Winter requires special care and switch of the basic moistening creams for the anti-cold ones. But if you haven’t changed everything from summer time, then use at least these easy tips to keep your skin, lips, hair and so on healthy and undamaged. Because sometimes it’s enough to use a couple of interesting ideas that can care about you well.

Here are they:

Lips

If your lips are dry and peel off, rub them with usual Vaseline using a wet piece of fabric or a towel. That will remove the dead cells and prevent them from getting dry again.

The lips color and smoothness usually fades in winter. So you can use a lemon juice to restore the natural lips hue.

And try to control yourself! I mean, if you have that horrible habit to lick the lips. The comments are unnecessary, I suppose.

Around-eyes-skin

Don’t be surprised at people who wear sunglasses in winter. They probably do right. The sunglasses protect the tender skin around the eyes from cold winds and snowfalls.

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Lemon is a great beauty and health keeper! It’s rich in C vitamin like no other fruit or berry. And it’s so much indispensable when one gets cold or simply wants to improve the health. It’s also widely used in beauty industry to highlight the hair for instance.

Celebrity Manicurist Marina Sandoval uses the juice of a lemon to bleach yellow nail stains.

“Remove yellow stains by using pure lemon juice,’ she suggests. ‘Rub hard over nails using saturated cotton wool, then follow with a nail buffer as this also helps to rid nails of that unsightly yellow hue.”

Victoria Health Pharmacist Shabir Dayar recommends blending some lemon juice with a tiny amount of olive oil and honey to soften dry skin of the face.

“Lemon juice helps eliminate dead cells, while honey allows the resulting mixture to set, as olive oil restores the lipid levels of the skin apart and it also has regenerative properties,” he explains.

Ruby Hammer, celebrity make-up artist and co-founder of the Ruby & Millie make-up range, uses lemon as an emergency deodorant.

“Rub half a lemon under your arms – it makes a great natural deodorant,” she suggests. “You can then seal the lemon with some Clingfilm, then simply cut off a slice and use the fresh part the next day.”

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Lucky are those who live in places where the humidity per cent is 55 as their nails can grow strong and long. Scientists have discovered that this is the perfect weather condition for growing long healthy nails. However, if the humidity is any higher or lower nails can be too bendy or brittle.

Stephen Eichhorn, from Britain’s Manchester University, said:

We have found that fingernails cope remarkably well over a range of humidities, but it is best not to get them completely dry or completely wet.

At an average of 55 per cent humidity, which is what you would experience normally, it appears that nails have optimum mechanical properties and resist bending.”

Roland added:

The mechanical properties of fingernails are important because of their impact in preventing damage and in maintaining their appearance.”

The experts spent months looking at different nails to ascertain the effect weather systems have on them. After knowing the weather impact the scientists might come with some solutions on brittle nails problem.

This research is not the first time the experts have studied weather effects on beauty. Hope it isn’t the last one either!

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White spots can often appear on finger nails. If this is your case then you should know what it is to avoid getting too much worried.

Medically speaking, those little white marks on the fingernail are known as leukonychia.

This is not a dangerous disease but it can indicate you have other health problems.

There are several possible causes for the discoloration. Among them are the following: a mild trauma, a fungal infection, skin conditions, or nutritional deficiencies.

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You can go to an expensive salon and get your nails done, or you can stay at home and do the same thing – better, more customized and surely cheaper.

Here are easy tips to follow to nail it at home and look gorgeous. Celeb master manicurist Leighton Denny and Maybelline’s Toni Jade reveal what to do to have perfect nails any sexy lady should have!

Tips on pampering:

1. Regularly soak your nails in tea-tree oil to stop infections.

2. To remove stains from nails and soften the cuticles, squeeze a lemon into warm water and soak your nails in there.

3. Use a cuticle lotion to push back the cuticles before soaking. Then use a sponge tool to push back the cuticles.

4. Avoid metal objects or woodstick to push back the cuticle, as they can break it.

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According to American scientists even the manicure can be carcinogen.

Several women in the USA have already become the patients of oncological clinic after their visits to beauty salons.

American doctors sound the alarm: more and more women get to the oncologists after the visits to the manicure salons. The reason is related to ultraviolet lamps (it’s a final stage of nail build up procedure and also one of the most popular ways of nail polish drying). Hundreds of women worldwide resort to this service annually. And as it turned out, some of them suffer skin cancer after it.

The 42-years-old American woman built-up the nail 8 times during one year and as a result she had to undergo several operations to erase the tumors from the hands. Another American (55 years old) attended a manicure salon to make a nail correction twice a month and thus developed a tumor on the right hand.

These cases were not as serious as it could be (this cancer can be treated surgically) but 4% of the patients suffer the extention of teh disease to other body parts.

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Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, Gwyneth Paltrow, Miley Cyrus and other fashion chics appear in the public with a back nail polish recently. The brutal nail polish is still in vogue according to the opinion of the noted stylists.

It goes especially well with the spring light-colored trenches and bright neon dresses and tops.

The winter has passed but the black polish remained apparently. But to make this peculiar manicure look good there are some easy must-be-done tips.

1. The black color is very strict to the manicure itself.

2. It requires an irreproachable style in make up, hair do and clothes.

3. The black nail polish can be applied only onto the short nails.

If you don’t follow these simple rules, you’ll get the result diametrically opposite to the one expected.

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Nail file is known as an integral part of a manicure kit of every woman. It is a tool used to gently grind down and shape the edges of nails. They can have various graininess and thus should be used for different purposes.

Every woman must be aware of the difference between nail files and have in her arsenal a few types of ones.

Generally nail files could be:

• diamond,
• ruby,
• ceramic,
• sapphire,
• glass
• metal
• emery boards.

Nail files with coarse granularity should be used for dealing with acrylic or very hard nails. For delicate and thin nails emery board is good.

Nail File Set

It is usually less abrasive than the metal nail files, and hence, emery boards may take longer to file down nails than metal nail files. Emery boards are usually less expensive than metal nail files, and can be economically disposed of after use.

Metal files are not recommended for looking after natural nails. It is better to use nail files on rubberized or cardboard base. But if you like using metal nail files and don’t want to try anything else, it is better to use fine-grained files of semicircle shape.

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Revlon is always up to the industry! Now the cosmetic popular giant brand releases a limited-edition line of scented nail polishes – Fruitful Temptations. Each shade has a defined fruit fragrance.

There are 8 shades and all of them are inspired by the exotic summer fruit freshness and infused with succulent tropical scents.

When the enamel is dry, there is a matching fruit scent of the shade.

The nail shades are available in Coconut Crush, Mad About Mango, Pretty In Papaya, Sublime Strawberry, Raspberry Rapture, Mon Cherry, Passionate Fruit, and Not So Blue-Berry scents.

Revlon is again a revolution, indeed!

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Taking proper care of nails is a must for every woman. One should understand that only daily regimen can make your hands and nails look perfect.

Of course there is much about genetics with nails but external factors may influence them as well. These include dirty environment, poor nutrition, improper care, etc. In this article you will find much of experts’ advice on daily nail care.

1. To keep nails strong and healthy one needs to eat diverse food containing lots of vitamins and minerals.
Vitamin A is necessary for growth and strengthening nails. Liver, oil, tomatoes, carrots, greenery contain vitamin A in plenty.

Vitamin B helps protein assimilation and is needed for nail growth. One can find it in cabbage, beer yeast and egg yolks.

Iodine promotes nail growth and is included in laminaria and spinach.

Silicon is important for nail elasticity and hardness. Many vegetables contain this mineral.
Calcium promotes nail hardness. Dairy products have lots of calcium.

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