• Engaging in physical activity most days of the week
• Eating a nutritious diet
• Visiting a healthcare or wellness provider for regular check-ups and preventive screenings
• Avoiding risky behaviors, like smoking and not wearing a seatbelt

Trinity Fitness + Spa, Dulles, VA is holding an entire week's worth of activities and specials for women in honor of National Women's Health Week, which kicks off on Mother's Day. You can work out and/or take wellness classes for free the entire week, have a Bed of Roses facial at a 15% discount or go to a Mom and Me tea party - (click here for details). Pet portraits are a unique gift idea. PawPrints Photography is holding a Mother's Day special Pet Portrait event on May 3 and 4, 2008, at the Olde Towne Pet Resort in Springfield, VA, where sessions are customized to you and your pet. If you're in the mood for some pampering, Fountains Day Spa, Alexandria, VA is offering a whole slew of packages with names like My Queen, Thanks Mom, Mom-to-be, and The Gift that Keeps Giving, to name a few. David's Beautiful People, Rockville, MD, is offering complimentary manicures with their Spring Spa Pedicure or Relaxing Deep Conditioning Treatment & Blow Dry. Can't beat that!

For you ladies who live in the Baltimore metro area, indulge yourself in Robert Andrew Salons & Spas' myriad of Mother's Day Spa Packages and Specialty Services. Located in Gambrills, MD, the 22,000 sq. ft. facility is ready to offer you packages like Romancing the Stones, Mother & Daughter Day, and Maternity Soother. These packages are attractive because the prices quoted include gratuity. So all mom has to do is go and enjoy herself. And to accommodate its many clients from all over Maryland, About Faces Day Spa & Salon has locations in Canton, Towson, Timonium, Pikesville and Salisbury. It is offering gift cards for the purchase of any of their Mother's Day packages, including a Mothers to Be package.

Pierre & Carlo European Salon & Spa, with locations in Bellevue, Glen Mills, and Wyncote, PA, is offering Mother's Day Packages like Mother-Daughter Day, and New Moms Day. Both of these packages include hair and makeup. Rapunzels Salon and Spa, Lansdale, PA, offers Mother's Day gift certificates at 15% discount. And if the man in your life or your family happens to forget Mother's Day, this offer extends to May 21. So it's not too late!

To add something fun and fashionable to the mix, PeaceLoveMom.com is a lifestyle brand company that offers articles of clothing that celebrate motherhood. They offer tees, tanks, and thermals that are adorned with designs and descriptors for every type of mom - happy, balanced, lucky or rock 'n roll.

So whether it's a gift card, spa service or package, pet portrait, tea party, wellness class, or PeaceLoveMom tee, drop a hint and have a Happy Mother's Day!

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Dear Courtney: What your husband and so many other men have is called folliculitis, an irritation of the hair follicles often caused by a coarse, wiry beard, or improper shaving practices. When the hair grows into and under the skin it creates a bacterial infection. Pseudofolliculitis, i.e. razor bumps, does not contain pus. The goal here is to alleviate the irritation, and dry up and disinfect any infected area. For the irritation, your husband should remember the following: any movement on or around the beard area should be done in the direction of hair growth, i.e. cleansing, shaving, etc.; use a gentle exfoliant prior to shaving about two to three times a week especially on a moustache or any area that is not regularly shaved; use a cooling gel shave cream, or a shave oil like Dermalogica's Pro Shave. For disinfection, he can use over the counter products that contain salicylic acid that will break up the impaction and kill bacteria without drying out his skin. Tend Skin is such a product. Lastly, to calm and sooth the area, he should use an alcohol free post shaving product with ingredients like tea tree, chamomile, green tea – anything soothing for the skin. Any of these tips also work for women with razor bumps. Good luck.

The Velvetbell.com staff is proud to be among those walking in and supporting this 2-day event. Please show your support by honking, waving, clapping, and cheering for the walkers around DC that weekend. To provide a monetary donation, visit the donatation page. If you know someone who is a survivor of breast cancer or who has lost the battle, and would like them honored in this walk, please email us at support@velvetbell.com with the name of the person, and we will add the name to our bib, which will then be pictured in the May newsletter.

In addition, Trinity participates in a number of events advocating women's health, including National Women's Health Week. During the week of May 11-17, Trinity is offering discounts on spa services, as well as free wellness sessions to all women --- including non-members of the club. Find all of their promotions and deals on their Velvetbell.com listing.