Beauty & Health

Beauty goes a long way

No potion or lotion is a miracle worker to make fine lines disappear or to give baby-soft skin in a nano-second. Pollution, changing weather conditions and indoors heating challenge our skin to the max; it becomes sensitive or develops oily patches. Here’s for hoping and our latest beauty crushes from Zelens, Found, Elemental Herbology, Vaishaly and This Works.

Beauty Fair

Date: 
11/07/2008 - 11/09/2008
Location: 
Dubai's International Trade & Finance Center
The last series of Nip and Tuck goes live at Dubai's medical beauty and anti-ageing fair this week.
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Mad about pink

If pink is your favourite colour then October must be your favourite month as everywhere you look there’s something in pink in support of breast cancer awareness. Earlier on this month I bought an updated version of the pink ribbon pin to keep company to last year’s one. It’s only a pound but I like to think it makes an eeny weenie difference. Gadget brands have seen a niche in the market of all things pink as well as joining in support for the good cause and now you can have Blackberry Curve in pink (I like it!), as well as Sony Vaio notebook and Fujifilm Finepix camera.

Breast Cancer Awareness Manifesto

Bags, brands and breast cancer awareness
Gucci, Prada, Marni, Chanel – just a few names of a modern girl's best friends, right? Well, not quite. How about adding Estee Lauder onto that list?

When it comes to sassy, savvy ladies, the bag you carry might matter, but it's not all about the labels. Which is why the latest venture to raise awareness on breast cancer in Dubai from the cosmetics giant is pure genius.

Conversations with my Doctor

Dia Diwan asks Dr Nagi Khouri what we need to know on breast cancer. Dr Khouri is the Director of the Division of Breast Imaging at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the US, and a consultant on breast cancer awareness for many countries in the Middle East.
1- What should every woman know about breast cancer?

 

Breast cancer is common. It is the third most frequent cancer in women. Over 1 million women will develop breast cancer this year in the world.

 

2- Do we know how many women in the Middle East are concerned?

 

Little India

Edde Sands’ Tropical Spa offers an Indian recipe  to cure your little ailments.

It all started  off when Alice Edde, the wife of Edde Sands resort emperor Roger, was cured from arthritis pain by an Ayurveda therapist in India. For those unfamiliar with the concept, Ayurveda (literally, the knowledge of life)  is an age old Indian healing therapy based on natural oil massage.  

Post-holiday beauty TLC

Don’t we all wish that a holiday could last forever! Without a care in the world perfecting our tan on the beach, hair sweetly tangled up with sea salt.
All that exposure to sun and seawater can play havoc on the skin and hair so now, post-holiday, it’s time to take some drastic action - in other words CSM (Cleanse-Scrub-Moisturize).  
Here are our favorite products for some do-it-yourself TLC that will take your face, body and hair back to their glory in a nano-second.
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Along came Nude

I’m a big fan of natural and organic cosmetics, I mean a BIG FAN.  Dr. Hauschka, Green People, Caudalie, Lavera, Weleda, Liz Earle, Spiezia… you name it, I’ve tried it. I haven’t used any mainstream (chemical) beauty and hair products for two years now and my skin and hair has never looked as healthy. So some testament to the fact that I’m not getting as many chemicals to my bloodstream as I used to.

The Nail Bar Manifesto

Of course, a five-minute foot massage and a fast-dry nail polish usually do it for you, especially when you’re in a rush, but that’s also perhaps because you never really knew what a real mani and pedi entailed.
The brand new Bubbles Nail Spa is on a mission to show women what they’ve been missing out on all these years. OPI-trained nail technicians (remember the nail brand OPI?) practise hospital-grade sanitation and only use the best quality products to ensure healthy and beautiful nails. “Nails are an important feature of the human body.  They help to protect your fingers and improve dexterity,” explains Badreah Al-Ghanim the owner of the spa.

Miah concert

Date: 
08/03/2008
Location: 
Solea, Monnot Street

Lebanese singer performs tonight her great Frenchy tunes. We love this singer. Check her out!

Concert starts at 10pm at Spanish restaurant Solea on Monnot Steet (smack in the middle). 

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