Posts Tagged ‘skin care’

Common Indoor Bugs

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

The common indoor bugs we see anywhere in the world are flies, spiders, fleas and beetles. No-one likes to have a bug indoors, so most people go to just about any lengths to eradicate these common indoor bugs. Less common indoor bugs may be woodlice, earwigs, scorpions and millipedes or centipedes, although they are no less unwelcome.

It does not matter where you are in the world, it can be very difficult to keep these common indoor bugs outside, unless you go to the extremes of keeping all your windows and doors shut all of the time, which is quite impossible. I now live in Thailand and I know for certain that this is not an option.

So, just what can you do about it? Well, let’s sort out all the flying insects first, because of all the common indoor bugs, I think they are the most unpleasant indoor bug. They are very annoying, buzzing around your head and mosquitoes and other flies can create irritating sores and besides that, all flies carry disease. I hate to see them strutting about on food, knowing that they have probably just come off some dung heap somewhere and now they are spitting on my food in order to taste it with their grubby feet!

My first line of defence is fine-mesh door and widow screens. They are not dear and can be added retrospectively to any window. My window meshes slide, so they can protect only one half of the window at a any one time, but I do not find that a problem. You can still set up cross-winds, by opening two or more windows at opposing ends of a room. I love to see the flies on the mesh struggling to get in by day and the mosquitoes doing the same by night. At night, it is wise to switch on as little light indoors as possible so as not to draw these common indoor bugs.

My second line of defence is natural predators - lizards, like Geckos (Jin Jok, in Thai). Some people don’t like them in the house either. I can’t say I’m all that keen on them indoors myself, but they are hard to keep out and they do consume hundreds, if not thousands, of indoor bugs every day. I like to see them lying in wait on the outside of the mesh, ready to jump on any bug trying to struggle its way through the mesh.

My third line of defence is an indoor bug zapper. You know, the electric, handheld bug zapper that looks like a toy tennis racquet. They are brilliant at catching and destroying any flying indoor bug. The inset literally explodes and vaporizes on contact with the fully-charged wires of the indoor bug zapper. If you haven’t tried using one, you really ought to. They are most gratifying. These three defences keep our house pretty much free of flying insects.

The crawling common indoor bugs are less of a problem really. Door screens on self-closers will keep 95% of them out and the Geckos will help too. Spiders can get in pretty easily, but then, I don’t mind them too much as long as they keep out of my way, as they consume other insects too. They are on our side to be honest. However, for those who can not bear to catch them and throw them outside, the handheld indoor bug zapper works well on spiders too.

Fleas can sometimes be a problem, if you have cats or dogs, but then if you wash or dust the animal once a month, you should be able to keep these common indoor bugs under control fairly easily. However, there are two final measures that we use. Every week, before we go out for the day, we spray every room with fly killer and every six-months we spray any rugs or carpets with a bug killer containing permethrin, which will survive washing and vacuuming for that long without losing its ability to kill common indoor bugs on contact. If you follow these measures, you should be able to keep your home or office quite free of the most common indoor bugs and the less common indoor bug as well.

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Electric Bug Zapper

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

If you aren’t already familiar with the hand held bug killer, you are really going to like it and if you have used one before, I’m sure you’ll welcome it back like an old pal! The handheld insect killer does just what it says: it zaps bugs. But it does it really, really well.

Any insect that is touched by the wiring of the handheld bug zapper is fried. Smaller bugs like midges and mosquitoes are vaporized with a very pleasing flash and a crack. Larger insect, like house flies and wasps are killed, but don’t explode like the smaller ones.

Think about it, how many times have these flying insects taken the edge off an otherwise enjoyable evening in the garden? Or how many times have you not been able to get a good night’s sleep, because you know there’s at least one mosquito in the bedroom. It has happened to me hundreds of times, I know! It is very gratifying to get one’s own back with the electronic insect killer.

I don’t like killing anything unnecessarily - I’m married to a Buddhist- but mosquitoes? I’m sorry, they can die. And the electric bug zapper dispatches them without any messing about. No waiting and hoping they’ll fly into the ultraviolet light and into the mesh. No, one sweep of the electronic bug zapper and the mosie’s gone and you can hear whether you got her or not. (I say her, because the sucking mosquitoes always are females - I assure you, I wasn’t being sexist).

There are two basic sorts of electronic insect zapper. There’s the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug zapper. Both work on the same principle, but I prefer the rechargeable kind, although I suppose you could use rechargeable batteries too. (I bet they would be more expensive that the bug zapper in the first place). Anyway, I have been using a electric bug zapper of the rechargeable kind for five years and I am ecstatic about them.

These days, I spend a great deal of time in northern Thailand with my wife, so you can bet your life that my electric bug zapper gets a good work-out almost every night. We usually eat in the garden in the evening and all socializing is done outside by tradition, especially in the rural areas, where we live, so it comes in very handy. I also use my electronic insect killer to ’sweep’ the bedroom for bugs before we go to sleep at night, just like a secret agent.

The electric bug zapper just seems to improve every time I buy one, which makes it hard to give you definite specifications. The electric bug zappers I had four or five years ago, sometimes failed after six to nine months of purchase, although their ability to store a charge reduced a lot after four or five months.

However, the new hand held insect killer will last 9-12 months and still be very pokey after nine months. My latest model even has a powerful torch called a headlamp built into it. I’m not sure what it’s supposed to be for, but if you feel that revenge is sweet, you can lure mosquitoes with it and then kill them with your hand held bug killer.

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Tanning Pills

Monday, May 10th, 2010

There are certainly a lot of people who worship the sun for its power to give them a better skin colour. When you think about this, it is quite plain to see, that these people are looking at ways that they can obtain a bronzed skin.

The methods that some people employ in order to get a suntanned skin include getting a tan outdoors from the sun itself, but also, tanning beds, tanning booths, spray on tanners, self tanning lotions and tanning pills. In part, the decision which of these methods you select, depends on the length of time that you can spare to get a good tan.

Some people go for tanning pills, but in reality, they work a little differently from the other, more usual methods. For example, lotions work by spreading some of the liquid, usually oil based, on different sections of your body. It is your choice which parts of you, you want to change the colour of. However, tanning pills need to be ingested orally and so will affect the whole of your body. Furthermore, you will have to choose which tanning pills to use, because, unlike lotions, if you use tanning pills, you will have fewer colour choices.

You should be well aware of this important point, because you will need to select a depth of tan which does not differ too unflatteringly with the colour of other parts of your body like your hair, eyes, lips, etc. You can buy these tanning pills in the same stores as you purchase your other tanning requirements.

You should however consult the label to find out if there are any precautions you will need to take. For example, one of the most important precautions that you can take, is to see if you might have an allergic reaction to the tanning pills.

Apart from this though, you might also want to find out just what all the media hype over tanning pills is all about. This research will also assist you to decide which of the different tanning pills on the market is the right one for you. In addition, if you look on the Internet, you will get the statistics on the number of people who have encountered problems after using these tablets. At this point in time, you will discover that there are three firm favourites when it comes to tanning pills.

These tanning pills are called EluSun, Deep Tan and Mayan Secrets. The main ingredient for two of these makes is carerenoids. This substance causes the top layer of skin to turn a pinkish colour. The colour might darken over time, but it is necessary for you to keep taking these pills for as long as you require the tan.

The main disadvantage of tanning pills is that these pills are just as risky to your health as sun bathing on the beach for hours at a time. Once you have found out all the information you can, you will have to decide whether taking tanning pills is worth the risk to your health, just to have suntanned skin colour.

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Wonderful Wolff Tanning Beds

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

What is one of the finest feelings you can get? In spite of what some of you might say, most people would accede that warm weather and a radiant skin is up there near the top. One of the most popular holidays is being on the seashore, soaking up the sun’s heat to get a tan and a warm glow and people continue to do it, regardless of advice of the hazards of melanoma or skin cancer.

Why do they continue to take these risks? Because the feeling is so nice! People pay no heed to the risks just to acquire that warm feeling, deciding instead to depend on sun tan lotions and sun blockers.

It is a well known fact that Wolff tanning beds, that is tanning beds that use Wolff tanning bed lamps, which were the earliest tanning bed bulbs invented by Frederick Wolff, can help individuals acquire a great tan just as if they were on a sunny private beach.

You will discover that there are lots of separate models of tanning beds on the market. You will need to look into these various Wolff tanning beds quite closely in order to locate one that suits you. There is nevertheless a note of caution that you should keep in mind.

The first benefit can be noticed in a few hours time as you slowly build up a wonderful all over tan. The next benefit is the ability to have an all over body tan, without risking the infringement of regional nudity laws or personal embarrassment. And the last benefit is that of not having to agonize about rain or other weather issues from spoiling your tanning session. In spite of this, before you leap up to acquire one of these Wolff tanning beds, it is best if you check out some reviews for the different brands.

These articles will permit you to establish which of the many Wolff tanning beds you can buy in the price range that you have set. After you have looked at the costs, you will need to see if any of the models have been taken off the market due to some fault in the tanning beds themselves. You must also understand that consumer articles can be of use when they discuss about how their experiences of these Wolff tanning beds have affected their tan.

When you have checked these details, you can decide whether you are going to buy a Wolff tanning bed or whether you going to go to a tanning salon. At a tanning salon you can ask a professional to prepare you for your tanning session on the sun bed. You will be given the right type of tanning and sun block liquids to put on before you start to acquire the tan. You will find that you have to don protective eye wear, before the tanning session commences.

Tanning beds are the oldest answer to sunless tanning and Wolff invented and still show the way in tanning bed bulbs. So why don’t you simply laze back and let the ultra violet rays from the Wolf tanning beds change the pigmentation in your skin to the bronze colouring that you hanker after?

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Professional Wart Removal

Monday, April 19th, 2010

When it comes to wart removal, many people make the decision to remove their warts themselves, which is frequently done at home. While a large number of individuals would rather remove their own warts in their own home, not everyone is pleased with the idea. It is important that you examine all of your choices when dealing with wart removal, including the advantages and disadvantages of each. If you are leaning more towards having your warts removed by a professional, you are urged to examine the pros and cons of doing so.

Perhaps, the greatest advantage of having your warts professionally removed, usually at a doctor’s office, is the fact that it is being done professionally. Almost all doctors, including dermatologists and primary care physicians, have experience with wart removal. This means that you do not, in most cases, have to worry about complications arising, complications that could arise if you choose to remove your own warts at home.

Besides having your warts professionally removed, you will also find that you are given professional after-care and specialist advice. After having a wart removed, it is important that you take good care of your skin until it is completely healed. This could include keeping it covered up or regularly applying antibiotic cream. When you go to your primary care physician or a dermatologist, you should be given a detailed set of directions. In fact, your doctor or dermatologist may even provide free applications, such as special skincare cream or bandage.

When thinking about resolving any health issue, including warts, people are always urged to see a doctor. That is why many individuals erroneously believe that there are no disadvantages to having their warts removed by a doctor. The reality is that there are a few disadvantages, despite the many advantages. Unfortunately, these disadvantages may discourage you from seeking professional help, when it comes to having one or more of your warts taken away.

One of the few disadvantages of professional wart removal is the cost of it. The cost is usually higher with a dermatologist, compared to a normal primary care physician. However, despite the high cost of professional wart removal, you could want to undergo such a professional removal. If you have health insurance, you are advised to consult your policy. A lot of health insurance plans in the United States cover warts that have to be professionally removed. If you do not have health insurance, you are urged to consult your doctor. A lot of primary care physicians and dermatologists will let you establish a payment plan, thus making wart professional removal achievable.

Another disadvantage to having your wart removed professionally is one that really shouldn’t even be a problem, but it is for some. A larger number of people, maybe you too, are concerned about the appearance of their warts, despite the fact that warts are harmless. Many individuals do not want others to know that they have them. That is why a lot of people make the decision to perform their own wart removal procedures. Naturally, it is up to you, but it is important to remember that doctors are used to seeing warts. You should not be afraid of showing your doctor your warts. Not only can they remove them for you professionally, but they can also reassure you that warts are common and nothing to be embarrassed about.

When deciding whether or not professional wart removal is in your best interest, you are urged to bear the afore-mentioned advantages and disadvantages in mind. If you are not interested in visiting your local doctor or dermatologist, do not worry, you still have a variety of different options. So, if professional wart removal is not for you, perhaps you should begin examining your other options.

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Tanning Bed Tips

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Many people like to have bronzed skin. Athletes, people who train in gyms, people with high-profile jobs, executives and many more prefer to have an even, all year tan. Then there are those who like to begin their tan before they go on holiday to a hot destination. This is very sensible, because it is too much of a shock to the skin to go from no sun to 40c in one day. It is far better to prepare your skin to get used to higher temperatures before you go.

This is all very well if you have your home in a hot part of the country, but if you did you would not need to keep topping your tan up anyway. Therefore people turn to tanning beds, tanning booths and tanning lamps. Some people purchase their own tanning bed or booth, but most people go to a tanning salon. If you have a spare room and some spare money, owning your own tanning bed is definitely a supreme luxury.

Having your own tanning bed means that you do not have to plan trips to the tanning salon, that there is no travelling or waiting and that your tanning bed is always ready for you. However, you will be unassisted, so it is a very good idea to read up on the health and safety advice linked with tanning beds. There should have been a pamphlet with the tanning bed when you bought it, but if you bought it second hand it may have been lost.

If your safety booklet has been lost, you could write to the manufacturers and suggest to pay for a replacement or you could just follow the general advice that refers to all tanning beds. Another good idea is to have a few sessions at a tanning salon and learn as much as you can. However, in general, behave toward your tanning bed as you would the sun in the tropics, that is with a great deal of respect.

The first thing you definitely have to do before getting onto your tanning bed is rub a sun tan lotion which includes a moisturizer onto your skin. This is where you will need to employ the most prudence. When you are outside in the sun, you choose to block some of the sun’s rays, because you want to spend a couple of hours outside.

However, in a way, the opposite is the case on a tanning bed, you want to get bronzed and you do not want to spend hours lying on the bed. Therefore, you will need a specialized moisturizer, tanning lotion. There are enough of them in the pharmacy, just ask.

A lot of people like to wear a head scarf or bathing hat to protect their hair from drying out. Then there are safety precautions such as goggles to protect your eyes. Never, in any circumstances, look directly into a tanning lamp while it is on without eye protection. If you are going for an all over tan, you might find it useful to put a few sticking plasters or band-aids over your pink bits or men might need a hankie or a flannel.

Check your tanning bed’s safety timer, before using the bed for the first time and regularly after that. Make sure that it is accurate and that you can depend on it. After the tanning bed session, shower and remoisturize to replenish your skin, but not with the same tanner-moisturizer you put on to tan with.

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Dogs’ Heart Worm, Fleas And other Parasites

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Heart worm, fleas and other parasites in dogs need to be eliminated by using the appropriate medication on them. Many products have come onto the market to protect dogs from heart worms, fleas and other parasites like hook worms, whip worms, round worms, lice, ticks etc.

Out of the heart worms, fleas and other parasites, fleas can produce a super-sensitive over-reaction in the affected animal. Animals infected with fleas scratch their skin very vigorously. Frequently the scratching is so severe that the skin becomes super-sensitive and dermatitis occurs in the affected areas of skin.

The result of a serious flea infestation is often that the animal can not lie down for long or sleep comfortably due to the continuous flea bites. Therefore, the animal looks as if has some serious skin issues. If the the animal is not properly treated for these flea bites, there could be a secondary bacterial attack in these sites and there may even be a rotten smell coming from the affected area of the animal’s skin.

You need to observe your pet closely in order prevent a serious outbreak. It is essential to prevent such an outbreak as they are extremely distressing to dogs. Similarly, the skin of the animal needs to be checked regularly for the presence of ticks and lice. In order to do this properly, you need to look at the dog’s skin by separating the dog’s hairs. The easiest way to achieve this is by slowly back-combing or ruffling the dog’s hair.

Usually, if your animal is anaemic, and he is not infested with fleas, you have to rule out hookworm. Symptoms of hookworm are anaemia, loose stools and a pot belly. The dog’s owner may recognize these symptoms themselves, however, to be honest, the dog needs to undergo a routine health check at the vet’s involving faecal and hematological tests.

There are many commercial products on the market. Some of which are useful for dealing with all these conditions by a single dose. Drugs like ivermectin are highly effective and are available in injection, oral and solution forms. The latter should be applied directly to the skin. These drugs can lead to the prevention of these conditions too.

Therefore, the best strategy to follow is to keep a keen eye on your dog. This could most easily be done at bath time and when you are grooming him. You can use an anti-flea and anti-tick shampoo, which will keep these nuisances under control, if used as stated on the bottle. Couple this with frequent grooming with a lice comb and the use of a flea collar should keep your pet tick, lice, and flea free.

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Self Tanning Spray

Monday, February 15th, 2010

The tanned appearance is both popular and all the rage more now than at any time for many years; people like the brownish glow of their skin as it makes them feel fashionable and self-confident. However, at the same time, sun bathing is less and less advisable because of the rise in the quantity of skin cancer cases. Therefore, substitutes to it have and still are being developed. Synthetic tanning using tanning beds or sunless tanning by synthetic means such as body lotions, creams, gels or self tanning spray are widely available.

Although the most advanced method of getting a tan is the use of a tanning bed or tanning booth, not everybody can afford to buy their own machine or go to a salon four times a month in order to have their tan refreshened, so the do-it-yourself solutions have become more and more prevalent.

A self tanning spray is a beauty product frequently containing DHA that can be applied at home as a sunless tanning solution. DHA is a chemical that causes a reaction with the skin’s amino acids, which in turn causes the turning of the top layer of skin a brown colour. The effect of a self tanning spray lasts for approximately six or eight days, if you are wise not to take too long in the shower, if you shun using too a harsh soap and if you do not rub yourself too hard with the towel.

Self tanning presents several challenges and so, although it is less expensive than treatment in a commercial tanning salon, it is also more difficult to get a satisfactory outcome. It is more difficult to get an even tan when using a self tanning spray. The coloring solution has to be atomized in a fine film with immense care not to overlap too much. Overlapping leads to darker tan shades on some body areas.

Therefore, another disadvantage of the self tanning spray is that you may need another person’s assistance for the procedure. The back for instance is very hard to spray unless there is someone to assist you. The same problem presents itself for the back of the legs, the nape of the neck and the bottom. If you ask a friend to help you with the tanning, it will make the procedure a lot easier.

You have to be particularly cautious to protect your eyes, your lips, ears and other delicate body parts. It is also possible to stain your nails and palms when using a self tanning spray. You could eliminate this difficulty by using gloves or wet wipes whenever necessary so as not to permit the tanning agent to dry on the palms or your hands or your nails.

Then, last but not least, do not spray too much fluid on your body, because the consequence may be an unnatural orange glow or a rather uneven tan. Although many people frequently use these cans of self tanning spray in its various forms, there is no question about it that they are a lower quality resolution when compared to the superior, but more highly-priced tanning bed or tanning booth.

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Tanning Booths: An Overview

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

It is a well-known fact of life that a lot of individuals like to get a wonderful Hollywood tan just as if they had been lying in the sun on a secluded beach in Malibu. You would be able to get an all over tan with no clothing or strings to restrict the tanning process on your concealed beach. But private beaches do not come cheap, do they? Getting a tanning booth is one the several different means that you can make use of to get the all over tan that you want.

These tanning booths are quite similar in intent to the tanning booths which are so popular in commercial tanning salons. As with tanning beds, there are many brands of tanning booths on the market for both commercial and domestic tanning bed equipment. So, you will need to investigate into these diverse tanning booth systems closely in order to find one that suits you and your resources. There are nevertheless a few notes of concern that you should bear in mind when selecting your tanning booth.

When you are using tanning booths, you will notice that these booths use very high temperature ultra violet bulbs to rapidly bring about the alterations your skin will have to go through in a tanning session in order to get bronzed. Just as when using tanning beds, you will need to use some protective eye glasses when in the tanning booths. These safety glasses will shield your eyes from becoming damaged by the powerful, but harmful ultra violet rays.

On the other hand, if these ultra violet rays are quite so dangerous, why do individuals choose to subject themselves to such lengthy periods in tanning booths? Well, the answer is really fairly plain, it is just because of the fact that individuals like to have a beautiful, golden coloured skin. Another fact is that, since there is so much bad information in the papers about the dangers of sun tanning, it is simple to understand why some people prefer to try the sunless tanning path instead.

Which is where tanning booths, among other products, come into their own. However, having mentioned a few details and hazards, if you are still thinking about acquiring a sunless tan then you might be interested in reading the benefits of using a tanning booth. The first benefit is that you can get a tan whenever you like. The second benefit is that the tanning booths take up less room than tanning beds as they stand in a vertical position.

However, before you go out and purchase a tanning booth, it is a good idea if you check out what a range of people have had to say about the products. If you still feel that tanning booths are the answer to your wishes, then there is a wide selection of tanning booths for you to consider.

Once you get your tanning booth set up in a spare room, you will never look back. The simplicity of use and being able to fit your tanning sessions in whatsoever time of the day or night you like is of immeasurable advantage.

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California Tan - The Best Tanning Lotion

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

There are a variety of benefits to California Tan tanning lotion which is why increasing numbers of individuals are starting to give the merchandise a go. There are a number of brands of tanning lotion available throughout California and selection can be really difficult. You will find it confusing which one to choose with all the diverse brand names, but it’s up to you at the end of the day.

The majority of these suntan lotions are to be had with tingle factors, bronzers, cooling effect and a mixture of all of them. California Tan tanning lotions are advertised in all the media and the campaign has drawn many new users.

California Tan tanning lotions are prepared to be applied on a daily basis, because they can help the skin maintain its moisture level in order to create a healthy glow. They are able to protect your skin from the destructive rays of the sun even without any supplementary protective chemicals. Consequently you can use California Tan tanning lotions to advance skin care, for tanning is itself one means for the skin cells to be sheltered from the sun in that tanning encourages the manufacture of melanin, which helps in the efficient and harmless absorption of ultraviolet radiation.

In deed, California Tan tanning lotions are able to make sure of a natural and ideal tan without the risk of drying out the skin. Tanning lotions are meant to be used outdoors. The chief ingredient of the tanning lotion should make certain that the skin is safeguarded against the dangerous rays of the sun while the other constituents hydrate and nourish the skin throughout the tanning period.

Good tanning lotions are also effectual moisturizers of the skin and prepare it for display to ultraviolet rays. Moreover, California Tan tanning lotion also contains antioxidants which may help in the removal of wrinkles and fine lines in the skin, so that the skin will appear younger. Constituents comprise natural items made from plant extracts plus the vitamins A, E, and C. The overall effect of applying California Tan tanning lotions is to produce a radiant, natural look and a fresh, smooth feel to your skin. However, be aware that frequent tanning is harsh on some skin types.

It is essential to bear in mind the three major functions of the California Tan tanning lotion, which are hydration, nutrition, and oxygenation. By nutrition is meant the requirement to supply vital vitamins to the skin cells, which will sustain its regeneration and oxygenation as well. Hydration refers to the correct moisturization of the skin. Lastly, oxygenation means providing enough oil for the skin to process tanning successfully. Tanning lotions are not dangerous to use since medical research has been thoroughly conducted on it.

When selecting the California Tan tanning lotion that works best for your skin, it is important to know your skin type. What may work best for your friend may not really be very for good on you. Is your skin oily? Dry? Normal? Or is it a combination of any of them? It is also quite important to picture the effect which you want.

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