Here is the information on Ageless - ✻ღϠ₡ღ✻ Here is a topic of interest to many, Men and Ladies alike....Skin Care. YES, many men use skin care products. Here are basic rules for that china looking skin, skin repair, keeping your skin vibrant, healthy and glowing. As we embark on this together, this is a long read, but very well worth it. Enjoy There is a difference in facial cleanser and bar soap. Reason being, the skin on your face and body are different, they are different thicknesses, as is the area around your eye. You body skin is the thickest, then the face and the eye area is only 1/32nd of an inch thick!! Yes, so basically body soap is only intended for the body, not your face, it is too harsh and drying, in addition make sure your body soap is soap and not a detergent. Detergents will dry the skin out. Always use a lotion or cream on the body after bathing, men and ladies alike. Facial cleansers are more gentle and intended for your face, if you use a body soap on your face, you are stripping the oils off the skin, increasing oil production, clogged pores, larger pores, etc. Using a toner after a facial cleanser replaces the pH to the skin and then the skin is prepared for your skin care products. Those people you see with gorgeous skin...is because they have taken good care of their skin most of their life. I will list some basic things that can achieve that ~ - Most people by the time they are 25 do not have oily skin, if you have oil in the T-Zone (nose and forehead) area that is perfectly normal, that does not mean you have oily skin. If you are still using products for oily skin, that product is stripping your skin, drying the skin out more, causing it to produce more oil which clogs the pores, etc. - Your skin repairs itself at night, please cleanse your face prior to bed and do not sleep in a whole days worth of make~up, free radicals (pollution in the air) dirt and oils. After cleansing add, toner and cream necessary, there is also a difference in day and night creams. Night creams should not have SPF in them since we do not sleep in the sun. LOL - If you ladies use cotton balls for toner or eye makeup remover, use 100% cotton, not an acrylic cotton and never tissues, then have wooden pulp in them and it is harsh on the skin ~ think about what tissues are intended for ~ - When morning comes cleanse the face again, add your toner, anyone with dry skin should be using a Serum**, all over the face and around the eye area, use a patting technique, not rubbing. Rubbing the face and eyes only stretches the skin. Put some Serum** on the tips of your ring finger, tap them together to warm the product and gently pat around the eyes, gently smooth over the face. A little Serum** goes a long way, no need to waste it. I will share a little tid bit from my days in cosmetics - since I am right handed, I would smooth the extra product on the top of my left hand. I retired from cosmetics 6~7 years ago and you can still SEE the difference in my skin on my hands.....those products and skin care due make a difference. After your SERUM**, apply an eye cream ~ prior to facial cream, this makes a dam around the eye and keeps the more emollient creams from migrating into the eye area ~ facial creams are too thick or emollient for the eye area and will cause puffing, eventually causing bags under the eyes ~ again add the product to the ring finger tips, tap fingers together to warm and pat around the eye bone (from brows to under the eye) It is not suggested to put the cream close to the eye, the heat from your body will migrate the cream toward the eye, without it getting in the eye ~ add your facial moisturizer for daytime. At this point I would go ahead and get dressed ~ letting the skin care dry or soak in. Besides I did not want make~up all over the tops or dresses I then put on. Now it is time to apply your make~up. - When choosing a foundation, please make sure to try it on your face, again the facial skin and body skin is a different texture, color, thickness, etc. If you try it on your hand it most likely will be too dark for your face. When finding a foundation, rather cream, liquid, powder foundation, try it on the jaw bone, you do not want one that is going to show a line ~ when that happens, the foundation is the wrong color. There is a difference in cool foundations and warm foundations ~ cool foundations are for people that have a pinky color to their skin, the warm foundation is for those with a yellow or olive color to their skin. Most people using cool foundations will wear bright colors, royal, hot pink, bright green, jewel tone colors. People with a yellow or olive tone to their skin will wear more earth tones, yellow, peach, greens, tans, browns....make sense? Most of the time it is best to have someone match your foundation. That does not mean you have to spend $50 for foundation. Once you catch onto this it is easy to purchase on your own. IF you find one you like, that matches and feels good on, keep the name and color written on something in your wallet, so you always have the same one. If you are a powder person, or like powder purchase one that matches the foundation, not a darker one. I actually prefer to purchase a translucent powder, it has no color, but the purpose of powder over foundation is to set the makeup not add color. Now you are ready for your blush or cheek color. You want the blush to sit on top of your make~up. To apply blush, smile and the apples of the cheeks are the starting point, angle back toward the top of your ear. There are many kinds of foundations and blush. There are shimmers, usually reserved for a black tie event or a younger person, there are matte finishes, dewy finishes, etc. Rule of thumb has always been the more mature person goes for the more dewy look, then the products do not settle in the more mature skin flaws or earned lines of the lessons of life....the younger gals can wear the matte, shiny foundations and carry it off. When applying your foundation, rather with a non latex sponge, a brush or finger tips, ALWAYS apply in a downward manner. We all have small facial hairs, by doing it in a downward motion it is laying those facial hairs down, giving a smoother more polished look. IF you cannot splurge and treat yourself to going to a make~up counter to grasp all of this, or you cannot splurge on all of this, please at least purchase good skin care, foundation and sometimes blush. IF you want to purchase less expensive eye makeup so be it, not a biggie. Here is the reason.... Have you ever looked at yourself around noon and think, it looks like I did not put make~up on this morning, the reason being is that your skin is sucking the moisture out of what you are using, the skin is dry and thirsty. The less expensive products do not have the properties necessary to rejuvenate the skin, keeping the red, dry, scaly patches off the skin. I will tell you the more expensive products will last longer because you use less of them, once your skin is healthy. The less expensive products you will use more of, replacing more frequently, so in the long run it becomes the same amount of money. I usually only purchase skin care twice a year. Another way to do this is to not purchase it all at once, although a better way to get the skin in shape quicker, purchase a little at a time and then it does not have to be replaced all at once. Believe me I understand, more than you will ever realize. We need to pick and chose and work within our budget. - Okay now for the eyes, again the frosted or skimmer eye shadows are meant for the young, mature ladies, over 30, should be using a more matte eyeshadow ~ it is more forgiving. IF you love the skimmers, please only use right below the brow, other colors need to be matte. Always use a brow pencil, your brows are the picture frame of your face. Even if you do not want to use a color, there is a pencil or powder called brow corrector. When applying with a pencil, practice on your hand using short, light wispy looking strokes that look like your brows. If using a powder, apply with a brow brush in the same manner. Eyeliners are good for most, this is a thing that is or has changed over the years. Liquid eyeliner is more opaque and dark, a pencil is lighter ~ it is there but not so strong looking. There are many different ways to make the eyes look different with the way you use a liner in addition to using one to make the eyes look bigger and wider. If interested in that ask, I will be happy to answer. - NOW you are ready to fix the hair and be on your way. I am sure you think I have lost my mind, that there is no one that does this everyday of their life. Let me assure you, once you have done this a few times, I could get it all finished and ready in 15 minutes or less, yes it does take practice, but doesnt everything in life? - One more suggestion - when you purchase from a cosmetic counter, or a place like Sephora, Ultima, etc. your product for blush, lips, eyes, powders, etc. are more pigmented, you will NOT use the amount of product you use when buying less expensive. Please know, I do understand that it is not possible for anyone or very few, to go drop a large amount on cosmetics all at one time. I would suggest, if you are deciding what to do, when you have time, some personal your time, go to a cosmetic department or to any of the stores that would carry many lines of cosmetics and spend some time. Reason being, you want someone you can form a relationship with someone you can trust and explain what you are looking for ... see which people will spend some time with you, talk to you, ask questions that you feel comfortable with. You will be shocked when you realize the different cosmetic lines and the education in product that they have. It does not mean, in the least, that a young gal cannot help a mature lady. It only means how well educated with her products and what they do and what they are for. Trust me on this one.....you will be able to tell. Or ask them to match a foundation, if they apply it to your hand....RUN. An educated good make~up person would never do that. - Alright I DO want to say, YES men do the same thing, many of them, not to the extent of ladies, however; many do skincare and a foundation, sometimes even a blush. Have you ever seen a man, mature, distinguished looking that has gorgeous skin and looks very healthy? I guarantee you that most of them use skin care and maybe a light foundation/blush. Once they find someone they trust and can talk to, we would schedule an appointment for them, off the cosmetic floor, in a room for privacy. - Do you know WHY you use a foundation? The purpose is not for color....the purpose for a foundation is to even out skin tones ~ that is it ~ it is like an artist that prepares their canvas to paint on. The purpose of blush and eye make~up is give the face dimension, a healthy glow to enhance natural beauty that everyone has ~ not to paint your skin so it looks thick, heavy, or orange ~ sorry I said that but without knowledge how would one know? Please everyone that reads this, I think you can tell my passion in this, if YOU have questions, ask me. There are no dumb questions, ever. If I have to talk to you on the phone to help you, I will. I am here for each of you, that is my passion in life, to help others. thanks for reading karen ** check out this SERUM, you will love it! sbrooks.TryAgelessToday
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:17:00 +0000
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