Cocoa butter smooths and softens skin, so it's a common ingredient in many store-bought beauty products. If you have some pure cocoa butter, you may want to melt it down and turn it into a homemade treat of your own.
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As your follicles stop producing melanin -- a process ruled by your genes more than your lifestyle -- your hair pigment fades and you go gray. While the graying process is simple, the acceptance process often comes with a few complications.
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Hair can consist of different varieties from long and short to thick and thin. If you have fine or thin hair, you may want to thicken it a bit for more style. Fortunately, for those who want thicker, fuller hair, there are products on the market which are designed to help you achieve your goals.
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The perfect pair of new boots can lend you the confidence you need to hit the streets or take on the hiking trail, but overly snug kicks have a tendency to take the pep out of your step.
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Cracks in the feet occur when skin becomes extremely dry and pressure on the heel of the foot causes the skin to slide sideways. Cracked feet are prone to infection, and in those with diabetes, the risk of serious infection is even greater.
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You may have heard about beauty pageant contestants and models using unconventional tricks of the trade to perfect their appearances. They may, for instance, rub Vaseline on their teeth to brighten their smile. They have also been known to apply Preparation H hemorrhoid cream under their eyes to reduce puffiness.
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Losing stomach and face fat changes your appearance -- and improves your health. The body deposits excess calories as fat in a layer under the skin called "subcutaneous fat." The fat on the stomach, abdominal fat, includes both subcutaneous fat and the most dangerous fat on your body, visceral fat.
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The 7-day Vegetable Diet, also known as the 7-day Diet, is a low-calorie fad diet that requires eating very specific food items on each of the seven days of the diet. It is promoted on My7daydiet.com as a healthy weight loss plan that also helps to detoxify the body, allegedly improving its overall function.
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Small goals help you tackle a significant weight-loss goal, such as losing 70 pounds. Reward yourself for every five or 10 pounds lost along the way, because every pound lost is an accomplishment. You may want to lose it all quickly, but weight loss doesn't happen at a speedy rate.
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Reducing calories is necessary to lose weight, but eating too few may actually push you further from your weight-loss goals. Severe calorie restriction can cause rapid weight loss at first, but weight gain in the long run.
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The human foot contains 26 bones. Along with those bones, the foot contains a large network of ligaments, tendons, nerves and blood vessels. The complex structure of your foot can leave it susceptible to injury. A broken foot can occur as the result of a direct blow, overuse, severe twists or a heavy dropped object.
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The South Beach Diet includes three phases, the first of which is meant to reduce cravings for starches and sugars while lowering your overall calorie intake.
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Step climbing, whether climbing stairs or training on a stair climbing machine, is a high-intensity exercise that has a low-impact effect on lower body joints. Workouts increase muscular endurance while improving lower body muscle tone.
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Body mass index, or BMI, is an easy-to-calculate measure of obesity based on the ratio of your weight and your height.
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There is no shortage of diets in the world today, and many of them seem to contradict the others. If you want to lose weight, can you just eat healthier foods and expect to lose weight? That depends on your level of exercise activity and how many calories that you consume each day.
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Losing weight requires you to eat fewer calories than you burn. This calorie deficit can come from restricting calories, exercising to increase the number of calories you burn, or a combination of the two methods.
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A number of conditions can cause large red blotches on the skin. According to MedlinePlus, you should have any new or unusual skin changes checked out by your doctor or a dermatologist to make sure you don't have something that could lead to serious complications.
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Peas, according to MayoClinic.com, are full of dietary fiber along with the vitamins and proteins needed for a healthy diet. Green peas contain about 67 calories per cooked cup, and have 11.3 grams of carbohydrates, 5.2 grams of protein and less than 0.5 grams of fat.
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Before you schedule your next upper-lip, bikini or leg waxing appointment, you can remove your hair at home with a do-it-yourself treatment. In fact, when using a cold wax, you are removing hair directly from the root, instead of snipping it off at the surface with a razor or depilatory.
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If you have a simple haircut, you may be able to trim your own hair between salon visits, which will save you time and money. Simple haircuts include one-length cuts and long layers, a style in which all of the hair is combed upward to the same location and bluntly cut.
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