Summer Skin CareWritten by Natalie Katsman
Just as winter weather makes us pay special attention to our skin, summer with its sun and heat has its requirements too. SPF. SPF and more SPF. I know you heard a lot about it - but talking about summer skin care, I just have to remind you again. However, SPF is only a small part of what you can do for your smooth complexion and healthy glow. People with dry sensitive skin may notice that sun causes more dryness and irritation. In this case try to use herbal infusions instead of tap water when cleansing your skin. The best herbs are chamomile and sage - alone or in combination with linden blossoms. They will calm and soothe your skin. Having antibacterial properties, they will also prevent infections. If you spend a lot of time outside and feel that your skin is dry, soak cheesecloth in herbal infusion and leave it on clean face for a few minutes. To make an herbal infusion you will need: 3 parts of linden blossoms 2 parts of chamomile 1 part rose petals 1/2 part peppermint leaves Take 2 tablespoons of herbal mixture and cover with 1 cup of boiling water. In hot days when your face is sweating, do not rush to wash it with water. First wipe it with a cotton ball soaked in sour milk or sour cream. After 10-15 minutes rinse with sage infusion or green tea. Then apply your favorite moisturizer. Some women think there is no need to use creams during summer since skin sweats and already looks shiny. This is a big mistake. Oil and sweat are two different things. Oil depletion makes skin vulnerable to wind, sun, temperature contrast and other environmental factors. In hot summer days sweat evaporates from skin surface making it even dryer and prone to injury or infection (read: acne). Wrong day cream can also cause sweatiness. Too much moisturizer or night cream used during day will make your skin feel hot and look too shiny. Try to choose a light cream that makes your skin feel comfortable without leaving an oily residue and apply it to clean skin to ensure best absorption.
| | To All the Men I'll Never Love AgainWritten by Nevine Al Seidi
Where do I begin to tell stories of what a fatal sin it was falling for you all. I can do little but grin when I remember how a name of yours rings a heartache or two. And oh, how glad now I could rid myself of each one - old and new. I believe if I have accomplished a thing in this life, it must have been un-loving you. Please forgive my poetic mood and my very un-Iglesias lack of grace. He is a man and must have enjoyed being on receiving end forever. With each lazy giver, I lost a dream.And every time, I experienced La Vie en Violet, until things became crystal clear, finally. Men seem to take your love vows for total surrender to them, and your fate. So, why should they invest any effort in you, now that they have got you? Better not waste time and chase someone new. Otherwise, it gets very boring . No flowers are sent forever; and watch out, women, if you are getting them for no reason past first year! He is cheating on you- period. Always remember that Philip- Junot-creep buying Caroline de Monaco all furs and jewels to cover up his disloyalty to exceedingly beautiful princess. Why do men stick to you like glue when they go here and there behind your back? Mostly, it is a security issue; they cannot live alone, ever. Better have an anchor and board a dozen ships! And when they run away with someone else? It is because you serve no purpose to them anymore now that they could replace you entirely. What are men looking for that you failed to supply? Variety. If you could be short yet tall, fat though slim, smart but dim, happy-go-lucky and yet a calculated vamp, blonde but colored, sexy and demure, trashy and classy - in short, if you could be you and me and her and her too, then you might be able to keep him ( unless he turns out to be bisexual or worse still, polyamorous). But not all men are cheaters? Of course not. Not all, just most. And if they are not cheaters, they will push you to all limits to cheat on them. If you fail, they would die at most inopportune moment in your life for an accidental reason like in a plane crash or through anal pleasure with a vibrator. Did you hear of Mike Todd? And Claude Francois? Those are only men after Jesus who left no feminine scandals attached to their names.
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