Tuesday

Skin Premature Ageing Causes

There are outside factors that affect the speed of the ageing process – and these include stress which may include physical or mental stress. 
Diet also causes for speeds up the ageing process – poor diet, lack of nutritious foods, high fat and high sugar foods, over consumption of foods and irregular eating patterns also contribute to premature ageing. Alcohol is also another major causes in the ageing of skin – not only is this legal drug dehydrating but also lacking in nutrition.



Exposure to the damaging rays of the sun, are also another factor in speeding up the process of ageing the skin.
 Smoking is also another major factor in the premature ageing of the skin – it dehydrates the system and causes fine lines around the mouth
The  aged skin is sagging, due to gravity and the loss of collagen in the skin,  which in turn causes loss of skin tone and elasticity. Which in turn causes fine wrinkles that in time turn to deeper wrinkles caused by the above and the lack of moisture in the skin.
 Mature skin can been seen on someone 20 years of age or 90 – its not the age of the person but the age of the skin itself.




Slow Down The Ageing Process


**Using a high SPF factor sunscreen or sun block all the time – and wearing a brimmed hat to protect you from the sun – even on a cloudy day**•Drinking plenty of water to flush toxins out of the system and to cleanse the body – the aged skin is wrinkled mainly due to dehydration – water re hydrates the system

**Modest intake of food and a wide variety of foods will maintain an optimum weight and therefore slow down the ageing problem – the old proverbs – We are what we eat and beauty from the inside – are in fact very true.
**Eating plenty of anti oxidant fighting foods – ones containing Vitamins and minerals – for example green leafy vegetables, berries and oily fish.

**Reducing or improving stress levels to a tolerable level is a positive step to slowing that clock down.


The body’s supply of vitamin E gets used up fighting free radicals, thus requiring replenishment. Vitamin E can help your body retain a more youthful appearance by retarding the normal cellular aging due to oxidation. It can also help lower your risk for developing heart disease.

Monday

Shea Butter Benefits

Basically Shea body butter indeed serve as a moisturizer, especially for those who have dry skin or too dry.
Shea body butter is an all natural skin care ingredient used to hydrate the skin without clogging pores.



Shea butter contains a cinnamic acid which protects the skin from harmful UV rays in order to prevent damage such as wrinkles or burns. Shea body butter has also been recognized for decreasing the visibility of stretch marks and is found in many anti-aging creams due to its ability to deeply hydrate the skin while still allowing the pores to breathe.


Shea body butter is rich in vitamins A, F and C, which will nourish the skin so the skin healthier. More over Shea body butter also contains cinnamic acid and fatty oils are high that Shea body butter is able to maintain skin elasticity and Shea body butter can also be as a natural anti-aging.



Shea body butter has been well-known beneficial to moisturize the skin, maintaining skin elasticity, delay aging, eliminate blackening at the blackened parts of the body such as armpits or groin also to remove scars or burn scars of skin diseases are like ringworm, skin fungus or ringworm. Oil content of fat in the Shea body butter able to keep the moisture dry skin more elastic so that helped with the content of vitamins A and E, which also serves as a natural anti-oxidant. Vitamin F in Shea body butter is believed to counteract exposure to ultraviolet light so as to function as a sunscreen for the skin.


1 Dry skin relief
2 Dry scalp
3 Muscle fatigue, aches and tension
4 Minor burns
5 Eczema
6 Sun and wind protection
7 Even skin tone
8 Reduce scarring
9 Eliminating scalp irritation from dryness or chemical
10 Skin rash- including diaper rash
11Skin peeling, after tanning
12 Itching skin due to dryness
13Sunburn
14Small skin wounds
15Skin cracks
16 Soften tough skin on feet (especially heels)
17 Frost bite
18 Insect bites
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19 Preventing bumps after shaving
20 Skin allergies such as poison ivy or poison oak
21 Reducing acne (especially in combination with African Black Soap)
22 Helps restore elasticity to skin




The best kind of Shea body butter for your skin is the kind prepared by cold press methods without the use of any added chemicals or preservatives.


Skin care problems such as itching are relieved immediately but wrinkles and stretch marks are usually reduced over four to six weeks.


Shea body butter is an all natural skin care ingredient; therefore it rarely causes an allergic reaction. .

Uses

For Body
- Moisturizer for dry skin
- Treatment for eczema, dermatitis, itchy skin, blemishes
- Soothe and promote healing for minor burns, sunburn
- Soften rough skin (hands, elbows, knees, feet)
- Prevent and minimize stretch marks
- Minimize scarring

For Face
- For smooth, blemish-free skin
- Prevent and minimize wrinkles
- Eliminate razor bumps
- Night repair cream

For Hair
- Condition and protect hair
- Reduce hair breakage and dandruff
- Soothe dry, itchy scalp
- Grooming butter for locks

Other Uses
- Massage butter
- Soothe mucles aches, relieve swelling and muscle tension
- Protect exposed parts of the body during cold winter months
- Ingredient in homemade soaps and body butters



Everyone Benefits From Using Shea Butter

Women
Shea Butter makes skin soft, smooth, and supple. It improves skin tone, greatly decreases the formation of wrinkles, and helps prevent stretch marks during pregnancy.

Men
Shea Butter helps skin heal and keep it smooth after shaving. It improves the overall appearance of the skin, and decreases signs of aging.

Babies
Shea Butter is used to nourish and protect the delicate skin of babies and young children. It is particularly recommended in case of irritations like diaper rashes and eczema. It is the best way to protect your baby against frequent skin irritations.

Elderly
Shea Butter helps with stiff joints and muscles, and aids the overall appearance of skin.

Wednesday

Cold hands

It is important when you have persistently cold hands that you pay close attention to all the symptoms that you are feeling so that you and your licensed medical professional can pinpoint and treat its underlying cause.
.Persistent cold hands or a feeling of cold hands when the temperature is not cold might be a sign of a circulatory disorder.

Cold Hands Treatment

  • Medications, such as calcium channel blockers and alpha blockers, that stimulate the blood vessels to open up.
  • Regular exercise, which can improve circulation.
  • Quitting smoking.
  • Treatment of the underlying medical condition, if secondary Raynaud’s is diagnosed.
  • Keep the area clean and dry
  • Elevate the area
  • Avoid refreezing
  • Protect the area from pressure or rubbing
  • Warming frostbite should not be done at home unless you have no alternative (such as impassable roads due to a snowstorm).
  • In that case the water should be 99-104°F.
  • The body part should not touch the side or bottom of the sink or bathtub.
  • A hot tub is a good alternative, even if a little warmer than the ideal temperature.
  • Warming frostnip can be done in the shower or sink or with a warm washcloth on the face or ears.
  • Only rewarm at home if you are sure it is just frostnip (small superficial area, skin still flexible). If you think you may have frostbite, rewarming is better performed in the Emergency Department.
  • When the part being warmed flushes (returns to normal color), you can remove it from the water. This generally takes less than one-half hour.
  • Do not use other warming devices, such as an electric blanket, heating pad, or placing the affected part under running tap water. Your body part lacks feeling when it is frostnipped, and you may burn yourself without realizing it.
  • The area will heal completely but may remain sensitive for weeks after the injury.




  • Home care for other cold injuries generally includes avoidance of cold exposures and wearing adequate protective clothing when going outdoors in cold conditions.
  • If you have any white hard areas on hands, feet, or other parts of the body or if you had white areas that have thawed, go to the Emergency Department for treatment of frostbite.
  • If your hands or feet have been cold and wet for an hour or longer, you may have immersion injury and should also go to the Emergency Department.
  • If a part of your body that has been exposed to cold is painful, go to the Emergency Department


Your symptoms of cold fingertips and hands during times of stress and cold exposure suggests the benign but annoying condition of primary Raynaud’s, also called Raynaud’s disease. However, it’s possible you could have the less common and more serious version—secondary Raynaud's, or Raynaud’s phenomenon. It is called secondary because the symptoms of cold and even painful extremities are the result of other health problems. Treatment for both depends upon the severity of the symptoms and the specific form of the disease. Keep in mind, too, that cold triggers can range from just taking something out of the freezer to being exposed to chilly winter temperatures.


Primary Raynaud’s usually appears between the ages of 15 to 40, is more common in women and those who live in cold climates, and affects up to 10 percent of the population. While we don’t completely understand the process of Raynaud’s, it appears the blood vessels in the extremities overreact to stress or exposure to cold by going into spasm. This leads to decreased blood flow and loss of heat. As a result the fingers and other affected areas feel cold and become pale or blue in color. When the spasm is over, the affected areas may temporarily turn a red as the warmth returns.


Secondary Raynaud’s produces symptoms similar to primary Raynaud’s, but is triggered by smoking or a medical condition, which includes:

  • Previous fractures and vibration-induced injuries from, for example, the use of vibrating tools.
  • Connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma or Sjogren’s syndrome.
  • Autoimmune diseases such as lupus.
  • Arterial diseases including Buerger’s and peripheral arterial disease.
  • Rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Neurological disorders such as carpel tunnel syndrome and reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

Monday

Myrrh essential oil benefits

Like frankincense, myrrh has been used for thousands of years as a fragrance, as perfume, as an ingredient for incense, as a preservative and as a medicinal application. Some of myrrh oil’s healing characteristics are that it is an antiseptic, deodorant, stimulant, and a fungicidal agent and tonic. In Biblical times, myrrh was used as a beauty treatment, to clean wounds, and was added to the soldiers’ wine so that they would be alleviated of their pain. Mother’s used it to heal stretch marks and soothe their infants. In today’s society since it has a cooling action, it is used to alleviate ulcers, sores, wounds and chapped skin.



Properties:
Analgesic
Antibacterial
Antibiotic
Anti-fungal
Anti-inflammatory
Antiseptic
Astringent
Decongestant
Expectorant
Sedative



Wellness Uses:
Cold and Flu Season
Emergency Salve/Spray
Immune Strengthener
Skin Care

Common Health Concerns:
Cough
Cuts and Wounds
Dermatitis
Diarrhea
Gum/Mouth Problems
Hemorrhoids
Indigestion
Skin Disorders
Stomach Ache
Yeast Infection

Wednesday

Prom Shoes pictures

Glitter and beaded platform sling back sandal, for your prom.
High heels for a fierce lady with animal prints & colors ‚Äúsilver, gold, black, red, pink, white, blue or purple‚ that makes more of fierce statement, elegant designs with leather in open toes & high heeled mules to show off your feet & your yummy pedicure, flats made of leather also with studs to show your soft gentle yet fun side, pumps & slingbacks in leather, satin & shimmering studs & fabric to maintain your hotness.


Friday

Angel pictures

An angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision.  ~St Thomas Aquinas

It comes down to whether you believe in seven miraculous escapes a week or one guardian angel.  ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com


Angels are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe.  ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994


We're all kissed by angels but some of us never think to pucker.  ~Terri Guillemets


I feel that there is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking.  ~Jean Cocteau


The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994


Angels fly at light speed, because they are servants of the Light.  ~Quoted in


The wings of angels are often found on the backs of the least likely people.  ~Eric Honeycutt


Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
~John Milton, Paradise Lost

God not only sends special angels into our lives, but sometimes He even sends them back again if we forget to take notes the first time!  ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994


All God's angels come to us disguised.  ~James Russell Lowell



Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.  ~John Keats

We trust in plumed procession
For such the angels go -
Rank after Rank, with even feet -
And uniforms of Snow.
~Emily Dickinson


Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



Life is a tapestry:  We are the warp; angels, the weft; God, the weaver.  Only the Weaver sees the whole design.  ~Quoted in The Angels' Little



We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.  ~Luciano de Crescenzo


The soul at its highest is found like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of Him.  That is all an angel is:  an idea of God.  ~Meister Eckhart


It is not known precisely where angels dwell - whether in the air, the void, or the planets.  It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.  ~Voltaire

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God alone.  ~William Blake



The Angels were all singing out of tune,
And hoarse with having little else to do,
Excepting to wind up the sun and moon
Or curb a runaway young star or two.
~Lord Byron



The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.  ~G.K. Chesterton, "Orthodoxy"


A pillow for thee will I bring,
Stuffed with down of angel's wing.
~Richard Crashaw