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How Does Chemical Hair Straightening Work?

With chemical hair straightening, the actual chemical structure of your hair is changed. The most commonly used chemicals are sodium hydroxide, ammonium thioglycolate, and guanidine hydroxide. Because the use of chemicals can permanently damage your hair (and can be dangerous as well), it is important to rely on a professional for this type of work.

Before chemically straightening your hair, a professional stylist will first conduct a “strand test”. The goal is to ensure your hair will stand up to the chemicals, and to further determine which type of chemicals are right for your hair.

The stylist will then apply a protective cream over your scalp to shield damaged hair, and then rinse the straightening chemicals through your hair. Finally, a special conditioner is applied to relax the scalp.

The end result is a permanent, chemical change to the structure of your hair.

How Does the Sedu Hair Straightener Work?

The Sedu Hair Straightener, on the other hand, uses patented ceramic plates, heated to high heat, to temporarily alter the structure of your hair through infra-red technology and negative ionic treatment.

The Sedu Flat Iron requires that you clean and dry your hair prior to use, and it is necessary to use the Sedu Hair Straightener every day to achieve that stylish, straight hair look.

If you aren’t certain you want permanently altered hair, but want the same, gorgeous straight hair look, then a flat iron — particularly the Sedu Hair Straightener — is the right choice for you.

Lola Fontaine provides beauty tips and advice on a range of topics, including the wildly successful Sedu Hair Straightener. More information can be found at GetStraightHair.com.

Brides, prepare for your Wedding Day by having a facial about a week before. This will give your skin a chance to breathe and clear of any impurities. You could have the facial at a spa or salon, or choose to give yourself a home facial, for example, using cucumber slices or whisked egg white. Steam your face with water, and than splash with cool water to feel refreshed. There are many other natural home facials you could do yourself. Whatever you choose, your skin will be looking great for your big day. Spa treatments, facials, natural facials, and spa therapy are great ways to relax before your wedding day.

When choosing make up for your day, for that more natural look wear a couple of light dustings of powder instead of foundation which can look heavier. If your eyes and hair are light in color choose an ivory foundation, golden pink blush, pastel colors for your eye shadow and pink or red tones for lipstick. This is an example of how a makeup chart may give advice on coloring and makeup. Spa treatments, facials, natural facials, and spa therapy are great ways to relax before your wedding day.

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Make your hair shine and your skin glow with these all-natural Skin and Hair Nourishing masks & recipes, that you can whip up with just a few simple, easy-to-find ingredients.

Egg yolks are widely acknowledged as one of nature’s best moisturizers. Here are a couple ultra-rich masks to “deep condition” hair and skin.

1.Egg Yolk & Honey Facial Mask

(Best for dry skin types)

Mix Together in equal proportion

• Honey

• Egg yolk

• Almond oil

• Yogurt.

Honey stimulates and smoothes, egg and almond oil penetrate and moisturize, and yogurt refines and tightens pores.

2.Egg Yolk, Avocado & Mud Facial Mask

(Best for oily skin types)

Clay or fuller’s earth mud is available in powder form at any Health food store or Nutrition outlets.

Mix Together in equal proportion

• Dry clay

• Egg yolk

• Mashed Avocado, with

• Witch hazel

Mud dries excess sebum while the egg yolk and avocado

replenish lost moisture. Witch hazel acts as a toner.

3.Fruitamins Hair Mask

In a blender mix

• 1/2 Banana,

• 1/4 Avocado,

• 1/4 Cantaloupe,

• 1 tablespoon Wheat germ oil

• 1 tablespoon Yogurt.

For extra conditioning, squeeze in the contents of a vitamin E capsule. Leave in hair for 15 - 20 minutes.

4.Fruitamins Face Mask

In a blender mix

• Strawberries

• Pineapple

• Banana

Apply to the face and leave it for 15 - 20 minutes, Wash off to find a glowing face.

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Cosmetic is something in today’s society that we are seeing more and more off. It used to be that you could have some things enlarged, and some reduced, but with today’s advanced technology your options are almost endless. Below is a few of the most common procedures (you might want to contact a local surgeon if your looking for something more off the wall)

Eyelids

If you have heavy eyelids that always leave you looking tired there is a solution. Eyelid surgery, also known as Blepharoplasty, can eliminate the apperance of a tired upper eyelid. Not only can it get rid of that sleepy appearance but also remove any fat that exists and restore the healthy and young look that you once had.

Browlift

A browlift is the procedure in which the loose skin from above and around the eye brows can be yanked up; removing wrinkles and leaving you looking healthier and younger.

Facelift

If it’s not just your eyebrows or your forehead, you might be in the market for an entire facelift. Facelifts and costmetic surgery are very common, and can drastically improve the way that you look.

Nose Job

We hear about nose jobs alot with celebrities, etc. It’s now both affordable and safe to have one done on yourself! Whether your nose was broken and left crooked, or you just aren’t happy with the way your nose is, you can safely and now ‘real’astically alter the way that it looks.

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Ryan Fyfe is the owner and operator of Cheap Cosmetic Surgery Info - http://www.cheap-cosmetic-surgery-info.com, which is the best site on the internet for all cosmetic surgery related information.

Research and development departments of many cosmetic companies use the science of aging skin to come up with state-of-the-art products that address many of the reasons why skin appears to age as well as taking into consideration the proper daily procedures necessary to maintain healthy, radiant skin.

The first step is determining the essential steps in one’s daily routine that maintain healthy skin:
•Cleanse - remove makeup and impurities.

•Exfoliate - remove the dead surface cells that dull the skin.

•Freshen - refine the pores as well as tone the skin.

•Moisturize - keep your skin hydrated, soft and supple.

•Protect - your skin from the environment (sun and pollution).

Then they develop products that address all the factors in the aging process:
•The breakdown of collagen and elastin in the skin.

•The chronic loss of hydration and the skin’s diminishing ability to retain moisture.

•Protection from the most damaging factor of all - the sun.

•And lastly, providing antioxidants that protect the body against free radical damage.

So, why does skin age?
Many people watch (for the most part) what they eat? Why? …Because, they know that proper nutrition and a balanced diet help maintain a healthy weight and provide their organs with the “Fuel” they need to function properly…Right?

That’s great, but what about your body’s largest organ? The only organ visible to the eye…YOUR SKIN! It’s amazing, but the skin is your largest organ and it is largely ignored. Well, your skin needs to be properly cared for, for it to function properly as well!

Your skin is an ever growing organ that keeps the good things in and the bad things out. Formation of new, healthy skin cells requires good nutrition, protection from harmful environmental stress, and proper daily skin care.

As we grow older the proteins in the skin called collagen and elastin begin to diminish. Collagen is a tough protein that protects the skin against tearing and elastin provides the skin with its ability to return to shape after pressure is applied, in other words, its elasticity. Therefore, in our quest for more youthful looking skin, it is essential that we use products that help protect and replenish these proteins.

A second reason why skin appears to wrinkle has to do with the loss of hydration. As we age, our skin loses its ability to retain moisture. Therefore it is critical that we replace the lost moisture and use products that help the skin retain the new moisture we have just given it. Many people tend to confuse oily skin with moisture in the skin. The two are not the same. It is possible and even common to have oily skin that is improperly hydrated or even dehydrated.

The third element that acts as a major factor in the aging process of the skin is, of course, the sun. Excessive sun exposure damages the immune system in the skin, destroys both collagen and elastin production and kills normal skin cells. Heat and cold also damage skin and reduce its functionality. It is highly recommended that both men and women use a sunscreen product specially formulated for your face area with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of 15 or greater on a daily basis. This will help protect your skin from everyday, incidental sun exposure as well as give you necessary summer-time protection. We all know it is important to use sunscreen during the summer months. However, the UVB rays of the sun that cause the more subtle long-term breakdown of the skin are present in full force from sunrise to sunset, 365 days a year. It is, therefore, important to use sunscreen products daily, during the entire year.

The last element that has become more and more of a danger to the skin as well as the rest of the body, both inside and out, is pollution. With more and more pollution in the air, the body is increasingly exposed to nasty chemicals called free radicals. A free radical is a chemical with a very reactive chemical bond. The chemical bonds, which hold atoms together to make molecules, contain pairs of electrons. A free radical essentially has no pair, therefore it will “steal” an electron from other molecules in order to gain a pair for its’ lone electron. The structure of the molecule that loses the electron is then changed, thus causing damage resulting in speeding up the aging process of the skin. Antioxidants such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E help protect your body’s cells, including your skin cells.

I personally use Mary Kay’s anti-aging skin care system because it works. The research and development team has has taken all of this into consideration and developed a product line that when used all together significantly improves the natural aging process, helps bring moisture balance back to the skin and protects the skin from environmental stress factors that damage and thus pre-maturely age the skin. And this is the system that I recommend to my clients as well.

Have a great day!

Dawn Hull
Professional Skin Care Consultant
http://www.MaryKay.com/ShopOnline

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