Body Care
Have you tried hydrotherapy?
I honestly don’t know why it took me so long to discover the merits of hydrotherapy.
My hydrotherapy session took place at the wonderful HealthWinds Spa.
A few months ago I went for a soothing body scrub and I had documented the experiences here:
1) HealthWinds Spa is EXCEPTIONAL!
2) HealthWinds Spa Healthy Juice Bar!
This time, I went for a hydrotherapy session. As you can guess, hydrotherapy involves water!
Hydrotherapy has been used since ancient time and has been used by civilizations from China, Japan, Rome, Greece and Egypt to soothe aches and pains. It’s extremely popular in European spas and it’s really a staple spa treatment. It’s the generic term for water therapies using jets, underwater massage and mineral baths!
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Prince Reigns Ingrown Hair Removal Serum
I have a feeling this product will create a lot of buzz considering that we’re quickly walking towards summer!
Prince Reigns is used by Victoria Secret’s supermodel Gisele Bundchen and now you have a chance to buy the same product she does to deal with your own ingrown hair issues.
Prince Reigns contains all-natural ingredients that won’t burn or clog your pores and the manufacturer offers a 100% Unconditional Money Back Guarantee!
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15 things women do to sabotage their health
I thought it might be a good idea to look at 15 things women do to sabotage their health in the hopes that this list will become a wake-up call for many women.
1) There’s nothing wrong with having one or two bad habits: Thinking that eating well all week long allows you to have a few “weekend cigarettes” without affecting your health or going to the gym all week and end up finishing two bottles of red wine on Saturday with the pretext that red wine is good for you is simply foolish. Even though you maintain overall good health habits, the fact that you are smoking or/and drinking heavily will affect your health negatively.
2) I really don’t have the time to exercise because my life is way too crazy: Juggling a career and a family is not an easy task in the new millennium. There are far more pressures on women today than at any other time in history because we have more choices and freedom and that means that we might be tempted to “have it all at the same time”. I truly believe that in life we can have it all … but NOT at the same time. If you are over 40, you should know that lack of exercise and chronic stress are the two best way for you to sabotage your health.
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Grooming the hair down there for summer
A few months ago I talked about the reality of adding candles to your birthday cake and perhaps noticing a few more grey hairs down there.
You can still read that post if you missed it: How do Italian women deal with grey hair “down there”?
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If you’re going to use a razor, you might as well use the one women are raving about!
When it comes to having summer-ready legs, there seem to be three types of women: those who shave (yours truly), those who wax (too painful) and those who use hair removal creams (not for me).
If you are going to shave you might want to use the razor women seem to love right now – Schick® Quattro for Women®.
What is sclerotherapy varicose vein treatment?
My experience with sclerotherapy was quite painful and fairly unpleasant, but I have noticed in a recent beauty report on “Extra TV” (one of my favourite TV celebrity shows) that sclerotherapy has become “THE” beauty secret treatment for Hollywood celebrities to hide veins on their hands and legs.
It’s obvious that the treatment is effective for many men and women and a lot of people (excluding myself) are willing to endure the pain to get the end results.
I found some fairly accurate definitions on the Internet and I thought I would refer to them since they explain the procedure on a more medical level.
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Sclerotherapy is a very painful procedure to remove varicose veins!
I should have really written about this a long time ago, but the fact that summer is in the air and I feel the need to show off my legs, the (painful) memories of summer 2007 came swirling back into my head.
As you might remember, I spent many weeks last year in London and Paris, reporting on the latest beauty trends for those two über-magnificent cities.
I have to say that I inherited my love of cooking and my need to feed people from my maternal grandmother. I also inherited something else from her and that would be my varicose veins. I remember as a child, that one night my grandmother woke up in pain and screaming because some of her veins had erupted. I was fairly young, but I can still remember her cry and I can still see the blood on the wooden floor in her bedroom.
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How do Italian women deal with cellulite?
The first thing I want to make clear is that cellulite is NOT fat and that it affects women as young as in their early 20s. Cellulite is blind to the number on the scale and it affects many women who “look” slender.
I recently interviewed Dr. Stephen Mulholland and he revealed so many women have a lot of misconceptions about cellulite. You can read his point of view on cellulite on the article I featured on my Beauty Redefined site.
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How do Italian women deal with grey hair “down there”?
I honestly don’t think you’ll hear a lot of North American women talking about colouring the hair “down there”. I won’t be too explicit here, but if you were a fan of “Sex and the City” the way I was, you remember the episode where Smith (aka Samantha’s younger-to-die-for-boyfriend) wanted her to grow out there hair “down there” until she shockingly realized that she was getting grey hairs in a place she’d rather not see any greys. After a “hair colour” fiasco that made her “down there” hair as red as Bozo the clown’s, she went back to shaving that part of her body bare.
I don’t know about you, but that’s one conversation I never had with any female figure in my family.
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Are Europeans living longer by having more sex?
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We’ve so often looked to Europe for aging-well diets that work at keeping our hearts younger. We’ll that’s usually the connotation most of us make between the Mediterranean diet and aging well. It seems that we now have much more reasons to look at the European’s way of life in terms of aging-well. By this I mean, we must now look at Europe’s sexual frequency!
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British women are getting plastic surgery to please their significant other
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Do you remember the 1985 hit duet by Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox that made a comeback as part of the sound track of the ‘Legally Blonde 2’ film: ‘Sisters are doin’ it for themselves’? Well, it would appear that when it comes to plastic surgery, British women are NOT “doin’ it for themselves”. A recent survey conducted by researchers at Aberdeen University and reported by BBC Scotland revealed that the large majority of Brits were going under the knife to please their men. In North America, the reverse applies and women are making the decision to undertake plastic surgery to please themselves first and foremost. Continue reading “British women are getting plastic surgery to please their significant other” »
British women are not happy with their bodies
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Leave it to the Brits to create a show where a willing participant spends most of the show in her underwear. Yes, “How to look good naked”, hosted by Gok Wan, is dedicated to changing the way British women view their bodies and their shapes (without extreme surgeries or crash diets). Basically, the show is aimed at “forcing” women to love the way they look…just as they are at this very moment in their lives. I’ve got to say, it’s an excellent show that really boosts self-confidence and really shows so many women that can go a long way and look pretty damn sexy at it. Continue reading “British women are not happy with their bodies” »
The Brits are having active sex lives well into their seventies
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There is no shortage of articles proving the health and aging-well benefits to a good sex life. But, let’s face it, there has been an old myth that just like beauty, sex among women had an expiry date. A recent article that was featured in the Femail section of the British newspaper the Daily Mail revealed that British women are shamelessly having sex in their sixties, seventies and eighties. Continue reading “The Brits are having active sex lives well into their seventies” »
Can sex help you age better?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz (aka one of Oprah’s friends and medical advisers) mentioned during a show that to maintain optimal health our bodies needed a number of important elements: food, water, sleep and sex. I totally understand the first three elements, but I was a bit taken aback by the last one. I’ve never heard anyone proclaim before that more sex can help you maintain optimum health and weight. Now, given that Dr. Oz is a top American heart surgeon and he’s certainly on Oprah’s speed dial, I had no doubt this man knew exactly what he was talking about (he is also a vice-chair of surgery and professor of cardiac surgery at Columbia University). Continue reading “Can sex help you age better?” »
Sweating = detoxification
Don’t sweat the small stuff; don’t sweat the big stuff, but you DO need to sweat. I’m a hardcore spinner and 45 minutes on a bike 3 to 4 times per week with a hardcore instructor will work up a serious sweat and get me in my happy zone. I know that a lot of you might be gym-phobic and simply not like to partake in any sweat inducing physical activities, but you might want to actually still consider dropping into a gym every month to sweat.
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Can sunglasses help you age better?
The Toronto International Film Festival might be over and major celebrities hiding behind their shades might not traipsing through the city streets but that’s no reason to give up wearing sunglasses. It’s an obvious association for most of us: when the days get longer and sunnier, we automatically start adorning our favourite designer shades. But, since the danger associated with UV exposure affects us year-round, it’s important to continue wearing your shades during the autumn and winter seasons.
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