Follow this 3 minute routine before applying makeup

Written by Alicia Caldelas


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3. Finally, use a moisturizer with your finger tips on your skin to make it soft, smooth and glowing. It also provides longer wear for make up. It takes care of your skin by not only putting back your skin's lost moisture but also preventing further moisture loss. It also helps inrepparttar next application -repparttar 130367 foundation, which spreads more easily if applied overrepparttar 130368 moisturizer, makingrepparttar 130369 foundation blend smoothly withrepparttar 130370 skin.

So, remember to follow this routine twice a day - before makeup and to remove makeup atrepparttar 130371 end ofrepparttar 130372 day.

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Natural remedies for perimenopause and menopause symptoms.

Written by Lynn Donn


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Dong Quai is an important herb used in Chinese medicine, and has been used to treat PMS, menstrual irregularities and menopause symptoms for thousands of years, although its effectiveness has yet to be clinically verified by Western health practitioners. It is also believed to dilate blood vessels, and is used to treat high blood pressure and circulatory problems.

Black Cohosh

Black cohosh is commonly believed to contain phytoestrogens, although clinical studies to confirm this have been far from conclusive. It is a perennial plant native to North America, and is also known as black snakeroot, bugbane, rattleroot and macrotys. The plant has a long history of usefulness as a medicinal treatment, first by Native American people and more recently by alternative health practitioners, and has been used to treat a range of gynecological ailments including menopause symptoms, infertility, inflammation ofrepparttar uterus and ovaries, and to induce lactation, bring on menstruation, and alleviate labor pains. It has also been used to treat rheumatism, fever, coughs and colds, hives and backache. Some studies have shown that taking pills made from black cohosh extract is very helpful in providing short term relief from a range of menopause symptoms including hot flashes, depression, mood swings and anxiety. However, little is known aboutrepparttar 130364 effects of takingrepparttar 130365 treatment inrepparttar 130366 long term, and some negative side effects have been reported, including headaches, stomach and gastric discomfort and weight gain.

Maca

Peruvian Maca root is believed to work by stimulating glands inrepparttar 130367 body to produce their own estrogen and testosterone. Maca has been cultivated inrepparttar 130368 Andes region for perhaps thousands of years, and has been used as a treatment to increase energy, enhance libido and increase fertility. Maca root is claimed to provide a range of benefits, including alleviating PMS symptoms, reducing depression and stress, increasing athletic ability and creating a general sense of well being. It is also claimed to be effective in treating a wide range of menopausal symptoms, including mood swings, depression, irritability, anxiety, fatigue, hot flashes, reduced libido, sleep disturbances and breast tenderness. Objective clinical research intorepparttar 130369 effectiveness andrepparttar 130370 potential hazards of taking Maca root supplements is very scant.

Progesterone treatments.

An alternative view ofrepparttar 130371 causes of menopause symptoms places more emphasis onrepparttar 130372 role of progesterone, andrepparttar 130373 imbalance between progesterone and estrogen. “Estrogen dominance” is a recently identified syndrome, and is believed by a small number of doctors to berepparttar 130374 cause of severe PMS and menstrual problems in early adulthood, and a range of severe symptoms as menopause approaches. Advocates of progesterone treatments believe them to be free fromrepparttar 130375 health risks and side effects associated with estrogen based treatments.

Natural progesterone cream

Natural progesterone creams usually contain extracts from Mexican wild yam, which contains a substance which is believed to be similar torepparttar 130376 progesterone produced inrepparttar 130377 body. The creams are applied torepparttar 130378 parts ofrepparttar 130379 body whererepparttar 130380 skin is thinner, such asrepparttar 130381 breasts, inner thighs, inner forearms or stomach, and are believed to pass throughrepparttar 130382 skin and circulate throughrepparttar 130383 body. Many women have found natural progesterone creams to be very effective in treating menopause symptoms, but there is no evidence to show thatrepparttar 130384 creams lowerrepparttar 130385 risk of breast and uterine cancer, or are free fromrepparttar 130386 risk of side effects as is sometimes claimed.

Chaste tree berry

Chaste tree berry, sometimes known as Chasteberry or Vitex agnus castus has been used since ancient Greek times to treat a range of ailments. It is believed to stimulaterepparttar 130387 production of progesterone, and has been shown to be very effective in alleviating severe PMS and a range of menopausal symptoms

Lynn Donn is the webmaster for http://www.menopause-symptoms-perimenopause.com Her website includes helpful articles on perimenopause and menopause symptoms including hot flashes and night sweats. Site offers suggestions on how to ease symptoms of menopause and perimenopause naturally using black cohosh, soy and natural progesterone cream etc.


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