| Great skin is the first step toward an excellent makeup. Skin plays a vital role in our life, how one looks and feels directly correlates to ones skin. Partaking in health and beauty rituals indiscriminately - slowing time and gravity's tentacles continues to lead us on a trail that has been philosophised throughout history. Beauty comes from within, for the beauty that is without resembles the beauty that is within. Making the best choices for our bodies, and ultimately our skin, is achieved through diet/ food, exercise, regular professional treatments, personalized homecare, and a healthy mental attitude. The type of skin you have depends on your genes, sex, age, environment, structure and regeneration. How you treat your skin will always be evident in your face, hands and body. Its never too early nor too late to begin looking after your skin. Skin cleansing is essential: pollution, grease and grime cling to the skin, clogging pores; while the body eliminates toxins through perspiration. If the cleansing process is not thoroughly undertaken, the skin will look and feel sluggish, tired and minor skin problems and irritations will transpire. Cleansing should be part of the daily routine: upon waking, and before returning to bed; before using special treatments (masks); before and after makeup; and after sport (to wash away perspiration and grime that builds up), all without disturbing the skins natural acidity. The acid mantle (or pH) valiantly guards the skin against bacterial invasion and other disturbances; warding off moisture loss, leaving the skin smooth, fine and blemish free.
The Clear Skin Diet Skin problems happen to everyone. They are unavoidable.They erupt nearly everyone’s face at some time and seriously affect more than half of all adolescents for some years of their lives.
One factor is the major importance of diet. A diet for blemish-prone skin must be consistently high in protein and fresh raw fruit and vegetables. There are three rules to observe in the diet. 1. Avoid eating chocolate and foods or drinks make with cocoa. They could be link between chocolate and skin conditions such as pimples. 2. Avoid fried and fatty foods in general. 3. void starchy foods. No cakes, biscuits, sweets, bread or Jams. Protein is a major pimple-fighter. Eat it in fish, poultry and egg-white. If you have ever shopped for skin treatment you will know there are dozens of ways to fight off blemishes. Antibiotics fight infection and therefore pimples a healthy diet puts your metabolism in tip-top shape and emotional tranquility will ward off skin eruptions. The trouble begins during teenage years with the development of adult sexual characteristics. The glands often become over productive and churn out a needless amount of oil. Soon whiteheads appear later they become blackheads and sometimes cysts. They can leave noticeable scares if not effectively treated. The most effective and widely used antibiotic is called tetracycline. It is taken as a capsule before every meal (sometimes the capsule does is higher) and acts by slowing down production in the oil producing sebaceous glands. This stops the eruption of pimples. As the condition improves the does is reduced to two or one capsule a day. Tetracycline is available through your doctor on prescription. Combined with tetracycline is a cream (benzoy peroxide.) Applied each morning to the affected areas it can produce excellent results. Care must be taken to keep it ways from eyes and lips. You can buy panoxy Acne gel which contains benzoy peroside from your chemist. Do beware of over-sing cleansers containing large amounts of bacteria killing substances (such as hexacholraphene). They may aggravate pimple formation. Go lightly on cosmetics and you will not clog the facial pores and aggravate the skin condition. Drink plenty of fluids (at least eight glasses of water a day) but don’t eat a lot of spicy foods such as curries
Sun Vs skin Sun is the greatest benefactor to mankind however it is the skin's greatest enemy. Nothing wrought as much damage on the skin as the sun. Fairer skins are more prone to damage than their darker counterparts as they contain more melanin, which protects the skin against sunrays. However dark skins are also not immune to the damage. Sunlight not only effects the surface but it has the capacity to penetrate the skin and the living tissues of the lower layers. A few days of intense exposure to the sun can produce symptoms of aging and can even predispose it to cancer. The most damaging effect of the sun is that it dehydrates the skin causing it to become dry and rough and wrinkled, freckles, pigmentation and patches may also occur. An immediate reaction is expansion of blood vessels that is why skin looks flushed, red and gets tanned if stayed out in the sun for long. However sun is very good for children, as they require Vitamin D, which is abundant in sunlight for their growth and metabolism. Protection against the sun is the only way to delay premature aging. This entails using an effective sunscreen all the time regardless of direct exposure to the sun. Long exposure should be avoided as far as possible. The chosen sunscreen should be sun that it not only blocks out the harmful part of sunrays but also prevents loss of moisture. Use re-hydrating creams and masks regularly to maintain the moisture content in the skin. As more than the sun if you don't take care of your skin you are it' greatest enemy. | 
