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❀ Skin ❀

☆ Normal Skin ☆

Characteristics

• Normal Skin is simply Ideal Skin. Normal skin type is tight but not too tight and it’s firm. It doesn’t produce excess of sebum, it’s easy to cleanse and pores are almost invisible. It’s good hydrated, delicate, smooth, and quite thin. Even if you have an oily T-zone with dry cheeks or your skin changes with the seasons, which oilier skin in the summer and dryer skin in the winter, you are considered to have normal skin.

How to Take Care

• Wash your face: twice a day (morning/evening).
• Skin cleansers: use gentle cleanser to not irritate your skin.
• Skin tones: are refreshing but not needed by normal skin type, avoid toners with alcohol.
• Skin moisturizers: helps to maintain proper hydration, excellent if contains sunblock of at least SPF 15.
• Drink water: plenty of water.

Do’s and Don’ts

• Don’t smoke.

Cosmetics have influence on the outer parts of the skin mainly and their active components cannot reach the deepest layers of inner skin where the most serious damage caused by smoking takes place. Clinical tests have proved that the skin of a smoker is getting older faster than that of a non-smoking person. Doctors call the type of changes that undergo inside human skin as Tobacco Face syndrome.

• Don’t tan.

Don’t fool yourself, there’s no such thing as safe tanning. Any kind of exposure to the sun will result in damage, from wrinkles, liver spots, and even skin cancer.

• Don’t touch or rub your face.

Touching your face with soap, as it can irritate the skin. Always use a gentle cleanser, preferably without perfumes or colorants.

• Do wash your face twice a day.

Once in the morning and again before you go to bed.

• Do always take off your makeup.

Take off your makeup especially before going to bed, no matter how late it is or how tired you are. Makeup will clog your pores if left on for too long, which can cause acne to develop.

• Do awalys use a moisturizer.

Even if you don’t have particularly dry skin, moisturizer can help hydrate the skin. Without the hydration, skin can become dry and eventually promote wrinkles.

Another tips for you guys by: BeautyXpert.

(Source: daintylala)

☀ Beauty Tips ☂

❈ Skin Care Tips ❈

• Strengthen your skin by choosing skin moisturizers that contain Vitamin A and Vitamin E.
• Get rid of blemishes and pimples by washing your face with an oil-free and fragrance-free cleanser that is labeled pH balanced.
• If you want to avoid skin discoloration, minimize sun exposuree and wear sunscreen when you are outdoors.
• If you have sensitive skin, use a gentle, fragrance-free, and hypoallergenic skin moisturizer.
• Nourish your skin by drinking plenty of water each day.
• Protect your skin from harmful UV ray damage. Use plenty of creams and lotions that have SPF protection all over your skin.
• Baby wipes are excellent makeup removers as well as hand and face refreshers.
• Apply your skin moisturizer after a bath or shower so that you can lock the moisture into your skin.
• Laser treatment can help reduce and eliminate age spots.
• Laser therapy can help improve the appearance of stretch marks.
• If you want firmer, smoother, and younger looking skin, you need to exercise everyday. Exercise brings oxygen and nutrients to your skin.
• Use a combination of Epsom salt, sea salt and baking soda in your bath to help pull out toxins from your skin.
• Get 8 hours of sleep each day to maintain your healthy and youthful skin.
• If you have oily skin, use a water-based skin moisturizer.
• Keep your skin healthy by getting plenty of sleep, eating lots of fruits and vegetables, and drinking lots of water each day.
• Prevent age spots by avoiding sun exposure and use sunscreen with an SPF 15 or higher.

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☀ Make Me Up ☂

♕ Tips for your Face ♛

For Normal Skin:

• Choose a foundation for normal skin.
• Apply a layer of moisturizer underneath for dry, winter conditions or whenever you enter a parched environment.
• Keep a pressed powder on hand for oilier moments or more humid days.

For Dry Skin:

• Using hot water will make your dry skin worse
• Choose a double-duty foundation that moisturizers while helping to smooth out skin tone.
• Always choose creams that are based on natural hypoallergenic ingredients.
• Avoid alcohol-based products.
• Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize.

For Oily Skin:

• Follow up the cleanser with an astringent. This will remove all excess oil.
• Use water-based formulas for all your make-up, especially foundation.
• A powder is your best friend to help control your oily look throughout the day.
• Use an exfoliant at least twice a week.

For Combination Skin (part oily and part dry):

• Try out different foundations
• Before using foundation, do not forget to apply moisturizer or serum on the dry areas of the face.
• Avoid mixing ingredients of different skin care products. Instead use products designed to care for combination skin.
• T-Zone has to be dealt more carefully because of more active sebaceous activity. Choose an oil-managing powder for your T-Zone (and other oily areas).

More Tips for a beautiful Skin:

• Never wash your face with hot tap water. The combination of how water and the chlorine found in tap water can damage the skin.
• Avoid stress as much as you are can.
• Don’t tan. Stay out of the sun (or protect your skin with UV blockers).
• Don’t smoke.
• Don’t touch or rub your face. Touching your face transfers oil to your skin that can leave it clogged, which can cause acne to develop.
• Don’t wash your face with soap. It can irritate your skin.
• Drink lots of water.
• Get plenty of sleep.
• Be sure to clean your skin properly.
• Eat lots of fruits and vegetables.

I hope this tips will help you to take good care of your skin. Enjoy!

(Source: daintylala)

☀ Skin Care ☂

♕ Cellulitis ♛

Cellulitis is a bacterial infection of the deepest layer of your skin. Bacteria can enter your body through a break in the skin - from a cut, scratch, or bite. Usually if your skin gets infected, it’s just the top layer and it goes away on its own with proper care. But with cellulitis, the deep skin tissues in the infected area become red, hot, irritated, and painful. Cellulitis is most common on the face and lower legs.

You may have cellulitis if you notice:

• Area of skin redness or swelling that gets larger
• Tight, glossy look to skin
• Pain or tenderness
• Skin rash that happens suddenly and grows quickly
• Signs of infection including fever, chills, and muscles aches

Cellulitis can be serious, and possibly even deadly, so prompt treatment is important. The goal of treatment is to control infection and prevent related problems. Treatment usually includes antibiotics.

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☀ Beauty Tips ☂

♕ Itching ♛

Also called: Pruritus

Itching is skin tingling or irritation that makes you want to scratch the itchy area. It’s a symptom of many health condition. Common causes are:

• Allergic reactions
• Eczema
• Dry skin
• Insect bites and stings
• Irritating chemicals
• Parasites such as pinworms, scabies, and head lice
• Pregnancy
• Rashes
• Reactions to medicines

To soothe itchy skin, you can try cold compresses, lotions and lukewarm baths. Avoid scratching, wearing irritating fabrics and high heat and humidity. Most itching is not serious. However, if you itch all over, have hives that keep coming back or have itching without apparent causes, you might require medical attention.

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Birthday Blog: Oct. 27, 2011 I'm Lala. Filipina. Love God.
I do Nail Arts. I'm a late bloomer but I do love fashions. I also love cute stuff & photography.
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