How to deal with a double chin

Many people have a problem with loose skin and double chins, these exercises will help tone and lift the chin area and help bring back that youthful look.

• A great exercise it to sit upright, tilt your head back looking at the ceiling, while keeping your lips closed and then start a chewing movement. You will feel the muscles working in your neck and throat area - and will be truly amazed at the results. Repeat 20 times.

• Sit upright, tilt your head back looking at the ceiling, while keeping your lips closed and relaxed. 

Start puckering your lips together in a kiss and stretch the kiss, as if you were trying to kiss the ceiling. Keep your lips puckered for 10 counts, then relax, bring your head back to normal and repeat 5 times.

• Sit upright, tilt your head back looking at the ceiling, while keeping your lips closed and relaxed. Open your lips and stick your tongue out as if you were trying to touch your chin with the tips of your tongue. Keep your tongue out in this position for 10 counts, and return your tongue and head to its normal position.

• Sit upright, in a chair tilt your head back looking at the ceiling, while keeping your lips closed, start a chewing motion as if you're chewing gum. You will fill the muscles working in your neck and throat area. The results are fantastic. Repeat this exercise 20 times.

• This exercise will help alleviate sagging jowls and firm and contour the sides of your face. You use this muscle to clench your teeth, close your jaws and assist when chewing your food. This wide, broad muscle consists of one deep muscle and one superficial muscle.

• Sit upright, tilt your head back looking at the ceiling, while keeping your lips closed and relaxed. Next move your lower lip over your top lip as far as possible and keep it there for a count of 5. Relax and repeat 5 times.

• Lie on your bed, with your head hanging down over the edge. Slowly bring your head up towards your torso and keep it there for 10 counts. Relax and lower your head towards the floor again - repeat 5 times.

• Sit upright and face forward and while keeping your lips together, separate your teeth by dropping your jaw and then push your jaw forward, keep for a count of 10, bring back to starting position and repeat 5 times.

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Skin Care 101

You skin has to function at its best as it is the most important tell-tale of your health and vitality.

Therefore, you have to support your skin in any which way you can. There is no need to go overboard. Just follow this easy skin care routine:

In the morning

1. Compress your face by adding three drops of an essential oil (lavender, bergamot, pine, eucalyptus, or sandalwood) into a basin of warm water and stir. Place a clean facecloth in the water, lift it out and squeeze lightly. Place the cloth over your face and press. This soaks the surface of your skin, allowing the essential oil to penetrate and the cleansing action of the cloth to gently exfoliate. Repeat four times.

2. Apply nourishment booster of your choice over entire neck and face. 

3. Apply nourishment and good protection - a good plant-based moisturizer is the best.

In the evening

1. Apply cleanser to remove all traces of make-up and the day’s grime.

2. Compress your skin again four times as already described above.

 3. Apply nourishment booster of your choice over entire neck and face.

Weekly

1. Use a gentle scrub on the skin.

2. Apply a nourishing mask.

Danie de Villiers - Freelance writer

How to Make an Exfoliating Scrub

It is easy to forget that regular use of soap and water has a drying effect on your face. In order to soften and refresh the skin, you should use a facial exfoliating scrub once or twice a week.

Making your own scrub minimizes the risk of unwanted reactions to synthetic or highly perfumed products.

Exfoliating takes away the top layer of dead skin cells and stimulates the lymphatic drainage system, helping to remove toxins and promoting circulation in your face.

The result is a healthy glowing appearance and a clear improvement in the condition of the skin. This scrub will last for up to two months if stored in an airtight jar.

Here is how to make the scrub:

Step 1

Grind 1 tablespoon of kaolin and 2 tablespoons of ground rice to a fine powder using a pestle and mortar.

Step 2

Warm 1 tablespoon of clear honey, then add it to the kaolin mixture together with 1 drop of lemon essential oil and 1 teaspoon of spring water. Blend thoroughly with a metal spoon.

Step 3

Add 1 drop each of geranium oil and juniper oil. To use, mix the scrub with a few drops of water in the palm of your hand and massage gently into the skin using circular movements. Rinse with tepid water.

You are as beautiful as you want to be

After a certain age, you get the body and face you deserve.

So, it is up to you to decide which body you want. Do not allow stress, discontent or self-pity get the better of your body. Remember, even when you are young and may be in your twenties, it will be very hard to look young and vital when these tensions mirrored on your face.

How you feel, think and look at any age is what is important. The roles that that were once reserved for the young  - career girl, lover, mother – can now be undertaken almost through-out life. There many women who stay young, beautiful and sexy. 

To succeed in keeping the looks and sexiness at any age is not that difficult. You must be interesting and alive. Your image and the projection of that image has more to do with personality, presence, vital good looks and a breezy mind than actual beauty. That thing we called sex appeal is a sort of maturity, meaning a woman of any age must have self-confidence, you must know yourself and you must have experience.

The state of your body, the way you dress it and the impact of your face all reveal your self-esteem. Are you keeping track of your health, your fitness, and your looks? You must be sensible and observant and follow daily routines that are realistic and you must realize that it is your attitude that counts most of all. 

It is your lifestyle that primarily dictates the length and health of your life. The following are the main contributors to a healthy life:

·         A simple diet of natural foods, low in fat, high in vegetables, grains and fruits

·         Plenty of exercise and outdoor work

·         A stress-free relaxed attitude with a philosophical view of events

·         Awareness of being useful, needed and loved

·         A degree of genetic influence

The basis of it all is coming to terms with your individual character. This is more than finding yourself. Knowing your character is recognizing good and bad points, realizing what can be controlled and what runs wild. It is learning to balance life’s ups and downs and working out how fit in with others close to you – how to love them, live them, give and receive from them. Life is essentially a compromise and it’s only as you grow older that you finally accept this is true.

Do not dwell on imperfections. It is adolescent to be obsessed with what are invariably imagined major flaws. Take stock once and for all and decide what is realistic to change and set positive goals. 

Learn to love yourself and your body.

What is a beautiful woman?

Welcome!

What is a beautiful woman?

What makes a woman beautiful?

Beauty is in the eyes of beholder, beauty is something more than skin deep, beauty is unique charm and self-confidence, a shining light that twinkles through the smile and eyes. Every women desire to look good, some has natural beauty and some tends to make them look beautiful and looking beautiful everyday can be a complicated task, however, to look beautiful everyday all you have to do is to take proper care of yourself. 

For instance if you want to look stunning you can not leave from your home with dirty hair, you must wash it almost every alternative day and if you have oily hair try to wash them everyday, and on the top don't forget to visit your hair dresser as frequently as possible. Dire hair may ruin your whole day, so it is very important to take care of your beautiful and delicate strands.

Be adequately careful with you attire, to look beautiful you do not have to be extremely fashionable or modish, Just make sure that your dress is clean and fresh and no matter what your style is, you will definitely will look beautiful. For that ensure that your clothes are not much small and not much shaggy for you as it can make an impression of untidy personality and person. Your nails as well, are very important as you yourself will be amazed to know how much attention people give to your hands. Nobody would find person with broken or dirty nails attractive, and sure you are not an exception in any case, and to be more attractive and beautiful be very attentive with every minute and little-little details.

When it comes to make up, do not forget one rule natural is equal to beautiful, try to use make as rare as possible and try to flaunt your natural beautiful skin more, just accessorize it by mascara or a lip liner as excess of everything is bad. Don't forget elegance, small steps and straight back will ensure an elegant look that will definitely add charm and attractiveness in your personality. for most women it may be a shock or surprise as graceful walk are so important, women's who always walk with straight back and head up are always considered beautiful.

Take care of how you behave in public, doing nonentity which is objectionable in public does not mean that your behaviour and manners are good, never forget to thank and sorry people, control your tongue and tone whilst talking with others and even clean your lingo. The properly and in nice tenor will help you in building healthy relationship with friends, colleagues, and family members as well making you a beautiful woman not only from outside but from within too.

Not to forget Scent, which is an essential part of your personality as well, people those are around you willed finitely remark your new perfume and how you smell actually. Knowing that people smell your fragrance and not your sweat will make you feel good yourself. Combining all these features will undoubtedly make you a good looking, beautiful woman as beauty is not just about the body shape or facial feature. Also always keep in mind, you will feel beautiful from inside and outside then only other people will find you attractive, charming and beautiful.