How to Moisturize From the Inside Out

If you want to do everything you can to moisturize your skin, don't stop at applying moisturizer and drinking a lot of water. You can make "you are what you eat" your new mantra and choose foods based on how they will help your skin.
To get the most out of your daily meals, try including the following items in your diet:

Omega-3s

Your skin has a natural barrier to help retain moisture, and that barrier contains omega-3 fatty acids. Try adding flax seed, salmon and walnuts to your diet to boost your omega-3 intake and moisturize your skin.
Some research suggests that foods that have vitamin E in addition to omega-3s, such as nuts and whole grains, provide an extra skin booster.

Spinach

Move over, Popeye, because spinach isn't just for making your muscles big. In addition to being chock full of vitamins, such as skin-strengthening vitamin A, spinach has plant compounds that -- according to some research -- help to keep your skin healthy.

Berries

It turns out that berries aren't just tasty and fun to eat; they're also really good for healing your skin. Berries not only contain juice to help you hydrate, but they've also got antioxidants and vitamin C that protect your skin.
The antioxidants and other chemicals in the berries work to help your skin cells stave off damage.
What you put in your mouth can help your skin, but if you want to keep that healthy glow, there are also some foods and beverages you should avoid. Read the next page to learn which items to leave on the grocery store shelf.

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Coffee is Good For Your Skin

Are you the kind of person, just like millions around the world, who gets cranky the whole day if you weren't able to drink at least one cup of your favorite coffee? If you are, then you will definitely perk up with these new facts you are about to read.

According to recent studies coffee has several health benefits other than keeping you awake most of the day. It is said that just smelling the coffee upon waking up in the morning is good for the brain. The smell of coffee can help resist succumbing to stress due to deprivation of sleep. Other studies on coffee also show that it can lower risks of diabetes, Parkinson's disease, colon cancer, and even skin cancer. Yes, coffee is good for your skin!

Coffee can keep your skin healthy in a lot of different ways. Other than preventing skin cancer and melanoma-related diseases, coffee has anti-oxidant ingredients that can help:

• Your skin be free of different radicals that can cause acne, eczema and other skin diseases
• Improve the flow of micro-cellulars in your skin
• Break up fatty deposits which cause those ugly cellulites
• Clear up your skin of acne and other blemishes
• Act as sunblock and prevent sunburn and wrinkles
• Absorb and neutralize strong odors such as fish and other smells

How can you get all these skin benefits from coffee? There are two ways. One is to go to a spa that offers coffee treatment, and the other option is to make your own homemade coffee skin care treatment. Here are some suggestions on how to prepare your own coffee skin care products:

Use coffee beans to rub on your damp skin before taking a steam bath or going in a sauna bath. Coffee beans can lightly exfoliate your skin and its rich oils can soften it.
After having your fill of your morning coffee, used coffee grounds can be reused into a variety of skin products:

Coffee grounds mixed with olive oil - Apply this mixture all over your cellulite regions, and wrap these areas using plastic wrap. Leave this on for at least 5 minutes, remove the plastic and shower off. This can help reduce cellulites from your body.

Coffee grounds mixed with egg white - Apply this on your skin as an exfoliant for softer skin.

Coffee grounds mixed with your skin cleanser - This mixture can be your very own coffee exfoliating scrub.

Coffee grounds mixed with cocoa powder and whole milk or cream - This mixture is a great smelling facial mask.

Coffee as an ingredient for skin care products have been used by women from Russia, Hawaii, Bali, and South America for several years now. So why not visit your favorite spa or skin product store and check out their line of coffee skin products? Better yet, why not make your own?

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How to Remove a Hickey

Sure, you might have thought getting a hickey was a great idea in the heat of the moment, but you may have changed your mind once you heard that you have to show up to your great Aunt Martha's retirement party picnic the next day. How are you going to show up looking classy instead of embarrassing yourself in front of your family? Read on to find out.

Part 1 of 3: Removing a Hickey

Cool the hickey. Apply an icepack or cold spoon on the hickey as soon as possible after you get it. You can wrap some ice in a towel, use pre-frozen ice packs or put a spoon in the freezer for a few minutes. Gently hold the cold compress to the skin for several minutes (up to 20 minutes, if it doesn’t feel too uncomfortable), remove the compress for several minutes, and then apply it again.
If you're using a spoon, you will need to chill the spoon in the freezer first. You must use a lot of pressure with the spoon but should see results over a few minutes of doing this.

Brush your hickey with a toothbrush. A new toothbrush is preferable, obviously. Many people swear by this technique for getting rid of hickeys. Here is what you'll have to do:
Lightly brush the hickey and the area around it with a stiff-bristled toothbrush or a comb. Doing this stimulates circulation, but pressing too hard can make the hickey worse, so be gentle.
Wait about 15 minutes. The redness and swelling will spread, but will be less obvious after about 15 minutes.
Apply a cold compress, as above.
Repeat if necessary. Depending on the magnitude of your hickey, this method may work or it may just spread the discoloration a bit.

Scrape your skin with a coin. This method is the most painful, but it can give you real results. To do this, first, stretch the skin around the hickey flat by pulling away from the hickey on opposite sides. Then, use the edge of a large coin to scrape the skin. Use the coin like the hickey was butter on toast, and spread outward. You must press quite hard (as hard as you can, but not so that you break the skin, bleed or hurt).
What some people believe this does is push the excess blood, which has escaped from the capillaries, out of the surface skin.
There will be redness from the scraping, but that will go away much faster than a hickey. Even then, a scrape is much less conspicuous than a hickey.

Apply a layer of toothpaste to the hickey. Gently rub some toothpaste onto the hickey and leave it there for a few minutes. Then, when it stops tingling, remove the toothpaste with a warm washcloth. Wait 24 hours and repeat if necessary. You'll see better results if you can do this as soon as possible.

Massage the area. This helps get blood circulation going and will help at the very least to lighten the damage. Gently place two fingers over the affected area and rub them in a circular pattern in one direction. After a minute, switch and rub your fingers in the other direction.

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