When you consider that your eyes are constantly moving … and so is the skin around them! Just blinking causes 10,000 movements and smiling, squinting and tension from stress all take their effect on the skin, particularly around the eyes, leading to “character” lines. Excessive exposure to sun (especially squinting) and cigarette smoke (nicotine constricts blood vessels), salty foods, allergies and dehydration (causing puffiness), can all exacerbate saggy skin. For these reasons, it’s important to consider special care for the eye area in your skin care regime.
Staying healthy is almost on everyone’s list every winter. But this year, in the midst of a pandemic, it may be even more of a concern than usual.
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As we continue to dress ourselves up in front of your very eyes, I hereby announce that all the editorial features are back on our site, and we are still standing.
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A considerable amount of studies have shown that the ageing process is usually accompanied by constant low-grade inflammation that researchers call “inflammaging”.
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With most of us becoming increasingly aware of our carbon footprint, eating the fruit and vegetables...
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Try as we might, there aren’t many reasons to embrace winter this year. An underlying jittery panic even for the sunniest amongst us, restrictions which seem to change hourly...
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It is important that you take the correct vitamins and supplements in your 50s to boost your health and vitality. The choice of supplements is overwhelming and the advice given can be confusing.
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