The Five Minute Beauty Regimen
With hectic schedules and multiple-roles women feel pressed for time. Even
for some basic makeup when you are on the go. However, you can do with some
get-set-go beauty tips not just for the morning but also anytime during the day.
Touch up your face and perk up your spirits and personality. It is a good break
from the ever-hectic life.
For instance, a concealing stick or a bit of powder is a sure shot solution for
dark spots and blemishes. It does not't take long to apply, especially if you
are working on specific areas only. Just make sure you use a product that
closely matches your natural skin color. If you have red eyes, use Visine drops
that can be used with contact lenses as well.
There is no reason to hide your eyes with a ton of eye shadow and mascara.
Simply choose a color that complements your outfit and only apply one layer of
mascara. If you don't even have time for the eye shadow, a quick mascara
application will bring out your eyes just enough.
Lipgloss gives a soft look to lips, without fading noticeably or smearing like
lipstick can do. Plus, you can reapply without a mirror if you need to. This is
a great way to accent your lips in a more natural way, and to help you feel
better about yourself. Use flavored gloss for a more fun and flirty look and
feel.
Hair is one of those things that just takes a little longer to do. If you are
pressed for time, you can just pull it back with clips. Have hairpins available
as well as clips. There are even accessories that allow you put your hair up in
less than 30 seconds. Use non-stick hairspray to secure fly-aways.
Get into the habit of taking a shower at night. It saves time in the morning.
The Japanese do this to wash away the filth of the day. You can do it to save a
few precious minutes in the morning. Then, all you have to do in the morning is
give it a run-through with the brush if you do not want to put it up.
To finish up, use body spray or a little perfume. Make sure that you choose
scents that are light and pleasing. You do not want to overpower anyone, and
there are people who are allergic to some body scents and perfumes. This way you
can smell fresh and professional.
This five-minute beauty regimen can do the trick. It will help you enhance your
natural look. So, stop trying to redefine yourself every morning. Instead, use
these simple tricks that highlight your strengths and conceal your weaknesses.
You can look composed and professional and exude an air of confidence.
Natural Beauty Regimen for Today's Fast-Paced Life
women have to shoulder so much responsibility that they are left with no
time to take care of their looks. However, if you follow a few beauty tips you
can significantly reduce the amount of time you need to look good and feel
great. What is more, you can easily touch up throughout the day whenever you
have a minute or two.
For instance, a concealing stick or a bit of powder is a sure shot solution for
dark spots and blemishes. It does not't take long to apply, especially if you
are working on specific areas only. Just make sure you use a product that
closely matches your natural skin color. If you have red eyes, use Visine drops
that can be used with contact lenses as well.
There is no reason to hide your eyes with a ton of eye shadow and mascara.
Simply choose a color that complements your outfit and only apply one layer of
mascara. If you don't even have time for the eye shadow, a quick mascara
application will bring out your eyes just enough.
Lipgloss gives a soft look to lips, without fading noticeably or smearing like
lipstick can do. Plus, you can reapply without a mirror if you need to. This is
a great way to accent your lips in a more natural way, and to help you feel
better about yourself. Use flavored gloss for a more fun and flirty look and
feel.
Hair is one of those things that just takes a little longer to do. If you are
pressed for time, you can just pull it back with clips. Have hairpins available
as well as clips. There are even accessories that allow you put your hair up in
less than 30 seconds. Use non-stick hairspray to secure fly-aways.
One of the biggest time savers in the morning is to shower at night. The
Japanese do this to avoid sleeping in the filth of the day. You can make use of
this to save a few minutes. Washing and drying your hair the night before
results in a faster morning, and often all you need to do is give it a
run-through with the brush if you do not want to put it up.
To finish up, use body spray or a little perfume. Make sure that you choose
scents that are light and pleasing. You do not want to overpower anyone, and
there are people who are allergic to some body scents and perfumes. This way you
can smell fresh and professional.
Forget about trying to look the stunning beauty queen everyday in the morning. A
five to seven minute beauty regime definitely enhances your natural looks and
makes you look more professional. These little magic tricks would add to natural
beauty rather than miserably trying to reinvent it.
In today's fast-paced life, women have to shoulder so much responsibility that
they are left with no time to take care of their looks. However, if you follow a
few beauty tips you can significantly reduce the amount of time you need to look
good and feel great. What is more, you can easily touch up throughout the day
whenever you have a minute or two. Don't waste another dime - learn how to
pick the right skin regimen for you!
Designing your personalized regimen
Now that you've determine what type of skin you have, the next step is to
establish how you can best care for it. All regimens should include a twice
daily cleanser, toner and moisturizer with an appropriate sunblock used daily.
Cleansers
The most important thing a cleanser should do, as is evident by its name, is to
make your skin feel clean. A cleanser should also be pH balanced and appropriate
for your skin type. The alpha hydroxyl acids and enzymes that it should contain
are useful in removing the build-up of dead skin. Medicine like benzoyl peroxide
reduces excess oil and bacteria and helps reduce acne. Many people often ask
whether a cleanser should be creamy or if it should lather like soap. For the
most part, this is really a personal preference, although a sensitive or dry
skin type may prefer a creamy cleanser.
Normal skin
Pumpkin Cleanser from Rhonda Allison is a great cleanser for all skin types,
because it contains powerful antioxidants derived from pumpkin and salicylic
acid, which both help renew the surface of the skin and keeps the pores from
clogging.
Oily Skin
Phaze #31 from Physicians choice of Arizona contains benzoyl peroxide and many
anti-inflammatory ingredients to sooth inflamed blemish-prone skin. It also
reduces oil and bacteria, while leaving the skin feeling soft.
Sensitive Skin
Skin that is reactive to products, sun and heat benefits form gentle ingredients
like aloe vera, citric and lactic acid. Physician's Choice of Arizona‘s Phaze #1
has the formula that soothes while it cleans and is recommended for conditions
like rosacea.
Dry Skin
Sun damaged skin is often dry and it is restored with antioxidant-enriched
cleansers. Green tea polyphenols, vitamins A, C, and E build up the cells'
defenses against free radicals. Procyte Herbal Wash is a creamy, soap free
cleanser that will heal dry, sun damaged skin.
Toners
Toners are one of the most overlooked components of skin care regimens, and yet,
they are absolutely essential to skin care treatment. Toners are important,
because they restore the acid pH of the skin and also remove traces of oil and
dead cells that cleansing alone cannot eliminate. These traces of make-up and
oil that build up over time often lead to blackheads.
Normal and Oily Skin
Physician's Choice of Arizona's Phaze #2 contains citric and lactic acid, which
keep pores clean and remove dead skin build-up. It is effective in reducing
excessive oil and also reducing inflammation.
Sensitive Skin
This skin type benefits from a lower concentration of alpha hydroxyl acids and
the addition of antioxidants. Physician's Choice of Arizona's pHaze #5 Nutrient
Toner will heal sun damaged skin and soothe sensitive conditions like rosacea,
while providing real nourishment to the skin.
Moisturizers
All skin types, even oily ones, need moisture. Applying the right moisturizer to
acne-prone skin will inhibit the over-production of oil in the sebaceous glands.
Moisturizers can reduce inflammation, repair sun damaged skin and stimulate the
production of collagen, which diminishes wrinkles. You know you have used the
right moisturizer for your skin by how it feels and makes you look.
Normal and Dry Skin
Skin that is mature with fine lines benefits from ingredients like pumpkin seed
oil, olive oil and retinol found in Rhonda Allison's Regenerating Cream. It
heals skin recovering from chemical peels or sun exposure.
Oily Skin
Physician's Choice of Arizona's pHaze #18 Clearskin is a light textured
moisturizer that reduces inflammation in acne-prone skin types.
Sensitive Skin
Skin that is sensitive or is recovering from laser resurfacing or a deep
chemical peel will feel soothed and hydrated with pHaze #17 Rebalance from
Physician's Choice of Arizona. Men report that the product provides relief from
shaving irritations.
Sun Protection
There are many over-the-counter sunblocks that claim to block both UVB and UVA
rays. What you need to understand is that all the UVA rays need to be blocked if
you want to avoid premature aging or, worse, cancerous lesions from developing.
Some studies have shown that avobenzone, (an UVA blocking chemical found in many
over-the-counter sunscreens) is unstable in the sun and can cause sun
sensitivity in some people. If you are regenerating collagen by using
professional products, or are reversing sun damage with chemical peels, you
really need to block as much of the sun's UVA spectrum as possible.
Zinc oxide is the only ingredient that Skintegrity relies on to promote the
health of our clients' skin, because it blocks all of the UVB rays and UVA rays
by reflecting the sun away from your skin. It comes in transparent, cosmetically
elegant formulas that do not clog pores. If you play outdoor sports you can
choose water resistant formulas. Wearing zinc every day is the most important
health and beauty habit you can develop that may even save your life!
Normal, Dry and Sensitive Skin
Applied Therapeutics SPF 30 and SPF 45 contains 6.8% zinc oxide in a
moisturizing transparent formula. If you want water proof protection, Maximum
Sun Protection SunSmart by Applied Therapeutics is a great choice. Dry skin
needs to use a moisturizer before applying this block.
Oily Skin
Sunforgettable by Colorescience is a matte finish (no shine) non-moisturizing
formula that contains 12% zinc oxide. The unique powder formula makes this very
water resistant sunblock appropriate for all skin types. Aging Skin How to
Adjust Your Daily Regimen
As time goes by we have all changed, we say it every Friday night, "At this
time we use to be going out", as we kiss and say good night. So we may never
know what happened to dancing all night but, let's take a look at the changes in
our so called Aging Skin.
There are many causes for your skin to age. Some we have control over and others
just come with age.
Scientists explain it this way: There are two types of aging, intrinsic and
extrinsic. Intrinsic (internal) aging is the rate of aging that occurs with the
passage of time. Extrinsic (external) aging is intrinsic aging compounded by
external causes such as sunlight, air pollution, and inflammation caused by
harsh detergents, rough treatment, cosmetics, and disease processes.
In short look at the aging skin on your face, neck, arms and then look at the
skin that has been protected from the sun, like the skin on the buttocks and
torsos. The skin exposed is generally more wrinkled and discolored and less taut
than the unexposed skin.
Let's start with the things we have no control over.
First: We will take out the old family photo album. And yes we will be living
longer but your heredity will have a lot to do with the way you age.
Second: You have been down the so called "road". Summer vacations when you were
a child and got sunburned. The harsh winters in the cold north east, or living
in a more desert climate. Where you have lived in the past, what kind of
chemicals your skin has already come in contact with, these will all lead to
your normal wear and tear of your aging skin.
Third: As we grow older our skin will produce less oil and there will be a
diminish in your hormone production. There is no control for what has happened,
but we do have control over these next items.
How much sun we let get to our skin. Let's say it again "The sun does most of
the aging to our skin."
Free radicals which is an unstable molecule that damages normal, surrounding
cells by depleting them of oxygen. From here we will look into the free-radical
theory of aging by Denham Harman, M.D., PhD. back in the mid-1950, with up to
date work by Nicholas Perricone, MD.
If you still smoke, drink alcohol, and have a poor diet this will ad to your
skin aging. From here we will get into antioxidant's.
Are you having a lot of stress, find ways of unwinding that does not include
drinking and smoking. Sorry I could not help myself. But think about it, if you
are worried it's not about you, it's the kids, family, work, or money. There
will be help about your stress later don't worry.
And last let's watch what we are doing. Even our hobbies will put us in contact
with harsh products. Fixing up the house is really big right now. Just think of
all the paints, thinners, cleaners, ect. All of these can weaken the skins
natural barrier to function over time.
Changing your habits for your aging skin will not be easy, although your aging
skin is changing and you'll need to do a few things differently. In every case
stick with your gentle cleanser and I know you love the look of being out in the
sun but now is the time to put on the sunscreen.
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