In a previous video we discussed the 7 best things to do after a workout. While those post-workout practices can help you gain muscle faster there are also some post workout habits that could be slowing down your progress or sabotaging your ability to build muscle completely.
These habits that have become ingrained into your post-workout routine could be derailing your efforts in the gym and killing your ability to reach your fitness goals.
With that said, let’s take a look at seven of the worst things you can do after a workout and what to do instead.
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How To Look Your Best Quickly And Easily
In order to have a successful beauty routine, you must be educated in the subject. You should be aware of what kind of experts and resources are at your disposal that can help you look better. The helpful hints in this article will get you started.
Always keep moisturizer handy for the best looking skin. Particularly in winter, skin cracks and breaks and creates an undesirable appearance. Skin that is moisturized will be able to withstand breaks and cracks.
Add volume to your hair. You can easily do this by blow drying your hair upside-down for at least 10 minutes. When your hair is dry, give it a cool blast of air to set the volume in. You can make your hair have more bounce and volume just by doing this.
Take care not to over tweeze your eyebrows. Repeated over-plucking can result in areas where hair refuses to grow back, resulting in bald spots. If you have already developed bare spots in your brows, fill in the areas with a brow pencil temporarily while applying a product to regrow the hair.
Keep rosewater in your beauty supply kit. Rosewater is a remedy with roots in antiquity. Rosewater has many uses, from soothing sunburn to helping cure allergic rashes. It is the best toner you could use on your own skin. Apply daily after cleaning to tighten skin’s appearance and remove excess oil.
A great way to switch up your beauty routine and add a little spark to your makeup is to use shimmer eye shadow. Because the shimmery particles in the makeup reflect light, these shadows can create the illusion of bigger, brighter eyes. Use a shade that is very close to your skin tone. Have fun trying out various application techniques and colors.
If you have an overly pale appearance this can be due to iron deficiency. Take a daily iron supplement or eat a spoonful of iron-rich manuka honey. This will help you look healthier and give your skin a natural glow.
If you’re dieting to lose a few pounds, try eating pineapple. This tropical fruit contains bromelain. Bromelain helps digest fats, proteins, and starch. Improving digestion can speed up your metabolism.
Putting on your own nail polish can be very frustrating, especially when using your non-dominant hand. Next time, apply your normal two color coats and a topcoat in the evening (give the polish a few hours to dry before bedtime). Don’t worry too much if the polish gets on your cuticles. Then, in the morning, take a hot shower, and all the extra polish on your cuticles and skin will rub right off.
Everyone loves the way a perfect sheer nails look, with long and tapered nails, but this is very expensive to keep up and takes a lot of time and patience. For an elegant look without all the fuss of expensive and painstaking upkeep, try using a short, round, and dark nail shape. File the nails so they are in line with the tip of the finger and round off near the corners.
If you’re concerned that your freshly painted nails will smear, you can protect them with a thin film of some type of oil. Either put a drop of olive oil on your palm and rub it over the nails, or even easier, use a can of olive oil cooking spray and give each finger just the quickest touch of cooking spray. The oil will form a protective barrier that will keep the polish from smearing.
People who have experienced a series of bumps on the back of their arms understand what keratosis pilaris is. They show up more often during the cold season because the humidity is lower during those months. Use a body scrub to exfoliate, and then after that use a quality moisturizer.
Steer clear of using hair extensions to add volume and length to hair. These hair extensions are usually in textures and colors that will not blend properly with your hair and stick out like a sore thumb. Because the point of attachment is difficult to disguise, only use extensions when lengthening a ponytail or fattening, an up-do where it is not as noticeable and does not need to blend.
Lip liner is frequently used by women to give shape and definition to their lips. Please, please don’t make the mistake of using lip liner to “draw” your lips on, completely independent of your actual lip shape. You are far better off using lip liner to define your lip’s natural shape, filling in with lipstick. An artificial lip line is clownish, unsubtle, and unflattering. If your lips are thin, stick with a fresh color that’s not too bright – a berry tone, for example.
Keep some fabric softener sheets on hand for beauty emergencies. Fabric sheets can be used to tame a static skirt that wants to stick you your hose. It can do the same for wild hair. Another thing it is good for is running through your hair to quell obnoxious odors like smoke.
Did you get a look at yourself in a public mirror and notice how oily your skin looks? Don’t fret. Tear off a corner of toilet paper, and dab it on your skin to soak up the oil and shine. The hard toilet paper is an excellent blotter, and you look picture perfect again.
Stand up straight. Standing up straight, with your shoulders back and down and your chest out, makes you look better. It gives you the appearance of having lost weight and makes you look confident. Try it in the mirror and you’ll see how much better you look when you just correct your posture.
The tips shared in this article demonstrate that there is so much to learn about beauty. After you educate yourself, you can make smart decisions about which products to choose. You can also learn different methods for applying these new ideas to your personal beauty routine. Explore as many resources as you can in your search to find the tools that are best suited to your own needs.
