BEAUTY SECRETS directly from OLYMPIAN

 

Women in sport are beautiful inside and out. Many have found that to stay in shape and motivated it takes a lot more than two practice sessions a day and a strict diet. It takes motivation. Motivation is personal and can’t be taught or prescribed. It can be encouraged or sparked by the world but their private standard of health and beauty comes from within. Perhaps that’s what makes a true Olympian – or what sets the champions ahead of the pack.

 

When winning and losing is based on splitting a second into halves and thirds, it can take a lot out of you physically, of course, but emotionally and spiritually as well. That’s what shows on your face, in your eyes, on your skin. 

 

Dara Torres, well known  swimmer from US Olympian team, is 41 years old and she looks really amazing! What keeps her beautiful is her love to sport and family? She struggled with an eating disorder for five years, so now she takes amino acid supplements and eats right. She treats her skin well and often with super moisturizers and really clean water.

 

When you ask about skincare, you’ll get a laugh or a groan from many Olympians because their skin is under daily duress. Especially swimmers spend countless hours putting their skin through the ringer. And cosmetic companies are finally taking notice and providing products designed for the skincare of intense athletes on and off the field. These products include SPF30 sunscreens with anti-sting technology, SPF20 lip balm packed with vitamins, long lasting friction cream, gels designed to restore the skin of tired feet and a similar formula for abused skin.

 

If you think about someday becoming an Olympian, consider that it takes a lot more than skill to be a champion. Their ease and beauty come from support and emotional strength too. And take a note, that you may need a strong anti-friction cream to carry about your skin!

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru

Korean luxurious “Anti-Aging” tour at Ritz-Carlton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a taste for luxury, China’s affluent are not only investing huge amounts in art, private jets and sport cars, but are also splurging on luxury vacations and traveling around the world as well. Now, these ultra-rich Chinese are also showing interest in luxurious beauty experiences or what the Chinese media is calling ‘meditel,’ – a combination of medical services and a hotel offering treatment, accommodation and rest. Wealthy tourists will visit South Korea on an exclusive charter flight to splurge on $88,000 Korean “Anti-Aging” tour at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton Hotel Seoul.

 

There is a growing interest rich Chinese in the tour packages of shopping, sightseeing and plastic surgery; one of the travel agency is offering this anti-aging program. 

 

One very prestige anti-aging clinic and spa located inside the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Seoul will provide the anti-aging service to the Chinese tourists. It offers the numerous anti-aging programs priced from $440 to $87,680. And, thirty other clients selected the program, which covers a physical check-up, plastic surgery, hair transplantation, and skin care, all costing more than $43,800. Further, three of the Chinese nationals who visited Korea this month booked a ‘full package program’ of 8-nights at a Ritz-Carlton suite which includes a stem cell treatment ranging from $8,768 to $43,800 along with provision of nutritional supplements for six months.

 

As said by the clinic, few of the Chinese tourists also paid more than $88,000 in adding medical items after consultation with doctors. Further, it has also introduced complete wellness packages comprising of medical examination services, filler procedures and high-end spa treatments.

 

So-called meditels, or medical clinics situated inside luxury hotels, are the latest trends in the fast-growing medical tourism industry in South Korea. Meditels allows the patients to use the exclusive medical services they demand, that too without waiting or going through complicated administrative services.

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru

BEAUTY PRODUCT: SERUM

 

Serums are a skin care product with high concentrations of certain active ingredients. These ingredients can be things like hyaluronic acid (to reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles), vitamin C (to brighten the skin and help reduce the appearance of pigmentation and age spots) or glycolic acid (an exfoliate).

 

They are often used after cleansing and before applying moisturizer or night cream as a sort of supplemental product. They are commonly used in targeted skincare for anti-aging, anti-oxidation, hydration and plumping, brightening, evening skin tone and to help with acne. Some claims say that the molecules in serum are smaller than in lotion therefore they penetrate the epidermis (top layer of skin) more readily and quickly.

 

Moisturizers are formulated to keep the skin hydrated by putting a protective barrier between it and the outside. Serums are formulated to penetrate deeply into the skin. The molecules in a serum are smaller than those in a moisturizer. This means it can deposit ingredients deeper into the skin to deliver key ingredients.

 

Serums are applied after cleansing and toning, but before the moisturizer. Ideally, apply the serum while the skin is still slightly damp from cleansing.  An small drop should be enough. Some women mistakenly think more is better, but the skin will only absorb as much product as it needs. Excess is just a waste of product.

 

Depending on the serum, results can be shown immediately. But most require about four weeks of consistent use for visible results. 

 

After that you may find a serum becomes an indispensable part of your daily skin care. 

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru

My chemical romance or what you need to know about chemical peels

Skin is the biggest organ of the human body. It is exposed by harmful ultraviolet rays, changes in climate, pollution and other elements that inflict damage. All these can be a cause of sunspots, wrinkles and other blemishes that make skin looks older. Luckily, human body has a few biological processes working in our favor, and also there are a lot of procedures, which can give us the ability to use those processes to our advantage.

 

In fact, we «shed» our entire skin about once a month, and as fast as we «shed» those cells, our body makes new ones to replace them. Often when we develop imperfections such as sunspots or scars, they only affect the top few layers of skin. So to remove those imperfections it is necessary to remove those layers of skin.

 

That's where a chemical peel can help. 

 

It removes layers of skin so that newer, healthier skin cells can surface. In the process, blemishes and other imperfections are peeled away. Depending on the extent of the damage, one treatment might not completely eliminate imperfections, but it can make them much less obvious.

 

As far as chemical peels go, glycolic acid peels are among the mildest and most popular. That's largely because glycolic acid is considered to be natural. It comes from sugar cane and belongs to a family of acids called alpha-hydroxy acids or fruit acids. 

 

During a glycolic acid peel, the solution is applied using a sponge and left on the skin for a predetermined amount of time based on concentration. It penetrates the skin and breaks the bonds that hold each layer together. Once the desired number of layers have been separated and removed, the acid can be washed off with water. 

 

Glycolic acid peels are mild when compared with some of their more hazardous counterparts, and as a result the outcome might not be as noticeable as you'd like. It's typical that multiple peels will be necessary to achieve the desired result. The upside is that there are very few complications associated with glycolic acid peels.

 

Treated areas are generally red and tender for days after the treatment, and depending on the type of peel, these side effects could last for weeks. With glycolic acid recovery time is usually rather quick. In fact, a complete recovery can be expected in about a week. 

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru

VAMPIRE THERAPY

 

Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP Therapy) is a skin regenerating medical technique, which uses the patient’s, own blood to produce plasma enriched with platelets, growth factors and stem cells. Once re-injected beneath the patient-donor’s skin, it accelerates normal healing processes by stimulating collagen formation, revascularization and repair. PRP Treatments have become increasingly popular among celebrities. Angelina Jolie is rumoured to have had PRP injections. It’s not surprising – Angelina always has special relations with blood.

 

The cosmetic doctor, Daniel Sister, has introduced it to the UK. The idea is that a doctor draws vials of patient’s own blood, and then separates it into the red blood cells, the clear serum and the platelets. Then, after vitamins and amino acids have been added, the enriched serum is injected back into the face. Platelets gradually increase collagen, which can increase skin thickness and overall health of skin.

 

In a recent study from Italian Skin Institute, patients were injected in the face and neck once a month for three months. The study showed «visible anti-age results and no serious side effects”. The procedure gains popularity among women. 

 

The actual process takes 30 minutes. It involves the following steps:

 

1. Blood is removed from a patient (20ml);

2. Then it centrifuged and the Platelet Rich Plasma is removed;

3. Then it introduced into the skin using a special roller.

 

Blood injections can be made in any area of body and face, including skin around the eyes and chest. Because of using the own patient’s blood there is no risk of allergic reaction, but next side effects are possible: slight redness, swelling and bruising may occur immediately after the treatment, but will fade away over the following days.

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru

THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOTEL IN THE WORLD

 

It seems that five star hotels are no longer the norm when it comes to bedding our heads for the night. These days it is caviar, personal butlers and Bentley that are on the menu of savvy and wealthy globetrotters.

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru

HALF-AND-HALFER or HOW TO DEAL WITH COMBINATION SKIN

 

Skin is of basically five types:

 

1. Oily skin.

2. Dry skin.

3. Combination skin

4. Sensitive skin  and sunburn skin.

 

The first three types of skin are mostly common. The type of skin is mostly determined by the genetics and to some extent by our ethnicity.

 

Caring for combination skin can sometimes seem a fickle matter. Too much moisturizing and the oily spots get worse. Too much cleansing and the dry spots get worse. It takes balanced skin care to deal with both issues at once. Being the tricky and complicated skin type, it needs your extra effort to look after it. Individuals with the combination skin type always encounter two conflicts at one time. First to reduce oil from the oily areas while the other to replace moisture and kill the dryness. In short it requires a skin care for two absolutely different skins.

 

The biggest secret to dealing with combination skin is to deal with each area separately. Though you can find products that do both, this is usually the easy way out. The easy way out rarely results in impressive and healthy skin.

 

Combination skin is made up of two types. The 'T' area, which includes forehead, nose, partly cheeks closer to the nose and chin are oily areas whereas other are either dry or normal. The very first step should be deciding that what actually causes more skin problems to you, oil or dryness. If the skin is shining in the T-zone but looks tight and scaly around your eyes and cheeks, it means that you have to tackle dryness problem. On the other hand, if your cheek and eye areas feel slightly tight but your T-zone is covered with oil and blemishes your combination situation is oily.

 

Here are some tips for persons with combination skin type:

 

• Always use a mild cleanser to remove dirt and oil from combination skin. When cleansing the face its necessary to cleanse the T-zone twice a day and cheeks once a day. Treat both areas differently as one is more oily than the other. Alcohol-free toners and astringents are very useful for helping maintain balance in the skin.

 

• Don’t scrub oily areas—this irritates the skin and increases oil production.

 

• After washing the face at night be sure to remove dead skin cells (exfoliate) with the gentle scrub at least twice a week: use products containing alpha hydroxy acids that normalize the skin.

 

• Moisturize your skin at night.

 

• Aid the skin in balancing from the inside out. The best way to do this is to stay hydrated and drink lots of water. Healthy, hydrated skin has an easier time balancing and repairing.

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru

UNDER THE STRESS

 

Unfortunately, stress has become a general presence in our lives. At work, in relationship with friends and family – most of us take it for granted that there is nothing unusual about stressful situations occurring on a regular basis, day after day. Stress works insidiously to undermine body, mind and emotions and the complexion because how we feel on the inside could be affecting how we look on the outside. 

 

When a person becomes stressed, the level of the body’s stress hormone (cortisol) rises and it leads the following negative effects on complexion:

 

1.  Acne

In one study, researchers examined the severity of acne in 20 college students during final exam week. Students who were more highly stressed by their exams had worse acne than calm, less stressed students. In other research, relaxation therapies have been shown to reduce the severity and incidence of acne.

 

2.  Itchy, ugly rashes

Epidermal skin cells lie on top of each other and are packed tightly together, forming a strong barrier that blocks the penetration of bacteria and other pathogens. When the person feels stress this protective outermost layer of skin becomes impaired.

 

Stress caused the outermost layer of skin to break up as skin cells shrank and the lipids between these cells evaporated. These tiny cracks make the skin more permeable, allowing harmful bacteria to infiltrate the deeper layers of skin. For example, stress can make psoriasis worse.

 

3.  When stressful situations become frequent, the skin is consistently starved of both blood and oxygen, making it dull and lifeless, less supple, less hydrated and more prone to appearance of clogged pores and breakouts.

 

4.  Beyond the direct physiological effects of stress, patients under stress also tend to neglect or abuse their skin. For example, they often lack the energy and motivation to adhere to their skin care regimens, and there also might be signs of stress-related behaviors — such as scratching, pulling or rubbing — that can exacerbate problems.

 

Here are some important tips to prevent stress damage:

 

• Healthy food. Fruits and vegetables rich in antioxidants can help scavenge free radicals generated by stress.

 

• An adequate amount of quality sleep can help recharge and rejuvenate the body, making it more resilient. Lack of sleep can lead to tired lifeless skin and circles under the eyes.

 

• The daily warm oil self-massage is recommended as a luxurious way to balance the body, mind and emotions and moisture the skin.

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru

AGING CHANGES

 

No matter how young the person might feels at heart, the skin probably isn't feeling as youthful as it once did.

 

Skin loses its elasticity and strength because the body produces less of the proteins collagen and elastin and hyaluronic acid with each passing year. Collagen gives to skin its firmness and strength, which in turn helps prevent fine lines and wrinkles. Elastin, as the name suggests, is responsible for giving to skin its bounciness or elasticity. As elastin loses its ability to spring back into shape, the skin will wrinkle and droop. The outer layer of your skin – the epidermis – thins out as the person gets older, and person has fewer but larger melanocytes.  Melanocytes are the cells that produce pigment, giving that vibrant and youthful look. 

 

The epidermis holds less water in older skin, dryness is a common problem in aging, especially around elbows, lower arms and lower legs. Applying heavier moisturizers will help, as will bathing less frequently and using warm instead of hot water. 

 

With time the blood vessels of the dermis, the middle layer of skin that contains the collagen and elastin, damage much more easily than in youth.  Skin is thinner, it is more delicate and will tear more easily. Cells replace themselves more slowly, so it's best to clean and protect wounds to avoid infection.

 

In time of being outdoors in the sun, it’s necessary to wear plenty of sunscreen (with an SPF of at least 30) and a wide-brimmed hat. The sun isn't the only culprit of aging skin. Smoking also tops the list because it can give to skin a yellowish tint and deep, creased wrinkles.

 

Aging is an inevitable part of life, as are the signs of it on the skin for most people.  It’s very useful to know that skin needs a special care in different age. 

There is a wide range of qualitative skin care products with note «anti-age» on the labels, which help to look after the skin and keep it healthy and beautiful.

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru

DEEP BREATH FOR THE SKIN

 

 

An oxygen facial is basically a high-pressure blast of oxygen that feeds serums packed with vitamins, minerals and collagen into the skin. The result is a clearer, plumper smoother face and a younger looking you. An immediate change in appearance is common. An oxygen facial delivers a mixture of hyperbaric oxygen, or pure oxygen at a high pressure, and anti-aging serum through an airbrush to the face and body. It's almost as though someone is using a tiny power washer to pump oxygen and moisturizer into the skin.

 

The technology originated in Australia and has developed a serum – using hyaluronic acid, vitamins A, C and E, Japanese green tea and aloe vera – to use in association with therapeutic grade oxygen. Because of the anti-ageing properties of hyaluronic acid – boosting new cell growth, while enhancing elastin and collagen production. 

 

Oxygen levels in the skin diminish considerably with age, smoking and exposure to air pollution. Some claim the oxygen levels reaching your facial tissues via natural blood micro-circulation can drop by as much as 70% by the time you’re just 30. In other words, the less oxygen in your skin – or to be precise, in the epidermis, the top layer of skin – the more visible fine lines, wrinkles and other signs of ageing. 

 

An oxygen facial works by super-charging oxygen levels in the skin, resulting in better circulation and skin cell regeneration, which, between them, leave the skin glowing. It’s good for making skin look younger, reducing greyness, rosacea, healing bruising, and general wear and tear. A purifier, oxygen also kills surface bacteria, which helps to keep skin clear.

 

There are several types of the procedure:

 

Rejuvenation Infusion – suitable for all skin types, firms and tightens skin and improves skin tone.

 

Opulence Infusion – ideal for treating skin problems such as uneven skin tone and pigmentation.

 

Atoxelene Infusion – an add-on to the basic Rejuvenation or Opulence infusions, marketed as a non-invasive alternative to Botox to soothe fine lines and wrinkles, particularly around the mouth, eyes and on the forehead

 

The whole process takes about 45 minutes. Results for each treatment are immediate and should last for one to two weeks. 

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru

Brains best friends

 

 

Amelia Freer, Nutritional Therapist at Stephen Price (London health and fitness company where Forlle'd cosmeceutics can be purchased), tells what food helps us to stay mentally alert and focused in hectic times

 

What we eat, or don’t eat, can directly affect how we concentrate and focus on the tasks at hand, yet while we select clothes that fit and flatter us and medicines that treat us, why do we so often choose foods that undermine our physical and mental performance rather than support it?

 

http://www.spandco.co.uk/blog/?p=100

 

 

Здесь можно оставить свои комментарии. Выпуск подготовленплагином wordpress для subscribe.ru