Topic: wrinkles

Honda Thinks What Women Want Most In A Car Is Wrinkle Prevention

Honda Thinks What Women Want Most In A Car Is Wrinkle Prevention

Good idea, bad marketing strategy: A car with a windshield that blocks 99% of ultraviolet rays (awesome!) … being marketed to women as a way to prevent wrinkles (ugh). The car, from Honda, is a version of the company’s Fit model. Its called “She’s” — and, oh boy, is it pink. Currently only available in Japan, it also has the heated seats, added safety features and “Plasmacluster” climate control technology which the company claims can somehow improve passengers skin. More »

Can ‘Ancient Secrets’ Like Acupressure Keep Skin Young (And Botox-Free)?

Can 'Ancient Secrets' Like Acupressure Keep Skin Young (And Botox-Free)?

Ancient Secrets of Facial Rejuvenation is one of those books I probably wouldn’t have picke up had it not been in the bookstore bargain bin. Written by Victoria J. Mogilner—an acupuncturist, aesthetician, Chinese medicine practitioner and tai chi instructor who owns the East/West Rejuvenation Center in Scottsdale, Arizona—’Ancient Secrets’ promises “a holistic, non-surgical approach to youth and well-being” and “a total rejuvenation system … that will transform your face and your life” without Botox or surgery. Now I’m all about natural beauty—coconut oil conditioner, essential oil perfumes. But I’m easily turned off by things that smacks of quack science or loopy, feel-good hippie philosophy—and ‘Ancient Secrets’ is heavy on both. More »

Botox Users Are ‘Vain,’ and Other Beauty Paradoxes

Botox Users Are 'Vain,' and Other Beauty Paradoxes

We have a bad habit as a society of setting up rigid, improbable beauty standards and then knocking people for trying too hard to live up to them. In a classic catch 22, the two biggest beauty messages women receive are to be thin, and to look as close to prepubescent as possible. But should we dare to admit that it takes effort to reach these goals, we’re labeled vain, silly and worse. More »

Afternoon Links: Thin Doesn’t Always Mean Healthy

Afternoon Links: Thin Doesn't Always Mean Healthy

• Surprising factors that contribute to your odor. (Prevention)

• Reasons to enjoy an empty nest. (Third Age)

• Turn your leftover egg cartons into a seat. (Shelterpop)

• The best anti-aging serums of 2011. (Truth In Aging)

• Vitamin C is a line reducer. How to cook and maintain fewer wrinkles. (YouBeauty)

• Try wearing a sport skirt next time you go for a run — you just might love it. (Vitamin G)

• Enjoy this easy no-cook oatmeal. (Organic Authority)

• Not-so-important facts about sex. (The Frisky)

Being thin doesn’t always mean you’re healthy. (HuffPost Fitness)

• Protect yourself from the sun and avoid getting skin cancer. (Well + Good)

 

 

 

Afternoon Links: Add Pesto To Your Dinner With These Healthy Recipes

Afternoon Links: Add Pesto To Your Dinner With These Healthy Recipes

• Try these heart healthy dinner recipes. (Prevention)

• What ‘green’ really means when it comes to cleaning supplies. (Shelterpop)

• Simple ways that you can feel sexy. (Third Age)

• Ward off wrinkles by eating less sugar. (YouBeauty)

• Exhale Spa True Facial (Truth In Aging)

• Retrain your brain — power of positive thinking. (Your Tango)

• Is AC the cause of your summer sickness? (Vitamin G)

• Yoga poses for you and your kids. (Fit Sugar)

•  Make breaking a sweat good for your body and skin. (Well + Good)

• Beginners guide to a beach body, exercises you can do anywhere.  (HuffPost Fitness)

• Try out this easy no-bake berry pie. (Organic Authority)

• How to deal with fighting in relationships. (The Frisky)

The Body Positive: Even Christy Turlington’s Skin Isn’t *That* Flawless

The Body Positive: Even Christy Turlington's Skin Isn't *That* Flawless

Yesterday, the U.K. Advertising Authority said beauty company L’Oreal must pull two magazines ads, one featuring Julia Roberts and the other with model Christy Turlington. Usually when you hear complaints about photoshopped ads and images, the gripes have to do with folks artificially slimming stars down—tummies tucked, cellulite removed, a little fat shaved off the arms. The most recent retouching debacle, though, involves wrinkles—or, more specifically, the lack thereof.
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Study: Drink Green Tea For Younger Looking Skin

Study: Drink Green Tea For Younger Looking Skin

We don’t want to be alarmist, but it’s true: You’re getting older by the minute. If you’re like the rest of us, we don’t mind the fact that age is making us smarter, wiser and a bit more confident in our sex appeal. But one thing we can all agree on is that while getting older can be a joyride, looking older just isn’t. Which is why we were stoked to read about new research that showed doing something as simple as drinking green tea can help us retain our youthful guise. (We knew there was a reason we’ve been opting for tea over coffee for the last year.) More »

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