Beauty Tips 
Eye Care - Did you know that the thinnest skin on the body is found around the eyes? It can be thinner than a millimeter!
This means that a light touch and proper care are necessary for this delicate area to look and feel beautiful for years to come. - Pat eye cream around the bone of the eye rather than pulling the skin.
- Your ring finger exerts the least pressure. Use it to apply eye products.
- If the area under your eye is dark, apply moisturizer, then blend concealer in from outer corners to nose.
Do not pull out from nose to ears as this stretches the tissue and leads to sagging. - Allow an eye make-up remover to dissolve make-up rather than scrubbing away. No pulling allowed!
- If eyes are puffy in the morning, apply a firming under-eye gel.
- If crow's feet are the problem, use eye cream instead. Apply it before your regular moisturizer.
Fountain of Youth
The cells that make up your skin tissue are 70% water; so if you want to improve your skin and make
it more beautiful, drink up!
Dehydrated skin appears dull,flaky, and scaly, and crinkles like tissue paper when gently stretched. Fine
lines and wrinkles are the result. Proper hydration fills up fine lines, removes cellular waste, and oxygenates
skin cells for healthy renewal.
Drinking water is key of course, but also important is hydrating the skin's surface. Moisturizing skin creams
helps hydrate skin with ingredients called humectants, which pull moisture from the environment and hold it
in the skin. Ingredients such as glycerin and urea are examples of humectants.
Apply moisturizer to the face twice daily to ensure your skin is getting enough to drink.
Skin Renewal
Exfoliation, helping the body shed the top few layers of dead skin cells, is a natural action of the skin. Sweat, air pollution,
and oily skin secretions can build up on the skin's surface, holding dead cells and waste down and giving the skin a dull lifeless
appearance.
Exfoliating regularly removes old, dry skin cells, allowing new healthy cells to shine through. Exfoliating also stimulates blood circulation.
which feeds new skin cells to help them divide and mature. This keeps the skin's appearance youthful and diminishes the
look of fine lines and wrinkles.
Exfoliating can take place with an abrasive agents to scrub off old cells, a fruit enzyme to dissolve them, or an alpha-hydroxy or
beta-hydroxy acid to loosen and slough old cells away.
Exercise for Wellness
* Physical exercise plays an essential role in promoting and maintaining health and in preventing chronic illness.
*Exercise is a way to reduce stress, relax and feel better. A bad mood can simply disappear with 30 minutes of brisk walking, bicycling or swimming and that feeling of wellness will be yours.
* Exercise is good for our minds as well as our bodies' it improves thinking ability and the effect of exercising is even more pronounced if we exercise to music.
*Exercise regularly for just one month can lower blood pressure by about 10 points. Exercise helps with weight control, improves blood glucose levels and helps cholesterol levels.
Combat Aging Naturally
- Drink water- Proper hydration makes your skin appear brighter and smoother, while sweating helps lubricate the skin and eliminate waste.
- Cover up-The sun's UVA and UVB rays dehydrate the skin and break down collagen and elastin, the skin's fibrous support system. Without these fibers, skin sags and wrinkles.
- Limit Alcohol use- Alcohol wipes out Vitamin B which helps retain moisture and repair sun damage. Alcohol also acts as a diuretic, flushing essential hydration from the body.
- No Smoking- Smoking restricts the blood capillaries that feed your skin. It destroys Vitamin C which is essential in maintaining the skin's elasticity and firmness.
- Get Moving!- Cardiovascular exercise stimulates blood circulation, which pumps oxygen through the body and gives your skin a healthy glow.
How to A*C*E Aging!
Three key vitamins help diminish the aging of the skin: A,C,E. Whether applied topically or taken internally, these vitamins fight
free-radical damage within skin tissue, allowing your skin to retain its firmness and elasticity.
--Vitamin A, or retinol, helps to restore sun-damaged skin. It aids in maintaining firmness and helps keep skin infection resistant.
--Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, protects skin against UVA and UVB damage. It regulates synthesis of collagen and strengthens the body's immune system as well.
--Vitamin E, or tocopherol, protects the cellular membrane from deterioration. It helps speed up the healing of wounds and prevents water loss from the skin.
