Cellulite – what is it and how can you get rid of it?
In contrast to natural beauty, cellulite is ugly and it tends to accumulate on thighs, around the knees, on hips and buttocks. Cellulite is the result of abuse more than age, the very opposite of natural beauty which is accomplished by self-awareness and self-care. Cellulite can affect women of normal weight, indeed even thin women are often troubled by cellulite. Cellulite takes time to appear and a long time to repair.
The French, who implied it was a special sort of fat that you must treat in a special way, invented the word cellulite. But cellulite is ordinary fat that is waterlogged. The best way to get rid of it is to promote your natural beauty through diet accompanied by exercise, and by controlling fluid retention.
Cellulite is caused by many things that hinder natural beauty, bad circulation and retention of fluid, the latter being the reason why the skin looks puffy, dimpled and soggy. Cellulite is also a sign of lack of exercise and a diet too full of the sugar and starch carbohydrates. Fighting cellulite is a two-pronged attack because the very things that reduce cellulite enhance natural beauty.
Some doctors believe an excessive secretion of oestradiol (female hormone) causes cellulite and it would seem logical that there could be a counter-balancing treatment. But at present cellulite is helped only by physical means – self-care, natural beauty procedures and salon treatment. Try the following with daily regularity – the only way to get good results, increase your natural beauty and rid yourself of cellulite:
Diet: Cut back on fats, sugars and starches: concentrate on high protein meats, green leafy vegetables, salads and fruit. Eat plenty of cucumber, first and foremost a diuretic food which helps to firm tissues. Every day eat cucumber salad – finely sliced complete with skin and mixed with a little olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and parsley (to counteract the smell of garlic).
Exercise: Walking and swimming are ideal for fighting cellulite, so is bicycling whether the real thing or simulating the movements by lying on your back supporting hips with hands and cycling in the air. Walk around the house doing the goose-step – you’ll feel the inner thigh muscle working hard to keep your leg in a straight line.
Applications: Try massaging anti-cellulite creams into your skin (see below for method) but it is usually the movement more than the cream that aids the area. Ivy is an ingredient in many creams and when used on its own it has a noticeable effect on cellulite. Ground ivy works when crushed and rubbed into the skin or applied as a poultice. You can make a solution by steeping ivy in cold water for twenty-four hours and using it as a wash to bathe the dimpled areas repeatedly.
Friction: The idea is to improve circulation, stepping up the metabolism of the fat cells to break down the cellulite. Pinch your skin through a towel; slap area alternatively with hot and cold sponges or cloths; rub with a loofah or a friction glove made of string, nylon, or rubber nodules; put rough kitchen salt on the glove and vibrate the skin where cellulite collects.
Massage: You must be careful not to over-massage and be too rough with your skin; use an oil, emollient or cellulite cream, and always be sure movements go up in the direction of the heart, never down. Don’t just rub; using both hands wring and twist the flab as though you were squeezing out water; then with fists, iron the skin upwards. For legs, grasp on ankle with both hands, wring and twist up to the knee. For inner thighs, knead, and then iron out. For buttocks, stand sideways about four inches away from a wall; turning slightly hit first one side then the other.
Water: Any force of water against the skin is good – a jet in a swimming pool, a strong shower faucet or a jacuzzi or whirlpool bath; contrasts of hot and cold water help – take a cold shower followed by a hot bath, or force alternate hot and cold blasts from the hand held shower on special areas; nightly warm baths with Epsom salts are recommended.
Treatments: Beauty specialists offer individual methods to get rid of cellulite – wax, mud, steam, water, electrical and enzyme treatments, usually followed by a massage. Aromatherapy also claims to have results with cellulite.
By: Elaine Woosey
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Cellulite Be Gone – Natural Beauty
October 26th, 2009Indian Beauty Care Tips
October 4th, 2009
Indian beauty tips are hard to find. There is really no common knowledge when it comes to things of beauty in India. Mehandi Indian women have done for years and years. If you do not know what is Mehandi you may know as the most common name Henna. Mehandi is the art of creating beautiful tattoos on the hands and feet of women. When Mehandi was first used, it was used for its medicinal properties, rather than decoration. The henna plant is used in the manufacture of dyes, you use the powder of the plant and mixed with tea, coffee, lime and eucalyptus oil. It is also used as a treatment for hair.
Indian women keep their skin impeccable diet by eating fish and high protein. They use the food rather than lotions or creams to achieve great skin. They also use care when they are in the sun. They wear hats or scarves to cover their faces. Sunlight causes the skin to age more rapidly than to be in the shade. An Indian beauty tip that most people are not aware of is for foot care. Indian women wear shoes that support the foot well, because they are not wearing 4-inch heels just look nice. Wearing shoes that are sound, rather than how they will look. They do not wear the same shoes every day.
The footwear of choice is made from natural materials, because it helps the foot breathe. Try to wear shoes or slip on the lace on the foot of your foot for comfort. Of all the beauty tips you can try these tricks at home beauty. If you have swollen eyelids, take a drop of castor oil cooler. To cool your eyes use slices of cucumber or cotton balls or pads soaked in milk. Put them on your eyes for a moment and relax. In an ideal world, we all get the ideal amount of sleep for our bodies every night, even if this does not necessarily mean eight hours. Sleep experts admit that some of us to prosper 4 hours per night, while others need at least 10 to feel their best. To find out how much is right for you, go to bed when you are tired and get up when you wake up for a week, and to calculate how much time you have spent in bed. Divide the week into total of seven – that is sleepload your best. If you find it hard to get to sleep, there are things that can help you.
You can try to put a drop of pink in the eye before you go to bed, you refresh the eyes. To stop your lips chapping fermentation use hot water on your lips, then use Vaseline and honey. You can use this solution three times a week. To prevent hair loss, there is an Indian thing, you can use and that is to use a drink rich in biotin. Blend a few bananas with honey, yogurt and low-fat milk. Drink this for a few weeks, it should do the trick.
By: Toni Deleo
