Body Care
There are lots of reasons to appreciate, and take care of the body you have. Accept yourself better, and stop obsessing over what you don’t like or have.Your body is yours to use, take care of, and to love. Your mind rules your body, so learn simple ways to keep your body in line. Take care of your body and it will take care of you.
Published: February 14, 2009
Evening before sleep is the best time for taking a warm bath
The best form of bath is either the tub or the shower bath; and the cooler the water, provided that you warm up to it quickly and pleasantly, the greater the tonic effect, the more exhilaration and pleasure you will get out of it, and the more it will harden your skin against cold. But it should never under any circumstances be any cooler than you can readily and pleasantly react, or warm up to, during the bath and afterward. Read more »
Published: February 11, 2009
A warm bath helps to open the pores
“Even from the body’s purity, the mind
Receives a secret sympathetic aid.”
The road to beauty has never been better known than it was to the Greek and Roman women of centuries ago, yet they did not begin to have the resources in cosmetic arts that we have now. But they bathed incessantly, believing that cleanliness and health were the vital points in their endeavors to be lovely. Read more »
Published: February 10, 2009
The Object of Eating is Nourishment To Help Build Up The Whole Body
“Good food is the basis of good conduct, and consequently of happiness; more divorces are caused by hash than by infidelity.” Hetty Green
The object of eating is nourishment to build up the nerves, the muscles, the blood, the tissues, and, in fact, the whole body. Judging by woman’s mad devotion to things she should not eat, this is a piece of information which has never before been confided to her. Read more »
Published: February 10, 2009
Daily walking at any time of year will help keep muscles healthy
The girl who goes in for outdoor sport, who isn’t afraid of walking a block or two, who loves the cold air and who revels in wheeling and swimming and skating, is the one who won’t be an old woman in appearance while she is still young in years.
Keep the muscles firm and healthy by exercise. This will not only improve your carriage and add to your general development, but will aid the digestive organs in their work and keep you animated and cheery. Read more »
Published: February 9, 2009
“Oh, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem,
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give!
The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem,
For that sweet odor which doth in it live.”
—Shakespeare
The odor of perfume should be ever so slight
Women love delicate perfumes as they do silk stockings and violets.
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Published: February 9, 2009
By sleeping properly, the body is kept stronger and fresher
“What a delightful thing rest is! The bed has become a place of luxury to me. I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world.” Napoleon I Read more »
Published: February 9, 2009
Shoulders should be held up and back with no strain put on them
“Her grace of motion and of look, the smooth
And swimming majesty of step and tread,
The symmetry of form and feature, set
The soul afloat, even like delicious airs
Of flute or harp.”
—Milman
Stooped shoulders is one beauty ill that is wholly unnecessary. Any girl with a little energy and will power can make herself straight and bestow upon herself a good carriage. It is entirely a matter of doing and persevering. Most of us know remedies for our small failings, but how many of us apply them persistently until a cure is brought about? Few indeed, and more’s the pity. Read more »
Published: February 7, 2009
Massage is a natural alleviator and comfort-giver
“The love of beauty is one of the most firmly implanted qualities of the human mind, and only those who are mentally deficient fail to appreciate it. From the human standpoint there is no edifice so beautiful as that earthly temple which enshrines the soul.” Dr. Cyrus Edson
Massage is as old as the hills. Most really good things are, I’ve found. The Grecian and Roman women preserved their wondrous, wholesome beauty by reveling in luxuriant baths and then undergoing vigorous massage. Massage is a natural alleviator and comfort-giver. Read more »
Published: January 26, 2009
Homemade perfumes can be made easily at home in just a matter of minutes. They require only a small quantity of ingredients to produce a satisfying scent for the lady. You may preserve the remaining ingredients for other satisfying scent creations.
For a satsifying scent, choose your favorite flavour
To make different perfumes read on.
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