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Bumps on Your Upper Arm
Faced with those annoying bumps on your upper arms? Well, you are not alone. Most likely this condition is Keratosis Pilaris. There is no cure but it can be easily treated. These harmless yet annoying bumps are likely a result of dry skin or even clogged pores or maybe too much sun. Dry brushing your skin…
Vertical Forehead Lines
OMG! Those pesky elevens that crease the area between our brows must be stopped before you’ve made that impression 8,000 times. What happens after 8,000 impressions you ask? A wrinkle forms. Do you frown easily? Concentrate by knitting your brows together? Well, if you do you could mar your beautiful face forever. Grab your mirror.…
Eyelashes – Full or Sparse?
The cosmetic industry has embraced South Korea! From matte hot pink lips to luxurious packaging, South Korea is making beauty news. One twist to their beauty routine is that many Korean women prefer thinner lashes, sparse and separated, to the fuller, longer lashes we typically see in the slick magazines and up-market television spots here…
Stress, Nerves & Chronic Inflammation
Stress/nerves/chronic inflammation – all aspects of aging that eventually taxes our immune systems. What are the causes? What are the remedies? Pain, redness and swelling are indications that something is amiss but chronic inflammation is a different story because as we age, we can usually feel that there is something going on…something beyond stiffness that…
Exercise: a necessity for face and body
By Jackie Silver We often search for promising products that we can slather onto our faces to stay young, but what about facial exercise? Jackie Silver, of Jackiesilverstyle.com says, “My most important beauty secret is: ‘Exercise is the fountain of youth.’ That is my mantra, and that includes exercise for the face. My two recommendations…
Hair Styles, Makeup woes and Red Lipstick – Are you Ready for Change?
It’s so easy to become stuck in our ways…unwilling to budge or acquiesce to a challenging situation. Consider your hairstyle and makeup routines. Could they be updated? My friend Tobi recently fell in the shower and injured her knee and her hip. She was confined to bed rest initially and a walker to help steady…
Upper Lip Lift
Upper lip shortening is a relatively new plastic surgery technique that will shorten the length of the area between the base of the nose and the upper lip. This procedure is also referred to as a subnasale lip lift, a subnasale upper lip lift and/or a bullhorn upper lip lift. At Facial Magic we call this…
Ignore at Your Own Risk
Overlooking certain signs that your face needs an intervention could be costly long term. Here are three red flags that you do not want to miss: Do you see and feel droopy eyelids? Does your lower mouth sag? Do you feel a bulge under your chin when you bow your head? Aging in the face…
High School Reunion and Funerals
It’s curious how our minds tend to believe that we are easily recognizable to our high school classmates even though we haven’t seen them for many, many years. Our memories of how we remember those faces belie how those faces look IRL (in real life). Let’s face it, our faces change and our hair styles…
Makeup Free Selfies – Are you game?
The journey back to realness…our authentic selves revealed without makeup, first thing in the morning photo. Cindy Crawford’s photo prompted me to seriously consider photographing myself without makeup and I challenge you to take a photo with your phone camera when you awaken. #WokeUpThisWayChallenge. Whether you decide to participate or not, it’s very freeing to…
