July 2009 Week 2


Women urged to exercise during work commute 
Women who lead busy and stressful lives may not have time to exercise regularly.
 
However, an expert has advised that on the commute to work or during lunch, a small workout can be beneficial.
 
Kathryn Freeland, the founder and managing director of Absolute Fitness, said: "A lot of excuses women give are that they do not have time to do exercise. They should try and fit it into their commute and once they do that, they'll realise that exercise is so much easier."
 
She added that just getting off the bus earlier can be beneficial and it needn't be done everyday.
 
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy found earlier this month that 63 per cent of people thought they were not getting enough exercise, with 20 per cent only doing so once a month.
 
Four in ten also suggested that they would take more exercise if it led to a longer and healthier life.


Many women 'don't have a clue' about makeup application
Many ladies have been in a rush to get their makeup done and botched it every now and then.
 
However, Helen Elowe, the managing director of Helen E Cosmetics, suggested that most people do not know how to put on makeup effectively at all.
 
"Most people haven't got a clue how to apply makeup," she said.
 
"What we've done is make it easier by providing full instructions with every product we sell and we show them how and where to apply it as well."
 
She added that currently, the big makeup trend is to have a natural looking face with statement eyes.
 
Ms Elowe also claimed that makeup is a great confidence booster, noting that "if you look good, you feel fantastic".
 
Earlier this year, Mintel discovered that three per cent of women in the UK, France and USA bought lipstick to make themselves feel better.
 
It also found that 60 per cent of women had not changed their beauty purchasing habits despite the global financial situation.


Make sure to get your 7-8 hours in bed 
If you are feeling tired due to lack of sleep while reading this, you could be putting yourself at risk of heart problems. 

Marianna Davey, the director and co-founder of the British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea association, has noted that anyone that gets less than six hours of shut-eye could be classed as "sleep deprived".

"About seven to eight hours is normal. If we don't get that amount of sleep and we do suffer from sleep deprivation then that has an awful lot of ongoing health problems."
 
Recently, the University of Warwick discovered that women who get less than eight hours of sleep a night are at an increased risk of heart disease and heart-related problems.
 
"If you think about how awful we feel if we have one night of lost sleep; we feel pretty groggy the next day, we perhaps don't function very well … so for somebody who has that on a regular basis, it can actually be quite detrimental to their health," she added.
 
Last year, the British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea association said that snoring was bad for your health, with snorers three times more likely to suffer adverse health problems than those that don't.