Skincare Moisturizers, Finding The Right Moisturizer
Most often than not, people tend to focus caring of the skin on the face, therefore there are plenty of skincare moisturizers dedicated to make the face look healthy. Moisturizers are used so that the skin is not dry, or in other words, are used to prevent water loss from the surface of the skin. They keep your skin nourished instead of dry. Usually, people apply moisturizers when they use cleansers, toners, or both, which have a tendency to dry the skin, making it look dull.
Skincare moisturizers are used by people with different skin types, and every skin type has a moisturizer that is made especially for it. But before you go and buy face moisturizers, you should make sure of what it contains and how it does its job. Here are some of the ingredients that you would want to be familiar with before you choose the skin care moisturizer that is good for your skin.
First off, we have humectants. Their function is to hydrate the skin using the water from the dermis (or the deeper part of the skin,) to surface to the epidermis (or the more superficial part of the skin). In high humidity, humectants can also attract water from the atmosphere into the dermis.
Some studies show that some of these humectants degrade the material that holds the skin cells together, which makes it easier for the skin to shed off, thus leaving you with younger, smoother skin. Another skincare moisturizer ingredient is the occlusives.
These keep the skin hydrated by slowing the evaporation of water molecules on the skin. Usually, occlusives are applied to damp skin, and are known to have an oily or greasy texture. Next, we have emollients. Emollients are ingredients in a skincare moisturizer that stay in the deeper layer of the skin, and are considered as lubricants, so their function is to maintain the smooth appearance of the face.
Natural Facial Care – Nature’s Ways of Looking After Your Skin
As an aromatherapist I am passionate about natural facial care products. Ingredients from the cosmetics we apply are absorbed into our bodies and I feel it is just as important that they are natural as if they are eaten. But there are other ways to care for our skin naturally, some of them more important than what we put on it. Here are some of the most important things you need to know about facial care.
Firstly, water. Of course it is unlikely that this is news to you, we are seemingly bombarded by nutritionists, doctors and beauty therapists telling us this. Yet it is one of the most common issues I come across. Dehydration causes fine lines and prevents optimum cleansing and nutrition of the cells. Don’t forget your eight glasses!
Diet, equally unsurprisingly, is hugely important. This is where the adage “you are what you eat” is in evidence. It is not only junk food causing a problem here though, low-fat diets which have been extremely fashionable since the eighties, can lead to drying of the skin.
Exercise, perhaps less obviously is important for our skin. Exercise gets our blood pumping around the body, taking with it nutrients, bathing the cells and removing waste which can lead to a dull complexion. This is real winner for a healthy glow.
Natural products are, of course, also important. It is becoming increasingly evident that artificial food stuffs such as colouring, preservative and sweetener are not good for our health. As I have already said, ingredients in the products we put onto our skin can also be absorbed into our bodies. It seems to me that putting artificial ingredients onto our face is likely to be equally ill-advised. And more and more of the large skin care manufacturers seem to agree, as they are investigating plant extracts and adding natural anti-oxidants such as green and white tea to their products.
5 Myths About Cellulite and Exercises to Get Rid of Cellulite
Understanding what cellulite is and how to get rid of it can be very confusing. There’s so much media advertising that claim their product is the next best thing to curing cellulite, but how can you really know what works. I’ve found that the best solution is first knowing what the root cause of cellulite is and then researching people who have effectively reduced their cellulite so that you can follow their success. Here are 5 myths about cellulite and exercises to get rid of cellulite. Guess which are true and which are false.
Myth 1: Cellulite Is a Special Type of Fat.
It may seem that cellulite could be some different type of fat because of the way it looks. It has that odd, cottage cheese appearance to it. The reason for it’s awkward shape is that the connective tissue that holds the fat in place is honey-combed shaped. As we get older the connective tissue looses it’s elasticity allowing the fat deposits to bulge through. This then causes the appearance of cellulite. The answer to this myth is false. Cellulite is simply fat deposits like any other type of body fat.
Myth 2: Only Overweight People Get Cellulite.
You would assume that the more fat someone has on their body would make them a likely candidate for cellulite. However, this is not the case. Cellulite can be seen in slender women as well. How is this possible? Well, going back to myth 1, if we don’t engage our muscles in physical activity on a regular basis then that connective tissue also gets weak. So this myth is also false since cellulite can appear in all body types.
Myth 3: Nothing Can Get Rid of Cellulite.