How to Keep Your Skin Looking Healthy!

How to Keep your Skin Healthy!

Good morning readers,

I just thought today would be important to discuss the importance of keeping your skin healthy. Since, our skin is a very important part that the world sees, why not try and keep it healthy. My grandmother has always giving me good advice on keeping my skin clear and clean, since she is a cosmetologist of skin and make-up. But One great tip she has given me many time is to boil a pot of hot water and then place a small towel over your head, and then bend over the pot a little to allow the steam from the pot to hit your face, opening up your pors and allowing all the dirt and bacteria that is deep inside your facial pors to be cleaned. 

But here is some other helpful techniques I found online that can also help keep your skin healthy!

So Enjoy! :)

(Beauty tips taken from :http://www.rd.com/health/beauty/make-your-skin-naturally-glow/) 

1. Skip the long, steamy showers and opt for shorter, cooler sprays. Long, hot showers strip skin of its moisture and wash away protective oils, says Andrea Lynn Cambio, M.D., a New York City dermatologist. So limit showers to 10 minutes and keep the water cool.

2. Check the dryness of your skin by scratching a small area on your arm or leg with your fingernail. If it leaves a white mark, your skin is indeed dry and needs both moisture and exfoliation (that is, removal of the outermost layer of dead skin cells).

3. Treat your neck and chest like an extension of your face. Your neck and upper chest area is covered by very sensitive skin, making it a prime spot for telltale signs of aging such as dryness, sun spots, and wrinkles, says Susie Galvez, owner of Face Works Day Spa in Richmond, Virginia, and author of Hello Beautiful: 365 Ways to Be Even More Beautiful. To keep this area youthful, use facial cleansing creams that hydrate and cleanse gently rather than deodorant soaps, which can be drying. Top it all off with a good facial moisturizing cream. If this area is extra dry, use a facial moisturizing mask twice a month.

4. Run a humidifier every night in the winter to moisturize the air in your bedroom. Not only will it ease itchy, dry skin, you’ll be able to breathe the moist air more easily.