Easy Steps for Skin Care

Are you overwhelmed by all the commercials and advertisements that claim their lotion or potion will make your skin look so much better?
 Do you scratch your head in confusion at all the choices in the skin care aisle of your local drugstore or supermarket?
 If you answered yes to either of these questions, you're normal. 

The Good News About Skin Care

The good news is skin care can be simple.

Washing your face doesn't have to be a 10-step process, and you don't have to spend a lot of money to fill up your medicine cabinet with shelves of products. The fact is, good skin care involves 3 basic steps:

• Cleansing - Getting rid of grime and chemicals while limiting the stress of daily cleansing 

• Moisturizing - Hydrating and replenishing the skin 

• Using Sunscreen - Protecting the skin from harmful UV rays 

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How To Do The Basic At-Home Facial

There’s nothing better than getting a professional facial, but they can be expensive. To maintain your healthy skin between professional treatments or to do them yourself, try this basic at-home facial once a week. This basic facial works on oily, dry and combination skin.
And don’t worry, I’m not going to make you whip up a batch of egg-whites & oatmeal. If you want natural, do-it-yourself recipes, see ‘Make Your Own Face Mask.’

Difficulty: Easy

Time Required: 25-30 minutes

Here's How:

1. Cleanse the skin
   You’ll want to wash the face to remove any grime or dirt. If you have oily or combination skin, try a cleanser . Wash Away Gel Cleanser or Purpose Gentle Cleansing Wash . For dry skin, your best bet is a cream or milky cleanser .
2. Exfoliate
   Using your fingers, rub a gentle exfoliating scrub in a circular motion on your face. Concentrate on the areas around your nose and forehead or if you have combo skin, work harder on the areas that tend to be ‘greasy.’ Rinse your face well since exfoliating scrubs tend to be drying.
3. Steam[/br] Fill your sink with warm water, dip a washcloth in and press to your face. Repeat 2-3 times.
4. The mask
   For oily skin, use a clay-based face mask. For dry skin, go for a hydrating gel or cream mask.
   Apply the mask, avoiding the areas around the eyes. Keep it on for 10-20 minutes (or, according to the directions on the product). Rinse completely. Want to go all out and make your own natural face masks?
5. Moisturize
   Smooth on a soothing, basic moisturizer such as Crème de La Mer Moisturizing Cream (very expensive) or the less expensive Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion
   Tip: Stay away from strong moisturizers containing retinols or acids. These will over-exfoliate your skin.

What You Need:

• Gentle cleanser
• Exfoliating scrub
• Warm water & a washcloth
• Clay-based or cream facial mask (based on skin type)
• Basic moisturizer

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All about soap

Funny thing happens when you stand in the soap aisle. You get overwhelmed. And then you go to the boutiques & the department stores & they are filled with $20 bars of soap & $30 bottles of bath gel.

 So really then, do women who bath with $80 bath bars have better skin than someone who rubs on the, oh, say Ivory? (We do hate that smell, by the way). No really. But then again if they can afford $80 bath bars, they probably pay for $200 monthly facials & body scrubs as well.

Ok, ok, we'll get down to the real nitty gritty. The truth is the best body cleansers are pure & simple. Plain works just as well as fancy. Here's the rundown:

1. Deodorant soap These soaps actually contain bacteria-killing chemicals that can dry out your skin. Regular soap will get rid of odors just as well.
2. Anti-bacterial soap The only people who really need this special soap are doctors, elementary school teachers and those with bad back acne. Normal soap (again, Ivory, Dove or any other typical bath bar found just about anywhere) will keep you just as clean and bacteria-free.
3. Shower & bath gels Most bath & shower gels contain sodium laurel sulfate, a chemical that can be drying to your skin. Who knew? Yep. Might as well keep them for your guests only or for special occasions. They are fun to use after all.

Homemade Clay Mask for All Skin Types

Masks (homemade or otherwise) should stay on for 10-15 minutes. Follow with a cleansing and a thin layer of moisturizer.

Ingredients:

 

• 1½ tsp green clay (French is preferred)
• ½ tsp kaolin clay
• 1½ tbsp aloe vera gel
• 1 tbsp rosewater
• 2 drops rose essential oil

Preparation:

 

Mix green and kaolin clays together.
Add in the aloe vera gel, rosewater and oils.
Refrigerate mixture for up to four weeks.

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How to Pick a Soap to Wash Your Face

With all the new skin care products and tools, it can be confusing trying to decide the best way to wash your face. Not too long ago, the only choices you had in facial cleansers were bar soaps and cold creams. Now, entire store aisles are devoted to various facial cleansing options. 

The Importance of Facial Cleansing

Facial cleansing is important because the face has so many sebaceous glands that the skin is oilier. In addition, we apply cosmetics and products that create a film on the skin, trapping pollutants from the environment like dust and cigarette smoke. You would think the face needs some aggressive cleansing.

The Importance of GENTLE Facial Cleansing

 

Before you go scrubbing away all that oil and grime, you should understand how delicate the skin on your face is. The top layer of the face's skin, the stratum corneum, has fewer cell layers than any other part of the body except the genitalia. This thinner layer makes the skin more easily irritated. Also, because the face moves so much and has so many nerve endings, it's easier to notice tightness there. This combination means the skin has the potential to get irritated.

THE Guideline for Washing Your Face

An important guideline to follow when deciding how to wash your face is this: Use the mildest cleanser that gets rid of oil and residue

Cleansing Options

Now may be a good time to point out that you shouldn't use the same soap for your face that you use for your body, even if you're using a liquid cleanser for your body. If you're using a bar soap on your body (which you ought to reconsider), don't let that thing get anywhere near your face. Facial soaps are designed specifically for sensitive facial skin, and even the mildest body soap is too hard on the face.
You don't even have to use a soap on your face if you use a facial cloth because the soap is already embedded in the cloth. Other face cleaning tools on the market now including the redesigned Buf-Puf and even a brush that works like an electric toothbrush for the face.
You can learn more about the best soap for different types of faces, but you will rarely go wrong if you use a facial cloth or a non-foaming cleanser to clean your face. 

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1 - Cleansing of skin

Most of us know that cleansing is an important part of good skin care. 
The purpose of a cleanser, or soap, is to surround, loosen, and make it easy to remove dirt, debris, germs, excess oils, and left-over products applied to the skin. Unfortunately, there are harmful effects of cleansers on the skin. 

Many people have dry skin because of their cleansing routines, not because their skin is normally dry. Often people think that their skin isn't clean unless it feels dry and tight after they wash it. People get used to the way their skin normally feels. They come to expect that they will have dry, rough patches on the backs of their hands, itch in winter time, and sometimes have a dull complexion. They don't know that their choice of cleanser could be hurting their skin.
How do you know what type of cleanser to use and where? The first step is to understand your cleanser options:

• Bar soaps - The most irritating cleansers but the best to get rid of dirt and grime
• Liquid cleansers - A wide variety of tolerability - good for cleaning all but the oiliest skin
• Facial cleansers - The mildest cleanser but may not remove oil and dirt as well.

Cleansing Bottom Line

• You don't have to feel dry to be clean
• You have good options
• Use the mildest cleanser possible that still removes dirt, oil and debris 

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