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Tips For Your Wedding Makeup And Look

   Makeup  May 04, 2018  Comments Off on Tips For Your Wedding Makeup And Look
Tips For Your Wedding Makeup And Look

Every bride wants to look perfect on their big day, but you know that you don’t have all the time in the world to experiment with different makeups and hairstyles. You likely have seen thousands of makeup and hairstyle combinations for brides on the internet, and choosing one seems a bit daunting.

Thankfully, here are some basic elements for your wedding day hair and makeup for you to consider and why you will not regret going with one of more of these beautiful bridal trends.

Tips for Your Wedding Makeup and Look

Hair combs

Hair combs are used as accessories to compliment hairstyles and give them a more finished and/or unique look. Hair combs for brides are crafted to look like diamond, crystal, pearl, or another valuable element. Hair combs can either be just for cosmetic purposes, to keep a certain hairstyle intact, or to be included with a bridal veil.

Hair combs come in many different shapes, but the two most popular are vines and S-curves. If you are looking for just the thing to make your hair look amazing, consider a simple decoration like a hair comb.

Classic makeup

Rather than going for more pronounced makeup that is sure to make you look striking for your big day, consider timeless, classic makeup that will guarantee to make you look beautiful with the risk. Products such as subtle and gentle eyelashes and bold lipstick are all you really need to look good as well as feel good.

A wedding day is a long day where you will meet dozens of family members and have numerous photos taken of you, so consider a classic makeup; it is called “classic” for a reason.

Lip gloss

Many women are conditioned to believe that old-fashioned lipstick is the only choice they have for an appearance that is perfect for the photo album. However, there are many cases in which going with a lip gloss is the better decision. Firstly, gloss is much better for kissing, and when it is time to kiss your groom, you definitely do not want that lipstick to smear. Lip gloss also looks more natural than lipstick. If you are going with natural makeup, makes sense to also go with lip gloss rather than matte lipstick. Furthermore, if you go with a lipstick, one bad move of your mouth can stain your teeth. You certainly do not want to end up noticing red or pink marks on your teeth in all of your pictures.

For more tips and suggestions personal to the wedding you’re planning or to have a professional apply your wedding day makeup, contact a licensed esthetician.

How Hormones Affect Your Skin

   Skin Care  Apr 20, 2018  Comments Off on How Hormones Affect Your Skin
How Hormones Affect Your Skin

Hormones definitely play a role in aging, particularly when it comes to signs of aging in your skin. A woman’s endocrine system produces and regulates female hormones. As women age and go through menopause, these hormones definitely decline—sometimes drastically.

Factors like pollution and UV radiation are external factors that age your skin, but changes in hormones age your skin from the inside. Scientists are just now discovering all the ways that hormone decline ages your skin. Here’s what they’ve discovered.

How Hormones Help Your Skin

Estrogen

Estrogens are actually a group of incredibly important female hormones. Estrogens help the body make cholesterol, which helps the skin stay thick and wrinkle free. Estrogens also increase levels of important substances like hyaluronic acid which keeps skin moist and helps skin’s structure, too. When estrogen levels drop, skin can become thin and wrinkles start to appear. Skin moisture is affected too, and skin starts to become dry. It is amazing how dry your skin can be after menopause. Most importantly, estrogens stimulate collagen production, so when they drop, skin loses collagen and becomes saggy. Estrogens do the same things for your hair, so without them, your hair may be dull and brittle.

Thyroid Hormones

Many women experience thyroid issues caused by an underproduction or overproduction of thyroid hormones. These hormones affect body temperature and metabolism. With too much hormone, your skin can often be flushed and sweaty. With too little hormone, skin can become very dry and can even thicken. Thyroid hormones also affect your hair, leading to thinner hair or even hair loss.

Testosterone

Contrary to popular belief, testosterone is not just a male hormone. Females have it too, and an increase in testosterone can mean skin aging and even female pattern baldness. In fact, increased testosterone is the most common cause of hair loss in women. It’s not so much that you’re producing more testosterone, it is just that your estrogen drops and the ratio becomes imbalanced. Many women experience oilier skin or even acne because of the testosterone prevalence.

Many women have turned to topical treatments that replace hormones. This is a very new area of skin care and much more research is needed, but the treatments are showing promise where hormones are the single cause of skin changes. Patients are seeing improved moisture and elasticity. Preliminary data is showing that these treatments are not effective in reversing aging caused by external factors like sun damage. Talk to your skin care specialist to see if this new treatment is right for you.

3 Things To Know About Waxing For Men

   Waxing  Apr 09, 2018  Comments Off on 3 Things To Know About Waxing For Men
3 Things To Know About Waxing For Men

If you are looking to wax your body for the first time and end up with velvety smooth skin and a hairless chest, arms, back and more, there are things that you need to be aware of beforehand.

3 Things To Know About Waxing For Men

Waxing is a painful experience.

Waxing means that you are removing hair from the roots, and pulling the roots out of the many follicles that are embedded in your body. One of the most sensitive areas that you can get waxed is your underarms.

If you believe that shaving might ease the pain and tension that you may experience from waxing, it will not. It may even hurt even more, considering more pressure is being created by having to rip out shorter hairs on your body.

If you have not used any hair removal techniques before, it is possible that your hairs could be too long to be waxed. If this is the case, they also might be more painful when removed. Your body hair should be trimmed to an appropriate length before you start to wax. As the licensed esthetician you are considering for advice regarding your hair length.

Allow a waxing professional to handle your body.

Be sure that the doctor or professional that you want to wax your body is skillfully trained and certified. There is a right way to wax, and there are 99 wrong ways, so it is important that you have a person you can trust to get the job done properly.

A certified professional will know how to pull the strips off your body as fast as possible, and parallel to the skin. If not done properly, it will still hurt and a lot of wax will stay on your body, but not much hair will be removed.

An experienced waxer has successfully waxed men’s body parts a hundred out of a hundred times, so try to relax as you trust them not to screw up.

Exfoliate before waxing.

Before the removal of your body hair, always exfoliate beforehand. Waxing removes moisture from your skin, but exfoliation and other moisturizers will allow the wax to stick better to your skin and help to retain some of that moisture.

After waxing, be sure to exfoliate up to three times per week, following a shower. This will make your skin stay smooth and free of any ingrown hair that may develop over that stretch of time.

If this post didn’t turn you off of waxing, confidently talk to a licensed esthetician and get scheduled to have your body hair removed. If not, there are other alternatives to waxing, such as epilators for men, that you can consider buying for home use.