How to Prevent Dry Skin and Keep Your Skin Hydrated

We as a malaysian can easily get dry skin due to the weather and we are under the air-cond for long hours.. so here is what you can do to prevent it..

 

Instructions

1. Drink adequate amounts of water. drink 2000 to 3000 ml of water everyday. You lose moisture during the course of your day due to exertion and exposure to the sun. Replenish moisture by drinking fluids such as water.
2. Avoid drinks that make you pass urine frequently. Drinks that do this are called diuretics and examples are coffee, caffeinated beverages, alcohol and carbonated drinks.
3. Avoid taking long hot showers or baths. Instead take a short shower or bath with warm water. Hot water dries your skin out and robs it of moisture.
4. Protect your skin from the elements, like the sun and the cold. Put on clothing to cover most of your skin, hats to shield your face and sunglasses for your eyes. Apply moisturizers with sun protection such as spf.
5. Avoid skin care products that dry your skin and make it dehydrated. use gentle cleansers to keep you skin clean. Use exfoliative skin care products on your skin and moisturize your skin after all your skin care activities.

-JOJO-

How to Measure a Waist

Knowing your exact waist measurement can be very helpful in determining your clothing size, and it is a good indicator of your feneral health. You can find out your waist measurement in just four simple steps.

Things You'll Need:

• Body measurement tape

Instructions

1. Find your natural waist. An easy way to do this is to stand in front of the mirror and bend at your side. The crease that forms indicates your natural waistline, directly above the belly button and below the ribcage.
2. Stand up straight and relax your abdominal muscles. Wrap the measuring tape completely around your waist starting at the belly button. Begin at the spot on the tape where the measure reads "0." Make sure the tape is level around your waistline--not too loose, not too tight.
3. Do not place the measuring tape over clothes. You'll get the most accurate results on bare skin. However, make sure the tape is not squeezing into your skin. The number that meets the "0" after you have circled your entire waist is your waist measurement.
4. Remove the tape and jot down your measurement for future reference. A healthy waistline for a woman is between 32 and 23 inches. For a man, it's between 45 and 32 inches.

-JOJO-

Determine Your Body Type

Your body shape is the relationship between your chest, waist and hip-line, used to identify the clothing styles that will suit you best. It is also important to note that other factors can change some of these recommendations, such as face shape, neck and shoulder size and prominent features.

Dear ladies, please identify your horizontal body shape from the pictures and descriptions below.

Hourglass figure

This is known as the perfect body shape.

• Your full hip-line and your full bust-line are the same width
• You most likely have a balanced body vertical body shape

Style recommendations:

Emphasize your curves, especially your waist, without adding bulk to it. 

 

Do wear:

• Fitted and semi-fitted clothes
• Soft, clingy, flowing fabrics
• Low to medium-low necklines
• Dresses with defined waistlines
• Straight and gently flared pants
• Straight and gently flared shirts

Don't wear:

• Stiff, bulky, fabrics
• Baggy styles
• High necklines (unless you have a small bust)
• Skirts with open pleats
• Very tapered pants

Inverted triangle

This is also a perfect shape for female.

• You have a proportionally large bust, or you have broad shoulders, or both
• You have narrow hips with a well defined waist
• You most likely are a long legged vertical body shape with proportionally slim legs
• You may also have a flat bottom

Style recommendations:

Create the illusion of the perfect hourglass body shape by balancing your lower body to your upper body and to draw attention away from your upper body. 

 

Do wear:

• Flowing fabrics
• Low to medium-low necklines
• Set-in sleeves
• Three-quarter length sleeves
• A good fitting, well adjusted bra
• Tops and dresses that flow through the waist
• A-line skirts
• Flared pants

Don't wear:

• Stiff, bulky, fabrics
• Styles that emphasize your shoulders
• High necklines
• Big collars
• Tapered skirts and pants

Triangle or pear shape

 

The triangle body type is often also referred to as pear-shaped.

 

• Your full bust-line is proportionally narrower than your full hip-line and you have a well defined waist
• You have narrow shoulders
• You most likely have a balanced body or short legged vertical body shape
• Your thighs are typically full
• You may also have a full rounded bottom

Style recommendations:

Balance your top half to your bottom half by creating the appearance of a wider upper body.

 

Do wear:

• Accessories and designs to draw attention to your upper body
• Short-sleeved tops
• Shoulder pads to broaden your shoulders. This may sound very 80s advice, but they really do work. However, they should not be visible
• Medium to high necklines
• Garments to emphasize your waist
• Skirts and dresses that are straight or slightly flared
• Low rise pants to avoid gaping at the waist
• Boot leg and straight pants

Don't wear:

• Baggy garments
• Stiff fabric
• Garments that add bulk to your hips
• Hems or design lines at hip-line
• Open pleats on skirts or pants
• Tapered skirts or pants

Rectangle

This is a straight, boyish body type.

• Your full bust-line and full hip-line are about the same size and you have undefined waist
• Your legs and arms will typically be proportionally slender
• You have a small to medium bust
• You most likely have a balanced body or long legged vertical body shape
• You may also have a flat bottom
• You may have had an hourglass figure when you were younger or slimmer
• You may look shorter and heavier than you really are

Style recommendation: 

Add curves by defining your shoulders and waist

 

Do wear:

• Shoulder pads to emphasize your shoulders. This may sound very 80s advice, but they really do work. However, they should not be too large and definitely shouldn't be visible
• Semi-fitted clothes
• If you have firm upper arms, short-sleeves and sleeve-less tops and dresses
• Medium to high necklines
• Dresses that wrap or flow through the waistline
• Straight to gently flared flat-fronted pants
• A-line shirts

Don't wear:

• Clingy fabrics
• Fitted clothes
• Low necklines
• Baggy tops
• Baggy pants
• Narrow skirts

Oval & Diamond

   

These body shapes are also referred to as an apple shape.

• You have the overall appearance of being round especially around the waist-line
• Your waistline is undefined
• You have a large, low stomach
• Your hips are wide
• Your upper thighs are full
• You may also have a full bottom or a flat bottom

Style recommendations:

Create the illusion of a longer, inverted triangle body shape. And to draw attention upwards towards your shoulders and face. 

 

Do wear:

• Ear-rings, necklaces and other focal points designed to draw an observer's eyes up towards your shoulders and face
• Shoulder pads to emphasize your shoulders. This may sound very 80s advice, but they really do work. However, they should not be be visible
• Semi-fitted and loose fitting clothes
• Good fitting, well adjusted bras
• Support underwear
• Tops and bottoms in the same colors
• Low necklines
• Untucked tops
• Tops and dresses that flow through the waistline
• Straight flat-fronted pants in soft, flowing fabric
• Straight and slightly flared skirts

Don't wear:

• Clingy fabrics
• Fitted clothes
• Fabric with large patterns
• High necklines
• Large lapels
• Belts
• Tucked-in tops
• Pleats
• Narrow or tapered skirts
• Narrow or tapered pants

For guys, please refer to the guidelines below:

Trapezoid

 

 This is known as the perfect male body shape.

• Your shoulders and chest are broad
• Your waist and hips are medium-narrow
• Your upper torso is bigger than your lower torso
• You are well-proportioned

Style recommendations:

You body type is one of the easiest to dress, you can choose from the greatest variety of styles

Inverted triangle

 

 

• Your shoulders and chest are broad
• Your shoulder, arm and chest muscles are well developed and bulky
• Your waist and hips are narrow
• Your upper body is significantly heavier than your lower body

Style recommendations:

Balance your lower body to match with your upper body by wearing trousers with straight or wide legs. T-shirts and jackets fit well.

Rectangle

  

• Your chest, hips and waist are about the same size
• Your torso shape is straight

Style recommendations:

Create the illusion of a trapezoid shape by choosing style to emphasize your shoulders. 

Triangle

• Your bottom is heavy
• Your chest is narrower than your hips
• Your lower body is heavier than your upper body
• You probably also have a sloping shoulder line

Style recommendations:

Create the appearance of broader, square shoulders.

Oval

• Your overall appearance is round
• You have a large stomach

Style recommendations:

Create the appearance of a longer and slimmer torso.

So these are some of the tips for today. Pick your most suitable outfit and style yourself like no one else can do!!

:: SHIN ::

What's Your Body Shape?

If you are satisfied with your body shape, you are either Mister or Miss Universe. Am I right? I mean, how many of us really think that our body shape is perfect? There are always problems like unbalance size, plus size, lack of curves or curved at the wrong side. What I'm trying to say is... none of us are perfect. However, whether you like your body or not, if you understand your body shape and the proportions of your body well, then you are definitely on your way to the best look of yourself.

There are several factors that involved in a full style analysis.  These include assessing your:

• Vertical body shape
• Horizontal body shape
• Face shape
• Weight
• Height
• Bone structure
• Shoulder length and angle
• Neck length and circumference
• Age

What's the perfect shape?

OK, let's think positive. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. However, the stereotype perfect female body shape is moderately tall with a vertically balanced body, an hourglass figure and an oval shaped face. For males, the ideal is tall with a vertical balanced body and a trapezoid torso (broad shoulders and chest tapering to medium waist and hips) and an oval face.

Do you have a perfect shape?

You can actually create the illusion of a perfect body shape by choosing the right clothes to portrait the perfect proportions.  It's all about balancing your perceived shape to the "perfect" shape. You can change your body shape through diet and exercise or, more drastically, through plastic surgery. If you do change shape by more than 5.5cm (2 inches) then you should re-assess your body shape and ensure your clothing choices fit your current shape (neither too tight not too loose).

 

Determine your body shape

Start by assessing your vertical body proportions and compare the bottom half and top half of your body.

Vertical shape is important for identifying your best garment lengths (tops and bottoms) and will determine if you should tuck-in tops or wear top garments untucked.

There are three vertical body types (applicable to male and female). The most accurate way to determine your vertical shape is to measure your full height and the height to your hip-line (circumference around your fullest hip) and determines relation between your hip-line and your height.

Use the rough assessment guidelines below:

Short legs, long torso

 

If your legs are short compared to your upper body you have short legs and a long torso...

• Your hip-line height is less than half your height
• You may also have a low waist -- your waist will be lower than your bent elbow
• You will have a long torso -- typically you will put on weight first on your thighs and hips
• Your bottom will typically be low and heavy
• You may also be short – although tall people can also be short legged

Aim:

create the illusion of longer legs and a shorter torso.

Do wear:

• Jewellery, scarves and garment designs that draw the observer's eye up towards your shoulders and face

   

   

    

• Short or medium-long tops

• Tucked-in tops (for slim people)

• Layered tops

  

• Medium or light tops and dark pants or skirts

      

• Medium or wide belts

   

 

• Straight skirts

      

• Straight or boot-leg pants

  

• Pant, sock and shoe (same colors)

 

• Medium or high heels

   

    

• Pant hems to the ground

  

Don't wear:

• Long tops

 

• Pants with low waistband

  

• Cropped pants

 

Balanced body

Your upper body length is about the same size as your lower body length.

• Your hip-line height is half your full height

• Your waist is at your bent elbow

• You tend to put on weight around your torso or hips and thighs

• You probably have a round well formed bottom or you have a flat bottom

• You have proportionally slim arms and legs

Aim:

elongate your mid-torso.

Do wear:

• Jewellery, scarves and garment designs that draw the observer's eye up towards your shoulders and face

        

• Medium-long or long tops

     

• Untucked tops

   

• Tops and dresses that flow through the waist

 

  

• Skirts and pants with narrow waistbands or no waistband

 

• Straight or flared skirt

 

 

 

• Low waist or hipster pants

• Straight or flared pants

     

   

Don't wear:

• Short tops

 

• Empire line tops and dresses

       

• Skirts or pants with wide waistband

   

   

Wide belts

        

    

Long legs, short torso

Your legs are longer than your upper body. You have a long legged vertical body type.

• Your hip line height is higher than half your full height
• You should also have a high waist -- your waist will be higher than your bent elbow
• You will have a proportionally short torso
• Your bottom will typically be round and high
• You tend to put on weight around your waist, above your waist or on the back of your hips
• You may also be tall -- although short people can also be long legged

Aim:

create visual balance by creating the illusion of a longer mid-torso and shorter legs.

Do wear:

• Design details that draw the eye down, such as border prints on skirts and pants 

    

   

 

 

• Medium-long or long accessories

 

   

• Skirts and pants in a lighter colors than tops

   

 

• Medium-long or long tops

         

• Untucked tops

 

• Tops and dresses that flow through the waist

• Skirts and pants with narrow waistbands or no waistband

• Straight and flared skirts or pants

• Low waist or hipster pants

Don't wear:

• Clothes that draw the eye upwards
• Pin stripes
• Short tops
• Empire line tops and dresses
• Wide belts
• Pants or skirts with a high waistband
• Tapered pants and skirts

So these are some of the simple guidelines which might help you to dress perfectly according to your body shape.

:: SHIN ::