Beauty Tips

How to choose bikini according to zodiac sign

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:42:00 PDT

No that summer is around the corner and before you rush to get the latest bikini, tankini or what have you, why not asking for some helpful advice to the stars above, right?

Each zodiac sign owns a unique personality that matches with certain colors and shapes, so let’s apply this principle to our summer favorite bikinis, shall we?

Aries. You are such a confident lady, careless of what others might think that you can choose anything you want to wear. Just makes sure it marks well your curves.

Taurus. You take everything by storm everywhere you go, so a feminine but strong fuchsia will help you enhance you inner strength.

Geminis. You are so adaptable and friendly, so a white color bikini of very comfortable and simple forms will suit you perfectly.

Cancer. You sensitive and homey lady, use a set of bra and hip-wide knickers. Oriental warm as orange colors are the best for you.

Leo. Being you so wild and daring you can choose raw chameleonic colors that match your skin tone.

Virgo. You obsession for details makes you go for metallic and futuristic colors. You can improvise your set, and you’ll own it.

Libra. You need to be dressed for success, so you bikini should have very fine strips above and below.

Scorpio. Very modern curves and lines for you Scorpio, a red and black two-piece is right for you.

Sagittarius. Your open nature and quite temper will reflect perfectly with a top and a pair of coulotte knickers.

Capricorn. Your strength and boldness make a pitch black bikini with push-up bra the perfect one for you.

Aquarius. Being you so social and outgoing, a white or light pink bikini of rigid cups will fill you with sensitivity, romanticism and tenderness.

Pisces. Since you are a very passionate woman an intense red bikini will do for you. Choose one of elastic and very comfortable material.

Smooth skin: find out the benefits of beauty oils

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:41:00 PDT

When we think of skin and oil together the concept: oily skin usually pops out in our minds, followed by acne, zits, pimples, dirt and so on: never “smooth skin”, right?

However, what would you think if I tell you there is a new brand of oils –beauty oils that is- that give your facial skin beauty and health?

That’s right; let me introduce you to the hottest in skincare oils:

Argan oils - the ancient beauty secret of Moroccan women. These oils is incredibly rich in fatty acids and vitamin E that have restorative properties for damaging conditions such as acne, psoriasis, eczema, scars, wrinkles and others.

Rose hip seed oil. Puffy eyes? You might have heard of this odd “beauty secret” used by some runway supermodels that consists of applying hemorrhoids cream (yep, the one you use for the butt) around the eye circles –yuck!

But now with rose hip oil you do not need to do this odd experiment to diminish fine wrinkles and alleviate skin irritation around the eyes produced by pollution, sun exposure and stress.

Olive oil. Gool old cooking olive oil is also good friends with your complexion. It is great for dry skin, as it moisturizes and hydrates your skin as no other product.

Jasmine oil. It takes 8000 jasmine flowers to produce one little gram of this exquisite oil that gives back to saggy skin its lost elasticity and tone, and also helps reduce blemishes and scarring. And the aroma: hmm, simply marvellous!

Celebrity beauty secrets: Demi Moore

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:23:00 PDT

If you ever watched Charlie's Angels Full Throttle one of the most astounding moments of the flick –probably the best- is when Demi Moore comes out of the sea looking incredibly fit and slim as Cameron, Lucy and Drew.

And how does a 45-year-old mother of three manage to look that way? Plastic surgery, much? Of course, cosmetic surgery has a LOT to do with it, but surgery can’t last forever babies.

Therefore, empowered celebrities as Demi turn to all the possible beauty treatments to keep their overall anatomies healthy and toned. But our friend Demi has gone –far- beyond the traditional spa and cosmetic treatments and tried out and outrageous one: leeches!

Yup, Demi Moore turns to leeches as beauty and blood detoxicating treatment: that must hurt, but at least it seems to work for her.

She went to Austria looking for a natural beauty treatment that consisted on getting stung by bloodsucking leeches. But don’t think wrong: Demi’s leeches are not any kind of leeches; they are medically trained animals that contain an enzyme that is good for your blood.

Celebrity beauty secrets: Gwyneth Paltrow

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:00 PDT

When I first saw this girl back in the mid-90’s when she was with Brad Pitt she didn’t impress me AT ALL: just more one Hollywood blonde, I thought. But over years Gwyneth Paltrow has primed and plucked herself astonishingly. She looks great for a mother of two!

So, what’s this celebrity’s beauty secret? Gwyneth Paltrow gets a Chinese beauty treatment called vacuums pumps that consists of placing hot crystal pumps in the habitual acupuncture points to create void in order to boost blood circulation and eliminate toxins.

These problems are considered the causes of blocked lymph glands, considered by Chinese tradition as the body’s energy nucleus, and whose blockage produces headaches, back pain and foot problems.

Another thing Gwyneth does to stay in slim shape is doing the macrobiotic diet, an extreme wing of vegetarianism mixed with Zen Buddhist philosophy that takes meat, dairy, coffee, eggs and sugar away from her daily nutrition.

Celebrity beauty secrets: Nicole Kidman

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Nicole Kidman has gotten so much gorgeous looking –and famous- over the years: Botox, anyone. But hell! She looks splendid and flawless as snow.

Though too icy for my taste, Nicole does look great, and what’s her beauty secret? She gets microinjections of revitalizing and bio stimulating substances that help her skin produce more collagen and elastin (protein of the connective tissue).

These skin injections restore the volume and contour of her face, neck, cleavage and hands in a natural looking way.

Surely you have wondered how come we have never seen Nicole Kidman tanned as most tanorexic celebrities do these days. The fact is that Nicole looks after skin very much because her complexion is particularly delicate and she presented early signs of cancer on one of her legs after too much sun exposure.

For this reason, Nicole never leaves home without applying first a skin protection cream, and for her firy red hair she uses natural pack made of yogurt, banana, honey and wheat germ.

Celebrity Slim down: How Britney got her body back

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:25:00 PDT

Britney Spears is sporting a hot bod again! After all the drama she’s been through, that included and shocking body metamorphose that made us wonder, “where was the sexy fit girl that gave the drools back in the late 90’s?”

Well, she is no longer a teen but she’s a sexy mamma again, and how the heck she did it?

As she told OK! Magazine in an exclusive interview, Britney managed to loose 12 pounds in 3 days thanks to a 100% sugar free diet. Yes no refined sugar, not even fruits nor fruit juice for the “Toxic” singer.

She has chicken, salmon, rice and avocado. She has egg whites for breakfast and sometimes turkey hamburgers for lunch. A day she has around 1200 calories. Not enough for you? Well, according to Britney it is enough for her if you eat the right food.

And of course, since no weight loss plan is complete without workout, Mrs. Spears does dancing and goes regularly to the gym: cardio exercises and weight lifting 5 times a week. Huh, you think you can keep up with that?

Oily skin treatment: Stop being shiny face

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:30:00 PDT

Oily skin is the excess of grease on your skin, characteristic of your teens. However, stress and hormonal imbalance can trigger excess of oil in your skin for many ahead.

The deal with skin oil is that it is the start point of acne, though; having greasy face is not synonym of acne problems. Oily skin is the one that produces has the following characteristics:

• Produces too much skin oil.
• Thicker than normal skin.
• Feels “oily” when you touch it.
• Conspicuous pores.
• Has a yellowish-grey tone.

The excess of grease in the “T-area” (forehead, nose and chin) can unchain a series of skin problems, such as shiny face, bumps, blackheads, etc.

So, once you notice the first sign of too much oil on your face, it is time for an oily skin treatment: the rule of thumb is: DO NOT TOUCH YOUR FACE, it gets your skin worse.

For cleaning your skin, you have to pursue the decrease of grease and bacteria, therefore: hands off! Do not use soap and wash your face too many times a day: 2 or 3 at most, since this releases comedogenic (blackheads) fatty acids on the skin surface.

A fine way to get rid of the glow on your face is using oil absorbing sheets that quickly get rid of the shine, reabsorbing the excess of oil leaving no debris and no ruining your makeup!

Glowing skin: How Yoga can help you achieve it

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:51:00 PDT

Fairness is not the only sign of skin beauty and health, good texture and clear glowing skin speak about a good physical and mental condition as well.

Since Yoguis know best, they have devised various movements to suit different attitudes, temperaments and needs.

What we present you here; it’s a general but still quite a beneficial Yoga formula for accomplishing a healthy glowing looking skin.

More oxygen + More blood circulation + Stress reduction= Glowing skin

More oxygen. The answer for this Pranayama Yoga has it. Since most of us live in urban areas, deprived from fresh clean air, Pranayama help you regulate you breath, which fills your body with plenty of oxygen to counter numerous ailments and deficiencies.

More blood circulation. Asanas (yoga postures) help stimulate blood circulation through the entire body, some of them are specially designed to reduce tension and prevent you from stress.

Stress reduction. No doubt is stress is bad your skin and for overall health. A stressed-out person is easily recognized by her face: dull, pale and lifeless… To keep stress at bay, doing yoga asanas can allow to cut off with stressors and have deeper breathing.

In addition to Yoga practice, nutrition is important for good complexion. Fruits and green vegetables taken raw and in juices, drinking lots of water and beverages as green tea, lime juice, cur, beetroot and others have proven to be beneficial for skin.

Source: MSN

Wine therapy: the favorite child in New York spas

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:00:00 PST

New York women are going crazy over wine these days. No, it is not what you are thinking. This frenzy is due to wine therapy, the new beauty sensation in the New York’s spas to preserve skin beauty with products made out of wine.

Wine is great for skin because it contains antioxidants, and as we know, antioxidants are just what we need to prevent aging, since it helps you feel good in the inside as the outside.

When you come to a spa for wine therapy the first thing you will experience is a wine face pack. Red wine is good for your hair and white wine is for clearing skin and make it glow.

The latter makes all ladies jump into a white wine bath to extend the effects of their wine treatment. At the end of the session, most clients take home wine creams made of the skin and seeds of grapes grapevine leaves extract.

Wine therapy was born in France in the late 90’s and nowadays it is famous all around the world.

Poudre Cristalline by Chanel: beauty product of the day

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:00:00 PST

Chanel’s new baby is Poudre Cristalline Ultra-Fine Translucent Powder, new loose face powder that controls oily ski, inspired by old Hollywood of the 1940’s when actresses. The result a: very natural and shiny skin.

Does it work? It surely does, that is why Hollywood beauties as Anne Hathaway (she’s flawless!) and Hate Hudson use it to control the excess of oil in the T area. Penelope Cruz uses is as well to keep her signature classic look.

But, since no beauty product works great unless you use it right, here I am going to show you how to apply Poudre Cristalline powder:

Step 1: Once you have applied foundation on your face, turn the bottle of Poudre Cristalline upside down and soak the applying sponge with a gentle pressure.

Step 2: Remove the excess of face powder by applying it on the palm of your hand.

Step 3: Apply on your face with gentle pressure. Do not forget eyelids, neck, cleavage and ears.

Step 4: For a more natural look, stroke a soft bristle brush on the areas you applied the face powder makeup.

Price: $60.00.

Random Tips for Beauty

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:00:00 PST

Today I’m going to give you a random mix of my favorites: natural beauty tips. Cheap, easy, safe and most importantly, effective!

Dry skin: Peel a mango and place the back of the peel on your face for some minutes. Wash your face with warm water.

Stretch marks: mix in a blender the peels of five beetroots, five peaches and a carrot’s core. The result will be paste you will have to place on the stretch marks.

Body skin hydration: pour in the bathtub’s water one cup of honey with one liter of milk and eight teaspoons of salt.

Breast enhancement: apply a slight darker shade of powder between your breasts. In summer, use translucent powders and to give it a tanned look, use self-tanners.

Dry hands: blend the juice of half lemon with sugar and massage your hands with this paste for five minutes, and then wash your hands.

Softer and longer waxing: right after you wax, pass the exfoliating gloves along your legs and apply a generous amount of body cream.

Scars: blend the white and the shell of an egg in half a cup of hydrogen peroxide. Apply this cream on your scars.

Vaginal itch: apply natural yoghurt on your vulvae, you will feel relieved in a matter of seconds.

Please, share with us how you did with these tips :).

Permanent hair removal Hollywood latest trend

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:27:00 PST

Have you ever imagined your toes an even your ears can be hair free? That’s right; celebrities are going bonkers over this permanent hair removal technique that costs nothing less than $3000.

Desperate Housewives’s Eva Longoria has gone through this hair removal treatment. All her body, including hands, ears, neck and nose are hair free. She says she sweats less when she goes to the gym, her skin looks shinier and clearer, and the rash and ingrown hairs are gone forever.

How does this permanent hair removal works?

It combines different well-known depilation techniques such as laser hair removal (painless), waxing, intense pulsed light (IPL) epilation and resurfacing (improves skin’s surface) and complementary herbal skin products and tourmaline, a heat –sensitive energetic mineral that responds to hand pressure, leaving your skin baby like.

I remembered there were some restrictions for certain types of skin, but not anymore. Today there are different laser for both dark skin and light skin.

Other celebrity hair removal secret is sugar waxing or sugaring, a Middle Eastern technique that consists on preparing a natural sugar, water and lemon paste. It is used by Britney Spears and is available in the States in L.A.’s most exclusive spas.

Asian style makeup: the new it thing

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:17:00 PST

Asian looks are the newest fashion sensation. Smooth porcelain skin, slant eyes, straight silky black hair will be “the look” for this season. And thanks to the power of makeup, you can achieve perfect Asian looks.

Flawless skin

One of the most admirable traits of Asian looks is face makeup. Geishas are the quintessential of skin perfection and with these beauty products you can reach this ideal look: Shiseido UV White - Clarifying Cleansing Foam I & II detoxifying cleansing foam for makeup and impurity removal and melanin control. For normal and dry skin.

Complementary products

Protective Day Emulsion by Shiseido for daily hydration and illuminatio
NutriPerfect Eye Serum for wrinkle prevention around the eyes.

Eye makeup

Eyeliner, that is the key to draw Asian eyes and to have defines thin eyebrows.

Over your light foundation, apply smoothly on the upper eyelid orange and pearly shadows (purple, blue and burgundy are great colors) to the edge of the eyes to give it an almond effect. Then, the eyeliner to draw a long fine line.

Remember: you have other options besides eyeliner pencil as liquid or cream.

Lips

You have to make your lips stand out from your light makeup; therefore red and dark cherry lips are your choice. You can paint your lips as rose petal as Geishas do, which consists of adding lipstick on the center and fading the corners of your mouth with the same color of your face. Use same color powder for your cheeks.

Straight Asian hairstyle

Absolute flat. The best way to achieve it with Japanese hair straightening. Is is expensive, but it is an effective long-term solution.

Natural skin treatment with red grapes

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:57:00 PST

Mother Nature as always has the answer for everything. In a previous post I talked to you about a skin antioxidant treatment that got me very enthusiastic: wine therapy.

Again, red grapes give us another taste of their rejuvenating power: grape micronized is a powder of Cavernet Sauvignon grapes that are left to try to keep their properties: anti-aging treatment Cavernet Sauvignon.

And what does it do?

Stops free radicals, the cause of skin aging, restores collagen and elastin fibers, and improves the surrounding blood circulation.

Red grapes has a high content of polyphenols, procyanidolic oligomers (grapeseed extract) and anthocyanosides, substances responsible for grapes antioxidant properties, much powerful then vitamin E’s.

Red grapes treatment can be sued for skins of all ages. Depending on the type of skin where it is applied, it can take only one session. Effects are immediate, and satisfaction is max.

Among the red grape treatments you can find are:

Antiaging body massage: they use red grape oil, and nut and almond oil.

Antiaging face massage: they use a cream made of red grape virgin oil, hazelnut, wheat germ and rosehip.

Face peeling: made of red grape micronized, Chardonnay grape seed oil, rosehip and essential oils.

Face pack: red grape micronized, antiaging red grape wrap and lemon blossom, which has a high reaffirming properties.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s post of natural skin treatments with coffee.

Natural cellulite treatment with green coffee

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:18:00 PST

They say coffee is bad for your beauty and health, well it is indeed if you drink too much of it, but definitely it is not if you pout it on your body!

Green coffee is one of the latest cellulite treatments. Green coffee treatment consists of preparing a wrap to get rid of cellulite and fat build-up.

How does it work for getting rid of cellulite?

Green coffee has a high content of chlorogenic acid (CGA), an antioxidant that prevents fat infiltration and activates the adenylate cyclase enzyme, which stimulates lipid metabolism.

Coffee has a lipolitic action that makes you lose weight and contour your body. Furthermore, it has a draining effect since it stimulates the antidiuretic hormone ADH and inhibits glucose production, which makes your body use less glucose and use fat instead to cover its needs.

Green coffee body packs are applied with circular ascending movements, focusing on the problematic areas. Though, a much better technique is using an electronic cellulite massager to provide a much deeper massage that increase blood flow to organs and tissues and makes the product penetrate better in the skin.

How to dye your hair

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:00:00 PST

Girls, I must tell you that dying your hair is not an ordinary task; it is an art (hair coloring experts will agree).

However, life can imitate art, so you can pretty much dye your hair by yourself. But, in order to have a successful hair bleaching you must learn to prevent ruining your hair:

Choose the right color. Take your time; check all the color palette and compare and you can even try with on small locks to foresee the final result.

Once you have your color, wash your hair thoroughly. It is a common belief that dying your hair dirty is better for better dye absorption, but actually the natural hair oil actually leaves patches of different color. Therefore, to get an even coloring it is better to dye with clean hair.

Follow the instructions of the package by heart. Emphasize on the roots, especially on the gray hairs.

Divide your hair in six areas and hold them with hair clips.

Start from the frontal part of your hair until the nape, this is because coloring process takes time, especially in gray hair, on the frontal area. After this, comb your hair with a thick teeth comb and leave the rest of the dye for the ends. Beware of no leaving any uncovered areas.

The application time runs from the moment you finished dying your hair, not from the very beginning.

Buy an extra tube just in case you might need more. Hair coloring looks better when you apply a bit more then usual.

How to choose hair color according to your skin

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:00:00 PST

Before you dare to take the dye tube it is a rule of thumb choosing the right hair color for you.
In order to choose your very own winner, not what your best friend’s or your favorite celebrity has, but what suits best for the color of your skin, eyes, features and personal style.

White skin of pink tone: go for cold tones as champagne, sand, ash blonde or cold browns.

White skin with yellowish tone: golden and red tones are the best for you, i.e. mahogany.

Pale white skin: girl you are lucky, any color suits you.

Natural redhead (you want to enhance your hair color): choose between copper reds and bluish reds as burgundy.

Olive skin: keep it dark, but you can add it reddish, light brown and burgundy tones.

Light brown skin: avoid yellowish, golden and orange tones; you better go for deep red and burgundy.

Dark skin: choose a color that complements you natural hair color.

Please, don’t get hooked up on this color or another because it looks great on somebody else, you are not that somebody else, you are you and you must look unique!

How to choose hair color according to your dressing style

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:00:00 PST

Skin color is the most important factor when choosing a hair color. But you can also make a wiser choice is you know which clothing colors look best on you.

You and I have our favorite colors; colors that we wear on a regular a basis or we have dedicated a whole wardrobe to, colors that we know look great on us.

So, if you know you look great on warm tones as red, orange, golden, yellow, dark brown, light brown, olive green, then warm hair colors as golden blonde, golden brown, cherry blonde and mahogany will suit you good.

If you wear fresh cold colors as bluish red, fuchsia, black, pine green and steel blue, then platinum, ash blonde, ash brown, burgundy and jet black are among your possible choices.

If you look stunning in red, purple, cole gray and bluish green, then neutral colors as reddish blonde, beige blonde, chocolate coffee or mahogany will look perfect on you.

Tips on hair coloring

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:00:00 PST

On a previous post I explained to you how to dye your hair, so now I want to give you some tips on how to get better results and maintain your color longer and looking great.

Try your chosen color first. The only way to know how a color really looks on you is by trying it first. Just dye a small lock from the back of your head.

Blonde and red tones are the hardest to keep since they tend to get discolored over time. For this it is better to choose a darker tone than the one you originally wished for.

Makeup will tell you the truth. If your new demands more makeup, then you didn’t make the right choice my dear. The perfect dyed hair must shine along with your skin tone, so there wouldn’t be necessary any darker makeup.

You don’t always need to go for a radical color change. You can always enhance you hair with blonde or reddish streaks or highlights.

Use shampoo for dyed hair to keep the color and shine of your new coloring.

In vase you want to dye your gray hair, do it every 20 days or once a month.

Tips for dying gray hair

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:00:00 PST

Once we start getting gray hair we know dye is our best friend. From now on, if you do not want the silver fox look you can always keep your natural or new hair color with a peroxide tube.

Here I want to share with you some tips for dying gray hair:

Hair dye does not disappear in just a couple of washes. So, before you regret find out how to choose hair color wisely or you may go to a beauty parlor to have an expert find the right color for you.

It is not a good choice to go for permanent dye if you have hair loss problems since peroxide and ammoniac damage hair structure.

Do an allergy test to prevent any complications.

Remember that blonde tones soften your features while black and brown tones emphasize them.

What shoes to wear for a job interview?

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:00:00 PDT

Tomorrow you have a job interview and as we all know the first impression is what counts. You have your attire ready, your nails and hair, but what about the shoes?

You might think nobody is going to notice, but you are wrong! Of course people will look at your shoes, so if they do not much with the rest of your clothes, you might kill the perfect best impression you need to get the job.

If you are applying for a position in a bank or financial related position, then you have to go conservative. In case you are applying for a marketing job, you can lighten up and make a “creative” choice.

The worst shoes to wear for a job interview

Sneakers: comfortable as they can be, but definitely not formal enough for a work interview.

Flip flops, sandals and open toe shoes: although these shoes come in very fancy versions, they still do not look formal enough.

Very high heels (stilettos): they make you look elegant and sexy, but they are not practical. You might trip over and not only have an embarrassing moment but also hurt your ankle and foot.

Overembellished shoes: shoes with too many beads or any other sparkly embellishments look great for an evening event, but definitely do not go for a job interview.

And of course, dirty and scruffy shoes simply NOT.

Fundoshi, new women underwear trend in Japan

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:00:00 PDT

Ladies, are you tired of conventional undies?

At least some celebrities are, and who would blame them, right? And now that is getting hotter and hotter who wants to wear tight uncomfortable underwear anyways?

Exactly, and Japanese think the same that is why they have created fundoshi, the loincloth-like lingerie.

Wacoal, the Japanese lingerie company that sells fundoshi hasn’t reinvented the wheel; they have just got back from the past an old piece of cloth men used to wear and that is an oddity nowadays.

Wacoal has rescued fundoshi from obscurity and turned it into a much freer and loose women’s underwear alternative.

These women loincloths come in different colors but only in plain or squared styles. It costs 13.18 Dollars or 10 Euros.

Would you go for it?

Spicy, new shoe collection by Marc Jacobs

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:00:00 PDT

I love Marc Jacobs he is a great innovator and he always amazes me with his clothing collections, but when it comes to his shoes creations… well, I have mixed feelings about them.

Africa is the inspiration of Marc’s new shoe collection for Louis Vuitton. Masks, leather, snake, leopard, ribbon and beads galore do get to knock us out… and I am not talking about the price only.

Over the top, unpractical and frivolous but it is the “it” shoe collection of this season in an attempt of the fashion industry to save the accessory market from the decline of overpriced “it bags”.

If you are willing to pay 2 300 Dollars (1800 Euros), then you can have these outrageous shoes in your closet. Ouch, that is really a knock-out!

The aim of shoe designers is standing out among the conservative offer. Killed the outrageous bag, the outrageous shoes takes its place.

Girls, the high heel shoes are stronger and HIGHER then ever! Marc is not the only one getting higher, along with him John Galliano, Pilati, Shimada and Scherer are betting for surreal heights that I am personally not willing to climb.

And, what about you?

Precautions for wearing high heel shoes

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:00:00 PDT

Women shoes facts

Manolos are the most famous shoes.
Stiletto heels the most expensive.
Sandals, pumps, mules, donatellas and platform the most sought-after.
Make you look utterly sexy, but make your feet go ugly and unhealthy.

Let’s talk about the last fact, shall we?

I am not saying get rid of those high heel ASAP. Hello, high heel shoes are hot and hell as all women should own a pair at least, but we have to use them with prudence to prevent some orthopedic conditions.

For everyday walk, the most appropriate heels should be no taller than 0.98 inches or 2.5 cm.

Closed toe shoes are better than open toe shoes since they give more support and balance to the feet.

Throughout the week use different types of shoes to prevent muscular pain or tension.

If you want to quit wearing heels, do not stop suddenly using them but little by little, since feet’s muscles have gotten used to the anatomic angle given by high heels.

And, simply avoid if you know you will have to be long time standing up or having along walk ahead.

How to buy shoes according to your feet

noreply@blogger.com (BLQ Blogger) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:00:00 PDT

It is not surprising that women are podiatrists’ most frequent patients since high heels are the worst enemy of feet bones, joints, tendons and nerves.

Bunions, blisters, hammer toes, feet pain, circulatory problems and spinal deformities are all due to using the wrong shoes.

Fashion caprices aside, women do not know how to buy shoes because they do not know what their foot type and what type of shoes is suitable for them.

Greek foot

Big toe is the longest and the others follow it in decreasing order.

It is the most affected type of feet by high heels.

Egyptian foot

The second toe is longer than the big toe.

Rounded toe shoes suit them best.

Polynesian or square foot

Toes are about the same height and size.

High heel are not so bad for this foot type, though it is better to avoid wide width shoes.