Summer is here and as you are bringing out those itty bitty bikinis and shorts you need to take a quick look at your legs. As we think about summer and getting ready for the warm sunny months we often think of tans, waxing and workouts. But you need to keep in mind getting those legs summer ready!
Here are some great tips to consider when getting your legs in their best summer shape.
Studies have shown that including olive oil in your diet can help with heart disease and colon cancer. It is also found to help lower cholesterol. Because it is a monounsaturated oil by substituting it in place of a saturated fat it can reduce blood pressure, inhibit the growth of some cancers, benefit people with and at risk of diabetes, lessen the severity of arthritis and asthma and it can actually help the body maintain a lower weight.There are 4 types of Olive Oil; Extra Virgin is the best, Virgin, Pure, and Extra Light is the least best. You always want to choose the least processed forms which are the Extra Virgin then the Virgin. It will last longer if kept in refrigerator otherwise it will become rancid.
Olive can be used on skin and in hair. You can put straight olive oil (high quality cold pressed) on your skin as an oil and it will help combat aging. It generally won’t cause an allergic reaction. The oil absorbs very quickly and locks in moisture, it doesn’t leave a greasy film behind. People who suffer from oily skin should stay away from olive oil. Here are a few beauty treatments you can use high quality cold pressed olive oil for; four tablespoons full of olive oil warmed up slightly and mixed with sea salt can be used as a skin-tightening peel. It can be mixed together with lemon juice and used as an ideal overnight treatment for wrinkles You can also soak hands in warm olive oil, this makes them supple and is good for fingernails as well.
There are more and more products on the market that contain olive oil. Natural cosmetics are in, it was only natural that olive oil surfaced in the beauty market. It is used in soaps, various beauty products, and in foods. This is just another of nature’s miracle products.
There are a million reasons why you should be getting a massage every two weeks or so. But the main reason people get them is the relaxation and pampering they experience from it. The whole setting you experience can be overwhelming for the best of us, I know always fall asleep on the table. I worked for the past 7 years as a massage therapist and there are many other reasons, useful reasons, to get that regular massage. Whether you want a deep tissue or Swedish, you should be regularly getting one.
Thought of as a luxury, it actually has many healing therapeutic benefits. A few of the benefits are stress relief, pain management, muscle maintenance and repair, increases joint flexibility, lessens depression, reduces spasms and cramping, releases endorphins (natural painkillers), and enhances sleep quality. Many of us walk around with problems that can be solved by a few sessions with a massage therapist. Ever feel a knot or pain in your neck or shoulder? A massage therapist can help, if not remove, the knot, pain, and kinks in your body.
A massage is so relaxing and calming, it makes me wonder why everyone doesn’t get them. More amazing, there are many people walking around who have never experienced one. After a massage, you will feel energized and ready to face the world. Just remember to drink lots of water after, to help flush the toxins and help with any soreness from deep tissue. The effects are so profound, if you haven’t ever gotten a massage, make an appointment today! You can thank me later 
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Yoga has always interested me. The whole flexibility and cool poses, makes me want to learn. It’s like a Yoga movement going on and I want to be apart of it. Yoganians(word I made up) live the yoga life, it’s not just an exercise but a way of life for them. Exercise is said to be just one part of yoga, well that’s the part I am in for 
. It is about disciplining your body, mind and soul. I believe I can handle that.
There are many different poses and types of yoga. The benefits of yoga go on and on. A few of them are hand-eye coordination improves, immunity increases, sleep improves, (here’s the biggie) weight normalizes, energy level is increased, and improved flexibility and joint range. You can go to almost any city and any gym and learn yoga. You can also go online and take some classes….lol. If for nothing more than the cool equipment and outfits, I am going to take me some Yoga…sooner or later….
. I want to be a fit, healthy Yoganian, too! Which do you prefer yoga or regular exercise? Also, would you rather do yoga or pilates?
That question can be answered simply, for your health. But the reasons it helps your health is what you really need to know. These are the reasons that should push you to stay on your exercise routine and help you to maintain it. The main reason people exercise is weight loss and maintaining their weight. But here are some health benefits from exercise that you should know about:
The benefits go on and on. Exercise makes you look and feel better, period. We should all be getting atleast 30 minutes of exercise a day, which can be broken up to 10 minute intervals. Here are some tips to get you 30 minutes a day for a busy person. When you go to the grocery store park at the end of the parking lot and walk in. Anytime you’re going shopping at the mall, park at the far end from where you need to be and walk to where you are going (this will really help you clock some minutes). Play with your kids. If the kids are running around the house, run and play with them….it’s a reason they get so out of breath…good luck hanging in with them. Do crunches, squats, push-ups, and leg lifts at your home. Anytime you can squeeze in some. These are some things I do, I am sure there are hundreds of easy ways to get in some extra exercise a day. just look around.
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There have been so many mornings I have woken up and looked like I have been out partying the night before; puffy eyes, dark circles, skin looking lack luster and I hadn’t done anything. Maybe, waking up with the baby at night was doing it whatever the reason, I paid no real attention to it. Then one day, someone asked me “are you tired”, I felt fine and I hadn’t been dragging around. All it took was one look in the mirror and I realized what they were talking about. I looked exhausted, like I had been on some long journey with no rest and was just getting in, I hate looking that way. It seems like for no reason at all, sometimes we look worn out and drained. Call it stress, fatigue, poor diet, or whatever….I just wanted it gone! So I started my quest of finding any tricks or products to make me look more rested and awake.
I was watching QVC one day and I saw a product for tired eyes, that was right up my alley. So I ordered with the quickness. The product was Wei East’s Eye Soothers, and I love it. The China Herbal Eyes Alive cream, especially, works great. I don’t know how it does it but when I put some on, my eyes look awake. It also comes with eye pads that feel cooling when you put them on. Another product I tried and liked was Avon’s Anew Alternative Intensive Eye Cream, it helped the dark circles under my eyes and helped with puffiness…not too much different than the Wei East.
There are other things you can do to help combat the tired look. Limit or eliminate alcohol and salty foods. Drink more water, you should be drinking atleast 8, 8oz glasses of water a day. Do the cucumber or tea bag on the eye, make sure each are cool and let sit on closed eyes for 5 mins. (You can try Wei East’s Eye pads..they are great for this). Cold spoons applied to under eye area can also help with puffiness.
There is also an eye massage you can do to the eye area. It is very easy to do, you start at the tear ducts using your middle or pointer finger do small circles following the bone all the way to the outer corner of the eye. Then keep going across the brow bone. You can do this about 3-5 times and it will make you feel and look rested. I usually do this at night or when I first wake up.
If all else fails and you still are fighting under eye circles, go for concealer. I use Bare Mineral’s Foundation with the concealer brush. But any concealer you like can do the trick. Have you found any items or tricks that work well, drop me a line and let me know! “Knowledge is best shared ”
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With the onset of Summer, tanning is about to be more and more popular. The idea of beautiful sun kissed skin can tempt the best of us to go to a tanning salon or go layout at the beach. But it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Tanning has many, many harmful lasting effects on your skin, and it becomes addictive. UV light is believed to produce a relaxing “feel good” effect on tanners that keeps them coming back. It seems crazy, but I can believe it. I have seen many girls, well guys too, walking around looking like they just stepped out of the oven on Thanksgiving Day. I guess it becomes so addictive you no longer notice just how dark you are, or maybe the darker the better?
The sun itself is not bad, it’s prolonged exposure (overexposure) to the sun where you start getting into trouble. There are these invisible rays also called ultraviolet-A (UVA) and ultraviolet-B (UVB) that cause the majority of the problems. No UV light is good for you, it’s all bad for you. Most tanning salons use UVA bulbs, this is even worse than being in the sun. These invisible rays cause premature aging, wrinkles, skin cancer, and is addicting.
There are some ways you can practice to protect yourself from the sun. By simply putting on sunscreen, a wide brimmed hat, and grabbing your shades before leaving the house, you are giving yourself more protection. When choosing sunscreen, make sure you get a SPF sunscreen that is atleast a 15, the higher the number the more protection you will receive from the sun. You can also try avoiding being out in the sun between 10am-4pm. If you do find yourself with a sunburn you can try:
Always avoid petroleum jelly, it holds in the heat.
There is a multitude of alternatives to sun bathing and the typical UV salon tanning, try sunless tanning, better for you and looks just as good. With all the negatives, what keeps everyone going? Is beauty really so important, that we put aside our health to just be beautiful?
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I recently read an article about how too much or too little sleep can cause weight gain. I have always heard that too little sleep would make you tired and hungry, which in turn makes you pack on the pounds. But too much sleep, well that’s a new one on me. After reading the article, it does makes sense. I guess I just needed it spelled out to me, literally 
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Ok, getting too much sleep makes you put on weight. I always called marathon sleepers lazy, but actually they are just..umm…lazy 
. They believe that people who sleep too much are actually short sleepers, they don’t get a complete restful sleep. So they pretty much just lay there dozing in and out of sleep, but not wanting to get up. Now this is when you don’t have a medical condition, of course. The correct amount of sleep is a solid and restful 8 hours a night. Too little is less than 6 and too much is more than 9 hours.
This is yet another blow for new mothers, not sleeping with that new baby almost guarantees packing on extra pounds and more fatigue. Atleast now you actually have a proof of why it is hard to lose weight and keep it off. With the trials and tribulations of having newborn, you barely get sleep. Hence, too little sleep means weight gain…interesting, and it sucks.
It was found that those who changed their sleep habits, gained energy which led to being able to start and stick with an exercise routine which in turn made them lose weight. It all makes sense now.
Well, gotta run, I need to get some more sleep 
. I am all about losing some weight!
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As stated previously, I am on a mission to drink and maintain more water intake. I drink a little more than a gallon a day and had a good system down. I would keep my water in a gallon container on the counter, and I drank out my “special” cup. There really is nothing special about it, other than I like it and it is a perfect size with measuring’s on it up to 19oz.
First, let me start off by saying, my special cup is a replacement to my initial “favorite” cup that was found broke because someone dropped something, stepped on it, or maybe fell on it the jury is still out on what actually happened with it.
Anyway, I wake up one and was horrified at what I saw! Someone had knocked my empty gallon on the container off the counter and had inadvertently stepped on it and crushed it 
! Surprised doesn’t even do justice to what I was feeling. But, I picked myself up and figured I would go later that day and get me another container. Well, I never got around to going to get another container…to busy with everyone in the house. So I went on with my water drinking habits, using my favorite “special” cup. Because after all it has measurements on it so I can continue making sure I drink enough.
Well this morning, I woke up and started my morning ritual of filling my gallon container and getting my “special” cup, only to find my “special” cup is missing! It is not in the dishwasher, sink, my room, or anyone else’s room for that matter. I have torn up the house looking for my “special” cup. Alas, prior experience has taught me to fear the worse. I feel like I have a house full of double agents working against me!! .
So here I sit, typing on my computer drinking my water out of………a gallon milk jug 
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The idea of having a miracle potion to attract the opposite sex would interest anyone. Just like the movie, Love Potion #9, to be able to spritz a little “magic potion” on you and have every man or woman wanting you is just what the depressed and lonely are praying for. So when I heard about the best-pheromones.com site which boasts the possibility of just this, let’s just say my interest was peaked. It goes in depth about how pheromones can be used to attract the opposite sex. The site makes it very easy to navigate to either attract men or women, with one click of a button.
For women, once you click on the “attract hot men” button you will be taken to a page that tells you a little more about pheromones. Pheromones, are very powerful scents that can have powerful effects on the opposite sex. Women can find a brief introduction and explanation about pheromones on this page, or you can click through the site and learn more about the products. This company has a product called Super Concentrated Pheromone, which is stated by them to be “so effective that it is almost unfair to men”, I like that sentence! That one sentence makes me eager to try.
Men who get to the site will click on “attract sexy women” , because men don’t want un-sexy women, of course , and be taken to a page discussing their product and human pheromones, this link will take you to have a look at their product. I have read articles before stating the effects of testing pheromones on men and the response seen from the opposite sex so it would be interesting to see this product actually at work. Browsing the site, men are sure to want a bottle to get that special, or un-special, woman. If you want more information about the scientific study of pheromones, they have a page devoted just to clinical studies.
After fully going through the site, I found an article which was really fascinating. It told about a test ABCNEWS did on the Super Concentrated Pheromone product with a set of twins. They put the product on one twin and a market cologne on the other. They found that the twin using the product was approached 3x more than the one without it. That is incredible to me. If you still aren’t convinced about the power of human pheromones, click on this link and read some of the testimonials. After reading this, I think you will agree with me, pheromones really are nature’s love potion!
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