How to Keep Your Skin Soft, Smooth and Supple

A soft, smooth and supple skin can take your confidence to that height you were dreaming for. A natural glow on your skin comes with proper care of your skin. Skin products available in the market take away the natural oil from your skin and make it dull and dry.
A moisturizing will protect your skin from moisture loss, helping to keep it soft, smooth and supple. It will also protect your skin from the penetration of grime, chemicals and bacteria. We all need moisturizers, even those of us with the most oily skin, but obviously it’s important to choose the correct one for your skin type.
Apply moisturizer to your skin while it is still slightly damp from balancing. This enhances the moisturizing effect. Spread it gently, first on to your neck then up on to your face being careful not to drag the skin – particularly around the delicate eye area.
Make sure you use moisturizer with vegetable oil base. Mineral oil is not compatible with skin so baby lotion and petroleum jelly products are therefore best avoided.
Try any of the following to turn your day or night cream into beneficial aromatherapy treatment.
The ratio is two drops of aromatherapy oil to 4 fl oz (100 ml) of cream either used singly or in combination.
Normal skin
Day cream: Lavender, rose
Night cream: Lavender, rose, neroli.
Oily skin
Day cream: Lavender, basil, camomile, lemon
Night cream: Lavender, neroli, camomile
Dry skin
Day cream: Rose, geranium, neroli
Night cream: Frankincense (renowned for its rejuvenating effect), jasmine, rose, ylang-ylang
Hyper-sensitive skin
Day cream: Camomile, lavender
Night cream: Neroli, jasmine, rose, camomile
acne
Day cream: Lamongrass, bergamot, lavender
Broken capillaries
Day cream: Peppermint, lavender, lemon
Night cream: Neroli, rose camomile

Know Your Skin Type with These Simple Steps
By: Nick Mutt
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Date:May 28th 2009
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Skin care is very important to avoid early appearance of wrinkles. To take proper care of your skin you need to know your skin type. This article discusses the types of skin and useful tips on skin care. Just read this article to know your skin type and avoid unwanted spots, blackheads and wrinkles by taking the right care of your skin.
1. Normal skin
• Soft and supple
• Clear and free of spots and blemishes
• Even texture and color
This is very rare, if not non-existent, expect on babies and young children and a few fortunate adults. If you are lucky enough to have inherited this skin type, remember it still needs to be looked after.
2. Oily skin
• Feels supple and elastic even after washing
• Looks shiny
• Often blackheads and/or spots present
• Can look sluggish, sallow
• Hair is often oily, too
Oily skin when properly looked after can be an advantage. It stays elastic and firm for longer and is less prone to wrinkles and fine lines than other skin types. However, it needs special attention to keep it free from spots and blackheads and can sometimes look rather dull and yellow.
3. Dry skin
• Feels tight after washing
• Dry, scaly or flaky to the touch
• Looks grey or pinkish
• Reacts adversely to harsh products
Dry skin is clear of spots and in younger years is fairly problem free. Because it is not well lubricated naturally, it ages more quickly, so extra care must be taken with moisturizers. It’s a good idea to use a sunscreen all year round to reduce the harsh, drying effects of ultra violet rays.
4. Combination skin
• Spot/blemishes on nose, chin or forehead
• Blackheads on nose, chin or forehead
• Dry patches, particularly cheeks
• Cheeks feel tight after washing
• Shiny patches and flaky patches
Combination skin is the most common. It’s important to treat the oily and dry areas differently as a product for oily skin can be damaging to the dryer, sensitive areas.
5. Hyper-sensitive skin
• Usually fair, freckly or prone to high color
• Burns easily in sunlight
• Flushes quickly
• Reacts to harsh substances quickly becoming itchy red and irritated.
This skin type is often found in blondes and redheads. Extra care must be taken when choosing skin care products so they protect and soothe, rather than irritate, this type of skin.
Still not sure which of the above applies to you? Try this simple test:
1. On waking (presuming you cleansed your face the night before and did not use a greasy night cream) take a paper tissue and separate its layers so you have just one ply.
2. Press this on to your face, touching all the contours.
3. Hold it up to the light. Any oily areas will show up on the tissue.
Results
No oil marks – Dry skin may be sensitive, too.
Oil marks down centre of tissue – Combination skin
Mainly oily – Oily skin
Look younger, healthier and more beautiful!