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3 Tips For Combo Skin

   Skin Care  May 16, 2017  Comments Off on 3 Tips For Combo Skin
3 Tips For Combo Skin

Caring for combination skin can be a challenge, particularly as the weather warms up. Hot weather and sweating can exacerbate oily trouble areas, like the T-zone, while using sunscreen and other sun care products can wreak havoc on your dry spots.

To protect your combination skin, there are some simple routines that you can incorporate to help cut down on the various problems that your trouble areas encounter.

Divide and conquer

Because your combination skin presents two types of challenges on opposite ends of the spectrum, you can’t effectively treat your entire face with the same products, lest you over-saturate your oily zones or dry out your dry patches too much.

Many products are designed to treat either oily or dry skin, so applying them all over your face may help one portion while harming another. This is why you need to take care to apply some product to certain parts of your face and other products to other parts.

Products meant to help combat oiliness, for example, shouldn’t be used on dry patches, as they will promote more drying that can be both painful and very dulling to your skin’s appearance. Similarly, products to combat dryness should never be used on oily areas, since they will promote more oiliness and possibly lead to breakouts.

Get your clean on

One step you should take daily is to clean your face with a water soluble facial cleanser that strips away grime and makeup to leave your skin clean and fresh. Regardless of your separate areas, you entire face benefits from a good wash.

Additionally, consider adding a gentle exfoliant once a week or so. This will clean out your pores and remove dead skin cells from dry areas to help perk them up. It’ll also help to reduce the likelihood of breakouts in oily zones.

Load up on the antioxidants

Using an antioxidant-rich toner will provide your skin with essential nutrients for looking and feeling its best. Toner will help to even out your skin’s appearance and choosing one that’s high in nutrition and is oil-free will give you the best results.

Consider sleeping with an antioxidant-rich lightweight moisturizer on as well. This will give your skin some needed moisture – particularly helpful for your dry spots – and will add an extra boost of rich anti-aging antioxidants.

Easy Facial Massages to Do at Home for Better Skin Health

   Facial  May 08, 2017  Comments Off on Easy Facial Massages to Do at Home for Better Skin Health
Easy Facial Massages to Do at Home for Better Skin Health

Facial massages are not only relaxing, they are good for the skin and the muscles lying underneath.  They also help increase absorption of that expensive face cream you’re using!  You’re never too old or too young to start incorporating facial massage into your usual skincare routine.  Just two minutes a day can lead to softer skin, diminished wrinkles and a more relaxed face.  It can also help with lymphatic drainage.  

Here are two routines you can try at home. One is shorter for when you are pressed for time, but both are effective in helping with wrinkles and fine lines.

Facial Massage #1

To get started, do your regular skin care routine, except for your moisturizer.  If you don’t use a moisturizer you can use a little olive or almond oil if you are not prone to breakouts.  It is important to have oil or cream so you don’t pull on your skin; rather you want to glide across it with your fingertips.  Do each step 7 – 8 times for refreshed, glowing skin.
Step One:

Use your whole palm to run your hands up the neck from the breastbone to the underside of your chin.  Make sure to apply firm pressure and cover the whole neck.  

Step Two:

Using your whole palm, lift your cheeks starting closer to the nose and finishing towards the ear.  Do this in an upside-down U, or horseshoe fashion.  The pressure here should be medium.

Step Three

Using your index and middle finger, gently massage around the eye area, circling clockwise from above the eyebrow, following the bone area of the eye.  Do not massage the delicate skin of the eye area.

Step Four

Using the two fingers again, lift upwards around the outside of your eye where crow’s feet tend to form, between the eye and the temple area. A gentle to medium pressure can be used, depending on your comfort level.

Step Five

Finally lift the area between the brows by pressing in an upward movement. This can be done with firm pressure.

Facial Massage #2

This massage is for when you are cleansing your face.  This is the faster massage for when you are pressed for time. The pressure can be up to you but be sure to always be gentle around the eye area!

Step one:

Apply your cleansing cream on damp skin.

Step two:

Massage with two fingers in a circular motion starting on your forehead between your brows, moving outwards towards your temples.

Step three:

Still using your two finger, massage in a circular motion around your eyes (as stated in massage #1). Remember to steer clear of the delicate eye area.

Step four:

Using a circular motion, massage downward along the nose and cheek, using three fingers for more coverage.

Step five:

Massage downward from your jawline all the way down the neck to the breastbone, using your whole palm.

And that’s it!

There many ways you can massage your face. These are just two examples. I hope this facial tutorial helped you decide to try one at home. You’ll love the results!

When Was The Last Time Your Exfoliated Your Lips?

   Skin Care  Apr 27, 2017  Comments Off on When Was The Last Time Your Exfoliated Your Lips?
When Was The Last Time Your Exfoliated Your Lips?

When was the last time your exfoliated your lips?

If you can’t remember, or aren’t a regular exfoliator, it’s time to reconsider this oft-neglected beauty habit. Whether you live in a dry environment or are facing annual dryness from allergies or overly conditioned indoor air, your lips are bound to pay the price at some point to another.

And while you could turn to balms that promise a smooth, silky pout, sometimes they’re not enough to deliver the relief you’re looking for. Why?

Over time, your lips develop dry flakes and dead skin, just like any other part of your body does. This old skin covers your softer, newer skin below and can prevent balm or other soothers from getting down deep and providing relief.

Exfoliation on the regular

The only way to prevent dead skin build-up is to regularly exfoliate your lips. Now, this certainly isn’t a step you want to add to your daily beauty routine – after all, too much exfoliation would defeat the purpose and would unnecessarily damage your soft lip skin.

However, a weekly exfoliation routine, particularly during dry times of the year, will save you from the worst of your area’s peak chapping period. Whether you need to regularly exfoliate or only find yourself doing it a few times a year, here are some of the best ways to ditch the dead skin and reveal a luscious smile:

  • Toothbrush and petroleum jelly(or a petroleum jelly substitute)- This is possibly the simplest method for exfoliation. Simply apply petroleum jelly to your lips and then gently brush with a soft toothbrush that you’ve reserved for this purpose alone. Old skin flakes will come right off and leave your lips soft and smooth.
  • Olive oil and sugar – Mix up a paste of equal parts olive oil and sugar, apply, and wait for a few minutes before scrubbing off. The sugar will help to pull off some of the old skin and the oil will soften your lips.
  • Pre-made exfoliators – Sometimes, it’s best to leave the mixing up to the experts. LUSH and e.l.f. Both offer inexpensive and super effective lip exfoliators that customers adore. Best part? They really work, and should last you for many applications.

No matter your budget or DIY preferences, you can find a lip exfoliation process that works for you. This easy beauty regimen is well worth the five minutes or so that it takes to uncover a soft smile and soothe your chapped lips.