The average woman has around 11,00 hairs on her legs and 2,500 under her arms-here’s how to find the best method for you to get rid of them!
Bleaching
What you need: bleach cream.
What it does: uses lightening ingredients to disguise hair.
Where: face and lower arms.
Lasts: up to two months.
Pain factor: nil-unless you leave it on too long.
Insider tip: never bleach immediately after using skin products containing alpha-hydroxy acids, because this can cause scarring.
How: wash the area to ensure there are no cosmetics on your skin that could react With the chemicals in the bleach. Apply as directed and for as long as stated. Wash off
Tweezing
What you need: tweezers.
What they do: pull the hair out at the root.
Where: best for eyebrows.
Lasts: four to six weeks.
Pain factor: It hurts a little, but applying ice before you pluck will numb the pain.
Insider tip: for the best results choose tweezers with fiat slanted rather than pointy ones - they grasp the hair more easily and are less likely to scratch the skin.
How: quickly and in the direction of hair growth. To avoid overplucking brows, draw on the end shape you’d like to achieve and stick to this.
Shaving
What you need: razor.
What it does: cuts the hair at the surface of the skin.
Where: underarms and legs - bikini lines and facial hair aren’t really appropriate for shaving as the hair grows back blunt, making it noticeable on the face and itchy on the bikini line.
Lasts: one to two days.
Pain factor: nil unless you slip, but using a single-blade razor minimizes the risk of cuts.
Insider tip: use hair conditioner instead of soap - it doesn’t dehydrate your skin.
How: soak in the bath for two to three minutes before you shave. This expands the hair follicles, giving a closer, longerÂlasting shave. Apply shaving foam or hair conditioner. Now shave upwards, then downwards. Rinse and moisturize.
Depilatory Cream
What you need: a cream formulated for the area you’re going to treat.
What it does: uses chemicals to dissolve the hair just under the skin’s surface.
Where: anywhere.
Lasts: two to three weeks.
Pain factor: nil - though they can smell pretty horrid.
Insider tip: apply a little soya milk after you’ve removed the cream - ingredients called serine protease inhibitors stop hair growth and keep you smooth longer.
How: so simple. Apply as directed, wait as long as the directions tell you and shower off. Avoid hot water and perfumed products on the area for at least three hours after application to reduce the risk of irritation.
Waxing/Sugaring
What you need: prepared wax strips; hot wax used with cloth or sugaring solution (normally made from sugar or honey and lemon).
What it does: pulls the hair out right at the root.
Where: anywhere.
Lasts: four to six weeks.
Pain factor: pretty high, especially around your bikini line. Taking a mild painkiller like aspirin helps.
Insider tip: start waxing in winter - hair needs to be at least three millimeters long in order to be waxed properly and you’re less likely to notice this in the winter months. Also, as each waxing thins hair the regrowth will be less noticeable when the summer months arrive.
How: apply talc to dry up skin oils, which may prevent the wax sticking. Apply wax strips or hot wax and cloth. Leave for two or three seconds, then pull quickly in the direction of hair growth. Remove excess wax with warm water and avoid perfumed products for 48 hours.
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Our eyes are the first thing anyone notices about our face - and to give the right impression yours need to be bright, sparkling and attention  grabbing. The only problem is that using computers and going short of sleep can mean eyes are often red and puffy - grabbing attention for all the wrong reasons. Learning how to beat these problems is an important part of eyecare but equally important is knowing how to make the most of your eyes with make-up. Every shadow you use on your face matters.
Top 5 Colour Tricks For Eyes
- Blue liner placed along the lower lid of the eye will make red eyes look whiter.
- Dark shadows make eyes recede. Use them on prominent eyes or in areas you want to shade. like the socket crease. Light colours or shimmer make eyes look bigger and bring the area you use them on forward. They’re great for deep Âset eyes or to highlight brow bones.
- Avoid wearing shadows the same shade as your eye colour; they’ll make your eyes disappear
- A dot of shimmery shadow in the middle of the lid makes the eyes stand out on the face; a dot on the inside corner will make close set eyes look further apart.
- If your eyshadow always creases(which can happen on onily skin), try a sparkle. As the surface never looks flat, lines won’t show as much.
Top 5 Application Tricks For Eyes
How you apply mascara depends on the colour of your lashes. If you have blonde lashes you need to make sure you get the colour right into the roots. This means using the wand vertically at first to colour right by the base of the lashes. Now you just brush through with the wand. if you have darker lashes then apply normally, sweeping from root to tip.
- If you want to wear two coats of mascara, make sure you apply the second before the first has dried  otherwise you’ll create clumping. Then comb the lashes.
- If you’re using dark shadow, apply eye make-up before putting on your foundation. Thls prevents specks failing onto your foundation. Or alternatively apply a layer of translucent face powder under the eye and sweep this off (along with any specks) when you’ve finished making up your eyes. But be warned - this only works if you use totally matt, colourless powder. Otherwise, you’ll get white Circles under the eyes - especially in photographs.
- Don’t pump the mascara wand in and out of the tube in an attempt to get more colour on it. This will simply introduce air into the tube and dry out the mascara.
- Never apply liner inside the eyelid. Little clumps can break off and tear the film of the eye, causing irritation.
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No make-up look is complete without lip colour. Lipstick, lip gloss or even just a slick of lip liner will balance heavy eye looks and give focus to the face when you’re using more neutral eye shades. However, while most of us take time on our eyes and use the right tools for our base, lips are often just dashed on with the stub of a lipstick. Also, despite the fact that they are one of the parts of the body with the thinnest skin and the least natural moisture, we rarely include lips as part of a skincare regime. The result is that many of us end up with chapped or dry liPs, spend hours reapplying colour as our lip shades never stay put, and never really make the most of one of the focal points of our face. Well, that doesn’t have to be the case. Creating a perfect pout is actually pretty easy.
Top 5 Tips For Lips
- If you decide a lipstick is too bright for you once you’ve got it on - but scrubbing it off will ruin your foundation - mix a little foundation with vaseline and smear this over the shade with your fingertip to mute it.
- For emergency rehydration, pierce a vitamin E capsule, squeeze out the contents and apply to lips.
- If your lip gloss is too gooey, run an ice cube over your lips. It’ll keep the shine, but stop that sticky sensation.
- Dark, matt lipsticks sometimes stain the lips. If this happens, rub the lips with olive oil.
- Lip (and tooth) brushes should be washed after contact with cold sores  or even when you have a cold - as they can reinfect you.
Top 5 Colour Tricks For Lips
- Orangey red lipsticks will highlight yellowy teeth, while bluey reds make them look whiter.
- Light shades - particularly shimmery or frosted ones - will make lips look bigger.
- Dark shades or very matt colours will make lips look smaller.
- If you are fairly tanned you should choose a slightly darker shade of lipstick than you would without your tan or you can look washed out.
- Using sheer lipsticks and lip stains is an ideal way for the nervous to branch out into deep shades like plums, raisins and reds.
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When it comes to the shape and condition of your body, you are most definitely what you eat. Diet can help beat fat and fluid retention and protect you against sun damage.
To Lose Weight
Losing weight is a matter of eating fewer calories than you bum. To do this means knowing how many calories you use in a day. To work it out, multiply your weight in kilograms by 0.9 and multiply that total by 24. This is how many calories you use to fuel your body every day. Of course, moving around also uses calories and you need to account for these. If you have a sedentary job and do no exercise, add 25 per cent to that figure; if you have a sedentary job but exercise hard for at least 30 minutes a day, add 40 per cent to that figure; if you are in a very active job or exercise heavily add 60 per cent. This is how many calories you use a day. and eating 500 fewer than this a day will mean a safe weight loss of half a kilogram a week. For the best results you should follow a diet high in fruit and vegetables and low in fat, with moderate protein and carbohydrate intake. Try following the plate portion rule for every meal ensure half of your plate is fruit or vegetables (not including potatoes), the other half part lean protein (white meat, fish, low-fat dairy products, tofu, beans or pulses) and part carbohydrate (bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, couscous).
To Gain Weight
Of course, not everyone needs to lose weight- some of us would actually like to gain weight. It’s actually harder to do this healthily than you may think - the foods that contain the most calories are normally the ones that are particularly bad for our health. To gain half a kilogram means eating 3,500 calories more than normal, to do this safely, eat high-nutrient, high-calorie snacks like nuts and seeds, increase servings of healthy carbohydrates like bread, pasta, rice, and couscous (rather than sugary carbs), and incorporate smoothies made from milk or yogurt with blended fruits like bananas or strawberries. All of these will increase your calorie intake but won’t overload you with fat or empty nutrients.
To Beat Fluid Retention
Fluid retention hits most women prior to their period. It leads to a bloated belly, swollen
painful breasts, and for some women swollen fingers and face too. The cure for it is probably not what you think - you need to drink water and eat more water-filled foods. Fluid retention is caused when the body is triggered into thinking water is short so it holds fluid in the body; however, if you are constantly supplying it with water this doesn’t happen. Also, avoid diuretic substances (like caffeine and alcohol) and be very careful about your salt intake. salt dramatically increases fluid retention. Finally, many women find evening primrose oil helps fight fluid retention. Take a supplement every day.
To Protect Your Skin
Never leaving the house without sunscreen should be your number-one beauty rule, but you can also build your own sunscreen by loading up your body with antioxidant nutrients like vitamins A, C and E. Recent american research showed that eating 10 portions of fruit and vegetables (particularly those colored red, yellow or orange) every day for six weeks helped build an antioxidant layer under the skin that was equivalent to SPF4 sunscreen. While this doesn’t mean you can go without your UV screen, it will help mop up any rays that do get through plus, those nutrients have many other important functions in the body, so they won’t go to waste.
Tagged Under:Body Care, carbohydrate intake, exercise, fluid retention, fruit and vegetables, gain weight, lean protein, lose weight sun damage