Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Newest beauty craze hits the US - Sleeping Masks

One of the hottest new categories in the beauty world comes from straight from Asia. It's called a sleeping mask and not the satin kind you wear over your eyes to keep the light out. 

It's important that we help our skin repair and renew itself at night when we save it from the sun and the elements. Also when we sleep our body temperature rises causing dehydration. These new sleeping masks are products designed to use at bedtime after your regular moisturizer.


One of the most popular Laneige Water Sleeping Mask, reported sold in Asia every 15 seconds, is now available at Target for just $23, that is if you can get your hands on one because the stores are selling out as fast as they can get them in! It's not a heavy creme like I expected, instead it's a light blue gel that goes on very sheer and smells great. It reportedly leaves your skin brighter and more hydrated. I am already a big fan!


The other Sleeping Mask I am obsessed with is from UK brand James Read and is called their Sleep Mask Tan. Love this gel moisturizer too at nighttime because it contains a small amount of self tanner - enough so that you wake up looking like you've just been dusted with a bit of bronzer. 

Wake up More Beautiful with These Beauty Secrets!



We all wish we could live in the fairy tale world filled with 8 solid hours of Beauty Sleep, but when you can't get your zzzzzzz's you might try using some of these tricks that I shared yesterday on Arizona Midday about how look Prettier in the Morning.


Wednesday, April 16, 2014

The Corset Diet: Kim Kardashian's trick to weight loss



photo courtesy of BettyBrosmer.com
With a wedding 6 weeks away, Kim Kardashian is reportedly sleeping in a corset to get rid of stubborn baby fat after giving birth to her first child. Kim Kardashian’s trick to weight loss is not as new or wacky as it might sound.  
The newly named "Corset Diet" is the same method that pin-up models like Betty Brosmer above used in the 1950's but then it was called waist training and it is believed to be how Romanian model Ioana Spangenberg achieved her now famous 20 inch waistline. 

According to some experts the Corset Diet can actually modify your waist 4 to 5 inches. 

Some other reasons it works is because it's so tight around the tummy that it limits your capacity of food and gives you feeling of fullness sooner. Especially true if you only eat when wearing the corset.
It will also improve your posture to elongate the torso's appearance
Before you rush to get behind this body modifcation trend you must know that not just any corset will do. Corsets are usually made with boning inserted into a flexible material. You may even come across the steel boned corset – it is the boning that keeps everything in place.
As if the boning were not enough, someone decided to add lace ties from top to bottom. Check out this film clip from Gone with the Wind when Scarlet needs to hold on to the bed to get into hers. Adding these ties could sometimes get the waistline down to 14 inches, which of course led to heaving breasts and popular “fainting rooms.” Yes, all due to the corset.  


For a more comfortable compression garment available today online check out the ShapeBand ($54.90) available at HourglassAngel.com along with other sites for postpartum belly shapers or girdles. One more photo of Betty for inspiration sake!