How makeup can make one look young

THE WEATHERMEN may warn of rain but our forecast for July is flawless, with a little help, of course. For rainy day makeup essentials, I put together a panel of three makeup artists from Manila’s favorite brands to teach us how to brighten up during this gloomy month.

“For July, flawless and warm skin is in. Choose lightweight foundation that will even out your skin tone such as Brightening Powder Compact Foundation SPF25 to minimize the appearance of uneven skin tone and reflect light for a flattering glow. Use a bronzing powder or Shimmer Brick in Bronze to get that sun-kissed look all year round.

“This season’s looks created by Bobbi Brown are timeless. Always start with clean, moisturized skin. For the Oscar de la Renta Bridal 2011 show, Bobbi Brown created a natural soft matte finish for the foundation. This can be achieved by using Natural Finish Long-Lasting Foundation SPF15. Add color to the cheeks by using a warmer tone of blush such as Desert Rose or Tawny. Use Pink Buff Creamy Lip Color. Use soft-color eye shadow with high shimmer like Champagne Quartz Metallic Eye Shadow. For the lash line, use Sepia Ink Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner for a softer look versus Black Ink and brush on two coats of volumizing mascara such as Extreme Party Mascara.

—Bea Marcelo, senior artist for Bobbi Brown

“Matte foundation finish is very much in vogue, and this particularly suits the Filipina beauty as it makes her look always fresh in consistently warm and humid weather.

Bright bold colors for the lips like hot pink and coral orange still dominate the print ads and runways. Maybelline New York has a new lipstick collection called Color Sensational that includes a range of bright and bold colors like Angel Rose, Bon Bon Pink and Soft Azalea. For flimsy lashes, use Volume Express Magnum that promises nine times volume for a false-lash effect. For dramatic eyes, try Maybelline New York’s Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Liner or Impact Express Felt-Tip Liner.”

—Archibald Tolentino, chief makeup artist of Maybelline New York and president and founding chairman, The Make-Up Forum

“After getting that beautiful tan, skin is the ultimate accessory. It should be pale palette with moonlight glow—a new skin texture that’s not overly matte.

“MAC’s Prep+Prime products and Lightful skin-care range will altogether make the skin bright and radiant. Its primary ingredient—Vitamin C— helps prevent skin discoloration. Makeup will look best on skin prepped with Fortified Skin Enhancer SPF35/PA+++. It gives texture, adjusts skin tone and protects skin from harmful sunrays. Create the “no makeup” look with the Prep+Prime Transparent Finishing Powder. This will set your makeup without making it look too powdery and cakey.

—Owen Sarmiento, makeup artist for MAC

Knowing how to put makeup on helps hide one’s age. But to permanently shave off years from your face, good hygiene and healthy lifestyle should be a routine.

Tips

If you want to look at least 10 years younger, keep your teeth clean and in good shape. Gray or yellow teeth can age one’s face as much as wrinkles do.

Drinking coffee and smoking not only stain your teeth, but also have adverse effects on one’s youthful appearance. Smoking creates wrinkles, especially around the mouth. It also depletes the body of vitamins and minerals it needs to function properly. Coffee is said to contribute to weight gain
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Stained teeth, wrinkles, polluted body and weight gain can make you look older. So, kick these bad habits.

You can also look younger by dressing in the newest fashion. Keep a modern haircut and abreast of what’s happening in the world. Looking younger is not only physical, but it’s mental, too.

Try: Changing your diet. It will help a lot. You don’t need to change your entire diet, just add a daily dose of greens. Better yet, just drink it. RAWlicious’ at the Legaspi Sunday market in Makati serves super green smoothies. These are health drinks that use organic green leafy vegetables and natural fruit. Their drinks are a brilliant mix of nutrition and flavor that have no artificial sweeteners and preservatives.

Try their Hella Green Smoothie, Joe’s Green Mind and Green Monster Xavier.

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Sleep Better For More Energy

By David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding, Men's Health
Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Forget what your mom told you: A glass of warm milk before bed might actually keep you up, rather than lull you to sleep. See, the protein in the milk will boost alertness — and unless it's skim, the fat will slow your digestion, making your rest more fitful. Not exactly the best shut-eye remedy. (Sorry, Mom.)


Nothing makes it harder to fall asleep than knowing how important it is to fall asleep. So when the pressure's on, try chowing down on one of these snacks before bedtime to ensure some serious shut-eye; they're all hand-picked and approved by the Eat This, Not That! nutrition team. These eight sleep-better foods and drinks have been shown to induce feel-good relaxation chemicals, calming your nerves and slowing your racing brain. You can thank us... tomorrow morning-after a long, restful night.


A good night's rest will make you feel and look younger. For more ways to make your body leaner, stronger, and fitter for life, try this best body plan.

Nonfat Popcorn
Pop a bag half an hour before bedtime: The carbs will induce your body to create serotonin, a neurochemical that makes you feel relaxed. Skip the butterfat so you don't slow the process of boosting those feel-good chemicals or, as mentioned above, digestion in general.

Oatmeal with Sliced Banana
Sleep is inspired by the hormone melatonin, but stress or excitement can disrupt melatonin's release. Bring your brain back down to earth by whipping up a bowl of instant oatmeal and topping it with a sliced banana, which is rich in melatonin.

1 Cup of Plain Yogurt with 2 Tablespoons of Mixed Nuts
Scientists in Slovakia gave people either 3 grams each of two amino acids (lysine and arginine) or a placebo and asked them to deliver a speech. Blood measurements of stress hormones revealed that the amino acid-fortified speakers were half as anxious during and after the speech as those who took the placebo. Yogurt is one of the best food sources of lysine; nuts pack tons of arginine. Because both contain alertness-inducing protein, you're better off eating this combo a few hours before bed (or even at midday, before a big, stressful presentation at work). It'll reduce the residual stress you feel later in the evening, meaning you won't replay your day over and over again in your head as you try to fall asleep.

A Pile of Sesame Seeds
Sesame seeds are one of the best natural sources of tryptophan, the sleep-inducing amino acid responsible for all of those post-Thanksgiving turkey comas. Hold off on the turkey sammies, though — the protein in the turkey might offset the tryptophan's benefit. Bust more sleep myths and learn expert advice on how to sleep restfully every night.

A Handful of Pretzels
Pretzels are a source of carbohydrates, which make you feel sleepy, but since they're also low in calories and fat, they won't pack on the pounds or give you belly-aching indigestion.

A 4-ounce Glass of Unsweetened Cherry Juice
Cherry juice has serotonin-inducing carbohydrates, which will help relax you. Down the cherry juice an hour before bedtime in case you feel a small jolt of energy from the sugar. There's not enough to keep you up all night or to destabilize your blood-sugar levels.

Red Bell Peppers
Researchers at the University of Alabama fed rats 200 milligrams of vitamin C twice a day and found that it nearly stopped the secretion of cortisol, a hormone released in your body when you're stressed. Calorie for calorie, red bell peppers give you more vitamin C than any other vegetable or fruit. You can protect your heart and prevent diseases, from cancer to Alzheimer's, by eating certain foods. Check out these 15 stealth health foods that work to keep you slim and healthy for life.

College Drop Out Turned No.1 Business Mogul

There was once a 13 yr old boy from an exclusive preparatory school in Lakeside, Seattle who was banned for the summer after he and 3 of his friends where caught exploiting the bugs in the operating system of a PDP-10, a mainframe computer belonging to Computer Center Corporation (CCC), just to obtain free computer time in school. After the ban was lifted, the four students offered to fix the bugs in CCC's software in exchange of more computer time. A year later, they were even hired by Information Sciences Inc. to write a payroll program in COBOL, providing them added computer time and royalties. The 13 yr old boy in my story was very fascinated about computers and got so much involved in programming. At age 19, he eventually decided to drop out of school and start his own computer company. Who was this boy? BILL GATES

Whom of you doesn't know Bill Gates? I guess even the kindergarten pupils know him. He was known as the richest man in the world and topped the list of Forbes magazine for several years. He once quoted "Are you one in a million, or one of the millions?". He was not just an ordinary business man, he was also philanthropist -- something not many people knew. Now i can tell you, he is indeed one in a million. And this is his story.....

Bill Gates is one of the most influential people in the world. He is cofounder of one of the most recognized brands in the computer industry with nearly every desk top computer using at least one software program from Microsoft. According to the Forbes magazine, Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and has held the number one position for many years.

Gates was born and grew up in Seattle, Washington USA. His father, William H. Gates II was a Seattle attorney and his mother, Mary Maxwell Gates was a school teacher and chairperson of the United Way charity. Gates and his two sisters had a comfortable upbringing, with Gates being able to attend the exclusive secondary "Lakeside School".

Bill Gates started studying at Harvard University in 1973 where he spent time with Paul Allen. Gates and Allen worked on a version of the programming language BASIC, that was the basis for the MITS Altair (the first microcomputer available). He did not go on to graduate from Harvard University as he left in his junior year to start what was to become the largest computer software company in the world; Microsoft Corporation.


Bill Gates and the Microsoft Corporation
"To enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential." Microsoft Mission Statement
After dropping out of Harvard Bill Gates and his partner Paul Allen set about revolutionizing the computer industry. Gates believed there should be a computer on every office desk and in every home.

In 1975 the company Micro-soft was formed, which was an abbreviation of microcomputer software. It soon became simply "Microsoft"® and went on to completely change the way people use computers.

Microsoft helped to make the computer easier to use with its developed and purchased software, and made it a commercial success. The success of Microsoft began with the MS-DOS computer operating system that Gates licensed to IBM. Gates also set about protecting the royalties that he could acquire from computer software by aggressively fighting against all forms of software piracy, effectively creating the retail software market that now exists today. This move was quite controversial at the time as it was the freedom of sharing that produced much innovation and advances in the newly forming software industry. But it was this stand against software piracy, that was to be central in the great commercial success that Microsoft went on to achieve.

Bill Gates retired as Microsoft CEO in 2008.

Bill Gates Criticism
With his great success in the computer software industry also came many criticisms. With his ambitious and aggressive business philosophy, Gates or his Microsoft lawyers have been in and out of courtrooms fighting legal battles almost since Microsoft began.

The Microsoft monopoly sets about completely dominating every market it enters through either acquisition, aggressive business tactics or a combination of them. Many of the largest technology companies have fought legally against the actions of Microsoft, including Apple Computer, Netscape, Opera, WordPerfect, and sun Microsystems.

Bill Gates Net Worth
With an estimated wealth of $53 billion in 2006, Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and he should be starting to get used to the number spot as he has been there from the mid-ninties up until now. The famous investor Warren Buffett is gaining on Gates though with an estimated $46 billion in 2006.

Microsoft hasn't just made Bill Gates very wealthy though. According to the Forbes business magazine in 2004 Paul Allen, Microsoft cofounder was the 5th richest man in the world with an estimated $21 billion. While Bill Gates' long time friend and Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer was the 19th richest man in the world at $12.4 billion.

Bill Gates Philanthropy
Being the richest man in the world has also enabled Gates to create one of the world's largest charitable foundations. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has an endowment of more than $28 billion, with donations totaling more than $1 billion every year. The foundation was formed in 2000 after merging the "Gates Learning Foundation" and "William H. Gates Foundation". Their aim is to "bring innovations in health and learning to the global community".

Bill Gates continues to play a very active role in the workings of the Microsoft Company, but has handed the position of CEO over to Steve Ballmer. Gates now holds the positions of "Chairman" and "Chief Software Architect". He has started that he plans to take on fewer responsibilities at Microsoft and will eventually devote all his time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

In 2006, the second richest man in the world, Warren Buffett pledged to give much of his vast fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill Gates Receives a KBE
In March 2005 William H. Gates received an "honorary" knighthood from the queen of England. Gates was bestowed with the KBE Order (Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for his services in reducing poverty and improving health in the developing countries of the world.
After the privately held ceremony in Buckingham Palace with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Gates commented on the recognition..

"I am humbled and delighted. I am particularly pleased that this honor helps recognize the real heroes our foundation (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) supports to improve health in poor countries. Their incredible work is helping ensure that one day all people, no matter where they are born, will have the same opportunity for a healthy life, and I'm grateful to share this honor with them."

The KBE Order of the British Empire is the second highest Order given out, but it is only an honorary knighthood as only citizens that are British or a part of the Commonwealth receive the full Order. This means that Gates does not become Sir Bill Gates.

Bill Gates lives near Lake Washington with his wife Melinda French Gates and their three children. Interests of Gates include reading, golf and playing bridge.

Bill Gates
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