The big cover up

Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:23:49 AM PDT

Crack the Color Code

Concealers operate on the principle of neutralizing the enemy. 

For example, if your skin's flaw is red (like a pimple), you can camouflage it with a concealer in the counteracting color, green. "It's the same basic theory that artists use," says celebrity makeup artist Joanna Schlip. 

You cancel out one color (your flaw) by using the color (a concealer) that's directly opposite on the color wheel. Typically, the colors representing skin flaws are on the left half of the wheel, and the solutions are on the right (yellow can be either).

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Flawless skin

Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:09:33 AM PDT

Want the fastest way to hide facial flaws? We spill the secret.

1. Prep your skin with moisturizer.

Concealer is thicker and more concentrated than foundation, so it often cakes up on dry skin. To fill in fine lines and create a smoother canvas, moisturize a few minutes before you apply your concealer, says Philadelphia dermatologist Richard Fried, Ph.D., M.D. That way, your skin will have time to absorb the moisture.

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How To Fight Wrinkles

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 2:15:07 AM PDT

Wrinkles occur from accumulated sun damage as well as being a normal by-product of age. Aging causes the skin to lose some of its elasticity, which causes the sagging that appears as wrinkles, and gravity's pull on the muscles is also a factor.

 

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Cellulite

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 10:41:45 AM PST

Cellulite is a particularly actual and uncomfortable theme. In fact, especially this time of the year, when summer is around the corner, women’s attention seems to be focused on this ‘terrible’ problem commonly known as ‘cellulite’.

With the support of our experts, like Doctor Catia Trevisani, we will try to understand which are the cellulite causes and try to suggest the best behaviors to adopt to actively counteract it. By the way, we should precise we won’t treat cellulite like a simple imperfection, but like a degenerative disease, as it actually is, that needs to be treated continuously and not merely during the summertime when its effects are more exposed.

 

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Stretch marks problem

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 10:31:42 AM PST

Stretch marks are reddish signs, slightly hollow which look like slight streaks. They affect almost every woman. May they be single lines or many, it’s very hard to get rid of them. Though not impossible: prevention is crucial and it’s also very important to choose the correct solution.

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