Oily Skin Care Tips

In this article you will find some useful tips to determine whether you have an oily skin followed by oily skin care advices.

The oily skin is thick and it shines as result of excessive secretion of sebum. Most often the oily skin has grayish-gold color. You can see a lot of extended skin pores and sometimes zits and blackheads as well. At the age of puberty it often shows problems with acne. This type of complexion requires a careful facial care.
There is also a positive aspect of oily skin: it is supposed to age later and to have less wrinkles that other skin types.

How to test whether you have an oily skin? To determine that, simply press a tissue to the face. The presence of the oil on the tissue generally indicates the oily skin type.

Olive Oil For Soft Hands And Feet: Natural Recipes Not Only For Dry Skin

Beneficial properties of olive oil are well known throughout the world. We use it in the kitchen to enrich our meals in terms of taste and nutritional values.
Did you know that olive oil can be a great natural cosmetic as well?

What makes the olive oil so valuable for the skin:

- Olive oil contains omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids, which keeps your skin soft and smooth to the touch
- It is rich in monosaturated fats, that are known to have big importance to our health
- Olive oil is filled with vitamin E (especially the extra-virgin unrefined / unprocessed / olive oil ) that is a famous antioxidant. It prevents oxidation in skin cells so, as a result, skin looks much younger and less wrinkles appear in the skin surface.

Benefits of the olive oil to your skin:

- Extra virgin oil moisturizes the skin. It can be very effective if you have extremely dry skin
- It will make your hands baby soft and smooth
- It can help with scars: olive oil will not erase them out, but it can reduce the scar redness and soften it definitely
- It diminishes wrinkles and makes skin look younger in a natural way.

On the market there are many companies that offer cosmetics and beauty products based on olive oil, like soaps, body wash, face creams, body scrubs (with olive seed powder ) etc.
In this article I will give you some homemade treatments based on olive oil to make your hands and feet silky soft.

So... What to buy it? How to pick the best olive oil?

- Choose extra-virgin olive oil (olio extra vergine - this is the highest quality oil) or virgin olive oil in order to achieve the most antioxidant benefits. Virgin means it was produced without chemicals
- The colour should be greenish
- The best type of olive oil is cold pressed, because this way of production helps to preserve the richness of nutrients.

PART 2

 

How To Select The Best Lighting For Perfect Make-Up Done?

It often happens that make-up made in the bathroom looks bad in the day light - it is too strong and looks like a mask.

Why it happens? It's all about proper lighting. Light bulb mounted above the mirror tends to change the image of the face that we see in the mirror. Therefore, we put to much foundation base, rouge and other beauty cosmetics.

Below: examples of non-uniform lighting - to avoid! :)

The easiest way to do a perfect make-up is when the lamp is located on both sides of the mirror or in front of your face.

Face is uniformly illuminated from the right and left

No way to change the lighting in the bathroom? Don't worry! Put make-up near to the window or simply apply less foundation than usual. If it is possible, you may also like to complete the make-up at work, while at home you limit the make-up to the minimum: powder your face and apply mascara only.

Lip Care: 5 Natural Tips For Healthy And Sensual Lips.

Healthy lips are beautiful and make you look attractive, even if you apply only a transparent lip gloss instead of a lipstick. Moreover, applying lipstick to dry and chapped lips drives attention to your lips - but the only thing that people notice is the fact they are dry. So the proper lip care is very important to look pretty.

Below you will find 5 major reasons of dry lips followed by advices how to prevent the dryness in order to achieve healthy, sensual and attractive lips.

1. Too much sun exposure
Always use moisturizer lotion that will make your lips soft. When you go out (especially when you go sunbathing), apply a lip balm that contains a SPF. The best choice is a sun-blocker or high protection factor - at least SPF 10.

2. Lack of protection in the winter
To protect you lips in the winter, use special lip balm designed to apply in cold temperatures (ask in the store in case of any doubts about a certain product). You can apply a little bit of Vaseline as well. Another great natural remedy for dry lips is an olive oil mask - simply massage your lips with few drops of the oil and they will become smooth.

3. Dehydration
It is extremely important to drink at least 8 glasses of water per day - to hydrate all your body, not only your lips :) . You may also drink a glass of fresh carrot juice that contains a lot of vitamin A and other mineral substances that are required to maintain healthy skin and lips.

4. Licking lips - don't do that under any circumstances! It will make them even more dry than before. Apply an unflavored lip balm on your lips instead.

5. Allergy to cosmetics or wrong lipstick
Sometimes lips can become very dry and irritated because of allergy to skin care products, toothpaste or make-up cosmetics. In this case the only way to solve the problem is to throw away the cosmetic you are allergic to and to buy another one. You should choose also lipsticks that contain natural moisturizing ingredients and vitamins, for example smoothing lanoline or vitamin E.

Natural Recipes: Homemade Body Scrubs Full Of Fruits

We used to exfoliate our body with body brushes, body scrub cosmetics, loofah or sponges & CO.

Most of those works really well, but why not to try some natural body scrubs that you can easily make yourself at home? I would like you to try some homemade fruity scrubs. They are 100% natural and contain a lot of natural vitamins and enzymes present in fresh fruit. They will take care of your skin gently to make it glowing. What is more, they smell really nice.

We can use many different ingredient to prepare body scrub - below you will find the following recipes:
* Papaya & coconut flakes body scrub
* Ripe strawberry & coffee scrub
* Fresh peach and almond natural scrub
* Kiwi & oatmeal natural body peeling

How To Diminish Dark Under-Eye Circles In A Natural Way

Dark circles are a nightmare for a lot of people, not only women, but also men, regardless of their age. If you are one of them, you may like some tips you can find in this article.

What to do in order to diminish dark circles and to stop worry about them?

One of the most popular ways to hide them is to cover it with make-up base or mineral powder, however this method not always gives desired results, and of course - it only hides the problem, not solves it.
Anyway, sometimes we are quite happy just with temporary and quick results. In this case you may like to try this make-up trick: in order to make dark circles less visible within few seconds, apply a little bit of white eye shadow under your eyes with a small soft brush. Don't put too much of the cosmetic - just a small touch of the white shadow will make dark circles less visible and it gives a very natural look. You may use also a very light powder instead (pale color, pearl color).

If you have a little bit of free time, you may also like to try some natural, homemade tips and recipes.

One of the most popular ways to diminish circles (and puffiness as well) is to apply a cotton ball moistened with a cool black tea brew under your eyes for 10-20 minutes and relax. Less known tip is to use camomile or linden brews instead of the black tea. Feel free to try them as well, but only if you are not allergic to those herbs.

Apples And Raspberries In Oily Skin Care

Natural Recipes For Oily Complexion And Combined Skin

Fruit essences often make part of skin care products because of their beneficial properties. However, it is also easy to prepare some fruit mask yourself at home. If you have oily or combined skin - it may love to be treated with apple or raspberry masks.

Why raspberries can make your skin beautiful?

They are a very rich source of natural vitamin C and organic acids. That softens and smoothens your skin. Raspberries are also great to relax and refresh greasy and combined skin quickly. Raspberry mask tends to normalize the sebum secretion too.

Why apple can make your skin healthier?

This popular fruit contains organic acids that are able to exfoliate dead skin cells in a very gentle way. Thanks to this property tired and unhealthy complexion becomes smooth and glowing. Apple extract has also anti-bacterial properties, so mask with this fruit can be very helpful to normalize the oily complexion and to diminish acne problems.

How to prepare homemade treatment with those fruits?

You can start with the simplest recipes ever - take a handful of ripe raspberries or one apple, mash it until smooth with a fork in a small container and then apply to your face for 10-20 minutes, then rinse off with a warm water (in case of apples it may be easier to grate them). Do not apply the mask to your eye zone! If the pulp is too watery, you can add a tablespoon of potato starch to thicken the pulp.

This is the basic recipe. In case you discover that apples / raspberries are tolerated very well by your skin, you can enrich the recipe by adding a little bit of honey or a few drops of lemon juice to the apple mask or experiment by adding 2-3 fresh basil leafs to the raspberry mask.

Would You Say That Chocolate Can Be Beneficial For Your Skin?

Although chocolate works great to improve our mood or to diminish the stress level (thanks to magnesium - a natural stress reducer), many of us loves it simply because it's tasty. Of course, it is also rich in calories, but if you have a balanced diet, a little bit of this sweet pleasure will not ruin your weight :-)

Did you know that chocolate has also some beauty benefits?

What makes it so powerful? Cocoa!

Cocoa - its main ingredient - is a rich source of antioxidants, that protect the body from aging, and flavonoids which are helpful to improve the blood pressure and circulation, accelerating the process of getting rid of body toxins too. Since cocoa is also loaded with caffeine, which speeds up the process of fat burning, we can find it as an ingredient of some anti-cellulite products.

Also the cocoa butter is extremely beneficial to your skin - it moisturizes and softens the chapped skin. That is why the chocolate is often used in beauty care. You can find it in body balms, shower gels (my recent discovery: coconut-chocolate shower gel, it smells sooo nice!) or bubble baths. Some beauty salons offers also relaxing and skin nourishing body massages with warm chocolate. Why not to try it one day?

Make Your Skin Smooth With Almonds

Almonds are rich in natural skin nourishing substances such as: vitamin A and vitamins from B group, as well as minerals: calcium, potassium, phosphorus and sulphur.

You can take advantage of almonds benefits both from inside (just by eating few pieces of almond once or twice a week as a healthy snack) and from outside. There are lots of options to benefit from almonds.

1. Almond essences are often used in cosmetic sector to enrich soaps, bubble bath, body creams or after sun cosmetics. Simply check in your favourite shop ;)

2. Almond oil is rich in lipids - it makes it a great natural remedy to regenerate lipids at the skin surface, to make the skin smooth and supple. Almond oil can be used to cure eczema, psoriasis and to heal skin irritations. That's why it is often used in cosmetology as an important ingredient of dry and sensitive skin creams, shampoo and masks for dry and damaged hair.

3. Fine-grained almonds are efficient to cleanse and scrub the skin. You may find it in body scrubs or... prepare a nourishing peach and almond body scrub yourself at home.

Skin Care: How To Improve Condition Of Dry Skin?

For many people it is hard thing to improve the condition of dry skin. Nevertheless, many women have their own vision about making the skin beautiful. Those, who has lots of money buys expensive cosmetics, thinking that it will surely help them. Unfortunately, those kind of people get disappointed very fast, because of lack of good influence of cosmetics or even by seeing that their skin goes worse, than it was before. However, there is much better way to refresh our skin, paying very less money. Those are homamade masks, known and used already by our grandmothers long time ago. There are many different types of house-masks, but we have to fit those proper ones for each of us. Before choosing mask, we have to get to know which kind of skin we have. Then we can start with improving condition of our skin at once. Below, you can see formulas, how to make natural facial masks for each of us.

Skin Care in a Nutshell

I love how there are so many articles dedicated to this area, when it is in fact very simple.

DISCLAIMER: I know nothing of specific skin disorders. For that type of information, I suggest you see a dermatologist. This article is about GENERAL skin care advice
Taking care of your skin is incredibly easy, and is actually a byproduct of living a healthy life. Like many other things, if you simply take care of the cause then the symptoms will naturally disappear. Our body is designed to naturally have healthy skin, so skin care is all about letting your body do it's job.
Straight up, there are 4 main things that will improve your skin:

Home SPA

SPA in your own bathroom is a great idea for the weekend. Beauty treatments will take you few hours, so you can do it even if you are a busy mum. Those beauty moments will bring you back chill, relax and naturally beautiful and soft skin.

Aromatic bath

You should start the homemade treatments with a relaxing bath that will make you feel good and relaxed. Add some honey, milk, herbs or a softening bath salt. After 15 minutes you will notice softer and smoother skin.

Peeling

One of the basic beauty treatments is a regular body scrub. Natural scrub will remove dead skin cells and make your skin smooth to touch and ready for the next beauty procedure. One of the recipes:
Homemade body scrub:
Take a spoon of bath gel, add a teaspoon of olive oil and 3 spoons of salt or sugar. Blend together and massage the whole body with a circular motion. Then rinse off.
You can find more homemade body scrubs here

4 Steps To Smooth Cleavage

How to care about your skin in order to get smooth and beautiful cleavage? Here you'll find 4 easy steps to achieve that.

1. Bet on the purification

To wash instead traditional bar of soap, which dries the skin, use a soft gels or oils. Once a week use an enzyme or a fine scrub. The exfoliation of the top layer of your skin will stimulate the process of renewal, illuminating and beautifully smoothening your skin. it will also facilitate the absorption of active ingredients of creams.

2. Use a special cream

After cleansing, always lubricate it with cream. The best formulas are designed for the care of neck and shoulders, because they have a recipe tailored to the needs of delicate skin (look for neck and chin cream at you beauty store). They contain antioxidants, which delay aging and moisturizing ingredients, nutritional or Lifting (such as vitamin A, E, C, flavonoids, coenzyme Q10, ceramides). Apply cosmetics from bottom to top, then the skin will not be unnecessarily stretched.

3. Make Massage

One hour before the meeting wrap an ice cube with a tissue and massage the skin with soft circular motions. Move the cube from the breast toward the chin. This treatment should last no longer than 2 minutes. The neckline will be more firm and elastic.

4. Make Up

If you are going to a gala dinner, touch slightly your skin with the powder containing gold flecks - it will make your cleavage shine.

I hope this tips will help you to achieve smoothly beautiful cleavage

Beautiful Back - How to Achieve Velvetly Soft Back?

Are you dreaming of velvety soft back? Here is how to achieve that.

We often forget about the daily care of our backs. It is worth it to change, especially when the carnival in full and there are many opportunities to wear sexy tops and dresses with the neckline at the back.

When the skin is dry

If your problem is dry skin, choose a a quick shower instead of hot bath . To wash it take a product without soap that contains lubricants and greasing ingredients (eg lipids, lactic acid, fatty acids, urea, vitamins A and E).

Rub shoulders in the shower with a hard brush or a special belt every day. Once a week do a gentle scrub. Thanks to scrub treatment skin will quickly absorb the nutrients balm.

When the skin is oily

When acne appears on the back, you should care about the skin as oily facial skin . Wash it with anti-bacterial gel, and every few days apply your facial mask to cleanse the back. You can choose one with anti-acne ingredients, such as clay.

Once a week, peel back with a gentle, enzymatic peeling ( you could scratch pimples with a coarse one.)

In emergency situations, when pimple appears in a conspicuous place , spread an anti-bacterial, drying gel. Before going to the party, treat the skin with the equalizer and facial powder.

When you go to the party.

Before the event brush shoulders and back with brightening lotion, or sweep them with loose powder with golden flecks.

Homemade Acne Remedies

Acne products sold by big companies often contain chemicals that can irritate the skin. If you have some spare time during the day, you may be willing to try one of the natural acne remedies proposed below. Additionally, the most of the ingredients you will find in your kitchen and they won't cost you a lot. They will help you clear up your acne in a natural way.

Natural Acne Remedy - Lemon Juice Mask

Take one lemon and squeeze the juice into a glass container. Add the same amount of pure water. Apply carefully to your face with a cotton pad. Avoid touching your eyes! Leave it on for 5-10 minutes and rinse off afterwards with a lukewarm water. This lemon recipe is very easy to prepare and contains antibacterial and exfoliating properties.

Homemade Anti-Acne Recipe - Oatmeal Mask

Cook 5 tablespoons of oatmeal for 5-6 minutes in a little amount of water. Then let it set for 3 minutes. Apply a tablespoon or two of honey in the container, then mix. The honey will make it easier to stick the mask to your face. Apply on your face - but remember to wait until it's not hot anymore! Then leave the mask on for about 10-15 minutes and then simply rinse off with warm water, pat skin dry.
The Oatmeal Mask will help you to clean your face in a gentle way. Your skin will remain fresh and smooth.

Acne diet

Although many sources says that there is no medical proof that diet has anything to do with acne, there are countless of acne sufferers that notice changes in their skin condition caused by several foods. Even if you do not believe that acne can be diminished with certain foods, you can make a trial and observe if changing diet habits will change also your skin condition. Moreover, changing your diet to amore healthy one (with the right balance of nutrients, vitamins and drinking plenty of water; as well as eating and drinking on a regular basis) will help your immunological system to work better and you should feel better as well.

Are you ready to check if pimples will diminish after changing your diet? Read on.

 

Acne causes and myths

Causes of acne
Exactly why some people get acne and some do not is not completely known. These can cause acne, or make it worse:
* Hormonal fluctuation
* Hyperactive sebaceous glands
* Stress
* Many dead skin cells staying on the skin
* Bacteria in the pores
* Skin irritation or scratching of any sort
* Chlorine

Acne myths

There are many incorrect ideas about the causes for acne. Many people believe these false ideas:
* Diet. It is possible that eating different foods can help clear acne for some people. But the relationship between food and acne has not been proven. Chocolate, chips, sugar, milk, seafood and other food do not cause acne. The effect of diet varies from person to person, no scientific evidence has been brought forth to prove or disprove that diet has any effect on acne.
* Sex. Some people think that both celibacy (no sex) and masturbation are causes for acne. This is not true. Although sexual activity produces hormonal changes in our bodies, these are completely normal and should have no effect on acne.

Article source:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acne

What is Acne?

Acne is an infection of the skin, caused by changes in the sebaceous glands.

The sebaceous glands secrete an oily substance called sebum which function is to protect and waterproof hair and skin, and keep them from becoming dry. If too much sebum is produced, it is common that oils from the glands combine with dead skin cells to block hair follicles. Under the blocked pore, oil builds up. Skin bacteria can then grow very quickly. This infection makes the skin become swollen and red, which becomes visible. The redness comes from the inflammation of the skin in response to the infection.

While the most common form of acne is called acne vulgaris, which means common acne, there are also other types of acne and acne-related skin diseases like:

Acne fulminans
Acne medicamentosa
Chloracne
Rosacea

The most common places for acne to happen are: face, back, chest and shoulders.

Acne is most common during adolescence, affecting more than 85% of teenagers. For most people acne diminishes over time, but it is impossible to predict how long it will take to disappear entirely. Some individuals will continue to suffer well into their thirties and beyond.

The most common effects that acne can cause are:

Scars
Skin becomes more sensitive and painful to physical contact
Reduced self-esteem, which can cause depression.

Acne lesions are commonly referred to as pimples, zits, spots, or acne.

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acne_vulgaris
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acne
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebaceous_gland

Acne tips for teens

Developing acne has been a constant source of embarrassment, and fear, among teenagers. This is specifically hyped up because the image conscious society has convinced these young people that true beauty lies in silky smooth skin. Even just a couple of zits turn out to be the biggest nightmare of all, especially if a school dance, a prom or a big date is just days away.

Have you ever found yourself at your wits end trying to find ways to manage your skin problem? Well the good news is that there are ways to prevent and treat acne. So fret no more since here are some acne tips for teens and to clear them as fast as possible:

Cleanse

Wash your face no more than twice a day with warm water and mild acne soap. Gently massage your face in circular motions. Do not scrub. Do you know that over-washing and scrubbing can cause skin to become irritated? After cleansing, dermatologists recommend applying an over-the-counter lotion containing benzoyl peroxide that will decrease oil and bacteria.

No popping!

You may hate acne so much that you are tempted to immediately get rid of them by popping them out. This is a very bad idea since popping them can push infected material further into skin, leading to more swelling and redness and even scarring. What's worse, this could cause infection and might need hospital confinement for treatment.