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Natural Skin Care Products - Why Natural Ingredients Work Best on Skin

Natural skin care products seem to be on the rise recently. Go to your local drugstore and you’ll see evidence of this. “Natural Skin Care” seems to be quite a buzzword lately, and with good reason - many natural skin care ingredients actually outperform their man-made counterparts. As with any other natural beauty product, unfortunately the adage “you get what you pay for” applies almost two-fold here. If you’re... 

Benefits of Alpha Lipoic Acid Creams

Alpha Lipoic Acid (or ALA) has received a great deal of attention recently as more and more individuals are learning about its numerous benefits. Although Alpha Lipoic Acid comes in various forms, creams are often the most easy and effective way of applying ALA. A high quality Alpha Lipoic Acid cream can act as an effective antioxidant, anti-aging and anti-inflammatory daily skin cream, as ALA has been shown to be one of nature’s most advanced... 

Detox - Does it Improve Your Skin?

The answer is yes, especially if you have problem skin. The skin is one of the body’s main organs and can eliminate around 10% of all waste from the body. It does this mainly through sweating, we loose moisture through the skin 24/7 even though we’re not aware of it. It’s a natural process and of course your facial skin is included in this. So what is detoxification (detox)? To put it very simply it’s “getting the garbage... 

Fashion & Syle

Fruity Fashion Picks & Tricks for Summer

Summer is here so it’s time to freshen up that wardrobe and make your fashion statement for the season. If you’ve had a look around the stores or boutiques you’ll notice some of the pretties clothes and accessories are displaying fruit. Very upbeat and refreshing after the winter blah. Well placed appliqués, amusing details, juicy colors make these articles of clothing girlish and flirty. The perfect look for weekends and casual... 

Fashion Basics That Wont Break The Bank

There are plenty of basics you can pick up that there’s no need to pay the extra to obtain a "design name." From the outside no ones going to know they aren’t designer and no ones going to see the label so their a safe bet! Items such as white jeans, flirty skirts, cotton T’s, crocheted shrugs, or shorts can be purchased without the designer name. Also watch for T’s put on sale by some of the big online retailers... 

2005 Fashion Runway Hits are Fabulous

I was flipping through this months Elle. There’s some terrific style information in it! Looks like we’ve made it full circle to the 1970s. For some of us we’ll get to relive some of our favourite fashions but there may be some ‘yuck’ in the group too. Flirty cuts in pretty colors with ruffles and frills are in. Remember the vibrant balloon tops - they are back. As are the wool wrap tops and wool jackets. Super high heels...