REVEALING TENNIS OUTFITS

Dear readers. When I saw Maria Sharapova sporting her White tuxedo outfit in Wimbledon 2008 I thought that tennis fashion had gone beyond the limits. I have to recognize I was wrong. Female tennis attires have changed apace throught the years. From the full lenght white dress of the early days or the classical white jersey and skirt of the 80,s and the 90,s to today’s risque outfits composed of have seen nice short dresses (as the red one Maria Sharapova is wearing in the first picture), dresses with pleated skirts (Maria Kirilenko second picture), short two-piece sets, raincoats, boots, body fitting catsuits, or tuxedos, female tennis outfits have changed from reserved to fashionable. Anyway, one picture worths one thousand words....

Although tennis fashion is usually manufactured and marketed by the most important sport brands such as Nike, Adidas, Puma or Fila, fashion designers as Stella McCartney or former and active players such as Steffi Graf, Serena or Venus Williams have landed in the world of tennis fashion and are pushing hard to introduce their own female tennis lines. However, I think this time Venus Williams has gone too far. The lingerie style tennis outfit she’s wearing in Roland Garros 2010 (a design from her own tennis line) is more of a babydoll than a tennis attire. In my opinión, the outfit, an entirely black dress with red pipping and a lace trimmed skirt, is more suitable to dance in the saloon of a Far West movie than to play tennis. As the lace skirt was so short, and due to its up and down movement, it constantly revealed Venus’ long and well-built legs and the flesh toned panties she worn as underwear.

Although the result of the match is a minor issue, Venus beat Patty Schneider in Roland Garros First Round. What really matters is Venus’ shocking tennis apparel. Will Venus be the forerunner of a new lingerie-style tennis fashion? Is Venus Williams paving the way for Victoria’s Secret, Intimissimi, La Perla or Lise Charmel to start creating tennis outfits? Only time will tell but we might be witnessing the start of a new era in the world of tennis fashion. Best Regards.

FACE CARE FOR MEN

Dear readers of sport&beauty. Today it’s time for men’s care and beauty. A beautiful face is the key to success not only in the fashion world but also in everyday life. Take no notice of the famous Spanish idiom: “Men are like bears: the more ugly the more handsome” and get prepared to take care of your face. I’m gonna give our male readers some advice and if you are a female reader it’s hight time to tell your husband or boyfriend to start following it. We all know that men’s problem is laziness. Ok, perhaps the problema is not laziness but the lack of perseverance. How many times did we sign up for a gym and give up the second day? So, I repeat again. The key to success is perseverance. For sure they will try to excuse themselves by all means. They will say that using creams is for sissies, that it’s a waste of money,… Don´t pay attention to them and be inflexible. This post is the result of a long research period about all the beauty secrets publicly confessed by the gorgeous male models shown on the covers of fashion magazines. Let’s start from the beginning, when we get up early in the morning and get ready to start our favorite daily activity, going to work. When we get up in the morning our face looks really frightening in front of the mirror. First we have to do is to head to the bathroom to. Whe should clean our visage with a special face cream cleanser. I recommend using Lab Series Multi-action Face Wash a foaming cream cleanser with purifying exfoliating beads that exfoliates, conditions and prepares the skin for shaving. It costs about 20 € but lasts for a long time as only a small amount is needed.

After shaving with a razor blade or shaving machine and instead of applying the traditional shaving lotion you can use L’Oreal’s Men Expert Hydra Energetic Moisturizing Lotion. L'Oreal's Hydraenergetic Moisturizing Lotion soothes razor burn and recharges your skin with energy reinforcing its natural resistance and softening signs of fatigue. This lotion costs 9€ and you only have to apply a small amount on your face everytime you use it. It can also be used throughout the day if your skin starts showing signs of stress or fatigue..

If you are well over 30 you had better finish your morning skin care fighting against the first signs of wrinkles. This is the point where I strongly recommend using Biotherm products. They’re a bit expensive but quite effective. You can start by using Biotherm Age Fitness. If you already have clear signs of aging and deep wrinkles then you must change to Biotherm Age Refirm.

Eye contour skin is the most sensitive one and requires special care. To prevent wrinkles in such a sensitive area, Biotherm has launched a special product, Age Fitness Yeux. Biotherm’s Age Fitness Yeux is made from olive tree concentrated and has been especially formulated to fight the first signs of aging around the eye area. As I said before if you have deep eye contour wrinkles then you should shift to Biotherm Age Refirm Eye Force.

After completing this proccess, that can take up to ten minutes máximum, we will be ready to leave home and face our daily challenges. When the day comes to an end and is time to go to bed, we must dedicate another ten minutes to our personal skin care. First of all we’ll wash our face with Lab Series Multi-action Face Wash cream and then we will apply a Biotherm’s night special product, Age Fitness Night Recharge.

After that, we must take care of our eye contour again by applying a drop of Age Fitness Yeux on each side before going to bed and sleep like a log. Now let’s talk about money. What’s the damage? Approximately 140€ per month. You will likely think this is quite a lot of money but the results you can get are priceless. Anyway you can find something cheaper. Using only L’Oreal or Nivea For Men product lines you will be able to save half the money. I hope you'll start following this advice and I would really appreciate it if you could leave a comment telling us about the results. To conclude this post I'll leave you a video showing the whole men's skin care proccess. Best regards.