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The effect alcohol and cigarettes has on your skin

Whats The effect alcohol and cigarettes has on your skin

Do you know The effect alcohol and cigarettes has on your skin

Today we are looking at The effect alcohol and cigarettes has on your skin.

Alcohol and your skin

Alcohol dehydrates you and your skin which is your largest organ.  This dehydration will happen every time you drink alcohol.  If you drink too much alcohol then you could be depriving your body of vital vitamins and nutrients.  Excessive drinking can also lead to a skin condition called rosacea which is red coloured flair ups across the cheeks.  In more extreme cases too much drinking can cause facial disfigurement.

If you end up too drunk to remember to remove your make up before you go to bed then you are also very likely to have some unwanted friends in the morning, these being spots.

If you’re prone to flushed looking skin, alcohol will only make it worse as excess drinking means your blood vessels lose tone, leaving you with permanent thread veins.  As we said before alcohol dehydrates your skin and this will lead to lines and wrinkles, if you have lines across your neck these are  hereditary, however they will be made worse by drinking too much.  Big drinkers may also find they have worse crows feet as they will be deficient in vitamin A, which is essential to collagen and elastin formation.

Cigarettes and your skin

Since the 1970′s studies have found that smoking causes more skin damage than sun exposure.

Smoking makes all lines worse by damaging the collagen and elastin in the skin that normally gives it its plumpness.  With age, the muscles, fat and bones under the skin shrink and this can lead  to sagging, Smoking deoxygenates the blood so you get less nutrients going to the skin, dramatically accelerating this sagging.  As smoking promotes poor circulation this means your skin will look dull and any dark circles around the eyes will be worse.

And did you know that smoking delays wound healing, including skin injuries and surgical wounds. It increases the risk of wound infection , death of tissue and blood clot formation. The reasons for this are unclear but involve:

• Vascoconstriction and lack of oxygen reaching skin cells
• Decreased collagen synthesis
• Delayed growth of new blood vessels within the wound.

So The effect alcohol and cigarettes has on your skin is pretty serious so think twice if you want to look after your skin.

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Different mascara brushes

There are lots of Different mascara brushes

Different mascara brushes and what they do

Todays blog is about Different mascara brushes and what they do.  There are a few different mascara brushes and it can be confusing when it comes to choosing the right one for you, so we are going to explain what they do and then you should be a lot clearer when it comes to choosing your next mascara.

Straight brush- this type of brush is suitable for everyone, one we recommend is Volume fast & perfect by Bourjois, which is a rotating mascara.

Curved multi brush- this brush is great for volume, use one side of the brush then turn it over for the next coat and you will see the volume build up.  The Scandal Eyes range of mascaras by Rimmel are really good example of this brush.

Comb brush- Comb brushes are best for lengthening the lashes so this brush is fab for people with shorter lashes.  Liner effect mascara by Bourjous  is one we would recoommend.

Twisted brush- Twisted brushes would be best for curling the lashes and adding volume as well.  We recommend Lash Domination 10-in-1 Volumising Mascara by Bareminerals.

Dome brush- this brush is a must for anyone with really short lashes but stay away from the dome brush if you have hooded eye lids as you will end up in a bit of a mess.  L’oreals Stiletto mascara comes with a good dome brush.

2 Step brush- these mascaras are applied in 2 steps, the first coat is a primer to build up volume and the second is a comb brush to de clump and separate the lashes.  Be sure not to over do the primer other wise this will clump and have the opposite effect to what you desired.  L’oreals Volume  Shocking 2 step mascara is a great product.

When applying any mascara make sure that you coat each eye in turn, this will give them chance to dry a little bit before applying the next coat and will avoid that awful clumpy look.

Different mascara brushes can be hard to chose but hopefully you now have a better understanding of what some of them do.

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The history of eyebrows

 We decided it would be interesting to look at the The history of eyebrows

If you ever wondered how are eyebrows compare to ancient time you will find The history of eyebrows interesting

The history of eyebrows is interesting and some bits funny  and sometime just plain weird;

1. In Ancient Egypt Queen Nefertiti,  was well as  other Ancient Egyptian women sported arched brows darkened  which they would then darken with powders made from minerals, mush like today.
2. But if ancient Greece  when a cat died in a home, everyone who lived there would shave their eyebrows in mourning.
3.  In both Ancient Greece and Rome it was considered very attractive to have a mono brows  and if they didn’t have one they would use black paint to create one.
4. In the middle ages  the forehead was the most important feature of the medieval period, which is why women often removed their eyelashes and eyebrows.
5. Later in the 15th century, during  Queen Elizabeth rein  people would dye their eye brows  strawberry’ blonde regardless what colour  their hair was.
6. During the Victorian era  it was frowned upon to wear lots of make up and would quite often be thought of as prostitutes  the upper class would leave their brows quite bushy and untamed so they did not get that lable
7. 1920′s – 1930′s women wore their eyebrows extremely thin and straight by way of extensive plucking, lending to a dramatic, pensive look.
8. 1930′s -1940′s eyebrows were still  dark, shiny and severely tweezed brows, but rather than just be  straight lines, they started to be  dramatic high, rounded arches, which sometimes extended all the way to the temple.
9. 1940′s -1950′s a  softer, more natural look came into popularity in the ’40s with heavier, prominently arched brows.
10. 1950′s – 1960′s thick, dark brows that were often penciled in to achieve a bolder, more enhanced look. They retained similar arched shapes to the brows of the ’40s, but the effect was stronger and more pronounced as the defining feature of the face.
11. 1960-1970: Sophia Loren had the most storied brows of the decade, and for good reason: She shaved them off entirely, then would painstakingly pencil them back in using super-short, precise strokes.
12. 1970-1980: A handful of brow looks were favored during this time, including thicker, more natural brows as worn by the hippies of the decade and the thinner, more pronounced arches worn by disco enthusiasts.
13. 1980-1990: Bushy brows were the ticket to ’80s glamour, with Brooke Shields as the cover girl .Thick, un-groomed “caterpillar” brows were all the rage, and a heavy, almost disheveled look was desirable and emulated with the help of brow pencils and powders.
14.   1990-2000: Anyone who came of age in the ’90s will remember the super-thin, over-tweezed brows than  was very popular in this  decade, with stars like Drew Barrymore and Pamela Anderson rocking teeny-tiny arches that often resulted in a perpetually shocked-looking expression. The ’90s were not a good decade for eyebrows.
15.   2000-Present: The early aughties held onto the past decade’s thin brows, but we’ve since gone the opposite way of over-plucking, instead favouring thick, lush looks and natural arches.  brows dominate the catwalk, with everyone from celebrities to regular people using pencils, waxes, powders, gels, and more to emulate the bold, dark, statement brow effect. We’re also seeing a lot of bleaching, both on and off the runway, for a bizarre, otherworldly look.

We hope you have enjoyed looking at The history of eyebrows as much as we have.

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Banish ingrown hairs

Today we are looking at tips to help Banish 

Banish ingrown hairs by following these tips

We have all had a  least one ingrown hair at some point but by following these tips you can Banish ingrown hairs. 

• Avoid tight clothing: You may like wearing tight clothing, but if you get ingrown hairs on the regular, you’re better off sticking with outfits that let you skip the Spanx. Why? Tight outfits create friction, putting pressure on your hair follicles and making hairs more likely to curl down into the skin instead of growing normally.
• Make shaving in the shower the last thing you do as,shaving can be stressful on the skin, which is damaging the hair follicles and encouraging ingrown hairs by  saving shaving for the last thing you do in the shower are essential for hydrating the hair follicle, making hair softer which minimises  the tug and pull during shaving, as  the more hair tugging, the more likely hair will curl back around and create bumps.
• Use a moisturizing shaving cream: Since curly and coarse hairs are more likely to become ingrown, your bikini line is a definite danger zone. One thing you can do to keep things smooth below the belt is use a moisturizing shaving cream whenever you shave.
• Exfoliate regularly: Exfoliating prior to any type of hair removal is a great way to help prevent ingrown hairs. This is because the thicker the layer of dead skin, the harder it is for a hair to break through and grow straight, as exfoliating removes dead skin cells so hairs can grow properly.

By following theses simple tips you should be able to Banish ingrown hairs

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What does skin do?

Have you ever wondered What does skin do?

Today we are asking What does skin do?

We talk a lot about how to look after your skin, but today we have decided to look at What does skin do? It’s the body’s largest organ, and if you were to stretch out the skin of the average adult, it would cover 22 square feet (2 square meters, or a little bigger than a twin bed) and weigh 8 pounds  and we rely on it in more than one way.

Besides keeping us nicely packaged, skin performs a host of important functions that are crucial for overall bodily health. Think of your skin as a protective covering that shields your body from germs. It’s filled with white blood cells that are designed to attack any invading harmful bacteria. Signals sent from your skin sound the alarm for your body’s immune system to launch into action when germs have gained entry.

Skin also helps regulate your body temperature.  The blood vessels in the skin contract and dilate depending upon the outside temperature so that our bodies remain near 98.6 degrees F (37 degrees Celsius). When it’s cold outside, blood vessels contract to keep the blood near the surface of your skin from becoming too cool. When it’s hot outside, the same blood vessels expand to encourage heat loss, which causes you to sweat.

As well as doing theses vital jobs, skin provides us with the essential human experience of touch. Nerve endings in your skin send signals to the brain to communicate the sensations you’re feeling: heat, cold, pain, pressure, texture. If it weren’t for your skin and your nerves, you’d miss out on all the things that feel so good to the touch.

Hope fully our blog on What does skin do? has been interesting.

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