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Tips Before Wearing a Bikini (China)
China Daily ^ | August 13, 2007  | China Daily

Posted on 08/12/2007 7:57:35 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL

With the opening of China's economy, women are also becoming more open about showing their bodies, and they can do it with bikinis in the summer.

This swimwear is becoming popular among Chinese girls. But before wearing a bikini, there are a few things women need to know before donning a bikini.

Many women will try to lose weight before wearing a bikini. Yet fashion experts say that in order to look attractive in a bikini, the following eight things are more important than weight.

Tip 1: The color of your skin means much more than the color of the bikini you wear.

According to a survey conducted by an international fashion magazine, tanned looking skin is more attractive to men than perfect body curves on beaches. So when going to the beach, apply foundation darker than the one you use in office.

Or you can apply self-tanning products which are water-proof and can give the appearance of darker the skin. The “tan” will fade in three to seven days. Sisley’s herbal sun tanning jelly (77g, 590 yuan) and Biotherm magic sun tanning body spray (150ml, 300 yuan) are both good choices.

And for a glittering touch, add shimmering powder to your collarbone, shoulders and cleavage to make you look sexier.

Tip 2: Pay attention to little corners of your body.

Women don’t pay enough attention to their backs, elbows and knees when in the office, but you need to make up for it before setting out for a beach.

Before you go, have a hot bath. It will help soften the hard skin on your back. If you can have someone scrub your back, it works even better.

For knees and elbows, apply a polishing cream with big grains in it to exfoliate the dead skin. Biotherm Body Polishing Scrub (20ml, 30 yuan) works rather well.

Bruises can also diminish the looks of a charming lady. The way to get rid of them is to use a tube of yellowish correcting cream, apply it to the bruised area, and then cover it with some dark foundation powder.

Tip 3: A bloated body is far from attractive

During traveling, lack of sleep and adapting to a strange place can both lead to a bloated body.

To prevent the body from swelling, don’t wear tight pants or socks and wear low-heeled shoes. If you body is bloated, here are four life savers:

No.1 Drink four to five glasses of Job's tears water (Chinese barley) the day before you go to the beach. This helps drain extra water from your body.

No.2 Massage slimming cream or massage oil onto your body for 15 minutes, and the next day you’ll have a slimmer body.

No.3 If you don’t notice you have a bloated body until just before starting for the beach, drink a cup of black coffee with an empty stomach and that can drain extra water out of the body quickly. But this method isn’t very good for the stomach, so avoid it if you have a weak stomach.

No.4 If all three above tips fail, here is the last suggestion. Make your arms look slimmer by putting your hands on your waist Akimbo arms make arms look slimmer and leaning the body forward at a 45 degree angle makes whole body appear slimmer!

Tip 4: Have a pair of charming feet.

A pair of neatly groomed feet adds to your charm. Moisturize your feet. Bathe them in hot water and then apply some body lotion to your feet. Wrap them with thin plastic wrap and warm the feet with hot towels for 10 minutes. Paint your toe nails. Pearly white and bright red are mostly commonly used nail colors. When applying nail polish, leave some room on nail edges to make nails look more delicate.

Tip 5: Give skin after-beach care.

Direct exposure to salty seawater and strong sun rays harms the skin and makes it dry andthen peels. Some skin is even allergic to ultra violet rays. So it’s necessary to take special care of the skin within one hour after coming back from seaside.

Cool your whole body by having a green tea bath. Soak a make-up pad with a cooling lotion and then keep the pad in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Pat burning areas of the skin with this pad and keep it on sensitive areas like shoulders, back and chest for 20 minutes. After this cooling treatment, apply a soothing gel to supplement water to the skin.


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KEYWORDS: bikini; chicom; china; generalchat; savage
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To: ClearCase_guy

LOL. Touche.


81 posted on 08/13/2007 3:50:07 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
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To: Candor7
Did you take it with one shot? Bow or gun?

Sorry Candor this got lost in the shuffle! Compound Bow (whilst deer hunting, shhhh). Yes one shot straight down from my stand, couldn't pass it up. Made for some fine pit meat too. Blackbird.

82 posted on 08/14/2007 4:37:36 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (I'm dug in, giving no more ground to the rino stampede. BB)
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To: bannie
They left out the part about throwing him in the deep pit before applying heat.

Seems they missed the finer parts of life. Blackbird.

83 posted on 08/14/2007 4:39:48 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (I'm dug in, giving no more ground to the rino stampede. BB)
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To: ConservativeofColor

Wow, that looks like Bob Bitchin of “Lats and Atts” magazine!!


84 posted on 08/14/2007 4:45:35 PM PDT by gbs
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To: BlackbirdSST
Impressed I am. I know how hard it is to complete one shot on a vital part of a target like that.

Most of my bow work is philisophical these days. I shoot with these guys:

http://www.zenco.org

Wish we had wild boar here in Vermont, although there is an occasional rogue pig that gets loose and terrorizes people in Vermont over a few seasons, its just too cold in the winter.

85 posted on 08/14/2007 5:11:23 PM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: Candor7

Is that a Chinese torture device?


86 posted on 08/14/2007 5:14:57 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: JACKRUSSELL
Tip 3: A bloated body is far from attractive

I wish Western women could absorb this simple, basic truth.

87 posted on 08/14/2007 5:16:09 PM PDT by HitmanLV ("Lord, give me chastity and temperance, but not now." - St. Augustine)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
Yes it is a Chinese torture device?

I have felt tortured since first seeing the picture.

LOL.

88 posted on 08/14/2007 5:35:37 PM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: Candor7

Bad link or sites down. I’ll try later. This isn’t the thread to tell of the graphics or the length I was over extended on that stand. This thread was about tough back skinned Chinese Women, wait a minute, oh never mind. Blackbird.


89 posted on 08/14/2007 8:15:42 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (I'm dug in, giving no more ground to the rino stampede. BB)
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To: BlackbirdSST
My bad!

http://www.zenko.org/

90 posted on 08/15/2007 11:26:49 AM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: Candor7

Now those are great tans!


91 posted on 08/15/2007 11:36:52 AM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution ? 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: Candor7

Thanks. I bookmarked it. I’ll watch to see if anything comes into my area, would love to check it out. Blackbird.


92 posted on 08/15/2007 6:55:06 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (I'm dug in, giving no more ground to the rino stampede. BB)
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To: BlackbirdSST

Whats your 20?


93 posted on 08/15/2007 9:11:27 PM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: TC Rider

I just noticed. My attention was elsewhere!

(LOL)


94 posted on 08/15/2007 9:14:04 PM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: Candor7

Montana. Blackbird.


95 posted on 08/16/2007 4:56:09 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (I'm dug in, giving no more ground to the rino stampede. BB)
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To: JACKRUSSELL
Before you go, have a hot bath. It will help soften the hard skin on your back. If you can have someone scrub your back, it works even better.

Since when is skin on the back hard? At least this one is pretty well written without any of the typical Engrish errors. The whole thing's designed to sell crap, though.
96 posted on 08/16/2007 5:10:43 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: bannie
Does anyone have stories to share about this????

Given the relative scarcity of girls in China, the writer must have had all his experience with the ones who spend most of their time on their backs. That could make for calluses.
97 posted on 08/16/2007 5:13:13 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: BlackbirdSST
The nearest kyudo to you that I know of would be near Red Feather Lakes in Colorado, right next to the Rocky Mountain National Forest: There is a program starting there Friday, 17th August. Shibata Sensei just returned from Europe, where he taught in France and Germany:

http://www.shambhalamountain.org/programs/721

98 posted on 08/16/2007 11:10:49 AM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: JACKRUSSELL
Direct exposure to salty seawater and strong sun rays harms the skin and makes it dry and then peels.

Woah, keep that industrial chemical exposure down.
99 posted on 08/16/2007 11:19:19 AM PDT by dan1123 (You are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. --Jesus)
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To: aruanan

100 posted on 08/16/2007 5:32:42 PM PDT by bannie (The Good Guys cannot win when they're the only ones playing by the rules.)
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