Makeup, Fashion and Beauty

Thursday

It is hard for me to believe the number of times I hear my friends say they lock themselves in the bathroom for ten to twenty minutes just to have a little alone time. I’m sorry but bonding with the toilet is not quality alone time.
I agree that having time to yourself is important for any women. Making that time can be difficult especially when you are balancing family life, commitments, work, and everything else under the big blue sky. The question isn’t what you would do with a little extra time, but how to find the extra time.

1. As a part of running errands …

When I leave the house to go to the grocery store or run other errands I make a stop at a local coffee shop. I take the time to go inside and get my coffee and spend time reading a magazine. It’s a break that may only last 15 minutes before I have to head on with my real task, but if nothing more it is a break.

2. After my child goes to bed …

Time alone doesn’t have to mean some great adventure outside the house. When I need a moment I plan a relaxing activity to enjoy after my child goes to bed. Often times I take a long hot bath or pamper myself with a pedicure.

3. Set an Appointment with Yourself…

When I set my weekly calendar, I always make a date for just for me. This is time I use as a please. Sometimes I go out for lunch with a friend. Other times I take a few hours to browse the book store. I have a few friends that meet every Sunday to knit. The good thing is, because I planned ahead I know I’m not neglecting my family or other things that need to get done.
I always feel better after I’ve had my personal time. It is like my battery has been recharged. I believe taking that time off always helps me to focus more clearly on my family, friends, work, and school.

Get Rid of Adult Acne

Adult acne is definitely an unpleasant thing to have, especially if you are a woman and care about how you look. If you are well above the teen age and suddenly start developing blackheads and blemishes on your face, which do not want to go away no matter how careful you are about your personal hygiene, read the following facts on what causes adult acne and what you can do to get rid of it.

What makes more than 60 millions of adults in the States (the vast majority of whom are women!) develop middle-age acne, while it is still a rare condition in more traditional societies? The answer is definitely in our industrial lifestyle, bad dietary preferences, and extreme environmental pollution. The basic causes are the following:1. Bad diet is number one cause of adult-onset acne. Bad diet, which robs us of essential nutrients and disrupts both digestive ecology and healthy hormonal balance, usually consists of the following:

- overconsumption (more than 100 grams a day) of carbohydrates, especially in the form of processed breads, pastas, sugar, sweets, soda pop, etc., which stimulates insulin production and severely worsens an acne condition;

- giving preference to newfangled vegetable oils, margarines, and trans fats in processed foods, instead of eating traditional animal fats with antimicrobial and hormone-stabilizing properties (coconut and marine oils, natural butter, cultured cream, etc.);

- eating non-organic meats and dairy products, which contain a big amount of residual hormones and other medication that are fed to the cattle on a regular basis. Consumption of such impure products is especially dangerous for women, because female hormones are very sensitive and can easily get out of balance due to foreign synthetic medication in the food. In time, this bad diet manifests as PMS, pregnancy complications, pathological menopause, and adult acne;

- eating mostly “dead”, cooked and processed, foods, which do not provide friendly bacteria for the digestive tract. It’s interesting to note that women who regularly eat natural yogurt, home-made pickles and unpasteurized sauerkraut, rarely suffer from adult acne.

2. Hormones, which, again, easily get out of balance due to inappropriate food, stress, hormone-containing medication, birth-control pills, and changes brought by the monthly cycle, menopause and pregnancy.

3. Genes. Hereditary element can worsen adult acne, especially in severe cases of so-called “scarring acne”.

4. Synthetic face-care products and makeup, which clog the pores and disrupt the acid-alkaline balance of the face skin. Needless to say that, if you want to have a clean skin, you always should opt for natural and preferably home-made creams and other beauty products for your face.
What are the solutions?

Change your diet, use the best skin care products, and be patient – your body will need some time to restore the balance and cure your skin. A great natural approach to treating adult acne is described here.

However, if you want immediate results, you can try some of numerous acne medications (which usually just mask the symptoms and which I therefore do not recommend). Top acne treatment products can be found at www.review-acne-treatments.com, while information on homeopathic acne remedies you can find at therapy www.biogetica.com.