TIPS ON SKIN CARE

BY ESTHER OHAZURUIKE Do you know that your skin can look good and beautiful? All you need to do is to follow the steps bellow and you will soon see your skin looking great and smooth. (1) A healthy skin begins inside your body, you will therefore eat heathy before you can get the skin you want. It is important to eat vegetables and fruits regularly. This will provide your body all the vitamins, minerals and anti oxidants that your skin so desperately needs to keep functioning at peak levels. It is advisable to reduce to the bearest minimum, fatty and fried food so as not to develop furuncle especially on your face and the chest region of your body. (2) Exercise : It is one way of keeping your skin in great shape. Every time you exercise to the point of sweating, your skin pores are opened and more oxygen is delivered into the cells, keeping it fresh and healthy. If you are not exercising, you need to start doing so by choosing any sport of your choice. (3) Water Therapy : You need to drink a lot of water to keep your skin from drying up and shrinking. it is advised that in a tropical weather, you need to take sufficient water daily. (4) Moisturizers: These are very important for the efficient functioning of the African skin. Whether lotion, cream or lubricants, they all moisturize and protect the skin from the harsh African climate. Oil-based moisturizers are effective for extremely dry skin, while water dominant moisturizers are more suited for normal and slightly dry skin.

THE POWER OF THE SPOKEN WORD

By Sam Akhigbe Words are powerful, they are either creative or destructive. Once wrongly spoken, they can never be retrieved. At best you can only say I'm sorry but the impart will linger on with the person you have spoken to or spoken about. Only time can erase the memory of the word that is wrongly spoken. If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. The bible says, “out of abundance of the heart mouth speaketh. “ Your words define who you are. King Solomon said “Seeth thou a man that is hasty in his words ? there is more hope of a fool than of him (Proverb 29:20). The trouble with words are, whenever you speak, your words are felt either positively or negatively and they can not be taken back. Words also can put your credibility at stake. Now here is the point: Careless words can stir up dissension, but words kindly spoken could bring healing to a wounded soul. How does words affect your listeners? A lot of people are carrying wounds that you cannot see, a kind word could make a world of difference. In Eph 4:29 the bible says, ‘Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace to the hearers.’ This habit may not be natural with every body, but with conscious effort it can be cultivated over time. This might surprise you. Godly character is not a gift from God, but the natural result of a conscious and a persistence effort in right thinking. What do you feed your mind with...? If you focus more on the good side of people it becomes easy for you to appreciate them without flattering. When you speak the right word to people always, what you get back is respect, therefore speak words that will leave people better off than you met them. -Sam Akhigbe