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The Personal Power of Beauty

Published on 02:51 By ثانوية أحد الإعدادية

Beauty is Infinite, Beauty is Health, Beauty is Truth, Beauty is Power

What is the Personal Power of Beauty?

Beauty is the power of radiance, and your personal beauty has the power to illuminate your world to a more radiant and bountiful experience. There is abundance, joy, passion, sensuality and pleasure to be had in your beautiful life, and working with your personal power of beauty is a strategy for claiming even more. Your personal power of beauty is a treasure to behold, a way to be bold and a powerful journey for you to unfold. Beneath the surface of your skin is the story of your beauty, and this is the story that is meant to be told.

The personal power of beauty is a magical tool that enhances all aspects of your existence to a more majestic and magnificent experience. Beauty is the source of your personal magic; it is the essence of who you are, it connects you to others and to the plenty of this planet.
What is beauty? Where does it come from? Who has it?
When you think of beauty is it something you know you have within you? Or does beauty seem like something elusive and outside of you?
All people are beautiful, and it is our essential nature to radiate this beautiful truth.

The Beauty is on the Inside

Years ago, I saw an ad that I loved for Burt's Bee's products. The photo was of a group of Harley-type bikers, you know, heavy set men, grimacing, hairy and looking kind of scary. The caption on the ad said "The Beauty is on the Inside". It couldn't be clearer, beneath the packaging is where you will find true Beauty, it's on the Inside. This ad cracked me up, just thinking about it still makes me smile; the message was so clear, powerful and beautifully stated. Beauty comes from within, it emanates through the skin and vibrates around us.
Each of us has our own personal beauty, it is the unique essence of who we are, like our signature or thumb print, it is exclusively our own. Our personal beauty or inner beauty stems from the heart, our center of love. Our center of love is the vital force of our spirit, and the vital force of our spirits spring from the source of all life: Whether it be God, Goddess, Great Spirit, Energy, Vibration, the Creator, Nature, the Divine or the Force it is all the same source. Whatever you believe to be the divine spark of life within you; whatever you equate to the magic of your existence; however you understand life with its complexities and perfections and which ever way you account for the air that is your breath and the fire of your spirit all stems from the source of life, and the beauty within you is a part of the package. Our beauty is a divine light that sparks through each cell of our being. You truly can never be anything but beautiful, for you are life and life itself is beauty.
When you understand the source of beauty within you, you then have access to its potential for your greater abundance, power and ability to manifest change. The power of your beauty is already embedded in your essence, ready to glow. However, it is harnessed through your beliefs about yourself and the actions you take in the name of truth, beauty and love. You are born with the tools to become a channel for this very compelling and influential vibration. You are the vehicle for this sacred source to shimmer and shine.

Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty. That is all ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know." -John Keats.
We live in a world where our concepts of beauty are decided by the collective consciousness, the standards of our society. Many of us, especially women, are victims of what is known as the 'beauty myth'. A world where fashion rules, perfect body types are most desired and our ways of looking and being are all meant to sell or consume products: beauty products, fragrances, diet pills, hair color, fashion magazines, douches etc. But that is not what true beauty is made of. The truth is we are already whole and complete beings, we are all perfect because we are each perfectly ourselves. What is true is that beauty is everywhere and within everything. For everything on earth and in the universe is of the divine source. Unfortunately, many of us were not taught to honor our own beauty in this way. We were warned against being too conceited or told we were not beautiful enough and sadly so many beautiful people have never had their own precious nature reflected back to them. We hide our beauty in the shadows, even the super models complain about places within themselves that they find hideous. In subtle and not so subtle ways we have been disempowered and misdirected by the media to seeing ourselves as less than the ideal of beauty. Every commercial on television is an assault, telling us what we need to do to be better, happier and more beautiful. This is the beauty myth and it can destroy our sense of self-esteem and even destroy the joy in our lives, it already has for so many people.

As adults, we need to re-teach ourselves where true beauty comes from. We need to re-connect to the radiant source of life within us and teach this to our children. True beauty comes from the heart and soul and spirit of who you truly are, it is your divine right to resonate with self-love and allow your beauty to take the stage. Your authenticity is buzzing with beauty. Life is love, love is truth and truth is beauty. All of life is sacred and all of life is beautiful. Beauty and truth are hand in hand, one does not exist without the other.

Elizabeth Stahl B.A., N.H.C., is the creator and facilitator of "My Goddess Party", Star of Aphrodite Mentoring and Life Coaching, Girls of Power and The Girls and Goddesses Parties - for girls ages 10 and up.

Elizabeth has 16 years of experience in the Natural Health Field specializing in Women's Health and Wellness. She combines her practice as a Natural Health Consultant (NHC), with her Life Coaching practice, Goddess Parties and Sacred Women's Circles. Elizabeth infuses Girls and Women with the essence of their divine feminine spirit and encourages their growth towards the women they want to be.
She is available for private sessions, group work, classes and Virtual Goddess Parties.

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The Mystique of Beauty - The Intuitive Capability of Man to Know Truth and Good

Mystique of Beauty

Published on 01:27 By ثانوية أحد الإعدادية

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Beauty is one of the most difficult term to define yet one of the easiest terms to understand. We all know what is beautiful and what is not. It does not take a second for a person to say if a girl, a child, a man , a place, a song or a poem is beautiful or not. Yet we hardly know why it is beautiful. All we know is that we like beautiful things and feel good when we see or hear something beautiful.
Random House dictionary, defines "beauty" as a characteristic present in a person, place, object or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning or satisfaction to the mind or to the eyes, arising from sensory manifestations such as a shape, color, personality, sound, design or rhythm.

Yet no one knows, what are these characteristics that make a thing beautiful? Since beauty is based on the perception of the person, it is often said that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Beauty is also considered to be only skin deep which means that beauty is superficial and it lacks any substance.
The opposite of beauty is ugly i.e. what gives us a bad feeling. When we see an ugly thing, we just don't like it and want to close our sensual perception and mind from that thing. Everyone wants to see beauty and become beautiful and dread to become ugly. While we see a beautiful thing or meet a beautiful person, we just want to keep on looking. Einstein used the concept of beauty to explain the Theory of Relativity i.e. how time can expand or contract

"You spend 30 minutes with a beautiful girl, it seems like a moment. You spend a moment sitting on a hot stove, it seems like 30 minutes".

Beauty is so important to human beings that they can do anything to look beautiful or achieve beautiful things in life. The pursuit of human life seems to become beautiful or acquire beautiful things in life. Beauty has such a powerful attraction that it bewilders all logic and rationality of the person and sometime the attraction become fatal. Why is beauty such a powerful force?
Beauty means Truth and Good
In the ancient philosophies, the material body is believed to be the material reflection of the soul, the spark of the universal soul or God. Hence, if the person is good, it is because the person has a beautiful soul. It is because of the beauty of the soul that people do good actions in this world. People find their parents and friends beautiful, because they are good to them. We can hardly find any beauty in our enemies as they are not good to us. When a friend turns enemy, the same person cease to be beautiful.
In Indian philosophy God is said to have three manifestations in this world i.e. Truth, Good and Beautiful (Satyam, Shivam and Sundaram). Hence when we find something beautiful, it is only because it has the truth and goodness in it.
Scientists discover secrets (truths) of nature, because they find universe beautiful (Difficult to imagine?). Einstein said "I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple."
Jules Henri Poincare, a famous French mathematician and scientist said

"The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living."

The discovery of truth is, therefore, to with the beauty it holds. For a scientist, the universe is not a dead object but he sees beautiful pattern and aesthetics in the nature, which helps him find the secrets of nature. While most of the people find the world as an ugly place due to its imperfectness like inequality, injustice, disorder, a poet sees the same world as beautiful and creates poetry. A poet can only make beautiful poetry, if he finds beauty in nature and human beings. A logical person or a critique of the world can never find these truth of the world as he can never see beauty in this world.

The Evidence of Beauty
Since beauty needs no logic, people often accuse beauty of being superficial. The rational people or scientists accept no facts to be true unless proven objectively by experiments and investigations. They often blame the perceptions of beauty as biased and prejudiced which has developed in the people in the process of evolution.
We all know that a human body looks beautiful, if it is within a particular range of body weight depending upon the height of the person. We don't find the body beautiful, if it is either too thin or too fat. Yet we can't say why only a particular weight should make the body beautiful? However, the scientists have discovered that what we perceive as beautiful is actually the best body weight for health and longevity. A study conducted by more than a million participants by the US Cancer Prevention [1] concluded that

.. optimum body mass indexes to be between 23.5 and 24.9 for men and 22.0 and 23.4 for women. As body mass index increased, risk of death increased. Men and women, with body mass indexes of 40.0 or higher, increased the risk of death by 250% and 200% respectively. In contrast, underweight men and women, with body mass indexes of 18.5 or lower, increased the risk by 26% and 36% respectively.

Thus, the perception of beauty is not superficial as it is supported by robust scientific research. If, we can imagine how we, can perceive beauty of the body, we can easily notice that our perception of beauty perhaps vary in the same proportion as the effect of body weight on health as if our mind already knows what is good for the body even without going through the long process of research.
Once a scientist described to Einstein, how long years of experimentation and research lead to the discovery of the scientific theory. The wife of Einstein promptly remarked that her husband (Einstein) would have developed the same theory on a piece of paper. Einstein never conducted any experiments, but developed the soundest of the scientific theories from the imagination of his mind as man himself a replica of the universe.
We all have the inherent capability to distinguish the good from the evil and the truth from the untruth by our ability to see beauty. When we eat an apple, we don't have to send it to laboratory to know if it is rotten or fresh. We can simply by looking at it can know that it is fresh. A beautiful apple is also a good apple for health.
What is Good?
The first thing to understand is what is good? We can define goodness from the perspective of self and the world. One can be good to the world, if his actions are for the good of the world. Similarly, one can also be good if his actions are good for him. An ugly man, therefore, must be one who is not only bad for the world but also bad for himself.
However, we can argue, why one would like to do anything that is harmful to self. Yet there is no dearth of such actions. For example, if one eats too much and become obese, it is surely not good for his own health. Similarly smoking, additions etc are also not good for one's own self. All selfish actions are initially good for the person but gradually become bad for him, if these actions are not good for the society. The challenge thus lies in finding a way that is not only good for self but also good for the society. All successful persons and businessman finds a way to find their good in the goods of others. For example, Bill Gates is the richest person in the world, not by doing any harm to the society but by bringing tremendous benefit to the society. As a consequence, he also became a rich man.
However, when a person focuses only on selfish benefit without any concern for the world, he creates an imbalance in the world that makes the person bad. This leads to the path of untruth and evil. Such a person gradually becomes unattractive and ugly as the evil starts getting reflected on his body and the face.
What is good also depends on the person and the situations. A sunny day many look beautiful in the cold winters and cold countries but extremely unattractive for the people of the tropical and warm countries. The woman may look extremely beautiful to a lover but only ordinary to other men and women. Hills may be beautiful for the people living in the plain or in hotter places but may look unattractive to the native who may find the modern world of malls and urban life more attractive. A western music may be attractive to some but repulsive to others.
Thus our perception to beauty has also a purpose. The attraction depends not only the object of beauty but also our mental makeup. We find beauty in things that complements ourselves. It force of attraction due to beauty can be compared with the force of attraction of the electric changes. The opposite attracts and once they meet they neutralize each other. So often we are attracted towards something which we lack. Often, we are not even aware what is missing unless we find something attractive. The beauty is thus a guide to achieve the missing something in us so that we can have more fulfilling and contented life.
Yoga: The Secret of Beauty
The secret of the natural beauty lies in the mantra truth, good and beauty (Satyam, Shivam and Sundaram). To look beautiful outside, one has to be good inside. The good feeling can come only by being good and truthful. If one becomes bad for others, he has to pay the price with his beauty.
Yoga, one of the ancient methods for good heath, means union. It defies all scientific theories as people use yoga to reduce weight and become healthy not by burning calories in gym or by medication but simply by effortless postures of the body designed many thousands of years ago that requires discipline of the body and mind. Yoga means union i.e. the union of body and mind with the soul on personal level and the union of individual soul to the universal soul or the soul of the world on he other level. Yoga, is used all over the world, to make oneself beautiful as it beings the goodness and truth in the person. However, once the person become beautiful, he automatically gets he proper body weight and also fitness and good health.

The Challenges of being Beautiful
Some people are born beautiful but other acquires beauty by conscious effort. Often the most become people become unattractive due to their lifestyle and evil actions. Who would find beauty in a obese man or woman or in a criminal. However, often very ordinary looking person become very attractive because of their achievements. It is particularly true about man who seems to become more attractive with their achievements and good deeds.
As believed in the Indian philosophies, beauty is the manifestation of God in this world. Hence, if a person start doing evil acts, he start drifting from God to Devil. Soon the person would start looking ugly too. His face and body would transform in a way that he would lose all beauty. He would lose health and fitness. He would fall sick frequently. He would become overweight or underweight so as to lose his vitality and health. His face would become cruel or pale devoid of serenity and beauty.
It is not a mere coincidence that no dictator or evil person has ever been beautiful. Conversely, a beautiful person can not be cruel or evil. One proof of this statement is that women, who epitomize beauty, can hardly kill innocent people or commit murder. Woman represents beauty hence they also mean what is good for the society. They risk their own life to create a new life.
We also find that all children are beautiful. It is not a mere a coincidence that all children are also good. They love every creation of the world including innate objects like dolls, toys and animals. Most of the cartoon films and the children's film show kindness to animals. Yet as a man grows, he losses his beauty, if he starts losing goodness.
Secret of Beauty
Beauty is one of the biggest desire of human beings hence a great biggest business opportunity for the businessmen. The cosmetic industry is a multi-billion dollar business today all over the world. Yet can any cosmetics make you beautiful. The beauty due to cosmetics is truly superficial and often causes long term harm to the person. The true secret of beauty lies in discovering truth and goodness in the world and within oneself. Once a person has acquired inner beauty, his body and face start emitting the beauty of the soul to the world. One must also use his or her perception of beauty as a guide to achieve a more fulfilling life in this world. Beauty is, therefore, the most beautiful thing in the world as it comes to every person naturally without any training or study, yet it represents the truth and goodness of this world.
References:
[1] Body Weight and Mortality: What is the optimum weight for a longer life? URL; jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/hliving/BMIwords.html

Mr. Awdhesh K Singh is a government of India officer. He is an Engineer by education and philosopher by passion.
He has published several papers in International Journals and Conferences on the subject of E-governance and the application of Artificial Intelligence tools like Fuzzy Logic (FL) and Expert Systems (ES) for E-governance. He also has keen interest in the study and application of Indian Philosophies for solving the real-life problems of the modern world.

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6 Makeup Tips to Enhance Your Best Assets in a Natural Way

Published on 01:03 By ثانوية أحد الإعدادية

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Don't attempt to spray-tan on a fake six-pack. Use this body makeup to realistically—and naturally—conceal and highlight what you've got

Conceal...
Splotchy Tone
Self-tanner is your friend—it will even out discoloration. Before you start, exfoliate with a body scrub. After showering, dry off completely and rub on the tanner in long, even sweeps from your neck down, says Victoria's Secret makeup artist Colleen Creighton, who recommends Victoria's Secret Beach Sexy Self-Tanning Tinted Lotion . Allow to dry before dressing.

Blemishes and Bruises
A concealer pencil or stick in your natural tone can easily camouflage bruises, scars, stretch marks, body acne, even leg veins. "Just draw or trace over the spot or line and lightly blend the concealer in with your fingertips. If it doesn't match perfectly, take a dab of your face foundation and put that on top," says Creighton. Try Urban Decay 24/7 Concealer Pencil . The formula isn't too creamy, so it won't transfer onto your clothes.
Trouble Areas and Cellulite
For zones you'd rather not draw attention to (say, your tummy or thighs), darkness creates shadows that optically shrink them, explains Creighton. (Sounds like hocus-pocus, but it works—we tried it.) Mix a sweat-resistant foundation—like DermaBlend Professional Leg and Body Cover Foundation —that's two or three shades darker than your natural skin tone with a body butter. Use a damp makeup sponge to cover the area you'd like to minimize. Let dry for 10 to 15 minutes.
Highlight...

Sexy Curves
A shimmering body balm or highlighter, like Benefit Cosmetics Bathina "Take a Picture...It Lasts Longer...", attracts light, making your breasts appear firmer and fuller, says Katie Quinn, cofounder of Kona Tanning, an airbrush spray-tan company. Rub it over your collarbone, the top curve of your ladies, and down the center of your cleavage.
To play up a perky bum, use a bronzing powder to create shadows on top of and under your cheeks in rounded M- and W-shaped lines. Then blend like crazy!
Toned Muscles
Trying to make unsculpted muscles look buff becomes obvious as soon as you move—don't go there. But you can make your natural definition pop with the help of a shimmer-free bronzing powder that's one or two shades darker than your skin; try Laura Geller Beauty Baked Impressions Bronzer with Brush. Stand in front of a mirror and flex to spot the indents in your biceps, triceps, quads, calves, and the curved "parentheses" on the outer edge of your abs. "Use a cotton ball or brush to apply the bronzer in a thin line where you can see the muscle, then keep layering to make the line thicker for a more natural look," says Quinn.

Prime Spots
To make your gams look even leaner, use a highlighter to draw a line down the center (back and front) of your thighs and calves, then blend, says Quinn.
Next, take a metal nail file and scrape a pearl-size scoop of a dry pink blush—try Physician's Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush —and another scoop of shimmer-free bronzing powder into the palm of your hand. Mix them with two pumps of body lotion until it takes on a rosy hue. Blend the mixture onto the top of your shoulders and right above your knees. "This gives you an allover radiant glow and makes you look toned," says Quinn.

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Truth, Beauty, Goodness

Beauty

Published on 00:41 By ثانوية أحد الإعدادية

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Can one know what true beauty and goodness are? Is there an objectivity to these attributes, or are they merely what one perceives them to be? Let us focus on what God has created women to be and what society tells them to be. Does the truth lie in women being successful career women to the exclusion of their own feminine nature; in being dependent on the admiration of others for their self-worth; or in their being mere physical objects of pleasure? Or are they called to find the truth of their dignity in the model of Mary, Virgin Mother of God, who reflects and participates in the Divine Truth, Beauty, and Goodness of which all creation is called to reflect and share in?

The question of truth, beauty, and goodness is one that has intrigued men for centuries. The pagan philosophers seek to identify that which is True, Good, and Beautiful. For the Christian, however, there can be no other answer than that which affirms that the Triune God is the True, the Beautiful, and the Good. By His very essence God is all three. Everything else is so only by participation. We can know this because God has chosen to reveal Himself to us. The Catechism of the Catholic Church #2500 tells us that "even before revealing Himself to man in words of truth, God reveals Himself to (man) through the universal language of creation." All creation reflects its Creator; therefore, we can see something of Beauty itself in creation. Truth, beauty, and goodness, which are called "the transcendentals," cannot be separated from one another because they are a unity as the Trinity is One. Truth is beautiful in itself. And goodness describes all that God has made. "God saw all that He had made, and it was very good" (Gen.1:31).

Man is the summit of the Creator's work, as Scripture expresses by clearly distinguishing the creation of man from that of other creatures. "God created man in His own image..." (Gen. 1:27). Thus, man was not only created good and beautiful, but he was also established in friendship with his Creator and in harmony with himself and with the creation around him, in a state that would be surpassed only by the glory of the new creation in Christ. The inner harmony of the first man, the harmony between the first man and woman (Adam and Eve), and the harmony between the first couple and all creation, is called "original justice." This entire harmony of original justice was lost by the sin of our first parents. Created in a state of holiness, man was destined to be fully "divinized" by God in glory. But he preferred himself to God and disobeyed God's command.

Thus, Adam and Eve immediately lost the grace of original holiness, and the harmony in which they had lived was destroyed. They were separated from Beauty Itself. God, however did not abandon mankind, all of whom share in the sin of Adam, since "by one man's disobedience all were made sinners" (Rom. 5:12). In the fullness of time God sent His Son to restore that which had been lost. The Son, who is "beautiful above the sons of men," came to restore us to beauty.
Thus, we turn now to beauty. Von Balthasar once remarked that when one is seeking to draw others to God, he should begin with beauty because beauty attracts. Beauty will then lead to truth and goodness. Hence, if one is going to begin with beauty then one must know what beauty is. I will make a distinction between two types of beauty, although only one of them is beauty in the truest sense of the definition. There is "seductive" beauty, which is often reflected in our current culture. This would entail whatever allures us to our self-destruction (morally or spiritually). It takes us away from what we were created for, union with Beauty Himself. This type of beauty I will return to, but first I want to establish a definition and proper understanding of what "true" beauty is. This is first and foremost whatever attracts us to our true fulfillment and happiness. In his book The Beauty of Holiness and the Holiness of Beauty, John Saward, drawing on the work of St.Thomas Aquinas, defines beauty as: "the gleaming of the substantial or actual form that is found in the proportioned parts of a material things." In other words, while one can find beauty in the outward appearance, one must go deeper to the nature or the essence of the thing.

"Thus, in a material substance (such as man) there is beauty when the essence of a thing shines clearly through its outward appearance." The beauty of one's soul can be said to shine through a person's countenance. For this to occur, three things are necessary -wholeness (integrity), due proportion (harmony), and radiance (clarity). It is important to note that understood in this definition is the fact that beauty is a reality in itself, it is not something that we produce by looking at a work of art or some other thing that attracts us. Rather, beauty radiates out of what we see. It radiates out because it is participating in Beauty itself. In regards to Jesus, "Christian Tradition - from Augustine and Hilary to Peter Lombard, Albert, Thomas, and Bonaventure - holds that beauty can be appropriated in a special way to the Second Person..."
St. Thomas says that all three marks of beauty are found in Jesus. Radiance is found in Him because He is the Word of the Father, and the Word eternally uttered by the Father completely and perfectly expresses Him. He is the brightness of the Father's mind. Due proportion is found in the Son of God because He is the perfect image of the Father. As the perfect image, He is divine beauty. Jesus has wholeness because He has in Himself the whole nature of the Father. In begetting the Son, the Father communicates the whole of His divine essence. Thus, we have a Divine Person, God the Son, who without ceasing to be true God, has been made true man for us in the Virgin's womb. When one sees the Virgin and the Child, one sees a witness to the Trinity. Pope John Paul II explains that this picture of Mother and Child "constitutes a silent but firm statement of Mary's virginal motherhood, and for that very reason, of the Son's divinity."

It is as such a witness to the Trinity that allows Mary a special place in relationship to the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. The Blessed Virgin, said the fifteenth century poet John Lydgate, is the "Fairest Mother that ever was alive." Many poets and artists have sought to express their praise and admiration for Her who is so closely united to Divinity. When Dante reaches Paradise, he finds the beauty of the Son of God most perfectly mirrored in Mary, of whom He was born. Thus, we will see how Mary is to be for all, but especially women, a model of true beauty, and thus, goodness and truth, as she reflects a sharing in the life of the Trinity. "All the beauty for soul and body that the Son of God brought into the world, all the loveliness He wanted to lavish on mankind, is summed up in, and mediated by the person of His ever virgin Mother, 'a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars' (Rev. 12:1). If there is beauty, it is here."
To understand Mary's beauty, one must know of the gifts bestowed on her, and her response to these gifts, which put her in intimate contact with Beauty, Itself. Scripture, God's revealed Word, tells us that "an angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph...and the virgin's name was Mary. And he (the angel) came to her and said, 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you! ... Do not be afraid Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call Him Jesus. He will be great and called the Son of the Most High...And Mary said, ' How can this be since I have no husband?' And the angel said to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.' ...And Mary said, 'Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.'" (Lk. 1:26-38).
To become the mother of the Savior, Mary was given the gifts necessary and befitting such a role. Mary was greeted as "full of grace," as if that were her real name. A name expresses a person's identity. "Full of grace" is Mary's essence, her identity, and the meaning of her life. Mary is full of grace because the Lord is with her. The grace with which she is filled is the presence of Him who is the source of all grace, and she is given over to Him who has come to dwell in her and whom she is about to give to the world. She is by a singular grace free from any stain of sin by reason of the merits of her Son. She possesses the harmony that Adam lost. Thus, she has the first two qualities of beauty: due proportion (harmony) and integrity (wholeness) because by the merits of her Son and the fullness of grace which she has been given, her nature is complete - unwounded and unstained by sin.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church proclaims that "Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time...In her, the 'wonders of God' that the Spirit was to fulfill in Christ and in the Church began to be manifested." Through Mary, the Holy Spirit begins to bring men, "the objects of God's merciful love, into communion with Christ."

Grace has been described as "God's better beauty, the splendor of the soul." And Mary, who is full of grace, radiates that splendor, that spiritual beauty. Grace (sanctifying grace) gives us a share in the Divine Life; it conforms our souls into the likeness of Christ. Mary in her abundance of grace is a reflected beauty of her Son. She possesses the "radiance" which is the third of the qualities of beauty. The great St. Bernard of Clairvaux declares that "contemplating the countenance of the Mother is the best way of preparing to see the glorious face of the Son." Saward endorses this idea by pointing to the fact that Our Lord is conceived by the Holy Spirit without seed, thus there is only one human person whom He resembles in His humanity, and that is His Virgin Mother.
How does Mary's beauty enable women of today to be an image of true beauty, and hence of truth and goodness also? Mary, the Theotokos - the Mother of God, the Mother of Infinite Beauty, who is herself beautiful, will guide women to that which is true and good. She shows the falsehood of "seductive beauty," which we have noted above as being whatever allures us to our self-destruction (morally or spiritually), by holding up her own "true" beauty in contrast. Before showing the essence of Mary's beauty, which meets St. Thomas' requirements for beauty: wholeness, due proportion, and radiance, we will look at society's claim of womanly beauty. Women today are told by society that what is good and beautiful is that which is glamorous and seductive. Beauty is separated from God, Who is disregarded and Whose goodness is exchanged for a "base mind and improper conduct" (Rom. 1:28), leading to both spiritual and often physical dissolution. The "truth" that they are taught is one which "considers the human being (and hence, the woman) not as a person but as a thing, as an object of trade, at the service of selfish interest and mere pleasure... this falsehood produces such bitter fruits as contempt for men and for women, slavery, oppression of the weak, pornography, prostitution..."

Thus, beauty is often seen as a mere physical quality. It lacks "due proportion" because only one aspect of the whole person is considered. Society emphasizes the physical to the exclusion of the spiritual. Flowing from this same type of mentality, we see that women are honored more for their work outside the home than for their work within the family. What is "seen" as attractive is a woman who is able to achieve the "good" of a successful career, which promises happiness and "equality with men." In order to achieve this, women often times either renounce their femininity or become a mere imitation of the male role. They are in a sense trading in the quality of "integrity," which is necessary for true beauty, for society's limited claim of the beautiful. This "seductive beauty" which promises so much "good" gives rise to a hedonism that distorts and falsifies human sexuality and the true dignity of the human person. This leads not only to a lack of respect for what womanhood is to be, since the truth about their personal dignity as one who was created and redeemed by God is unknown, but it also hinders women from achieving the "fullness of grace" for which they were created. It leads to women's spiritual destruction because they are not living a life of grace. They are not living for God.
Mary, who lived a grace-filled life, is, however, the model of redeemed woman. God Himself "manifests the dignity of women in the highest form possible by assuming human flesh from the Virgin Mary, whom the Church honors as the Mother of God." The highest elevation of the human nature took place in the masculine gender, when Jesus, the Son of God, became man and male. The highest elevation of the human person took place in the feminine gender, in the Virgin Mary. Her divine maternity gives her an exalted dignity. She is "blessed among women." Therefore, all womanhood shares in her blessing and is made radiant by her. "When the Virgin Mary is humbly honored for the sake of her Son, women will be honored...for she has revealed the true beauty of womanhood."

Looking at what we have already said about Mary, we know "full of grace" reveals her essence, her identity. It is also the key to her reflection of the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. It is the key to women discovering the truth of their own dignity, and hence, obtaining the divine life that is offered to them through a life of grace. This is a life that will bestow on them true goodness and beauty, which is a participation in the beauty of the Creator.

Because Mary is "full of grace," she possesses the wholeness that was lost by Adam. Because of grace, she is "radiant as the sun," showing in her very being the clarity of a life united with God. Such a union shines forth in a person's actions; actions which are a reflection of God's goodness. "The practice of goodness is accompanied by spontaneous spiritual joy and moral beauty" (CCC 2500). These actions, called virtues, "are acquired by education, by deliberate acts and by a perseverance ever-renewed in repeated efforts are purified and elevated by divine grace" (CCC1810). Grace affects every dimension of a person's life. It is a gift of God that leads us closer to God. The closer we are to God, the more we reflect Him who is Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.
Mary is held up for us as the model of the life of virtue. She is a guide in living a life of faithfulness to grace. Due to space limitation, I will only briefly look at three of the virtues that Mary possesses and calls us to imitate. They are faith, obedience, and charity. The Church hails Mary as an "excellent exemplar in faith and charity" (Lumen Gentium 53). We see her faith when she entrusts herself freely to God at the Annunciation, believing and trusting the angel's message to her that the son to be born to her would be the Son of the Most High, certain that "with God nothing is impossible" (Lk. 1:30). Her journey of faith continues in her responses to that which occurs in her life of union with Jesus. She flees to Egypt when Joseph is directed to go there (Mt. 2:13-15); she returns in the same manner (Mt. 2:19-23); and she faithfully perseveres in her union with her Son unto the cross (cf. LG#58, Jn.19:25-27), all the while believing and trusting in the wisdom of God's divine plan. She believed that her Son, though crucified and buried, would rise from the dead. She waited in prayer (Acts 1:14). We, too, are called to be women of faith, believing what God has revealed concerning His plan for us and our salvation.

Flowing from Mary's deep faith, she shows her loving obedience. Hers was not a servile obedience. Rather it was an obedience that flowed from humility. She knew the wisdom and greatness of God and therefore, sought to live in conformity with it. Being obedient to God meant responding in trust to His all-wise plan. Again, at the Annunciation, she replies in obedience to the angel, "Let it be done to me as you say" (Lk. 1:36). She obediently follows the directions that the angel gives to Joseph, trusting in God. Mary remained obedient to her role as mother even to the cross, where she obediently offers the full assent of her intellect and will to Him whose ways are inscrutable. As we seek to imitate Mary's obedience, we will find that it frees us from the slavery of sin. Obedience makes us beautiful because it opens us up to God's grace, to His life and love within us.

Mary's faith and obedience allows her great charity to shine through. Mary, the Mother of Fairest Love, possesses a self-humbling love, innocent of all narcissism. "It is for Christ and to the glory of the Father, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, that our Lady is 'all fair.'" She devotes herself "totally as a handmaid of the Lord to the person and work of her Son... she does this freely" (LG # 56). This acceptance of her role as "Mother of the Son of God (is) guided by spousal love, the love which totally consecrates a human being to God. By virtue of this love, Mary wished to always be and in all things given to God." This love that remains faithful to her Son throughout His life, even to His cruel death on Calvary, extends itself to the brethren of her Son, those souls still journeying on earth (cf. LG #62-63). There is nothing more beautiful than charity, which we are all called to practice, and which inspires and animates all the other virtues (cf. CCC 1827). Charity, the form of all virtues "binds everything together in perfect harmony" (Col. 3:14), one of the aspects of beauty.

These virtues and the life of grace are possible for all women, who seek to know the truth and avail themselves of the grace that comes from the merits of Jesus Christ, who came to restore mankind to the beauty of adopted children and "partakers in the divine nature" (1 Pt. 1:3). St. Francis de Sales notes that because of grace we are so like Christ that we resemble God perfectly, because in His becoming man, Jesus has taken our likeness and given us His. Thus, we must do what we can to preserve this beauty and divine resemblance that He has restored to us.

Mary helps women to do this. Her beauty attracts, and because it attracts she leads us to Jesus, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (Jn.14:6). Mary is loved and honored because she reflects the truth, beauty, and goodness of her Son by her actions, by her life of virtue. Her role is to lead others to Him and to the truth he teaches and is. This is seen by looking once again at how creation reflects the beauty of God. All that God creates is good; it is beautiful. Jesus, who is the fullness of revelation, has raised creation to an even higher dignity by restoring all things "according to the plan God was pleased to restore in Christ. A plan to be carried out in Christ, in the fullness of time, to bring all things into one in Him, in the heavens and on earth" (Eph. 1:9-10). Thus, harmony is restored, all is made whole, and His glory is made known. Because the "Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son of the Father" (Jn. 1:14)

Man was created in the image and likeness of God; Jesus renewed humanity in His immortal image. He restored us to the likeness of God. Mary reflects the beauty of her Son in her very essence. Mary is the one who will, in cooperation with her Divine Son, help women to discover the truth of their feminine nature, to reflect the beauty of a child of God, and by God's grace to live that goodness that comes from God alone. Women, to attain this ideal, must turn to Mary as a model, who has been chosen by God from all eternity to be the Mother of His Son, and to be a guide for us on our journey to the True, the Good, and the Beautiful, our true fulfillment and happiness. Women should entrust themselves to Mary's guidance because she already is that which they are called to be: full of grace. As the Church prays in the Divine Liturgy: Lord, as we honor the glorious memory of the Virgin Mary, we ask that by the help of Her prayers, we too may come to share the fullness of Your grace," so that by that grace we too may reflect that which is True, Beautiful, and Good.

Margie Crooks is the Director of Parish Ministries for the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana. She is also the Director of Religious Education for St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fishers, Indiana. Margie earned her Master's Degree in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she graduated with honors. Margie is also a Licensed Health Facility Administrator and has worked for 17 years in the health care field.

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Makeup - Only Vanity, No Apologies

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A woman without makeup and her cosmetics that act as her tool to beautify herself are like a chocolate maker without his chocolate. They are indeed a crucial element of each woman's life. No beauty can do without it at any juncture of her life. Be it the teenager group or any mature woman, they trail behind many kinds of beauty rules which also involve the application of cosmetics. Though, the basics of makeup commence with a clean canvas which is the lustrous and healthy skin. Apart from nutritional supplements, a variety of skin care products appear into the picture if you yearn to have unblemished and healthy skin.

Cleaning, toning and applying cream are the fundamentals of every day routine that marks the dawn of glowing skin. Before the application of makeup, it is imperative to fashion a soft and matte upshot on the skin. This can be made with the assistance of blemish correctors and primers, which smooths the skin and hide the blemishes before using foundation which gives the face an even tone. High-quality quality cosmetics are mild on the skin and also pack up the fine lines of aging and blemishes. A corrector palette consists of three colors which can be utilized according to your skin problem.

Next is the lucid and pressed powder that can be used to hold the makeup in place for long and have a brightening effect on your skin. This appends an immediate glow. With all the basic work done, it is from here from where the real creativity sets in motion. The eyes are a significant asset of a woman. Eyes being the glory, yet it is the brows that frames the faces and makes it look logical. The shadow color adds an effortless glow to augment the natural gleam of the eye area.

The recent trends welcome a wide range of glosses too. New-fangled eye glosses. liners, shadows are all accessible from the market that adds a sheen to the eye. But its application can be quite complicated. Accuracy is required to get the spot on look and outcome. So get set for the starry-night feel when your eyes will emit sparkles to the audiences. If you adore amazing bronze tan, then these products are just the right thing for you. It is an avant-garde product in the cosmetics sector which assures an instantaneous body tan in a matter of minutes. So no more sun basking to get a body tan. All you have to do is to apply the self-tanning spray, which gives on the spot healthy radiance that lasts for days. It not only looks great but also lightens evenly and easily.

For years together, the planet of beauty has been the conquering address of the fair skin woman, but not any longer. The dusky beauties are gradually rising to rule the fashion route. However one needs to keep a few significant points mentally while working with woman of color. Especially for the African ladies. Use of blemish correctors previous to eye makeup will ensure that the eyes look absolutely enticing. The color of the eye shadow also plays an important role.

But before deciding the shades, you need to deliberate your eye color and the warm or cool undertones of your skin. For instance, golden eye shadow will look beautiful on the lids, if you have deep dark brown eyes. Applying eye cream to the part around the eyes each night can do marvels for any woman as superb eye makeup begins with a perfect skin. Another sailing trend that is up with women is following in the footsteps of their beloved celebrity makeup technique. But many a times it leads to utter disaster.

The good news is, that by trailing behind a handful tips one can unquestionably avoid such problems. The golden rule is, that before you try a celebrity style keep the whole thing clean and natural. Indulge in your hair like you care for your face. Don't over-wash it and apply cream in the night before a grand event for dazzling, glossy results. You can be audacious enough to rebuild any novel look, but don't go after a celebrity blindly. Be well thought-out before coming to a decision as to what looks the best on you and what is a complete NO-NO.

Shubraa is a beauty researcher and blogger who reviews beauty products and publishes the in-depth pro and cons of those products for the benefit of her audiences. With over 7 years of profound experience in beauty blogging she shares her insight with the people interested in makeup and skin care.

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Reveal Your Natural Beauty With Top Beauty Products

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Women the world over knows that beautiful skin is a great asset. Even if heredity hasn't given you the kind of skin you'd like, quality beauty products can work at giving your skin a smooth, fresh look. Thanks to scientists putting their knowledge to work in beauty research, there are products to suit all kinds of skin, hair, lips, complexion, your feet as well as for your personal hygiene. Beauty is not static, it needs constant care, and the question is, what beauty products would you reach for first if you had to present your best image?

Some of the Top Beauty Care Products

OLAY - Created by chemist, Graham Wulff for his wife Dinah, the instantly recognizable fragrance and pale pink shade of Oil of Olay Beauty Fluid has been making women look and feel beautiful since the 1950s. In 1985, Procter & Gamble gained the Olay brand and today all products are safety- and quality tested. From their dermatologist formulated Pro-X skin care products to their Regenerist skincare to their Total Effects, Fresh Effects, Complete, Classics and Body range collection of products, Olay's cleansers, anti-aging products, moisturizisers and body treatments are an essential part of a woman's grooming.

L'OREAL - Every woman concerned about beauty and style appreciates the cosmetics, skincare products, hair color and self tan products which L'Oreal offers. For more than a century, the multi-award winning company has been providing men and women with safe beauty products and their research and innovation allows them to continuously bring out products which are fresh, new and original. Their skincare products are rigorously tested with leading scientists, whether its their Youthcode for up to 35 year olds, their Revitalift for up to 45 year olds, their Age Perfect for up to 55 year olds and their Age Re-perfect for those over the age of 55.

NEUTROGENA - This American brand of skin, hair care and cosmetics was founded in 1930 by Emanuel Stolaroff. Today the company offers a broad range of beauty products, from their cleaners, body and bath products to cosmetics, anti-wrinkle and anti-acne products, hair products and their men's skin care range. Renowned for their water-soluble cleansers, retinol, AHAs and sunscreen products, their Healthy Skin lineup offers moisturizers with glycolic acid.

ESTEE LAUDER - with its headquarters in New York, this manufacturer of skincare, makeup and hair care products started in 1946. The company has more than 25 brands such as Aramis, Bobbi Brown and Clinique, and they have confidence in the safety of all the ingredients and formulas of their products which set the right pH balance for skin and hair. It was Estee Lauder who started the very popular idea of giving a free gift with a purchase.

AVON - a leading global beauty product company and one of the world's largest direct sellers. Avon's beauty products include their quality, scientifically proven color cosmetics which provide superior performance, from the lipsticks to the foundations, powders and lip products; all designed to make women look and feel their best. Their fantastic ANEW skincare brand with transformative, anti-aging technology helps women to look much younger. This range has different lines to target a particular age group.

The Trade Secret for Beautiful Skin and Hair

Research on the Internet will help you to select the best beauty products to encourage each man and woman to make their own beauty routine the most pleasurable. These products have all been developed to take just a few minutes each day to apply, but which will affect your looks for a lifetime.

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Best Hairstyles For Women With Black And Blond Hair

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Hair is one of the most important parts of a woman; therefore, as a lady you should take good care of it. If you have black or blonde hair and you are wondering which are the best styles for you, here are some of them:

Chunking

This is a style that involves dying all, but one or a few selected sections of your hair. The selected areas (chunks) are then colored with a different color. For example, if your hair is blonde, you can select a chunk in the middle or on the sides of your head and dye it black.

When doing this style you should be cautious of ensuring that you do it properly and professionally in order to avoid having a weird look.

Short spike

Here you should cut your hair to two or three inches all over your head. You should then decide on how you would like to dye your hair: you can dye it blond or black on top. You should note that different dyes have different results. For example, dyeing blonde will make the spikes stand out more; however, when you dye black the style will be more subtle.

Once you have separated the hair at the top, you should apply one color below the line and then apply the other color on top. After doing this you should style the hair so that the bottom color is combed down or back from the face. To make the style stand out, you should apply hair gel on the hair.

The good side with this style is that it's simple and at the same time very elegant. The main drawback with the style is that it takes time to achieve the look that you want.

Bi-colored Bob

A short or medium length bob gives you a number of options on what you can do with your hair. Here you should color the top layer of your hair with one color and then apply another color underneath. If you don't mind, you can opt to color majority of the hair black and then bleach the bangs to blonde.

If you want an extreme look, you should alternate two inch sections of hair starting at the front and moving to the back.

Although, the style is simple and stylish, you should be careful when wearing it. This is especially important when you are working in a conservative environment. For ideal results you should always consult an expert before you get the style.

Hair is very important to a woman and this is why we have detailed Hairstyles for Women. In addition to the usually hairstyles, we also have Short Hairstyles 2015 for women. Visit the given links to learn more.

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7 Beauty Tips You Can Use To Enhance Your Looks

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Published on 01:17 By ثانوية أحد الإعدادية

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Every woman's dream is to look beautiful without struggle. They want to be called "natural beauties". They want to look their absolute best every day without stressing, spending hours in front of the mirror or spending their hard-earned money at the salon. So they search for beauty tips to look beautiful.
This article gives you some practical ideas on how to do that. In today's article, we are going to look at some beauty tips you can use daily to have better looks and a vibrant life you love waking up to.
So the question is... how do you look naturally beautiful? What makeup ideas are available to enhance your facial appearance?
Well, given below are some beauty tips and tricks to look beautiful every day.

7 Beauty Tips to Have Better Looks

Beauty Tip # 1 - At times we have some abnormal puffiness around the eyes. If you want to reduce the swelling, hold a cold spoon on the affected area. Studies show that the cold can make the puffiness disappear making your face have its normal look again and even make it look more beautiful.

Beauty Tip # 2 - If you want to have smooth, streak-free results after applying self-tanner, you need to first of all exfoliate your skin to remove dead skin cells. A dead and dry skin can make self-tanner to absorb unevenly resulting in splotches, streak and darker area on the skin. Exfoliating ensures better results from self-tanner.

Beauty Tip # 3 - A lot of women notice their concealer coming off looking thick and caked after its application on their face and I believe you don't want that happening to you. It is advised to warm your concealer before using it. How do you do that? Warm it up by rubbing it on the back of your hand. Then use your finger to apply it.

Beauty Tip # 4 - It is always a good idea to tap into the knowledge of skin specialists or beauty experts. Enlighten your understanding in the application of makeup. If it requires money and time, don't hesitate to spend it since your better understanding of the use of these beauty products can save you a lot of money and can help you properly apply it on your face.

Beauty Tip # 5 - When you notice that your nail polish is starting to become thick, add some few drops of nail polish remover to make things thin again. Properly shake the bottle to mix it thoroughly.

Beauty Tip # 6 - If you plan on using an eye-shadow and a liner, remember not to use your eye cream on the same area ahead of time. Even after the eye cream has been absorbed, you will still find it difficult achieving an exact, bold look that does not easily make a smudge on your face.

Beauty Idea # 7 - When you have large pores on your face you should not be frustrated since they can be treated. It is very common skin problem. See your dermatologist or go to a spa to have it shrunk. You will receive a micro dermabrasion treatment which is mostly done to remove the top layer of dead skin and shrink or decrease the pore size.
Having glowing skin gives you better looks and a vibrant life you love waking up to. I believe this article has pointed out some useful beauty tips and secrets you can follow to look your best and feel beautiful so that the inner natural beauty that you already have can shine through.
Got any beauty tips of your own to share? What makes you look naturally beautiful? Share in the comments. Don't forget to share this with your friends.

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Beauty Ideas for Women

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Published on 01:12 By ثانوية أحد الإعدادية

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A woman wants to look beautiful all her life and a beautiful you will come with boosted confidence and a high self-esteem. It is important to know the best ways to take care of your skin, hair, eyes and nails in order to remain beautiful. Among the beauty tips for women is a lifestyle change that involves a healthy diet and healthy habits. The skin responds to what we eat and a healthy looking skin indicates a healthy diet. Eating a balanced diet is necessary and the skin will flourish in diets that are high on fruits and vegetables. These help in replenishing the skin to give it a healthy glow. Taking up to eight glasses of water daily is another beauty tip that will ensure that your skin is well cleansed.
To keep that skin glowing, it is advisable to embark on the three-phase treatment for the face that includes cleansing, toning and moisturizing. The first thing you do is to wash your face with the appropriate face wash, which is followed by cleansing. Toning comes third followed with moisturizing which ensures that your face does not dry up. Using a sunscreen is highly recommended at all times since the skin is very sensitive to weather changes. Overexposure to sun is a known cause for skin cancers and it is therefore important to ensure that you wear your sunscreen in all weather. The lips are a prominent feature on the face and you do not want to walk around with dry chipped lips. It is therefore best to apply lip balm, Vaseline or a petroleum jelly to ensure that they are well moisturized through the day. Hair defines a woman and the healthier it looks the better.
Among the beauty tips for women is trimming your hair often to rid it of split ends. It is also advisable to keep it healthy using henna packs, natural proteins or amla-reetha-shikakai packs. Hair must be kept moisturized and oils such as almond, castor, and olive are highly recommended. To ensure that your scalp stays clean and dandruff free, it is important to shampoo your hair at least twice a week. Conditioning it is vital, as it will ensure that it is soft and manageable. Styling your hair appropriately makes up the beauty tips for women and it is important to style it according to your face shape. Another beauty tip for women is indulging in a body massage weekly to ensure that your body stays firm and hydrated.
To remove the unwanted hair, it is ideal to opt for waxing for the legs and hands. When buying cosmetics, it is important to test them to ensure that they do not end up harming your skin. This is done through a patch test to ensure that it does not react with your skin or cause allergic conditions. Beauty tips for women on cosmetics insist that you should stick to one brand that works for your skin since experimentation with many others may make your skin sensitive. Another important beauty tip is to ensure that you remove your entire make up before retiring to bed. This ensures that you do not take debris to bed, which may cause rashes, acne, and excessive oil secretions.

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Fitness and Beauty Are in Your Own Hands

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Published on 01:06 By ثانوية أحد الإعدادية

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The world of cosmetics is easily one of the most competitive and rapidly changing markets in the world. The need for high-end and eco-friendly packaging for cosmetics is constant and in order for a packaging company to provide adequate service they must adapt to the ever-changing demands of the industry. The success of fragrances, makeup, and skin care depend heavily on marketing and product packaging. Each item requires its own product packaging and here are some prime examples of how important packaging for cosmetics truly is.

Fragrances

Colognes and perfumes can be an extension of a company's cosmetic line or their only product on the market. Unless a customer walks into a store knowing exactly what they want, the packaging design of a fragrance is crucial to brand recognition. Just seeing the name or logo of a company can influence someone to at least take a test whiff of the product. It is imperative for the fragrance producer to choose a packaging company who places emphasis on visually striking yet identifiable product packaging.

Makeup

Unlike fragrances, makeup is sold in all shapes and sizes, which poses a sizeable task for any packaging company. Mascara, eye shadow, and blushes are only a few cosmetic products needing their own packaging design for certain images and styles are a staple for some cosmetic companies. Product packaging for makeup must also contain a high level of functionality, because who wants a purse full of blush or eye shadow?

Skin Care

Much like makeup, there are is a long list of skin care products that will need their own unique packaging design. Lotions moisturizers, soaps, and exfoliants all demand creative packaging for cosmetics and like all other products need to stay in line with current trends in the marketplace. Retail appeal is extremely important as well and a premier packaging company will be certain to address all of these requirements. One of the innovative characteristics of SafeEdge plastic packaging is the inward flange platform.

The cosmetic industry continues to evolve into a more environmentally friendly business as well, so choosing a packaging company will certainly rely on their willingness to adhere to green regulations. There are a handful of top companies providing packaging for cosmetics, but some have been passed over for greener competitors. So next time you are applying for favorite cosmetic product and twist the lid back on, take a minute and consider all of the hard work that went into the packaging design.

In order for a deli or restaurant to succeed, finding the perfect plastic Product Packaging for their food items is a necessity. To read more on why this element of the business is so important, please go to markets.

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Functional and Attractive Packaging for Cosmetics

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You had a thick glorious head of hair, and then you started to notice it was getting a little thin in spots. Then a little thinner and thinner and then where did it all go? If you are faced with this dilemma, let us explore the options.
Hair loss can be an issue faced by men, women and even children. Hair loss can have a detrimental effect on one's self-esteem. You can approach the issue with depression or with zeal to find a solution that you can be happy with. Let us examine some of the options available today.
First, let us put the effect of losing one's hair in perspective. In a survey of 2,338 men by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, more than 1,300 said they would be willing to give up a personal possession in exchange for more hair. Of that group, 26% said they would be willing to give up a stereo system, 21% a cell phone, 17% a laptop and 13% a plasma TV. This definitely shows how men feel about their hair loss.
In the US alone, it is estimated that hair restoration procedures account for $800+ million in sales, mostly to men. You have a couple of choices: shave your head (this takes a lot of guts) or find a treatment to re-grow or replace your hair.
Society has proven that someone with a shaved head is looked at as less trustworthy or appealing to the eye. The TV commercials or magazines do not show the hot girl with the bald headed man. Nope, it is the GQ looking guy with the nice thick well-trimmed haircut. The reason being, this type of look sells. Women just prefer it.
So what are the options if you want to find a treatment to get your hair to re-grow or be replaced?
- Your physical health. First, get yourself checked out by a physician to make sure there are no underlying health reasons for the hair loss. Your hair is a direct reflection of your physical health. If your body is deficient in a mineral or vitamin, it will show up in your hair growth.
- How about medication? A dermatologist can help you find out if medications, such as menoxidil, (Rogaine) or prescription-only propecia, are smart choices. These are the only two drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treating hair loss, both have been shown as effective in preventing hair loss for as long as they are used and can be taken simultaneously for potentially better results. They can help with thinning hair and to promote re-growth of hair. Rogaine can cost about $30 - $40 per month or around $400 -$500 per year.
- Earlier this year, the FDA gave approval to a handheld home medical device called the HairMax LaserComb, which uses a laser's energy to promote hair re-growth. Cost runs $395 to $545. Since some men may not want to take a pill every day for the rest of their lives or regularly use a special comb, many turn to hair transplantation or natural procedures.
- Follicular unit grafting is considered the one of the most expensive types of hair transplantation techniques. A decade ago, doctors took large grafts of hair - known as plugs - from the back of a patient's head and transplanted them to the crown, follicular unit grafting takes hairs in groups of one to four. Procedures can take several hours and cost upwards of $10,000.
- There are all natural techniques designed to re-grow hair using ordinary grocery store items also. One of the techniques involves rubbing olive oil all over your head before going to bed. Keep it wrapped in a towel all night while you sleep then shampoo it out in the morning. You do this for a total of 8-days.
This procedure removes excess sebum that builds and hardens on your scalp choking off your hair roots and making growing hair extremely difficult. It will not only dissolve and remove the layers of built up sebum, but it will also kill bacteria that keep hair from growing.
There are more all-natural techniques that help to re-grow hair using ordinary grocery store items.

This is just one of the tips to stop hair loss and help to re-grow your hair. You can learn how to use less than $15 of grocery store items to stop hair loss and re-grow hair at Hair Re-growth [http://hairloss.kteweb.com]. Information found at [http://hairloss.kteweb.com]

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How to Re-Grow Hair - What Are the Options?

Hair Loss

Published on 00:48 By ثانوية أحد الإعدادية

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You had a thick glorious head of hair, and then you started to notice it was getting a little thin in spots. Then a little thinner and thinner and then where did it all go? If you are faced with this dilemma, let us explore the options.

Hair loss can be an issue faced by men, women and even children. Hair loss can have a detrimental effect on one's self-esteem. You can approach the issue with depression or with zeal to find a solution that you can be happy with. Let us examine some of the options available today.

First, let us put the effect of losing one's hair in perspective. In a survey of 2,338 men by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, more than 1,300 said they would be willing to give up a personal possession in exchange for more hair. Of that group, 26% said they would be willing to give up a stereo system, 21% a cell phone, 17% a laptop and 13% a plasma TV. This definitely shows how men feel about their hair loss.

In the US alone, it is estimated that hair restoration procedures account for $800+ million in sales, mostly to men. You have a couple of choices: shave your head (this takes a lot of guts) or find a treatment to re-grow or replace your hair.

Society has proven that someone with a shaved head is looked at as less trustworthy or appealing to the eye. The TV commercials or magazines do not show the hot girl with the bald headed man. Nope, it is the GQ looking guy with the nice thick well-trimmed haircut. The reason being, this type of look sells. Women just prefer it.

So what are the options if you want to find a treatment to get your hair to re-grow or be replaced?
- Your physical health. First, get yourself checked out by a physician to make sure there are no underlying health reasons for the hair loss. Your hair is a direct reflection of your physical health. If your body is deficient in a mineral or vitamin, it will show up in your hair growth.

- How about medication? A dermatologist can help you find out if medications, such as menoxidil, (Rogaine) or prescription-only propecia, are smart choices. These are the only two drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treating hair loss, both have been shown as effective in preventing hair loss for as long as they are used and can be taken simultaneously for potentially better results. They can help with thinning hair and to promote re-growth of hair. Rogaine can cost about $30 - $40 per month or around $400 -$500 per year.

- Earlier this year, the FDA gave approval to a handheld home medical device called the HairMax LaserComb, which uses a laser's energy to promote hair re-growth. Cost runs $395 to $545. Since some men may not want to take a pill every day for the rest of their lives or regularly use a special comb, many turn to hair transplantation or natural procedures.

- Follicular unit grafting is considered the one of the most expensive types of hair transplantation techniques. A decade ago, doctors took large grafts of hair - known as plugs - from the back of a patient's head and transplanted them to the crown, follicular unit grafting takes hairs in groups of one to four. Procedures can take several hours and cost upwards of $10,000.

- There are all natural techniques designed to re-grow hair using ordinary grocery store items also. One of the techniques involves rubbing olive oil all over your head before going to bed. Keep it wrapped in a towel all night while you sleep then shampoo it out in the morning. You do this for a total of 8-days.

This procedure removes excess sebum that builds and hardens on your scalp choking off your hair roots and making growing hair extremely difficult. It will not only dissolve and remove the layers of built up sebum, but it will also kill bacteria that keep hair from growing.
There are more all-natural techniques that help to re-grow hair using ordinary grocery store items.

This is just one of the tips to stop hair loss and help to re-grow your hair. You can learn how to use less than $15 of grocery store items to stop hair loss and re-grow hair at Hair Re-growth

[http://hairloss.kteweb.com]. Information found at [http://hairloss.kteweb.com]

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The Truth About Premature Hair Loss

Hair Loss

Published on 12:40 By ثانوية أحد الإعدادية

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Premature hair loss conjures up the image of that unlucky individual who has the misfortune to start the balding process well before his/her time. But the statistics actually tell a different story with one of every four cases of permanent and progressive hair loss beginning before the age of 30. This number doesn't include temporary loss of hair caused by over bleaching, crash diets, harsh shampoo or any other temporary self imposed occurrence that produces balding and/or thinning. Statistics show that premature hair loss caused by male and female pattern baldness impacts over 20 million people in the United States alone. But to fully gain an understanding of why this happens we must first delve into the cause of balding and/or thinning.
Early in life you are blessed with about 100,000 scalp hairs; each one emerging from a small sac like apparatus called a follicle. Each hair replacement cycle lasts about 4 years with a daily reshuffling occurring where approximately 100 hairs are lost then replaced. When a person is experiencing premature hair loss the number of hairs replaced simply can't keep up with the number of hairs lost. For this to happen something must be getting in the way of the natural replacement cycle and in eight out of every ten cases of balding the culprit is a combination of heredity and the androgen hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
This combination is the ambitious new hairs worst nightmare. For those who are genetically predisposed to the condition DHT is converted from testosterone in the hair cell. Over time dihydrotestosterone builds up in the follicle complex causing it to begin to shrink and eventually rendering the follicle incapable or producing new growth. What's even worse, and potentially more permanent, is that many follicles die creating a virtual desert in the middle of a forest of healthy hair. If enough follicles die the only options in the future will be hair transplant surgery, toupees, custom made wigs, or acceptance of their premature hair loss will lead to extensive balding. The most extensive balding and/or thinning is usually seen on the top of the head working its way back to the crown.
What Next? If you are experiencing premature hair loss it is very important to take steps early to protect your remaining hair and to re-grow as much of your lost hair as possible. The good news is that by being younger than the average person who is experiencing balding or thinning your chances of successfully restoring lost hair is actually much better than someone in their late 40's or early 50's. There are currently a number of excellent hair re-growth products formulated to reinvigorate shrinking hair follicles, block the androgen hormone DHT, and produce new growth. If you are interested in halting male or female baldness before it reaches the point of no return prompt action is your best defense against extensive permanent premature hair loss.

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