful. Exercise is natural and it works! Many young women, those under the age of 30, flock to the cosmetic counters in…
Read MoreJessica Simpson is no fan of plastic beauty
Singer-actress Jessica Simpson does not believe in the concept of “perfect” beauty and has no faith in cosmetic surgery insisting women should learn to love their bodies. The 29-year-old blonde beauty, who was at the receiving end of media due to her weight gain, says plastic surgery will not make women happy. Simpson is currently…
Read MoreIn search of youth, women turning to hormones
But such treatments have not been approved by the FDA for anti-aging By Harriet Brott Self updated 5:20 a.m. PT, Mon., Aug 3, 2009 Sometime after her 43rd birthday, Dawn Foley noticed she was beginning to look her age. And she didn’t like it one bit. A former beauty queen turned sales professional in Los…
Read MoreTop 10 Reasons To Grow Your Own Organic Food
1. GET THE NUTRITION YOU NEED & ENJOY TASTIER FOOD! Many studies have shown that organically grown food has more minerals and nutrients that we need than food grown with synthetic pesticides. There’s a good reason why many chefs use organic foods in their recipes—they taste better. Organic farming starts with the nourishment of the…
Read MoreCan This Woman be Almost 50?
Can This Woman be Almost 50? It’s true! Jackie Silver is Aging Backwards and she shares her secrets, tips and shortcuts in her book, Aging Backwards: Secrets to Staying Young! She’s almost 50 and still gets asked for I.D. to buy wine. You’ll start Aging BackwardsSM when you discover what Jackie shares in her…
Read MoreFacial Exercise Isolates and Anchors Sagging Facial Muscles
Ever wish you had a magic wand that would instantly, reliably transform your sagging, droopy face to the look it had years ago? Do you pass by mirrors and store windows without even a glance because you know that a dowdy, frumpy old woman will be looking back at you? Well, fret no more. People…
Read MoreLittle Boots blasts plastic surgery
By David Balls, Music Reporter WENN Little Boots has claimed that she would never consider having plastic surgery to defy the ageing process. The ‘Remedy’ singer, real name Victoria Hesketh, blasted the procedure as “dangerous” after a friend passed away following an operation. “I’d never go under the knife. Somebody close to me died as…
Read MoreE-Cigarettes Pose a Health Hazard, FDA Warns
Agency says testing shows devices contain carcinogens, other toxins By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) — Testing of electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes, has shown that they contain cancer-causing chemicals and other toxins, including a compound used in antifreeze, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that contain cartridges filled…
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