Assessing Your Weight

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If you've been thinking about your current weight, it may be because you've noticed a change in how your clothes fit. Or maybe you've been told by a health care professional that you have high blood pressure or high cholesterol and that your weight could be a contributing factor. The first step is to determine whether or not your current weight is healthy.

One way to determine whether your weight is a healthy one is to calculate your "body mass index" (BMI). For most people, BMI is a reliable indicator of body fatness. It is calculated based on your height and weight.

Colors for Golden Skin & Dark Brown Hair

Here, some of the tips for people looking great with golden skin and dark brown hairs

Olive Green
Great color for both eye liner and shadow

Red Clay
Good for cheek and lip color.

Golden Brown
Interesting color for lips, especially when the eyes are dark

Buff
Pale yellow or brown shade works well as shadow or highlighter.

Peach
Peaches for shadows, blushes and lip colors.

Copper
The color gives an amazing eye liner

Hot Chocolate
Great lipstick color

Interaction and cooperation

In recent years, the fragrance industry has been trying to cooperate more closely with the global dermatological community. This section describes some of the projects developed and initiatives taken in order to achieve this.

The goal of IFRA is to market safe products which comply with scientifically well-founded risk reduction measures. This minimizes the chance of fragrance allergy or sensitivity while offering consumers the best possible range of product choice.

Nevertheless, a very small percentage of the population, when using fragranced products, might experience a skin reaction. Should this occur, the consumer may seek treatment from a dermatologist who, in turn, may seek the product composition from the product manufacturer.

With this in mind, IFRA has created a procedure (see below) to best facilitate the flow of information between the dermatologist and the fragrance industry when a reaction is reported. The procedure includes a fragrance “on call” list made up of scientifically qualified contacts within IFRA member companies.

This helps insure that all necessary information is provided to the dermatologist in a timely manner from the relevant sources. Utilizing the on call list of independent scientific experts also allows for a freer exchange of information between dermatologists, the cosmetic industry and IFRA.

The fragrance industry has also set up a project with the suppliers of patch test tray materials. It is for the benefit of all involved parties, especially the patient, if the material he is patch-tested with represents the quality that is found in marketed products, is not over-aged and is of known composition. The fragrance industry therefore provides free of charge fragrance raw materials to the producers of patch test trays (the project so far includes Chemotechnique, Hermal and, more recently, MEKOS).