Make-up makeover: From perfumed hair lacquer and pat-on deodorant to sonic face brushes and dry shampoo, how beauty regimes differ 50 years on

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• In days gone by a girl would have to set aside hours for her beauty regime
• Perfumed talc, pat-on deodorant,  hair lacquer and cream rouge topped a lady's must-have list of products
• Today hi-tech sonic face cleansing brushes, dry shampoo, home waxing hair removal strips and anti-ageing serums are the products of the day

Back in the Swinging Sixties, getting ready was a bit of a chore. After scrubbing yourself in the bath with a bar of Pears soap, you might have doused yourself in talc, applied your pat-on deodorant and revamped your hairdo with a generous coating of hair lacquer.

These days it seems we’re too busy – and hi-tech – for all that faff, relying on quick-fix dry shampoo to freshen our hair, electric face cleaning brushes to buff our skin and anti-ageing serum to protect it. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2600194/Make-makeover-From-perfumed-hair-lacquer-pat-deodorant-sonic-face-brushes-dry-shampoo-beauty-regimes-differ-50-years-on.html

A glass of milk a day 'keeps arthritis at bay' - but only if you are a woman

• Daily low-fat milk lowers osteoarthritis in women's knees, study found
• Had little effect on men, cheese worsened symptoms for men and women
• Yoghurt made little difference in men and women, Boston medics found

A glass of milk a day could help stop women's knees from creaking, claim researchers.

A new US study found women who frequently drink fat-free or low-fat milk may have less osteoarthritis in the knee. But eating cheese increased the problem in women.

Drinking milk made little difference in men, and eating yogurt did not affect progression in men or women. Osteoarthritis (OA) Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2598423/A-glass-milk-day-keeps-arthritis-bay-woman.html

Has YOUR sex life gone off the boil? It's time to stop being lazy and start getting it on...(unless you want to lose your partner and die young)

• Not having sex increases chances of infidelity in relationships
• Research shows that skipping sex can even have an effect on our life span

Sex is an effort sometimes.

There isn’t a long-term couple alive who hasn’t tossed up a romp in the bedroom versus a takeaway in front of the telly and gone for the latter. But if you’re thinking of permanently trading sex for snuggles, think again.

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Couples who abstain from sex could be risking their mental and physical health

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2594943/Stop-making-love-youll-DIE-sooner-Eight-things-happen-stop-having-regular-sex.html

Should YOU be eating 7-a-day? As it's claimed we need SEVEN - not five - daily portions of fruit and veg, two contrasting views...

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2594659/Should-YOU-eating-7-day-As-claimed-need-SEVEN-not-five-daily-portions-fruit-veg-two-contrasting-views.html

Just because it's diet doesn't mean it won't give you diabetes

• Two or more diet drinks a day led to diabetes in older women, study shows
• Were 50 per cent more likely to suffer from cardiovascular-related diseases 
• Regular female drinkers also 30 per cent more likely to have heart attacks

Women who drink two diet drinks a day could be 30 per cent more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke later in life, research has shown. A study of 60,000 women in their 50s and 60s found a strong link between consuming large amounts of apparently healthy soft drinks and heart disease. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2592739/Just-diet-doesnt-mean-wont-diabetes-Even-just-two-lower-calorie-soft-drinks-day-cause-problems-women-later-life.html