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  • What Skin Type Am I?

    What Skin Type Am I?

    The Five Skin Types

    Beauty Glow can help with advice on your skin type with professional knowledge and products

    Oily Skin

    Its not just teenagers who get oily skin – many people in their 20s and older have oily skin also. Oily skin is a “type” and not a condition. Oily skin tends to have larger pores and often looks shiny because the oil-producing sebaceous glands are very active. This makes you more prone to spots and blackheads but the extra moisture in your skin means it wont show age as fast as other skin types. People with warm dark colouring are usually more prone to oily skin.

    Caring for Oily Skin

    • Oily skin attracts more dirt than other skin types because it is greasier but it still needs gentle treatment – harsh lotions and too much scrubbing can over stimulate the oil glands and make it even greasier
    • Using a light cleansing lotion, or a wash off gel is usually best.
    • Tone with a pH balanced toner
    • Moisturise with a water based formula around your eyes, cheeks and neck.
    • Treat yourself once a week to a face mask containing mud or clay to soak up excess oil and calm breakouts.

    At Beauty Glow we can recommend the best products for your Oily Skin Type

    Sensitive Skin

    Sensitive skin is easily irritated and can look blotchy and feel itchy. It is often dry but sensitive skin can be combination or oily. Products can make sensitive skins flare up and allergic reactions can also cause problems. Cool light skin types often have sensitive skin.

    The most important thing is to treat your skin very gently. Use hypo allergenic or allergy-tested products which have been screened for irritants like perfume. Over 60 percent of women claim to have sensitive skin and are always relieved when they can find products that suit their skin type. 

    Caring for Sensitive Skin

    • Never ever use soap on your skin – it can upset your skin’s natural balance and leave it feeling even more sensitive. Use a very gentle cream or lotion cleanser instead.
    • Avoid extremes of hot or cold and harsh toners as they will irritate the skin
    • Use a gentle hypo-allergenic moisturiser

    At Beauty Glow we can recommend the best products for sensitive skins and we have samples that you can try before you buy. Also there is the 45 day money back guarantee   

    Dry Skin

    Your skin tends to get drier as you get older, although any age can experience dry skin or the occasional dry patch. Dry skin can look flaky and thin with very fine pores. Air conditioning, wind and sun can add t the dry feel.

    Dry skin needs gentle treatment and lots of nourishment to keep it healthy and supple. Your aim is to boost the moisture in your skin so it looks plump and smooth.

    Caring for Dry Skin

    • Use a cream cleanser and always make sure your products do not have artificial fragrances. 
    • Use an alcohol free toner 
    • Use a rich nourishing day cream and also a quality night cream. Don’t forget to use a good eye cream and pat it gently around the orbital bone with your middle or “makeup” fingers.
    • Drink plenty of water – up to 2.5 litres a day to replenish the moisture in your skin and eat lots of fresh vegetables and fruit to nourish your skin.

     At Beauty Glow we can help with products to maintain your dry skin type so that you keep it healthy and hydrated.

    Normal Skin

    If you’ve got normal skin you’re one of the lucky ones. Your skin is balanced, which means that its neither oily nor dry, it feels fine and smooth and has pores that are almost invisible. You rarely suffer from spots and blackheads, or allergic reactions to different products. You’re more likely to have normal skin if you have warm medium or cool medium colouring. 

    The challenge with normal skin is to keep it that way for as long as possible by maintaining its natural balance of oil and moisture. 

    Caring for Normal Skin

    • Use a gentle pH balanced facial cleanser and rinse off well to ensure skin is completely clean.
    • Use a good quality toner – make sure it does not contain alcohol 
    • Moisturise to protect your skin and maintain moisture levels with a light to medium weight moisturiser and pat an eye cream around the delicate eye area. In winter your skin may be a little drier so you could switch on a day cream with extra moisture and a lighter one during the summer

    At Beauty Glow we can help with products to maintain your normal skin type so that you keep it healthy and balanced.

      

    Combination Skin

    Combination skin combines both normal and oily skin – usually the cheeks are normal with oily skin on the nose, chin and forehead. This area is called the T Zone because it makes a T Shape. Both Warm and Cool skin colourings can have combination skin.

    Because you have two different types of skin its best to treat each individual area in a way that suits it best – products for your oily nose may be too harsh for the finer skin on your cheeks.

    Caring for Combination Skin

    • When cleansing use a cleanser for normal skin but you may wish to also use a light cleanser or gel on your T Zone.
    • Use a good quality pH balanced Toner 
    • When moisturising use a light non-oily formula with added sunscreen on your neck, cheek area and forehead. Make sure that your moisturiser is non-comedogenic.

     

    At Beauty Glow we can assist with products for combination skin types as there are many different ranges which work well together for optiumum results.

  • Your Skin

    Your Skin

    Are You Looking After your Largest Organ?

    Your skin is a living, breathing organ.  It is the largest organ of the human body.  It is complex in its structure and function. 

    Did you know that our skin comprises approximately 15% of our body weight; contains one half to two third of the blood in the body and one half of the primary immune cells?

    Our bones, muscles and our internal organs are  not exposed to the environment like  our skin is which is why it is so important that we look after this very large organ of our body.

    Each inch of skin contains

    ▪   Millions of cells

    ▪   15 feet of blood vessels

    ▪   12 feet of nerves

    ▪   650 sweat glands

    ▪   100 oil glands

    ▪   65 hairs

    ▪   1300 nerve endings

     There are two main layers the dermis and the epidermis.  The epidermis is the thinner outermost layer.  The dermis is the lower layer of the skin and is about 25 times thicker than the epidermis.  It provides the supporting framework of the skin and also contains numerous hair follicles nerves, glands and blood vessels.

    The depth of the epidermis varies in different areas of the body – for instance the depth of the epidermis on the soles of the feet and in the palms of the hand is thicker than the eyelid where it is extremely thin. 

    Primary functions of the skin are protection, sensation, heat regulations, excretion (through the sweat glands) to perspire and detoxify and secretion (through sebum or oil) and absorption – the skin selectively absorbs topical products and creams.

    Our skin needs to be looked after to keep it in optimum condition.  Plenty of water,  the right sort of nutrition (food), fresh air and exercise all contribute to healthy skin.

    Age, and also lifestyle factors affect our skin.  As we get older our skin thins and it loses its elasticity and strength.  Collagen gives skin its strength and elastin its elasticity. 

    We also need to use the right skin care.  Always use the best.  The best may not always be the cheapest and it may not always be the most expensive.  Knowledge and scientific research should be behind all good skincare products.  The range you use should always be free of harmful ingredients and should exceed industry standards for purity.  Clinical testing should always be carried out on the range of products you choose.

     Our skin cells do their work twice as fast at night while we are sleeping.  This is why it is so important to cleanse, tone and moisturise both morning and night.  We need to remove the dead skin cells that have built up overnight while our night cream has done its work – keeping the skin hydrated as well as assisting with this skin renewal process.

    It is so important to remove makeup before retiring at night.  One night of sleeping with your makeup on ages your skin by 7 days!!!

    Some people have great skin.  To keep it great they need to have a maintenance routine.  Some people have problem skin which can always be treated.

    There are basically four skin types – Oily dry normal and combination.   Your skin type is genetically determined

    To work out skin types beauty therapists and skin specialists normally look, ask and go by touch.  Oily skin types will have a shine even straight after cleansing, it will feel soft and supple to the touch.   Oily skin is characterized by excess sebum/oil production.  The follicle or pore size is larger and contains more oil.  If the pore size is larger over most of the face this would indicate an oily skin.  Oily skin requires more cleansing and exfoliating than most skin types.  It is prone to blemishes because the pores get clogged with oil and dead skin cell build-up. 

    Dry skin will usually be fine in texture.  The follicles are usually small.  The natural oil secretions in follicles help protect us from environmental damage and ageing.  Dry skin needs extra care because it lacks this normal protection

    Normal skin has a good oil or water balance.  It can fluctuate and sometimes will be a little more dry or oily.  The follicles are a normal size and the skin is usually free from blemishes.  Maintenance and preventative care is the goal for this type of skin.

    90% of skin ageing is environmental, lifestyle and how we look after ourselves.  Only 10% is hereditary. 

    Sun exposure, smoking and stress are three of the biggest factors that contribute to premature ageing of the skin.

    It’s as easy as maintaining good skin with simple daily care. 

    ▪   Focus on one problem at a time

    ▪   Always be bothered

    ▪   Never skip your routine

    ▪   The results are worth the effort

    Contact Moana Robinson at Beauty Glow to find out more about a simple skincare routine that you can use at home to look after your skin.