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Feel the wind in your hair

Feel the wind in your hair

In the summer of our hair is in need of protection no less than in winter. Hair – a real decoration of each girl. And, like any adornment, they require careful maintenance. Moreover, in different seasons, this withdrawal should be different. In summer, paints, foams, mousses, curling irons, and added more fen-am and natural hazards: [...]

How to Do Yoga Exercises for New Moms

How to Do Yoga Exercises for New Moms

Excess weight, fatigue, nervous exhaustion, anxiety or apathy, passing into the post-natal depression – all these are problems faced by almost every new mother. Experts offer different ways of solving them, but there is a technique that is universal. We are talking about yoga , which, as has been proved by science, promotes not only [...]

Gymnastics Vs Martial Arts – A pledge of longevity

Gymnastics Vs Martial Arts - A pledge of longevity

Fashion for a healthy lifestyle every year is gaining popularity. Pledge of good health – is not only good nutrition, avoiding alcohol and smoking, and spiritual harmony. One of the most effective ways to maintain health is a martial arts gym. She appeared in the East, but quickly spread throughout the world. According to legend, [...]

Health Benefits of Belly Dance

Health Benefits of Belly Dance

Belly dancing has a long history. He is a distant ancestor of the modern erotic dances. However, his age does not affect the quality and popularity – belly dancing is still considered one of the most beautiful and exciting in the world of choreography. The owner of this art a woman gets in their hands [...]

How To Treat Stomach Pain In Kids

How To Treat Stomach Pain In Kids

Abdominal Pain in Children Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis By Shahbaz Ansari Mostly kids get disturbed by stomach pains and they don’t share it with parents. The intensity of pain may be high or low but it must not be under valued. Stomach pain may rise due to different reasons like eating from out side (non [...]

Thumbs Up for Fashion Mags

Thumbs Up for Fashion Mags

While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, confidence only comes with age. Recent magazine covers show beautiful and fierce women that exude the confidence that only a woman with a full life can portray. The women have more than their good looks in common – they are all 30! A model’s career starts [...]

Pippa Middleton in a college fashion show

Pippa Middleton in a college fashion show

Looks like Kate Middleton wasn’t the only one who sashayed down the catwalk. Pippa Middleton has been in the media spotlight since Kate and Will have slowed down to domesticate each other. Having won millions of fans world wide for her physical assets showcased at the royal wedding, the media has also shifted their focus [...]

Way to wear and show a ghagra!

Way to wear and show a ghagra!

The recently concluded Bridal Couture Week opened with J.J. Vallaya whose presentation saw Sana Safinaz sitting in the front row. They left right after. It’s always exciting to see what designers are coming up with across the border. While many in the audience could not identify with JJ Vallaya’s somber collection of navy blue with [...]

Day TWO of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week

Day TWO of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week

A mixed bag of brand identities, sensational comebacks, repeat successes and… what the hell was that? Muniba Kamal Lahore Shamoon Sultan brings on Khaadi like never before Divided into two sections – high fashion for Khaadi Khaas and the launch of Khaadi Lawn, Shamoon Sultan rocked the house. While other designers may have launched into [...]

Foreign Press snippets of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week, Day One

Foreign Press snippets of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week, Day One

“Like India, Brazil, Iceland and many other burgeoning fashion countries, Pakistan is seeking its style-stake in the global market. The collections included bright embroidered patchwork designs inspired by the traditional costumes worn by women in Sindh, by Nickie & Nina; a fairytale of beaded colour and print, accessorized with gilded head-dresses, based on Hans Christian [...]

Katie gets serious about fashion with Holmes & Yang

Katie gets serious about fashion with Holmes & Yang

Katie Holmes and her stylist Jeanne Yang have unveiled their Fall 2011 collection at Barney’s, New York and are very, very serious about the fashion they are putting out. “If you have questions about the garments, email us,” Yang told the staff as it was walked through the collection. “We want feedback from the customers.” [...]

Painful menstrual periods: How to get rid of pain?

Painful menstrual periods: How to get rid of pain?

Monthly all women of reproductive age are faced with a natural physiological function of the body – menstruation. Under normal circumstances, menstruation is almost painless, but many women experience a variety of unpleasant sensations and pain in the abdomen. The intensity of pain varies widely from mild discomfort to severe pain. Many of the pain [...]

Kamiar Rokni wows at Gul Ahmed fashion awards and won’t be doing fashion week

Kamiar Rokni wows at Gul Ahmed fashion awards and won’t be doing fashion week

The first annual Gul Ahmed fashion awards were held at the DHA Golf Club in Karachi. The corporate event was held on a grand scale and incorporated fashion seamlessly with top tier designers; The House of Kamiar Rokni, Karma and Ayesha Farooq Hashwani. The designers used Gul Ahmed’s latest summer 2011 fabrics to form their [...]

Lawn wars: Sana Safinaz hit a sixer… again!

Lawn wars: Sana Safinaz hit a sixer… again!

“Will they, won’t they was the question?” on everyone’s lips even their own. As you will read in the Instep on Sunday issue tomorrow, days before the launch of Sana Safinaz lawn (yes their very own, not belonging to a textile mill using them to add value to its fabric) the design duo were nervous. [...]

Pakistanis shine at Mauritius Fashion Week

Pakistanis shine at Mauritius Fashion Week

Manal Faheem Khan Karachi The 3-day event held in Mauritius had designers participating from India, Pakistan, Mauritius and South Africa, and was held in order to celebrate the opening of a branch of the Institute of Fashion and Technology (IIFT) in Mauritius, and was a joint effort by the institute and NSB Pearl Group. The [...]

Sania Maskatiya launches her first flagship store

Sania Maskatiya launches her first flagship store

Manal Faheem Khan Karachi In this competitive jungle of fashion politics in Pakistan, the person who wins the race is the one with the most friends. Clearly, this industry has proven the fact that friends can make or break your career. Considering the heavy supply of designers that have been pouring out lately, Sania Maskatiya [...]

Gwen Stefani and Kingston walk the ramp

Gwen Stefani and Kingston walk the ramp

Gwen Stefani walks the ramp with her son with superhot musician Gavin Rossdale, Kingston Rossdale, following her L.A.M.B. presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2011 last week. As Stefani reached midway on runway, Kingston ran and caught up with her, to her surprise and delight; the two then completed the catwalk hand in hand. Her [...]

Confident NY Fashion Week kicks off

Confident NY Fashion Week kicks off

NEW YORK: New York’s Autumn-Winter Fashion Week kicked off Thursday in New York provided designer clothing residences and the luxury earth feeling far heeled in a resurgent economy. Putting the threadbare days of the foreign diminishing behind them, intercontinental fashionistas commenced gathering at Manhattan catwalks as earnings studies pointed to renewed wonderful times. Italy’s Prada [...]

Miss Nebraska wins 2011 Miss America pageant

Miss Nebraska wins 2011 Miss America pageant

LAS VEGAS: Nebraska’s 17-year-old Teresa Scanlan was named Miss America Saturday coming across as the youngest winner continually in the pageant’s history ensuing a night of making thought to be for poise, talent, fitness and knowledge. Scanlan wowed the judges wearing a stunning grey evening gown and tickling the ivories on piano in on rousing [...]

PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week charity show

PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week charity show

The PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week will be underway this week and as an added bonus, the participating designers, as well as some additional ones, will be contributing to a charity show. Fashion Gives Back! is an effort put together by the fashion community to help the flood victims that were left devastated by this natural [...]

PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week ties up with French fashion

PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week ties up with French fashion

The new official dates for the second PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week are from 10-13th November 2010 which will be held in Karachi. The reason for the one month postponement was not addressed in the statement but the continued efforts to relieve those stricken by the floods will still remain a part of fashion week. Chairperson [...]

How to cheat your appetite?

How to cheat your appetite?

They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Alas, the road to excess weight is the same route. We are ready to tell you some simple tricks, like to consume fewer calories without too much suffering for the organism. Street “fast food” – a trap: you not only gets full fast, [...]

Make a stylish sandals from cheap sandals

Make a stylish sandals from cheap sandals

The idea to make a summer footwear with his hands seemed to the author of interesting and at the same time impossible. But only so long until she saw knitted sandals Mary Janes. Inspired by them, she was able to translate and his idea.Look at this.You too can make your own pair of summer sandals. [...]

New York Fashion Week kicks off in new digs

New York Fashion Week kicks off in new digs

NEW YORK: New York’s Spring-Summer 2011 Fashion Week kicked off Wednesday in new digs at the prestigious Lincoln Center. Mayor Michael Bloomberg opened the event and temporarily renamed the city’s number one subway route the “Fashion Line” in honor of the week running until September 16th. Starting Thursday, designers from around the world will show [...]

Evolution style Katie Holmes

Evolution style Katie Holmes

One of the most talked about people in 2009 was Katie Holmes (Katie Holmes). Critics recognized her elegant style, the press constantly told about sturdy marriage with Tom Cruise, and the drafters of the ratings of glossy magazines constructed their daughter on the podium. However, the actress did not immediately become so.

Cellulite – is a disease! How is it treated?

Cellulite - is a disease!  How is it treated?

Cellulite (from the Latin word “cellula” – “cage” and “itis” – “inflammation”) – a disease of subcutaneous tissue, modifying its structure due to violation of local blood circulation and metabolism in fat cells. Although the suffix “um” refers to the inflammation (compare: appendicitis, otitis, stomatitis), or anything similar in this case, the speech does not [...]

Apple Vinegar – the most useful

Apple Vinegar - the most useful

According to the American company MayoClinic, vinegar is the most useful apple, apples produced by natural fermentation by bacteria contained in the air, writes culinary Eden. This type of vinegar contains over 30 useful for human health of substances: 12 minerals, 7 vitamins, enzymes and organic acids. All other vinegars (wine, balsamic, rice), although useful, [...]

How to look stylish in your home clothes

How to look stylish in your home clothes

Pajamas, robe, shorts or cotton dress … Clothes we wear at home, should be cozy, comfortable and pleasant body.What kind of clothes to choose a home in autumn 2010?It is believed that the true style of the individual – this is not the way in which you are accustomed to seeing colleagues and friends, but [...]

5 ways to make eyelashes chic

5 ways to make eyelashes chic

Nothing makes a woman so charming, direct and attractive as long curved eyelashes . Men just go crazy when a woman is sweet and touching pop eyelashes, exploiting them for all the canons of seduction in the retro style . But what if nature does not reward you luxurious lashes, heavy artillery to break men’s [...]

4 Major Myths About Diet

4 Major Myths About Diet

They say that the sweet to the injury, grapefruit juice burn fat, and water, if you drink liters of it, gets rid of excess weight. We decided to test how truthful these postulates, and find out what is really bad, but it is useful to maintain the shape and healthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle to associate [...]

Women’s Footwear and clothing collection for Eid 2010

Women's Footwear and clothing collection for Eid 2010

Photography by: Zia Zuberi Editing By: Talha Ghouri Makeup: Depilex Model: Konain (Amna Baloch) Footwear and clothing collection by: Pink-Studios

Modeling on horseback in Bulgaria

Modeling on horseback in Bulgaria

SOFIA: We have all seen models exhibiting dresses on catwalks but now in a latest development horse riding has become part of fashion shows. An interesting fashion show was held in Bulgaria in which girls instead of modeling dresses on a catwalk rode on horsebacks to exhibit their outfits. The fashion show that was organized [...]

Mexico’s Navarrete crowned Miss Universe

Mexico's Navarrete crowned Miss Universe

LAS VEGAS: Mexico’s Jimena Navarrete was crowned Miss Universe on Monday in an upset victory that stunned a pageant world which had predicted a winner to emerge from Ireland, Venezuela or the United States. The 22-year-old from Guadalajara, resplendent in a flowing ruby-red evening gown, said she plans to study nutritional science but has been [...]

Do HIV ANTIBODY TESTS Prove HIV INFECTION?

Do HIV ANTIBODY TESTS Prove HIV INFECTION?

By Valendar Turner Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia What evidence authenticates a positive HIV antibody test as proof of HIV infection? This question has greatly interested me because those of us who work in Emergency Medicine spend a considerable part of our lives exposed to other people’s blood and body [...]