This is part 1 of a very important discussion about something I’m passionate about as a person who values beautiful skin and who has struggled with many an acne breakout in the past, making me an authority on the subject of blending and makeup to minimize the appearance of acne until you can get it under control. It’s about choosing a great mineral makeup or other type of foundation to help make your skin look its best even when you might be experiencing a less than stellar period of time with the ever so insidious skin condition of acne. I chose to talk about mineral makeups primarily because they are all the rage now, and when they are PURE and natural with no metals in them, they are a great natural choice that doesn’t clog pores and helps your skin look fantastic. So let’s start talking foundation, minerals, and blending away that problem skin! People who have an oily, sensitive, or acne prone complexion must be extremely careful when choosing cosmetic products. If you do not choose cosmetic products which work the natural chemistry of your complexion, you run the risk of actually making your skin problems worse then they [...] read more..
Friday, 11 May 2012
Acne Prone Skin-Mineral Makeup-Beautiful Skin
Organic Minerals-Mineral Makeup-Beautiful Skin
This is part II of one of my fave subjects in the quest for beautiful skin. It’s an important one! Makeup! Your choice of makeup really makes all the difference in the world when it comes to how good your skin looks. Mineral makeup is created by using finely ground organic minerals which not only help you hide your blemishes from the world; it actually helps to make your skin healthier on a cellular level. What makes mineral makeup so much better for you is the absence of harsh chemicals and additives that can cause breakouts. Instead of using chemical additives, most mineral makeups are made from a blend of zinc oxide, titanium oxide, organic extracts, and pure pigments. These mineral make ups offer you a wide variety of benefits such as sun protection, anti aging properties, anti inflammatory properties, and anti bacterial properties. Due to the anti inflammatory and anti bacterial properties of these makeups, mineral makeup is especially beneficial to people with oily complexions. While mineral makeup is certainly the best option for people with oily acne prone complexions, you should be aware that all mineral makeups are not created equal. In order to choose the best mineral [...] read more..
Saturday, 10 March 2012
Regenerative Cell Therapy-Isopropyl Myristate-Acne Prone Skin-Scar Treatment
This is part one of a two part article that I wanted to share on something that is very important to those of us that have acne prone skin and pores that are especially prone to getting clogged with acne causing bacteria and other debris that causes the pores to inflame and acne to flare [...] read more..
Ingredients to Avoid in Makeup for Acne Prone Skin : Part II
This is part II of the article about what ingredients to avoid if you have acne prone skin that is already oily and needs no help introducing dirt and bacteria to the pores and causing yet more breakouts and flare ups to occur. Have you ever heard of isopropyl myristate? If you haven’t heard of [...] read more..
Brand new augmentation (filler) scar treatment: Regenerative Cell Therapy by LaViv
What it is: On June 21, 2011 the FDA approved a process by which a dermatologist or plastic surgeon numbs behind the ear, removes small pieces of skin, and sends these pieces of skin to a lab where the fibroblast cells in the skin samples are multiplied many times over and then frozen. These cells [...] read more..