Saturday, December 27, 2008

3 basic skin care for every woman

Our look boosts our self esteem and confidence, as it has been said to feel great look great. This is why every woman needs to take this little steps everyday to care for their skin.
Skin care routine starts by you knowing your skin type. This is because how you care for your skin is dependent on the type you have. Basically there are 4 skin type namely; oily, dry, sensitive, and normal skins. 3 basic skincare routine you must follow daily to have a great skin is

1) Cleansing. You need to do proper cleansing daily. There are a lot of good cleansers around, you need to find the one your skin response to, and stick with it. You can try the following cleansers.

i) Avon clear skin forming cleanser
ii) Oil of Olay sensitive skin wash
iii) Clearasil ultra deep pore treatment. Very good for acne.
iv) Aveda all-cleanser

Most cleansers contain oil, water and 'surfactant'. The oil dissolves the oil on your face, the surfactant dissolves dirt and make up, and water washes it away. The secret of cleanser is finding the right mix of oil. Too much on your skin will clone pores while too little will dry it up. This is why you to know your skin type. To clean your face, use warm water to loosen dirt and clogged pore. Use a dim sized bit of cleanser, and then rise with cool or warm water. You also want to take of your make up with proper make up remover. Be careful not to cleanse too often. Morning and night should be ok.

2) Exfoliate. Most people skip this part in their daily skin routine. But trust me if you start exfoliating your skin you will notice an almost immediate difference. You can exfoliate by scrubbing, peeing, and Retinoid.

Scrubbing: This is the removing the top layer of dead skin cell that tends to dull your complexion. Make sure you use gentle scrubbing with tiny grid.

Peeling; You can do a monthly chemical peel, or use over the counter peels.

Retinoid: (such as Re tin-A). This works by removing the top layer of the dead skin cell while also generating collagen in the skin. Collagen is the skin structure fiber. As we grow older it breaks down, creating lines and large pores. Retinoid is a miracle skin saver. At least skin care experts that disagree on many things agreed on this.

3) Moisturize. This is good for the skin even though most people don't believe the skin should be moisturized. I believe everyone needs o moisturize no matter the skin type, even if your skin is oily it will benefit from moisturizers (exception with those with acne). How much you should do this depends on your skin. Below are a list of good moisturizers

a) Dove sensitive essential day lotion
b) Kiel's ultra facial moisturizer
c) LancĂ´me absolute night treatment.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Five simple ways to combact acne



As Featured On Ezine Articles
In today's world where facial beauty is regared more than the inner beauty of character,acne can pose as a big chanllenge to one's confidence and acceptance.With all the great discoveries happening in the medical world none of it can offer a complete cure to acne.But there is five simple things that can help you in preventing and controlling acne.
1) Reduce on stressful activities.
It has been proven that there is a link between acne in adult and stress.Hormonal imbalances, weight loss or gain,increased blood pressure,etc,all this occur when you are stress up and increase the amount of oil your skin secretes, which can clog pores and cause breakouts. Practicing stress management will help in reducing acne from appearing on your body.
2) Go for diet that contain vitamins.
Vitamins like vitamin A,B,C,zine and Chromium are antioxidants and antibacterial.They help in fighting acne by cleansing the skin from harmful toxins and bacteria which causes acne and helping to prevent it from forming.Taking diet that contain this vitamins or supplement for it (since trying to consume the right amounts through dieting can be difficult) will help in combacting acne.
3)Don't pick on it.
Picking on acne will worsern it.Make sure that anything that touches the face is clean and avoid activities that causes over sweating.
4)Meet a Dematologies.
Although there are a alot of cream and prescription out there,it is better to meet a dematologiest for a proffessional advice.(avoid self medication because it can have worst effect)
5) Condition your mind.Although alot of people don't know this,feeling good about yourself will affect your health positively.There is no reason to feel bad because you have acne(worst till,it will not solve the problem but help in increasing emotional stress which will in turn affect your skin.)
Applying this five little techniques will surly take acne out of your skin.