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Experts in anti ageng medicine now believe that the best way to approach the battle againts time is from the inside out.
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Add comment April 24, 2009
Home Manicure Tips: How to Polish, File, and Buff Nails Like a Professional Nail Salon
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Are you tired of spending thousands of dollars each year at the nail salon? If you’re like most of the country budgets are tighter than ever. To compensate for high gas prices and the rising cost of food, tanning and massages salons are seeing a decline in customers due to the economy. In addition, many women are forgoing their weekly trip to their professional nail technician and are doing their nails at home. However, knowing how to properly buff and prepare their nails can be a challenge. If not done correctly, you can actually damage your nails. So, take a look at these easy steps and learn the correct way to buff nails.
Use Salon Products and Tools
There are thousands of nail products on the market today and knowing which tools you need to properly buff your nails can be tricky. However, if you visit your local beauty store you will need to pick up only a few products. First, a handheld nail buffer is essential on your list of supplies. These look similar to emery boards; however they have several different colored panels and appear more like a foam block. You may also want to grab a few bottles of colored polish or OPI polish in French white if you’d like to give yourself a French manicure.
Before Filing or Buffing…..
Before you start filing away at your nails, there are a few things you should do first. Be sure to remove all old polish with a gentle finger nail polish remover. Look for those without acetone for the gentlest results. After getting rid of the polish, soak your hands in warm soapy water for ten minutes. This will soften your nails and skin to allow you to not only buff your nails better but also remove the unwanted cuticle areas. You can make your own homemade hand spa by filling a large bowl with warm water and adding a small amount of scented bath oil to the water. After soaking your hands, be sure to dry them completely.
Buff Nails the Right Way
To begin, grab your nail buffer and file your nails as you normally would (rounded, square or oval). With the roughest side of the buffer, start to buff your nails. Use a gently side-to-side motion when doing this. The main purpose of this phase is to smooth out any major ridges your nails may have. Next, use the next roughest side of your buffer and repeat the process. This will further work any ridges out of your nail area. To finish the buffing phase, utilize the smoothest part of the buffer to polish your nails until they shine.
Be sure not to be too rough when you are using the first few sides of the buffer. These are meant to only be used gently on the nails. Being too aggressive can lead to a split or chip in the nail, which is almost always difficult to repair properly.
Tips for Professional Salon Results
After you’ve successfully buffed your nails, consider taking your homemade manicure to the next level. Grab your favorite lotion (with or without sun block) and a pair of clean cotton gloves (socks will work if you don’t have gloves). Lather your hands in the lotion, put them into the gloves and wait for ten minutes. When you pull your hands out, wash and dry them well. You will find they are incredibly natural and soft! Be sure to wipe your nails well, apply a top coat of polish and begin painting them in your desired color. Allow the first coat of polish to set and apply another thin coat. Finish with a top coat and allow it to dry.As you can see, getting beautiful nails doesn’t necessarily require an expensive trip to the salon. So, instead of spending money on artificial acrylic nails this season, consider taking the natural route and doing your nails and toe nails yourself at home!
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Add comment April 23, 2009
SPRING 2009!
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Keith Carlos
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Add comment April 22, 2009
What You Can Do To Help Prevent The Onset Of Age-related Disease
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1. Get Your Vitamins
Something as simple as Vitamin B could be all you need to restore that youthful energy.
“A lot Of People are simply vitamin B deficient,” say Dr. Elstein
2. Get The second Opinion
Age related fatigue caused by hormone imbalance, can e misdiagnosed as depression an anti-ageing specialist can detect and correct imbalances.
3. Get Some Sleep
Late nights can throw off your body’s production of cortisol, the hormone that gets you out of bed in the morning. This can lead to imbalance of other hormones.
4. Get some exercise
“One of the ways you can slow down ageing is to eat less and exercise more,” says Elstein.
5. Get Unstressed
“Hard work won’t kill you but stress will,” says Dr. Goldman. When the immune system is under siege from stress, it makes you more susceptible to disease.
Add comment April 22, 2009
5 Ways To Detox Without Noticing
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Committing to a juice-only diet in pursuit of an inner-health glow is a tedious way to spend a month. Here are 5 small changes you can make to your lifestyle to achieve that just-back-from-the-spa quality.
1. Drink plenty of water.
Your mother was right : Consume enough water and it will rid your body of toxins without you having to lift a finger.
2. Avoid trans-fats
These are the fats found in shop-bought cakes, biscuits, chips, softdrinks and other junk food you can live without. Check the label of whatever you are about to eat; If it contain a partially hydrogenated oil, put it down as it will almost certainly be high in trans-fats.
3. Reduce your salt intake
The easiest way to do this is to eat fresh food and refrain from reaching for the salt shaker processed foods are often high in salt, so check labels-aim for less than 120 milligrams of sodium per serve and give your kidneys a much needed break.
4. Do a little swap, instead of eating white flour-based bread or pasta or white rice, opt for a wholegrain version.
Your body will gain more nutrition from the wholegarins and the high-fibre content is a better (and more natural) way to care for your colon.
5. Get a massage
Most forms of massage work not just on your muscles but on your lymphatic system, which forms an important part of your body’s drainage system, removing harmful substances from the tissues. Improving your lymphatic system also increases your metabolism.
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