Healthy Beauty Tips by Cheryl Haining

Everyone wants beautiful skin. Here are some ideas and information to help you have radiant, healthy skin. Start a new skin care program now to ensure great results. Background Information Your skin is the body’s largest organ, weighing between two and four kilos. It covers between one and two square metres and completely renews itself every seven to ten weeks. Your skin reflects your state of health, being soft and smooth when well cared for, or dry and flaky when taken for granted. To have beautiful, soft, young-looking skin, pamper it. Tips on skin care Drink 2 litres of water daily Enjoy a diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables Try to have a sound, restful sleep Take high quality supplements, including a vitamin & mineral and an Omega 3    essential fatty acids Practice a daily skin care regime Know your skin type Exercise regularly Keep stress levels to a minimum Limit intake of caffeine and alcohol Avoid excess exposure to extremes of temperature Daily Skin Care Regime Men and women will see a marked improvement in their skin when following a skincare plan. Cleanse, tone and moisturise daily. Exfoliate and use a mask regularly. Cleanse your face and neck, morning and night. Accumulated dead cells, perspiration and make-up mixed with the grime in the atmosphere, clogs up our pores resulting in a dull and lifeless appearance. After cleansing use a toner to remove the last traces of cleanser, tighten and tone the pores. Next apply moisturizer. Pollution, sunlight, harsh weather, air conditioning and central heating dehydrates the skin. This causes dry and dull skin. Two litres of water daily will hydrate your skin internally. You should also add moisture from the outside. A moisturizer will help prevent your skin’s moisture from evaporating into the atmosphere. All skin types need moisturizers. Extras to ensure a radiant skin An exfoliant removes dead cells from the skin’s surface. This enhances production of new cells. It improves blood circulation, giving the skin a healthy glow. Eye creams are designed for the sensitive areas around the eye. Choose one that reduces puffiness, dark circles and wrinkles. Day and a night creams have different formulations to improve skin elasticity, texture and appearance. During the night your skin needs a special cream to rehydrate and rejuvenate skin cells ensuring you wake up with a refreshed, softer complexion. When showering, use a soapfree body wash. This is gentler on the skin and cuts down on cleaning the shower recess!! Apply a lotion, or spray on, body moisturizer to your whole body after showering. Follow this regime and you will have beautiful skin forever.

Steps Toward Health & Vitality with Acupuncture Care by Juanita Brown

Feeling healthy goes beyond the absence of acute or chronic illness. Often, we don’t acknowledge our health until it is compromised. And only then do we seek ways to regain it. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can help you along the path toward optimal health and vitality, physically, emotionally and spiritually. These are the steps of care that can lead you toward a balanced, healthy and holistic lifestyle. Most patients begin acupuncture treatment to receive quick relief from pain, discomfort and other symptoms. This is Acute Care. This type of care allows you to feel better faster. Each visit builds on previous visits, paving the way toward eliminating your problems and complaints. Frequent visits over the next few weeks or months may be needed to further reduce your symptoms, depending on your condition, age, lifestyle and the quality and quantity of your energy, called Qi (pronounced “chee”). After acute care, you will notice that your aches or pains have been dramatically reduced or eliminated. This next phase is Maintenance Care. Signs and symptoms have been reduced, and visits are less frequent. This phase maintains and supports the changes you have achieved and provides a foundation for deeper healing, This is also the time when underlying problems can be addressed. Even though you may not be experiencing symptoms, it is important to continue to strengthen, build and support your body. Stopping care now could disrupt the progress you have already achieved. Even simple activities could cause a relapse. Wellness and Preventative Care is the next phase. This type of care preserves all the progress you have made. Visits may be monthly, every other month or seasonal. Much the same way you keep a car running smoothly with regular oil changes and tune-ups, periodic visits to your acupuncturist can keep you running smoothly. These preventative maintenance tune-ups further strengthen your body’s resistance, keeping you healthy. Balanced and potentially free from illness. Little problems may be caught before they become major concerns. Wellness care is the root of healing. In ancient times, an acupuncturist was only compensated as long as patients remained healthy. If they became ill, it was the doctor’s duty to get them well again with out compensation. An acupuncture lifestyle combined with regular exercise, a healthy diet and other good habits can keep you looking, feeling and performing at your best. Treatments may be combined with herbs, cupping, moxibustion, meditation, massage, Qi Gong or light exercise. These techniques are added to further relieve symptoms, speed recovery time and pave the way toward health, vitality and longevity.     copyright © Chiraz Health and Beauty Clinic 2008 website by Jenny Wang Design