Beauty Diaries by Kimi

Can Exercise Achieve the Same Results as a Tummy Tuck We’re all after a flat, defined, and stunningly smooth stomach. Glossy magazines and catwalks are full of gorgeous women with toned abs strutting their stuff, while ads featuring muscle-clad male models regularly fill our screens. So it’s no surprise, that according to Sydney's Dr Jeremy Hunt , one of the most popular confidence-boosting cosmetic surgery procedures after breast augmentation is abdominoplasty, or the aptly named tummy tuck. Very often, pregnancy, lifestyle and genetics play a part on how tight and toned stomach muscles are. Sadly, the tissue that binds the two muscles in your stomach together can sometimes stretch and tear, meaning that a flat stomach without surgery could be impossible to achieve. But what exactly does a tummy tuck involve? Who would be suitable? And what are the risks? A tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty is surgery to remove a large section of skin and fat from the abdomen. There are tw...

(Guest Post)  Guide to Keeping your Body Beautiful  Many of us struggle to do all of the things we should to keep our bodies beautiful. In fact, some of us struggle to keep them healthy and working let alone allot time, effort and money to the more aesthetic aspects of them. We all know the mantra; diet, exercise, moisturise, drink plenty of water, but, how many of us are actually able to do all of these things consistently? Between the media, experts and friends we know why we should do the above but the reality of the world we live in and the lives we lead often gets in the way. A good start, though, is to take one small step at a time. Stop planning huge life changes that sweepingly change your schedule to include four thirty minutes of exercise each week, learning to pack lunches, carrying around huge bottles of water and making time to moisturise before bed. When we plan in this way, we are automatically setting ourselves up to fail. According to many scient...