Beauty Treatments
Is Kylie having a helping hand to look fab at 40?
Kylie Minogue celebrates her fortieth birthday this week. This is one woman that won't be donning a dreadful granny perm and taking up knitting as perhaps would have happened thirty years ago when women reached a certain age. No, not our Kylie, far from it. Instead she will be shaking that famous derrière, performing live whilst wearing show stopping outfits. Her energy and youthfulness putting girls in their twenties to shame.
Sweet summer feet
The sun’s out – and so are your feet. Released from socks and stockings and freed from boots and shoes. Suddenly, sandals, ‘peep toe’ sling-backs, mules and fancy flip flops are the order of the day. But can your feet stand up to summer scrutiny? If your feet are hot, sweaty, smelly, flaky or cracked then don’t despair.
The ugly truth about pretty shoes
Splashed across magazines and gleaming seductively in shop windows – sky high summer heels are everywhere. This year, it’s hardly a heel unless you’re teetering at least four inches above what you’re supposed to. While high heels are great for lengthening the appearance of legs and achieving a perkier bottom, there is an ugly truth to these pretty shoes.
Salon benefits from metrosexual phenomenon
A hair and beauty salon has witnessed a 60 per cent increase in metrosexuality in just three years, but claims not enough salons are doing enough to cater for the metrosexual man. David Maria, in Poulton-le-Fylde, is one of relatively few salons staying abreast of a national trend, set to make the male grooming market top the £1.5 billion mark. It is currently even carrying out skin revision treatments for Adam Hosker, a former contestant on TV show 'The Apprentice'.
Are you a laughing Lily or a faking Katie?
Say cheese! It’s the 32nd annual National Smile Month (May 18th – June 17th) and the Aloe Dent range has got something for you to smile about – naturally! Aloe Dent contains 100% natural Aloe Vera juice (and absolutely no chemical nasties like sodium Laurel Sulfate) with carefully selected active ingredients that help promote the health of teeth and gums.
The mobile beauty revolution
Heralding a new age for mobile beauty, Return to Glory (returntoglory.co.uk) is the first online-booking health and beauty directory. It offers women in the UK the ultimate flexibility in booking, ease of use and total confidence in the leading health and beauty specialists who will come to their door. The site allows you to browse and select leading therapists and experts according to previous client rating and feedback.
Growing demand for the “Designer Vagina”
Demand for ‘designer vagina’ surgery in the UK has doubled to 800 a year over the last five years as more and more women wish to improve the shape, size or proportions of their vulvas. Now the latest technique in vaginal cosmetic surgery – Designer Laser Vaginoplasty - has arrived from the States to sculpt the genital area to perfection.
Cosmetic surgery and the "Sarkozy Effect"
Cosmetic Surgery is becoming more popular amongst men. In particular middle aged men who plan on marrying for a second time. Perhaps men have been influenced by the high profile marriages of Michael Douglas to Catherine Zeta Jones who is 25 years his junior and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to the beautiful, younger Carla Bruni. This has led the cosmetic surgery industry to dub the trend the "Sarkozy Effect".
Sugar and spice and all things nice for ladies only
Chocolate linens, silken drapes, stylish contemporary art, sweet aromas and unparalleled spa therapies… what better answer for ladies searching for endless indulgence in just one day? Designed specifically for ladies only, Waterfall Spa delivers the best in stylish boudoir chic for those visiting the trend-setting city of Leeds, the Knightsbridge of the North.
The best kept secret of the stars arrives at Titanic Spa
Be the first to discover the sensuous luxury of Paris’ best kept beauty secrets: Carita skincare, at Titanic Spa. More than £650 million in the UK* is spent each year on anti-ageing products and treatments and one in three women over 30 now use a selection of lotions and potions in a bid to retain a youthful complexion.
Do you dare to bare?
If you’re trying to shift a few pounds ahead of baring nearly all in your bikini this summer, a little herbal help could be just what you need. AppleSlim Xtra works gently with your body to support a healthy eating and exercise plan and can encourage the loss of those extra pounds.
London welcomes a new era for beauty treatments
Forget going under the knife. A new clinic launches this month to herald a fresh era of non surgical cosmetic treatments. The much-anticipated Medicetics opened 7th April 2008 to pioneer low-risk treatments from across the pond. Some of its techniques are among the first of their kind in Britain, bringing the doctor led New York medi spa concept to the UK.
Love festivals, hate feeling grubby?
If you can’t help but feel a little grim at the thought of four days in a tent with no shower but wouldn’t dream of missing out on the fun, then a pack of Femfresh Individual Wipes is your perfect festival companion to keep you fresh, balanced and protected whatever the conditions. Femfresh is the UK’s leading range of intimate hygiene products that are pH balanced to cleanse and protect the delicate skin in your most intimate area.
Jodie Marsh reveals her newest assets
Jodie Marsh has revealed the reason behind her decision to have a breast augmentation increasing her famous bosom to a 32G. Jodie underwent the surgery in early March with top Cosmetic Surgeon Mr Alex Karidis who performed a breast augmentation and uplift.
There may be stubble ahead
It's the kind of news men may have to take on the chin - more than half of women use their partner's razor to shave their armpits, legs and even bikini lines. And a third of them will even lie about it to avoid a close shave in the bathroom with their loved one. For millions, covering up the truth is not a deception but simply a way to avoid a bit of domestic strife, according to the research from shaving expert Wilkinson Sword.