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What's Hot 15-Nov-2008 The quickie (Article from Bella Beauty, Issue 12) The EyebrowExperts is taking the need for speed to new heights. Sydney beautician and savvy businesswoman Svetlana offers a Seven Minute Brazilian. Well, it's catchy, I'll give her that. Granted, we lead busy lives - but there are some things which shouldn't be rushed, and I had to wonder if pouring hot wax on a person's most private parts and then ripping the hair out by the roots wasn't one of them. Intrigued, I put my concerns aside in the name of research and submitted my tender loins to Svetlana's lightening-quick hands. Once I arrived everything began to move at warp speed. A brief introduction and then it was straight down to business. Rip, rip, rip (other leg please) rip, rip, rip - flip. All the while we gossiped about mercilessly about a mutual acquaintance and it was over before I knew it. Did it hurt? Hell, yeah! Was it worth it? Absolutely. If you adhere to the philosophy of ripping off a band-aid or leaping in at the deep end of a cold pool as I do, then this is definitely a service you should try. If it has to be done, let's get it over quickly. Despite the discomfort of spreading your legs in front of a complete stranger, the benefits are substantial. Brazilian waxes are so popular among twenty to thirty-somethings that it's almost abnormal not to have one. The result was a silky smooth nether region with no rashes or sore bits (which are sometimes the result of an inexperienced waxer going over the same spot several times - another plus in the quickie column). I predict Svetlana and I are going to enjoy a fast future together. What? The Seven Minute Brazilian Wax Where? EyebrowExperts in Sydney How much? From $80 What's Hot 17-Nov-2008 Preventing Hair Damage
Straightening Irons
Using a straightening iron on a daily basis or worse, twice daily, is one of the most damaging things you can do to your hair. Hair fanatics are encouraged to minimise hot iron use to a couple of times a week. Ultimately, using heat appliances on a regular basis will split and damage the ends of the hair. Regular trims and weekly treatment masks will help keep moisture replenished for shiny manageable hair.
Work with a ceramic flatiron to reduce snagging and static, and never use an iron on damp hair. Don't leave the iron on the same spot for more than a few seconds, and keep it moving down the hair shaft as needed (usually one or two strokes). If the damage is done, invest in a weekly leave-in conditioning therapy packed with nourishing proteins.
Blow-drying
It's important to use a protective product before blow-drying or using a straightening iron to avoid dehydration. Always use the nozzle of your blow-dryer as it directs the heat and prevents damage caused by whipping the hair around. Experts also recommend investing in a ceramic blow-dryer as they neutralise the charge of the hair, decreasing static and fly-aways. They're a lot healthier for your hair, less structurally damaging and can really speed up the drying process.
In the Sun
Unfortunately the sun's ultra violet lights is just as bad for our hair as it is for our skin. Ultraviolet chemically breaks down the building blocks for our hair - making them weaker, drying them out and making our hair more likely to break. But reat assured there are some shampoos, conditioners and protective sprays out there that provide protection against UV to shield your hair against the harmful effects of the sun. What's Hot 08-Nov-2008 About Face By Jonathan Van Meter A woman I have known for many years did something to her face not all that long ago, and for a few weeks afterward, I was not able to put my finger on it. Did she get her eyes done? Dermal fillers? Anti-wrinkle injections? Then I thought, Oh dear God, she got a face-lift. No one whom I consider a friend and a contemporary had yet gone that far. But there was no denying she had done something major, and frankly I was worried. Had she ruined her pretty face? As the curtain of hair slowly parted a little each week, I could see that her lips were bigger. Nowhere near overcooked-hot-dog-turning-inside-out bigger like Meg Ryan's, and not even duck-bill bigger like Courteney Cox's - but big enough to make me feel uncomfortable looking at her mouth when she talked. Then one day, about a month later, I ran into her at a party and she looked stunning. The puffiness had settled, the fire under the skin had gone out. Even her lips looked like they belonged on her face. They were shaped just like her old lips, but...juicier. Her whole face looked as if it had been pushed out and plumped up - not unlike a slightly tired but still very stylish down-filled sofa that looks almost new if you keep those cushions fluffed. I cannot say that she looked exactly like her old self - but so close! A fantastic approximation! An uncanny resemblance! She looks like a very impressive artist's rendering of her But there was also a faint likeness to someone else. She looked a little like...Madonna? [Read the full article from New York Magazine...http://nymag.com/news/features/48948/] What's Hot 16-Apr-2008 Cosmetic Surgery 'like getting your teeth done'
University of Sydney academic Meredith Jones last night launched a far-reaching book about cosmetic surgery titled, Skintight: An Anatomy of Cosmetic Surgery, which argues that Australia is turning into a "makeover culture". "Nothing and nobody is ever good enough. We have to improve and become something better. That's why all these makeover shows are so popular, they are all about self-improvement," Dr Jones said. "I argue that cosmetic surgery is a crucial part of the makeover culture, you could say it is its quintessential example." Dr Jones said while statistics were still hard to come by in Australia compared with the United States and Britain, cosmetic surgery was definitely on the rise in Australia, and not just among bored soccer mums, aging trophy wives or corporate high-flying women. "It's only a matter of time until we put 'work done' into the same category as having our teeth bleached or capped," she said. "It's definitely becoming more run of the mill and the other change is that people are more willing to talk about it. To read the full article: http://www.smh.com.au/news/health/cosmetic-surgery-the-go-for-aussies/2008/04/15/1208025129579.html What's Hot 04-Jul-2008 Ban on cosmetic surgery for teens in question... Premier Anna Bligh said she was not against cosmetic surgery procedures to correct deformities or negate any medical or psychological impact caused by specific body features. "But major surgery for purely cosmetic reasons for young people must be questioned," she said. The first woman to hold the state's top job said there was anecdotal evidence that suggested more and more Queensland teenagers were demanding cosmetic surgery. "I know teenagers feel a lot of pressure to look perfect in an increasingly competitive world obsessed with beauty and celebrity but to resort to a surgeon's blade is an adult response best left until one is an adult," Ms Bligh said. No Australian state or territory directly regulates the provision of cosmetic surgery to minors or solarium use by minors. Read the full article: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23490657-3102,00.html What's Hot 04-Apr-2008 Most Popular Places For Plastic Surgery Forbes Magazine reports that whilst breast augmentation, liposuction and nose reshaping again top the list of the US's most popular cosmetic surgical procedures, the latest statistics indicate interesting regional differences. Hair transplantation, for instance, turned out to be most popular in the East and West South Central states, with an estimated 8,789 procedures performed in 2007 - 48% of the total for the country. That's compared to 22% for the Mountain Pacific states and 10% each for the New England/Mid Atlantic, East and West North Central and South Atlantic regions. And out of 240,660 eyelid surgeries performed in 2007, 34% were done in the Mountain Pacific region alone. The factor that seems to play the biggest role in influencing why a type of plastic surgery is more popular in one region than another, experts suggest, is the weather. In states such as California and Arizona, where it is warm and sunny year-round, people tend to wear less clothing and are thus more body-conscious, says Dr. Payman Simoni, a Beverly Hills-based plastic surgeon. The region is also famously home to Hollywood. Both help explain why the Mountain Pacific states led the country in a number of figure-oriented surgical procedures, including breast augmentation, breast lift, breast implant removals, liposuction, pectoral implants and tummy tucks. Conversely, Simoni says, people living in states with more variable climates, such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania, might be more apt to focus on facial surgical procedures. The New England/Mid Atlantic region had the highest numbers of lip augmentation, with 29% of 23,585 estimated procedures, and nose reshaping, with 29% of 284,960 procedures. To some extent, demand for different procedures can even feed off of itself. That's because what people want "becomes a matter of what they see and what they're used to," says Dr. Alan Matarasso, a New York-based plastic surgeon. Many plastic surgeons also say a region's ethnic makeup can be a factor. Almost a quarter of cosmetic plastic surgery procedures, or 2.6 million, were performed on ethnic patients - Hispanics, African-Americans and Asian-Americans - in 2007, up 13% from 2006. Statistics on these three groups shows that African-Americans most commonly requested nose reshaping, liposuction and breast reduction; Asian-Americans requested nose reshaping, breast augmentation and eyelid surgery; and Hispanics requested breast augmentation, nose reshaping and liposuction. There are fewer differences in the types of cosmetic, minimally invasive procedures in demand across the country. It's estimated that 9.9 million of the procedures, such as chemical peels, were performed in 2007, up from 9.1 million in 2006 and 5.5 million in 2000. But they do tend to be most popular in the New England/Mid Atlantic and Mountain Pacific regions. The latter had the nation's greatest numbers of a variety of procedures, including Botox, hyaluronic acid, laser leg vein treatments and laser hair removal. What's Hot 28-Feb-2008 More men getting wrinkle injections and lipo American men, favouring wrinkle injections and
liposuction, underwent 17 percent more cosmetic procedures in 2007 to more than
1 million treatments, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic
Surgery. Operations and less-invasive procedures among
women still outnumbered those in men by 10 to one, and men mostly eschewed a
buttocks operation that's gaining popularity, the society said. Wrinkle
injections generated approx $US 1.21 billion in sales last year, a 23 percent
gain, counting cosmetic and medical uses. Doctors, health centres and spas have made it
more convenient for men to get cosmetic procedures, with later hours and more
masculine settings, said Jason Pozner, a plastic surgeon and owner of the
Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center in Boca Raton, Florida. The stigma is gone,
he said. "It's coming into its own for men. Men
are much more aware of non- surgical products and they are much more amenable
now to having things done. You are just as likely to see a man in my waiting
room as a woman." Rates among women leveled off in 2007, with 10.6
million procedures. The surveyed found that women were most likely to get
injections to smooth wrinkles or undergo breast augmentation. Story taken from desertnews.com |
