Tips & Advice
In this section you will find useful tips and advice that will help you with day-to-day skin care.
Top 10 Tips for Maintaining Healthy Skin
What are the 10 best things to do to keep your complexion glowing and youthful as long as you possibly can? Without resorting to a plastic surgeon or aesthetician or any harsh procedures following a few simple guidelines can help maintain your skin in great condition well into “middle age”. Read more »
Proper Way to Cleanse Skin
In order to determine the proper way to cleanse your skin you must first identify the type of skin you have and them gear your cleansing routine to your skin type. Cleansing is especially important because of daily exposure to pollution and make-up. Read more »
How to Exfoliate Your Skin
When you learn how to exfoliate your skin properly it will reward you by having a fresher appearance and a youthful glow. The speed at which skin cells turn over slows significantly with age and the slowing process begins in your 20s. Read more »
How to Tell What Skin Type You Have
All of the decisions you make for the products you purchase for you skin will be based on you skin type. So how do you tell what type of skin you really have? For a very few who are at the extremes of oiliness or dryness it is readily apparent. But for the majority of people and easy test can tell you. Read more »
How Drinking Water Affects Your Skin
Keeping your body properly hydrated plays an important role in the health and appearance of your skin. Drinking water does not actually “moisturize” your skin and can not make naturally dry skin less dry. Drinking plenty of water does, however, keep all of the cells in your body in peak condition. Your skin benefits from all of your bodily systems functioning at their best. Read more »
Taking Care of Your Skin in Cold Weather
Everyone who has lived in an extremely cold climate can attest to the havoc that it can wreak on the skin. No one wants to age unnecessarily quickly or have their skin looking less than its best. Cold weather can do just that and be more of a hazard to the skin than summer because everyone knows to use sunscreen. Read more »
Skin Care Tips for Women Over 40
When a person reaches 40 the signs of ageing become more pronounced. Flaws that were once only visible in bright light become evident even in the evening or in candlelight. What are the signs that begin to appear, what are their causes and what can you do to slow the physical evidence of the years that have given you your wisdom? Read more »
Digestive Health and Your Skin
There is an old saying of a wise man that says “every disease has its root in one’s own stomach”. Modern scientific studies and evidence have proved that this is, indeed, true. Like every other system, our skin (the largest living organ of our body) directly depends on our dietary habits, digestion and metabolism for its health, functioning and growth. Read more »
Effects of Diet on the Appearance of Skin
Our skin is our largest body organ and, like every other body organ and gland, it is composed of billions and trillions of cells. Each cell is a complete functioning unit in its own place i.e. performs the functions of respiration, reproduction, excretion and, of course, digestion and nutrition. Read more »
Importance of Moisture for Your Skin
The phenomenon of skin moisturizing or skin moistening has always been regarded as one of the vital requirements for the nourishment, repair and growth of the human skin. For the same reason, several products have been manufactured and marketed to increase and retain an optimal quantity of moisture on skin. Read more »