HOT for Women! 

We all love to enjoy a little pampering here and there, but when pampering means slashing your weekly budget in half, we’ll usually skip it, right? Well, not necessarily. With so many great natural beauty treatments you can try at home, there are still plenty of options to get the best facial treatment for your skin. Here are five of our favorite natural face masks you can … [Read more...]

They keep referring to it as “a must” of every beauty and health routine, and we keep thinking “Oh, I can do without” – but, the truth is, moisturizing your skin is one of the most important segments of keeping your skin healthy, wrinkle-free, smooth and glowing. It is understandable that you are overwhelmed with all beauty “musts” and “must not” you keep reading about. Making … [Read more...]

When was the last time you went to bed without feeling wholly exhausted or suffering from a nagging headache? If it takes longer than a few seconds to answer, chances are – you are chronically stressed and potentially experiencing a burnout which is no surprise given the 21st-century dynamics we are all captives of. Collectively overworked and chronically tired, always trying … [Read more...]

Too quick to name-call and verbally bully anything that we aren’t too comfortable with, we’ve managed to give “aging” such a shameful connotation that we’ve collectively grown embarrassed of our age, our experience, and our journey. Are those fine lines around your eyes that reprehensible? Don’t they tell a story of your laughing and crying, of you hoping and living? … [Read more...]

Ah, weight gain– one of those “irrelevant” things we keep thinking and talking about, even though what matters is how beautiful we are on the inside, right? Errm, you could say that, yes. As we age, gaining a few (or a lot of) pounds seems inevitable, doesn’t it? After all, reasons to justify your “love handles” are multifold: our body composition changes, we exercise … [Read more...]

They keep saying 40 is the new 30, and it probably is for some women. However, 40 means experiencing changes you haven’t expected, having far less time for things and far more commitments and people depending on you. Starting with family and friends, and moving onto the work stuff, your parents, the house and everything else in between, you realize that not much time is … [Read more...]

When you haven’t had periods for over one year, you’ve officially entered menopause. An average age when women officially start menopause is 50. However, before the actual menopause hits, there are some changes women in their 40s experience, such as perimenopausal symptoms which are known as the menopause transitional phase. Throughout both perimenopause and … [Read more...]

A friend once said, “If they forbade makeup at the office, I’d immediately quit.” Tell you the truth, many women feel the same way – not because we wouldn’t be pretty without makeup (obviously!) but because a few touches of this magical powder gives us an incredibly powerful boost of confidence. Especially so on the days when we’d gone to bed at 4 AM the night before, … [Read more...]

The effects of hormonal imbalance usually affect women in their 40s and later; this is when women tend to go through perimenopause which marks the transition of the female body to the end of its fertile days. As hormones are always fluctuating, you will be a target for some bodily changes that are likely to make you feel uncomfortable for a while. It’ll take some … [Read more...]