Tag: Beauty

  • The Exercise Placebo Effect

    The Exercise Placebo Effect

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    By Rachel Garrod Is there such a thing as a placebo effect where exercise is concerned? We are probably all familiar with the concept of a placebo effect when related to medicines; it is the reason medical trials have to be so stringent and why people are often randomly assigned…

  • Improving Insomnia… AND CONTROLLING CHOLESTEROL

    Improving Insomnia… AND CONTROLLING CHOLESTEROL

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    USING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO GET A BETTER NIGHT’S SLEEP A whole new approach to getting a good night’s sleep is now just a click away. A new study from the University of Oxford and Northwestern Medicine has found treating insomnia with digital programs can improve symptoms. In a year-long study…

  • The Benefits of Meditation… AND BOTOX

    The Benefits of Meditation… AND BOTOX

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    KEEPING NEGATIVE EMOTIONS IN CHECK Meditation can help tame your emotions even if you’re not a mindful person, according to researchers at Michigan State University in the United States. Reporting in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, psychology researchers recorded the brain activity of people looking at disturbing pictures immediately…

  • Discovering Yoga at Six Senses Spa

    Discovering Yoga at Six Senses Spa

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      Responding to increased demand for healing practices that deliver the optimum body and mind balance, Six Senses Spa Marbella at Puente Romano Beach Resort & Spa has launched a series of yogic programs: “Discover Yoga”, “Yogic Detox” and “Yogic Sleep”. According to the spa, “These holistic, yet result-driven, programs…

  • Boutique Presentation at El Corte Inglés Málaga

    Boutique Presentation at El Corte Inglés Málaga

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    Venezuelan model, presenter and architect Astrid Klisans was the brand ambassador for a special presentation in October at Giorgio Armani Beauty’s new boutique in El Corte Inglés Málaga. The wife of singer Carlos Baute, Astrid appeared for the event wearing make-up from Giorgio Armani’s latest range of beauty products. Celebrating…

  • Dramatic Makeover!

    Dramatic Makeover!

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    We ran a competition for a lucky reader to win a drastic makeover. Congratulations to Miguela Díaz who won the prize! Miguela Díaz Palacio has always been conscious of her looks, but until now the 41-year-old housekeeper has not had the economic means to contemplate a major makeover. However, her life…