Skin Care 4 you Free Age Smart Gift

Free Dermalogica Age Smart Gift with Purchase
This is a great Gift with Purchase for the month of Feb 2010
Purchase any two Dermalogica skin care products and we will include in your delivery.

The Fantastic Age Smart Gift contains 3 anti ageing products. They are all travel sizes
Multivitamin Thermafoliant 15ml
Dermalogica Multivitamin Thermafoliant is a multi-active treatment product that combines the properties of a physical scrub with a chemical exfoliant. The fine mineral blend polishes off dead skin cells, while the chemical exfoliants further stimulate exfoliation while normalizing cell turnover. The rigorous exfoliation process of Multivitamin Thermafoliant combined with thermal technology helps drive potent vitamins (Retinol, Tocopherol and Tetrahexyldecyl), polyphenols and extracts deeper into the skin to inhibit damage caused by ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species) AGE's (Advanced Glycation End-products) and MMPs (Matrix Metalloproteinases).
Multivitamin Power Firm 5ml
Combat visible lines around the eye and mouth area with this powerful firming complex. Seaweed Extract, Vitamins A, C and E, plus a healing shield of Organic Silicones, protect against damage, accelerate repair, strengthen elasticity and improve smoothness.
Multivitamin Hand & Nail Treatment 15ml
An intense, non-greasy treatment that conditions dry, rough hands while helping to reduce nail splitting and peeling. Pro-Vitamin B5 and soothing Algae Extract hydrate and provide an invisible barrier. Licorice Extract and Vitamin C help even out skin tone while Vitamin A (Retinol) helps reverse the signs of premature aging. Extracts of Ginkgo Biloba and Grape Seed plus Vitamin E help guard against environmental damage while quick-absorbing conditioners leave hands smoother and nails healthier. Contains no artificial fragrance or colour

So simply do not miss out check out our great savings this month
Bye from the girls at skincare4you

Pregnancy Skin Care Tips and Advice

Look and Feel Great thru your pregnancy

Most mum's to be notice not only there tummy changing but there skin. It is quiet vial for all mums in the first stages of pregnancy to understand there skin and have it properly Skin Mapped/Diagnoses to identify any concerns and changes there skin may face in the changing hormonal months ahead.

Look Great and Feel Great can be achieved.

Ok everyone tells you of the foods you can and cannot eat, vitamins etc, to help take care of baby and yourself. Well we will also look at how you take care of your skin, cleansing, moisturising etc for particular concerns.

Got you interested? well we will start at what common problems most pregnant women face with skin concerns, and help you with some tips to help you thru these times.

Most of all start to enjoy your pregnancy, relax, take time to look after you - as you are the one that is carrying your new child.
Even book that belated facial, ask for a exp therapist to address your skin concerns and focus on rejuvenating your skin.

Most common pregnancy skin concerns

Pimples/acne - this is the time to check what you are currently using. As most women continue to use the same products as before, but they notice either nothing is happening with there skin or more breakouts are occurring.
A mild cleansing wash that is designed for a combination skin, not something too harsh or stripping as this would irritate and strip the skin causing other skin concerns.
Start using an anti inflammatory lotion on pimples like Dermalogica Overnight clearing gel which will help rid bacteria, help rid of built up cells which clogs pores and stops further infection.
Drink lots of water, and eat fresh fruit and vegetables.
Talk to your DR on what vitamins he would recommend for you.
Don't squeeze - you Will only damage and irritate the skin and cause more infection.

Pimples or breakouts on the body are also common. Signs of irritation, breakouts in the second stage of pregnancy is common.
Use a mild non soap body wash, don't pick or scratch - and treat with calamine lotion for large areas of the body to take down itch or inflammation.

Dry skin on face or body with hormonal changes you may experience itchy sensitive skin, or even dry patches on the face and body.
What you again will have to look at is what are you washing your skin with. Avoid hot showers foaming or soap cleansers and start using a hydrating serum like Dermalogica Skin Hydrating Booster to give your skin that pregnancy glow and hydrate with a more nourishing moisturiser.
Over course in summer don't over nourish your skin as this can lead to breakouts.
On the body watch soap products, moisturise daily with a exfoliating body cream like Dermalogica Body Hydrating Cream this will help rid skin of dead skin cells, with its lactic acid base and beautifully hydrate skin, allowing it to be softer and smoother to allow skin to grow and move with baby.
This plus a application daily of olive oil to tummy, buttocks and chest can reduce the chance in some women of stretch marks.

Pigmentation Due to stimulation of hormones this can stimulate pigmentation cells. It is very important to wear protective clothing in sunlight, avoid to much glare off computer screens, halogen lightening as these stimulate pigment cells and can help darken pigmentation. Avoid overexposure to sunlight and use a SPF30+.
Though it is also very common for women to notice darken patches on face especially top of lip, nose and forehead this will often fade when your baby is born.
If you are concerned after your pregnancy consult a skin therapist for a lightening range like Dermalogica Chroma White.

Skin Tags Well these interesting little skin polyps normally occur where friction and irritation of the skin occurs e.g skin rubbing and jewellery rubbing.
They are tiny and dark raised skin bits normally occur on arms, neck, chest, under arms and breast.
Laser is the most common way of removing them. Don't pull them as they can badly bleed.

Irritated hands and Feet - some women will notice itchy, red inflamed soles of their feet or palms, this is common when estrogen levels rise.
Try using some soothing hand cream like Dermalogica Multi Vitamin hand and nail cream or a hand balm by Elly B that is organic.
Avoid scrubbing, hot water and stimulating detergents.
Treat feet with a little baby powder and keep hands and feet hydrated and ask for that Pedicure or foot rub as it will only help.

Please email us for further skin advice.
Till next time take care enjoy the pregnancy ride
Skincare4you

Win A Dermalogica Prize

Dermalogica Give Away

Don't you just love a chance to win something great. Well today is your lucky day.

With everyone that joins our blog today you will receive a travel size dermalogica moisturiser and samples for just subscribing to our blog.


We are also rewarding one special person a Full size Dermalogica Skin Hydrating Booster value $96.00- this is a serum that is used under your moisturiser for all skin conditions that intensly hydrates and revitalizes parched skin.

This product hydrates, smoothes and minimizes fine lines with fantastic ingredients that restore moisture balance.


All you have to do to win this great prize of Dermalogica Skin Hydrating Booster is tell us your favourite skin care product. All entries will go into the draw and win be drawn on September 10th 2009 at 5pm sydney time.


Good luck to all and remember all you have to do is subscribe to our blog and also post your favourite skin care product to be in the draw. Winner will be notify by email.


Thanks again

All the girls at

Skincare4you.com.au

Christmas in July

Well I dont know about you, but it is freezing cold today in Sydney and yes its a great time to celebrate Christmas with friends and family. In Australia there is a trend to celebrate in a little way the European and American style of christmas in July as it is the coldest time in Australia.
Instead of a bbq lunch sitting by the pool like alot of Australian's do with the cooler weather we can have a nice night with some friends and family, a few warming drinks and celebrate christmas like other places in the world.

Get your free presents - at skincare4you we would like to celebrate with our followers, if you purchase anything in our shop or sign up for our Skin News - Newsletter we will send you a gift card as a thank you for supporting us.

Email your friends and family to join us in having some July christmas fun.
From all of us at skincare4you a big thanks
Susanne

Is Simplicity To your Skin The Key

When simplicity will do! Feel like trying a new angle in skin care. The latest trend is using some simple products at home for at home skin treatments.
Here is some great products for home skin treatments

• Herbal acne remedy,The oil of the Australian tea tree contains terpinen-4-ol, an antibacterial agent that kills zit-causing bacteria. It can be used directly but use with caution and apply sparingly. It also acts as a solvent, so it can stop oily matter from clogging up sebaceous glands and forming pimples. A recent study compared 5 percent tea-tree-oil gel to 5 percent benzoyl peroxide (a common blemish fighter) in a treatment of mild to moderate acne. "It was found that both worked equally well to get rid of whiteheads and blackheads," says Jules S. Abadi, a New York City dermatologist. Plus, tea-tree oil has none of the side effects -- such as dryness -- of chemical acne antidotes.
• Lavender the rescue in a bottle - maybe used directly on skin.
  

  This was the start of the popularity of lavender oil, and it is still one of the most used essential oils today.

  It is with good reason why lavender oil is one of the most favorite essential oils, as it has wonderful qualities and also smells great.

  It is a calming, relaxing oil, which combats stress and crisis, while the antiseptic properties help with colds, flu and other ailments.

  It is excellent for asthma and migraines.

  Apart from that it supports female health and it has a healing effect on the skin, while preventing scarring and balancing the skin. Try on a tissue for inhaling for sinus. I love a couple of drops in a pure unscented jojoba based cream for a perfect body and face cream.

• Unscented Jojoba Cream is a silky smooth, light unscented cream for the face and body. It’s formulated with a generous amount of moisturising Jojoba oil, a natural plant wax with a similar structure to our own skin oil.

The Unscented cream is an ideal alternative to massage oil where a topical application is preferred, but it does not have the oiliness of a massage oil. Essential oil(s) readily blend into the cream to create the product just right for your needs. By making up small amounts of the cream, it is easy to customize the cream to suit your skin as it changes with the seasons.

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Winter skin

Winter skin

We all like the cooler weather but when the temperature becomes cold we tend to turn up the heating, which irritates a lot of people’s skins.

Does your skin have any of the following – dehydration, tightness, redness, irritation, fine lines, or just plain dry- then winter will not be helping.

This is when we have to do a little bit more to protect our skin. Not only on our face, body, hands and feet can also be affected.

Remember this is the time to make sure your fluid level is still high lots of water, when it is cooler most of us forget to drink and rehydrate our body’s and this will show in our skins. Consider this that the skin is the largest organ of your body so remember that water is a vital element in providing you with a better looking skin.

Take a look at your moisturizer – did you buy it is summer? You may need to start using a slightly richer textured cream to give more protection from the environment.

My favorite is to add a hydrating serum two of the best on the market are Payot  Hydrofluide and Dermalogica Hydrating Booster both add a huge hydrating level to the skin without adding oil. This will make sure that your skin stays moist and hydrated but does not clog your skin.

This is a great time to also look at the type of exfoliation you are using and how often. We all end up with a lot of dead cells in winter so a gentle exfoliant is important to improve texture and product absorption for more rapid results. Two exciting winter exfoliants are Payots Gommage Fondant a excellent exfoliant for dry and sensitive skin and the new Thermafoliant by Dermalogica with a slightly warming texture this is a beautiful treatment for the cooler months.

Make sure once you have exfoliate that you restore balance by applying a soothing hydrating mask, two beautiful masks that will do the trick are Payot Hydrating Masque and Dermalogica Multi Vitamin Power recovery mask.

Most people will find that the skin on the body also gets effected so now is the time to slather that beautiful body cream after showering or bathing and making sure that you apply your hand cream after washing up so that dry dehydrated lines do not show on the back of your hands that show ageing.

Now is the time to get out exercise by doing a bit of walking, enjoy a nice cab sav or relaxing bath or both.

Are The Chocolate Bunnies Coming To Get You - The Myth Concerning Chocolate

Well Happy Easter, will the chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs get you??

Does Chocolate make me break out?

Well alot of people are sensitive to lactose, which is found in milk, cheese, chocolate, yogurt etc. And alot of people find that if they eat this time of food they tend to break out in white type pimple heads and also break out in the cheek area. 

This in Chinese Medicine represents the lung area and when we have had to much dairy alot of people start to break out in this region.

Though science tells us no one food group triggers acne. 

But in our practice we have found that people that eat dairy products may have a sensitivity and tend to break out. In other words watch what you are eating how much you are consuming, then take a look at your skin 4 days later.

Generally it takes the body 4 days to react internally with break outs to something it is not breaking down well. Drink lots of water, correctly clean your skin, do not over strip the skin, as this will cause further oil production, and irritate the surface. Use a oil free moisturiser to protect the surface, wash pillow slip regularly, Do not pick pimples, this will allow for bacteria to spread.

Gently exfoliate once a week.

Deep Cleansing masks are effective for cleaning the skin - ones that are clay base are good.

If you need further advice on your skin care,

email us at

skincare4you@hotmail.com

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Flawless Skin Danni Minogue Cleanses with Dermalogica

Find this great product that Danni Minogue uses at www.skincare4you.com.au

Special cleansing gel is a aromatherapy soap free botanical cleanser.

Suitable for all skin especially combination skin, use with a little water foam and then massage into skin for best results use the Exfoliating face brush.

Smoking May Give You Spots -

This information has been sourced from the BBC.

This type of acne is characterised by white heads and small cysts

Women who smoke are more likely to develop a form of acne than those who do not, research from Italy suggests.

A study of 1,000 women found over 40% those who smoked had non-inflammatory acne, characterised by blocked pores, large white heads and small cysts.

This compared with 10% of non-smokers, the study published in the British Journal of Dermatology found.

However, the link between smoking and spots is controversial, and the authors admit other factors may play a role.

Nevertheless, the team from the San Gallicano Dermatological Institute in Rome said they felt their findings could lead to non-inflammatory acne (NIA) being seen as "a new entity among smoking-related cutaneous diseases".

They dubbed it "smokers' acne face".

Teenage spots

The study was carried out on women because the condition appears to affect more women than men.

All of these findings will hopefully provide people with an extra incentive to quit Colin Holden British Association of Dermatologists

Of the 1,000 subjects, just under 30% were smokers. Of these 42.2% developed acne, predominantly the non-inflammatory form rather than the one featuring red and swollen spots.

The researchers said the smokers in the group had half the levels of skin secretions of vitamin E compared with non-smokers, as well as other variations in skin make-up.

Those who had experienced acne in their teens were found to be four times more likely to suffer acne than non-smokers who had also suffered teenage spots.

Other factors have however already been identified in the development of NIA, including hormonal alterations, stress, occupational and environmental factors.

Environmental factors were found in half of the 10% of non-smokers with the condition. Such factors included the skin being exposed for instance to intense smoke or steam, usually in a place of work such as a kitchen.

It is unclear the extent to which these factors may also have influenced the development of NIA in non-smokers.

Nonetheless, the study fitted into a trend of linking smoking with acne, said the president of the British Association of Dermatologists, Colin Holden.

"All of these findings will hopefully provide people with an extra incentive to quit."
For skin care products that work on adult acne Dermalogica Medibac Clearing Range is the latest product to help control inflammation, oil production and clear congestion in skin in men and women
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The Need for Good Skin Care

Wow what a week we brought http://www.skincare4you.com.au/to the forefront.
We have listed great new products, Gift with purchase and samples with all orders.

The question is Why do I need good skin care? Well the answer lies in the results.
When you have had your Skin Diagnosed by an expert in the field of Skin Therapy we then work with quality products and ingredients to tackle your main concerns.
Most good skin care companies use a combination of herbs, aromatherapy, botanicals, Chinese medicine etc to create a balance for optimal skin care.
With correct diagnosis a therapist should ask the questions concerning your concerns, ask about current products you are using, current lifestyle and anything that triggers problems with your skin. Our experienced therapists will prescribe the right products for your skin type.
Clients should be aware of the time frame and have realistic expectations.
For serious skin concerns always seek professional advice.
Good skin care varies, price is always a factor in what you may expect from the products. But again correct diagnosis is essential for any good skin care to work.
We recommend you contact us at skincare4you@hotmail.com to have a Senior Therapist consult you with any problems and use of new skin care. Full Prescriptions will be emailed to you with your list on products that we give you results.
Remember all of our products are genuine and we are authorised sellers of all of our products.
Click onto our link for New products that are designed for Pigmentation, lightening and brightening the skin. The New Chroma White - range by Dermalogica. Extensively tested for people that are serious about getting results fast - with using the full range light to med pigmentation spots on face, neck and hands will begin to be lighten within 2 weeks. So click our link to look and buy this great range.

The latest in Adult Acne has arrived, we have attached a video of Jane Wurwand the Founder Of Dermalogica in reviewing the New MediBac Clearing Kit this is a fantastic product for acne. We have been using this product and receiving great results and clearer skin for stubborn adult acne.
Or skin feeling tired and stress, why not try the Revilisant range in Payot. This selection of products is designed for tired and stressed skin. Using your cleanser then use a vitamin packed serum to energise skin and then follow with Creme De Choc - a Energising Day Creme filled with aromatherapy oils to awaken the senses and skin and cocoa extra to pick the skin up. Quieten down at night with the luxurious Night Creme Creme De Reves, with the soothing combination of aromatherapy oils to soothe the senses and hydrating properties to rest tired skin.
This is our first blog of the year so I look forward to catching up with you in the following days for more information on skin, health, makeup and lifestyle ideas and products.
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