Moisturizing

Why moisturize?
Moisturizing forms a barrier between the skin and environmental conditions. Moisturizer helps to form a fine, protective layer that enables the skin to retain the moisture it requires. Moisturizing is essential for all types of skin including oily skin. Dry skin and ageing skin derive the maximum benefits from a moisturizer. Lack of moisture on the skin causes skin to become dry and more prone to wrinkling. Moisturizers come in two forms liquid and cream. Rich, liquid and cream moisturizers take care of dry and wrinkled skin. Water – based, oil free moisturizer works best for oily skin. Herbal moisturizers are very light. They not only help to protect the skin but also assist in evaporating excess of moisture.
How to moisturize?
Always moisturize after cleansing thoroughly. Dry your skin with towel but let it be still moist because moisturizers work by holding in water that is already on the skin.The full benefits of moisturizing are obtained if you regularly exfoliate. Without exfoliation, your moisturizer will just sit on top of layers of dead skin cells.

Treat and maintain soft lips

Getting chapped lips from time to time? Well this is how I deal with that, works for me all the time.

Treating chapped lips:

• Toothbrush Exfoliation

This is a quick and easy exfoliation technique that you can do anywhere, daily or as necessary. To remove dead and dry skin as well as allow moisture to soak in, use a soft clean dry toothbrush to gently brush off any dead skin on your lips.

• Sugar Exfoliation

Using a homemade scrub consisting of equal part granulated sugar and olive oil can be rubbed on your lips in a circular motion to remove the dead skin and extra moisture.

 Maintaining soft lips:

• Protect your lips

Moisturize your lips all the time. Use an oil-based lubricant containing sunscreen. Reapply often while outdoors, in cold and dry weather.

• Avoid licking your lips

Saliva evaporates quickly, leaving lips drier than before you licked them. if you tend to lick your lips, avoid flavored lip balm – which may tempt you to lick your lips even more.

• Stay hydrated

Water is not only good for your health and your skin but also for your lips. Make sure to take plenty of water as well as other fluids.

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A secret to loving oneself.

"Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself." by Tyra Banks.

My favorite tip of the week!

*Soap should only touch your skin from the neck down.*

   Washing your face with soap (except the soaps that were made specially for cleansing the face) will drain all the oil from your skin, even moisture, So for a person with oily skin, this may make you feel better for a few hours, but you will realize that the more you use it, the more your skin will turn from oily to dry. This tends to take away   the acidity that the skin needs to kill bacteria. With less and less oil produced on your skin the moisture balance of  your skin becomes thinner, dry, and dehydrated, producing many fine lines which eventually turn into wrinkles. 

MORE TIPS ON EXFOLIATION.

Don't scrub your face!

You need to be gentle when exfoliating. if you scrub your face too hard, you will force pores to excrete oils as a protective measure. those oils will clog your pores and cause acne.  

OMEGA 3

Omega 3 is the secret to a shimmering skin. At the same time, it is good for your health. Omega 3 may be found in several kinds of cold water fish including salmon, trout, sardines, tuna, mackerel and many others. Omega 3 is also found in flax seeds, walnuts, cauliflower, scallops, broccoli, brussels sprouts, squash, tofu, spinach, shrimp, soybeans, herrings and snapper... 

WATER! WATER! WATER!

Drink eight to 10 glasses of water a day to get amazing skin within a week.