While plenty of us have heard the term “exfoliation,” not many of us know how to exfoliate. To help you figure out how to exfoliate, we’ve put together this list of men’s exfoliation tips. These exfoliation do’s and don’ts will help you make the most of your men’s exfoliating products and avoid any exfoliation mistakes.
Men’s Exfoliating Tips
Do: Use men’s exfoliating products that contain glycolic acid. Glycolic acid helps dissolve bonds between cells, making it easier to buff away dead skin cells and other debris that may have accumulated on your skin. Another benefit of using men’s exfoliating products with glycolic acid: the growth of new skin cells. The acid helps encourage new skin cell production, making your skin look younger and healthier.
Friday, 26 April 2013
Take Care of Your Skin After a Day at the Beach
Who doesn't love a little fun in the sun? The beach can be a perfect way to spend the day and get some skin care benefits in return. By remembering a few steps, you can be sure your skin will thank you, as will your mind when your come back completely refreshed.
1. Shower and Moisturize
You've undoubtedly applied layer upon layer of sunscreen, and swam around in the salty ocean; it's time to clean your body to get rid of the build-up. Don't use a drying deoderant soap, opt for a hydrating natural bar of soap or hydrating shower gel.
Immediately upon drying off, apply a moisturizing body butter to your entire body. The salt and sun can be very drying to your skin, so you need to rehydrate it. When you apply it right after you dry off, you seal in all of the moisture in your skin from the shower.
1. Shower and Moisturize
You've undoubtedly applied layer upon layer of sunscreen, and swam around in the salty ocean; it's time to clean your body to get rid of the build-up. Don't use a drying deoderant soap, opt for a hydrating natural bar of soap or hydrating shower gel.
Immediately upon drying off, apply a moisturizing body butter to your entire body. The salt and sun can be very drying to your skin, so you need to rehydrate it. When you apply it right after you dry off, you seal in all of the moisture in your skin from the shower.
HOW TO GET SMOOTH SKIN FOR MEN
Although men are often admired for their rugged good looks, a lack of proper skin care along with wind and weather will eventually take a toll on a man's skin, turning youthful good looks into leathery skin, wrinkles and premature aging. Men who adopt a skin care routine may not look rugged, but they can hold on to youthfulness, smooth, healthy skin and good looks well into their later years.
Step 1
Clean your face once or twice every day, using a skin cleanser formulated for your skin type. Men's skin often has large pores and overactive sebaceous glands that cause blackheads and oily skin. If your skin is oily, use a soap-free cleanser that won't irritate your skin. Use a moisturizing cleanser if your skin tends to be dry.
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
How To Soften Dry, Cracked Heels
Dry, cracked feet are never sexy. While this tends to be a summer hazard, it can happen all year-round. If you can't afford a fish pedicure, get rid of dry heel syndrome with this 5-step process I cobbled together and use myself from time-to-time.
You can skip parts of this process if you choose. If you continue to wear the foot mask every night for a week, your problems should be solved.
Here's How:
Soak feet for 5-10 minutes in a warm foot bath made with 1 cup milk and 5 cups warm water.
Create a homemade foot scrub by putting 4 tablespoons salt or sugar in 1/2 cup oil. Baby oil, sweet almond oil or coconut oil or even vegetable oil works well.
Massage the homemade foot scrub in a circular motion into bottoms of feet.
How to Clean and Exfoliate Your Skin
Whether your skin is oily, dry or a combination of the two, every guy should be exfoliating. Exfoliating is a deep clean that removes grime and other debris from your skin, leaving behind younger-looking skin. Here are four tips for beginners on how to exfoliate and get nice skin:
Find What Works
With so many options for exfoliating out there, it is important to find which type you like best. Are you a scrub kind of guy or are you geared more towards a body brush? You’ll never know unless you try them out! For best results, consider using a gentle body scrub with exfoliating gloves. This combo will ensure you clean of your skin thoroughly.
A lot of guys get confused about the difference between washes and scrubs. This article will help clear up some common misconceptions about the two.
How to Make the Dark Spots on the Face Disappear
Dark spots and blemishes on the face are usually the result of increased melatonin levels brought on by too much sun exposure. While many people develop these types of spots with age, they can often appear in younger people as well, creating unsightly blemishes that generate a feeling of self-consciousness. There are a number of treatments you can employ to help reduce the appearance of dark spots on your face, sometimes even making them disappear completely.
Instructions
1
Drink plenty of water on a regular basis to flush toxins from the body that could lead to skin blemishes and dark spots.
2
Dab pure lemon juice on a cotton ball and rub the juice over the blemishes. Allow it to dry for twenty minutes before rinsing clean. Lemon juice contains natural bleaching agents that can safely lighten your skin.
Instructions
1
Drink plenty of water on a regular basis to flush toxins from the body that could lead to skin blemishes and dark spots.
2
Dab pure lemon juice on a cotton ball and rub the juice over the blemishes. Allow it to dry for twenty minutes before rinsing clean. Lemon juice contains natural bleaching agents that can safely lighten your skin.
Thursday, 11 April 2013
4 Secrets to Make Round Face Slimmer and Smaller
1. Face Slimming Massage
Yes, you have heard correct. Facial massage does wonders to a round shape face. Massaging your face regularly not only improves blood circulation, it also helps to tighten and lift the facial muscles, giving the skin a more sculpted appearance. Another benefit of face massage is, it get rids of excess fluid.
How to do face massage at home? You need to start off with a clean face, and if your skin is very dry, add a little aromatherapy essential oil such as almond oil, rosemary oil, neroli oil, or bergamot oil. I personally like bergamot essential oil because it has a very sweet and lovely orange-like fruity fragrance, which is really relaxing. Bergamot oil is also powerful for its antiseptic and antibiotic effect on the skin, and hence great for people with acne problem or eczema.
Alternatively, use a face cream, lotion or moisturizer designed for young skin. There is no need to shell out a fortune on expensive facial massage serum or slimming cream, but it's a good idea to use a moisture enriched face cream containing Vitamin C. Vitamin C helps reduce brown spots, blotches, and dark patches, and keeps skin healthy.
Home Facial Massage Steps
Using the backs of your hands, gently tap the skin around your jawline and below the chin to stimulate skin cells.
With your thumbs, apply small gentle circular movements to the chin area. This will tone, improve circulation and get rid of accumulated toxins in the face.
Make an "oooh"-shaped mouth. Massage either side easing out fine lines.
Lightly press along the top of your cheekbones with fingertips, and massage outward up to the temples.
With your middle fingers, apply pressure to points above the bridge of your nose and just underneath your eyebrows. Hold for 5 seconds and glide across from the inner to the outer corners of brows, moving up to the temples.
Using all 3 fingers (index, middle and ring), gently massage your forehead, moving from the center down to your ears.
Note: Instead of using your hands/fingertips to massage face, you might want to use facial massage rollers. Face rollers or massagers are readily available at most drugstores for a small cost; you can also find a huge variety of face slimming massagers at Amazon. Check out 2 in 1 Cogit Face Up Roller.
I just want to mention that I have also heard of people who followed the face fat loss program and lost those annoying "chipmunk" cheeks fast. But, I cannot comment whether it works or not so you might want to google and find out more.
2. Makeup Techniques
Another way to make round face appear slimmer is, cheat with makeup. Skillfully applied makeup can give definition to your girlfriend's round face and visibly take off a few inches.
The secret to less chubby cheeks and thinner face lies with using different shades of blush color. For example, if your girlfriend belongs to the warm and rosy skin tone category, pick 3 tones of blush color from this group.
Apply the darkest shade right below the cheekbone. Be careful not to go further than the corner of the eyes instead proceed until the hairline. Then blend into natural skin color with fingers.
Next, cover with the medium tone of blusher, making sure to completely blend into one single shade. Proceed along the earlier section until area is properly covered so as to add definition to the cheeks.
Finally emphasize the cheekbones by applying the lightest blush shade over. This will create the illusion of thinner face.
7 Best Ways to Fade and Remove Freckles Naturally
When I was growing up, I got teased a lot about having a face full of freckles, and I hated them. They were not those cute little light brown spots peppered like Evangeline Lily’s, mine were really icky. There are many home remedies on how to fade or get rid of freckles, and I have tried several of these skin lightening recipes. And, here are the best ways to lighten freckles naturally.
Home Remedies to Get Rid of Freckles
Lemon, Orange or Lime Juice for Best Freckle Removal
Combine the juice of any one of these citrus fruits with a little plain yogurt, mix well to get a paste.
Apply on your clean face and leave it on to dry, about 15 minutes. Wash off with cold water. The juice acts as a natural bleaching agent, and will help lighten freckles over time.
You want to use only real lemon juice. Those fake concentrate that comes in a bottle or a plastic container shaped like a lemon contain additives and preservatives that may not be suitable to be used on your face.
How to Lighten Skin on Hands & Feet
The skin on your hands and feet may darken due to prolonged sun exposure. Even a little bit of sun daily adds up over the years and can make the skin there much darker than your natural complexion. Your skin can also darken there via sunless tanning or bronzing products. If the skin on your hands and feet is darker than you would like it to be, there are various things you can do to lighten it. With repeated treatment, you'll notice the skin gradually lightening over time. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1
Wash your hands and feet using a hydroxy acid cleanser. Hydroxy acids encourage skin cell regeneration. As a result, your newer, lighter skin cells will be produced more rapidly to replace your older, sun-damaged or dyed skin cells. Toners, serums, lotions and creams also contain hydroxy acids.
2
Exfoliate your hands and feet, using a body scrub and natural loofah. Dead skin cells reside on the surface of your skin. If your skin is darker due to sun exposure, sloughing away these cells will help to lighten your skin. Likewise, if these cells are darker due to self-tanning lotions, your skin will become lighter if you exfoliate regularly.
Thursday, 4 April 2013
How to Look Younger: Anti-Aging Tips for Men
(Depkhoenews)-If only it were possible to be forever young. That way, we’d never have to worry about wrinkles, age spots and other skin issues that come with old age. Alas, scientists still haven’t figured out how to create a time machine so there’s no way to avoid Father Time. Nonetheless, there are ways to maintain your youthful good looks for years to come. Simply follow these five men’s skincare tips to minimize the appearance of wrinkles and other signs of aging.
1. Try a new hairstyle. If it’s been years since you last changed your hairstyle, it’s time for a new ‘do. Consult your hairstylist or check out our men’s hairstyle slideshow to find some cool, modern looks. A new hairstyle paired with products like a men’s hair pomade and men’s hair gel may be just what you need to look younger. “Keep Your Hair Healthy-Looking” offers more tips for great hair.
2. Supplement your diet with omega 3s. Omega 3 fatty acids are essential nutrients that may help promote healthy-looking skin. Luckily, it’s easy to get more of this nutrient in your diet. Up your intake of fatty fish like salmon and tuna, and make sure you take a pharmaceutical-grade omega 3 supplement to get the most benefits. To find out more about the many benefits of this nutrient, check out “The Importance of Omega-3 Fatty Acids.”
How To Soften Dry, Cracked Heels
(Depkhoenews)-Dry, cracked feet are never sexy. While this tends to be a summer hazard, it can happen all year-round. If you can't afford a fish pedicure, get rid of dry heel syndrome with this 5-step process I cobbled together and use myself from time-to-time.
You can skip parts of this process if you choose. If you continue to wear the foot mask every night for a week, your problems should be solved.
You can skip parts of this process if you choose. If you continue to wear the foot mask every night for a week, your problems should be solved.
Soak feet for 5-10 minutes in a warm foot bath made with 1 cup milk and 5 cups warm water.
Create a homemade foot scrub by putting 4 tablespoons salt or sugar in 1/2 cup oil. Baby oil, sweet almond oil or coconut oil or even vegetable oil works well.
Massage the homemade foot scrub in a circular motion into bottoms of feet.
Create a homemade foot scrub by putting 4 tablespoons salt or sugar in 1/2 cup oil. Baby oil, sweet almond oil or coconut oil or even vegetable oil works well.
Massage the homemade foot scrub in a circular motion into bottoms of feet.
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