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SPF Sunscreen Clothing

One option to slathering on sunscreen is to wear long sleeve shirts and pants with the SPF built in or washed in. It’s possible to make your own SPF clothing by throwing a package of RIT sun guard into the wash. Simply doing this gives your clothes an automatic SPF 30 label. Amazing.

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5 Natural Makeup Removers

• Caudalie Cleansing Water

Part of the Caudalie vinotherapy line, this micellular cleansing water contains extracts of grape and other botanicals to capture dirt and carry it away without you having to scrub your face.

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Tanorexia

Are you a tanorexic? Do you know someone who is? Most likely if you are under the age of 40 you aren’t one yourself but you might have a daughter or son who is (I hope not).

People who just can’t stay away from tanning beds, baking themselves brown 5 nights a week are dubbed tanorexics.

Indeed, if they miss a tanning session they feel pale, as if they are losing their color. It mostly affects young people in their teens and twenties. Unfortunately despite their insistence that they need to have color to look healthy, they are damaging their skin. Experts say that by the time they are in their 50s, tanorexics will have a skin texture resembling leather. Attractive, huh?

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The Perricone Way: Weight Loss And Skincare Plan

I'm a happy owner of several Perricone skin products including the recently purchased Perricone Advanced Eye Area Therapy. But I'll be honest, I never quite took the time to get educated on Dr. Perricone's anti-aging philosophy.

That's why I found this video interview of Dr. Perricone quite interesting.

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Avoid Facial Wrinkles By Sleeping On Your Back. Yeah Right.

One of the year's best Oprah shows of 2006 had to be "How to stop the clock on aging".

Shelby, a stunning 55-year old salsa dancer, offered up her key secret for how she takes care of herself: "I sleep on my back."

In a classic Oprah non-judgmental way, Oprah responded with a "whatever works for you. Whatever works for you."

What a silly notion. As if sleeping position affects our physical appearance. Except that today another story suggested I was wrong to scoff.

London-based plastic surgeon Dr. Alex Karidis stated that:

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New Skin Resurfacing Technology: ActiveFX Laser

I just coerced my friend Denise to writeup her positive Fraxel laser results which inspired me to investigate new facial resurfacing and skin renewal options. In this research I ran across a new "fractional" laser system called ActiveFX.

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