Makeup Can't Hide That!

Make-up can't hide poor skin.

The health of you skin can show alot about the health of your body.  Just look around at the people you know. How many wear heavy make-up yet it does not look good.  You can even tell something is being covered up. Right?
Yes we all see it, but it would be just rude to say something about it.  With so many tutorials on how to alter your features and hide your face behind make-up. We may forget to work on having great skin as a canvas.  Make-up is costly and we want to do whatever we can to make sure our artwork looks amazing.

Start with knowing Your skin type:
Yes it is very possible you are ruining and harming your skin.  All because you feel what worked for your friend will work for you.  You must always know what type of skin you are working with.  Otherwise you may be adding damaging products to damaged skin.

Use qualtiy products:
Quality products have a much higher concentration of the active ingredients.  Active ingredients are what will help improve your skin.  Many low quality products contain many fillers that are not necessary and may even make things worse.

Stay Away:
Keep away from fragrences in your products.  If it smells like cotton candy, flowers, and is not cented with essential oils stay away.  This has caused more drying, breakouts and more, then most other ingredients.
Also look out for alchohol as a top ingredient.

See a Professional:
I feel many understate the knowledge and ability of an Esthetician.  If you have not seen one do so.  Do your research to ensure you are picking the right one.  Education, product samples, deep cleansing, Knowing your Skin Type, product and ingredient suggestions are things you will learn.  A well rounded, educated, and trained esthetician can help with many skin concern with zero perscriptions.  If your situation is severe, or out of their scope, you will be refered to a dermatologist.

It's ok to use things in your home.  I would not suggest depending on them as your primary skin routine. Honey (organic or raw only), Avacodo, Greek Yogurt, Cucumbers, Coconut oil and many others can be helpful.  They are very beneficial with soothing and helping the skin out along the way.

A few over the counter options I like:
Aveeno
Yes to.
CeraVe (amazing for thin and damaged skin)
Alba
Juice

These are great and non clogging nor harming to all skin types.  Leave a comment below on your thoughts.

I’ve thought about getting a facial but never have. Why should I stop thinking about it and get it done?

Well first I have to ask… Do you know your skin type?  Do you buy products based on what the bottle says rather then what it can really do for you?  Do you keep purchasing different products because you didn’t receive any results from the others.  Well if yes to any of these you should just go and seeing your esthetician.
Keeping with the basics for this post.  Visiting an esthetician can help you know what your skin type is, what products & ingredients could work best for you.  Commonly many people think they are oily and will use products for oily skin and end up stripping their skin.  Others think they have Rosacea or acne and actually just have redness from stimulation that goes away and causes no issue or just breakouts here and there that do not equate to acne.
Extractions…Black and Whitheads are not that great to look at in the mirror everyday.  They are both bacteria one dead and one thriving and ready to spread to other parts of the face.  If you keep this clean it can change your texture, the appearance of pore size, allow your skin to have a more healthy and hydrated look.  Men tend to have larger pores so this if very important for them. I also find some peoples skin like different types of ingredients.  Maybe their skin absorbs or thrives off of more natural ingredients due to their individual biological makeup or how they feed their bodies.  Skin and nutrition go hand in hand, finding out if what you are or are not eating or supplementing with can also change the health and appearance of your skin.