What Should and Shouldn’t You Match

Should you match nail polish on your toe and fingernails? This is a choice, there are no hard and fast rules, but it’s not necessary, as long as they  tone. It’s often easier to wear a more outrageous colour on your toes than on your fingernails, if you like to move away from the traditional reds and [...]

Hairstyle Trends in 2011 & 2012

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By guest writer Perl who is the web-editor of a popular hairstyles website Hairstylestalk.com, which offers new styling tips. It’s important to update your hairstyle every few years as along with clothing styles changing, so do hairstyles and keeping the same hairstyle for decades will make you look older and dated. Here are some of the upcoming hairstyle [...]

Why Do We Still Feel the Need to Tan?

 Why do we still feel the need to tan?  Even though we know that a tan is the sign of skin damage (and I don’t think anyone wants a melanoma) there is still an urge to be tanned.   The other day I was speaking to a client who feels that she can’t go out [...]

Weekend Reading – Beauty Myths and Facts

How many of us are sucked in by the advertising for beauty products – the latest cream that says that 87% of people saw less lines and wrinkles?  I know I desperately want to believe, but also am aware, when reading the fine print that that’s only the perception of a study of 20 people. [...]

Importance of Placement of Facial Features For Determining Face Shape

.. .Sal from Already Pretty said in her comment on the post on Finding Your Face Shape that she still has problems figuring out what her face shape is. There is one more point about your face that you need to consider – the placement of your features within your face.  I’ve done up some [...]

How to Figure Out Your Face Shape

So many people want to know what their face shape is.  Unfortunately, face shapes are not easy to define as most people’s faces don’t fit exactly into any specific shape. The easiest way of figuring out your face shape is to pull all your hair off your face, and sitting in front of a mirror, [...]

How to Find a Flattering Hairstyle

So often people want to know what their hairstyle options are – what will suit their face shape is the most often asked question.  But before that is answered, there are other factors to take into consideration on what will be the best hairstyle for you. 1. What is the texture of your hair – [...]

Check Your Skin for Skin Cancer

For all of you in the northern hemisphere currently in your summer, or for those of you who live in climates of perennial summer, it may be a good time to think about getting your skin checked out for skin cancer. Skincancer.org is having free skin cancer screenings through out the USA – check out [...]

Etomology of Image Sayings

The other day, as I was brushing my teeth, I thought to myself that I was becoming long in the teeth, and it made me think about all the other image related sayings that we hear from time to time. Here are just a few that came to mind: Long in the tooth – as [...]

Do You Wash Your Hair Everyday?

I used to wash my hair everyday – but the constant blowdrying and my greying hair (yes it’s pretty grey underneath that brown dye) was drying out my hair. My hairdresser (Mick from Biba, Doncaster) suggested I try a dry shampoo to use every second day. I was pretty sceptical as I’d tried one some [...]