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17 Ideas For Great Holiday Hair

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Friday, December 17th, 2010

By: Skye Irwin

When you are away from home in a different climate your hair will be subjected to weather it is not used to.

Your hair needs to be protected in the same way that you do with your skin. UV rays are very harmful to your hair affecting the pigment, strength, shine and vitality.

For your skin you take with you cleanser, moisturizer, sunscreen and after-sun lotions so for your hair take shampoo, conditioner, hair sunscreen and styling products.

Cold Climate

1. Cold temperatures weaken your hair and susceptible to damage. Flyaway hair tends to be subject to static. Hair should be well conditioned and protected by wearing a hat.

2. If you have frizzy hair use a leave-in conditioner and take a deep moisturizing mask with you on holiday. All hair types will benefit from using a heat protection spray and serum to keep the elements out and keep the moisture in.

Humid climate

3. Hair expands just like it does when it is wet in a humid climate. This will make your hair fluffy or if it is curly, frizzy.

4. For all hair types, a pre-holiday deep conditioning treatment is a must to nourish the hair and seal the cuticles, as you want to prevent excess moisture from entering the hair shaft.

5. If you have fine hair use a light leave-in conditioner from mid-way down the hair to the ends and use a serum to seal the ends after blow-drying, being careful not to overdo the serum on fine hair.

6. If you have curly and/or frizzy hair then you need to seal the cuticle (the outside of your hair) to minimize the additional frizziness that results in humid weather.

7. Use a leave-in conditioner very morning. Use an anti-frizz serum to coat and seal the cuticle.

Hot and dry climate

8. The sun strips the hair of its natural oils and dry heat increases this effect. UV rays attack your hair and the resulting free radicals damage the hair. The weakened cuticle causes the hair to become dehydrated, allows the bleaching and fading of the color pigment as well as split ends.

9. To protect your hair from sun damage wear a hat!

10. Deep conditioning your hair before your holiday is essential.

11. If you have fine hair use a wash your hair with a gentle shampoo and use a light leave-in conditioner with UV protection. Use a sun-protection spray containing a UV filter to screen your hair from the effects of the sun and seawater and re-apply after going in the sea.

12. If you have curly hair use a moisturizing shampoo and a leave-in conditioner to minimize dryness. Apply a nourishing hair mask whilst you are away to deep condition your hair. Use a sun-protection spray containing a UV filter to screen your hair from the effects of the sun and seawater and re-apply after going in the sea.

13. If you have frizzy hair use a sun-protection spray containing a UV filter to screen your hair from the effects of the sun and seawater and re-apply after going in the sea.Use a rich leave-in conditioner with UV protection each morning and apply a hair mask every other day during the holiday.

14. When you have been swimming in the sea always wash the salt out afterward.

15. Chlorine from the swimming pool is extremely damaging when combined with the effects of the sun, wet your hair in the shower before hand and protect your hair with a leave-in conditioner preferably one containing a UV filter. Wash your hair thoroughly after swimming.

16. Hair grips and bands are an extremely useful item to have on holiday and offer a quick-fix solution for hair care problems.

17. Don’t forget your travel plug to ensure that you can still use your hairdryer and other electric hairstyling equipment whilst abroad.

Bon Voyage!

About the author:
Skye Irwin operates the website HairCare Made Easy, you can get her Hair Care Made Easy book from http://www.haircaremade-easy.com/spage.html

Try out this gorgeous and easy holiday hair style:

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5 Beauty Secrets They Don’t Want You To Know

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Thursday, December 16th, 2010

By: Beth Scott

Imagine what you would do if you knew miracle working beauty secrets. And if you had the self confidence that comes with being beautiful.

Now before you laugh and say you’ll never be beautiful, listen up.

I know where you’re coming from! At one time I didn’t know any beauty secrets. Before I learned any beauty secrets I was plain, even bordering on ugly.

I had acne, chapped lips, weight issues, wardrobe disasters, and not so white teeth. But that’s all become past with the 5 beauty secrets that have changed my life.

I pulled through all of my beauty nightmares and learned some valuable beauty secrets as a result.

Now people are always commenting to me on my beauty. Saying I should be a model, etc…. And guys are no longer even an issue! I don’t have to look for them, they come to me.

It turns out the best beauty secrets are those that are won by personal knowledge and experience. Not just by reading general tips in magazines.

So by experimentation over the years and by perseverance, I’ve found out what really works and what doesn’t.

Beauty Secret 1: Unchap and beautify your lips.

For soft, beautifully kissable lips, you need the following: a washcloth (I’m not kidding either), warm water, and your favorite brand of lip balm.

First you apply a coat of lip balm, we love the Archipelago Botanicals Pomegranate Lip Butter. Then wet one corner of the washcloth, put the warm wet corner of the washcloth between your lips, press them together and hold for 5 seconds.

Then gently massage any remaining lip balm from lips with the wet corner of the washcloth, and dry lips with a corner that’s dry.

Apply lip balm again to keep your lips chap free. You may also apply lipstick or lip gloss on over the layer of lip balm.

I learned this was the best way to keep lips from chapping, after going through too many winters with dried, and chapped lips.

Beauty Secret 2: Clear your acne, and get beautiful skin.

For clear glowing skin, a little home remedy does wonders for my complexion, as it should with yours too.

Steam your face for 20 minutes every night after washing it, then every other night after steaming your face, massage a half teaspoon Castor oil over face.

Leave it on at night while you sleep and wash off immediately upon waking.

Steam face for twenty more minutes in the morning after washing. When you finish steaming your face splash your face with cool water and dry it.

If your skin starts to show any signs of a pimple forming. Take one night off from steaming and applying Castor oil and apply Benzoyl Peroxide over face.

Take the next night off also from the steaming, Castor oil, and benzoyl peroxide. Continue facial regimen with steaming and Castor oil the following night.

This beauty secret will moisturize your face at the same time it will help clear up acne and pimples. But only if you work at it consistently.

Beauty Secret 3: Good taste in clothes.

When shopping for clothes try to stay away from really big prints, or weird mixes of colors (eg. green, pink and blue flowers combined on a white background, for instance).

Clothes like these just scream “I’m color blind!” And if you in fact, actually are color blind, always shop with a friend who isn’t and has good taste in clothes.

Buy basic colors. Solid reds, pinks, blues, whites, and blacks. Or things with small tasteful prints and designs.

Then mix and match each basic color with a corresponding one (blue goes well with white, pink, and sometimes with red, and different shades of the same color almost always go well together).

Put these beauty secrets to use, and start seeing the benefits today. Be sure to read Part 2 of this article, which contains the last 2 beauty secrets.

In Part 2, I’ll teach you the beauty secrets for whitening your smile without draining your bank account. And how to use clothes to your advantage by hiding figure flaws and defects.

About the author:
If you want to be gorgeous, visit Get Gorgeous Now. Where you’ll learn hair styling tips, wardrobe secrets, and much much more on whitening your teeth, improving the texture of your skin, and looking your best.

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Volumizing Hair Products Explained

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Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Women desire for having bouncy and vivacious tresses that can gain the attention of everyone. Women spend thousands of dollars in getting various hair treatments and products, to boost the volume of their thin, limp.

However, the best hair volumizing products are those which are strong to hold your hair in desired manner and lightweight enough so, it doesn’t flatten your style. Choosing volume boosting hair products according to your hair type and requirements will ensure that you’re your style attains the volume you desire, all day long.

Big attractive locks can only be attained by usage of an appropriate shampoo and conditioner, at regular basis. Always go with volumizing formulas, in shampoos and conditioners, as they will plump up the hair fibers and enhance the volume. Moreover, a good quality lightweight conditioner can do wonders in boosting up the volume of the hair. Conditioner must be applied at the hair ends, so that they can moisturize and nourished the hair ends. However, people with thin limp hair should prefer regular use of leave-in conditioner, so that hair and scalp are thoroughly moisturized but are not weigh down.

Moreover, several hair styling products including mousse provides a variety of holding strength of the hair. People with thin hair, should opt for lighter formula, whereas, people with coarse hair must go with strong holding varieties. Mousse must be applied after dampening, starting from roots down the hair length for attaining optimum results. Furthermore, volumizing spray is an effective, lightweight, volumizing products. Spray volumizers are easy to use and is sprayed on damp hair, spray from roots to tips, and then style in any desired manner. Another effective alternative is the root lifting product, which is directly applied on the roots, to lift and enhance the volume of the root region. Root lifters are considered ideal for people possessing fine hair, to add density, body and shine to the hair. Moreover, blow drying hair in upside down direction enhances the volume.

However, the volumizing products must be applied according to the directions given at the label, to achieve maximum results. The main focus of the application must be the region, where you want more volume.

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Shaping the Perfect Eyebrows

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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

When you apply make up to your face, you may consider your eyebrows to have a minor importance on your overall look. The shape and color influence of your eyebrows reflects the expression and harmony of the face. You must know that eyebrows have an important role in your physiognomies.

Make-up is perfect only if your eye-brows are carefully arranged and corrected if necessary, to fit the harmony of your whole face. I highly recommended that you visit a well establish spa or salon and have the shape of you eyebrows be corrected to fit the shape of your face. However, if you would rather shape your eyebrows yourself, here’s some necessary information.

Just what are the qualities of perfect eyebrows?

First of all, every bit of your eyebrows must be equal and matched, they must be smooth and their color must be assorted to your face and eyes, not to unnatural hair color you have, but to the natural color of your hair. If you feel you must change their color then go to a salon and make them light brown if you are blonde or black if you are a brunette.

The eyebrows have three base points: the base – that is situated at the top of the nose, the middle- the most oblique part and the extremity. The perfect eyebrows are shaped as a comma, with the base of about 8mm and the extremity less thick of 2-3mm tops. The extremity has to line up with the base. if your eyebrows don’t look like this, they should be corrected, and if they are too rare, then a special pencil will be used to fill the empty spaces. The color of the pencil must fit the one of your hair.

To have shiny, smooth eyebrows comb them every night and massage them with a face cream. Be careful when adjusting your eyebrows: eyebrows that are too thick darken the face, those too slim make you look astonished all the time.

Depending on the shape of your face:
Round face: the eyebrows don’t need to be rounded and the correction has to be done as ascendant as possible. You will correct, going obliquely, the superior part of the base.
Square face: the eyebrows for this type of face are thick and horizontal. Therefore they need to be made less thick and their shape has to change.
Triangular face : the eyebrows must be oblique upwards and separated a little from the nose through correction
Diamond shaped face: the eyebrows will be corrected just a little, and made as oblique as possible.

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Top 10 Skin Care Tips

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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Healthy skin is really one of the most important ingredients for beauty-enhancement. This article on skin care tips is an effort to bring the 10 best skin care tips to you. The list of skin care tips has been restricted to 10 because anything more that that would not only be difficult to remember, but also shadow the more important skin care tips. So let’s see what these top ten skin care tips are:

* Knowing your skin type is one of the most important skin care tip. This is important because not every skin care product suits everyone. In fact, all the skin care products specify the type of skin they cater too.

* ‘Drink a lot of water’. This will not keep your skin moist but will help in overall upkeep of your health (and in turn your skin). It might seem a bit awkward to some, however, this is an important skin care tip.

* Cleanse your skin regularly (1-2 times everyday). A very effective skin care tip that helps in getting rid of the dirt and other harsh elements from your skin. Cleansing is especially important when you have been out of your house (and hence exposed to pollutants, dust etc). This skin care tip also advocates the use of Luke warm water for cleansing (hot and cold water, both, cause damage to your skin)

* Be gentle, after all it’s your skin. Don’t scrub/exfoliate too hard or too often. Similarly, don’t apply too much or too many skin care products. A must-to-follow skin care tip.

* Keep your skin moist at all times. This is one of the most important skin care tip. Don’t let your skin get dry. Dryness causes the outer layer of your skin to break, leading to a rough and unattractive appearance. Use moisturisers/ emollients. Moisturisers work best when applied while the skin is still damp.

* Avoid the use of soap on your face. Soap should only be used from below the neck. A small but important skin care tip.
* Use sunscreen to protect yourself from sun’s harmful UV radiations. You can use day-time moisturisers that have sunscreen built into them. Use them even when it’s cloudy. UV radiations are known to cause skin cancer, so follow this skin care tip without fail.

* A bit of exercise and good sleep are essential too, not just for skin care but for your health as a whole. Lack of sleep can lead to formation of wrinkles below your eyes and lack of exercise can cause your skin to slack. Moreover, exercise and sleep also help in beating stress. So besides being a skin care tip, this is also a health care tip.

* Treat skin dilemmas with care. This skin care tip is about not ignoring any skin dilemmas. Consult your dermatologist before you go on to use a skin care product (lest you do end up harming your skin even more).

* Beat the stress. The harmful effects of stress are known to everyone, however, sometimes stating the obvious is essential too (and hence this skin care tip found its place here). Yes, stress harms skin too. So, take a break or indulge in a warm bubble bath or just get good sleep.