Top Ten Beauty Tips, By: Carol Clinton, MD

Top Ten Beauty Tips

There are many ways to maximize health and beauty, with a minimal amount of work.

1. Buy a pedometer. Studies demonstrated by walking 10,000 steps per day, your health and fitness will improve. This will give you motivation to park further away from a store or take the stairs instead of an elevator. You’ll know where you stand and can make incremental changes to reach the goal of 10,000 steps per day.
2. Wear sunscreen. A new product, approved by the FDA, provides the broadest span UVA (cause of premature aging and skin cancer) and UVB (cuases burn) sun protection. Currently it is sold exclusively by La Roche Posay under the name Anthelios Cream (SPF from 20-50+). Additionally, the sunblock, titanium is included in this product.
3. Protect your hair from salt, chlorine, and the sun by spraying your hair with a mixture of water and conditioner, before getting into the water, or heading out into the sun.
4. Keep fresh fruits and vegetables at your fingertips in the kitchen. This allows for quick snacks on healthy food, instead of reaching for a bag of chips or a few cookies
5. Get rid of unwanted hair. This can include the bikini area, the back, ears, underarms, and legs. This can be accomplished with advanced laser and light therapy. A series of treatments are generally required. And, while you are there you can ask about other laser skin applications to get rid of unwanted sun spots and spider veins!
6. Have your brows and lashes dyed. This is done on a monthly basis and will keep you from using your brow pencil or mascara. Be active without worrying about a black streak under your eyes, leaving you looking like a football player, instead of a goddess!
7. Get a pedicure. Summer time just begs for an attractive pair of feet!
8. Plan your weekday meals on a Sunday. Leave the rest of the week to enjoy eating those meals, leaving you with consuming 1/3 less calories than if you picked up a quick meal while you are out.
9. When spending time outside, remember this sun safety tips. Stay in the shade from 10am-2pm. Cover up when in the sun. Wear a wide brimmed hat and be sure to be liberal and frequent with sunscreen. Use moisturizers with Vitamin C in them if in the sun, as it will protect your skin from the aging effects of the sun.
10. Take 10 minutes a day and spend in quiet time. Turn off the radio, TV, and telephone. Try to quiet your mind and you’ll be surprised at the deep relaxation this small time of inactivity will bring!

Scientific Skincare Advisor for Boots

Scientific Skincare Advisor for Boots, Steve Barton shares his own ten top tips for beautiful skin...

1. Don't sunbathe or use a sun-bed - you'll regret it when you are older!
2. Use the right regime to suit your skin type - generally the older you are the more complex the routine and the richer the product.
3. Follow the golden rule and cleanse in you teens, moisturise in your twenties, exfoliate in your thirties and night cream in your forties.
4. Start a beauty regime now - the earlier you start the easier it is to maintain.
5. Choose a regime which reflects your life-style. For example, if you spend a lot of time outside be sure you always use UV protective moisturiser.
6. K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid) - you don't need to pile on all your beauty products every day, there's a time and place for everything.
7. Don't smoke - even if cancer doesn't worry you - wrinkles result from smoking too (especially around the lip line).
8. Avoid very hot water when washing your face - the blood vessels will eventually stop trying to keep pace with the change and you skin's natural lipids will get washed away more easily.
9. Exercise your facial muscles regularly by smiling - you'll also look more attractive.
10. Believe in yourself.

Kitty62's Top Ten Beauty Tips

1. Get your object of affection drunk (but not too drunk, if you know what I mean) Just enough to blur the edges a little. And while you're at it, get yourself tanked up, too. Why should he have all the fun?


2. Your stomach looks flatter when you're lying down. Standing up, you might look like the Fig Newton, but when you lie down, you have abs of steel. And by the time they get you lying down, they don't care what you look like anymore, anyway.


3. 2 words - Heroin Chic. In Philadelphia, a bag of heroin costs less than a tube of Clinique lipstick, and it lasts longer (at first). And there's no more dieting, because there's no more eating. You'll look like a Calvin Klein supermodel. After a little while, it won't matter, anyway. Nothing will.


4. Never, ever compare yourself to other women. Once, while fishing for compliments, I sighed and said, "I wish I looked like Natalie Wood." "So do I," answered my man, wistfully, "So do I."


5. Invest in a figure-flaw concealing full body tattoo. They're all the rage. I don't mean a little tit butterfly or a demure ankle bracelet. I'm talking a full color Our Lady of Guadalupe, in a grotto -- front, back, and sides. No one will be able to see your cellulite through all those vines and lilies.


6. Go up to your desired one, sniffle, and say, "My cat (bird, dog, hamster, etc.) died. Hold me." Men can never resist this one. Note that it doesn't work if it's actually true, because you'll be too distraught. Also, be careful about getting caught. While he's "comforting" you on the couch because "your cat died", make sure Fluffy doesn't decide to saunter into the room, or you'll have to shriek, "Oh look! I got another cat! It has feline leukemia. Hold me."


7. Worried about looking good on the beach? Summer is the season to go Goth. Go down the shore dressed as Lily Munster. Long-sleeved black dress, velvet cape, veil, black tights, the works. Yes, you'll be uncomfortable, but won't you be more uncomfortable shaving your pube into a mohawk, picking sand out of your crack, and having lounge chair weave permanently embossed on the backs of your thighs?


8. They light your cigarette. They laugh at your jokes. They tell you you're pretty. They notice your new dress. In the words of Edith Massey, "Why doncha find yourself a nice homosexual and settle down." Sure, that muscle-bound he-man looks awful cute bending over that carburetor, but will he giggle with you over Tori Spelling's botched boob job? Can he recite scenes from "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane"? I think not.


9. Use your flaws. Developing a neck wattle? Re-name yourself Turkey Girl and greet people with a hearty "gobble gobble!" Have a harelip? Paint on a giant red clown mouth. You'll look just like Juliette Lewis. People will think you're interesting.


10. Above all, always remember to be yourself. And if that fails, wear a Wonderbra and pretend you're French.