Blaine561's Social and Health Commentary

Men and women alike are concerned with hair! It’s not just the hair on their heads, but the unwanted hair they are constantly battling. If you are tired of plucking, tweezing, sugaring, shaving, or waxing, then maybe it’s time to look into Lazer hair removal.

Lazer hair removal is done in an outpatient type setting and even in some high-end salons. It requires the expertise and licensing of a trained technician because it works with Lazer light.

Lazer light is directed at the unwanted hair. The instrument is focused on the base of the hair at skin level so that it can penetrate beneath the skin and down into the root. The objective is to deaden the root so the hair falls out and can’t grow back.

In general removing hair with Lazer light is painless and safe. There can be some redness and a bit of sensitivity for a short time following a treatment. The procedure takes about 20-30 minutes per session, and in that time large areas of skin can be covered. Lazer treatments are also precise enough for shaping eyebrows and bikini lines as well as removing thick back or leg hair characteristic of hirsutism. Following a treatment the client can return to normal activities including work. A session is easily completed during a work lunch hour.

Lazer Versus Other Methods

With Lazer treatments the hair removal is permanent. It may take more than one treatment to accomplish this, but after just a few sessions, hair will no longer grow in the treated area.

Waxing and sugaring, where hair is removed by a sticky substance from the root, is probably the next longest lasting hair removal beauty routine. These treatments can last 6-8 weeks, but are generally not permanent. Just like with plucking, or using epilators, any procedure that removes hair from the root, does have the possibility of achieving permanent hair removal. However, only Lazer treatments kill the hair follicle itself.

Skin that has been waxed or treated hair removal crèmes need to “rest” before exposing it to the sun. So if you plan on tanning, you should put off working on your suntan until 24 hours after you have exposed skin to such treatments.

Maintaining Healthy Skin

Skin that has been exposed to Lazer light does not dry out from the procedure. Any redness goes away quickly and you are left with hair-free smooth skin.

To get the most out of any skin treatment it is important to keep skin well moisturized. This includes from the inside out. Drinking 6-8 glasses of water a day, for example, can hydrate your skin from the inside, making your moisturizing crème work even better on the outside.

Cosmetic treatments are as much a part of a health care and wellness routine as your fitness program. You spend time in the gym toning your body, so you shouldn’t skimp on your skin. Removing hair with professional Lazer hair removal is an indulgence, sure, but you know you’re worth it!

There are 6 things that your scent should do for you, when it comes to a man.

1. Make a statement about you: This is important when

picking a cologne or perfume. You can usually tell by the

name. Your cologne talks to him. It might say, ” The lady is sweet and of a gentle heart.” or it my say, “She is a Tiger. Can you handle it?”, and it could even leave him in mystery. When a man has questions about you he begins to seek for answers. This is where the fun begins. He does cute things like mention the husband or boyfriend you don’t have, to find out if you are single without asking, “Are you single?” Let him have that one for free. Let him be creative to get the rest of his questions the answered. See yourself as a treasure chest. He is a great explorer (or my favorite the handsome bad-boy pirate).

2. Leave an impression on him: You are branding yourself in his mind, as scent is the closest thing tide to memory. He will associate your fragrance with your face, your

personality and your grace. He will carry that memory in the same place in his mind where he carries his favorite food and that is a good place to be in his mind.

3. Linger after you are gone: You can leave your scent on

his cloths, furniture and pillows.This is important. This is

like leaving a remnant of your presence with him. This will

cause him to slip into a day dream involving you. Every time he is near that chair or pillow (even after the fragrance has faded into nothing) he will think of you. Pretty soon just being in the room will make him think of you. You will never know this. He will never tell you, but it is true. The same thing happens to us women when a man smells good. Smell is an invisible charmer.

4. Keep his attention on you: You know the phrase, “All eyes on you”. His eyes will follow you to know end when ever you are near. He’ll find himself following you around while trying to keep his cool. He’ll be talking to someone and loose his train of thought when you pass by and suddenly you will be the most important thing in the room. He’ll more than notice you; he’ll want to know you. If you’ve got the attitude to go with your fragrance, he will want you.

5. Replay you in his mind: He can’t stop thinking about

little things you did around him like your laugh, your walk.

Even the goofy stuff you don’t think is cute, he’ll fine so

cute. He will connect to you and not even really know why. Then the rest is up to you.

6. Make him thirst for you: He’ll go out of his way to see

you. When a man smells something good, he usually wants to eat it. So let him eat the flavor of you up.

Being human is not an easy task, we tend to say these days, but I think it has been that way since day 1 of mankind.

But being FEMALE, now that’s a challenge and a half. I have never been a guy, but from what I see and don`t get me wrong guys, I know that you have your hands full trying to co-habitate with us females.

Seriously though lets look at men from my side of the fence..

MENS WORRIES!!

-they fear rejection from women.

-they worry about their ability to perform and satisfy women (if they are gentlemen)

-they worry about putting food on the table.

-they worry about women not being attracted to them(younger women in some cases)

-they worry they may not survive the women’s next menstrual-cycle

-hmmmmmmmmmmm

-they might worry about prostate and colon-cancer(if they are smart)

-they worry about their children, if they have any

-they worry about success

Fair enough…now…FEMALE WORRIES!!

-we worry that we are not pretty enough

-we worry we are not thin enough

-we worry we are not sexy enough

-we worry we will not keep them interested in us

-we worry that they will find younger women more of a lift to their egos

-we worry that we confuse them too much

-we worry about success

-we worry about our children, if we have any

-we worry that we will have to depend on men for financial support

-we worry men will not respect us for our intelligence

-we worry about our menstrual cycles(totally out-of-our-mind-days of the month)

-we worry about losing our youthful bodies (the ones that men seem to totally get whiplash around)

-we worry that no matter how much time and effort we put into keeping ourselves looking good, the men will not notice (wallflower syndrome)

-we worry about keeping it altogether(job, house, kids, and satisfying hubby )

-we worry about the ever dreaded menopause(eeeek)

So that’s pretty much most of the human worries that are first to pop into my mind, whether they be yours or not, sorry, this is my article.

Now I know that not all females and males fall into most of these worries. But I think I am speaking for the norm of worries.

Also women tend to be victims of society a hell of a lot more than men, after-all is it not a “mans world”?…. Do we see half naked men all over the television?….NOT. Women have a lot more to prove these days than men also.

Men say, “its not a COMPETITION” , uhg! I have heard that so many times that I want to gag at times on that answer. Then why are we made to feel like we are in a competition? Why are there so many women with low-self-esteem? Why are there so many women with jealousy issues? Why is the cosmetic-surgery market booming? Why are there radio commercials selling cosmetic-surgery like its candy? Why is it that women can see a good looking guy and not get whiplash or have to wipe drool off their chins?

Many of the women I have listened to or read their thoughts all ask these same questions. These are not just a select few, these are many, many women from all over the world. Guys, trust me here, I am only looking for answers, I am not bashing at all.

Some females do not care about any of this stuff, never have a care or worry in the world, ever wonder why. Maybe they are so into themselves, that’s all they care about. I think if you are that detached from whats going on in the world around you that you definitely are on your own planet. Maybe that’s how we all should be, but hmmm, how would the world be with no one caring about what others think or feel?

There are so many different people in the world and I am sure some fit nothing I have said here, remember people this is just my brain trauma here, so take it with a smile and a chuckle. I am merely giving you something to think about.

I do shout out to the world though for us women that really, really care about what men think . We are working overtime to please , so wake up guys and take notice.

Beads of sweat roll down her forehead as she rubs a very prominent muscle in her calve. Her breathing is deep and hard but steady as regains her focus to another place in order to numb the pain. She reaches into a place in her mind where she has stored an energy that only a dedicated athlete has come to know. An energy that will take her that extra distance to her finish mark.

This is a female athlete, a women that is not only strong, willful, and dedicated but has invested most of her youth and/or adulthood to get to this height of excellence. This women is a competitive professional athlete. In the world of men’s sports, these women have had to climb mountains and jump very high hurtles to get even a small fraction of respect as competitive, serious athletes.

These women are exemplary in there show of positive self-esteem. A positive self-esteem has given them strength to never give up on their dream. Their dream of becoming a true world champion female in the sports world. Through their years of excruciating training they have learned a few very important positive characteristics such as:

-setting goals

achieving a dream that for many become unreachable

learning to perform under pressure

understanding the meaning of a team player

learning how to earn and achieve through hard work

how to accept failure and appreciate succession.

Other very positive things come out of women making sports a big part of their lives.

females in high school do not have time to get pregnant

as little as four hours per week of physical exercise helps to reduce a teenagers risk of breast cancer by up to 60%. Breast cancer effects 1out of every 8 American females.

it has also helped to reduce the amount of females suffering from osteoporosis(brittle bones).

females engaging in sports are less likely to experience depression.

Female athletes are also very much more positive in regards to their body image, again a show of positive self-esteem. They are trained early in life to respect their health and nurture their psychological well-being. These character traits are a must in achieving the limits that are needed to compete as a professional athlete. These women have to be on the top of their game, so to speak.

With that in their focus they glow with positive self-esteem and confidence. They also need all of these positive attributes to get them where they want to be in regards to their workplace. About 80% of women that are in high executive positions were athletes during certain periods of their lives. This is a good thing. Through their training and disciplined lifestyles, they have succeeded not only in sports, but also in their careers. These female athletes also made a mark in history and continue to do so, against all odds.

Unfortunately as in any thing we deal with in life, there is the reality of abuse and stereotyping. Many woman fear the label of being called a lesbian, or fear that they would come into contact with lesbians in the sports world. Sexual harassment, verbal abuse, emotional abuse and even physical abuse are also very common negative realities in the sports world. We need to shout out as loud as we can to get rulings to protect all athletes in the sports world.

To make life even more unfair, after they have trained and suffered much pain to win many championships and meet the challenges that come with being an athlete, they continue to battle nonsensical enemies such as the media. Oh yes, our great media strikes yet again. They have taken pictures of female athletes and turned them into sexual objects. Sporting them in magazines, scantily clothed as if they were posing for a pornographic magazine. They have robbed them of their achievements as serious female athletes. They have offered them up as sacrificial pieces of meat to satisfy the male appetite. They rarely if ever show the reality of the female athlete. Rarely if ever do you find a picture of a disabled athlete sporting the front of a magazine, but there you have it, even in the sports magazines they have to use sex to sell. They cannot even depend on their own merit anymore. In fact the media continually shows just how cheap they can be. They show no respect for the reality of people anymore. The media has totally blinded the world as to what a competitive female athlete is all about.

The female athlete is all about:

strength

skill

power

ability to achieve a goal

pure self-discipline

desire to achieve excellence

determination to win

the drive to push against against all odds

Women of the sports world, I commend you for your courage and ability to reach your destination. You show all the women of the world today that we can do it. You show us how very important it is to have a positive self-esteem. You show us professional female athletes at their best. For that, I thank you!

“Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete”

Willie Shoemaker

First up, we’ll run through a short history of the bikini (no sniggering at the back, please) and see how we arrive at the micro bikini.

The two-piece swimsuit we know today as the bikini has only been marketed and sold as such for 60 years. But archaeologists have discovered Minoan wall paintings from 1600 B.C. and Roman mosaics from 300 A.D. that show the bikini, so the ancients were livin’ it up! Still, it is the debut of the modern bikini in 1946 and its later modifications that truly define the swimsuit.

The bikini was invented and launched by two French designers: Jacques Heim and Louis Reard. Heim was a swimsuit designer who had created a two-piece suit to be sold in his beach shop in Cannes. He marketed the swimsuit as the “atome,” (named for its small size and meant to be compared with the atom, the smallest particle of matter known). No doubt, it was an outrageously tiny swimsuit.

The same year, Reard was creating his own similar, two-piece swimsuit. He named and marketed his swimsuit as the bikini, claiming that it was “smaller than the smallest bathing suit in the world”. Reard christened his swimsuit the bikini in honor of experimental atomic bombs being detonated in the South Pacific, near the Bikini Reef.

So Reard’s name stuck, though by today’s standards, the bikinis of the 1940s and ’50s were positively modest in their coverage. Bottoms were cut above the navel, and tops fully covered the breasts.

Getting smaller by the year

The bikini went through several changes as time passed. Designers experimented with many varieties for the swimsuit, including a bikini top with attached propellers (!), a suit made entirely of red hair, and even a version made of porcupine quills.

As early as the 1950s, the bikini was already so small that it could be packed into a matchbook, but even more drastic shrinkage lay in store. In the 1970s, the sexual revolution in the United States caused designers to make the bikini even more revealing.

So we had string bikinis, which exposed the navel by fitting the bottoms on the hips. The top, too, provided only bra-style coverage. In the 1980s, the popular thong bikini arrived on the scene. Designers claimed the thong bikini originated from the clothing of Amazonian tribal groups in Brazil. As we know, the thong bikini leaves the bottom virtually uncovered and the back of the suit disappears into the buttocks.

Micro bikinis

In the 1990s and 2000s, designers have continued to revamp the bikini and innovated new styles. While the thong and string bikinis retain their popularity, the micro bikini has recently been added to the growing selection.

Essentially, micro bikinis are bikinis combining a micro bikini top and a thong bikini bottom. Needless to add, it is scantier and more revealing than traditional bikinis and hence its name.

Buying micro bikinis

· A word of warning: you need to be careful that you don’t opt for a string bikini when you mean to buy a micro bikini. There are enough illustrated examples online to show you the difference.

· Numerous sites offer essential advice like how to shave your bikini line (hairy exposures will NOT do). Make sure your pubic area in particular is well shorn.

· Choose the fabric well. Test your skin for itches and allergic rashes, particularly since you will be spending a lot of time in the sun wearing your bikini

· Have plenty of sunscreen handy. You need to use liberal doses all over your body since you obviously will not have much on in terms of protection from the sun’s rays!

Happy bathing!

Buying your handbags on the Internet can sometimes be very risky because you won’t have the opportunity of confirming it is a fake or not before placing your order.

But despite all the risks of buying handbags on the Internet, you can still make a safe choice if you take note of the following guidelines to buying handbags on the Internet:

1. Make sure you buy your handbag on the Internet only from dealers that are authorized and registered. There are a dozen and one online sellers of handbags, but don’t rush into buying from just anyone, until you can confirm that they are genuine.

You can check with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) to confirm whether the dealer is recognized or not, before placing your order. This simply act can help you protect your money from fraudster handbag dealers.

2. Before playing your order for a handbag on the Internet, check the contact details of the online dealer. If there is no contact details or if it leads to a box office, then be wary of such dealer. It shows that they are hiding something.

3. Don’t be quick to order for a handbag on the Internet with your credit card. Many online stores are actually fraudsters whose primary purpose is to steal your personal details, such as credit card information and other personal details.

Ever heard of identify theft? This is one of the ways in which these thieves get your details. So, before you place your order via credit card, check to make sure the online dealer has a secure credit card payment system in place. If they don’t, then it will safe for you not to order with credit card.

Just doing the above will help you make a better handbag buying decision on the Internet.

The more you understand about any subject, the more interesting it becomes. As you read this article you’ll find that the subject of Breast Enhancement is certainly no exception.

There are numerous breast enhancement options that are available for anyone thinking about breast enlargement. It was designed as a choice for women to be able to enlarge their breasts. The breasts are enlarged either by surgery, or breast enhancement medication. With any enlargement option the benefits include more evenly proportioned breasts, increase in self-confidence, reduced anxiety, and overall beautiful appearance.

The first breast enhancement benefit is the ability for the woman to have more evenly proportioned breasts. For all women, the breasts start to develop during puberty and continue to grow, but for some women they may grow unevenly and have one breast noticeably smaller than the other. This could lead to the woman feeling extremely self-conscious or even disfigured. However, with breast enlargement surgery, a female is able to have the benefit of evenly size breasts.

A second breast enhancement benefit would be the amount of self-confidence that a woman would receive after the surgery. Breast enlargement is definitely indicated for women who have lost their self-confidence or developed low self-esteem because their breasts are disproportionate to the size of their body or their breasts are not the size of an average woman. There are quite a number of women who have small breast size and are uncomfortable to undress around other women or their spouses. Breast enlargement can definitely be used to help them.

Lastly, the third breast enhancement benefit would be giving the woman the ability to look and feel beautiful especially in her clothing. With the right size cleavage, a female who has experienced breast enlargement, can feel better about wearing clothing such as swimsuits, bikinis, or fitted blouses. Larger breasts make the waist look smaller

And now, in recent years, a woman can experience all of these wonderful benefits with just taking hormone breast enhancement supplements everyday for a period of a few months rather than spend her hard earned money on expensive surgery. Breast enhancement supplements will make a woman feel beautiful on the inside and out. Breast enhancement surgery only fixes what’s wrong on the outside. Breast pills give women energy and increases her libido as well. Men love the look of big beautiful breasts and have since the beginning of time. So they benefit from this as well!

Today’s woman is apparently known for its presence either in the house or at its office workplace promising its influence at both the places. As such it is very important that women health or say women reproductive health is of prime consideration due to rising female death rate due to unwanted pregnancies and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Women health reproductive is primarily concerned with health activities like contraception, fertility, infertility and other sexually transmitted diseases. Here contraception by way of pills, condoms, diaphragm, intrauterine, vasectomy is important way to avoid unintended pregnancies and other hormonal diseases.

Fertility is the ability to conceive either through sexual intercourse or by way of test tube culture whereas infertility is whereby a woman is unable to conceive. Infertility occurs mostly due to factors such as irregular menstrual cycles, painful sexual intercourse, miscarriage or any chronic disability. Sometimes women feel pain in their vulva leading to burning, stinging or irritation in their genitals which is termed as Vulvodynia. Another gynecological disease frequently prevailing is Endometriosis. It happens usually in the reproductive years of a woman whereby the womb sheds during menstruation and leads to internal bleeding, infection and internal injury.

Some of the common sexually transmitted diseases found among women are Chlamydia, Genital herpes, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis and HIV. Women are entitled to various reproductive rights whereby they have the right to knowledge to sexuality and reproduction, right to go for family planning, opt for programs that reduce women infertility and mortality rate, access to safe, affordable abortion techniques in addition to post and pre marriage counseling. Most prominently they are eligible to stop forced sterilization and get right nutrition during the pregnancy period.

Your fur coat, fur jacket, and specialty outerwear are valuable and deserve fine care.

Allow your Fur coat or other garments proper space in a closet. Never keep your fur coat or other valuable coat in a plastic bag. Your fur coat requires proper air circulation; Use a cloth bag when traveling or transporting your fur coat to and from cold storage. The smell of both moth and cedar balls often adhere to fur coats and creates horrible odors.

Proper cleaning and conditioning of your fur coat and other garments will often remove such and most other unwanted odors.

Do not sit for an extended time on your fur coat or outerwear – as this may lead to undue the crushing and premature wear.

Avoid too much use of purse straps and other shoulder straps while wearing your fur coat, and other outerwear, as this too will lead to premature wear.

If your fur coat gets wet, shake it off and let it dry naturally. Using heat will cause both fur and leather to dry out. If your fur coat gets sopping wet it needs special attention by a specialist master furrier!

Do have proper annual care including cleaning, conditioning, tightening of buttons, closures and lining and the mending of early tears – some will be invisible to you.

Conditioning is processes that replenish essential oils essential for the longevity of your fur coat.

Repair any small tears immediately. Often times delaying of repair can lead to an costly replacement of pelts.

Your fur coat and other fine outerwear will supply you years of pleasurable wear when they are professionally conditioned and stored.

Each spring you must store your fur coat in a temperature and humidity controlled vault. Keep your fur coat away from heat, home humidity and moths.

A fur coat is a wonderful thing. Enjoy it for many years with proper caretaking.

Thank you for your time!

Reading a good romance novel is like setting sail on a grand adventure. You have no idea where it is going to take you or who you might meet on the way but you do know that it is going to be a great ride. But like any trip, you don’t want to set sail without being prepared. That is why you have to create the perfect mood before snuggling up on the couch with your book and nice cup of tea (or whatever works for you!) at your side.

A romance novel, just like its name implies, is supposed to be romantic. Romance, however, is not something that you can just drive-up to a window and hand a cashier some money and then drive off with your goods. It must be finessed and created with a soft touch or else the moment is cheapened and all you end up with is some freaky background music and some psychedelic light show.

Lighting is always a sure way to set the perfect mood. Now my personal favorite lighting happens to be that from the fireplace. There is absolutely nothing more romantic than a crackling fire late at night to help set the perfect mood for your adventure to… well, wherever. Of course, this idea doesn’t work so well in the summer months and not everyone has a fireplace so you will need to have some alternatives.

Candles, especially scented ones (I personally could die with the scent of lavender or hyacinth wafting through the air and enter heaven with a great big smile on my face!), create the perfect romantic atmosphere. The combination of the sweet aroma and subtle lighting transform your room into a romantic alcove that cannot help but enhance your reading experience.

Now if you are not into flames of any kind but would still like to set a more subdued and casual tone to your decor while escaping to your own personal paradise with Juan, Raphael, or whomever happens to be the character in the book, then you might want to try using a nice Tiffany lamp reproduction. Now I promise all of you that I do not own stock in any company selling these lamps. It is just that the light is gently diffused through the colorful lampshade so there is no glare. These lamps happen to produce very soft light that is still adequate for reading without worrying about eye strain.

Finally, once you have the lighting perfect and your favorite scent filling the room, all that is left is some soft music in the background. Some soft jazz (or whatever you happen to find especially romantic) completes the effect and you are set to cast off and have whatever adventure the author has in store for you. I would recommend playing some music without lyrics as they can be more of distraction than a mood setter.

Now you may even want to get into some “jammie pants” and don your favorite sweatshirt too but that is entirely up to you. All that really matters is that you feel comfortable and the room is soothing and to your liking. Reading around other people or with a radio or television in the background filling the room with words can absolutely ruin a book because you can’t really concentrate and get into the story.

Trust me, your reading experience will be completely different and far more enjoyable when the setting is just right. Ask yourself what you happen to find romantic and turn your reading space into your own little paradise and you will definitely enhance your reading experience and slip away into those pages and off to the adventure you have been waiting all day to get started!