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Antioxidants – Are They The Answer To Your Skin Care Problems?

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May 102011

Free radicals are responsible for damaging the skin. This damage is caused by the degradation of the collagen and the elastin in the skin, thereby reducing the skins ability to renew damaged cells.

Antioxidants help to fight off these free radicals and are naturally occurring substances that are not harmful to the skin. When applied directly to the skin antioxidants reduce the free radicals and some believe that they can actually reverse mild damage that has occurred over the years.

The vitamins A, C and E are the most popular antioxidants used in skin care products and these have shown in scientific tests to improve the condition of the skin and help prevent any additional damage from occurring.

One antioxidant that has gained a lot of respect for its properties in recent years is grape seed extract. Grape seed extract has specific properties that help to reduce inflammation of the skin. It has also shown to help strengthen the capillary walls and more skin care products are adding grape seed extract due to these positive effects on the skin.

Another natural product is green tea extract and this antioxidant is well worth mentioning here due to the active ingredient catechins. This ingredient of green tea has been shown in tests to reduce the size of pre-cancerous skin lesions.

Many of the best skin care creams have some form of antioxidants in their ingredients, as the manufacturers are aware of the benefits of including them for their customers.

Normal Service To Be Resumed

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Apr 272011

As you can see there have been no new posts on this blog for nearly a year. The reason for this is that back last May the blog was hacked/infected with malware with the result that I was unable to login to correct the problem. Despite trying several different methods I was unsuccesful in solving the problem and so left it to concentrate on other things. Recently I was advised that certain trademark issues meant that I needed to access the blog to alter some of the older posts and so I made a fresh attempt to gain access. As you see the blog has now been resurrected using a new look and normal skin care posts will resume in the near future.

Welcome To My New Look Blog

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May 282010

Welcome to the new look for my blog. I have been wanting to make a change for some time, but have only now managed to find a theme that I like. As you see the latest six posts are shown on the front page in a clear format and there are links to older items in the sidebar.

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Skin Care And Top Ten Makeup Tips

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May 192010

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Writing in the Pittsburgh Makeup Examiner Patty Bell has ten tips which she calls her “Golden Rules of Makeup”. What interested me was that her Rule number 3 is Moisturize EVERYTHING! And this is followed by “Stay out of the sun and tanning beds -period”. This is all good skin care advice that you will have read here before. After some specific makeup tips she adds as Rule number 9 “Get yourself on a good skin care routine” because as she says “Good skin is the perfect canvas to the best makeup application”.

You can read the full article here.

Here are a few more items I have found in the news today:

Seven layers of vanity: Japanese men need better skin care | CNNGo.com

A recent study discovers that Japanese men don’t use as many skin care products as their women want them to. And this from the land of ‘herbivore men’?

Publish Date: 05/19/2010 4:00

http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/none/japanese-women-men-use-more-skin-care-products-763344

Daily Skin Care Tips | Skin Care Guide And Tips

Your skin is not a part of your body that you can forget about (like an appendix or a kidney), assuming that it will look after itself. It is a.

Publish Date: 05/18/2010 20:39

http://www.skincaretipsguide.info/facial-skincare/daily-skin-care-tips.html

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Why You Should Always Choose Natural Skin Care Products

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Apr 192010

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As someone who takes a keen interest in skin care I naturally keep an eye on items in the news. Over the weekend I came across this piece:

“Lead on my lips and mercury on my eyelashes, carcinogenic and endocrine disruptive creams on my skin. We have a long history of doing dangerous things in the name of beauty. The Egyptians applied copper for skin tone, Romans used chalk. In the Middle Ages, Europeans covered faces with arsenic-laced powder and leaches to whiten skin. The EU has banned 1,110-plus ingredients in cosmetics, compared to only 10 in the US. With one-third of the products on shelves containing an ingredient linked to cancer, why do “beauty” companies continue to slather our faces and bodies with chemicals in the name of healthy skin?”

And further on I read:

“As one of 600 companies that signed the Compact for Safe Cosmetics, this body and cosmetic collection is vegan-friendly and doesn’t test on animals. There are no phthalates, parabens or artificial fragrance. It specializes in bioactive ingredients that have a “therapeutic effect on living tissue,” like magnolia which is an anti-inflammatory and pumpkin which acts as an anti-oxidant.”

This sounds just like Xtend-Life although it is in fact one of the other 600 companies mentioned above.

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Should Skin Care Products Include Sunscreen?

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Apr 022010

Or to put the question the other way round “Why do all skincare products not contain a high SPF sunscreen?”. We are always being told that the main causes of damage to our skin are smoking and excessive exposure to the sun. So it obviously makes sense for sunscreen to be included in the skin care products that we use. Doesn’t it?

Well, it turns our that the answer is no, it does not. The reason is that what causes the skin damage is excessive exposure to the sun. The operative word is excessive by which is meant spending long periods outside in a hot summer sun. For the average person who works in an office building there is clearly no need for protection and using a sunscreen fulltime can actually be harmful.

Vitamin D is one of the essential requirements of a healthy body and the best source of this vitamin is sunlight. So walking in the sunshine is beneficial so long as the exposure is not excessive. In addition there are concerns that certain chemicals used in the manufacture of suncreams can be harmful so it makes sense to restrict their use to the times when you are outside in a strong sun.

So you can see that there is no need to include a sunscreen in skin care moisturizers and lotions. In fact it would be counter productive since it would block the natural way of acquiring vitamin D from sunlight.

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At-Home Skin Care Quick Fixes

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Mar 252010

I came across this video from DermTV earlier this morning. It’s under three minutes long, but contains some useful tips on how to cure a rash, pimples or lines and wrinkles so you can look your best for a big event:

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Natural Skin Care With Apple Stem Cells

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Mar 122010

I was wondering if there was a thing such as anti aging oil that will make my skin beautiful again. I hate my rough, old skin, and I could really use something like an anti aging oil. I just found this query on a Health blog, but there is no answer. My answer would be that of course there are many anti aging skin care products that can improve your appearance and reduce those lines and wrinkles. The problem most people have is knowing how to choose a product that is really effective and will do what it promises.

I noticed today that the old rhyme about An Apple a Day has now been reinvented to promote a product based on “apple stem cells”. “The latest buzz in skincare is a rare Swiss Apple called the Uttwiler Spatlauber. This “Super Apple” is so rare that only 20 trees are in existence. Researchers noted that when these super apples were punctured they healed themselves. They also boast an extremely long shelf life; they last 4 months longer than typical shriveled apples. This rare Swiss Apple has a self-renewal power that rejuvenates aging, saggy skin. Apple stem cells are rich in epigenetic factors and metabolites that assure the longevity of skin cells”.

While I have no inside knowledge of this product, I applaud the use of natural ingredients which I feel are always to be preferred over those made from chemicals. The skin care products that I recommend are made by the Xtend-Life Company which uses all natural ingredients in its creams and lotions.

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Anti Aging Natural Skin Care Products

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Mar 042010

I’ve just found this great article about natural skin care products and so thought I would share it with you:

Just imagine if there really were anti aging natural skin care products that actually delivered what they promised. Well, you don?t have to imagine. The good news is these products do exist. And if you?re willing to learn a few important facts and apply these facts to some old fashioned ?shopping? you can end up with the best anti aging skin care that will really help you turn back the clock on your appearance.

You probably know from personal experience that most products that are promoted as anti aging natural skin care don?t work?at least not in any long term, truly skin-improving way.

Because they?re made up of synthetic chemicals, you get a product that acts as a temporary filler of lines and wrinkles.

Companies use low quality ingredients, such as mineral oil, dioxane, parabens, alcohol and fragrances because they are inexpensive way to create a product that looks good, feels good and smells good. But don?t be fooled. They are not good for your skin.

What is good for your skin, however, are anti aging natural skin care products which stimulate your skin?s own natural ability to maintain its youthful firmness and elasticity. The best anti aging skin care promotes new collagen and elastin production in your skin.

Finding these effective anti aging natural skin care products is easy. It?s just a matter of reading the ingredients on the label.

You want to look for natural oils, vegetable-based waxes and silicones, reparative proteins, vitamins, antioxidants and plant extracts. The best anti aging skin care is also fragrance-free.

I don?t know about you, but I feel a lot better about putting natural ingredients on my face that I wouldn?t be afraid to eat. I know that sounds strange, but since your skin absorbs what you put on it, some of the active ingredients make it into your blood stream. So it?s just as if you?ve eaten it.

Make no mistake about it. This is good news about anti aging natural skin care products. You can make a healthy improvement in your appearance by taking what you?ve just learned and applying it to looking for the best anti aging skin care you can find.

And you will not be surprised to learn that the skin care products recommended by the author are made by Xtend-Life.

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275 Questions On Skin Care

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Feb 092010

A new book has just been published which aims to educate skin care professionals and consumers on general skin related topics. “The Skin Care Answer Book” is written in a Q&A format using non-technical language making it accessable to a general audience.

“What causes wrinkles? Does what I eat really affect acne or cause flare ups? Why do I need to wear sunscreen if I am not outside? These nagging questions and many more are answered by Dr. Lees in The Skin Care Answer Book. The book addresses key topics to educate students, licensed estheticians and consumers. Chapters are organized by subject, making it reader-friendly and easy to navigate.

This book gives skin care professionals and consumers alike access to scientific, fact-based answers to their most pressing questions,” said Dawn Gerrain, president, Milady. “Authored by Dr. Lees, an award-winning skin care professional who has developed his own skin care products ? many of which are used by celebrities, The Skin Care Answer Book will be an invaluable addition to anyone’s book shelf.”

The last two paragraphs are taken from the press release which you can find in full by following this link.

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