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Archive for September, 2007

Skin Care for Women

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Beautiful skin often begins inside and radiates outward. All skin care is not created equally. Beautiful skin often begins inside and radiates outward. Women’s skin care differs from that of children and men, and among women, skin care even differs at various stages of life. Poor nutrition, unhealthy lifestyle choices and stress all contribute to the overall poor health of the skin. Bad habits such as smoking and consuming high-fat, high-salt diets deprive the body of the important nutrients skin needs. Women have a tendency to retain water, causing skin to look and feel more bloated. To keep water retention under control, it’s important for women to limit the amount of salt in their diets. Extra care should be taken to avoid further skin irritation, cuts or ingrown hairs. Drink at least the recommended eight cups a day and compensate for alcoholic and caffeinated beverages with more water. Exercise is also a good component to skin care.

Regular workouts keep the skin toned and make the feel good. Dry skin can be sunburned much more easily than skin that retains moisture. Moisturizing the skin on a regular basis can help to keep you from getting a sunburn. There are two effective methods to achieve this. Moisturizing towelettes can moisturize the skin, and are convienient and easy to use. Moisturizing the skin, and avoiding long term, repeated exposure to the sun are two of the best ways to protect the skin. A facial cleanser should be used in the morning and at night, especially to wash off cosmetics and a day’s worth of grime. Dry skin tends to do better with non-soapy cleansers since soap can be even more drying. Oily skin often likes soap. Like moisturizers, there are dozens of cleansers to choose from.

Skin Care Women Tips

1. Cut the lemon and rub the wedge all over your face. Leave it for about 20 minutes, then rinse off with cold water. This will refresh your face.

2. Mix honey, lemon and vegetable oil .This mixture is a good moisturiser for dry skin. Apply this mask for 10 minutes.

3. Apply the mixture of honey and milk on the face.

4. Buttermilk dabbed on skin for 15 minutes will soak up oil from your skin without drying it.

5. Carrot juice applied daily fades blemishes.

6. Mix half teaspoon dried curry leaf powder with multani mitti (fullers earth) and apply on the face.

7. Apply the mixture of tomato juice and honey on the face and neck , wash it after 15 minutes.

8. Apply the mixture of carrot juice and basin. Leave it till it dries and wash the face.

9. Add two teaspoon of tomato juice with 4 teaspoon of curd and apply on the face.

10. Add a pinch of yeast with 2 teaspoon of cabbage juice and apply.

11. Apply the paste of turmeric and curry leaves on the face and wash it after 15 minutes.

12. Apply a mixture of mehndi and turmeric. For a piece of turmeric, 2-3 leaves of mehndi are used

13. Grind betel leaf and add a little coconut oil and apply it on the spots.

14. Apply the mixture of honey, basin, cream of milk and olive oil as a face pack.

15. Apply the paste of fenugreek with milk on the face and let it dry. Wash off with luke warm water.

16. Mix thick curd, turmeric and two drops of oil. Apply on the face.

17. Crush garlic and take the juice and apply it on the face daily to reduce pimples

18. Apply a mixture of turmeric and neem on the face.

19. A mixture of crushed mint leaves and oats will reduce pimples. Leave this for 20 minutes and wash it with warm water.

20. Make a paste with sandal wood and turmeric and apply it on the face.

Women and Childbirth

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

In today’s society, women are often looked up to as strong individuals that play an important role in and around their community. They contribute to numerous functions; from household maintenance and house chores to business and career development, as well as their personal interests like reading, exercise, and shopping, just to name a few. In addition to these contributions, women also play an important role in humanity by serving as birth-givers — special people who make possible the continuity of the human race.

By bringing into the world healthy offspring… nurturing them with love and care…they become the centers for ensuring biological health, emotional development, and cultural education which are so necessary to ensure the future of each and every child.

As a woman, feeling good and healthy inside and out is equally necessary for her own health and self-development. With this in mind, it is important to understand and be informed about woman’s health. Men differ from women in a number of ways, especially with regards to health and fitness. Oftentimes, women require more medical attention than men since most female human beings normally give birth at least once in their lifetime. Unlike men, women are more inclined to feel other ailments, and not just during a high-risk pregnancy. During the time of their pregnancy, a woman’s health is so important since any health problem may cause several complications. These complications, in turn, might affect the health of the woman and her baby. Proper attention and medication is a must.

But after pregnancy, the woman should still look out for her health since this is a time for both her and the baby to recuperate from the physical trauma of childbirth — whether it was a normal delivery or via C-Section. Most mothers also want to remove the extra pounds they gained during the pregnancy and regain their good looks and physical fitness. Of course, adding a few extra pounds is considered to be normal when expecting a child. Surely, women are now more open to the use of weight loss pills to avoid looking fat and “ugly” after childbirth. Looking at some celebrities, for example, they can easily influence some women in society to stay slim and sexy even after childbirth. By staying on a strict diet, coupled with lots of exercise and even self help books, women can attain or regain their beauty and health.

But those who find it hard to lose weight may opt to use weight loss pills. After giving birth, it is essential for a woman to regain her health. A woman’s health is significant to her family, herself, and her well-being. A woman should feel good about herself; be happy with her newborn; and go back to her former self with ease and comfort, if possible, without the use of weight loss pills. A woman should not think of what others think of them. Rather, a woman should think of her own good and the good of their newborn child. It is a fact that ideas are based on the expectations and demands of society. But a woman should be true and individualistic if she truly wants to fund liberty and happiness. After giving birth, a woman should consider her baby’s health, her proper diet, and yes, even new shoes for the baby.

Indeed, women and childbirth are inseparable facts of human life that even men should know about and appreciate.