LIFESTYLE35 THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 The RoaccutaneFeatures effect!

our skin says so much about a person, it reflects skin. About three years ago I used to take Roaccutane to harming my skin then being on medication to fix it, it’s clear your skin. For example, the last time I took your state of mind, health and diet. If you eat clear up my skin due to extreme tanning and sun expo- horrible and selfish to do that to myself. Roaccutane my intake was 40mg for four months, and Yclean and work out you get rid of toxins in your sure. It worked wonders, and left my skin looking and So, many girls and guys ask me on my Snapchat and this time around its 10mg for three months, and this body, drinking loads of water also flushes out those tox- feeling better than ever. Recently, I’ve been applying Instagram about Roaccutane and how it’s like to be on time around I’ve experienced more breakouts than the ins leaving you with a radiant glow. Those are just some more makeup and having many makeup artists apply it. It’s actually not as bad as you think it is! I hear all last time, given the fact that the dosage was higher the factors that can make your skin look and feel better, makeup on me as well as being on many photoshoots, these horror stories about girls loosing it and being sui- first time and that’s completely normal! however, lately I’ve been going through a lot with my and along the way my skin started to break out and I cidal when on Roaccutane, which I think is a bit drastic. I Taking a monthly blood test is also another thing have these small annoying bumps appearing under understand that it might cause people to become you should consider before going on Roaccutane, my skin that aren’t irritated or red just small moody, as dehydration causes headaches and frustra- because it usually starts to effect your liver when taking bumps, and having been gone through tion, because that’s what this medication does. high dosages and not much water intake. My doctor this skin process before it just upsets Roaccutane dries up your skin to dry up all the oil that always makes me draw blood before continuing the me to see my skin going through might cause the break out, which leaves you with dry next month. such changes again, and what’s skin. One of the worst things that I had to go through Regardless of all the controversial things you hear worse is that I’m the one to with Roaccutane, which is happening right now, is hav- about Roaccutane one thing is for sure, that it definitely blame. ing to deal with very dry and flaky lips! No lip balm or clears up your skin, I think all the issues we hear about We forget that our skin is lipgloss will ever save you from this. Personally, that’s are the results of people not taking care of themselves the largest organ that we the worst thing I’ve experienced, and probably having during the course of medication, which means no tan- have, and we always aim to to drink loads of water which never seems to be ning, if you’re planning to get pregnant don’t go on the achieve that flawless skin enough. medication, even six months after stopping the course, look by layering make up, but you must drink loads of water as well as check with your we never put that much effort Monthly blood test doctor regularly. to actually have flawless and Another common thing that people worry about is If you’re thinking of clearing up your skin, you should healthy skin using no products the break out that takes place during the course of med- also take care of your body while you’re feeding it any at all, which is sad. I’m not one to ication, which is very normal. Many wonder why this sort of medication, not only Roaccutane, it just comes talk because I basically do what I’m happens since this medication is for clearing up your with the package. asking you guys not to do! Only skin, but during the medication all the existing break- because I went through the process of outs will actually increase then eventually dry up and Prince invites ‘Purple Rain’ rival to famed studio

orris Day played Prince’s arch-rival in relationship between the two remains a sub- “Purple Rain” but three decades later, ject of conjecture, but Day and Prince have Mthe Purple One is inviting his film done little together since the 1990 film nemesis to perform at his home studio. Prince “Graffiti Bridge,” the sequel to “Purple Rain.” announced a concert at his Paisley Park studio Prince, 57, has increasingly been opening the complex outside Minneapolis on Friday night doors to Paisley Park, his state-of-the-art stu- with Morris Day and The Time as the main dio and vault for master recordings that holds attraction. The show, revealed via social media a mythical status for fans who enter. on Tuesday, is not advertised as featuring Last week alone Prince put on a concert at Prince but marks a rare appearance by Day on Paisley Park in which he sang and performed the star’s home turf after years of apparent on unaccompanied piano-a first in his career- distance. and on another night hit the turntables as DJ As a teenager before his rise to stardom, for a dance party. Prince has described the Prince Prince played with Day in clubs in Paisley Park events-where guests have their Minneapolis. Day starred in the 1984 cult clas- names at the door with no physical tickets-as In an Oct 24, 2008 file photo, actor Abe Vigoda sic movie “Purple Rain” as a flamboyant artist a way to avoid price-gouging scalpers, an attends the Friars Club Roast of “Today Show” host Matt Lauer in New York. —AP who tries to kick “The Kid”-Prince-off the issue that contributed to his cancellation of a billing at the First Avenue club. The real-life recent planned tour of Europe. —AFP Abe Vigoda, Def Leppard to debut new music ‘Godfather’ star, video in ‘Guitar Hero’ game dies at 94 ef Leppard is pouring some video into “GHTV” currently includes more than 300 songs. be Vigoda, the sad-faced star of Francis Ford “Guitar Hero.” The rock band will be the “I think music videos became painful for a while,” Coppola’s classic film “The Godfather,” died Tuesday Dfirst artist ever to debut a new music said Collen, who’s been with the veteran British Aat 94, his manager told AFP. The actor died at the video through the long-running video game rock band since 1982. “You had to do them. They home of his daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, in New Jersey. series. The music video for “Dangerous” from the cost so much money. It was very corporate. This “She went to get him something to drink and when she band’s recently released self-titled album pre- is cool because it goes back to being artistic.” came back he was gone,” said manager Sid Craig, who rep- miered yesterday on “Guitar Hero Live,” the latest “GHTV” will also add music videos for Def resented him for decades. Vigoda apparently died of old edition of the Activision rhythm game franchise. Leppard hits “Let’s Go” and “Rock of Ages.” Other age. “He didn’t seem particularly sick or tired. I don t think “It seems like everything has been done, and videos being added to the service this week Abe was ever sick,” Craig added. MTV doesn’t really exist anymore, so it’s cool include The Strokes’ “You Only Live Once” and Vigoda was born in New York City to Russian Jewish there’s another medium to represent the song Miles Kane’s “Don’t Forget Who You Are.” Def immigrant parents. His father was a tailor. The actor cut his now,” said Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen in an Leppard, also known for such songs as “Pour teeth on Broadway. But arguably his greatest on-screen interview. Some Sugar on Me” and “Photograph,” is current- impact came when Vigoda played sunken-eyed mafioso “Guitar Hero Live,” the first new entry in the ly on tour in the US. The band recently post- Sal Tessio in “The Godfather.” He was also famous for play- series in 5 years, introduced live actors, a new poned performances after singer Joe Elliott lost ing detective Phil Fish on television’s “Barney Miller.” The guitar-shaped controller and the online music his voice. “We have our fingers crossed,” said character was so popular it was spun off into its own series, video network “GHTV,” which allows players to Collen of a quick recovery for Elliott. “Hopefully, “Fish.” In his later years, the twice-married Vigoda was mis- strum along to tunes as music videos or live per- he’ll be OK for our Friday show. This is the first This image provided by Activision Publishing Inc. shows Def Leppard perform- takenly reported to have died on several occasions, formances are streamed in the background. time this has happened in about 30 years.” —AP ing “Dangerous,” in a scene from the video game, “Guitar Hero Live.” —AP becoming a running social media joke. —AP Cultural journey: Islam in China The introduction of spreading of Islam in Chinese history

he exchange between China and Arabs integration of the three religions ‘Foreign import’ and other Muslim nations has a long (Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism) per- When Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Thistory, which began before the rise of ceived Islam as an alien religion that posed a Dynasty (1368-1636), due to both the perspec- Islam. In Syria and other Arab countries, potential threat. On the other hand, Islam tives of the elite as well as public opinion, the some unearthed Chinese silk ribbons which was regarded merely as the folklore and folk political atmosphere became unfavorable to In this Jan 21, 2016 file photo, Robert Redford, founder and president of the were embroidered with Chinese characters, customs of the Arab nations due to the fol- the development of Chinese Islam and the Sundance Institute speaks at the premiere of “Norman Lear: Just Another have been found and verify that trade lowing factors: First, Islam was adopted only Muslim society. As a result, the Muslim com- Version of You” during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. —AP between China and those Semitic groups by a local minority; second, Muslim clergy munity in China became isolated in China and began early in the history. was not engaged either in proselytizing nor alienated from the Islamic world. In spite of its With an extensive exchange between dissemination of the Quraan among the non- obvious negative results, there was a favorable S Korea unveils K-pop band China and other nations especially in the Muslims in China. outcome of this alienation as Muslims in China peak of Tang (618-907) and Song Dynasties During the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), attempted to assimilate ideas such as the (960-1279), Islam was finally introduced into Islam was almost spread all over China as Confucianism and other schools of Chinese with infinite members the Chinese territory. The new type of cul- there was an increase in the number of traditional philosophy that were well received ture contained two features. First, there are Muslims from Arab and Central Asia especial- in the mainstream of the Chinese culture. theological doctrines such as the theory of ly the Persian Sufi coming to the east with Their image changed from a “foreign he company that pioneered South which a handful would form an initial unit Korea’s all-conquering K-pop industry that will start performing in Seoul and the Unity of God (Tawhid), chain of prophe- the returning troops of Mongolia. These import” type of society to one of the minorities unveiled its new boy-band concept Japan in the next few months. cy and the Day of Judgment and the five pil- Muslims included not only businessmen but that harmonized with the major texture of T yesterday-a group with limitless members, “New members will be freely recruited lars. Second, there are religious rituals such also craftsmen, religious professionals, aristo- Chinese society. An example of this adaptation singing in multiple languages and based in with no limits on the number,” Lee said. as the daily prayers and societal practices crats and military service men that even had was in Muslim’s adoption of Chinese surnames cities from Asia to Latin America. SM Other NTC incarnations will later be that included the prohibition of consump- settled down and many would become farm- during the Ming Dynasty due to both political Entertainment, which handles some of the unveiled in major Chinese cities, including tion of certain types of food. ers bringing the wasteland under cultivation coercion as well as the natural result of cultural biggest names in K-pop, including Super Beijing and Shanghai in the second half of later on. This fundamental development blending. No matter its population of Chinese Junior and Girls’ Generation, said the new the year, followed by “units” in Southeast Strong homogeneity resulted in the formation of the Muslim soci- Muslim and knowledge of Islam, no matter its band represented the final incarnation of Asia and Latin America. As well as singing Because of the effective policy of the ety in China. The social status of them was a spread and development, the Chinese Muslims the “Korean wave” that began with the the same songs in different languages, they equal importance of the three religions that little bit inferior to the Mongolians but supe- of the Yuan Dynasty had laid a concrete foun- export of Korean TV dramas and pop music will produce content especially tailored for had been pursued by the first Emperor of the rior to those Hans and the Southerners. It is dation for the further studies of the Islamic cul- in the late 1990s. their particular markets. “This is the last Tang, Li Shimin, Taoism had become popular, only in the Yuan Dynasty that the profession- ture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1636- “This is the true localization of K-pop,” stage of the Korean wave,” Lee declared, Buddhism had flourished and Confucianism al religious personnel of the Chinese Muslim 1911). With emerging Chinese Muslim SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-Man saying the idea went beyond “simply had thrived. The tripartite balance of the came into existence. Those professional reli- Madrasa’s education, handwritten copying said at a launch in Seoul. The group, or exporting K-pop products” to creating join rather collection of sub-groups, will go ventures with local companies. Some three religions impelled Confucianism, gious personnel consisted of some religious Quraan was a required assignment for reli- under the umbrella title of NCT, which industry observers noted that the NTC con- Buddhism and Taoism to assimilate from scholars, religious executors, and Sufi friars gious students, and numerous copying profes- stands for Neo Culture Technology-a name cept bore striking similarities to the hugely each other forming an open-minded cultural alike. Those professional religious personnel, sionals were coming forth. Thus handwritten that some fans quickly took to ridiculing on popular Japanese girl band AKB48 that has mentality. In light of the type of alliance in nevertheless, had never been trained in copies of Quraan in China were regarded not social networks. “Sounds like a tech compa- been around for more than 10 years. these triads, Islam faced two different types China, but originally on its original settle- only as sacred texts but also as art works which ny,” tweeted one K-pop aficionado, while Originally made up of 48 members, but of responses. On the one hand, strong homo- ment—-Arab and the Central Asia especially were presented once to Egyptian King by a another said NCT was an acronym better now numbering more than 130, AKB48 is geneity of the Chinese native culture and its the Persian Sufi. Chinese Imam in late Qing Dynasty. suited for a national examination. Lee said split into several teams who can perform the group already had 40 members, of simultaneously in several places. —AFP