Nice Skin Texture
By mati. Filed in Skincare, Uncategorized |Tags: exfoliation, oatmeal scrub, skin texture
In one of the skin care blogs that I keep an eye on, they described a test that they had done about aging. They put a whole bunch of pictures of women of different ages in front of a group of people and asked them who were the prettiest. And, to everyone’s surprise, it wasn’t necessarily the youngest ones. They also found that some of the people with wrinkles were considered pretty, inspite of their lines. So, what was it that made them look pretty, regardless of age and wrinkles? They found that it actually had to do with skin texture.
Basically, people with nice skin texture were considered prettier than people with breakouts and dull skin texture or color, and it seemed that skin texture was way more important than wrinkles around the eyes.
Well, this is actually good news. Wrinkles happen over time, and there isn’t a whole lot you can do about it, unless you have a money tree growing in your back yard. But skin texture is something we actually can do something to improve.
The easiest way to improve skin texture is to exfoliate with a gentle type of scrub. Here, I have to add, that anything containing ground up apricot seeds, is NOT gentle! The apricot seeds will actually scrape up the surface of your healthy skin cells, and the result is redness and inflammation, which is not flattering in any way. What you need is more of a polish, and less of a scrub.
Just think of your furniture – you wouldn’t use sand paper to polish the wood, would you? Sand paper, unless it was very very fine, would scratch the wood instead of making it shine. Same thing with exfoliants; they have to be gentle, or the skin will rebel.
Makeup artist Carmindy swears by finely ground white sugar. In India, where they don’t believe in heavy scrubbing, they like using oatmeal and different types of milk. Herbalists believe in rose petals and orange peel. So, I took all these pieces of information and created my own oatmeal scrub. It contains oatmeal, goatsmilk, yogurt, rose petals, orange peel, sugar and lemongrass, and it is gentle enough to use daily to improve skin texture.
The fact is, that the more mature your skin is, the slower your cell turnover becomes. This makes the surface of the skin look dull, and eventually, the skin becomes thin and translucent. By exfoliating with the right kinds of products, the dullness is removed, but there is also another added benefit – exfoliation actually makes the skin thicker. Why? Because by removing some of the dead skin cells on the surface, the skin is stimulated to produce more new skin cells. So by exfoliating you are doing yourself a huge favor, not only by improving your skin texture and color, but also by helping your body increase its cell turnover, which basically means that it starts producing younger skin.
What about acid peels? They are hugely popular these days. Well, those are far from gentle. A phenolic acid peel done at a dermatologist’s office can actually make your heart stop if it is poured on too fast, since it has a tendency to enter your blood stream. And it can make you blind, too, if it accidentally enters your eyes. But, I’m sure they don’t tell you this… And, on top of the risk, you have to live like a vampire (away from the sun) for 6 months afterwards while you are growing a new face. And, yes, your skin will be less wrinkled, but at what price???
For people who are less obsessed with being eternally young, gentle exfoliation on a daily basis is a perfectly good alternative. And, besides, the oatmeal scrub (polish) that I created for Green Beauty Cosmetics contains sugar, which is a natural source of glycolic acid, and yogurt, which contains lactic acid, so it actually does have some natural acids in it, too. It may not work as fast as phenolic acid, but it does work, and over time you’ll see a difference.
To read more about Green Beauty Cosmetic’s Oatmeal Face Polish with Rose Petals, CLICK HERE
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