tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519673562367686102024-02-08T10:01:42.734-08:00Health and BeautyGR.TOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034697741023554038noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351967356236768610.post-7318811415190380752013-05-17T14:10:00.002-07:002013-05-17T14:10:35.131-07:00The Truth About Beauty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Why this fascination with beauty?</div>
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The demand for beauty services in spite of the economy?</div>
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Even when there is a recession, beauty parlours still flourish. Beauty products still fly off the shelves.</div>
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There is this saying that beauty is skin deep.</div>
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Then again, first impressions count.</div>
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Put it this way. Beauty is power. That was true centuries ago. That is true today.</div>
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When a beautiful woman walks into a bar, men flock to her and offer to buy her drinks. When an unattractive woman walks into the same bar, chances are, she would have to buy her own drinks.</div>
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A beautiful salesperson, man or woman is more likely to win the sale. Between a beautiful job seeker and an unattractive one, all other things being equal, the employer is likely to choose the good looker.</div>
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Like it or not, looks do count.</div>
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In the past, when women were dependent on men to support them, beauty was everything to a woman. A beautiful woman would have more suitors. She would be able to marry up. To marry a rich man who could take care of all her financial needs and that of her children. Long before commercial cosmetics existed, mothers would instruct their daughters on traditional beauty remedies. Simple beauty remedies like using mayonnaise as a moisturizer, or egg white as a firming mask were often used by women in the days before commercial cosmetics.</div>
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Then along came women entrepreneurs like Estee Lauder [http://www.womanht.com/esteelauder/] and other women from around the world. They converted traditional beauty recipes which worked for themselves into beauty creams that they sold to other women. Every woman has a right to look her most beautiful and these women were selling others their beauty secrets.</div>
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Make up was used to paint women's faces. In Egypt, the nobles, royalty and the well off would paint their eyes with khol, with crushed beetles and exotic ingredients. In Europe, women would paint their faces with make up containing toxic mercury for the sake of beauty. In Japan, the geishas would whiten their faces with creams that contain nightingale droppings.</div>
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You would think by now, we modern women would have learnt our lesson. Now, we just inject poison into our faces to paralyze our facial muscles in order to prevent expression lines from deepening as we grow older. Think of those botox injections done every 3 months to erase those wrinkles. Think of the acids we smear on our faces to smoothen them. The dermabrasion procedures done at the dermatologist in order to smoothen our skin.</div>
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Women all over the world have always been willing to suffer for the sake of beauty. Long ago, in China, women in wealthy families would bind their feet. The Chinese back then view tiny feet as beautiful, so little girls have their feet bound, to prevent them from growing big and ugly. Now that long legs are considered beautiful, some women go through a very painful medical procedure that breaks their legs, and stretches their legs by a few millimeters a day through a painful device until they attain the height they want. With their newfound height, these girls can look forward to a wealthy, glamorous future as an international model.</div>
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In Europe, centuries ago, wasp waists and curvy bodies were considered beautiful, so corsets were worn to make the waist look much smaller. These were tied so tightly that women faint easily. All for the sake of beauty. Now, corsets are in again. These days, women and men subject themselves to surgery to attain the beauty they desire. Liposuction to remove the excess fat to contour the body. Breast augmentation for bigger breasts that are considered beautiful. Nose jobs, face lifts, the works.</div>
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Thankfully, there is also a return to <a href="http://www.cosmetics-online.net/natural-beauty.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1900ff;" target="_new">natural beauty</a> remedies. This time, commercial cosmetics use natural ingredients that women have used for centuries in the home beauty preparations. These are effective and great for the skin.</div>
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What we women really should do is to focus on inner beauty, and to keep ourselves healthy.<br />Health is beauty.</div>
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8 to 10 hours of sleep every night, fresh food, fresh air, daily exercise, drinking plenty of water every day, soap and water, or cleanser and toner, moisturizer where necessary and sun protection all day long. All that keeps your body healthy and your skin and hair, beautiful. Oh, and learn to age gracefully. After all, aging is a natural process in life.</div>
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GR.TOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034697741023554038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351967356236768610.post-79552293183124671952013-05-17T14:09:00.002-07:002013-05-17T14:09:18.301-07:00The Truth About Beauty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Why this fascination with beauty?</div>
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The demand for beauty services in spite of the economy?</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
Even when there is a recession, beauty parlours still flourish. Beauty products still fly off the shelves.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
There is this saying that beauty is skin deep.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
Then again, first impressions count.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
Put it this way. Beauty is power. That was true centuries ago. That is true today.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
When a beautiful woman walks into a bar, men flock to her and offer to buy her drinks. When an unattractive woman walks into the same bar, chances are, she would have to buy her own drinks.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
A beautiful salesperson, man or woman is more likely to win the sale. Between a beautiful job seeker and an unattractive one, all other things being equal, the employer is likely to choose the good looker.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
Like it or not, looks do count.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
In the past, when women were dependent on men to support them, beauty was everything to a woman. A beautiful woman would have more suitors. She would be able to marry up. To marry a rich man who could take care of all her financial needs and that of her children. Long before commercial cosmetics existed, mothers would instruct their daughters on traditional beauty remedies. Simple beauty remedies like using mayonnaise as a moisturizer, or egg white as a firming mask were often used by women in the days before commercial cosmetics.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
Then along came women entrepreneurs like Estee Lauder [http://www.womanht.com/esteelauder/] and other women from around the world. They converted traditional beauty recipes which worked for themselves into beauty creams that they sold to other women. Every woman has a right to look her most beautiful and these women were selling others their beauty secrets.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
Make up was used to paint women's faces. In Egypt, the nobles, royalty and the well off would paint their eyes with khol, with crushed beetles and exotic ingredients. In Europe, women would paint their faces with make up containing toxic mercury for the sake of beauty. In Japan, the geishas would whiten their faces with creams that contain nightingale droppings.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
You would think by now, we modern women would have learnt our lesson. Now, we just inject poison into our faces to paralyze our facial muscles in order to prevent expression lines from deepening as we grow older. Think of those botox injections done every 3 months to erase those wrinkles. Think of the acids we smear on our faces to smoothen them. The dermabrasion procedures done at the dermatologist in order to smoothen our skin.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
Women all over the world have always been willing to suffer for the sake of beauty. Long ago, in China, women in wealthy families would bind their feet. The Chinese back then view tiny feet as beautiful, so little girls have their feet bound, to prevent them from growing big and ugly. Now that long legs are considered beautiful, some women go through a very painful medical procedure that breaks their legs, and stretches their legs by a few millimeters a day through a painful device until they attain the height they want. With their newfound height, these girls can look forward to a wealthy, glamorous future as an international model.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
In Europe, centuries ago, wasp waists and curvy bodies were considered beautiful, so corsets were worn to make the waist look much smaller. These were tied so tightly that women faint easily. All for the sake of beauty. Now, corsets are in again. These days, women and men subject themselves to surgery to attain the beauty they desire. Liposuction to remove the excess fat to contour the body. Breast augmentation for bigger breasts that are considered beautiful. Nose jobs, face lifts, the works.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
Thankfully, there is also a return to <a href="http://www.cosmetics-online.net/natural-beauty.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1900ff;" target="_new">natural beauty</a> remedies. This time, commercial cosmetics use natural ingredients that women have used for centuries in the home beauty preparations. These are effective and great for the skin.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
What we women really should do is to focus on inner beauty, and to keep ourselves healthy.<br />Health is beauty.</div>
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
8 to 10 hours of sleep every night, fresh food, fresh air, daily exercise, drinking plenty of water every day, soap and water, or cleanser and toner, moisturizer where necessary and sun protection all day long. All that keeps your body healthy and your skin and hair, beautiful. Oh, and learn to age gracefully. After all, aging is a natural process in life.</div>
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GR.TOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034697741023554038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351967356236768610.post-58355114791274275392013-05-17T14:08:00.002-07:002013-05-17T14:08:38.849-07:007 Essential Beauty Tips<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Beauty</div>
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Beauty is defined as the phenomenon of the experience<br />of pleasure, through the perception of balance and<br />proportion of stimulus. It involves the cognition of a<br />balanced form and structure that elicits attraction and<br />appeal towards a host, creature, inanimate object,<br />scene, music, idea, etc. It's as well seen as An assemblage<br />or even graces or even properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the<br />intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or even the moral feel.</div>
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Beauty is the quality that gives pleasure to the mind or even<br />senses and is associated with such properties as<br />harmony of form or even color, excellence of artistry,<br />truthfulness, and originality.</div>
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A common understanding of the word beauty suggests<br />that it's the appearance of things and people. For<br />illustration, we call miss globe or even miss universe the virtually all<br />beautiful female on earth. Also a fully blossomed<br />rose is as well called a beauty. Beauty can't be measured,<br />not can it be counted. It's purely subjective in nature,<br />and its comprehension changes based on data from perception<br />set of individuals.</div>
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Beauty has always been revered from the time individual<br />kind had developed basic senses. We've heard of<br />umpteen number of stories in history when wars utilized to<br />be inflicted upon for the desire of beautiful females. Beauty<br />is all pervasive in nature and rises above any<br />discrimination of race, caste, religion, etc.</div>
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Many theorists and scientists have tried to deconstruct<br />beauty into even more understandable parts. 1 idea is to<br />look at it from the point of see of how much symmetry is<br />discovered in the object. A few of the main contributions in this<br />regards are - The inborn inclination of people to be<br />attracted to symmetry coupled with the natural want or even<br />pursuit of happiness leads to the premise that symmetry<br />is indeed the symbol of beauty.</div>
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Mortal beings are so engrossed with beauty that it's<br />taken a awesome shape in economy in the form of beauty<br />industry. There are many enterprises and organizations<br />taking part in selling beauty products. These range from<br />your next door beauty salon to a multi-billion premium<br />branded marketing organization spread across 150<br />countries in the globe.</div>
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Beauty care is a outstanding act time and pastime for mortal<br />beings, especially women. Beauty is perceived to offer<br />attractiveness and confidence. Beauty care includes hair<br />care, face care, skin care, nail care, proper diet,<br />vitamins, etc.</div>
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There are many therapies dedicated to the cause of<br />beauty care. Even more crucial among it is<br />aromatherapy, cosmetology, laser coarse of action, hair<br />coloring, slimming techniques, etc.</div>
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Many authors have written on beauty. A select few of the wonderful<br />quotes are "a thing of beauty is a joy forever" by John<br />Keats. "True beauty lives in deep retreats, Whose veil<br />is unremoved, Till heart with heart in concord beats, And<br />the lover is beloved" by Wordsworth. And "We all know<br />that a thing of beauty is a joy forever and that beauty lies<br />in the eye of the beholder. Is not it interesting how the<br />perception of beauty" by Anon.</div>
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Helen Keller sums it all "The virtually all beautiful things in the<br />globe aren't seen nor touched. It is felt with the<br />heart".</div>
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GR.TOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034697741023554038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351967356236768610.post-77700974013355635152013-05-17T14:08:00.000-07:002013-05-17T14:08:01.521-07:00The Maharishi Ayurveda Approach to Beauty and Skin Care<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Every person is born perfect. Inferiority is a mistake of the mind, a cloud covering the light. Dissolve the clouds by observing a balanced life with healthy habits. Nourish your mind and body. Connect with your own inner self. Celebrate your own magnificence and your beauty will always shine through." -Dr. Rama Kant Mishra, renowned Ayurvedic physician and dermatologist</div>
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The Three Pillars of Beauty</div>
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Maharishi Ayurveda (MAV), the modern, consciousness-based revival of the ancient Ayurvedic medicine tradition, considers true beauty to be supported by three pillars; Outer Beauty, Inner Beauty and Lasting Beauty. Only by enhancing all three can we attain the balanced state of radiant health that makes each of us the most fulfilled and beautiful person we can be.</div>
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Outer Beauty: Roopam</div>
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The outer signs of beauty - your skin, hair and nails - are more than just superficial measures of beauty. They are direct reflections of your overall health. These outer tissues are created by the inner physiological processes involved in digestion, metabolism and proper tissue development. Outer beauty depends more on the strength of your digestion and metabolism, the quality of your diet, and the purity of your blood, than on external cleansers and conditioners you may apply.</div>
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General Recommendations for Outer Beauty</div>
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As we will discuss, the key to skin care is matching your diet and skin care routine to the specific skin type you have. Meanwhile, there are some valuable recommendations for lustrous skin, hair and nails that will be helpful to everyone, regardless of skin type.</div>
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1. Diet: Without adequate nourishment, your collagen layer thins and a kind of wasting takes place. Over time, your skin can shrivel up like a plant without water from lack of nourishment. To keep your skin plump and glowing:</div>
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A. Eat fresh, whole organic foods that are freshly prepared.</div>
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Avoid packaged, canned, frozen, processed foods and leftovers. These foods have little nutritional value and also they are often poorly digested which creates impurities that localize in the skin. The resulting buildup of toxins causes irritation and blocks circulation depriving the skin of further nourishment and natural cleansing processes.</div>
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B. Favor skin nourishing foods. </div>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Leafy green vegetables contain vitamins, minerals (especially iron and calcium) and are high in antioxidant properties. They nourish the skin and protect it from premature aging.</li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sweet juicy fruits like grapes, melons, pears, plums and stewed apples at breakfast are excellent for the skin in almost everyone.</li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Eat a wide variety of grains over different meals and try mixed grain servings at breakfast and lunch. Add amaranth, quinoa, cous cous, millet and barley to the wheat and rice you already eat.</li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Favor light, easy to digest proteins like legume soups (especially yellow split mung dhal), whole milk, paneer (cheese made from boiling milk, adding lemon and straining solids) and lassi (diluted yogurt and spice drinks).</li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Oils like ghee (clarified butter) and organic, extra virgin olive oil should be included in the diet as they lubricate, nourish and create lustre in the skin.</li>
<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Use spices like turmeric, cumin, coriander, and black pepper to improve digestion, nourish the skin and cleanse it of impurities.</li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Avoid microwaving and boiling your vegetables. They lose as much as 85% of their antioxidant content when cooked in this way. Steaming and sautéing are best.</li>
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Caring for outer beauty through knowledge of skin type</div>
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Besides these general recommendations the key to Outer Beauty is to understand the difference in skin types so you can gain the maximum benefit from your individualized skin care regimen. MAV identifies three different skin types based on which of the three main metabolic principles (doshas)- present in everyone, but to different degrees- is most dominant in your body.</div>
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Vata Skin</div>
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* Description: Vata is composed of the elements of air and space. If you have a vata skin type, your skin will be dry, thin, fine pored, delicate and cool to the touch. When balanced, it glows with a delicate lightness and refinement that is elegant and attractive. When vata skin is imbalanced, it will be prone to excessive dryness and may even be rough and flaky.</div>
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* Potential problems: The greatest beauty challenge for vata skin is its predisposition to symptoms of early aging. Your skin may tend to develop wrinkles earlier than most due to its tendency to dryness and thinness. If your digestion is not in balance, your skin can begin to look dull and grayish, even in your 20's and 30's. In addition, your skin may have a tendency for disorders such as dry eczema and skin fungus. Mental stress, such as worry, fear and lack of sleep, has a powerful debilitating effect on vata skin leaving it looking tired and lifeless.</div>
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* Recommendations for care</div>
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With a little knowledge, you can preserve and protect the delicate beauty of your vata type skin. Since your skin does not contain much moisture, preventing it from drying is the major consideration. Eat a warm, unctuous diet (ghee and olive oil are best) and favor sour, salty and sweet tastes (naturally sweet like fruits, not refined sugar) as they balance vata. Avoid drying foods like crackers. Drink 6-8 glasses of warm (not cold for vata types!) water throughout the day and eat plenty of sweet, juicy fruits. Going to bed early (before 10 PM) is very soothing to vata and will have a tremendously positive influence on your skin. Avoid cleansing products that dry the skin (like alcohol-based cleansers) and perform Ayurvedic oil massage to your whole body (abhyanga) in the morning before you shower.</div>
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Pitta Skin.</div>
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* Description: Pitta dosha is composed of the elements of fire and water. If you have a pitta skin type your skin is fair, soft, warm and of medium thickness. When balanced, your skin has a beautiful, slightly rosy or golden glow, as if illuminated from within. Your hair typically is fine and straight, and is usually red, sandy or blonde in color. Your complexion tends toward the pink or reddish, and there is often a copious amount of freckles or moles.</div>
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* Potential problems: Among the many beauty challenges of pitta skin types is your tendency to develop rashes, rosacea, acne, liver spots or pigment disorders. Because of the large proportion of the fire element in your constitution, your skin does not tolerate heat or sun very well. Of all the three skin types, pitta skin has the least tolerance for the sun, is photosensitive, and most likely to accumulate sun damage over the years. Pitta skin is aggravated by emotional stress, especially suppressed anger, frustration, or resentment.</div>
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Avoid excessive sunlight, tanning treatments and highly heating therapies like facial or whole body steams. Avoid hot, spicy foods and favor astringent, bitter and sweet foods which balance pitta. (Again, naturally sweet, not chocolate and refined sugar!) Sweet juicy fruits (especially melons and pears), cooked greens and rose petal preserves are especially good. Drinking plenty of water helps wash impurities from sensitive pitta skin. Reduce external or internal contact with synthetic chemicals, to which your skin is especially prone to react, even in a delayed fashion after years of seemingly uneventful use. Avoid skin products that are abrasive, heating or contain artificial colors or preservatives. Most commercial make-up brands should be avoided in favor of strictly 100% natural ingredient cosmetics. And be sure to get your emotional stress under control through plenty of outdoor exercise, yoga and meditation.</div>
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* Description: Kapha dosha is composed of the elements of earth and water. If you have a kapha skin type your skin is thick, oily, soft and cool to the touch. Your complexion is a glowing porcelain whitish color, like the moon, and hair characteristically thick, wavy, oily and dark. Kapha skin types, with their more generous collagen and connective tissue, are fortunate to develop wrinkles much later in life than vata or pitta types.</div>
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*Potential problems If your skin becomes imbalanced, it can show up as enlarged pores, excessively oily skin, moist types of eczema, blackheads, acne or pimples, and water retention. Kapha skin is also more prone to fungal infections.</div>
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Kapha skin is more prone to clogging and needs more cleansing than other skin types. Be careful to avoid greasy, clogging creams. Likewise, avoid heavy, hard to digest foods like fried foods, fatty meats, cheeses and rich desserts. Eat more light, easy to digest, astringent, bitter and pungent (well-spiced) foods as they balance kapha. Olive oil is the best cooking oil and a little ginger and lime juice can be taken before meals to increase your characteristically sluggish digestive fire. Take warm baths often and use gentle cleansers to open the skin pores. Avoid getting constipated and try to get some exercise every day to increase circulation and help purify the skin through the sweating process.</div>
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Inner Beauty: Gunam.</div>
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Happy, positive, loving, caring individuals have a special beauty that is far more than skin deep. Conversely we all experience the quick and deleterious effect on our skin from fatigue and stress.</div>
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Inner beauty is authentic beauty, not the kind that shows on a made-up face, but the kind that shines through from your soul, your consciousness or inner state of being. Inner beauty comes from a mind and heart that are in harmony, not at odds with each other, causing emotional confusion, loss of confidence, stress and worry. Inner peace is the foundation of outer beauty.</div>
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Maintain your self-confidence and a warm, loving personality by paying attention to your lifestyle and daily routine and effective management of stress (I highly recommend the TM technique for its scientifically-verified benefits on mental and physical health and reduced aging.) You will also be healthier and feel better through the day if you eat your main meal at midday and make a habit of going to bed early (by 10 PM is ideal.)</div>
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Remember, kindness, friendliness and sincerity naturally attract people to you. On the other hand, being uptight or tense makes people want to walk the other way, regardless of your facial structure, body weight, or other outer signs we associate with attractiveness.</div>
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Lasting Beauty: Yayastyag</div>
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In order to slow the aging process and gain lasting beauty there are two additional key considerations beyond those already discussed,</div>
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1. Eliminate toxins and free radicals in the body: The main deteriorating effects of aging come as toxins and impurities (called ama in Ayurveda) accumulate throughout the body. These toxins may begin as free radicals in the body, or over time may become oxidized into free radicals, all of which contribute to premature aging in the body. For lasting health and beauty it is essential to avoid and neutralize free radicals, to prevent impurities of all kinds from accumulating and to remove those that have already become lodged in the body.</div>
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The most powerful cleansing therapy in Maharishi Ayurveda is "panchakarma" therapy, a series of natural treatments ideally performed twice yearly, that involves 5-7 days in a row of massage, heat treatments and mild herbal enemas. Ayurveda emphasizes the importance of undergoing this cleansing program once or twice a year to prevent impurities from accumulating, localizing and hardening in the tissues. Just as we change the oil in our cars regularly for optimal performance and lifespan, Ayurveda recommends that we cleanse the "sludge" from our tissues on a regular basis through panchakarma treatments.</div>
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Best of all, panchakarma treatments are luxurious, blissful, and make you feel (and look) completely rejuvenated in just a few days time. I have had many a patient who told me that friends asked them afterwards if they had gotten a facelift, they looked so fresh and youthful!</div>
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Other free radical busters include: reducing mental stress, eating antioxidant foods like leafy green vegetables, sweet, juicy fruits and cooking on a daily basis with antioxidant, detoxifying spices like turmeric and coriander.</div>
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2. Add rejuvenative techniques to daily living:</div>
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The daily activities of life in the modern world systematically wear us down and speed up the aging process. Ayurveda maintains it is crucial to practice daily rejuvenative regimens to counteract the stressful wear and tear of everyday life. According to Ayurveda the most important rejuvenative routines for your life are: </div>
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Everyone's unique beauty shines forth when they have radiant health and personal happiness. Beauty is a side effect of a balanced, fulfilled life. Supreme personal beauty is accessible to everyone who is willing to take more control of their health in their day-to-day life through time-tested principles of natural living.</div>
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For most of us, beauty is not a gift but a choice. Every woman can be radiantly beautiful simply by beginning to lead a healthier life. You will be rewarded by the glowing effects you will see in your mirror each day and the powerful, bliss-producing effect your special beauty has on everyone in your life.</div>
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Nancy Lonsdorf M.D. received her M.D. from Johns Hopkins and did her postgraduate training at Stanford. She has studied Ayurveda with some of the world's most renowned Ayurvedic physicians in India, Europe and the U.S. Dr. Lonsdorf has 17 years of clinical experience with Ayurveda and is currently the Medical Director of The Raj Ayurveda Health Center in Vedic City Iowa.</div>
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Dr. Lonsdorf has authored two books on Ayurveda and women's health:<br />A Woman's Best Medicine (Penguin/Putnam 1995 ; ISBN 0-87477-785-2) describing the Ayurvedic approach to the major issues in women's health<br />A Woman's Best Medicine for Menopause (Contemporary/McGraw Hill 2002; ISBN 0-8092-9335-8) describing the Ayurvedic approach to menopause</div>
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Doctor Lonsdorf's contact information is:<br />Nancy Lonsdorf M.D.<br />1734 Jasmine Avenue<br />Vedic City, IA 52556<br />641-472-8246<br />web site url: [http://www.ayurveda-ayurvedic.com/]<br /><a href="mailto:info@ayurveda-ayurvedic.com" style="color: #1900ff;">info@ayurveda-ayurvedic.com</a></div>
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GR.TOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034697741023554038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351967356236768610.post-54687703554545909802013-05-17T14:06:00.004-07:002013-05-17T14:06:59.201-07:00Plastic Surgey: The New Beauty Norm?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is a good topic to discuss especially now since the popularity of all the make-over shows. I have always been curious as to why people, mostly women, have this idea that they are expected to look a certain way in order to "fit in" with society.</div>
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We all would like to believe that quaint saying, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", but how true and meaningful is that phrase when the beholder has been brainwashed, so to speak, into subscribing to the belief that beauty is the artificial look we see on glamour mags, in TV commercials, and even in some children's books? For some time now, that image has consisted mainly of white women and the "white standard of beauty".</div>
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I decided to take this question of plastic surgery and the search for beauty and see how it can affect some women in the African-American community. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, African-Americans make up only 6% of plastic surgery patients. Why is this? Do African-American women have a more positive self/body image or is it that many cannot afford it? And for the 6% who do have surgery, to which standard of beauty were they trying to aspire?</div>
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I chose to start my search for the white standard of beauty in 1960. I chose that year because at the time, a TV show was airing that sought to teach moral and societal lessons through fantastical tales.<br />Two episodes of this show were very telling and prophetic, and they both dealt with how society viewed beauty and the expectations placed on women to be "beautiful".<br />That show was, The Twilight Zone.</div>
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Beauty in 1960...<br />Rod Serling offered us a tale of beauties and beasts in episode #42 entitled: Eye of the Beholder.<br />Here's a brief synopsis of the show I found at The Twilight Zone Guide:<br />Janet Tyler anxiously awaits the outcome of her latest surgery. Janet, who's abnormal face has made her an outcast, has had her eleventh hospital visit - the maximum allowed by the State. If it didn't succeed, she will be sent to live in a village where others of her kind are segregated. As her bandages are removed, she is revealed to be very beautiful. The doctor draws back in horror. As the lights come on we see the others, their faces are misshapen and deformed. As Janet runs from her room crying, she runs into another of her kind, a handsome man named Walter Smith. He is in charge of an outcast village, and he assures her that she will eventually feel she belongs. He tells her to remember the old saying: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."<br />Although the show was filmed in black and white, we can clearly see that Ms. Tyler is Caucasian. The doctors appear to have darker skin, nevertheless, the idea here was that the viewers empathized with Ms. Tyler because she was the classic blonde, slender beauty commonly seen in 1960's fashion magazines.<br />As the show closes, the narrator speaks:<br />"Now the questions that come to mind. Where is this place and when is it, what kind of world where ugliness is the norm and beauty the deviation from that norm? The answer is, it doesn't make any difference. Because the old saying happens to be true. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, in this year or a hundred years hence, on this planet or wherever there is human life, perhaps out among the stars. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Lesson to be learned...in the Twilight Zone."</div>
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1964: The Standard Continues<br />Episode #137, in Season Five, is called, "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You", and was adapted by a short story called "The Beautiful People". In this episode, we meet Marilyn, a young woman who is about to go through a rite of passage in her community. This rite is called "The Transformation" and it requires citizens to choose among several models of bodies into which they will be transformed. The message here is that this society only sees one standard of beauty and that one will not be happy unless they look and act just like everyone else. Opening Narration:<br />"Given the chance, what young girl wouldn't happily exchange a plain face for a lovely one? What girl could refuse the opportunity to be beautiful? For want of a better estimate, let's call it the year 2000. At any rate, imagine a time in the future when science has developed a means of giving everyone the face and body he dreams of. It may not happen tomorrow--but it happens now, in the Twilight Zone."</div>
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Once again, the beautiful people are all white and we don't see any women or men of color. What was this episode trying to tell black women about beauty? The closing narration:<br />Portrait of a young lady in love--with herself. Improbable? Perhaps. But in an age of plastic surgery, body building, and an infinity of cosmetics, let us hesitate to say impossible. These and other strange blessings may be waiting in the future--which after all, is the Twilight Zone."</div>
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Beauty 40 Years Later</div>
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Some aspects of beauty standards have changed, but not much. We do see more black models and beautiful black women, but when you look at the majority of the more famous ones, (Tyra, Halle, Janet, Vanessa Williams, Beyonce, a few of whom have had plastic surgery, on their noses and other body parts), you can see straight away that they have many Caucasian attributes: small, pinched noses, lighter complexion, lighter eyes, straight, lightly colored hair. It is rare that you will see a model with very dark skin, a tight afro, wide, round, larger nose, and full, large lips. Flip through any issue of Vogue or Glamour and look for that image I just described. Then look for the first image I described.</div>
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So, are black women trying to aspire to the white standard of beauty when they seek plastic surgery?</div>
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According to Cynthia Winston, assistant professor of psychology at Howard University in Washington, D.C., We really don't know much about how blacks are influenced. Most of the research focuses on perceptions related to skin color. Foe most African-Americans, perception can be shaped by their environment. For example, an African-American woman growing up in an all-white neighborhood in Nebraska may be more likely than an African-American woman raised in inner-city Detroit to compare herself with white images of beauty.</div>
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(Source: African-American Women & Plastic Surgery: Self-Improvement or Self-Hatred? By Angela D. Johnson, Sept. 2, 2003)</div>
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I suppose, it all comes down to how one feels inside about themselves. But there is this viscous cycle of doubt that women constantly face so it's often hard to reconcile your inner voices with the outside images thrown at you everyday. Many women buy into the trends and fashions that dictate beauty. TV shows and print ads abound with images of sexy women. Fitness clubs persuade women to join not so they will lower their risk of heart disease, but so they will aspire to be beautiful on the outside. No one tries to sell things that will help them on the inside.</div>
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In the end, you can look at all of this and say that there will always be standards of beauty and those who aspire to live up those standards, and those wanting to make a profit off those standards (cosmetic companies, ad agencies, modeling agencies, fashion designers, plastic surgeons, psychotherapists). The media portrays what people want to see and apparently, it's sex and "beauty".</div>
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Ms. Martin currently resides in sunny Southern California with her son. When she's not writing, she works part-time as a preschool teacher where she hopes to help all children develop positive self and body images.</div>
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GR.TOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034697741023554038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351967356236768610.post-42381845900352686722013-05-17T14:06:00.001-07:002013-05-17T14:06:07.327-07:00The Most Beautiful Woman in the World Award<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My adoration for women is actually a rather innocent one if I am allowed to judge myself. I will be more than happy to outline my criteria that define my own judgment, because it's not righteous to be one's own judge. But, I think I will let my results speak for themselves.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for most exotic beauty, goes to Jennifer Connelly. I cannot get her hair out my head from the movie <em>Blood Diamond</em>. Of course, she's in the bushes in West Africa following the story of conflict diamonds and doesn't have time to setup an appointment with a hairdresser. But when someone can be that gorgeous even under those circumstances, that's what drives me wild. Forget the fact that I've been in love with her since I first saw her in <em>Labyrinth</em> and I've followed her career throughout some of my most favorite movies including <em>House of Sand and Fog</em>, <em>Dark Water</em>, and <em>He's Just Not That Into You</em>. Jennifer Connelly steals away with the most beautiful woman in the world for most exotic beauty.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for being an unexpected hottie, goes to Jenna Fischer. I started watching <em>The Office</em> when it first came out in 2005 and I noticed the cute receptionist behind the desk. I loved the way she flirted with Jim and dealt with Michael. I was actually rooting for Jim and now he finally is with her, with a child and the whole nine yards. But then, I saw her on the cover of <em>Shape</em> in November 2009. It seriously was one of those Wow moments. Who in the world is that? The hottest little hottie to grace the cover of <em>Shape</em>, and I had no idea that the cool, cute receptionist from <em>The Office</em> was that gorgeous. Jenna Fischer takes by a landslide the most beautiful woman in the world for being an unexpected hottie.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for absolute adorability, goes to Jennifer Aniston. Bursting onto the scene in <em>Friends</em>, she caught everyone's attention with her rich-girl innocence and her amazing beauty. The Rachel hairdo became a national hit. Millions of girls tuned in every week just to see what she was wearing. Even though she couldn't miss no matter what she wore, she had some of the most famous outfits including the green dress in <em>TOW No One's Ready</em>, the yellow dress in <em>TOW All The Kissing</em>, and the black dress in <em>TOW Monica's Thunder</em>. Rachel Green owned that show and Jennifer Aniston went on to star in such favorites as <em>Office Space</em>, <em>Along Came Polly</em>, and <em>The Break-Up</em>. Jennifer Aniston sweeps the votes for the most beautiful woman in the world for absolute adorability.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for pure loveliness, goes to Angela Kinsey. Another unexpected beauty comes from <em>The Office</em> in the form of Angela Martin. She plays the straight-laced accountant who can't stand inappropriate behavior, excessive indulgence or frivolous activities. However, she goes on to have an affair with both Dwight and Andy at the same time showing us that she too is human and not above temptation. But then, I saw Angela Kinsey sport a turquoise blouse with black shorts, high heels and straight blonde hair. That's when I realized how perfectly gorgeous she really was. That was just the first of many enjoyable other-than<em>The Office </em>sightings including the red bikini top and cut off shorts on a day at the beach with her daughter, the blue dress at the premiere of "Meskada" after party, and a slew of red carpet outfits that knock me dead every time I see her. Angel Kinsey blasts the competition away for the most beautiful woman in the world for pure loveliness.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for stunning angel, goes to Emily Procter. Of course, I first noticed her as Calleigh Duquesne in <em>CSI: Miami</em>, a beautiful detective who was nice to everyone, but stern at times when the situation called for it. The first episode I watched was when a new officer was being introduced to the force and one of his first duties was as an observer of everything Calleigh was doing. She explained a few things to get him up to speed and then she welcomed him to the Miami Dade Police Department. Her eyes stayed fixed for what seemed like eternity and she flashed that smile that would haunt me for years. Emily Procter triumphs as the most beautiful woman in the world for stunning angel.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for sheer elegance, goes to Sasha Alexander. She hit the scene in her first memorable performance as Gretchen, Pacey's older sister, in the wildly conflicted, overly dramatic, idealistic world of <em>Dawson's Creek</em>. She and Dawson share a romance that is encumbered with too much thinking and not enough spontaneity, even though once in awhile you see sparks of an actual relationship in there somewhere. She immediately became one of the actresses who holds the status, "If she is in it, I will watch it." Hence, my attention turned to <em>NCIS</em> when I saw her pure gorgeousness grace the show as the big sister type to the team. Obviously, I was heartbroken when she was murdered by Ari. But, <em>Rizzoli & Isles</em> have become the balm that soothes all ails. Sasha Alexander gallops away with the most beautiful woman in the world for sheer elegance.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for unmatched brilliance, goes to Beth Riesgraf. Repelling into my life as Parker in <em>Leverage</em>, she is a bit naïve about certain facts of life even though she is remarkably skilled in cracking safes, scaling buildings and gaining entrance whether legally or illegally. It's the stern look that comes across her face when she is thinking about something as deep as she can, but her smile is mesmerizing. You melt when you see her fifty gorgeous expressions. Where has she been all my life? She pulls off beautifully the rock and roll blonde, the straight hair formal and the runway yellow dress with designer pocketbook to match. Beth Riesgraf lifts the most beautiful woman in the world for unmatched brilliance.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for stealing the show, goes to Natalie Portman. Of course, she had been in <em>Anywhere But Here </em>and <em>Beautiful Girls</em> along with a slew of other huge hits. But, I didn't sit up and notice her until a pregnant girl with no shoes is abandoned at America's department store in <em>Where the Heart Is</em>. Adopted by a crazy couple, she grew from a childish teenager into a professional lady who finally learns how to trust her heart again. From then on, I have not been able to take my eyes off of her. She rocks the innocent look in <em>Sesame Street</em> while dominating sexy in such works as <em>Black Swan</em> and <em>No Strings Attached</em>. Natalie Portman is hands down the most beautiful woman in the world for stealing the show.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for total whiplash head turner, goes to Katherine Heigl. When you see her smile from the side in that infamous "sucker" scene in <em>The Ugly Truth</em>, your heart passionately screams, "I want to be in that guy's shoes." She's down to earth playful, seriously red carpet hot and even pulls off the bad hair day with beauty most runway models would die to embody. I think I love her most when she's facing her own mortality in <em>Grey's Anatomy</em> "Good Mourning" or facing someone else's in "Dream a Little Dream." It's in those deadly serious moments that you find her true beauty glowing from within. Katherine Heigl rules the most beautiful woman in the world for total whiplash head turner.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for dripping hot sexy, goes to Charlize Theron. When she caught my attention in <em>The Devil's Advocate</em>, I thought to myself that someone would literally have to be daft to drift away from her into a meaningless marriage. But, that was written into the script. Just look at how she rocked <em>Mighty Joe Young</em>, <em>Reindeer Games</em>, <em>The Italian Job</em> and <em>Hancock</em>. She even made a serial killer seem likable in<em>Monster</em>. But to really understand the jaw dropping, massive coronary, stand-there-with-nothing-to-say pure sexiness Charlize exudes, all you have to do is witness her raw amour as she walks down the hallway leaving layers of clothing behind in the renowned Dior J'Adore commercial. Charlize Theron demands the most beautiful woman in the world for dripping hot sexy.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for pure enchantment, goes to Christi Paul. The CNN's Headline News anchor as well as for <em>In Session</em> on truTV. She is the ultimate girl next door with the prom queen beauty. But, there were some Miss America aspirations that could have come true as witnessed by her climb from Miss Mansfield to Miss Greater Cleveland as she worked her way up to running for Miss Ohio in 1993. WDTV was smart to hire her as broadcast journalism just seems to be in her blood. And now you know where I get my news spoon fed from everyday. Christi Paul wears the most beautiful woman in the world crown for pure enchantment.</div>
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Robin Meade certainly shares the title of pure enchantment along with Christi Paul. With her adorable laugh and the new style she has brought to the news, I stay on top of what's going on in the world today and it's easy to figure out why. Plus, Robin's song <em>Welcome Home</em> is a touching tribute to the troops who are fighting overseas and that means a lot to a veteran like me. But, the reason why I step out of protocol and share a title between these two gorgeous anchors from CNN is because their lives are so totally similar. Robin Meade was born in Ohio in 1969. However, she went on to become Miss Ohio in 1992 and was one of the top ten finalists in the 1993 Miss America Beauty Pageant. They both are married with children and living in Georgia. So, I tap Robin Meade to share the most beautiful woman in the world for pure enchantment with Christi Paul. It's the most beautiful woman in the world for crying out loud! I'm sure they don't have a problem sharing it.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for knocking my socks off entirely, goes to Scarlett Johansson. With only one exception, the mysterious skip in 2000, Scarlett has at the very least brought us something new every year since her inception in 1994 with <em>North</em>. Among my favorites are <em>Lost in Translation</em>, <em>The Perfect Score</em>, and <em>In Good Company</em> just to name a few. But, it's when she plays the parts in such movies as <em>He's Just Not That Into You</em> that you see her amazing sensuousness. Her wonderful laugh, the elegant look over her shoulder, even her ability to be innocent while entrenched in raw passion makes me fall in love with her over and over again. Scarlett Johansson epitomizes the most beautiful woman in the world for knocking my socks off entirely.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for endearing fascination, goes to Julie Bowen. Catching my attention in <em>Ed</em>, I immediately hung on her every scene. I cursed the director and the other actors who were stealing our precious time away from me. But then, she became the love interest in <em>Happy Gilmore</em> and Adam Sandler's daydreams are nothing short of ingenious. She is the reason I became a fan of <em>Boston Legal</em> just like she's the reason I watch <em>Modern Family</em> now. Her soft brown eyes can flash intense every once in awhile. But, her smile! It's the kind of smile that radiates and it is very contagious. Julie Bowen exhibits utter greatness of the most beautiful woman in the world for endearing fascination.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for being drop dead gorgeous, goes to Diane Lane. She cannot be touched! Since 1979, she has touched my heart and I wasn't even aware of how deeply then. But, I caught on when she exploded on the screen in <em>Streets of Fire</em>. That was the making of history. An all-time favorite of mine, I have enjoyed her in such greats as <em>Chaplin</em>, <em>A Walk on the Moon</em> and <em>Under the Tuscan Sun</em>. But, she brings it home in works like <em>Jack</em>, <em>Judge Dred</em>, and <em>The Perfect Storm</em> where she's not the lead but she steals each scene. She's class and elegance and everything you can say about a princess. A genuine model of all that is beautiful in the world, Diane Lane easily exemplifies the most beautiful woman in the world for being drop dead gorgeous.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for everlasting magnificence, goes to Ashley Judd. So powerful in her back story, she left her mother and sister while they were still on the road performing. She went off on her own to do her own thing and what a gift she has given us! She's in a long line of favorites to cherish such as <em>Double Jeopardy</em>, <em>High Crimes</em>, and <em>Where the Heart Is</em>. She could easily become a cult classic with roles like <em>Eye of the Beholder</em>, <em>Twisted</em> and <em>Bug</em>. She has the allure to bring fans from the outskirts into the mainstream because she can be pleasantly charming even when her character might be suffering from alcoholism, is mentally disturbed or grossly psychotic. Her beauty requires absolutely no makeup as she rocks the red carpet in dresses and skirts that she makes look good, while trumping the beauty of all the celebrities who flock to take their pictures with her. Ashley Judd simply is the world's most beautiful woman in the world for everlasting magnificence.</div>
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The most beautiful woman in the world, for redeeming grace, goes to Dana Delany. A routine Dana photo shoot can produce such great shots as the purple blouse with sexy hair in her eyes, the blue dress from <em>Desperate Housewives</em>, and the black shirt staring into the camera from <em>Kidnapped</em>. Truly amazing how effortlessly she makes it all look. I won't mention her age, which is by far the most phenomenal feature about her beauty. My heart skipped a beat when she leaned against the tree in <em>Tombstone</em>. I've watched every ounce I could find of her since, catching old reruns of <em>China Beach</em>, <em>Wild </em>Palms and <em>Sweet Surrender</em>. Checking out <em>Multiple Sarcasms, A Beautiful Life</em> and even <em>Route 30.</em> But now, I will be able to get my weekly Dana dosage in <em>Body of Proof</em>. I can't imagine this world without her! Dana Delany deserves most beautiful woman in the world for redeeming grace.</div>
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As you can see, these ladies are not ranked from one to three as being the most beautiful woman in the world. They are simply the most beautiful woman in the world. They cannot be put in any kind of order at all. Furthermore, it was very difficult to narrow my choices down to just these three. But, I did it! I finally narrowed my choices down to only those whom I absolutely consider to be the most beautiful woman in the world.</div>
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This panel acknowledges the fact that there is indeed a very beautiful woman in the world missing from this year's choices. There are quite a few in fact including but not limited to farmer's daughters, nuns, librarians, teachers, ex-girlfriends, sisters and my daughter, who are not included for legal reasons concerning my being on the panel, being its only panel member and to avoid any allegations of bias. It is only due to a sheer mental meltdown after making my selection that the rest of the most beautiful women in the world were not included.</div>
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Beauty is a phenomenal concept which is as old as mankind. Yet, it is a concept which is very misunderstood. Different individuals listen to such diverse views of what beauty entails that quite a number end up confused, frustrated and frankly give up. If someone were to walk right up to you and asked you to define beauty; what would you say? Would you start describing a cover model you saw in one of the popular magazines, or colors of the rainbow? Or would you consider a soft melodious piece of music or even a romantic verse from a lover? All these can be defined within the concept of beauty but one thing that is clear, there is no definite definition of beauty. Beauty is something abstract and intangible. It is something about something. This something about something will vary from individual to individual. A popular definition of beauty is that it is a characteristic about something that gives a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. Therefore for beauty to be perceived, it must stimulate the senses to evoke a feeling of joy, pleasure and satisfaction. From this definition, the judge of what's beautiful is the person who receives or fails to receive the pleasure.</div>
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How is this sensuous beauty applicable among human beings? What makes one be considered beautiful and attractive? Is a person considered beautiful necessarily attractive? These are complex questions which do not have a direct answer. The way the societies we live in view beauty is influenced by many factors. First of all there are cultural factors. In the past, each culture had distinct criteria upon which they based beauty. There are those cultures that considered plump women to be beautiful. Therefore fattening of maidens before marriage was a common practice. Others considered small feet to be beautiful. These have however changed a lot in modern times. With the advancement of technology and human interaction, the differences in cultural preferences have been minimized and we now almost have a standard way of viewing beauty. This is greatly influenced by the parameters set by top fashion houses. The images they project to the public, form the dress, walking style and physique have increasingly become the trend that the reminder of the World is expected to follow. But is what we see on the Catwalk the true representation of beauty? Thankfully, no. Human beauty is so rich in variety that we can have no set parameters within which to define it. One cannot authoritatively say small is beautiful, blonde is beautiful, slim is beautiful, green eyes are beautiful etc. and condemn other characteristics. There is no standard of beauty and each individual is beautiful in her own way. There may only be prejudices as a result of the society around the individual. It for this reason you would find a man married to a blonde having an affair with a brunette, or a lady of oriental or African descent. They are simply beautiful and the man cannot resist!</div>
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So, if we are all beautiful, what then is the big deal? Is there any reason to bother or care about how we look? Yes there is! You must certainly take the keenest interest in how you look. We live in a complex and highly socialized world. The image of beauty has become highly commercialized. Non conformity is risking rejection. Studies have shown that what is considered beautiful has a halo effect. A beautiful and attractive person will receive more attention, score higher marks in class, get more assistance, get a better job, be paid more and be trusted more. Coincidentally, people who are considered beautiful are better adjusted, confident and appear more intelligent. Therefore beauty plays a key role in our lives in how we relate with others and in how we choose our mates. It is therefore a responsible thing for us to ensure that we are beautiful. How do we do this? Since we have established that beauty is about evoking feelings of pleasure and satisfaction in other people, we must therefore aim at ensuring that people are pleased with what they see when they look at us. We all have strengths and weaknesses. We must strive to strengthen our strengths and mask our weaknesses. The aim is not to be the most beautiful person around. That is futile in that there is no such most beautiful person. The aim is to ensure we are presentable and acceptable in the society we live in. This will enhance our self confidence and of course our health. In Beauty and Health for Happiness, we will discuss tips on how to enhance our beauty and health. But first we must observe the following fundamental beauty tips.</div>
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o Accept yourself the way you are and know that you are beautiful in your own unique way. This is the first step in enhancing your beauty and health, making it shine to all around you.</div>
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o Develop healthy habits. Beauty and health are inseparable. Among the many characteristics contributing to overall beauty is health and youthfulness. You must have a healthy body, healthy skin, eyes, good breath, and healthy teeth etc. It is therefore imperative that you have a well balanced diet, exercise regularly and consult your doctor whenever necessary.</div>
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o Identify suitable products that you can use to strengthen your strengths and mask your weaknesses. These include moisturizers, creams, perfumes and hair products etc.</div>
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o Make a plan and start simply.</div>
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Beauty is a concept that plays a major role in lives and affects how we socialize and compete within the society we live in. There is no correct version of beauty and all of us are beautiful in our own way. Our perceptions of beauty are influenced by the society we live in and the modern commercialization of beauty. You however need not follow what you see in commercials. You can instead make a point of improving how you present yourself to others, and in the process, enhance your beauty and health.</div>
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Beauty is one of the most difficult term to define yet one of the easiest terms to understand. We all know what is beautiful and what is not. It does not take a second for a person to say if a girl, a child, a man , a place, a song or a poem is beautiful or not. Yet we hardly know why it is beautiful. All we know is that we like beautiful things and feel good when we see or hear something beautiful.</div>
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Random House dictionary, defines "beauty" as a <i>characteristic present in a person, place, object or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning or satisfaction to the mind or to the eyes, arising from sensory manifestations such as a shape, color, personality, sound, design or rhythm.</i></div>
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Yet no one knows, what are these characteristics that make a thing beautiful? Since beauty is based on the perception of the person, it is often said that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Beauty is also considered to be only skin deep which means that beauty is superficial and it lacks any substance.</div>
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The opposite of beauty is ugly i.e. what gives us a bad feeling. When we see an ugly thing, we just don't like it and want to close our sensual perception and mind from that thing. Everyone wants to see beauty and become beautiful and dread to become ugly. While we see a beautiful thing or meet a beautiful person, we just want to keep on looking. Einstein used the concept of beauty to explain the Theory of Relativity i.e. how time can expand or contract</div>
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"You spend 30 minutes with a beautiful girl, it seems like a moment. You spend a moment sitting on a hot stove, it seems like 30 minutes".</blockquote>
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Beauty is so important to human beings that they can do anything to look beautiful or achieve beautiful things in life. The pursuit of human life seems to become beautiful or acquire beautiful things in life. Beauty has such a powerful attraction that it bewilders all logic and rationality of the person and sometime the attraction become fatal. Why is beauty such a powerful force?</div>
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<b>Beauty means Truth and Good</b></div>
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In the ancient philosophies, the material body is believed to be the material reflection of the soul, the spark of the universal soul or God. Hence, if the person is good, it is because the person has a beautiful soul. It is because of the beauty of the soul that people do good actions in this world. People find their parents and friends beautiful, because they are good to them. We can hardly find any beauty in our enemies as they are not good to us. When a friend turns enemy, the same person cease to be beautiful.</div>
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In Indian philosophy God is said to have three manifestations in this world i.e. Truth, Good and Beautiful (Satyam, Shivam and Sundaram). Hence when we find something beautiful, it is only because it has the truth and goodness in it.</div>
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Scientists discover secrets (truths) of nature, because they find universe beautiful (Difficult to imagine?). Einstein said "I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple."</div>
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"The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living."</blockquote>
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The discovery of truth is, therefore, to with the beauty it holds. For a scientist, the universe is not a dead object but he sees beautiful pattern and aesthetics in the nature, which helps him find the secrets of nature. While most of the people find the world as an ugly place due to its imperfectness like inequality, injustice, disorder, a poet sees the same world as beautiful and creates poetry. A poet can only make beautiful poetry, if he finds beauty in nature and human beings. A logical person or a critique of the world can never find these truth of the world as he can never see beauty in this world.</div>
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<b>The Evidence of Beauty</b></div>
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Since beauty needs no logic, people often accuse beauty of being superficial. The rational people or scientists accept no facts to be true unless proven objectively by experiments and investigations. They often blame the perceptions of beauty as biased and prejudiced which has developed in the people in the process of evolution.</div>
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We all know that a human body looks beautiful, if it is within a particular range of body weight depending upon the height of the person. We don't find the body beautiful, if it is either too thin or too fat. Yet we can't say why only a particular weight should make the body beautiful? However, the scientists have discovered that what we perceive as beautiful is actually the best body weight for health and longevity. A study conducted by more than a million participants by the US Cancer Prevention [1] concluded that</div>
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.. optimum body mass indexes to be between 23.5 and 24.9 for men and 22.0 and 23.4 for women. As body mass index increased, risk of death increased. Men and women, with body mass indexes of 40.0 or higher, increased the risk of death by 250% and 200% respectively. In contrast, underweight men and women, with body mass indexes of 18.5 or lower, increased the risk by 26% and 36% respectively.</blockquote>
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Thus, the perception of beauty is not superficial as it is supported by robust scientific research. If, we can imagine how we, can perceive beauty of the body, we can easily notice that our perception of beauty perhaps vary in the same proportion as the effect of body weight on health as if our mind already knows what is good for the body even without going through the long process of research.</div>
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Once a scientist described to Einstein, how long years of experimentation and research lead to the discovery of the scientific theory. The wife of Einstein promptly remarked that her husband (Einstein) would have developed the same theory on a piece of paper. Einstein never conducted any experiments, but developed the soundest of the scientific theories from the imagination of his mind as man himself a replica of the universe.</div>
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We all have the inherent capability to distinguish the good from the evil and the truth from the untruth by our ability to see beauty. When we eat an apple, we don't have to send it to laboratory to know if it is rotten or fresh. We can simply by looking at it can know that it is fresh. A beautiful apple is also a good apple for health.</div>
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<b>What is Good?</b></div>
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The first thing to understand is what is good? We can define goodness from the perspective of self and the world. One can be good to the world, if his actions are for the good of the world. Similarly, one can also be good if his actions are good for him. An ugly man, therefore, must be one who is not only bad for the world but also bad for himself.</div>
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However, we can argue, why one would like to do anything that is harmful to self. Yet there is no dearth of such actions. For example, if one eats too much and become obese, it is surely not good for his own health. Similarly smoking, additions etc are also not good for one's own self. All selfish actions are initially good for the person but gradually become bad for him, if these actions are not good for the society. The challenge thus lies in finding a way that is not only good for self but also good for the society. All successful persons and businessman finds a way to find their good in the goods of others. For example, Bill Gates is the richest person in the world, not by doing any harm to the society but by bringing tremendous benefit to the society. As a consequence, he also became a rich man.</div>
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However, when a person focuses only on selfish benefit without any concern for the world, he creates an imbalance in the world that makes the person bad. This leads to the path of untruth and evil. Such a person gradually becomes unattractive and ugly as the evil starts getting reflected on his body and the face.</div>
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What is good also depends on the person and the situations. A sunny day many look beautiful in the cold winters and cold countries but extremely unattractive for the people of the tropical and warm countries. The woman may look extremely beautiful to a lover but only ordinary to other men and women. Hills may be beautiful for the people living in the plain or in hotter places but may look unattractive to the native who may find the modern world of malls and urban life more attractive. A western music may be attractive to some but repulsive to others.</div>
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Thus our perception to beauty has also a purpose. The attraction depends not only the object of beauty but also our mental makeup. We find beauty in things that complements ourselves. It force of attraction due to beauty can be compared with the force of attraction of the electric changes. The opposite attracts and once they meet they neutralize each other. So often we are attracted towards something which we lack. Often, we are not even aware what is missing unless we find something attractive. The beauty is thus a guide to achieve the missing something in us so that we can have more fulfilling and contented life.</div>
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<b>Yoga: The Secret of Beauty</b></div>
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The secret of the natural beauty lies in the mantra truth, good and beauty (Satyam, Shivam and Sundaram). To look beautiful outside, one has to be good inside. The good feeling can come only by being good and truthful. If one becomes bad for others, he has to pay the price with his beauty.</div>
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Yoga, one of the ancient methods for good heath, means union. It defies all scientific theories as people use yoga to reduce weight and become healthy not by burning calories in gym or by medication but simply by effortless postures of the body designed many thousands of years ago that requires discipline of the body and mind. Yoga means union i.e. the union of body and mind with the soul on personal level and the union of individual soul to the universal soul or the soul of the world on he other level. Yoga, is used all over the world, to make oneself beautiful as it beings the goodness and truth in the person. However, once the person become beautiful, he automatically gets he proper body weight and also fitness and good health.</div>
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<b>The Challenges of being Beautiful</b></div>
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Some people are born beautiful but other acquires beauty by conscious effort. Often the most become people become unattractive due to their lifestyle and evil actions. Who would find beauty in a obese man or woman or in a criminal. However, often very ordinary looking person become very attractive because of their achievements. It is particularly true about man who seems to become more attractive with their achievements and good deeds.</div>
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As believed in the Indian philosophies, beauty is the manifestation of God in this world. Hence, if a person start doing evil acts, he start drifting from God to Devil. Soon the person would start looking ugly too. His face and body would transform in a way that he would lose all beauty. He would lose health and fitness. He would fall sick frequently. He would become overweight or underweight so as to lose his vitality and health. His face would become cruel or pale devoid of serenity and beauty.</div>
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It is not a mere coincidence that no dictator or evil person has ever been beautiful. Conversely, a beautiful person can not be cruel or evil. One proof of this statement is that women, who epitomize beauty, can hardly kill innocent people or commit murder. Woman represents beauty hence they also mean what is good for the society. They risk their own life to create a new life.</div>
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We also find that all children are beautiful. It is not a mere a coincidence that all children are also good. They love every creation of the world including innate objects like dolls, toys and animals. Most of the cartoon films and the children's film show kindness to animals. Yet as a man grows, he losses his beauty, if he starts losing goodness.</div>
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Beauty is one of the biggest desire of human beings hence a great biggest business opportunity for the businessmen. The cosmetic industry is a multi-billion dollar business today all over the world. Yet can any cosmetics make you beautiful. The beauty due to cosmetics is truly superficial and often causes long term harm to the person. The true secret of beauty lies in discovering truth and goodness in the world and within oneself. Once a person has acquired inner beauty, his body and face start emitting the beauty of the soul to the world. One must also use his or her perception of beauty as a guide to achieve a more fulfilling life in this world. Beauty is, therefore, the most beautiful thing in the world as it comes to every person naturally without any training or study, yet it represents the truth and goodness of this world.</div>
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Can one know what true beauty and goodness are? Is there an objectivity to these attributes, or are they merely what one perceives them to be? Let us focus on what God has created women to be and what society tells them to be. Does the truth lie in women being successful career women to the exclusion of their own feminine nature; in being dependent on the admiration of others for their self-worth; or in their being mere physical objects of pleasure? Or are they called to find the truth of their dignity in the model of Mary, Virgin Mother of God, who reflects and participates in the Divine Truth, Beauty, and Goodness of which all creation is called to reflect and share in?</div>
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The question of truth, beauty, and goodness is one that has intrigued men for centuries. The pagan philosophers seek to identify that which is True, Good, and Beautiful. For the Christian, however, there can be no other answer than that which affirms that the Triune God is the True, the Beautiful, and the Good. By His very essence God is all three. Everything else is so only by participation. We can know this because God has chosen to reveal Himself to us. The Catechism of the Catholic Church #2500 tells us that "even before revealing Himself to man in words of truth, God reveals Himself to (man) through the universal language of creation." All creation reflects its Creator; therefore, we can see something of Beauty itself in creation. Truth, beauty, and goodness, which are called "the transcendentals," cannot be separated from one another because they are a unity as the Trinity is One. Truth is beautiful in itself. And goodness describes all that God has made. "God saw all that He had made, and it was very good" (Gen.1:31).</div>
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Man is the summit of the Creator's work, as Scripture expresses by clearly distinguishing the creation of man from that of other creatures. "God created man in His own image..." (Gen. 1:27). Thus, man was not only created good and beautiful, but he was also established in friendship with his Creator and in harmony with himself and with the creation around him, in a state that would be surpassed only by the glory of the new creation in Christ. The inner harmony of the first man, the harmony between the first man and woman (Adam and Eve), and the harmony between the first couple and all creation, is called "original justice." This entire harmony of original justice was lost by the sin of our first parents. Created in a state of holiness, man was destined to be fully "divinized" by God in glory. But he preferred himself to God and disobeyed God's command.</div>
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Thus, Adam and Eve immediately lost the grace of original holiness, and the harmony in which they had lived was destroyed. They were separated from Beauty Itself. God, however did not abandon mankind, all of whom share in the sin of Adam, since "by one man's disobedience all were made sinners" (Rom. 5:12). In the fullness of time God sent His Son to restore that which had been lost. The Son, who is "beautiful above the sons of men," came to restore us to beauty.</div>
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Thus, we turn now to beauty. Von Balthasar once remarked that when one is seeking to draw others to God, he should begin with beauty because beauty attracts. Beauty will then lead to truth and goodness. Hence, if one is going to begin with beauty then one must know what beauty is. I will make a distinction between two types of beauty, although only one of them is beauty in the truest sense of the definition. There is "seductive" beauty, which is often reflected in our current culture. This would entail whatever allures us to our self-destruction (morally or spiritually). It takes us away from what we were created for, union with Beauty Himself. This type of beauty I will return to, but first I want to establish a definition and proper understanding of what "true" beauty is. This is first and foremost whatever attracts us to our true fulfillment and happiness. In his book The Beauty of Holiness and the Holiness of Beauty, John Saward, drawing on the work of St.Thomas Aquinas, defines beauty as: "the gleaming of the substantial or actual form that is found in the proportioned parts of a material things." In other words, while one can find beauty in the outward appearance, one must go deeper to the nature or the essence of the thing.</div>
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"Thus, in a material substance (such as man) there is beauty when the essence of a thing shines clearly through its outward appearance." The beauty of one's soul can be said to shine through a person's countenance. For this to occur, three things are necessary -wholeness (integrity), due proportion (harmony), and radiance (clarity). It is important to note that understood in this definition is the fact that beauty is a reality in itself, it is not something that we produce by looking at a work of art or some other thing that attracts us. Rather, beauty radiates out of what we see. It radiates out because it is participating in Beauty itself. In regards to Jesus, "Christian Tradition - from Augustine and Hilary to Peter Lombard, Albert, Thomas, and Bonaventure - holds that beauty can be appropriated in a special way to the Second Person..."</div>
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St. Thomas says that all three marks of beauty are found in Jesus. Radiance is found in Him because He is the Word of the Father, and the Word eternally uttered by the Father completely and perfectly expresses Him. He is the brightness of the Father's mind. Due proportion is found in the Son of God because He is the perfect image of the Father. As the perfect image, He is divine beauty. Jesus has wholeness because He has in Himself the whole nature of the Father. In begetting the Son, the Father communicates the whole of His divine essence. Thus, we have a Divine Person, God the Son, who without ceasing to be true God, has been made true man for us in the Virgin's womb. When one sees the Virgin and the Child, one sees a witness to the Trinity. Pope John Paul II explains that this picture of Mother and Child "constitutes a silent but firm statement of Mary's virginal motherhood, and for that very reason, of the Son's divinity."</div>
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It is as such a witness to the Trinity that allows Mary a special place in relationship to the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. The Blessed Virgin, said the fifteenth century poet John Lydgate, is the "Fairest Mother that ever was alive." Many poets and artists have sought to express their praise and admiration for Her who is so closely united to Divinity. When Dante reaches Paradise, he finds the beauty of the Son of God most perfectly mirrored in Mary, of whom He was born. Thus, we will see how Mary is to be for all, but especially women, a model of true beauty, and thus, goodness and truth, as she reflects a sharing in the life of the Trinity. "All the beauty for soul and body that the Son of God brought into the world, all the loveliness He wanted to lavish on mankind, is summed up in, and mediated by the person of His ever virgin Mother, 'a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars' (Rev. 12:1). If there is beauty, it is here."</div>
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To understand Mary's beauty, one must know of the gifts bestowed on her, and her response to these gifts, which put her in intimate contact with Beauty, Itself. Scripture, God's revealed Word, tells us that "an angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph...and the virgin's name was Mary. And he (the angel) came to her and said, 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you! ... Do not be afraid Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call Him Jesus. He will be great and called the Son of the Most High...And Mary said, ' How can this be since I have no husband?' And the angel said to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.' ...And Mary said, 'Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.'" (Lk. 1:26-38).</div>
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To become the mother of the Savior, Mary was given the gifts necessary and befitting such a role. Mary was greeted as "full of grace," as if that were her real name. A name expresses a person's identity. "Full of grace" is Mary's essence, her identity, and the meaning of her life. Mary is full of grace because the Lord is with her. The grace with which she is filled is the presence of Him who is the source of all grace, and she is given over to Him who has come to dwell in her and whom she is about to give to the world. She is by a singular grace free from any stain of sin by reason of the merits of her Son. She possesses the harmony that Adam lost. Thus, she has the first two qualities of beauty: due proportion (harmony) and integrity (wholeness) because by the merits of her Son and the fullness of grace which she has been given, her nature is complete - unwounded and unstained by sin.</div>
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church proclaims that "Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time...In her, the 'wonders of God' that the Spirit was to fulfill in Christ and in the Church began to be manifested." Through Mary, the Holy Spirit begins to bring men, "the objects of God's merciful love, into communion with Christ."</div>
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Grace has been described as "God's better beauty, the splendor of the soul." And Mary, who is full of grace, radiates that splendor, that spiritual beauty. Grace (sanctifying grace) gives us a share in the Divine Life; it conforms our souls into the likeness of Christ. Mary in her abundance of grace is a reflected beauty of her Son. She possesses the "radiance" which is the third of the qualities of beauty. The great St. Bernard of Clairvaux declares that "contemplating the countenance of the Mother is the best way of preparing to see the glorious face of the Son." Saward endorses this idea by pointing to the fact that Our Lord is conceived by the Holy Spirit without seed, thus there is only one human person whom He resembles in His humanity, and that is His Virgin Mother.</div>
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How does Mary's beauty enable women of today to be an image of true beauty, and hence of truth and goodness also? Mary, the Theotokos - the Mother of God, the Mother of Infinite Beauty, who is herself beautiful, will guide women to that which is true and good. She shows the falsehood of "seductive beauty," which we have noted above as being whatever allures us to our self-destruction (morally or spiritually), by holding up her own "true" beauty in contrast. Before showing the essence of Mary's beauty, which meets St. Thomas' requirements for beauty: wholeness, due proportion, and radiance, we will look at society's claim of womanly beauty. Women today are told by society that what is good and beautiful is that which is glamorous and seductive. Beauty is separated from God, Who is disregarded and Whose goodness is exchanged for a "base mind and improper conduct" (Rom. 1:28), leading to both spiritual and often physical dissolution. The "truth" that they are taught is one which "considers the human being (and hence, the woman) not as a person but as a thing, as an object of trade, at the service of selfish interest and mere pleasure... this falsehood produces such bitter fruits as contempt for men and for women, slavery, oppression of the weak, pornography, prostitution..."</div>
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Thus, beauty is often seen as a mere physical quality. It lacks "due proportion" because only one aspect of the whole person is considered. Society emphasizes the physical to the exclusion of the spiritual. Flowing from this same type of mentality, we see that women are honored more for their work outside the home than for their work within the family. What is "seen" as attractive is a woman who is able to achieve the "good" of a successful career, which promises happiness and "equality with men." In order to achieve this, women often times either renounce their femininity or become a mere imitation of the male role. They are in a sense trading in the quality of "integrity," which is necessary for true beauty, for society's limited claim of the beautiful. This "seductive beauty" which promises so much "good" gives rise to a hedonism that distorts and falsifies human sexuality and the true dignity of the human person. This leads not only to a lack of respect for what womanhood is to be, since the truth about their personal dignity as one who was created and redeemed by God is unknown, but it also hinders women from achieving the "fullness of grace" for which they were created. It leads to women's spiritual destruction because they are not living a life of grace. They are not living for God.</div>
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Mary, who lived a grace-filled life, is, however, the model of redeemed woman. God Himself "manifests the dignity of women in the highest form possible by assuming human flesh from the Virgin Mary, whom the Church honors as the Mother of God." The highest elevation of the human nature took place in the masculine gender, when Jesus, the Son of God, became man and male. The highest elevation of the human person took place in the feminine gender, in the Virgin Mary. Her divine maternity gives her an exalted dignity. She is "blessed among women." Therefore, all womanhood shares in her blessing and is made radiant by her. "When the Virgin Mary is humbly honored for the sake of her Son, women will be honored...for she has revealed the true beauty of womanhood."</div>
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Looking at what we have already said about Mary, we know "full of grace" reveals her essence, her identity. It is also the key to her reflection of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. It is the key to women discovering the truth of their own dignity, and hence, obtaining the divine life that is offered to them through a life of grace. This is a life that will bestow on them true goodness and beauty, which is a participation in the beauty of the Creator.</div>
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Because Mary is "full of grace," she possesses the wholeness that was lost by Adam. Because of grace, she is "radiant as the sun," showing in her very being the clarity of a life united with God. Such a union shines forth in a person's actions; actions which are a reflection of God's goodness. "The practice of goodness is accompanied by spontaneous spiritual joy and moral beauty" (CCC 2500). These actions, called virtues, "are acquired by education, by deliberate acts and by a perseverance ever-renewed in repeated efforts are purified and elevated by divine grace" (CCC1810). Grace affects every dimension of a person's life. It is a gift of God that leads us closer to God. The closer we are to God, the more we reflect Him who is Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.</div>
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Mary is held up for us as the model of the life of virtue. She is a guide in living a life of faithfulness to grace. Due to space limitation, I will only briefly look at three of the virtues that Mary possesses and calls us to imitate. They are faith, obedience, and charity. The Church hails Mary as an "excellent exemplar in faith and charity" (Lumen Gentium 53). We see her faith when she entrusts herself freely to God at the Annunciation, believing and trusting the angel's message to her that the son to be born to her would be the Son of the Most High, certain that "with God nothing is impossible" (Lk. 1:30). Her journey of faith continues in her responses to that which occurs in her life of union with Jesus. She flees to Egypt when Joseph is directed to go there (Mt. 2:13-15); she returns in the same manner (Mt. 2:19-23); and she faithfully perseveres in her union with her Son unto the cross (cf. LG#58, Jn.19:25-27), all the while believing and trusting in the wisdom of God's divine plan. She believed that her Son, though crucified and buried, would rise from the dead. She waited in prayer (Acts 1:14). We, too, are called to be women of faith, believing what God has revealed concerning His plan for us and our salvation.</div>
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Flowing from Mary's deep faith, she shows her loving obedience. Hers was not a servile obedience. Rather it was an obedience that flowed from humility. She knew the wisdom and greatness of God and therefore, sought to live in conformity with it. Being obedient to God meant responding in trust to His all-wise plan. Again, at the Annunciation, she replies in obedience to the angel, "Let it be done to me as you say" (Lk. 1:36). She obediently follows the directions that the angel gives to Joseph, trusting in God. Mary remained obedient to her role as mother even to the cross, where she obediently offers the full assent of her intellect and will to Him whose ways are inscrutable. As we seek to imitate Mary's obedience, we will find that it frees us from the slavery of sin. Obedience makes us beautiful because it opens us up to God's grace, to His life and love within us.</div>
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Mary's faith and obedience allows her great charity to shine through. Mary, the Mother of Fairest Love, possesses a self-humbling love, innocent of all narcissism. "It is for Christ and to the glory of the Father, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, that our Lady is 'all fair.'" She devotes herself "totally as a handmaid of the Lord to the person and work of her Son... she does this freely" (LG # 56). This acceptance of her role as "Mother of the Son of God (is) guided by spousal love, the love which totally consecrates a human being to God. By virtue of this love, Mary wished to always be and in all things given to God." This love that remains faithful to her Son throughout His life, even to His cruel death on Calvary, extends itself to the brethren of her Son, those souls still journeying on earth (cf. LG #62-63). There is nothing more beautiful than charity, which we are all called to practice, and which inspires and animates all the other virtues (cf. CCC 1827). Charity, the form of all virtues "binds everything together in perfect harmony" (Col. 3:14), one of the aspects of beauty.</div>
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These virtues and the life of grace are possible for all women, who seek to know the truth and avail themselves of the grace that comes from the merits of Jesus Christ, who came to restore mankind to the beauty of adopted children and "partakers in the divine nature" (1 Pt. 1:3). St. Francis de Sales notes that because of grace we are so like Christ that we resemble God perfectly, because in His becoming man, Jesus has taken our likeness and given us His. Thus, we must do what we can to preserve this beauty and divine resemblance that He has restored to us.</div>
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Mary helps women to do this. Her beauty attracts, and because it attracts she leads us to Jesus, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (Jn.14:6). Mary is loved and honored because she reflects the truth, beauty, and goodness of her Son by her actions, by her life of virtue. Her role is to lead others to Him and to the truth he teaches and is. This is seen by looking once again at how creation reflects the beauty of God. All that God creates is good; it is beautiful. Jesus, who is the fullness of revelation, has raised creation to an even higher dignity by restoring all things "according to the plan God was pleased to restore in Christ. A plan to be carried out in Christ, in the fullness of time, to bring all things into one in Him, in the heavens and on earth" (Eph. 1:9-10). Thus, harmony is restored, all is made whole, and His glory is made known. Because the "Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son of the Father" (Jn. 1:14)</div>
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Man was created in the image and likeness of God; Jesus renewed humanity in His immortal image. He restored us to the likeness of God. Mary reflects the beauty of her Son in her very essence. Mary is the one who will, in cooperation with her Divine Son, help women to discover the truth of their feminine nature, to reflect the beauty of a child of God, and by God's grace to live that goodness that comes from God alone. Women, to attain this ideal, must turn to Mary as a model, who has been chosen by God from all eternity to be the Mother of His Son, and to be a guide for us on our journey to the True, the Good, and the Beautiful, our true fulfillment and happiness. Women should entrust themselves to Mary's guidance because she already is that which they are called to be: full of grace. As the Church prays in the Divine Liturgy: Lord, as we honor the glorious memory of the Virgin Mary, we ask that by the help of Her prayers, we too may come to share the fullness of Your grace," so that by that grace we too may reflect that which is True, Beautiful, and Good.</div>
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Beauty is Infinite, Beauty is Health, Beauty is Truth, Beauty is Power</div>
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What is the Personal Power of Beauty?</div>
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Beauty is the power of radiance, and your personal beauty has the power to illuminate your world to a more radiant and bountiful experience. There is abundance, joy, passion, sensuality and pleasure to be had in your beautiful life, and working with your personal power of beauty is a strategy for claiming even more. Your personal power of beauty is a treasure to behold, a way to be bold and a powerful journey for you to unfold. Beneath the surface of your skin is the story of your beauty, and this is the story that is meant to be told.</div>
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The personal power of beauty is a magical tool that enhances all aspects of your existence to a more majestic and magnificent experience. Beauty is the source of your personal magic; it is the essence of who you are, it connects you to others and to the plenty of this planet.</div>
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What is beauty? Where does it come from? Who has it?<br />When you think of beauty is it something you know you have within you? Or does beauty seem like something elusive and outside of you?</div>
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All people are beautiful, and it is our essential nature to radiate this beautiful truth.</div>
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The Beauty is on the Inside</div>
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Years ago, I saw an ad that I loved for Burt's Bee's products. The photo was of a group of Harley-type bikers, you know, heavy set men, grimacing, hairy and looking kind of scary. The caption on the ad said "The Beauty is on the Inside". It couldn't be clearer, beneath the packaging is where you will find true Beauty, it's on the Inside. This ad cracked me up, just thinking about it still makes me smile; the message was so clear, powerful and beautifully stated. Beauty comes from within, it emanates through the skin and vibrates around us.</div>
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Each of us has our own personal beauty, it is the unique essence of who we are, like our signature or thumb print, it is exclusively our own. Our personal beauty or inner beauty stems from the heart, our center of love. Our center of love is the vital force of our spirit, and the vital force of our spirits spring from the source of all life: Whether it be God, Goddess, Great Spirit, Energy, Vibration, the Creator, Nature, the Divine or the Force it is all the same source. Whatever you believe to be the divine spark of life within you; whatever you equate to the magic of your existence; however you understand life with its complexities and perfections and which ever way you account for the air that is your breath and the fire of your spirit all stems from the source of life, and the beauty within you is a part of the package. Our beauty is a divine light that sparks through each cell of our being. You truly can never be anything but beautiful, for you are life and life itself is beauty.</div>
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When you understand the source of beauty within you, you then have access to its potential for your greater abundance, power and ability to manifest change. The power of your beauty is already embedded in your essence, ready to glow. However, it is harnessed through your beliefs about yourself and the actions you take in the name of truth, beauty and love. You are born with the tools to become a channel for this very compelling and influential vibration. You are the vehicle for this sacred source to shimmer and shine.</div>
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Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty</div>
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"Beauty is truth, truth beauty. That is all ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know." -John Keats.<br />We live in a world where our concepts of beauty are decided by the collective consciousness, the standards of our society. Many of us, especially women, are victims of what is known as the 'beauty myth'. A world where fashion rules, perfect body types are most desired and our ways of looking and being are all meant to sell or consume products: beauty products, fragrances, diet pills, hair color, fashion magazines, douches etc. But that is not what true beauty is made of. The truth is we are already whole and complete beings, we are all perfect because we are each perfectly ourselves. What is true is that beauty is everywhere and within everything. For everything on earth and in the universe is of the divine source. Unfortunately, many of us were not taught to honor our own beauty in this way. We were warned against being too conceited or told we were not beautiful enough and sadly so many beautiful people have never had their own precious nature reflected back to them. We hide our beauty in the shadows, even the super models complain about places within themselves that they find hideous. In subtle and not so subtle ways we have been disempowered and misdirected by the media to seeing ourselves as less than the ideal of beauty. Every commercial on television is an assault, telling us what we need to do to be better, happier and more beautiful. This is the beauty myth and it can destroy our sense of self-esteem and even destroy the joy in our lives, it already has for so many people.</div>
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As adults, we need to re-teach ourselves where true beauty comes from. We need to re-connect to the radiant source of life within us and teach this to our children. True beauty comes from the heart and soul and spirit of who you truly are, it is your divine right to resonate with self-love and allow your beauty to take the stage. Your authenticity is buzzing with beauty. Life is love, love is truth and truth is beauty. All of life is sacred and all of life is beautiful. Beauty and truth are hand in hand, one does not exist without the other.</div>
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There is an old secret that is really no secret at all that eating better is one of the most rewarding attributes to achieving healthier skin, a thin waist line, brighter eyes, and healthy nails and hair.</div>
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Achieving such things means a change in diet, for most of us a change in life! Most people don't realize how much changing a diet can take. It's a whole new way of life. There is no such thing as going on one miracle diet that will bring you down to the perfect size and after your done you never have to worry about it again. As nice as it sounds such a thing doesn't exist and I'm sure it never will. But a change in your life style is the answer a complete life change for better health.</div>
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Beauty comes from the inside and then flows to the out side. Your chances are much higher to achieve your goals if you are healthier on the inside first. Nutrition is so Essential to obtaining that beautiful skin, waist line, eyes, nails and hair you always wanted.</div>
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Giving up certain habits can be stressful especially when it comes to eating. But bad habits must be replaced with good habits other wise old habits can easily return.</div>
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The way to proper nutrition is through what we eat and the best Nutritional food is Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. The foods you eat have a huge effect on how we appear. You will have more energy and a health increase your beauty more natural. To obtain this feeling of beauty and energy you need to pick the most naturally grown food.</div>
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The most Natural foods are those we can grow our self, food grown from your own garden are packed with nutrients, unlike fruits and vegetables you get from the grocery store that are gassed and tampered with to ripen faster and before their time. Food grown in your own garden is fresh and ripe and full of the nutritious value necessary to our health to obtain those results we all want.</div>
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Gardening your own foods will give you opportunity to change your life style with the proper foods right at hand and the chance to exercise regularly. It's a change of life and habits, an ultimate way to Bring the Natural ways of health straight to you. Change for health is the key. If it's results you seek then a change is the way it has to be.</div>
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GR.TOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034697741023554038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351967356236768610.post-23165369051016290542013-05-02T17:08:00.003-07:002013-05-02T17:08:36.261-07:00The Connection Between Health And Beauty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you have ever stopped to think about how much money you spend on beauty products, you might have been surprised. Many people pour thousands of dollars into beauty products each year. Between the makeup, hair care products, and skin care products, the investment can be substantial.</div>
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Why do people spend money on these things? The answer is that they want to be beautiful. They want to be attractive to other people. Using beauty products can make you feel presentable to other people, and you might not be able to imagine life without them.</div>
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You may never have considered another beauty factor, though. No matter how much money you spend on beauty products, you will only look beautiful if you are healthy on the inside. That's because your physical appearance is a direct reflection of the state of your health.</div>
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Have you ever woken up feeling sick in the morning? Chances are, despite all of your beauty products, someone looked at you and noticed that were not feeling well. They might have noticed that your skin was unusually pale or flushed, that you were sweating, or that you seemed to be dragging.</div>
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If you've had that experience, you can understand how your health can be seen on the outside. Think about how it affects your skin. If you are feeling healthy and strong, you will have a healthy skin tone and coloration. Your skin will have more natural elasticity and will not look as wrinkly or puffy as it might on a sick day. Your skin cells will also replenish quickly, which makes your skin smooth and soft.</div>
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Your health can be seen in your teeth, too. You will not have as much tooth decay if you are healthy because your body will be more successful at killing harmful bacteria. You will have firm pink gums, free of infection. A beautiful smile is a healthy smile.</div>
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Your hair, too, reflects the level of your health. If you are healthy, your hair will be thick, shiny, and bouncy. If your health is suffering, though, your hair will thin out and look dull. It will not have the same shine.</div>
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Beauty products cannot cover up poor health. No matter how much cream you rub onto your skin or how much hair spray you apply, you will not look as beautiful if you are not healthy. So, if you want to look good, prioritize your health first. Make sure to eat a nutritious diet and to get plenty of exercise. Get a proper amount of sleep, too. Taking these simple steps may do more for you than you might expect. Simply improving your health also improves your beauty.</div>
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GR.TOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034697741023554038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351967356236768610.post-79869979354819966112013-05-02T17:08:00.001-07:002013-05-02T17:08:07.904-07:00How to Stop Aging Now - Tips For Ageless Health and Beauty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Are you looking for a miraculous way to fight off the ill effects of aging? Well, instead of magic pills, you may want to look in your refrigerator first to see what fruits and vegetables you have available. After all, they are rich in vitamins and minerals that fight off the ill effects of aging, as well as combating unsightly fat and wrinkles.</div>
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You most certainly want to postpone having too many wrinkles and creases and of course you also want to be fit and healthy. You probably know that health experts recommend that you exercise regularly, watch your diet, and sleep eight hours a day. However, magazine articles and TV ads will tell you another story. They tell you to use anti aging cosmetics, drugs, and even plastic surgery. Who are you going to listen to - health experts or sales people?</div>
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If you just get back to the basics and eat healthy, natural foods and exercise, experts believe you can look and feel years younger than your actual age. All you have to do is pay attention to what you are putting into your body and eat nutritious, natural foods.</div>
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Eat plenty of foods that are rich in Vitamin B such as fish, poultry, leafy green vegetables, eggs, beans and peas. These foods will help with preventing memory loss and will also lower your chances of getting cardiac disease. After all, would you rather be a bumbling, forgetful, sickly person as you age or do you want to eat healthy foods to stave off these obvious signs of aging?</div>
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You will also want to eat foods that are rich in Vitamin D so that you will have strong bones. As we age, our bones do get brittle and break more easily. Prevent the fragility by eating foods that are rich in Vitamin D including milk, eggs and fish. Whole grains instead of processed breads and pastas will help prevent cardiovascular diseases, control blood sugar and aid in having a healthy digestive tract. Who would not want to be active and vital instead of having to stay near a bathroom because of a problematic digestive system?</div>
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Do you want the most bang for your entire bodies health and appearance? Then eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. They have no salt, cholesterol or fat but they do have vitamins and minerals that are important for you and your health. There are a multitude of other vitamins and minerals you can obtain from fruits and vegetables such as folic acid, iron and magnesium. They also contain anti-oxidants that help fight off disease and illness. If your diet is plentiful with vegetables and fruits, give yourself a pat on the back! You are on the right track to be healthy and youthful as you age.</div>
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Everyone knows that you must drink plenty of water to hydrate your body and skin. Water is a necessity for good health. Herbal and green teas have plenty of anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidants, and anti-aging ingredients. Teas also are known to promote weight loss, so if you do not drink teas now, add it to your diet pronto.</div>
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Can you imagine being healthy while only giving up one type of product? Then give up sugar! I cannot say enough about the ill affects of eating refined sugar. It is a poison which has been stripped of all nutritional benefits. If you want to be healthy, fit and have great skin too, stop eating refined sugar. Do the research, because you will find all the studies back me up on this. For your health, well-being and looks, dump it from your diet today!</div>
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Another thing that you must avoid is smoking. If you smoke, stop immediately: unless you want that nagging cough, shortness of breath, blackened lungs and a deeply wrinkled face! Instead of smoking, munch on foods that are healthy and take a long time to chew like an apple, celery or carrots. Or simply sip on a glass of water or tea.</div>
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Along with eating healthily, make sure that you are also exercising regularly. This will help you with stress and to maintain a healthy body weight. Exercising also increases your energy level and keeps you busy so you are not tempted to eat unhealthy foods and indulge in unhealthy activities!</div>
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Now that you know the anti aging process works from the inside out, you can choose to either work towards aging in a healthy or unhealthy way. You can choose to eat natural foods or you can continue to eat processed foods with all their unhealthy ingredients that quickly age you. You can choose to eat healthy, natural foods or spend thousands of dollars on drugs, anti-aging cosmetics, and cosmetic surgery that does nothing for an already unhealthy body.</div>
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It does not matter if you are 30 or 50, you can stop your aging time clock now. The choice is yours: be healthy, fit, and have an ageless, youthful look; or not. Why wait?</div>
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Since the earliest recorded history, colon cleansing regimens have been practiced in order to improve health and relieve various ailments. The ancient Greeks and Egyptians used enema therapy and colon hydrotherapy as part of their regular medical practice. Even in the colonial days of the United States, enemas and colonic therapies were considered a vital part of treating some diseases, staving off others and maintaining good overall health.</div>
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In the early 1900s, a prominent Battle Creek, Michigan physician, John H. Kellogg, reported outstanding results in patients with gastrointestinal ailments by applying a regimen of colonics; these remarkable results were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Spas in the Los Angeles area carry on this medical tradition, making it easier than ever to find a trusted colonics clinic in Sherman Oaks or other surrounding LA areas. Spas specializing in colon hydrotherapy serve the entire surrounding community, providing healthful services such as colonics. LA residents are now able to use this time-tested procedure to get fit and healthy.</div>
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Colon hydrotherapy offers hope to patients suffering from certain gastrointestinal disorders and can provide relief from discomfort and pain, especially with repeated treatments. The process is usually free from any discomfort, and it's as easy as 1, 2, 3.</div>
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Step #1 - Patients typically are asked to lie facing upward on a specially-designed table while wearing a gown much like those used in hospital settings.</div>
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Step #2 - A speculum is then inserted into the opening to the colon and a hose is attached to push water gently into the colonic area.</div>
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Step #3 - Normal colon movements and the gentle water pressure cleans the interior of the colon, washing away impurities, undigested food and built-up fecal matter.</div>
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This process is intended to detoxify the digestive system and improve overall health throughout the body.</div>
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Colonics are especially useful for those who consume a significant amount of highly-processed foods or red meat in their diet. These materials can create blockages or simply remain undigested in the colon for long periods of time. Colonic treatments can remove these impurities and leave clients feeling refreshed and healthy. Beginning a regular regimen of colonic cleansings can improve overall energy levels and increase stamina. Additionally, some patients may see major or minor improvements in existing gastrointestinal disorders, depending on the degree of the ailment.</div>
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The knowledgeable professionals at wellness spas can design a colonic health care program specifically to fit each client's unique needs and lifestyle. By working together with wellness professionals, clients can improve their health, energy levels and lives.</div>
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Much like organic food, organic beauty products should be made with ingredients that are certified organic, cosmetics and skin care products can be certified through the same processes used for food and the best way to know that you are getting an organic skin care product is to look for the USDA organic seal which means that the product has met the standards of the National Organic Program, the seal can legally be used on products labeled "100% organic" which means what it says or "organic" at least 95% organic products. Products labeled "made with organic ingredients" cannot carry the seal, but they must have at least 70% organic ingredients.</div>
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Organic is defined as follows: Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, bioengineering, or ionizing radiation so before a product can be labeled 'organic,' a government-approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to make sure the farmer is following all the rules necessary to meet USDA organic standards. What this means for organic skin products is that the farms that make a product's raw ingredients must use organic farming practices, in addition, the product itself must be produced in a way that keeps the ingredients organic, generally, this means that no chemicals are added during the manufacturing process.</div>
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Here are some popular organic beauty products you could lay your hand on:</div>
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Jason red elements - Jason products are well known in the organic sector, their new line "Red Elements" is infused with not green, but red tea and both the cleanser and toner have shown promise. Nature's gate organics forget your line wrinkles diffuser - Helps relax facial muscles to decrease the appearance of fine lines.</div>
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Zia oat milk detoxifying mask - Best for soothing sensitive or irritated skin, perfect for anyone with problem or sensitive skin and ideal for those with rosacea or eczema as well. Avalons organic renewal and vitality facial cleansing gel - Fine for normal to dry skin, but it also helps soothe sensitive skin too, the mild formula is fine for daily use.</div>
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Silky underwear - An innovative product by LUSH made with cocoa butter, jasmine, and cornstarch, it is a perfect body powder for the hot summer months when moisturizer is too much.</div>
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Burt's Bees head to toe starter kit - Experience a tidbit of everything Burt's Bees has to offer with this kit full of sampler size products, it works well as a gift or as a travel kit for yourself.</div>
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L'Occitane shea butter - This is one of the most famous products by L'Occitane, nonetheless, they offer a wide range of quality products for your skin including a new Grape Body Care line.</div>
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Kiss my face moisture shave in lavender and shea butter - Moisturizer for dry skin and great for warding of razor burn or infections from razor cuts.</div>
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Kiss my face shampoo - Kiss my face is not only organic, but also affordable, lots of types to choose from, all kinds of conditioners and different hair needs addressed.</div>
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Burt's Bees shampoo - Both the shampoo and Burt's Bees conditioners combat different issues from dull hair to color treated hair, they work and smell great and aren't too expensive.</div>
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Smooth skin is achieved when proper care is taken of the skin, for the face, normal skin - A mild facial scrub helps keep skin soft and smooth; try Aveeno Skin Brightening Daily Scrub with moisture-rich soy. Acne-prone skin, wash your face with a beta-hydroxy-acid cleanser that penetrates pores, removing dirt and oil like Biore Blemish Fighting Cleanser. Skin with fine lines - Alpha-hydroxy acids digest the cement that keeps dead skin cells attached to one another and makes lines more visible; try Peter Thomas Roth AHA/BHA Face & Body Polish.</div>
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Sensitive skin Products containing lactic acid are gentle exfoliators; opt for Chanel Maximum Radiance Delicate Exfoliator. For your body, normal skin - because body skin is thicker than facial skin, rough exfoliant like salt scrubs and crushed natural ingredients like nuts are most effective; try Bath & Body Works True Blue Spa There is the Rub Salt Scrub or Les Elixirs Sweet Orange Exfoliating Cream. Rough skin - Use AHA body products on rough areas like elbows, knees and feet; use Estee Lauder Body Smoother Exfoliating Crème. Sensitive skin - Body exfoliators with jojoba beads are gentle; Murad Exfoliating Body Cleansing Gel also includes chamomile and calendula, both anti-irritants. If you have flesh-colored bumps, up to 40 percent of adults suffer from keratosis pilaris, tiny bumps on the upper outer arms and thighs, the condition is genetically inherited and caused when the skin's top layers don't slough off normally, the hair follicles are elevated above the surrounding skin, resulting in a dead-skin-cell backlog.</div>
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Over-the-counter remedy Dermatologist Bruce Katz, M.D., director of the JUVA Skin & Laser Center in New York City, recommends using moisturizers with skin-exfoliating AHAs, try BeneFit Wonderbod, it will help make the surface less rough. For ingrown hairs, that is, people with dark wiry body hair are more prone to these often-painful bumps that frequently appear after waxing or shaving, when growing hair is blocked by dead skin cells or curls at the skin's surface so the tip re-enters the follicle, the follicle and surrounding skin can become infected, causing the bump. Over-the-counter remedy Aida Thibiant, owner of Thibiant Beverly Hills Day Spa in California advises clients to use an exfoliating product and loofah on the area, it takes longer on the arms and butt, she says, but it will make ingrown hairs disappear.</div>
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Also apply products with pore-de-clogging salicylic acid to the area daily; try Neutrogena Men Skin Clearing Astringent After Shave. And if you have warts - warts are caused by a viral infection that gives rise to a growth, it is a common problem and they are easy to contract, particularly in places you walk barefoot, like a yoga center or locker room, warts can be contagious both to other people and to you, they can spread to other areas of your body. Over-the-counter remedy "Covering a wart with a bandage stops the possibility of it spreading, Drugstore treatments like DuoFilm are good options for warts on hands and feet, but for more sensitive areas like the face, visit a dermatologist.</div>
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Maintaining a clear skin is not as difficult and expensive as people make it to look and sound, there are some little tips to make your skin appear clear and beautiful in no time, first of all, if your skin is not clean it can never be clear, wash your face in the morning when you wake up, and again before bedtime, always use an antibacterial facial soap, there are many good products on the market these days, priced to suit any income, do not wash your face more than two times every day, over-cleansing can dry out your skin, which can cause your pores to produce more oil.</div>
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Use your fingertips or a washcloth, avoid scrubbing your skin as this also can cause your pores to over-produce oil. Always use an SPF facial moisturizer after you wash your face even if your skin is very oily, you should use a moisturizer as it helps achieve balance and even out skin tone, but make sure your moisturizer is oil-free, or non-comedogenic so it will not clog your pores and make sure any make-up you use is non-comedogenic. Also avoid getting hair products like hairspray or gel on your skin; try not to touch your skin with your hands during the day because oil and germs from your fingers can cause pimples.</div>
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And the final tip and most important tip for clear skin is - DO NOT squeeze pimples! Yes, it is tempting but squeezing a pimple will only make it get worse and take longer to clear and it bruises the skin, causes scarring, and can spread bacteria, causing more pimples. These simple, easy to follow tips will help you see clear, beautiful skin, sooner than you ever thought was possible. Daily use of sunscreen will help prevent irregular pigmentation from occurring; also tretinon-applied daily for many months will treat irregular pigmentation. To keep facial lines from setting in around your mouth, over-exaggerate smiling, and then gnash your teeth together. Repeat each motion 24 times.</div>
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To prevent a wrinkled neck, sweep your hands up under your chin and down again. Repeat 12 times. Rosewater can also be used as a home treatment, rosewater is filled with vitamin B, E, and k, and it is a good cleansing astringent as it wipes away gently the dirt and oil while nourishing the skin. You can also try moisturizing with natural emollient coconut oil, this exfoliates the outer layer of a dead skin while protecting it and moisturizing it and making it firmer, smoother and stronger, lastly a mixture of milk and honey, milk has lactic acid which is a natural exfoliant filled with vitamins and softener which helps in peeling the top layer of the skin while honey is a natural antibacterial and antiseptic agent that can help cleanse and shrink the pores while clearing it. Do not use moisturizers that contain mineral oils and other natural ingredients that have oil in it, as this will clog your pores the more so the general rule is to make sure the product is oil free for people with oily skin and vice versa for people with dry skin.</div>
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Acne is a skin condition that causes spots; most people affected by acne are aged between 12 and 25, however, men and women in their 30s and 40s can also suffer from acne, there are many treatments available to help deal with the condition. To maintain a clear acne skin, here are some tips to take note of: clean your skin gently - if you have acne, you should gently wash your face with a mild cleanser, once in the morning and once in the evening, as well as after heavy exercise, wash your face from under the jaw to the hairline and be sure to thoroughly rinse your skin, note that using strong soaps or rough scrub pads is not helpful and can actually make the problem worse, astringents are also not recommended unless the skin is very oily and then they should be used only on oily spots.</div>
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Avoid frequent handling of the skin - avoid rubbing and touching skin lesions, squeezing, pinching or picking blemishes can lead to the development of scars or dark blotches. Shave skin carefully - men who shave and who have acne should test both electric and safety razors to see which is more comfortable, when using a safety razor, make sure the blade is sharp and soften your beard thoroughly with soap and water before applying shaving cream, shave gently and only when necessary to reduce the risk of nicking blemishes. Avoid a sunburn or a suntan - many of the medicines used to cure a pimples can make you more prone to sunburn, a sunburn that reddens the skin or suntan that darkens the skin may make blemishes less visible and make the skin feel drier but these benefits are only temporary and there are known risks of excessive sun exposure, such as more rapid skin aging and a risk of developing skin cancer.</div>
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And lastly don't ever forget to choose your cosmetics carefully - while undergoing acne treatment you may need to change some of the cosmetics you use, all cosmetics, such as foundation, blush, eye shadow, moisturizers, and hair-care products should be oil free, choose products labeled non-comedogenic "meaning they do not promote the formation of closed pores", in some people, however, even these products may make acne worse. There are a vast variety of clear skin tips or ways to clear up acne, but not all are effective. Acne soaps and cleansers are the most important products but people ignore its importance. Although soaps and cleaners are common, they eliminate root causes of acne breakouts.</div>
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Smooth acne skin can be achieved when proper care is taken of the skin, for the face, a mild facial scrub helps keep skin soft and smooth; try Aveeno Skin Brightening Daily Scrub with moisture-rich soy and if your skin type is acne-prone, wash your face with a beta-hydroxy-acid cleanser that penetrates pores, removing dirt and oil like Biore Blemish Fighting Cleanser. When you follow all these steps including eating a healthy diet, you are well on your way to maintaining your acne skin and reducing blemishes.</div>
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<strong>The best food and exercise will not be beneficial if your body can not take full advantage of it.</strong></div>
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<i>"The average Canadian has more than hockey in his blood; there are also flame retardants, stain removers, heavy metals, PCBs and volatile organic compounds, says an environmental group. ..." - November 10, 2005 "OTTAWA (CP)</i></div>
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Detoxification is a normal body process of eliminating toxins through the colon, liver, kidneys, lymph and skin which is incredibly essential for good health. And while the body also needs good nutrition and exercise to remain healthy, it will be unable to fully utilize even the best nutritional foods if it is congested and it will certainly not be as receptive to exercise if the metabolism is sluggish.</div>
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Detoxifying your body will promote an increase in energy, improve disease resistance and is an excellent path to improved health. It is amazing how many health problems disappear after one completes a good cleanse.</div>
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Not only is "cleanliness next to godliness", it is also vital for good health. Today, everyone understands the importance of being clean. We wash our bodies, clothes, dishes and floors. We vacuum our carpets and dust our furniture.</div>
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If only we paid as much attention to cleaning our bodies on the inside. This simple yet vital process is known as cleansing or detoxification. Now is the perfect time to leave the overindulgences of summer behind by creating a new you with a health-enhancing cleanse. If you</div>
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<li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Concerned you look and feel older than you are?</li>
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<strong>Do not expect to experience optimum health and vitality if your body is polluted.</strong></div>
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Compare your body to a car that has a dirty air filter and oil that needs to be changed. The car no longer burns fuel efficiently and the overall performance suffers as a result. Once the air filter is replaced and the oil is changed, the engine burns much more efficiently and optimum power is restored.</div>
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Just as a car engine needs cleaned periodically, so do our bodies because they become clogged with toxins. Toxins are ingested into our bodies on a daily basis. They are in the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, and in the cleaning products we use. Man contributes 700,000 tons of pollutants into our air everyday. Unhealthy diets, overuse of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications also play a role in the pollution of our bodies.</div>
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Toxin build-up can contribute to such things as asthma, allergies, poor circulation, depression, bad breath, bloating, indigestion, premature aging, chronic and degenerative diseases, learning disabilities, skin problems, an overall loss of energy/vitality and weight gain issues.</div>
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A gentle natural cleanse can be your quickest path to feeling better and looking great.</div>
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Diane McLaren C.C.Ir, R.N.C.P. For a free blueprint of your health in under 30 minutes visit <a href="http://www.healthyyounaturally.com/" style="color: #1900ff;" target="_new">http://www.healthyyounaturally.com</a> As a Natural Health Practitioner and Wellness Coach, Diane incorporates her knowledge of Western and Eastern natural health philosophies to integrate her certifications in Clinical Iridology, Nutrition, Herbs, Reflexology, Kinesiology, Biochemical Blood Analysis and Sclerology for her clients and students.</div>
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I invite you to discover for yourself just how effective and rewarding a natural approach to health can be.</div>
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It is well known that what we consume is reflected in our health and wellbeing and of course the way we look not only whether or not we are overweight but it can have a bearing too on our complexion and on the look of our hair.</div>
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When there is not enough to go round all food is good but it is a fact that today probably many of us eat too much.</div>
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So what then is a good and sensible eating plan that will not only be nutritious but that will make you look and feel good too?</div>
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Firstly cut out as much sugar as possible it increases insulin levels and that in turn weakens the immune system, causes you to feel low and creates havoc with your skin cells particularly collagen, the skin's structural support . Think Wrinkles and Sugar when you have your tea with sugar!</div>
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Much of the massed produced food we eat today can be of poorer quality than that of bygone years, yes it will satisfy your hunger but maybe not give you the nourishment you need for feeling and looking good. The nutrients in the food could well have been reduced or even sometimes removed by rigorous production and processing methods.</div>
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Eat the way nature intended, processed food should be avoided where possible and avoid junk foods, stick to vegetables, fruits (raw fruit and vegetables can be beneficial too), grains, seeds and pulses, oily fish and a little meat and cheese. Mediterranean diets are said to be the healthiest so don't forget the olive oil! OK yes, olive oil is a fat but it's a healthy fat, one of the omega groups of essential fatty acids.</div>
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The discussion next turns to organic foods, yes these are more expensive but they are never the less free of pesticides, antibiotics and growth hormones that may well in some cases be harmful to health. Organic food does often taste much better too.</div>
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Try shopping around; farm shops may be worth a try and of course how about a try at growing your own it can not only be healthier but also self satisfying. If you eat lots of meats and you want to try organic you might like to cut down and not use meat as a centrepiece of too many meals.</div>
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Try eating three or four light meals a day rather than one two heavy meals, ensure that you never miss out on breakfast. Eat your last meal of the day around two hours or so before bedtime.</div>
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Some of this may help you not only stay in shape, it may well help you feel good, give you more energy, more sparkle and even give you a shine to your hair and a glow to your skin.</div>
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Health and Magnificence are closely associated. One can't assume to be stunning with out functioning on preserving great wellness, and vice versa. Well being means getting a system that performs efficiently; and beauty is the outward manifestation of great well being.</div>
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Inadequate wellness can be visible and as a result impacts your attractiveness, or the way you look to other folks. Some obvious outward indications of poor wellbeing and elegance are dark circles close to the eyes, weight problems, acne, hair loss and dry pores and skin. Some much less apparent indicators are bright fingernails or bright dots on fingernails, creases involving the eyes, brittle head of hair and dandruff.</div>
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These signs prove the relationship involving wellness and elegance. They could be indicating an underlying problem. For illustration, darkish circles beneath the eyes could show liver toxicity, thyroid or kidney problems. White colored bands close to the fingertips or bright white dots on fingernails could show bad circulation, and even coronary heart diseases. Horizontal ridges on nails could point out inadequate absorption of proteins and nutritional vitamins. Inability to shed excess weight could indicate improper ingesting behavior, genetic back links and a host of healthcare circumstances.</div>
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In this article are some well being and attractiveness guidelines:</div>
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- Drinking a lot of drinking water for well being and elegance is some thing that can not be underestimated. Although a basic rule of thumb is ingesting eight glasses of water a day, the sum varies from individual to man or woman.</div>
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- For perfect well being and beauty, you should integrate 30 minutes of exercising 3 to 5 occasions a week. A sedentary life-style can lead to weight problems.</div>
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- Your way of life and eating behavior play a quite critical position in preserving wellness and attractiveness. Consume a wholesome balanced diet plan, and steer clear of smoking and as well a lot alcohol.</div>
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- Deal with tension. Analysis has proven that music helps you unwind and alleviate strain.</div>
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- Wellness and attractiveness spas aid you loosen up and have an invigorating effect physically and mentally</div>
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Organic Coconut oil is fast becoming renowned for it huge health benefits. For generations it has been effectively used to feed, fuel and cure a large percentage of the world's population, especially in the Asian and Pacific countries. The Coconut itself possesses many health benefits due to its content of fibre, vitamins and nutritional content, Coconut water is a healthy nutrient packed drink while the flesh itself is packed with nutrients and vitamins. However, the virgin coconut oil that is pressed from the flesh of the coconut is what is a truly remarkable food and medicine.</div>
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Years ago Coconut oil used to be regarded as oil, high in saturated fat and therefore not good for our diet. However, recent studies have shown that this wonderful oil is a different sort of saturated fat that reacts differently in our bodies. It's all to do with the type of fat molecule that is present in the oil. Coconut oil is composed predominately of medium-chain fatty acids, while most of the saturated and unsaturated fats found in our daily diet consists of long-chain fatty acids.</div>
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There is a difference between the two. Medium chain fatty acids do not have a negative effect on cholesterol and actually help protect against heart disease. They help to lower the risk of both atherosclerosis and heart disease. It is primarily due to these medium chain fatty acids makes this oil so special and so beneficial for health. Coconut oil is anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial and it may also be able to boost energy levels and endurance. It is not stored like other fats and actually breaks down much quicker within the liver and used like a carbohydrate.</div>
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It also increases your metabolism that, which is great for anyone wanting to lose weight. This oil helps in improving the digestive system and absorption of fat soluble vitamins, minerals and amino acids thus prevents various stomach and digestion related problems including irritable bowel syndrome. This oil contains high levels of anti-oxidants which help protect the body from free radicals and prevent degenerative diseases and premature aging. Topically Virgin Coconut oil also has many uses. Massaged into the hair and skin it promotes healthy hair and a glowing complexion.</div>
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Regular massage of the head with coconut oil ensures that your scalp is free of dandruff, it is a wonderful massage oil for the skin. It acts as an effective moisturizer on all types of skins including dry skin. It also helps in treating various skin problems including psoriasis, dermatitis, eczema and other skin infections. Therefore, coconut oil forms the basic ingredient of various body care products such as soaps, lotions, creams, etc., used for skin care.</div>
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Coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, which is known for being antiviral, antibacterial and anti fungal, and contains no trans fat. With so many benefits and uses this oil is being touted as the new wonder oil. With so many fans including the likes of Miranda Kerr and Elsa Pataky this oil is becoming a part of many people's daily routine whether for health or beauty, it renders great benefits.</div>
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GR.TOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034697741023554038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351967356236768610.post-3999367724012336362013-05-02T17:04:00.001-07:002013-05-02T17:04:24.693-07:00A Trip to a Health and Beauty Spa Can Be For Many Different Reasons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There are a large range of ideas, packages and themes that you and your friends can book into a spa for and below are some ideas about spa days you can organise for your family, friends or even colleagues!</div>
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Exclusively For You - Sometimes its nice to do something just for you and what more could you ask for than spending a morning, afternoon or day at a luxurious spa, relaxing, unwinding and just looking after yourself. Everyone needs a break from the day to day stresses of life and spending some time treating yourself is exactly what you need ready to take on the days ahead!</div>
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<strong>Mother And Daughter Package</strong> - Mother and daughter bonding can be an amazing thing, especially if time has been to scarce to really spend that time together. Going to a spa can help you to connect again and by doing this surrounded by beautiful scenery and amazing treatments, what more could you both ask for?</div>
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<strong>Birthday/Special Day Package </strong>- As we get older, presents often become much harder to choose, but any woman of any age will love a day at the spa, relaxing and taking in some of the treatments and beauty therapies on offer. Not only will the lucky recipient have the joy of receiving this present on their big day, but they will also be able to look forward to the spa day in the future as well.</div>
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<strong>Bridal Bliss Package</strong> - Weddings can be stressful and tiring, not only for the bride but for all of the family. Taking the whole group down to the spa for a day will allow you to let everyone relax and enjoy themselves and at the same time you can treat yourselves to some beauty treatments to make sure you are looking amazing for the big day.</div>
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<strong>Mystery Spa Day</strong> - If you are struggling to come up with a day out for your friends or family, why not surprise them by booking a mystery day and leading them all to a spa. Once they arrive they will know they are in for a day of treatments, massages, beauty therapy and much more and by the end of it, they probably will not want to leave.</div>
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<strong>Corporate Leadership Day</strong> - Corporate days do not have to be spent running around in fields and working out how to build rafts to cross a river. Why not take your employees or colleagues for an amazing day out at the spa, helping them to relax and unwind in between having a chat about work and planning for the future. A day at the spa can help your staff and team feel refreshed and re-motivated, ready to take on the challenges that lay ahead.</div>
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Sometimes life gets in your way and no matter how much you try to look after yourself, you just don't have the time or money to go to a spa and be pampered.</div>
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Have you noticed how good you feel when you leave the hairdressers, or have a manicure? You feel lighter and radiate from the inside out. Or maybe you meet your work colleagues for a night out after a heavy day at work and return home refreshed and glad to reconnect with your colleagues on a different level.</div>
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Taking time to look after yourself, to reconnect and renew relationships with family, friends and loved ones helps you to stay grounded, to feel alive and more in the flow of life.</div>
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How often have you said to yourself 'I don't have time, energy or money to look after myself?' If this sounds like you, here are three easy ways to ensure you have the energy, time and money to always care for yourself.</div>
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1. When you wake up, spend the first few minutes of your day laying in bed. Focus on your breathing and just listen to the way you are breathing, listen to the sounds you can hear in and around your room, just listen and breathe. Turn your attention to the thoughts flowing through your mind and just for a few moments, make a conscious effort to think of three things going on in your life which makes you feel glad and happy or three things you can do today that captures the joy and beauty in your life. Breathe deeply and see yourself completing these projects and allow that feel good feeling to flow through your body.</div>
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2. Create space in your day to stop and feel the beauty and sacredness of nature. Even if you live in a busy inner city like I do, look for the beauty and intricate patterns of the buildings and shop windows. Every time you find yourself sinking into negativity make an effort to tune in to your heart and remember how good and great you felt laying in bed that morning. Use that early morning experience as an anchor to keep you feeling buoyant and energised during your day.</div>
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3. Before you go to bed, spend a few moments in quiet reflection reviewing your day. During this time, again focus on your breath, allow your mind to scan through your day, what were the high points and low points? What did you do, where did you go, and who did you meet who made you feel complete, whole and happy? Say a quiet thank you for all these moments and just know that as you give thanks you are setting yourself up to receive more love, light and beauty in your life.</div>
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The more time you spend focusing on the above three points, the easier it becomes for you to feel you have the space, time and energy to pamper, care and nurture your mind, body and soul. Be gentle on yourself and please, let me know which of the three points you find most useful.</div>
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GR.TOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034697741023554038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351967356236768610.post-58537673517342604562013-05-02T17:03:00.001-07:002013-05-02T17:03:28.569-07:00Health and Beauty Benefits of Clay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Clay has long been recognized by many ancient civilizations not just for its usefulness in pottery and ceramics, but also for its healing and restorative powers. The material derived from earth is made of inorganic and organic microscopic particles that impart its variable properties, usually making clay an essential medical and beauty tool. Nowadays, clay masks are popular in the cosmetic industry for its beauty enhancing properties.</div>
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There are many types of clay beneficial to human health. A popular example of healing clay is Bentonite (Montmorillonite) which comes from volcanic ash and is ingested to prevent absorption of toxins in the alimentary tract, such as in cases of mercury poisoning. Bentonite is also said to contain over 70 trace minerals, making it a dietary supplement for people with mineral deficiency. It is also used to treat diarrhea, hemorrhoids, anemia, and other intestinal problems. French Green Clay or Illite is another example of clay used for its medicinal and skin rejuvenating properties.</div>
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Like Bentonite, Illite contains many trace minerals in addition to organic matter. Trace minerals include calcium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, zinc, selenium, aluminium, magnesium, silicon, manganese, and copper among others; illite's organic composition is phytonutrients from kelp and microscopic algae. Illite is used for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic value, treating muscle aches and rheumatism; aesthetically, French Green Clay is a popular clay mask, known for its ability to absorb toxins from the skin and improve circulation.</div>
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Aside from those mentioned above, clays are known to have the following properties that deem them useful in maintaining a healthy, as well as beautiful, well-being:</div>
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Cleanses and detoxifies - a certain study found that French Green Clay is not only a valuable revitalizing beauty mask, but is also an effective and cheap wastewater cleaner. Similarly, this can be ingested, like Bentonite, to rid the body of heavy metal and other toxins. Just mix the clay powder with about 8 ounces of water and drink in an empty stomach. For a beautifying treatment, clay has a negative electrical charge that allows prodigious absorption of toxins from the skin. Fuller's Earth Clay and Rhassoul clay are used as clay masks to absorb excess oil from the skin.</div>
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Exfoliates - Clay masks like those made from French Green Clay, Kaolin (White Cosmetic Clay), Rhassoul, and Fuller's Earth Clay are naturally grainy, thus allowing them to gently slough away the upper layer of dead skin cells. Exfoliation is an important step in skin care regimens as it removes dead skin that can potentially clog the pores, while revealing the smooth, healthy layer. This is recommended once or twice a week.</div>
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Improves Circulation - clays are known to draw out toxins from the bloodstream, thus improving circulation. Bentonite, Kaolin, and Green clays are used as beauty masks to tone and smoothen the skin as well as improve circulation. Some recommend calcium Bentonite for treating spider veins and varicose veins.</div>
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Provides essential trace minerals - as mentioned earlier, clays have variable mineral content, and many types have been found to provide the adequate amount of trace minerals needed by the body. Green clay and Bentonite may be ingested to supply the body of its copper and manganese requirement, minerals that are scarce in food but are needed by the body in small amounts.</div>
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Personal care products help us to improve hair, skin, health and fitness. These items can improve are lives and the way in which we live them. These products have come a long way over the years and definitely make our personal hygiene chores a lot easier.</div>
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Hair removal products have always been an interest for both men and women. Women want those smooth silkily legs without having to shave with a razor blade everyday. One of the first hair removal products I can remember was nair. "Who wears short shorts", commercial ad comes to mind. Nair is a lotion that dissolves the hair.</div>
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What sophisticated products do we have today for hair removal? Well for one the electric razors have come a long way. They claim to leave your skin smooth and soft and to give you closest shave ever. I lost track I think we are up to 7 blades now. The ePen is a home electrolysis system which permanently removes unwanted hair. The ePad extra large body pads remove hair quickly and painlessly.</div>
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There is also an abundant of products to stop thinning hair. You don't have to join a hair club for men or go to the doctors and pay for hair transplants when there are so many products you can use right at home. There are special shampoos, conditioners, hair brushes and treatment solutions to try. These products claim you will get thicker, fuller and healthier looking hair.</div>
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What products do we have that fight signs of aging? A product called frownies gently re-educates the underlying muscles to give you a more relaxed and natural, appearance to help with the removal of wrinkles and frown lines. There is also numerous skin care lotions, creams, and sprays to apply to your skin. Some of these brand products are Youthful Essence, Sheer Cover, Aloette, NuGlow and this is just a real small sample.</div>
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Whether you are looking for the soothing relaxation and tension easing experience of a personal massager, or want to get a great looking tan, there are many great products designed to make this all possible in the comfort of your home. These products help to promote wellness in your life and improve your looks!</div>
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We all want to feel and look our best. Looking good can also mean feeling good!</div>
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The number of people interested in taking advantage from the health benefits of silica has increased more and more during the past years. There are 2 groups of people who are taking advantages of silica supplementation. We can include the ones who are only looking for improvements for their general health, and who use silica supplements as principal source of nourishment for the body. For instance, silica might be easily compared with the so recognized iron. In the second group, we can include people who are already suffering from various illnesses or health problems that need a silica supplementation in order to help the traditional treatment. Through these lines, we will discuss the second group because we are also going to investigate 4 types of health problems for which silica might be an extraordinary support.</div>
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Let's take osteoporosis, as an example. Silica is the leading mineral that deals with the main causes of osteoporosis. We all know this illness is one of the most agonizing and painful bone diseases that causes the bones to be the brittle and vulnerable to damage and injuries. You can benefits from silica in many different ways, when dealing with a disease such as osteoporosis and the first one would be to take action and increase the pace at which tissue mineralization takes place.</div>
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We all know that when osteoporosis starts to manifest, it means a bone demineralization started and a mineral supplementation is needed to guarantee some kind of help against this entire process. As said before, the only mineral capable of bone mineralization is silica. Also, we all know that a healthy bone tissue needs an adequate amount of minerals such as calcium and magnesium. The stability of these minerals is possible only if silica is also available, since the crucial hormonal balance that keeps these minerals in equilibrium is guaranteed only by silica mineral. This is quite an amazing fact, because silica deals with the ground-causes of osteoporosis and doesn't only take care of the symptoms.</div>
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Another important aspect, of which silica takes care when it comes to osteoporosis, is the one of strengthening the bones. All of us have a tendency of weak bones. When your bones crack easily or are extremely fragile, a silica supplementation is exactly what you need. The bone mineralization is highly important because it is the main thing that brings strength and durability.</div>
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Besides the osteoporosis issue, silica is also a great helper to the "skin sagging" problem, known to make a person's skin look much older than the actual age of that person. It is very easy to understand this because silica is the main mineral component responsible with the creation of collagen (this being the main connective tissue responsible of our skin's firmness and elasticity).</div>
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Silica has, furthermore, an important role in beauty. You probably noticed that, as you grow older, your hair and nails don't look the same as they used to, when you were younger. Well, you can deal with this beauty problem by only applying a silica supplementation that will fight the hair and nails' thinning you might be experiencing.</div>
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Acupressure is an ancient healing technique using the fingers (vs. needles) to stimulate acupuncture points. It is used for general health preservation and the self-treatment of disease. The 7 key acupressure points explained below effectively stimulate the body's natural self-curative abilities.</div>
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Acupressure is best known for its ability to alleviate physical pain. For issues such as headaches and back pain, acupressure is extremely effective. For issues of emotional pain, the positive effects of acupressure is only starting to get the attention it deserves.</div>
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In addition to its applications for pain, acupressure points have been used as a beauty treatment for thousands of years. An acupressure beauty treatment enhances muscle tone, relieves stress, and increases circulation.</div>
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There are 7 key acupressure points every woman should stimulate daily for overall emotional health and long lasting beauty;</div>
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1. Zu San Li - Relieves worry, pensiveness, and over-thinking which leads to deep wrinkles on the forehead, digestive pain, headaches, and fatigue. The Zu San Li point is located 3 inches below the knee cap, and one finger breadth lateral to the shin bone.</div>
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2. Tai Chong - Relieves anger, irritability, and impatience which leads to permanent furrows between the eyebrows, acne, PMS, and irregular menstrual cycles. The Tai Chong point is located between the big toe and the second toe, approx. 1 inch inward from the webbing on the top of the foot.</div>
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3. San Yin Jiao - Relieves all fear, anger, and worry related emotions. These emotions ultimately rob their possessor of leading a fulfilling life. They may also cause urinary problems, high blood pressure, and thyroid conditions, just to name a few. The San Yin Jiao point is located 3 inches above the inner ankle bone, just behind the shin bone.</div>
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4. Yang Ling Quan - Relieves timidity and aids in making decisions. The classic 'hunch-back' may be a result of not taking charge of your life. This acupressure point should always be used if physical pain is present. The Yang Ling Quan point is located just below the knee cap, between the head of the fibula bone (on the outside of the leg) and the shin bone.</div>
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5. Nei Guan - Relieves anxiety, shallow breathing, and stress which leads to palpitations, circulatory problems, and neck tension. The Nei Guan point is located on the inside of the wrist, 2 inches from the crease of the wrist (toward the elbow) and between the 2 major tendons that can be felt in the middle of the arm.</div>
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6. Lie Que - Relieves sadness, grief, and depression. The vibrant magnetic aspect of a woman suffers most from these emotional issues. Poor posture, respiratory problems, and various skin conditions may be prevented with the use of this point. The Lie Que point is located on the thumb side of the wrist, beside the head of the radial bone (just below the base of the thumb) approx 1 inch from the crease of the wrist (toward the elbow).</div>
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7. He Gu - This point can be used for any emotional stress. It is very important for the health of the facial muscles and skin. It is also effective in relieving menstrual pain and problems with the large bowel. The He Gu point is located in the muscle between the thumb and the pointer finger.</div>
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When administering acupressure to these points, use enough pressure that there is slight discomfort but no pain. Apply this pressure for 20-30 seconds to each point, 2 times per day. Is should be noted that the above points are on both sides of the body.</div>
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Dr. Spence Pentland is a board licensed Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and certified Fellow of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine. Since 2004 Spence has focused exclusively on the treatment of reproductive disorders in both men and women in Vancouver Canada. To book an appointment or for a free 15 minute phone consultation visit <a href="http://drspencepentland.com/" style="color: #1900ff;" target="_new">www.drspencepentland.com</a>.</div>
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