Worried AboutOnline Safety?Check out advice to keep young peopleand their parents/guardians up-to-dateabout staying safe on the internet orusing the latest mobile technology onwww.hampshire.police.ukConcernedAbout Cold-calling& Doorstep Crime?Check out advice on dealing withcold-callers, and an up-to-date listof cold-calling scams onwww3.hants.gov.uk/advicePlease Support Barrie’sLondon MarathonAttempt!Barrie Lawrence, former editor of this very magazine, iscurrently battling around the lanes of <strong>Holybourne</strong> and Altonin an effort to get sufficiently fit to complete the LondonMarathon on 21 April.He hopes to raise in excess of £2,000 for Age UK, whosegoal is to provide company and assistance for elderly peoplein the community who are lonely and devoid of contact withthe outside world. The idea is to link the elderly person witha young one who will help him/her to get online, use e-mailsetc., and then ensure that contact with lots of people isestablished and maintained.Through the medium of this magazine we would like toencourage the residents of <strong>Holybourne</strong> to support Barrieby donating either via the Barrie Lawrence page on www.virginmoneygiving.com or by signing up to his sponsor formin <strong>Holybourne</strong> Shop. Even the smallest donation will make adifference.C’mon Barrie!?Would you like to nominate someone as a “Village Treasure”?Please tell us who and why: editor@holybourne.com13HVM - Spring <strong>2013</strong>
❁LotsO fLovelinessAdvicePlease email your questions to me at:lola@holybourne.comI look forward to chatting with you.❁Please note these are my own personal views and opinions.You follow my suggestions at your own risk. Alwaysseek professional advice if you are pregnant or suffer anymedical conditions.Your Questions:Dear Lola,Ingrown hairs are not only a nuisance but have also causedblemishes after trying to get them out. How can you improvethese blemishes?From PipHi Pip! As you may know from your own experience, ingrownhairs can also be painful especially when they becomeinfected and the body struggles to heal. The blemishes youmention are possibly small scars where the body has donejust that. If your face is the area that is affected this could berelated to your “horror”mones, sorry! Regardless of where onyour body the blemishes appear they might be decreased byusing Bio Oil as this will reduce the redness and improve theuneven skin tone.The best method of prevention is exfoliation; a daily exfoliatingfacial wash, body brush – fantastic for reducing toxins as wellas reducing ingrown hairs (not for use on the face) - plus thereare some neat and speedy little pads from Bliss which aregreat for intimate areas or when travelling or feeling lazy, BlissIngrown Eliminating Pads (available online). Follow up with agood moisturiser to keep the skin supple. Tea tree* oil creamis ideal as it’s a natural antiseptic and will promote speedyhealing.Why do we get ingrown hairs? It is a very common conditionthat occurs when the hair curls back or grows sidewaysinto the skin due to dry skin, tough hairs or clogged hairfollicles. It sometimes occurs when hair is broken off underthe skin during waxing, tweezing or shaving. The breakout isyour body’s healing response to the follicle being disturbed.Products with salicylic acid take down the breakout bumps byclearing the follicle and reducing inflammation. If you are goingto use tweezers to help tease the ingrown hairs out, make surethey are sterile first and use a tea tree* cream afterwards andtwice a day until the area has healed.*People with hormone-sensitive cancers or pregnant ornursing women should avoid tea tree oilGreetings Fellow Beauty Buffs!I hope you have all had a good few months, and have startedto amend your skincare regimes to reflect the changes inyour lives in <strong>2013</strong>. Our lives, environments and bodies arecontinually changing: it’s easy to overlook our personal andskincare needs with busy families and careers taking priority,so for a simple boost (which you can try out with friends) poponline and have a look for Carol Maggio’s face exercises - theyare freely available on You Tube, look a bit mad, and may takea couple of trials to get the hang of but worth a go if only itmakes you laugh.In our summer issue I will be covering safe tanning andpreparing your skin ready for the big reveal whether on youhols or, if we are very lucky, at the Village picnic! I’m alwayspleased to hear about your experiences as well as answeringyour questions, so please email me lola@holybourne.com.Thank you so much to my two correspondents below. Goodluck, I hope my advice helps, and please do let me know howit goes.✿Dear Lola,✿Lola xwhen ladies get to a certain age, let’s just say over 50 for thesake of argument, their skin appears to change and it loses itsluminosity and freshness. We’re never going to get that backunless we change our skin regime, so what advice can yougive? My skin is getting very dry, so much so that it drinks upmoisturiser. I don’t want to spend a fortune, but there must bea solution.From middle-aged frump(used to be luminous, fresh young thing)!I know the feeling, it’s always a surprise when I look in themirror – who’s that? I’m sure I was 19 when I last looked..? Ifyou can invest some time, if not lashings of cash, it can makea difference. Anti-Oxidants are key and how about some facialexercises? And don’t forget to drink plenty of water. However,your skin also needs nourishing (see our HVM autumn issuefor hints on navigating the skincare maze). For real anti-ageingthough, I suggest you consider a facial oil, serum, or cellrenewal system which will work deeply to improve the newskin which you are producing.I know everybody bleats on about free radicals BAD, boo hiss(not panto, sorry Ed) and/or anti-oxidants GOOD. The big dealis our bodies produce free radicals as we need them for everycell to make enough energy to function properly. However weproduce more free radicals than we use, so we need the antioxidantsto combine with the spare free radicals to preventthem doing damage to our skin cells. I think of the free radicalslike a bar of Green & Blacks chocolate, you need some of itbut it would be better if, half way through eating it, a bag ofblueberries came along and kicked the rest of it out.When considering facial oils, check that they are free ofsynthetic materials like paraffin as these inhibit absorption andleave your skin feeling tacky. Products like Trilogy RosehipOil (£) are designed for ageing and dehydrated skin and arefull of anti-oxidants. More sophisticated serums like ElemisPro Collagen Quartz Lift are potent formulations (££) withactive ingredients which can help tighten the appearance ofslackening skin and even create a lifting effect, so a greatinvestment in the lead-up to a special event.HVM - Spring <strong>2013</strong> 14
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