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Simple Tips For Your Skin

  • Posted on August 5, 2008 at 8:05 pm

Are you taking as good of care for skin as you know you should be? Healthy-looking skin will raise your self-esteem, its just the fact that if your skin look clear and soft. A glowing complexion is more that anything else a reflection of just how beautiful you are feeling on the inside.

The sooner a woman begins a good skincare routine, the more she will reap the benefits as she grows older. Every woman at any age regardless of how well she has taken care of her skin in the past has the potential to achieve a glowing healthy natural beauty.

You may not know this but a good moisturizer arguable the most important item in a your wardrobe. You can replace the clothes in your closet but you can’t replace your skin. If you are not wearing a moisturizer now and feeling a bit dry? Now is the time to start looking for a moisturizer created for your skin type.

Its well worth it to invest in a efficient quality moisturizer that you like to use. We all know that there is a vast array of commercial products available, designed for every skin type imaginable from teenage, normal, dry, oily, mature, sensitive, and allergy- prone skin.

How can you take care of your type of skin that will keep it looking healthy?

Our skin is the biggest organ we have and it serves as a protective barrier against bacteria and other invaders. As we age our skin loses it elasticity it gets thinner and sorry to say it will start to show a few fine line wrinkles around our eyes and mouth.

How does our skin age?

Every person, man woman and child have a protein in our products called collagen. It is responsible for keeping our skin supple, elastic and youthful. As we grow older, our body produces less collagen its just a natural fact. Skin ages at a different rate all over our bodies but it starts to show up the earliest in our faces and our hands.

Did you know that the single most effective way to prevent premature skin from again is to stay out of the sun? The ultraviolet rays of the sun attack our skin every day of our lives and with out using sunscreen or staying covered up, exposure to the sun accelerates the process as well as does smoking. If you do enjoy the sun, wear your sunscreen and if you do get burned a little look for a organic body lotions to soothe away the red. Bonicca is the choice of this author.

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Sugar Body Scrubs or Salt Body Scrubs ~ Which is Better?

  • Posted on October 12, 2007 at 10:45 am

Today handcrafted body scrubs or any kind you pick up at your local drug store are all the rage. If you have never tried a sugar body scrub then hopefully this article will help you pick out if sugar is better for you or salt or a combination.

When so many of us do not have the time to take a bath but for rare occasions, taking a shower has become the norm. The only problem with taking a shower is you don’t get that I just spoiled myself feeling, or leave the shower feeling like you just been pampered.

Showers on the other hand have to be fast and sometimes hurried. That where a good body scrub would come in. You could wash your hair and while your hair has the conditioner on it instead of using a body wash you would use a body scrub. Do you know how to pick a body scrub or what are some of the main ingredients you should find in one? Simple question sure but do you?

First off body scrubs are never meant for your face so please do not use it that way.

There are three main types of body scrubs, you have one that is all sugar, ones that are all salt and ones that are a combinations of both.

The main ingredients in all scrubs is sugar or salt or both and some type of oil.

Let’s start off with what is a sugar body scrub?

Sugar body scrubs meant to exfoliate, moisturize, and improve circulation. What’s great about sugar body scrubs is that when they have been created with Shea Butter they go on extra smooth and leave your skin soft, and touchable. With just a extra few minutes in the shower is all it takes. What is also good about sugar body scrubs is they tend to melt as you are exfoliating your skin. Your body has lots of dead skin cells on it, most we don’t even see, a good sugar scrub with remove it and leave in its place a softer smoother skin. You would leave your shower feeling this way every time you use it. A sugar body scrub is better for those with more delicate skin but still want to exfoliated their body.

There is only one draw back to most scrubs is that they can leave a film on the bottom of the tub because of the main ingredients besides sugar is an oil. The oil used in a sugar body scrub like is the glue that holds it together.

You can make a super simple one with just a cup of sugar and adding enough olive oil to make smooth. There is no amazing scent but it works.

The handcrafted sugar scrubs are some of the best in the world because the creators all take the time to test out the scrubs before offering them to you. Its possible to get scrubs that are created for those of who enjoy unscented, vegan, heavier scented and with all types of oils in them.

To name a few ingredients:

They could have milk powders, almond oil, rice powder, emu oil, grape seed extract, olive oil and so many others. Two major ingredients that you will find are Shea and or Cocoa butter. Shea and cocoa butters is loved by your skin because they are absorbed by your dry and thirsty skin which then can deliver long-lasting moisturizing benefits. With sugar scrubs they could be white sugar, brown sugar or again a combination of both types of sugars. There are some that are made with raw brown sugar as well.

Those who create handcrafted ones are in for the joy that they know it will give you and sure a little money as well. The only draw back to the sugar body scrub is those that have diabetes should check with their doctor before using it as well as the one that is a combination of both.

It will come down to what feels best of your skin, and how you feel once you step out of the shower. If you feel rough and raw then you better stay way from salt body scrubs, if you feel smooth and pampered then that sugar body scrub is the best for you. If you are not sure you even like the one you are using, then stop using it and get one that has something different in it. You will find that if you buy handcrafted body scrubs the ingredients will be words you understand, usually the English name and then what they are called in Latin.

Start looking into what’s in your body scrub, because it maybe helping you or it could be harming your skin. Rough feeling is not what your body should feel like after using a body scrub! With so little time to pamper ourselves sometimes a simple sugar body scrub is all you to brighten your day.

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