Posts with tag health

Think it's time for baggy boyfriend jeans to be the "it" jean? Let's hope so, because according to this article, medical experts are seeing a rise in the number of women with nerve damage in their legs -- and skinny jeans are to blame!

Apparently there is a nerve that runs down the side of your leg and, as the article quotes New Orleans neurologist Dr. John England, "Anything that is tight around there could potentially compress the nerve that goes there."

(Oh, and wearing high heels only makes it worse because of the unnatural way they push your pelvis forward. What else are we wearing that's bad for us?)

Women have reported tingling sensations in their legs and -- in some cases -- full-on numbness. The symptoms are temporary and when you take off the jeans things should return to normal, but still -- kinda creepy!

Here's the big question:

If you know your skinny jeans could cause your leg to go numb does that make you think twice about wriggling into them? Or do you not care?

In our humble opinion, there's no better way to get over The Hump (that would be you, dear Wednesday) than by talking incessantly about beauty. So, from now until forever, we're hereby declaring Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesdays. Each hump day, we'll be tapping a different Total Beauty blogger to sound-off on StyleList. Today, we're be talking about nail polish tips and trneds with Michelle from All Lacquered Up, one of our favorite nail polish blogs.


Go Green With Healthier Nail Polish

Big 3 Free. Non-toxic. Chemical-free. Water-based. Pregnancy Safe. Healthy. Eco-conscious.

These are all buzz words that the polish industry throws at us to make their product look healthier, more eco-friendly, safer, etc. but, what does it all mean and who makes what?

If you haven't read my article about Big 3 Free nail polish, I suggest you start there to familiarize yourself with the ingredients the term refers to. I use "healthier" in quotes to describe these lacquers since the jury is still out as to whether traditional formulas are really a health risk.

You know that pretty nail polish you're dying to paint your toes with this spring? You might want to take a look at the ingredient list -- many polishes contain formaldehyde, a highly debated cosmetic ingredient.

Formaldehyde is a preservative that can be found in a plethora of seemingly-safe items, including the air you breathe. The EPA believes it to be a possible carcinogen, and the use of formaldehyde in cosmetics is regulated in Europe, Canada, and Japan. However, here in the States, the FDA doesn't think it poses enough risk to necessitate regulation in cosmetics (even children's toiletries aren't always formaldehyde free). In nail polish, formaldehyde is used to help harden the nails.

Even if there's no federal regulation in the U.S., you do have a choice in whether you expose yourself to formaldehyde in your nail lacquer. Dr.'s Remedy Enriched Nail Polish, along with a bevy of other beauty brands, are creating formaldehyde-free polishes.

Week 7 "Balancing Chemicals and Hormones to Turn Back the Clock" was as jammed packed with excellent info. We talked hormones, prevention, PCOS, stress, multivitamins and more. Oh boy!

I have just completed Week 6 of my Wellness with Rose program. The lesson was called "Food Formulas for Younger Skin." However, Rose's opening statement was, "The way you eat and digest is so important. It's key to health." The lesson was all about digestion, enzymes, and some other cool stuff I really didn't know much about until now.

All the movie stars are doing it. Cleansing can be very rewarding, both physically and mentally, but how do you know if you're doing the right one? Blue Print Cleanse has three different types of cleanses they deliver to your door. But how do you know which one is right for you?

Do you snore? Do you offer the sound of runaway trains on bumpy tracks as the lullaby to which others rest their weary heads? Do they complain that your train is chugging through a tunnel about a foot from their station? They sure do whine a lot.

Sure a cheeseburger can represent all things evil – grease, fat, lbs. Wanna know why it doesn't?

Ugh, waking up in the morning is a drag. Puffy under eyes and sometimes dark circles – ew! And the most common culprits probably aren't the ones you think they are. Let's take a look.

Do you hate sharing your soda? Does it disgust you when someone wants to borrow your lip balm? Your problems are over! Introducing the latest in cold sore chic, the rhinestone lip bling.

Sure, everyone wants to be healthy, but looking healthy is so passé. Plaster these babies on your lips and never be bothered again. For added effect we suggest a sock in the eye and Goldschlager tears. No longer will you live in fear of jerks eyeballing your YooHoo (or your drink).

Seriously, what in the world could motivate someone into going the lip bling route? Granted, we can think of one legit reason to add traction to one's lips, but we can't write about it on this site.

Stylelist is running a poll over at their site today on this very issue. They probably won't say that someone rubbed the model's face in Pop Rocks, but they'll say something, and then you'll vote. It's the American way.

Keep smiling!

No joke, we thought this was an April Fool's story when first we read it, but realized that it had to be true because it was "news" a week earlier.

Demi Moore uses leeches to keep herself looking young.

On the Late Show with David Letterman, the 45 year old revealed that she underwent a "cleansing" that used highly trained medical leeches placed in her belly button. Enzymes in the leeches get released into the patient's (patient, or victim?) that make her bleed more than usual, supposedly optimizing health and detoxifying the blood.

Wow. Whatever happened to using a good night cream? Or better yet, what ever happened to being beautiful as you are at the (still young) age of 45?!?!

By now, most of you have seen the video/read the article/received the email on how nasty the bottoms of our purses are. If this is news to you, just take a moment to think about all the places you set your handbag -- floors, chairs, etc. And then, chances are, you set it on the kitchen counter, on the table, and you certainly touch the bottom with your hands, right?

As it turns out, there's more than just a little dirt there -- everything from e-coli and salmonella to fecal contamination and vomit has been found on random handbags. Lifestyle does play a role, with nightclub frequenters and those with children having the dirtiest bags (doesn't that make you wonder what's on Nicole Richie's purse?).

Wearing lipstick? Careful, more than half the brands on the market were recently found to contain lead.

This according to a new report from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, highlighted in a post on our partner site, Green Daily. The study actually found lead in 61% of the lipsticks they tested, and in one third of those cases, the products contained more lead than what the FDA allows in candy, which, seeing as lipstick gets ingested, is pretty gross.

Because the FDA doesn't have a set limit for lead in lipstick, there's no incentive for companies to keep it out of their products, much less tell you if it's in there in the first place. Subsequently, it's hard for consumers to tell what's safe and what's not since popular brand names like Cover Girl, L'Oreal and Christian Dior were implicated.

The good news is that you can see the full report, including the amount of lead the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found in each lipstick on the organization's website.

The post-lunch afternoon meeting can be torturous. You're tired; your boss is boring you. Your co-workers are grouchy, and you've started to notice an ominous grumbling in your intestinal region.

You may not want to admit it, but we've all probably found ourselves in this situation before, and unless you're incredibly rude and/or work in the most informal office on the planet, you likely held it in and hoped for the best.

Then again, holding it in can only work for so long since when push comes to shove -- and you know what I mean by 'shove' -- gas has to go somewhere.

But fear not modest office employees -- those gassy sounds and smells can be absorbed by the GasBGon, a flatulence filter seat. GasBGon is a thin chair pad that uses high-tech carbon filter technology to muffle the evidence of a digested lunch gone wrong. According to the company, the GasBGon can handle up to 90% of the odors given off during the 14 farts that the average person emits during the day.

So, by all means, let her rip.

According to Scotsman.com Living fashion is bad for your health. Say what? Lucky for fashion, I don't care. I will risk my health to look good. But for you health nuts out there I will share this disturbing news. Apparently, everything from your jeans to your sunglasses can have negative effects on your health.

Jeans: To me and most jeans don't quite look perfect until you have squeezed (baggy jeans just aren't cute) into them then properly broken them in. Well even the tiniest hips can suffer from tight fitting jeans as they could cause nerve damage. A Canadian doctor has found that pressure around the waistband of hipsters can pinch a nerve under the hipbone and cause a condition called meralgia paresthetica.

Thongs/ Panties: VPL is gross, so we opt for things that crawl up our backside like thongs and g-strings. But Dr. Thomas Gent from the Association of Gynecologists believes friction damage from the underwear's string section can aid the spread of bacteria and cause fungal infections (nasty).

Bras: For a big night on the town we all want to show a little cleavage. But did you know that push-up bras can cause you some problems? The squeezing is said to cause difficulty breathing which in extreme case can cause irritable bowel syndrome and constipation (ewwww).

Handbags: An oversized tote may dwarf your figure, but that heavy handbag can also cause neck strain, and shoulder tendonitis.

Sunglasses: Now what could be wrong with these? Scratched glasses can cause non UV-absorbing spots on the glasses which can cause more damage than not wearing glasses at all, which can score you cataracts as you age.

Shoes: I saved the most obvious for last. Too high or uncomfortable shoes can cause bunions, corns, calluses, and hammertoes. They can also cause stress to the rest of your body in the form on knee, hip, and spine pain. Ouch.

I am guilty of all these health offenses and the only one I plan on changing is my sunglasses. What about you StyleDashers?