A Beautiful, Healthy Body Inside and Out

Super Food

Keeping your immune system strong is a very important part of your over all health. Your immune system assists in protecting your body from cold and flu infections and one of the easiest ways to help keep your immune system tough are to eat your fruits and veggies.Fruits and vegetables are rich in antioxidants that keep your body and immune system strong. Antioxidants are not hard to find if you know what you’re looking for. However, some if not most are not quite sure what antioxidants actually are or exactly where to find them. Vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients are considered antioxidants. These antioxidants help protect and repair cells damaged by free radicals. Free radicals can interfere with your immune system and could possibly play a part in cancer and arthritis. So keeping these away could also keep away colds and infections.

The three most significant antioxidants are vitamin C & E and beta-carotene. A easy way to spot these when shopping for fruits and vegetables is to pick ones that are brightly colored like yellows, reds, purples, and blues. Other antioxidants other than vitamins include zinc and selenium found in beef, red meat, dairy products, grain, tuna, seafood etc. Generally antioxidant rich foods include prunes, apples, berries, onions, eggplant, beans, and plums.

Avoiding a deficiency of antioxidants is not hard if you follow the recommended dietary allowance. Intake of zinc for men should be around 11 mg and women 8mg; selenium 55 mcg for both men and women. Beta-carotene has no recommended levels one should have just a generality of between 3-6 mg daily. Vitamin C, which smokers need more of, is 90 mg for men and 75 mg for women. Vitamin E at about 15 mg daily is satisfactory for men and women.

Keeping your intake of antioxidants level is also important. This is done safely by simply eating fruits and veggies; taking supplements to attain antioxidants should be done in moderation seeing as too much can be toxic.

Luscious Locks

Hair can be a beautiful thing, as long as it’s managed and cared for. Shopping for hair care products can seem a bit overwhelming for some, with so much to pick from.

Knowing what type of hair you have and what condition it is in is the first step in choosing hair products. Choosing a shampoo, something that every woman uses, is not a simple as grabbing a bottle off of the shelf. A cheap shampoo is defiantly not the number one choice; they can be harsh and may strip your hair of its lipid layer. A lower priced brand name shampoo is your best bet. There is also the option of volumizing/thickening shampoos that work temporarily to build up fine hair, however, these shampoos cut back on the conditioning ingredients potentially leading to dull hair. Getting the perfect shine from a shampoo bottle is also a temporary fix. The best thing to do for healthy, shinny hair is take special care of it.

Breakage can be avoided by choosing a good conditioner. When looking for an everyday use conditioner, you want to look for something with wheat or rice proteins for strength and shea butter to moisturize. For extra dry or frizzy hair try a deep conditioner once a week.

Styling products should be used sparingly. Fine hair can be style with mousse at the roots when hair is damp. Thicker locks are best styled with gel combed through out.

Choosing the right products for your specific hair type is vital for soft, shinny, strong hair.

Soft skin is part of a women’s natural beauty. However, with age comes dryness and flakiness. Over the years a women’s skin is subjected to harsh conditions, damaging sun rays, hot water, and rough body soaps. Luckily there is a simple remedy to get back that beautiful smooth, silky skin.

When shopping for body soaps and lotions, most of us just grab the largest bottle for the cheapest price. Stop! Chances are these products are not giving your skin the moisture it needs. Instead they are stripping the skin of it natural oils, leaving an itchy residue and the skin un-moisturized. Look around for a “moisturizing body wash”, it is milder on the skin compared to a typical bar soap. If you have sensitive skin, soaps without fragrances are best. Some ingredients to look for in a moisturizing body wash are glycerin, petrolatum, sunflower oil, and soybean oil.

Treating dry skin doesn’t stop there. After the skin has been cleansed a lotion or cream should be applied. For normal skin, a lotion with some sort of natural oil should be fine. Drier skin might need a heavier more intensive cream. Heavier creams usually contain dimethicone, a form of silicone to keep moisture in as well as lactic acid, urea, glycerin.

Caring for your skin is a day to day process. Keeping up with your skin now will keep it looking silky and feeling soft later.

Women are always looking for the newest trends in fashion, hair styles, and any new ways to look great. One thing women should never choose because it’s the new in item is their makeup.

All women have different skin tones. So while some shades might look good on a more olive skin tone, it might not work so well for a woman with fair skin tones. One thing to always keep in mind when out shopping for makeup, make sure the colors/tones you choose complement your eyes or skin tones and not your outfit.

Choosing an eye makeup is as easy as knowing your eye color. When adding color to the eye area you should start off with a neutral base on the lid before anything else. After a base is applied, accent and highlight your eyes with shadows, eyeliners, then mascara. Eye colors can be played up using certain shadow tones. Green eyes stand out more with greens and plums, while golds, bronzes, and greens work well for brown eyes. Blue eyes tend to look bluer when slate, gray, and brown tones are used.

Lip colors are also very dependent on skin tone. Another consideration, colors worn in day might not be suitable for the evening. Women with fair skin tones, their lip colors should be fair as well, like pinks, peaches, and mauves. Olive complexions are more harmonious with peaches, light browns, and golden shades. The darker shades of lip color like browns, berries, burgundies, and bronzes and worn best by women with dark tones.

Finally to brighten the face completely, there are the blushes. Unfortunately there is a fine line between a lightened, healthy looking face and overly done. Any kind of blush or bronzer should be used in moderation. Darker skin tones are highlighted well with burnt-oranges and berry shades. Medium skin tones work well with apricot, pinks, light copper/bronzers. Fair skin tone should avoid red and oranges and stick to bronze and peach blushes. However, with any skin tone be sure to apply sparingly.

Some might say that sticking with the same colors might become boring even though the shades look good. Experimentation with other colors is also important, just use a little thought and some cautions as too not pick a shade too out there.