Glam up your look with confetti eyeliner

  WHAT IT IS: A makeup trend in which your cat eyeliner resembles confetti. HOW IT STARTED: The trend started when makeup artist Katie Jane Hughes posted pictures of her new eyeliner concept. After that, it took off on social media, with other beauty-grammers creating their own versions. If you want to go all out, there is actual confetti eyeliner — well, eyeliner with confetti-sized glitter — that you could try out. HOW IT’S DONE: Add a dot to the outer corner of your eye — basically, where you want…

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Get glowing, rejuvenated skin with white tea vitality facials

  Get youthful, rejuvenated skin (Thinkstock) The erratic weather and the prevalent humidity can ruin your skin. Lakme Salon’s White-Tea Vitality ritual, packed with antioxidants claims to combat urban life pollution and repair skin. The service is a relaxing one that is meant for all kinds of skin types and treats tired, dull and dehydrated skin specifically. The champagne of the tea world – white tea has antioxidant properties that drastically reduce tanning and nourish your skin and it literally lets your skin drink up the benefits of White Tea.…

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Sexual desire lower in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome

Postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome report lower sexual activity, desire, and sexual satisfaction, according to a new report. According to a new study published in The American Journal of Medicine, researchers looked at the role metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease play in postmenopausal women sexual health. The study also showed that coronary artery disease was more prevalent in women with low rates of sexual activity. Researchers from the University of California surveyed 376 postmenopausal women using a Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire. Waist size, diabetes, and hypertension were additionally…

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HIV patients with undetectable virus unlikely to infect partner

This good news bolsters the role of HIV treatment as a form of prevention, said lead author Dr. Alison Rodger … Read More When drugs for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) suppress the virus in the blood to very low levels, patients are unlikely to infect their partners during condomless sex, suggests a new study. After following nearly 900 heterosexual and gay couples for an average of 16 months, researchers found no evidence that uninfected partners became infected after condomless sex with an HIV-positive partner with viral suppression. This good news…

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Boost your immunity with probiotics and ayurveda

Too many late nights in a row, stressful environments, hurried meals and fast food binges could harm your immune system. Experts in ayurveda say that the demands of a hectic lifestyle create an imbalance in the digestive system causing accumulation of toxins — ama. And with this, comes constipation, diarrhoea, gas problems, fatigue and lack of immunity. Ayurveda to the rescue Ayurveda, one of the world’s oldest medical systems aims at the protection of aayu or life, through therapeutics, meditation and other measures for enhancing the physical, mental, social and…

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Women need proper Zzzs while men can get away with napping

Does too little sleep leave you feeling groggy and not your male partner? Turns out, you’re not alone in this particular battle of the sexes. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute analysed the sleep patterns of 160 adults to consider how sleep affects intellectual capacity and found that getting a good night’s sleep boosts women’s brain power, while men benefit from shorter naps, the Independent reported. The researchers monitored the cohort’s sleep patterns, as well as performing intelligence tests on them to assess their reasoning and problem solving skills, Mail…

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