Month: January 2023

This $20 ‘Unbelievable’ Biotin Serum Stops Hair Shedding After 1 Week—& It’s Discounted Right Now


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Hair shedding can be difficult to talk about, but it’s important to note just how many people deal with problematic scalps. While it’s relatively normal to lose between 50 to 100 hairs a day, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, anything beyond may be considered excessive. Treatment options ultimately do vary depending on several factors, but if you are experiencing a reduction in growth, investing in an effective biotin serum may be a solution.

While you’re assessing all the options available at your fingertips, consider the Luv Me Care Biotin Hair Growth Serum on Amazon. The under-the-radar formula is not only on sale for 20 percent off but has thousands of shopper’s backing up its claims.

Packed full of essential vitamins and botanical ingredients, the serum stimulates growth at the roots while boosting their hair’s natural texture, volume and strength. It also rejuvenates the scalp and strands to prevent thinning and breakage, therefore dry, damaged and frizzy locks will only appear smoother, shinier and healthier with time. 

Luv Me Care Biotin Hair Growth Serum

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Luv Me Care Biotin Hair Growth Serum

Just take one reviewer’s photo evidence as proof: “I’ve always had very thin hair and I was shedding like a husky on a hot summer day! These pictures were taken after one week, ONE FREAKING WEEK,” they wrote. “I was very impressed, my hair was shedding less, it felt stronger and fuller…I also applied the product at night on the corner of my lashes and eyebrows, with an eyebrow brush and I started noticing a difference when I put my mascara on, my lashes looked fuller and longer with just one coat!”

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Consider our minds blown. Though, with highly-nourishing additives like biotin, caffeine and castor oil included in the serum, we’re not surprised it actually provides results. In fact, reviewers say it has the ability to fill out a range of sparse areas, including the hairline, bald spots and the eyebrows. One person even noted that it has the power to greatly minimize dandruff with continual use. 

“This product has been unbelievable for my hair,” shared another. “I had Covid over a year ago, and had the unpleasant afterwards side effect where my hair was falling out in clumps. My fiancé originally got this for me as a test run, and now I can’t live without it. I was skeptical but I can see the difference already. If you’re suffering from Covid related hair loss please try this. I hope it works for you the same way it did for me!”

Say no more—the Luv Me Care Biotin Hair Growth Serum just may be worth a try. Grab it while it’s down to $20 on Amazon.

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A Definitive Guide to Every Makeup Product Hailey Bieber Uses—Including The Concealer That’s Like a ‘Lightbulb For Your Skin’


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While we not so patiently wait for Hailey Bieber’s Rhode skincare line to launch, we’re taking a moment to highlight some of the model’s favorite beauty products. We’ve already covered her entire skincare sequence, after all. She stays on top of so many trends, like “sunburn blush” and fluffy model brows that have us dying to know exactly what she uses. Luckily, we didn’t have to dig too deep because Mrs. Bieber shares her routine with fans all the time. 

Thanks to Hailey’s TikTok, we were able to compile an extensive list of the makeup products she actually uses on the regular. Every time she posts a GRWM, she opts for the no-makeup makeup look for which she’s known, but in each video, she seems to mix up her products.

And though you’d expect a celeb lineup to include a bunch of more high-end brands, nothing in this roundup will cost you more than $90 (cha-ching!!). Hailey is indeed an affordable makeup brand queen and we appreciate her even more for that. From a $20 Make Up For Ever lip pencil that instantly plumps the appearance of your pout to a $90 bronzer and highlighter palette that’ll make your skin shine like the stars, we’re sure you’ll find a thing or two to add to your makeup routine.

Whatever you choose, Hailey’s top picks will have you looking like a dewy beauty all year round. Below, find 23 makeup products Hailey stans.

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Kosas Revealer Concealer

Photo: Kosas.

Kosas Revealer Concealer 

Don’t sleep on Kosas’ Revealer Concealer. Hailey Bieber keeps using it in her GRWM TikToks and that’s probably because it’s a medium-coverage concealer, eye cream and spot treatment all in one. It’s so good at brightening and smoothing, that the brand dubs it a “lightbulb for your skin.” 

Chanel Ultra Le Teint Foundation

Photo: Chanel.

Chanel Ultra Le Teint Foundation

If there’s any foundation you should trust, it’s the one that Hailey used to create her 2022 birthday makeup look. She posted a TikTok of her getting ready and mixed this Chanel foundation with rhode’s Peptide Glazing Fluid. Per usual, her complexion looks natural, radiant and flawless.

Milk Makeup Kush Mascara

Photo: Milk Makeup.

Milk Makeup Kush High Volumizing Mascara

The model’s 2022 birthday makeup routine also included the Kush High Volumizing Mascara from one of her fave brands, Milk Makeup. The formula conditions and holds the product in place so that you’re not left with smudged black circles around your eyes. Also, the wand has unique bristles that coat every single lash from root to tip.

Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil in Anywhere Caffeine

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Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil 

The model can’t stop gushing over Make Up For Ever’s Artist Color Pencil. In one TikTok tutorial, she says, “Everyone knows I love this Anywhere Caffeine lip liner.”

“I like anything that’s multi-use, I feel like I’ve said that before. It just gets me,” Hailey says in another TikTok. “But in this instance, I’m using it for my lips so I can overline them like I always do.” Besides using it as lip liner, you could also dab the product on as you would for blush, contour your cheekbones or create precise wings on your eyelids. 

Kosas Cloud Set Setting Powder

Photo: Kosas.

Kosas Cloud Set Setting Powder

If loose powders aren’t your cup of tea, she also loves Kosas’ Cloud Set Setting Powder. “This is just really for any of the areas I feel like I get a little oily, which is mostly the T-zone area,” Hailey explains in a TikTok GRWM.

Chanel Vitalumiere Foundation

Photo: Chanel.

Chanel Vitalumiere Foundation

Hailey creates her base with Chanel’s Vitalumiere Foundation. It’s lightweight and medium-coverage and also adds a blurring effect to your complexion. “I love glowy foundation. I love something that feels like it’s just enhancing the skin,” she commented in a GRWM video with Vogue.

Olio E Osso Lip & Cheek Tinted Balm goop

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Olio E Osso Lip & Cheek Tinted Balm

Hailey’s been rocking the “faux sunburn” blush trend lately. In one of her TikToks, she uses this multipurpose balm to give her cheeks a beautiful, natural-looking flush. Her fave shade, Apricot, is out of stock pretty much everywhere, but we found it available to shop at goop

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk Sephora

Photo: Charlotte Tilbury.

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick

It’s no secret that Hailey has one of the best pouts in Hollywood. Following lining her lips with Make Up For Ever’s Artist Color Pencil, she reaches for Charlotte Tilbury’s iconic Pillow Talk lipstick. “I’m just going to put this on my finger and dab it on. I love this lip combo. I love lip combos that I feel like match my natural color of my lip,” she said in a TikTok.

Milk Makeup Bionic Liquid Blush Sephora

Photo: Milk Makeup.

Milk Makeup Bionic Liquid Blush

Unsurprisingly, Hailey loves Milk Makeup’s Bionic Liquid Blush. She tends to use liquid and balm products atop her base layer, which likely explains how her skin manages to always have a beautiful glow. Not to mention, it’s only $22!

Tower 28 OneLiner Multi-Liner

Photo: Tower 28.

Tower 28 OneLiner Multi-Liner

Hailey rarely ever uses anything but the Make Up For Ever liner on her lips, so we were shocked when she swiped on this Tower 28 one for her birthday glam. Just like her other fave, the OneLiner Multi-Liner can be applied to your lips eyes and face. It’s creamy, matte and high-pigment all at once, which is no easy feat. Pick shade Draw Me to twin with Hailey.

Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Sephora

Photo: Laura Mercier.

Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder

While the model loves wet-looking skin, she still sets her makeup look with a powder. She wipes Laura Mercier’s Translucent Loose Setting Powder, a cult-favorite, over her T-zone in one of her TikToks.

Flush Balm Raspberry Beret Merit Beauty

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Merit Beauty Flush Balm

Hailey is known for going heavy on blush, and one product she relies on to achieve this is Merit Beauty’s Flush Balm. Her makeup artist, Leah Darcy, revealed the model’s go-to shade: Raspberry Beret. I’ve tried a couple of different Flush Balm shades, but I can confirm that Raspberry Beret is perhaps the most stunning. It helps you get that “faux sunburn” look that’s popular on TikTok.

MAC Cosmetics Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara Ulta

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MAC Cosmetics Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara

Hailey’s never-clumpy lashes can be attributed to MAC’s Extended Play Gigablack Lash Mascara. It’s smudge-proof and flake-proof and lasts up to 16 hours. Plus, it’s suitable for sensitive eyes and comes off with warm water. You can watch her use this lightweight formula in her Vogue video.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Strong Hold Clear Brow Gel Sephora

Photo: Anastasia Beverly Hills.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Strong Hold Clear Brow Gel

The model’s brows always look so natural and fluffy, and perhaps that’s because she swipes on Anastasia Beverly Hills’ clear brow gel. She brushes her brows up with a spoolie and then applies the brow gel, as seen in her Vogue GRWM.

Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Face Essentials Palette

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Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Face Essentials Palette

Mrs. Bieber never shies away from blush. She applied two layers of Make Up For Ever’s blush in a TikTok she recently posted. It looks like she opted for a deep berry shade from the face palette.

MAC Cosmetics Eyeshadow Nordstrom

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MAC Cosmetics Eyeshadow

In a recent TikTok GRWM, Mrs. Bieber shows us how to create the easiest, most minimal eye look. “I don’t usually do too much on my eyes, but I’m going to do this MAC eyeshadow in Wedge. Just a little bit. Just a little something, something.”

Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate Cream Face Palette Sephora

Photo: Tom Ford.

Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate Cream Face Palette 

Hailey is known for her glazed-donut skin and dewy makeup. To add all the glow to her face, she uses Tom Ford’s Shade and Illuminate Cream Face Palette. “I really like creamy highlighters. This one’s really pretty,” she explains in one of her TikTok makeup tutorials.

In a YouTube video she did with Vogue, she uses the palette for both her bronzer and highlighter. Hailey truly is the queen of multifunctional products, since you can see her tap the bronzer wherever she wants to contour, as well as on her eyelids. 

Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Blush Neiman Marcus

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Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Blush

In Hailey’s Beauty Secrets video with Vogue, she doubles up on blush. She applies both a cream blush and this Dior powder blush to create an extra sun-kissed look. “This one is like super beautiful and it gives this like baby pink glow,” she said in the GRWM.

Milk Makeup Kush Fiber Eyebrow Gel Sephora

Photo: Milk Makeup.

Milk Makeup Kush Fiber Eyebrow Gel

Mrs. Bieber’s perfectly brushed-up arches are brought to you by Milk Makeup’s Kush Fiber Eyebrow Gel. It contains thickening fibers to help you get those easy, breezy, full brows that models like Hailey have put on everyone’s radar. As you can see in her TikTok, you literally just need a swipe or two of this brow gel to recreate her brows.

Saie Dew Blush Liquid Cheek Blush

Saie.

Saie Dew Blush

It’s official: Hailey is the blush queen, and her recs never miss. To create a glowy makeup look, Hailey brushed the Dew Blush onto her cheeks in a TikTok video. If you’re after the most natural-looking, sun-kissed glow, this product is all yours.

Haus Labs Bio-Blurring Talc-Free Loose Setting Powder Sephora

Photo: Haus Labs.

Haus Labs Bio-Blurring Talc-Free Loose Setting Powder

Hailey’s a pro at finding powders that don’t make your skin look cakey (a.k.a. don’t take the dewiness away). She found another keeper in this loose setting powder from Haus Labs, which she dabbed on her face in a glowy makeup GRWM on TikTok. The formula incorporates skincare ingredients that help minimize redness and smooth the skin.

r.e.m. beauty Midnight Shadows Lustrous Liquid Eyeshadow Ulta

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r.e.m. beauty Midnight Shadows Lustrous Liquid Eyeshadow

Mrs. Bieber loves a touch of shimmer on her lids, and she uses a liquid eyeshadow from Ariana Grande’s brand to achieve that. “I love this eye product. It’s really pigmented, but also if you want to just do a little bit, it’s not overpowering. A little goes a long way,” she explained to Vogue.

RÓEN Mood 4 Ever Palette Revolve

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RÓEN Mood 4 Ever Palette

“I always a little razzle-dazzle; a little sparkle,” Hailey explained in a video with Vogue. To get that hint of glimmer on her eyes, she pats on a stunning shimmer shade from RÓEN’s Mood 4 Ever Palette.

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5 Minute Rosey Makeup for Cold Weather

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It’s cold, but you still want to be cute. Icicles are hanging off the car, and you only have five minutes to get your girlie on while the car heater blasts and you finish getting ready. What do you do? What are the most important parts of makeup to focus on when you’re in a rush, and how can you look bright and rosy in the dead of winter?

In the above video, I demonstrate exactly, step-by-step, how that is done, and in this article, I will cover the most important bits for the most important bits!

Pop On Vitamin C to Protect Your Skin from the Environment

Not only is it cold, but pollution is rampant and a main component of aging, both externally in skin care and internally in your diet. For example, using a vitamin C serum in the morning helps to not only protect your skin from negative environmental factors, it contributes to soft-aging and brightening, reduces hyperpigmentation and UV damage, and helps with collagen production.

The downside is that there are about eight different types of vitamin C, so you want to shop for either ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate or tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate in the ingredient deck. The best brands usually use one of these formulas, and you want at least 20% of this wonderful active ingredient, but take more if you can get it.

I use an 80% vitamin C serum, and a 70% vitamin C moisturizer, and in the video I apply a 20% Image MD Restoring Youth Serum that is a fabulous mid-range brand to save you some money.

Don’t Forget a Clean Diet

For dietary free-radical protection, eat delicious and beneficial foods like blueberries, broccoli, walnuts, spinach, potatoes, green tea, strawberries, beans, and my personal favorite, dark chocolate.

Because I live in Ecuador, I have access to some of the best dark chocolate you can buy. This is the perfect deal for me because the dark chocolate here has very little sugar, and also doesn’t irritate my stomach, the two prerequisites to my buying it. It’s an easy 10-minute walk from my place and if you can’t find me, I’m standing in the store drooling.

A Minimalistic Approach to Pretty

At heart, I’m lazy. I’m a lazy workaholic if that makes sense. In a five-minute makeup, there is no way I’m putting foundation all over my face, it just takes too long and who the heck cares anyway! Just focus on your T-zone and call it good, while layering extra product under your eyes if you’d like to avoid using too much concealer.

Also, I bypass any bronzer, contour, or unnecessary fiddling with my eyebrows, but you do what works best for your face and preferences.

For mature skin, for the most part, we need a pop of color, and some eyeliner to bring out our eyes. When I used to make-up talent at FOX and CNN in Washington D.C., sometimes I had only five minutes to prep a female on-camera talking head and those were the things I focused on.

I would add a vigorous amount of blush and lipstick, and a little eyeliner on the top lash line plus mascara and then toss them in front of the camera before I was yelled at for being slow. It’s amazing what you can do to avoid being yelled at by an over-caffeinated news producer.

How to Do an Eye Shadow Wash

In the video, I stick to a monochromatic look with cool, pinky tones, which makes the whole thing easier if you ask me. The eye shadow method I use is called a wash, and it’s a great technique to master not only to save time, but to look like you’re a makeup genius.

Just take a brush like the MAC 217 and apply a bright rose shade focusing on the crease and outer-most and inner-most section of the eye. If you have large lids, go ahead and swoosh it over the entire lid, and if you have smaller lids, keep the lid area minimal.

The trick here is blending, which is why the brush is important. If your brush is not good quality, you will not be able to manage this; also, if your eyeshadow is too cheap. I’m sorry to say that the cheaper brands are more difficult to work with, and this could be a major factor in the technique not working well.

Don’t Go Overboard

I loved the 1980s. The Bee Gees, disco, bell-bottoms, and loud makeup raged across nearly every western culture and we ate it up. Well, I ate it up. That being said, the 80s are over, and you can’t get away with having loud, garish, or overdone makeup anymore without people thinking you’re mental.

In this way, be certain that you spotlight one or two parts of your face, but not every part. For example, I prefer a stronger eye with this look, a medium tone lipstick, but a muted blush. In the video, I use a pink/brown blush so as not to compete with the eyeshadow, but you could just as easily don a bright blush and softer eye, it’s up to you.

Do you like glitter? As a glitter faery, I love to add a pop of glitter to the center of my eye, or on my cheekbone and collarbone, but those are extra steps and remember, your car is warming up out front of the house and you have places to go, people to see.

For fun, put on a bright scarf and lip gloss just to dazzle it up. Why Not? It’s cold, you are beautiful, and you and the glitter faeries in your now cozy car are ready to take on the world.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

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The Home Facelift Tool Jennifer Aniston Swears By Just Became More Powerful Than Ever

Your favorite NuFace just got a major upgrade. Those looking for a lifted, snatched jawline, smooth under-eye area and contoured cheeks have a new device to try. The NuFace Trinity+ Smart Advanced Facial Toning Device System is an upgraded version of the original Trinity (which celebs such as Jennifer Aniston and Bella Hadid use), with even more power and an app to ensure you’re using it to its best ability. In fact, the new Trinity+ has 25 percent more thanks to a new “boost” button.

NuFace is FDA-cleared to target your skin and muscles, help blur fine lines and wrinkles and give your face a more lifted, contoured look over time. The Trinity+ has interchangeable microcurrent and LED Red Light attachments so you’re getting multiple treatments in one. The included Facial Trainer Attachment stimulates the larger areas of the face and neck, including those lines that are often called “tech neck.”

Add the Effective Lip & Eye Attachment to get the most precise microcurrent for the nasolabial folds and those “11s” in between brows. The Wrinkle Reducer Attachment is larger to fit the curves of the face and reduce overall wrinkles and boost circulation.

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 The Home Facelift Tool Jennifer Aniston Swears By Just Became More Powerful Than Ever

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It takes time to see results, which is why NuFace users sculpt their face every single day. It only takes a few minutes. Here’s how I use it: First, I wash my face with an oil-free cleanser. Then I apply a face serum or “activator,” like the Hydrating Aqua Gel Activator, which comes in this value set. I apply it with the included brush area by area as I treat my face. When done, I apply eye cream, moisturizer (like Firming + Brightening Silk Creme Activator included here!) and SPF.

You’re not going to see drastic changes right away. This isn’t plastic surgery. But it really works if you keep it up. The treatment also feels really, really nice. It’s like a much-needed spa day at home, a few minutes to yourself morning and night. You’ll start to notice an overall more lifted look and smoothed lines, especially on the neck and chin area. And be sure to use the complementary app to track your changes with selfies and get professional step-by-step tutorials tailored just for you.

 

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How Should It Feel When You Do Balance Exercises?

How Should It Feel When You Do Balance Exercises

Do you feel that your balance is not as good as it used to be? Do you sometimes feel unsteady and find yourself looking at the ground when you walk?

Perhaps you feel anxious walking down a flight of stairs, especially
if there’s no handrail.

Do you worry about falling? Maybe you’ve seen friends or family take
a tumble, and you’ve seen the bruises, the battered confidence and, possibly,
the broken bones.

Then you know how important it is to improve your balance. You’re
probably already doing balance exercises. If you aren’t, you might have thought
about it.

Today, I want to address a common question we get about balance exercises. I hope this will give you more confidence to perform exercises to improve your balance regularly.

The question is, how should it feel when we do balance exercises?

Often when we think about exercising, the first thing that comes
to mind is getting out of breath (cardiovascular exercise) or working our
muscles to fatigue (strength training).

It’s a bit different with balance exercises.

Moreover, understanding this difference will give you confidence
about doing them. In my experience, if people don’t feel confident about doing
an exercise, they don’t do it for long.

Why does it matter?

As with most types of exercise, we don’t want to overdo it.
However, if it’s not challenging enough, we won’t improve. Having a better idea
of how things should feel will help us to get this right.

Expect to Wobble

You should expect to feel some wobbling or instability when doing
balance exercises. This wobbling will probably be in your ankles but you might
also feel it in your knees or hips.

When you’re standing normally (on both legs), and you aren’t
challenging your balance, then the large muscles in your legs and trunk keep
you steady.

But when you stand on one leg or compromise your balance, all
those little stabilising muscles have to fire up and work to keep you stable.
And so that’s what you feel when you wobble.

Don’t feel bad about the wobbling or take it as a sign that your
balance isn’t good. Quite the opposite, it means you are working hard and will
improve your balance as a result. 

Needing to Hold On

When you do balance exercises, you may feel unsteady enough to
want to hold on. That is why we always recommend doing balance exercises next
to something you can hold onto.

You could stand by a chair, a kitchen worktop, a table, perhaps
the sink. It doesn’t matter what, but it’s good to have something there. Of
course, you might not need it. Some people don’t hold on much but like to keep
their fingertips hovering above, just in case.

It’s a normal response to want to hold on when we feel too
unsteady, so don’t take it as a sign that you aren’t doing well enough.

Stepping Out

It’s also totally normal to want to take a big step out when you
feel unsteady doing a balance exercise. Stepping out is an important skill (it’s
called compensatory stepping, and it’s something that we cover in our exercise
videos). We need to maintain this ability to step out, as it can save us from
nasty falls.

Think about what you do if someone bumps into you, or you are
standing on a bus or tram, and it jolts to a stop. You often take a big step
out to steady yourself.

You might also find yourself doing this when you do balance
exercises at home, which is great, as it’s such an important skill. Make sure
you have a bit of space around you and nothing you could trip on if you do take
a big step out.

Fatigue

You may also start to feel some fatigue in your muscles when you
do balance exercises. Again, this is totally normal and generally a good sign.

The muscles in your legs and hips may start to feel tired, and you
may also feel it in your joints. You are building up your strength and should
expect to feel something as your muscles work.

It might feel like an achy or slight burning sensation. You
shouldn’t feel any acute pain, though. So, if you feel a sharp or strong pain,
stop and take a rest.

Remember, some degree of fatigue means you are challenging your
body.

Crunchy Joints

Some of the exercises that will help to improve your balance are such
that get your joints moving through a pain-free range of motion. The aim is to
increase your mobility – what you can safely and comfortably do with that
joint.

For example, you do ankle circles because you need your ankles to
be mobile enough to help you to maintain your balance. And sometimes when you
do these range of motion exercises, you feel a bit of gentle cracking, crunching
or some discomfort in the joints.

These sensations are generally fine, so don’t worry about them. Of
course, you should ease off or stop if you feel acute pain.

What Isn’t Good?

We’ve covered the things you should expect to feel – some wobbling or
feeling unsteady, some fatigue.

But what is not fine? What should you not expect to feel?

You should not expect to feel any pain. “No pain, no gain” is not
a mantra that applies to any of our exercise programmes.

If you feel any acute or sharp pain, first of all, try easing off
or stopping the exercise. We often find that checking your posture and your
technique resolve the pain.

You also shouldn’t be feeling extremely dizzy or nauseous. If you
do feel this way, sit down and take a rest. If it doesn’t pass or occurs
repeatedly, you may wish to visit your doctor.

I explained before that you might experience some unsteadiness in
terms of needing to hold on occasionally or take a big step, but it shouldn’t
be so extreme that you feel very unsteady or unsafe.

We want a level of challenge that feels comfortable. The best way
to achieve this is to start small and build up gradually. Start new exercises
holding on until you know how hard they are (sometimes it’s deceptive!).

With all that said, I think now would be a great time to try a
balance exercise! 

Here’s one of my favourites – click to watch and let’s do it
together:

Tandem Stand with Head Turns

Stay Positive!

So many people I work with start wobbling and immediately say, “Look
how much I’m wobbling, my balance is terrible!”

I would love you to reframe this and say, “Look! I’m wobbling a
bit. That means these balance exercises are challenging me appropriately and I
am going to improve my balance.”

It’s important because doing these exercises will help you to feel
more stable and steadier on your feet.

Most importantly, better balance means you feel more confident
going out, walking down the street, talking to people, looking up around you
(not just watching the ground all the time) and even traveling to sightsee.

So that’s what better balance does for us. Having better balance
gives you confidence. And I hope that our videos will help you with that.

If you want more exercises to improve your balance, take a look at our free, four-week Balance Boost video series from Vida Wellness.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

When
you do balance exercises, how do you feel? How steady are you on your feet?
Have balance exercises helped you improve your posture and confidence? Please
share your experiences with our community!

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