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March 11, 2010

Energy Infused Skin Care

Filed under: Health, Tips and Ideas — Tags: , , , , , , , , — admin @ 4:50 pm

SkinAgain is all about energy infused skin care.

But, what if, it’s not your skin that’s lacking energy, it’s YOU!  You feel exhausted!   But instead of letting your entire day go, or turning to caffeine to fuel your energy lapse, try these two simple techniques to gain a bit more energy.  We promise, they only take a minute or two.

1.        Eagle Pose:  A simple yoga posture designed to help bring your energy back in to your core.

DO THIS:  Bend your right knee, lift your left leg off the floor, and wrap it around your right leg. Your left foot may wrap completely around your right shin, or it may rest to the outside of your right leg. Squeeze your thighs together, drawing energy back to your core. Now bring your arms out in front of you, with your elbows bent and hands pointing toward the ceiling. Cross your right arm over your left and wrap your arms until your palms meet. Gently move your arms up until elbows are at shoulder height, and then soften your shoulders down your back. This pose draws all of that energy we put out into the world back into our being. Stay here for up to 10 breaths, and then unwind and switch sides.

2.       Balance Your Cortices:  This easy technique balances the left and right hemispheres of the brain, and general brain function.  We believe everyone should be able to balance the cortices; the results can be immediate and profound in restoring healthy balance and boosting energy.  
Click here to watch a quick video on this powerful, yet simple technique that could change your day!

If you know of something that naturally and quickly restores balance and energy, let us know!

And, if you’re interested in learning more about how BodyTalk can improve your energy and health, email us: info@skinagain.com.

March 8, 2010

Women’s Love/Hate Relationship with the Media – Part 4, The Mirror

Filed under: Aging, Anti-Aging, Fine Lines, Health, Self-Image, Women's Issues — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — admin @ 5:35 pm

It’s definitely good to maintain high standards. After all, especially when it comes to your body, health & skin, you want to be the best you can be.

The problem: The best YOU can be is not the same as the best I can be.  We’re all different, but like in the many episodes of “Seinfeld,” both George and Jerry are seen breaking up with women because they are a “low-talker,” another had “man-hands,” one used Jerry’s toothbrush, another had a weird toe. These women got the axe because they didn’t meet the impossible standards of these comical and neurotic characters.

As we women (who have a love/hate relationship with the media) know, these sitcoms, movies and advertisements really do set standards high.

Did you watch the Academy Awards? At 46-years-old Demi Moore is the very image of age-defying beauty – (but it’s no secret that Mrs. Kutcher has indulged in the odd nip tuck over the years).   In a bizarre real-life case of the Benjamin Button effect, Demi seems to have aged backwards.  Stepping out on stage Demi’s face, body and skin appeared plumper, tighter and smoother than it has in years.

Would you say she is the best SHE can be?   I would say ‘yes’.  She can afford it.  But all of us fellow 47 year olds now have to work really hard on feeling good about the best ‘WE’ can be (knowing that if we stood next to Demi we’d look like her mother!).

The media . . . love/hate. . . do I have to say more?

March 4, 2010

Women’s Love/Hate Relationship with the Media – Part 3, Women in the Bedroom

Filed under: Health, Romance & Sex, Self-Image, Women's Issues — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , — admin @ 9:15 am

Have you experienced this scenario?:

You and your partner are walking, hand in hand, down the street or in a mall.  The chit-chat is casual.  All of sudden, your partner’s gaze looks up and turns sideways as he views the manikins in the window of a lingerie store.  In fact, yours does too!

Has the media made the sexy female body too hard to measure up to? Or, do we like it this way because it serves as a motivation for us women to stay in the best shape we can?

The following question was asked to Drew Pinsky, MD, the straight-shooting co-host of Loveline, a two-hour radio show on sex and relationships:

For men, what’s the difference between okay sex and great sex?

Dr. Drew:   Well, it is about how the woman looks to the man. It’s who he’s with that makes the difference…Men do a very, very careful evaluation of physicality…Men look at beauty in terms of genetic loading for fertility and health, although we’re not doing it consciously—because men almost never consciously want to have children.  So it’s things like facial symmetry and glowing skin, signs of good health and the ability to carry a child, that translate to attractiveness for a male. Very primitive stuff.

Then he rates, on a scale from 1 – 10, how important the following things are to a man:

A fit body? A woman who works out?

Dr. Drew:  That’s an 8.

A woman who doesn’t feel good about her body?

Dr. Drew:  That’s up there in the turnoff category:  7 or 8.

Read the full article here.

Now, I ask you. . . Is there an oxy-moron here?  We must have a fit body, facial symmetry, glowing skin, signs of good health and the ability to carry a child.  And, if we don’t measure up, God help us if we show any signs of not feeling good about that!

How do you feel the media has influenced the bedroom?  We’d love to know, so please comment!

And please check back next Monday for:  
Women’s Love/Hate Relationship with the Media 
Part 4 – The Mirror.

March 1, 2010

Women’s Love/Hate Relationship with the Media – Part 2, Women in the Boardroom

Filed under: Make-Up, Self-Image, Tips and Ideas, Women's Issues — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , — admin @ 1:27 pm

Do women in the boardroom face a double standard?  Do we have to be extra attentive to self-improvement to appear to be competent and recognized as effective?

Here are some comments that we’ve heard over the years regarding ‘self-improvement’ that are necessary for women to stay in the boardroom:

Women in the boardroom

  • Women need to learn a more positive approach to leading, encouraging others, thus being less bossy than men.
  • When it comes to women in the boardroom, clothes speak volumes. It takes only a few seconds for people you’ve never met to form perceptions about your female authority and  abilities by judging your attire.
  • Women need to learn skills that will bring positive and powerful emotion to the workplace, and be better relationship-builders and better communicators than men (and apparently we can do this because our brains are more networked for language).
  • Women need to learn alternative approaches to leading teams — encouraging more open discussion, cultivating talent and sharing credit.  In fact, it would behoove women to read books on inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration. Perhaps sitting at the middle of the conference table rather than at its head and saying, “We are all in this together and I am part of it”.

With all of this emphasis on self-improvement to become successful in the boardroom (and all of it is good, no doubt), are we spending so much time trying to ‘measure up’, that we actually never make it there in time to make a real change?

Wow! Learning how to have authority in a mostly male dominated position, is a subtle and far reaching issue, indeed.

And, we haven’t even touched on how a woman’s skin and hair is supposed to look in the boardroom (trust me, being in the skin care industry, we’ve seen and heard an earful)!

Are you in the boardroom?  Would you like to be?  Please share us your thoughts on what you think is necessary for a woman to stay there!

February 22, 2010

Everything Eats and Poops… even Skin!

Filed under: Health, Skin Treatments, Tips and Ideas, acne — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — admin @ 3:32 pm

People with skin conditions such as acne, rosacea, and psoriasis often suffer from constipation and other digestive conditions.  Conversely, people with digestive conditions such as constipation, usually suffer from skin conditions that are linked to pores being ‘constipated’ with the build-up of sticky dead skin cells; conditions like acne, etc.

SkinAgain Skin Product and Skin TreatmentsJust like a sluggish digestion can come from not drinking enough water and not incorporating enough fiber into the diet, sluggish skin can be linked to de-hydration and not incorporating safe exfoliation methods into daily hygiene.

Here are some tips for the skin & digestion:

1.       Drink half your weight in ounces of water per day (If you weigh 150, drink 75 oz of water)… Yes, that much!

2.       Have whole grain oatmeal & honey for breakfast (and while it cooks, take some, mix with honey and exfoliate your face).

3.       Don’t forget to breathe and move………..A LOT!

Try these tips and tell us how they work!

February 11, 2010

Jealous of that girl with the sparkling skin? It’s possible that look is makeup-free!

Filed under: Aging, Anti-Aging, Anti-Wrinkle, Fine Lines, Health, Make-Up, Romance & Sex, Skin Treatments, Tips and Ideas, Women's Issues — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , — admin @ 8:29 am

In competition with the apple, an orgasm a day may keep the doctor away!  An orgasm is on eof the healthiest things you can give yourself each day.

Take a looksey:

  • Sex makes you glow because it improves blood circulation, which helps to pump oxygen to your skin, eliminating toxins and making it brighter.
  • Just as with people who excerise, having sex reduces your hormone levels and balances them out.  The result?  Clearer skin for those who are acne-prone (along with healthier hair).
  • As you have sex, you are boosting collagen production, which staves off age spots and sagging.
  • Once you hit menopause, your skin quality diminishes and suddenly you may notice your face is extremely dry.  By having sex and getting the blood and oxygen flowing, you can keep dry skin away regardless of your age.
  • A study was done on sex and youth a few years back to prove this point.  In a span of 10 years, 3,500 men and women, both those who had sex regularly and those who didn’t, were put on one side of a two-way mirror, where participants on the other side had to guess their age.  The group that had an active sex life had their age underestimated by seven to 12 years, while some thought the group that only had sex infrequently actually looked older!
  • The same hormones that are released to make your skin glow will also keep your nails strong, especially during pregnancy.
  • Don’t replace your eight glasses of water with eight hours of sex, but having sex will keep your skin hydrated.  Since it improves circulation, the blood will circulate around your body more efficiently, giving your skin the moisture it needs to stay healthy.
  • During sex, you’re giving your face a free facial.  The sweat will clean from your pores the dirt, grime, and makeup residue you miss when you cleanse your face during the day.

Have a Great Valentine’s Day Weekend Everyone!

May All of Us Wake Up Monday Morning with Sparkling Skin!

February 8, 2010

Diabetes Promotion

Filed under: Diabetes, Healing Cream, Health, Our Causes, Skin Treatments, Tips and Ideas — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , — admin @ 1:40 pm

If you, or your loved one has diabetes, you are familiar with how this affects the feet; tingling, burning, and intense pains.

It is also very important that the skin on the feet is taken care of by keeping them soft and healthy with special creams and serums do not any ingredients that could possibly make the situation worse like fragrances, dyes or preservatives derived from sugars, or ingredients that could turn into sugar.

One excellent treatment available today is SkinAgain’s all-natural nEu-tone™, a Healing Serum designed to keep your feet soft, healthy and refreshed. SkinAgain nEu-tone™ deeply hydrates, softens and naturally protects dry rough skin on your feet. It is non-greasy and quickly absorbed.  With regular use, people with diabetes can maintain feet that feel softer and healthier.

SkinAgain has a complimentary offer for you if you or your loved one has diabetes:

Send us the contact information of your M.D. to info@skinagain.com and SkinAgain with send both you and your practitioner a complimentary bottle of nEu-tone Healing Serum ($59 value)!

Oh, and please don’t forget to include both of your mailing addresses or we won’t be able to send it!

February 1, 2010

Accepting Our Imperfections – FINAL Part 5

Filed under: Self-Image, Tips and Ideas, Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , — admin @ 5:07 pm

At least once a week, I don’t straighten my hair.  I have a heard of, what I like to call, a ‘multicontinent mane’.  It’s a plethora of Afro-Euro-Alien hairs that all have a mind of their own.  When someone sees me on my ‘natural hair day’ (I used to call it a ‘bad hair day’) it’s usually accompanied by a “Whoa – I didn’t know you had…. (pause to find a descriptive)….curly hair!”   Growing up, I hated the attention my full, crazy hair attracted. Throughout early church school years, when I was supposed to be praying for world peace (which I regularly do now), I would instead supplicate for either “black girl” or “white girl” hair. “Your choice, God!  Just get rid of this poodle perm my Afro- Euro-Alien blood has cursed me with. Amen.”

God had a much larger agenda, so hair drama followed me into high school.  Straight, parted-in-the-middle-with-a-hippie-headband was the trend, and to get the ‘look’, I’d spend hours literally ironing my hair on the iron board and that was after I had already rolled my hair on frozen orange juice cans and slept in them all night.  Of course, I’d seal the deal with Dippity Doo and Aqua Net.

Then the world turned on its axis . . .

The blow dryer was invented!

I do think its funny – the expressions I get on my natural hair days.  I appreciate how many crazy textures exist on my scalp – at least once a week I do.  I don’t call it a “bad hair day” anymore.  My granddaughter loves playing ‘in’ it.

Please tell us about your unique hair and how you have found fun ways to enhance its natural ‘mind of its own’.

January 25, 2010

Accepting Our Imperfections – Part 4

Filed under: Health, Self-Image, Tips and Ideas — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — admin @ 5:32 pm

As a woman who has been blessed with ample curves from a very young age, I have watched my mother spend countless, frustrating hours trying to find flattering outfits. It is as if fashion designers are completely clueless as to what the plus sized woman is looking for. (After all, she couldn’t possibly be looking for the same thing that skinny women look for – right?) There were only two choices. If she wanted something colorful and fun, her choice was the largest and gaudiest of floral muumuus. If she needed something subtle and dressy – well – black was the only choice.

(And the fact that these same decision makers think it’s acceptable to label this clothing, “2X” or even the words “plus size” is an issue that really needs some discussion. . . )

But, my mother had class and she knew how to find classy clothes for her voluptuous body. She always envisioned herself at her best and found sexy ways to dress herself.

My mom is 84 years old now, barely walking with a walker and has breast cancer. She’s still a “plus size” (I really hate that term!). I guess you could say she has every reason to be depressed, but instead, every morning she looks into the mirror and says to herself: “I’m still alive and I’m still a woman!” Then, she proceeds to apply her lip gloss and tie her little scarf around her neck and pin her broche on her sweater. And, my 85 year old dad still swats her in her back-side when she passes by him.

I think Maya Angelou must have been referring to my mom when she said: “It’s the fire in my eyes, and the flash of my teeth, the swing in my waist, and the joy in my feet.” Or Mae West when she defined the word ‘curve’ as: “The loveliest distance between two points”.

To all of you beautiful big girls out there, we would love to hear where you like to shop, what your favorite article of clothing is and perhaps a few words about being sexy and voluptuous.

January 21, 2010

Accepting Our Imperfections – Part 3

Filed under: Make-Up, Mineral Make-Up, Tips and Ideas — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — admin @ 3:42 pm

My sister is eleven years older than me. I remember when I was a little girl, my dad made her a vanity, fancied with nooks and crannies for girly things, a huge mirror and a mirrored top to place fancy perfume bottles on. When my sister would leave in the morning to go to high school, I would play pretend at her vanity. She could probably tell that I got into her stuff, but she never complained.

I watched her take care of her skin and I learned how to take care of mine. I watched as she applied her makeup and I learned you don’t go out of the house without putting your ‘face’ on.

Yes, we called it the ‘face’ – the mask of makeup required for any self-respecting woman to be seen in public. The women in my family have clung to their individual versions of the ‘face’ as if survival depended on it. My daughters watched me do the same, and they too learned to cling to the ‘face.’

And then it happened… woman applying make up

My youngest daughter was in her first year of getting her RVT degree. The early mornings, long hours, tedious homework and late night job to help pay her way through college made the ‘face’ her least priority, and she parted ways with it for a while. Did it change who she is? No. Is she any less beautiful? No. Is she loved any less? No.

Conclusion? Makeup has little bearing on how others see us; it enhances our looks only by making us feel a certain way. And that’s ok.

SkinAgain, will be launching their Mineral Makeup line next month called Oxyplex – Oxygen Complexion, and since we don’t believe you need a mask to look like yourself, it has been carefully planned to be:

  1. Healthy for your skin with no parabens and less mica for low shimmer
  2. Packed with minerals and oxygen boosting ingredients
  3. Easy and quick to apply with great blendability
  4. Simple, all-natural colors that can be used all over the face – eyes, cheeks, lips, etc.
  5. More affordable than the leading mineral makeup brands

Do you apply the ‘face’ every morning and not go out of the house without it?

Please comment and tell us if you have any tricks that make your morning makeup ritual easy and / or fun!

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