Bikini Season is Here: Five Last-Minute Tips for Looking Your Best

With the first day of summer on the horizon, you've probably being trying on some of those bikinis from last year. When the season closed out in September, you could have sworn that they looked better. What are some tips you can consider to look the best you can?

Could Diet Drinks Lead to Depression?

On any given day, approximately one-fifth of people -- adults and children -- in America sip on a diet drink, according to the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

They choose diet drinks over regular for a variety of reasons -- they're lower in calories, they contain caffeine, or they just like the taste. However, dangers might lurk in that can or bottle of calorie-free beverage. A 2013 study presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 65th Annual Meeting revealed a potential link between diet drinks and depression.

The Science Of Beauty: What We Deem Desirable

Poets and artists have attempted to describe beauty practically since the beginning of recorded history. Some would argue that some of these folks managed to pin down the nature of beauty, while others maintain that true beauty is indescribable. Even today in our allegedly “sophisticated” society, many of us are at a loss when we’re told to explain the concept of beauty. After all, what may be beautiful for one person may not be for someone else. Beauty isn’t objective; it lies in the eye of the beholder, or so people have said.

A tip for painful periods

I’ve never suffered from painful periods. Except for a little discomfort and slight abdominal pain on the first day, the rest of the days are absolutely fuss-free and I sometimes even forget that I am having a period. But I can understand the torment of some girls who go through this misery each month. I’ve seen them suffer great agonies, sometimes even rolling on the bed with excruciating cramps and severe abdominal pain. For that purpose I’ve compiled a post with effective home-remedies to relieve their symptoms and make life easy for them.

10 Tips for Successfully Training for a Marathon

You did it! Congratulations. You went online and registered for the race.

 
You got this!

Honey causes premature graying? Rubbish!

Yashoda asks:
I have heard people say that if honey comes in contact with hair, the hair turns prematurely grey. Is this true? I do a facial massage with honey and rose water. This worries me.
 

This is an absolute false statement with no scientific basis – just one of those various myths associated with premature graying!

 

Make Up Bag Essentials Summer 2013

As women, most of us struggle to leave the house without our makeup bag being kitted out with absolutely everything and anything we may need during the day, and whilst we would realistically love a backpack-sized makeup bag, it’s sometimes just not practical! So here is a guide to a few summer essentials which can fit with ease into your handbag.


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Top 4 Online Sources for Buying Healthy Snacks

Remember when your mom suddenly started a diet? Everyone in the house was forced to eat celery sticks and rice cakes (which really tasted more like dental floss and Styrofoam). Smearing the top with peanut butter and chocolate chips helped it go down the hatch a little better, but soon those delicacies were also banned from the house. You quickly found reasons to go visit your friends, especially the ones who kept plenty of junk food in the pantry.


Is it a snack or a piece of Styrofoam?

5 Things You Should Know About Medical Weight Loss

With more than one-third of Americans obese, dieting and weight loss in American culture has become the Holy Grail. As a result, myths surrounding weight loss diets and methods are often misleading and sometimes dangerous. That's not to say that weight-loss methods are generally useless; it's just that you need to know what questions to ask and where to go for effective solutions.

Roasted On The Sun? Party Tonight? – Here Is The Summer Beauty SOS

The days are longer, the temperature is hotter and you can finally debut your new summer wardrobe. Despite the many great things about the summer season, all that heat, humidity, sun, sea and sand can leave your appearance looking a little worse for wear. Fear not! Here are seven common summer beauty problems and their solutions:

Tech Couture: Making Technology Fashionable

If you're a fashionista with your own sense of style who wouldn't be caught dead in anything basic and boring, why should your technology be any different? If you carry your smartphone or tablet everywhere you go, you deserve to have the hottest fashions on your tech accessories, too. Technology provides new blank canvases for you to decorate, and your devices can be stand-out fashion pieces on their own. Accessorizing is all about balance.

Fashion That Protects The Skin

As we step out into the sun this summer it is important to think of our skin. These days there is really no excuse for falling victim to skin damage as everyone is well versed in the dangers of too much exposure to UV rays. 

In addition to slapping on the sunblock it is possible to use clothing to help you look great while protecting your skin.

Antique Silver Earrings Designs that Will Mesmerize Your Lady

Buying the perfect gift for the woman you love may not be as easy as you think, especially when you’re celebrating your anniversary. Most of the men in search for gifts for their soul mates are experiencing difficulties, since they don’t usually pay attention to the jewelry worn by their wives. Women are enthusiastic about receiving gifts, especially when it comes to perfumes, and jewels.

Bring Out Your Natural Beauty in Five Simple Steps

Nobody deserves to comment on your own body except you, so remember: all your makeup and beauty routines are for you! If you start with this premise, bringing out your natural beauty is easy. Everyone is beautiful, and learning what makes you beautiful might be a slow process, but will leave you much happier for it.

Best Beauty and Fashion Tips to Hide Weight Gain

Have you gained a few pounds recently and are just having a hard time hiding that extra weight?

There are several reasons that we gain weight: stress, gorging on sweets and delicacies during holidays, middle age, having a baby, sedentary lifestyle and other things.

It happens to the best of us. We gain a few extra pounds and our entire outlook changes. We feel fat and frumpy – and we don’t want anyone to notice.


You are probably trying to lose weight, but it will not happen overnight. Hiding the weight that you have gained with some tricks is the key until you can lose it.

Yoga And Pilates 101 – Knowing Their Differences And Similarities

Yoga and Pilates are two popular techniques that provide physical benefits. However, many individuals believe these workouts are the same, but the truth is, they are different from one another - even they share some striking similarities. If you are confused, some of the distinct characteristics that can help you decide what is best for your body include:

Minimize Hair Loss during Chemotherapy

Cancer patients are given great chances to at treat their illness when chemotherapy was introduced. It seems like it is one of the best options that every person who is suffering from this type of sickness has. However, there are different side effects that a patient will be experiencing while undergoing chemotherapy.

Hair loss is one of the problems or side effects that you will be experiencing when you are under chemotherapy. This is one thing that affects both men and women. This is one depressing thing for most women. This hair loss is not only being experienced on the head but can also be possible to the body hair.

Bad tattoo? how to cover it with a new tattoo

One of the first things you need to do before you get a tattoo is to make sure that you want it. This is going to take some time, as you will need to think about it and determine how it is going to look when it is on your skin. At the same time, you also need to consider the different choices when it comes to your tattoo. You will need to find a choice that you are going to be happy with. Sometimes this can be very difficult to find. Sometimes, however, you may end up getting a bad tattoo. This can be very annoying, especially if it was a mistake done by the artist. In cases like this, these can be covered up.

Politics & Fashion: The Future of the Tanning Industry

Tanning has always been a way to get an even glow, but normal tanning leaves awkward tan lines. Tanning beds help fashionistas look good in strappy black dress designs without revealing tan lines, but the way people view tanning beds is changing.

The Affordable Care Act, aka "Obamacare," created a 10 percent excise tax on all indoor tanning services starting in July 2010. The tax garnered reactions from all corners, including Jersey Shore star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, who accused President Barack Obama of targeting the show's cast.