Monday, July 31, 2006

Success for reaching your goals

The other day I listened to an interview with a woman who had lost a lot of weight and when she was asked how she managed to lose the weight. She replied that she gave herself small goals instead of just aiming at the larger goal.

Chopping your goals into small more manageable chunks is a great way to succeed at getting your goals.

Quite often you will fail at reaching your goal because they are too big and overwhelming. When they are so overwhelming you will find that you procrastinate and not actually get started at all.

Breaking down your goal into bite size chunks helps you to know where you are going and what you need to do.

You can do this with whatever goal you dream of, be it to lose weight, exercising or even starting a new business.

Good luck at reaching your goals, remember break it down!

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Keeping your face and skin looking younger

You need to look after your skin, even if you have been treating it badly, it is never too late to begin.

Do not clean your face with soap and water but with a proper cleanser so that it dissolves all the make-up on the face and cleanses it properly. Always make sure that you remove your make-up every night as one night leaving it on can age your skin eight days.

After cleaning your skin make sure that you moisturise it so that it keeps your skin hydrated and younger looking. Nowadays you can even get moisturisers with sun protection added to them.

Next your make-up, you need to use a light foundation that does not sink into the wrinkles and emphasis them, heavier ones have a tendency to emphasis wrinkles.
Choose fresh colours for your eyes and cheeks but be careful about what type of eyeshadow you use as cream ones have a tendency to sink into your wrinkles.

On the lips use a lip pencil to outline the lips so that it stops your lipstick from bleeding around your lip area.

Monday, July 03, 2006

Sunburn Relief

Now that it is really hot and the sun is at its strongest there is a chance of getting sunburn.

Now a great remedy is good old vinegar, and any sort will do. You just need to dab some vinegar on to the sunburn.

The vinegar will put acidity back into your skin and ease the pain of the sunburn. Don’t worry about smelling of vinegar because the smell usually passes within a short time.

My mother has been using this sunburn relief for years and she swears by it!