Welcome to the virtual beauty salon!
Here you can find useful information on:
* Maintaining skin health
* Preventing premature aging,
* Basics of skin care
* At home skin treatments and body care
* Specialized treatments from professional beauty salons
The aim is to help you make better decisions about your skin care improve your skin care.
To achieve beautiful skin and prolong its youth one should follow several rules:
1. Avoid skin damage by reducing exposure to the skin hazards listed below.
2. Make skin care a daily vital routine in your life
3. Maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle
4. Take preventative measures: Prevention is better than cure
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Skin Damaging Factors
To prolong youthful looking skin avoid skin damaging factors
Exclude (or at least minimize) damaging factors to your skin. To the damaging factors belong:1. Sun
2. Cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine
3. Skin irritants (harsh detergents,some acne products, chlorine etc.)
4. Excessive skin cleansing, peeling and exfoliation can dry out the skin, irritate and damage living skin cells and eventually exhaust the skin and bring down its ability to regenerate
5. Overuse of skin care products
6. Facial expressions. Some facial expressions if repeated constantly result in wrinkles
7. Extreme weather
8. Diet rich in fatty, spicy, high calorie foods. See Healthy Diet
9. Free radicals are produced in our bodies in the course of metabolism and you cannot of course exclude them but you can minimize the damage by using internally and topically antioxidants. Some of the effective anioxidants include vitamin A, beta-carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E as well as the mineral selenium.
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Skin Type
It is very important to choose your skin care products and adapt your skin care routine according to your skin type.
First of you need to identify your skin type.1. Normal skin - balanced skin not too oily and not too dry. Is usually smooth and naturally well moisturized. The pores are fine and not very visible.
2. Dry - skin is the result of low activity of skin oil glands, it is prone to wrinkles, looks dull, and is sensitive.
3. Oily skin - the skin surface is oily/shiny due to high secretion of sebum, has large clogged pores. Prone to spots, pimples, black heads etc. However oily skin remains younger looking for longer time as compared to all the other skin types.
4. Combination skin - mostly it is combination of oily skin in T-zone area (forehead, nose and chin) and normal or dry around the cheeks, eyes, mouth
Some cosmetologists single out "Sensitive skin" as the 5th skin type. However it is more of a skin condition than skin type. All the types of skin can be sensitive and characterized by delicacy and sensitivity (hyper-reaction such as breakouts, redness, itchiness) to the changes in environment, cosmetics containing alcohol, synthetics etc.
Note that your body skin type can be different from your facial skin.
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Daily Facial Skin Care Routine
Want to have young and healthy looking skin for a long time? Daily skin care routine is a must!
Basic facial skin care routine includes:Twice daily:
Cleansing
Toning
Moisturizing
Protection/ Nutrition
Once or 2 times a week:
Exfoliation
Additional skin treatments
Find out more about skin care routine.
Skin Care by Skin Type
It is very important to adapt your skin care and choose skin care products which are optimum for your skin type.
In your daily routine address the main problems of combination skin: visible pores, which are often clogged, pimples and black heads.
Read more about Skin Care for Combination Skin.
Normal Skin
This type of skin is the easiest to take care of.
Main rule - do no harm!
Read more about Skin Care for Normal Skin.
Dry skin
Main concern for dry skin is that it is prone to wrinkles and shows age sooner than other type of skin.
Find out how to take care of Dry Skin.
Oily Skin
The main problem of oily skin is that it is especially susceptible to clogged pores, acne, black heads and build up of dead cells on the surface of the skin.
On the other hand due to the fact that the skin is always lubricated and that the oil helps to keep precious moisture locked in the epidermis this type of skin is less prone to wrinkling.
You can solve all the problems of Oily Skin if you choose the right Read more about skin care approach.
Several Books that will help you to get more informed about skin care
The Skin Type Solution
Amazon Price: $9.60 (as of 07/10/2009) 
Cosmetic Dermatology: Principles and Practice
Amazon Price: $128.00 (as of 07/10/2009)
The Perricone Promise: Look Younger, Live Longer in Three Easy Steps
Amazon Price: (as of 07/10/2009)
Beauty Salon Treatments: Facial
the variety of facials and skin care procedures you can receive at a beauty salon is simply endless
A facial is a cosmetic treatment of the face involving several procedures like cleansing, exfoliation, steaming, clean-up (extraction), massage, mask etc.A facial is usually performed by a licensed esthetician in a beauty salon or a spa but you can also give yourself an at-home-facial.
There are various types of facials:
European Facial:
Includes all the classical facial procedures (cleansing, exfoliation, steam, extractions of black and white head plus a massage.
Basic or Mini-Facial:
This facial does not include extractions or massage.
Advanced/Targeted Facials:
These facials are targeted at certain skin conditions they can offer detoxifying effect, rejuvenating or lifting treatment etc.
A cosmetologist at a beauty salon or spa can give an extensive consultation and help you to decide on a facial that is right for you.
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