The Breakfast of Beauty Champions

The Breakfast of Beauty Champions

Beauty begins on the inside. That’s what I tell myself every morning when I crawl out of bed, care for my skin and make a wholesome breakfast. If not for beauty, every day I would be very tempted to eat those sugary cereals with tiny marshmallows shaped like hearts and rainbows.

Personal food cravings aside, I know that along with eating healthy it’s also crucial to stay moisturized internally by drinking plenty of water throughout the day. Keeping your skin hydrated, and feeding it nutritious foods, are two key factors in how great your complexion will look.

To coincide with your skincare regimen, be sure to incorporate into your diet a healthy portion of antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamins—all of which will help your natural beauty radiate from the inside out.

If your skin is in need of a beauty boost, try making my favorite omelet for breakfast:

(Proof of me in the kitchen.) 

Although, if your omelet looks like this Uzbek plov something has gone terribly wrong.

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Better Skin in 1 Month: The New Beauty Challenge

Better Skin in 1 Month: The New Beauty Challenge

2013 is almost here, and there’s no better time to get serious about skincare. You may be on the quest to find the fountain of youth, but—since there’s no magic cure—it may be wiser to spend your time making beneficial lifestyle changes that will protect your skin and prevent premature aging.

Even the most die-hard skincare junkies can use a lesson in the fundamentals of great skin, so pay attention to the following tips and incorporate them into your routine for beautiful skin. If you’re diligent about properly caring for your skin, there is no doubt that your complexion won’t be better off in a month.

1. Establish a skincare regimen.

Many skincare and makeup products are designed for specific complexion types. When you use appropriate products for your skin, your complexion will receive the proper levels of hydration, oil control and exfoliation to make it naturally beautiful and radiant. A thorough skincare regimen includes a cleanser, toner, exfoliant, eye cream and moisturizer.

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The Shocking Truth about Expensive Skincare

The Shocking Truth about Expensive Skincare

Are you paying more than you should for beauty in a bottle?

Expensive doesn’t always mean better. Some of the most sound skincare advice I ever received was to research the ingredients in skincare products and check the labels before buying them. Ingredients, by law, must be listed in order of concentration, unless the formulation contains less than 1%, then those ingredients can go in any order at the end. This can make it difficult to decide which products are best; one way to avoid this conundrum is by researching which ingredients are the most effective and finding products that contain them in effective amounts. (Luckily, sometimes the cheaper product is actually better. Yay!)

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