10 Essential Skin Care Items

Do you care about your skin? Perhaps you've simplified your routine, or maybe you're just starting a regular regimen. No matter what your story is, if you care about your skin, these products should have a permanent place on your personal cosmetic's counter.

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Rave Fave: Repair Serum

I thought I'd share another one of my favorite products. This one is from the Naturally Ageless line from Burt's Bees. I love the 100% natural Naturally Ageless Intensive Repairing Serum with pomegranate, borage, and evening primrose oils.It slides smoothly over lines and wrinkles, and it's packed with great ingredients to help heal and nourish the skin.

For $25 this stuff works well, and it lasts. I'm hardly an old lady, but I'm all about preventative measures

when it comes to my skin. Does anyone remember my horrific sunburn a few years ago? As my fellow Jersey

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Rave Fave: Natural Sponges

I love going to the spa for a facial. There's nothing like the gentle touch of a skin specialist smoothing on products and massaging the skin while relaxing music plays in the background. The sweet smell of natural products working to hydrate and turn back the clock is a moment to enjoy, but one of my all-time favorite parts of a relaxing facial is when the sponges come out to play.  

These natural sponges work to absorb product off of the skin and their texture is so gentle.  I've even incorporated them into my everyday skincare regimen. After massaging cleanser onto my skin, I warm a

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Beauty Around The World

This oily wax is extracted from the seeds of a desert shrub, and it's widely used in cosmetics to condition the hair and lubricate the skin.  Isn't it something how many oily substances are actually utilized for beauty?  When I was younger, and my face a lot greasier, I thought oil was the enemy.  Now, in my twenties, I can't get enough of the stuff.

Though Native Americans have known about this beauty secret for centuries, U.S. cosmetic companies have recently started promoting this product in almost everything.

Do you think you know what it is?  Take a guess, and see if you're right!

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3 Types of Face Masks

Try these three types of face masks before resorting to a ski mask.  They can most likely help your problem, I swear!

Peel-off masks

These are the fun masks children usually can't get enough of.  Apply to the skin, wait a little while, and peel the soft dried pieces from of your face.  Peel-off masks are often associated with cucumber.  They exfoliate the skin and leave it with a bright, radiant glow.

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Beauty Around The World

Can you guess the name of this nut?

Hint: It's great for the skin, celebrities love it, & it grows on a tree native to Morocco that can live up to 200 years!

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A Tasty Treat For Your Skin

Honey is used as an emollient ingredient in cosmetics.  That means is softens skin & moisturizes.  

I've found honey to reduce roughness, dry skin, & irritation.

Continue on for my Simple Skin Relaxation Routine.

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The Advantages of Aloe

The Aloe Vera plant is synonymous with soothing sunburn, but there are a variety of other benefits to squeezing its juicy nectar.  When you break open a thick green stalk of Aloe, you are breaking open a treasure trove of nutrients & minerals existing inside an environment that is 99.5% water. 

These include:

·         amino acids

·         enzymes

·         vitamins C & E

·         minerals

·         plant steroids

·         polysaccharides

·         galactose

·         silica & zinc

Aloe is high in sulphur, & its slightly acidic pH creates the perfect antibacterial atmosphere, if you happen to suffer from dandruff.  Each of these benefits helps to naturally fortify follicles, reflect light, & add instant gloss to a dull do.  Used medicinally for more than 3000 years, & especially during ancient Egyptian times, Aloe has been used as a first aid cure for skin irritation (including hives), wounds, burns, & infections. 

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