Two Skin Treatments You Should Consider – Detox Cleanse and Whitening Cream

If you are a women, then you have probably heard about both the detox cleanse and whitening cream treatments. While these two treatments are fairly different and somewhat unknown, they can be very beneficial for many different individuals. I am going to explain some of the basic details of both procedures, so you have a better idea of why you would ever consider either treatment.

First, detox cleanse treatments have been around for literally centuries of time. Even the ancient Greek and Egyptian’s practiced these treatments (although they did so in a fairly different manner). Now, these treatments are still popular, and for good reason. In such a cleanse, special detox products are used to restore the natural order back in your body. Toxins are purged, energy levels are restored, and the problems associated with stress and depression are treated. There are many different ways to perform such a detox cleansing treatment, and most treatments are considered to be harmless by doctors. However, make sure you discuss your plans with a dermatologist before starting anything brash.

Second, the whitening cream treatment is designed to help those who suffer from specific skin problems such as hyperpigmentation, melasma, chloasma, and soloar lentignes. All of these different problems have one thing in common – they create an unnatural darkening of the skin. Luckily, with special ingredients, certain creams can lighten the skin and reverse these problems to a certain extent. Such ingredients include hydroquinone, arbutin, meladerm, and triluma. These creams can be very effective at reducing dark spots on your skin and body, and should be considered if you suffer from these conditions.

About the Author Sandra K Jensen

Sandra is a journalist who has been writing about women’s issues, including how to use a good detox cleanse and whitening cream to look younger and keep your skin healthy for several years.

Healthy Skin Care Tip- Know Your ABC’s

Make-up artist, beauty/lifestyle writer, and communications specialist, Denise Del Russo shares some tips from amino acids to vegetables that are essential for healthy skin care at the Chic Galleria. Visit today to learn more.

3 Easy Ways to Hydrate Your Skin

It’s important to hydrate your skin to keep it soft, smooth and healthy. To hydrate skin is to simply add water to it. Here are 3 easy to apply ways that you can use starting right now to hydrate your skin:

1. Eat a healthy diet which includes lots water-filled fruits and vegetables.
2. Drink plenty of water. It’s a great idea to drink 1/2 your body weight in water in ounces, but drinking at least eight 8oz glasses of water is recommended.
3. Use a high quality moisturizer to seal in moisture after your shower and daily skin care cleansing routine.

For more skin hydration tips , check out the video below where celebrity stylemaker, Ben Bennett, share information on the importance of hydrating your skin.

About Exfoliation: Step 1 in Your Daily Skin Care Regime

Did you know that about 80,000 facial skin cells die every day? This is why your skin can take on a dull, lustreless appearance, accentuating lines and wrinkles on your face if you do not include exfoliation in your daily skin care regime.

Many women still use commercial soaps that are harsh on your skin and contain chemicals you’d rather not know. The combination of these chemicals and the harshness of these soaps can leave your face dry, robbed of moisture and having removed the protective Acid Mantel, vulnerable to microbes and other potentially harmful environmental factors.

Exfoliation is the first step in any good daily skin care regime. Exfoliation can take a number of forms, you can use a facial clay gel-wash, which removes dirt, stale natural oils as well as gently remove the dead skin cells from your face, leaving your face clean, free of stale oils and dirt, and unblock the pores of your skin.

Alternatively, you can use products such as the Skin Renewal Gel from Wildcrafted Herbal Products or a multitude of other natural products that will help to remove the layer of dead skin cells.

Exfoliation is intended to do nothing more than remove dead skin cells, however, you need to be aware of how ‘ruff’ they are. For example, there are chemical exfoliants which will not just attack the dead skin cells, but also harm living cells. This is not the aim of a quality exfoliant, on the contrary, exfoliation is supposed to help promote new growth of skin cells, not attack new cells.

Similarly, there are natural as well as non-natural exfoliants that have ingredients, which can cause minute cuts and be quite abrasive to your facial skin. Again this is not the type of product you would want to use.

Exfoliants should contain substances such as high quality clays, herbal extracts and essential oils that are gentle to your skin, but do remove the dead skin layer at the same time. Clay, for example, is made up of rounded particles and because of their shape, they will not irritate or cut your skin nor will they be abrasive to the skin. Essential oils, such as Chamomile are soothing, anti-septic and cleansing. Finally, a good exfoliant should be natural, gentle and contain ingredients that are cleansing and soothing to your skin.

Danny Siegenthaler is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine and together with his wife Susan, a medical herbalist and Aromatherapist, they have created Natural Skin Care Products by Wildcrafted Herbal Products to share their 40 years of combined expertise with you.

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