By Jackie Khor

15 February 2009

This guide helps you understand the science of skin providing a regimen to perfect, healthy, supple skin, radiant 24 hours a day. Both men and women should take care of their skin, but males expose their skin to much harsher stresses through shaving.


Use the Best Skin Care Product Without Any Preservatives:

Be wary of skin care lines that use formaldehyde preservatives. Unfortunately a large majority of cosmetic products use toxic chemicals that have negative long-term side-effects and may be the cause of some allergies.

Parabens are the safest known preservatives, often used in foods, but recent studies have shown that people with sensitive skin and allergies may suffer from the use of products that contain parabens.

The best products use a self-preserving formulation.

Some companies claim to have products that do not contain parabens, but they still contain other formaldehyde-producing chemicals, such as Quarternium 15, 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1, 3-diol, dizolidnyl urea, DMDM Hydantoin, or Sidum Hydroxyglycinate.

These chemicals are effective in killing anything that comes in contact with them, so imagine what they could be doing to your skin.

Easy Skin Care Steps:

Step 1: Cleanse 

To begin external care for your skin, you should cleanse morning and night twice a day. A good gel-based cleanser will not foam up or cause irritation of the skin even for sensitive skin types. The reason that some cleansers foam is that they are soap-based products with basic (low pH) properties. Ideally, use warm water to open the pours of your skin and then use a gentle, neutral, soap-free cleanser to wash away dirt and impurities without drying your delicate skin. Proper cleansing is at the core of any skin-care regimen, and is essential to use an effective cleanser that is still mild enough for daily use.

Step 2: Tone

Always tone directly after cleansing because it tightens your pours and protects you from collecting impurities.

The purpose of a toner is to refresh and revitalise your skin by removing any lingering impurities after cleansing.

A good hydrating toner restores the pH balance of your skin and leaves it ready for moisturising, helping you combat harsh environmental effects.

Your skin should be left tightened, toned, and hydrated. Do not rinse off toner!

Use a toner with hydrating properties as many of these products tend to dry the skin out and sometimes irritate sensitive skin.

If you have very dry or sensitive skin, choose a hydrating toner, or a non-drying formula. If drying occurs try reducing the amount of toner you use.

Step 3: Exfoliate 

Use a gentle exfoliate approximately 2 to 3 times a week after cleansing and instead of toning.

Our skin goes through a natural process of cells growing at a lower layer and then as new cells are generated, the older ones are pushed to the outer layers and at one point their life-cycle ends, and the dead cells are pushed off and should detach from us.

However, this does not always occur, because if your skin is oily, the dead cells get trapped on your skin and sometimes covered by other skin, creating a build up of dirt and dead skin. As your skin ages, surface skin renews itself less often, leaving behind dry, flaky skin. Dead skin cells dull the complexion, inhibit moisture absorption, and cause breakouts.

Exfoliation loosens and dissolves dead skin cells, and reveals the fresher cells beneath giving a healthier complexion. 

For example, papain, which is a natural fruit enzyme breaks down the bonds of keratin cells in your skin, then granules of rice-bran or otherwise are used to gently loosen the broken down keratin cells which can then be washed away with warm water.

Do not over-use exfoliates as that may irritate your skin. Three times a week is a good frequency.

Step 4: Nutrition by Masque 

A masque should give a secondary exfoliation process for any remaining impurities but it should also be able to unclog pours and remove excess oils.

Most importantly, you need a masque to replace lost nutrient by inject vitamins and minerals and other nourishing plant extracts into your skin. The result is a soothing, softening, restoration of your skin.

Your skin needs Proflavanol-T, Proteo-C, in addition to the vitamins A, C, and E, as well as several essential amino acids.

You should apply it generously in a layer to clean skin from your neck to forehead and relax for typically 20 minutes. For men, you can do it with your shaving.

When finished, rinse off with warm water for your beautiful youthful glow.

Step 5: Refine  

This is an optional step. Use these products after toning.

Good refining products focus on enhanced exfoliation and increased collagen production, and provide long-term renewal and refinement for your skin.

There are several technologies used in such products to reduce signs of aging. One example is the advanced Dermal Surface Renewal (DSR) technology, a marine-source age-defying complex. DSR is clinically proven to visibly retexture, brighten, even, and firm the skin's surface.

If you have sensitive skin, avoid products with alpha-hydroxy acids.

Step 6: Moisturise

The primary role of a moisturiser is to add moisture to the skin after it has been cleansed.

Day Time:
Exposure to the sun can contribute to line, wrinkles, and dull complexions. Your daytime moisturiser should have a sunscreen to protect your skin from the full spectrum of harmful UVA and UVB rays while still providing you with intense hydration.

An excellent technology called Regenisomes is an advanced complex that quickly restores the skin's appearance after sun exposure by supporting the skin's natural renewal process.

To neutralise the harmful UVA radiation use products with the active ingredient avobenzone, and for UVB neutralisation check that your product has octyl methoxycinnamate which is most widely used as an organic sunscreen product because it is water soluble and adheres to the skin.

Night Time:
Your body has an internal clock, called the circadian system. It functions according to its exposure to light and dark, and synchronises your body's activities accordingly. During deep sleep, your body goes to work refilling the depleted stores of energy and undoing the damage of daily stress. This is an ideal time to provide your skin with concentrated nourishment. Your night-time moisturizer should not only provide moisture to your skin, but should be laden in nutrients such as vitamins A, E, zinc, isoflavones, and soy protein.

 
Note: It is essential to understand that skin care starts on the inside. If your body is healthy, your skin reflects your health.

As a bare minimum, you need a combination of  some good quality nutritional supplements and essential fatty acids which are basic building blocks for healthy skin and hair.

Regimen At A Glance,

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Jackie Khor
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