Admittedly slow to follow trends of any kind, including smartphones and Netflix, I recently decided to read Dan Brown’s DaVinci Code. I had heard it was a controversial book, and my curiosity was piqued. When I would ask people who had read it to let me in on the...
I am worthy of this space I repeated over and over in my mind today whilst moving around the beach in a bikini. I am worthy of taking up my spot on the sand regardless of the well-known terrified voice in my head - the voice that spits through gritted teeth ‘people...
There was a trend in the last decade for women to paradoxically emphasise their feminine traits (lips, figure, hair) and simultaneously act like a man in the workplace (the Lean In Movement). The discrepancy between these messages has left many women feeling that they...
Adopting Slow Ageing to get more from life 'Slow' is an increasingly powerful movement that advocates a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace. It started in 1986 with the Slow Food movement with a protest against a McDonalds opening in Italy. In the context...
I recently had the opportunity to try one of ivadore®’s latest products – it’s their Body Combat Scrub1 and is a perfect compliment to their fantastic Tanning Treatment.
There is no place on earth where you can escape from the reaches of the media and advertising, and the lies the media tells you about beauty. They seem to have taken over our lives – in the decisions we make and especially the way we think about ourselves....
Here's what you need to know. Walk into any drugstore or cosmetic counter and you are placed into one of four categories: normal, dry, oily, or combination. This designation is your label, your lifeline, and your guide to skincare. The problem is these beauty industry...
7 foods for beautiful eyes and 20-20 vision As a senior optometrist, patients regularly ask me what they can do more in their day-to-day lives to improve their eye health and they are often shocked when I talk to them about how foods can help keep eyes bright and...
An ivadore™ Product Review Here at Smart Healthy Women Magazine we get the opportunity to review many products that are marketed as designed to improve health, happiness, beauty and wellbeing. We don't believe in reviewing products for the sake of it though and...
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