Look Gorgeous Always or Gua Sha

Look Gorgeous Always: Find It, Fake It, Flaunt It (52 Brilliant Ideas Series)

Author: Linda Bird

Looking beautiful comes naturally...to about one person in a thousand. The rest of us have to work at it. Look Gorgeous Always shows women how to uncover their most intoxicating, sensual, radiant selves by revealing how to walk the walk, flatter their figures, build confidence, and take good care of their bodies and souls. Among the 52 Brilliant Ideas:

- Idea #4: Lose pounds without trying
- Idea #6: Look great in photos
- Idea #10: Purify your mind
- Idea #12: Luscious lips
- Idea #22: Breathe for beauty
- Idea #26: Lighten up
- Idea #39: Playing with color

Table of Contents:

Brilliant features     xii
Introduction     xiii
Boost your body image     1
Deep cleansing     5
Water works     9
Lose pounds without trying     13
Rub it in     19
Look great in photos     23
Hands-on treatments     27
Move that body     31
Keep an eye on your eyebrows     35
Purify your mind     41
Lose 10 pounds without dieting     45
Luscious lips     49
Great gnashers     53
Detox     59
Why walking works wonders     65
Beauty and the bath     69
Enhance your eyes     73
Get more energy without more sleep     77
The sun rules     83
Feet first     87
Beat the bloat     91
Breathe for beauty     95
Get bikini fit     99
Beauty sleep     103
Beauty and the beach     109
Lighten up     113
Cellulite busting     117
Fabulous foundations     123
The power of aromatherapy     127
Boost your bust     131
Feedyour face     137
Points on posture     141
A sense of smell     145
Quick fixes     151
First impressions     155
Seduction secrets     161
Back beauty     165
Hair care     171
Playing with color     175
Sex up your legs     181
PMS busters     187
Creating curves     193
Party preening     197
Clever hair care     201
Treat yourself     207
The power of vitality     213
Water therapy     217
Get the most out of your vacation     221
Create a beauty boudoir     225
Hair conundrums     229
Spa therapy     235
Beauty A-Z     241
Where it's at...     249
Index

New interesting textbook: Yoga Basics or Lung Cancer

Gua Sha: A Traditional Technique for Modern Practice

Author: Arya Nielsen

This is the first English language book on the ancient therapeutic technique 'Gua Sha'. It is a technique commonly used in Asia and Southeast Asia by TCM practitioners, Chinese families and individuals who know and use it as part of their 'health culture'. In Gua Sha, the skin is pressured in strokes i.e. scraped (but not broken) by a blunt edge (Chinese families used a spoon). This, in Western terms, raises extravasated blood and metabolic waste which collects in muscle tissue, and encourages its departure. Gua Sha is often used to counteract muscle strain through athletic injury, back pain, and conditions beyond muscle injury alone. The result, visually, is livid discolouration of the skin which subsides in a few days, considerably faster than a bruise. For this reason practitioners in the West have been afraid of using it. However it can be a very useful technique to know how to use, and will enhance the skills of any practitioner using it while giving them another treatment method to help increase their clinical skills.This book brings the technique alive for Western practitioners, with clear discussion of how to do it - including correct technique, appropriate application, and difficulties to bear in mind - and when to use it, and superb colour illustrations and specially commissioned line drawings to demonstrate the technique. The author is an expert practitioner of 'Gua Sha'.
• There is no other book on the market which covers this very useful technique
• Practitioners will be able to learn a new technique and enhance their skills with the aid of this thorough, reliable and clear guide
• Covers aspects of the subject relevant to a wide range ofprofessionals, particularly any 'hands-on' practitioners
• Clear, colour photographs show the practitioner exactly what to expect in the way of clinical results
• Written by an expert practitioner who has carried out much research in this area and has experience of using Gua Sha in a wide variety of cases
• Includes an introduction by Ted Kaptchuk - one of the very top names in international TCM