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Feb 162013

Intercontinental larceny leaves Jean Godfrey-June looking like hell

A ticket on the Concorde costs $10,000 round trip, or something thereabouts. So you spend a good deal of your time gawking at your fellow passengers, wondering where they got the $10,000—or $20,000, if it’s a couple, or $40,000, for the young, modest-looking family I noted on board—to spend on getting to London a little faster. (I was on someone else’s dime.)

In many ways, it’s a great deal like being on a regular airplane except you get tins of caviar in place of squashed-cheese sandwiches. And there’s a giant L.E.D. sign that registers the ever-changing speed and altitude. The best is the altitude (who really knows what Mach 2 means?): 58,000 feet, most of the time.
I was so impressed that I managed to leave my makeup bag on my seat. I was calm when I discovered it missing: It’s the Concorde. Is a person who happily drops $10,000 going to steal a makeup bag?

All facials are not created equal

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Feb 122013

Facial expert maps out the most popular facials and pinpoints the benefits (if any) of each one. A firm believer in the power of a good facial, that all facials are not created equal. “Some are nice and feel good, but they don’t do much,” he says.

“A traditional cleansing facial is perfect for people with numerous whiteheads and blackheads, also known as blocked pores. The facialist warms the skin, either by steaming or applying warm towels to the face. This opens the pores so that extraction tools can be used to gently, and safely, remove dirt and oil trapped below the skin’s surface. After the cleansing, an antibacterial solution is often applied to prevent skin infections, along with a moisturizer. If you have oily or acne-prone skin, avoid all heavy creams containing mineral oil or petrolatum—these exacerbate acne. But regular facials can actually enhance the efficacy of common acne treatments, such as Retin-A and salicylic acid products, by keeping the pores clean. Continue reading »

New Beauty Treats

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Jan 262013

Fall Color Sneak Preview Set featuring Ina lipstick, Moonlight eyeshadow, and #7 white All Over Shimmer, all new shades for fall for $59. Also check out the Mac Mirrored lip Palette featuring seven awesome lipsticks, available in limited quantities. Call 800-7-Beauty to order.

Clear Skin… Check out Elizabeth Arden’s new Visible Difference Pore Fix C Pore Cleansing Strips, formulated with Vitamin C. Skin appears clearer and brighter with one application.

Perfect Fruity Body Cream… Terra Nova Smoothies line has a yummy Whipped Body Cream in Champagne Pear.

Sheer Berry Lips for July… Try a sheerish shade like Chanel Hydracaresse Super Hydrating Lipstick in Raspberry.

Wax for your hair… Have a look at Graham Webb’s large tub of Hair Wax. It defines curls, conditions hair with the heat of your blow dryer, and texturizes hair.

Nail Polish for Fall… Keep these shades in mind when shopping for new fall nail polish shades: Nicole Ruby Dooby Doo, a deep, shimmery ruby shade, and Chanel Devious, a steel shade.

Fresh fragrance… Lancome’s New fragrance, O Oui! is a citrusy, slightly musky, light floral scent. Continue reading »

Asian whitening facial tips

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Jan 042013

One of the most important thing in our society, for all the people, is to feel beautiful again and because of that many of them try a lot of things, just like skin whitening, teeth whitening and a lot of stuff (trying to get rid of acne on their face and things like that), in order to fulfill their dreams and things that they really want to happen to them. There are a lot of people who want a darker skin (there are just to many people going to the seaside and solars in order to get this things) and there are also people wanting a ligher skin in order to get rid of all their problems and trying to feel good about themselves. One way to darker your skin is to literaly burn it (you can burn your skin easily if you go to the seaside and stay in the sun to much, but be carefu what you wish and do not have any more problems in the future because of this things – sun burn is also a complicated matter and you could have problems because of it, problems you may not really want for yourself).

You also have to know that cosmetic industry in Asia is very big and the women down there are willing to give a lot of money in order to get rid of their problems – if they have it, or not. You also may want to know that the women there have already a pale skin complexion and you may be wanting to know how’s that going to be in the reality – why they need to be whitening their skin more if they already have it whiten? Women with blemishes on their face may look unhealthy and poor, or not beautiful and because of that they try to make and be as most as beautiful as they could – it’s also known that the beautiful women and not the one who were sclaves, have a beautiful white skin, but the sclaves have a brown skin because they could not protect from the sun and they get that on their face. So, it’s your choice what you want to have, and because of the evolution in the cosmetics today you can change everything about this in a second or a couple of days. Continue reading »

Fitness hiking has a great potential

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Dec 122012

Fitness hiking is a way to condition oneself in nature, while spending quality time alone, with workout partners or with family. It’s a way to exercise your mind and body outside the hustle and bustle of a busy facility. For this reason, the attraction of outdoor workouts is becoming tough competition for many clubs.

“More and more people are skipping the gym to go mountain biking, in-line skating and hiking,” says Laurie Pehar, consultant and activities director for six Southern California Spectrum Clubs. “Even though our clubs are crowded, people are kind of bored with the same old stuff inside.”

There’s no denying it — walking is still the nation’s most popular activity. Walking and hiking require a minimum investment. You can do it inside or out, in any climate or weather — any time. And, almost everyone can do it. For clubs, off-road walking and fitness hiking may be the easiest way to tap into sports-oriented and/or family communities.

“People who have kids and those over 50 are the largest markets for health and fitness,” says fitness industry entrepreneur Sharon McPherson of ClubSport Pleasanton in California. “Families are making up a majority of our memberships. Athletic clubs are looking at this statistic and saying, ‘How are we going to keep these people, or attract them, as members?’ One approach is to offer on- and off-road walking programs for the entire family, advertised and promoted as ‘quality time fitness.’” Continue reading »

Beauty and The Budget for the modern women

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Dec 102012

Every woman wants to look beautiful, feel healthy, and smell as if she’s danced upon lillies. So what’s wrong with that, you ask? Nothing, if you’re the owner of a cosmetic line or fashion apparel store. A stroll through any cosmetic or retail drug outlet will prove one indisputable fact: the beauty and fashion industries are billion dollar entities and growing. Women are bombarded with product choices: matte lipstick or glossy? fade cream or night gel? soap or shower cream? How can we get the look we want without collecting a medicine cabinet full of products that don’t live up to the hype? Is it possible to get the Nordstrom’s style at the K-Mart price?

“When I looked over my spending one month, I couldn’t believe I’d spent over $75 on just hair care and skin products,” says Kim, a Registered Nurse in Maryland. She continues, “and to be honest, most of the time I wind up with two or three of the same [kind of ] product at home and none of them work.” Kim isn’t alone. Too often women depend upon expensive products and services to deliver a look or a feel rather than doing the simple things that can enhance our own inner beauty. When cleaning one afternoon, I noticed that I too had dozens of the same color polishes and lipsticks, not to mention five different skin creams that each promised to “defy” the aging process and “make every blemish disappear.” So as each one found their place in my trash can, I decided to also chuck the idea of spending a fortune for what I could get for free (or close to it). Here are my top ten tips for getting the look without breaking the bank.

HAIR, SKIN and NAILS

1. Keep it simple. Go for low maintenance hairstyles like bobbs, pixie cuts, braided styles or french twists. Why? These styles achieve two great results: first, they usually take less preparation time and two, they require fewer products to maintain. Symmetrical and layered hairstyles can be cumbersome and costly because they usually require holding gels, sprays or other products to add body and lift to the hair. Frequent trips back to the beautician are also needed to maintain the look which only leads to more expense.

2. Stay on schedule. Trimming the hair every five to six weeks will minimize breakage, split ends and frizz and will reduce the number of styling products needed to maintain the style. Continue reading »

Rediscover Youth

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Nov 142012

Along with growing older and hopefully wiser, come those dreaded grey strands, fine lines and wrinkles. The mere thought is enough to put a frown on anyone’s face. It’s hard not to worry when we’re bombarded by environmental factors like pollution, strong UV rays, and free radicals that damage healthy cells and increase the rate of aging. To delay aging, start by taking good care of your health and your skin by eating well. Incorporate more antioxidants in your daily diet with simple things, like drinking green tea, consuming more fruits and vegetables like broccoli, tomatoes, and blueberries. Continue reading »

How to do Photography Makeup for that Black & White Headshot

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Sep 262012

Doing headshot makeup can be the bread and butter of a makeup artist’s career. But it’s also the trickiest part of makeup, since you now find yourself dealing with light and dark, and not color when working on your client’s face. So how do you make sure that your makeup doesn’t show up too dark, if at all in your pictures?

When doing makeup for a black and white portrait, the easiest mistake to do is pack on way too much foundation. The best part of black and white film is that it literally makes your skin look good for you. So just apply your foundation and concealer as you normally would if you were going out.

An important trick is to make sure that all red tones in the skin are covered. Red can show up as gray in a black and white picture, making your skin look splotchy, so make sure you use that yellow concealer before your foundation to effectively hide any redness. This is also the case with men too. If your male client is sceptical on doing makeup for his headshot, this bit of information is enough to get them to change their mind. It also helps keep the cost down in retouching as well. Continue reading »

Beauty Secrets

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Sep 242012

What’s the one thing every woman in the world has in common? The desire to be beautiful; and throughout the centuries, different cultures have gone about achieving it in different ways.

In Israel, women soak in the Dead Sea, known worldwide for its healing properties and beautifying effects on the skin. In Brazil, they sit on the beach and rub sand with suntan oil into their thighs and buttocks to break up cellulite and keep their skin supple and smooth. The secret of the Japanese geisha’s smooth, flawless skin is camellia oil, which contributes moisturizing, conditioning, nourishing and softening benefits to the skin. The anti-aging secret in China is Silver Tip White Tea, which is produced exclusively in the high mountains of the Fujian province. Continue reading »

Spring clean your style

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Sep 152012

Every year on the first day of spring I go out and buy six new bags. Six heavy-duty green garbage bags, that is. Armed and ready for the charity bin, the annual girlfriend give-away, the consignment shop and the trash, I attack the bathroom, the make-up bag, the shoe collection and the wardrobe like a combine harvester. Out with weird fluffy tangerine cashmere sweater! Out with mismatched glove, ugly raincoat and gooey coral lipgloss. Out, out, out with knots of black nylon hose and safe little evening dress with the slightly cocktail-stained décolletage bought at Loehmann’s in 1997.

Don’t think me ruthless. Gertrude Lawrence, the crisply chic cabaret star of the 1920s, ditched both her stage and personal wardrobe for fresh duds from Paris every six weeks. Apparently her tennis whites and feather boas simply lost their bloom. Well, knowing what a Banana Republic silk tank looks like after 18 months of machine washing you can well relate to the desire to start afresh at least once a year. Spring cleaning is not just about retiring exhausted clothes and half gobbled lipsticks, it’s about renewal. Everyone wants to feel slightly starched when the first daffodils pop up. Continue reading »

Looking Cool in this Summer’s Heat

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Sep 142012

Whether you’re very active or just putting up with the high temperatures, your skin will change with the environment. Your pores will be more open and susceptible to impurities in the air, and makeup will have a shorter staying time, in fact it can slide right off your face. The key is to use lighter weight cosmetics and adjust your skin care routine.

Some skin care can be kept refrigerated or as in the new 310 skin care line must be refrigerated because of fresh ingredients. Try their Banana Mint Face Mask $22., Honey Hand & Foot Mask $21 that exfoliates as you apply/remove it, perfect for gardener’s hands and looking great in sandals and Summer Lotion, $17 which is not a replacement for your sunscreen, but has sun protective properties and ingredients like black tea as a subtle self tanner. 310 can be found at www.310online.com. Continue reading »

The Mystique of Women

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Sep 082012

“For the female of the species is more deadly than the male”-Rudyard Kipling

It is likely that all babies are born to beautiful mothers-at least from the baby’s perspective and whatever the objective merits of the mother’s physical appearance. Babies perceive their mothers as beautiful. However, wherever there is beauty there are, to a greater or lesser degree, anxieties about it. Continue reading »

4 Beauty Notes

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Jul 152012

Want to make sure that that makeup item you’re planning to buy will live up to it’s expectations? Do what the pros do. Give it a test first before you hand over your hard earned money.
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Do-it-yourself beauty solutions

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Jul 072012

You can ease your mind and soothe your senses without venturing out to a spa or salon: Whip up potions for dazzling skin, hair, nails, and lips in your own kitchen for a fraction of the cost of their cosmetic counter counterparts.

Remember, before women bought beauty products, they MADE them. Every store-bought item has its equivalent (or superior) in your pantry, so add the ingredients below to your shopping list ASAP!

LIPS
Minty lip gloss
1 tablespoon petroleum jelly
3 drops peppermint oil

Mix petroleum jelly and peppermint oil. Apply to lips as often as necessary for a minty-fresh lip gloss.
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Beauty tips

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Jun 182012

Kissed by the sun
Summer is here, and I hope everyone is remembering their sunblock! Bronzer is a great temporary way to fake a tan, but sometimes it can look unnatural and somewhat flat, especially on those of us with lighter skin. I found that adding a touch of pink blush on my cheeks after applying my bronzer makes my tan look more natural, becuase in the real sun, your skin doesn\’t turn just bronze, but a

Beauty Tips for Your Wedding Day

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Jun 122012

Even if you normally wear little or no makeup, you should wear some on your wedding day. If you do not, you may end up looking “washed out” in your photographs.
When you pick out your wedding day makeup, wear a white shirt.
For the most part, keep makeup very matte looking. The strong lights tend to reflect off your face if you use makeup with a lot of shimmer in it; however, you can use a bit of gloss on your lips.
Since the camera captures the slightest shine, you should have a powder compact handy for quick touch-ups during the photography session.
Make sure your blush, lip liner and lipstick are all in the same color family.
To make lips seem full and luscious for the entire night, first draw a well-defined lip with your sharpened lip liner. Then fill in your entire lips with the liner. Follow with lipstick using a lip brush. Finish lips by blotting them lightly with loose powder; then apply another coat of lipstick.
Stay away from very brown or pale lipsticks – they look washed out on photographs.
Use an eyelash curler before applying mascara to make your lashes look longer and your eyes look bigger
Bring out your eyelashes with an extra coat of mascara, making sure that every lash is separated. Of course you’ll want to wear waterproof mascara!
Finish your look with loose powder; it sets everything.
Don’t forget about your hands! Everyone will want to gaze at your beautiful ring at the reception, so make sure your nails look great!
To keep yourself looking your best on the wedding day, give your head bridesmaid a small bag to carry with your essentials. Include lipstick, blush, a powder compact, a sample vial of your perfume, an extra pair of pantyhose, a nail file and any other items you might need.

Very Inexpensive Brands And Products To Try

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Jun 072012

This is my general criteria for a line to qualify as “very inexpensive:”
(Based on Drug Emporium’s prices)

Lipstick, Blush, Eyeshadow, Mascara and Pressed Powder all priced under $3.50 each
Eye and Lip Liner Pencils (regular wood pencils) can range from under $1 – $2.50
These lines qualify: Continue reading »

Sneezing While Applying Makeup

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May 312012

One of the most irritating things that happen while applying make up is when a sneeze erupts uncontrollably. Worse when its mascara or eye-liner that you were applying. the rest of your make-up, foundation, blush on etc. is already applied. Here’s this happens especially when you sneeze mid-application.

If you are wearing waterproof mascara, dip a cotton bud in eye make-up remover and dab gently at it. If it’s non-waterproof, dampen the tip of a cotton bud with water, instead. You can use the other end to reapply foundation and/or conealer.