EYE-TO-EYE
To make your eyes appear bright and radiant it is important to shape your eyebrows and keep the area surrounding the eyebrows neat. Eyebrows too accentuate the beauty of the eyes. To shape and refine brows, tweeze unwanted strays, one 
hair at a time. Pluck out any hair growing between the brows over the bridge of the nose and any growing beneath the natural arch. If your eyebrows are over tweezed, you won’t look right. On the other hand, if you let your brows extend too low on the outer points; you’ll add ten years to your appearance. Holding a pencil horizontally from the inside corner to the outside end, make sure that the outer end of the brow is not lower than the inside corner. Tweeze if there are even a few hairs extending below that line.
If your brows are skimpy, use fill-in techniques to make them more attractive. Draw short, feathery lines in the direction of hair growth, using powdered eye shadow just a shade lighter than your natural brow colour. Lightly smudge the lines into your brows with a brow brush.
Mascara turns your lashes into a fabulous eye fringe. Apply it by stroking each lash separately, from root to tip, holding the wand parallel to the eye, moving upwards on the upper lash and downwards on the lower lash.
Reserve waterproof mascara for special occasions such as swimming, smoky rooms and steamy days. Although water proof mascara clumps less easily and resists smudges better than water-based products, it is more difficult to remove. It takes a tissue soaked in oily remover and some pretty serious elbow grease to get the stuff off. And that’s just one more irritation the delicate under eye area could do without. To make sure the non-waterproof mascara doesn’t leave you looking like a raccoon, skip foundation on the upper and lower eyelids. Instead, pat a narrow streak of eye shadow base just beneath your lower lashes before applying mascara.
To be continued…
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Good Grooming
Magazine makeover are classic examples of the power of good grooming. In the ‘before’ pictures, the subjects usually look lackluster . However, in the ‘after’ pictures, the same people look fresh, vivacious and outgoing, thanks to the wizardry of makeup and hairstyling. In a study when older women were given a professional makeover complete with skin treatment and makeup with foundation, 
they found that the women felt more confident about their appearance, eager to go out and mingle with others and more optimistic in general. They even felt healthier. So that is the effect of good grooming.
Looking younger than your age may bring more than health and happiness, it may actually add years to your life. More youthful looking people are found to live longer and with lesser health complications than people who looked old before their time.
One is never too old to reap the physical and psychic benefits of good grooming. The improvement in self-esteem applies regardless of a person’s age. Older people who are more youthful, active and socially engaged have more self fulfillment. A touch of vanity and a healthy dose of self-esteem go a long way toward leading a more satisfying life.
So don’t hesitate to pick up good cosmetics to enhance your looks. Start the long coveted dream of taking up exercises. Choose healthy food that will also satisfy your taste. And don’t forget your wardrobe. Keep it up to date . Discard old stuff. In fact, if you want to economize and also want to be in-vogue, give your clothes to a tailor and get them their makeover done.
Take care of your foot wear to ensure they are comfortable and accessorize well with your wardrobe, personality and looks. Get your accessories to suit your personality. And don’t forget that meditation which can give you good composure. Equipped with these lifestyle changes, you are ready to face the world with confidence and élan!
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Sleep for Beauty
Staying in bed longer does not help in bringing sleep. In fact, it disrupts the normal daily or circadian rhythm function and can actually cause insomnia.
So don’t go to bed until you are sleepy. Do something relaxing until you feel tired. Read a mildly interesting book, watch a dull late-night TV show or listen to relaxing music. Remember, don’t do anything too exciting because it is going to make you more alert. Keep going until you’re falling asleep at what you are doing.
It is good to develop your own sleep ritual if you don’t already have one. Today, however, most people do not believe in doing this nor do they have the time. In fact, it may be amusing for many youngsters to watch their parents adopt a staid routine every night before going to bed. For e.g. there are people who close all the windows, check that all the doors are locked, wash up, read before bed. Sleep rituals actually prepare you for bed psychologically as well as physically and should be continued even when you’re away from home.
Wake up time should be consistent as well. You should get up at the same time each morning , every day of the week, regardless of when you went to bed, when you fell asleep or how many hours of sleep you’ve gotten. This is one of the most important rules of all. By getting up at the same time very morning, no matter how poor the night’s sleep has been, you accomplish two things. The body’s circadian rhythm is reset, so that it expects to get up from sleep at the same time tomorrow and all other sleep and wake cycles are synchronized. In other words, oversleeping on weekends is a sure way to mess up your body clock. You not only feel groggy after too much sleepy, but you make it more difficult to fall asleep the next night.
Taking naps is another way to confuse your body’s rhythms. For most people a day time snooze will decrease the quality and quantity of sleep at night. But if you must nap, follow a regular schedule. Keep it short , about 30 minutes and plan it for the late morning or early afternoon. If the nap is taken late in the afternoon or it is unusually prolonged, it may have the unwanted effect of interfering with nocturnal sleep.
