Weight Loss Spotlight

Women's Skin Care

Your skin is like a mirror to your internal health. Your diet will reflect in your skin no matter what. To look your best make sure you get enough protein in your daily diet. Keep you junk food consumption to a minimum. If you eat greasy food your skin will produce more oil then normally and you can see a shiny surface on your face.

The complexion and the health of your skin depend on genetics, your diet, the climate and environment you grow up in. If you are born in the country with fresh air around you and the most damaging threat to your skin is a strong wind you have a better chance of keeping a healthy young looking skin longer then somebody who grows up in the middle of a busy polluted city with all the extra added threats like pollution, chemicals and free radicals damaging a healthy skin.

To support your body and your skin in the fight against free radicals that are damaging your cells you can load up on antioxidants, Betacarotene, B-complex, vitamin C, E and a multi mineral complex. Vitamin E improves the circulation in the tiny capillaries on your facial skin. Some additonal supplements promoting a healthy youth full skin are choline, inositol, cysteine and chlorophyll. Minerals necessary for a clear complexion are calcium for soft tissue, iron to improve pale skin, copper for skin color, potassium for dry skin and acne, zinc for external and internal wound healing.

The most inexpensive beauty secret to a healthy clear skin is water. Drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water a day and work you way up to drinking a gallon of water a day.

To promote healthy skin care from the outside you need to first and all keep your skin clean and moisturized. Your skin goes through a lot of rejuvenating night time and a good night time face cream is doing wonders for your skin. It helps your skin getting rid off dead cells and promotes the production of new cells. The skin under your eyes and on your neck needs a little extra pampering due to its sensitive thin surface that take a lot of beating with makeup, soap, pollution, sun and daily stress. A good advice is to never go to bed without washing your face and removing make up. Use a skin tonic if your skin is oily but a good cleanser is enough for a normal to dry skin. Apply a moisturizing night cream and carefully dot eye cream at the thin skin around your eyes. Don't forget to put lotion on your neck too before you go to bed.

A good face mask once a week is a great way of maintaining a healthy clean skin. Once a month you can also apply a facial scrubbing cream to your face to scrub off all dead skin cells and stimulate growth of new cells by promoting good circulation in your face.

Keep your face out of direct sunlight as much as possible. The damaging sun rays with all the pollution nowadays are deadly to your skin. The skin loses its elasticity faster if exposed to too much sunlight.

The healthiest ways to still look fresh and tanned are the new bronzer facial creams on the market. You apply them like a facial moisturizer and within hours your face has a natural tan. With these products you have to give your face a real deep facial wash at night to prevent your pores from being clogged up with the bronzer.

Another home remedy and beauty secret is to rinse your face with cold water before you apply the night cream. The cold water has a cooling effect and increases circulation in the blood capillaries in your face which keeps your skin looking healthy and young.

Your facial skin is very sensitive and you should never rub your face with the towel, just lightly press the towel against your face to dry it off.

If you wake up in the morning feeling a little puffy in the face, drink a lot of water, dab your face with cold water and apply a little bit of Preparation H gel mixed with your facial cream. This is a fashion secret that most of the models use when having a bloated day or suffering from bags under their eyes after a long weeks work. The Preparation H gel tightens up the skin in no time but to be careful with the sensitive skin under your eyes do not apply it every day but only in emergency situations.

Egg whites are excellent protein to make a home made face mask of. Mix five egg whites, one egg yolk and a tablespoon of honey, stir it and apply to a clean face. Let it dry and leave it on for about 20 minutes before you try to peal it off and rinse with warm water. This face mask leaves the skin feeling smooth and cool.

Cucumber has a cooling affect and the famous cucumber slices on the eyes remedy actually work very well. It decreases swelling and work as a stress reliever for your swollen eyes and irritated skin.