Tips Ahoy!

Ahoy maties! Skin care and makeup tips on the port bow! Savvy?
He he. My love for Jack Sparrow is a bit re-donk-ulous :)

Anyway! I have a new video all about beautiful, natural looking skin. This video has loads of information and is chalk full of tips for all ages!
For beautiful makeup, it is imperative that one starts with a beautiful base; your skin!

As we get older, our cellular turn over, the rate that we produce cells, slows down. Taking care of your skin is so important to stay looking young and beautiful as long as we can, because, lets face it (no pun intended) no one wants wrinkles.

Taking care of your skin starts with three easy steps that take about 3 minutes; cleansing, exfoliating, and moisturizing. If you wear makeup, you need to take all your makeup off first (most facial cleansers are not formulated to be 'potent' enough to jack hammer through your makeup, so using something to dissolve the pigments you put on your face is the way to go).

1) Cleansing- using a cleanser (after removing your makeup if you wear it) does two things, it loosens dead skin and debris, like dirt and excess oil on your face so your exfoliant can sweep it away. It also is the first step in preparing your skin to accept your moisturizer.
2) Exfoliating- either using a chemical, like salicylic acid, or a cream that has the gritty particles in it, or both depending on your skin type, use this to remove everything your cleanser loosened. Exfoliating is also the second step in preparing your skin for your moisturizer.
3) Moisturizing- This is the most important step, but without prepping your skin, you could be wasting your moisturizer! If your skin is not prepped correctly your moisturizer cant seep into your skin to nourish your cells; it just sits on top.
*Test* cleanse and exfoliate the top of one hand, and leave the other alone. Put moisturizer on top of both. See and feel the difference. The one you prepped should feel supple. but not slippery. On the other hand, you can still feel the slipperyness of your un-sepped-in moisturizer. Yuck!
****SPF**** Sun protection is so important! UVA and UVB rays are a major factor for skin problems, mainly causing the first signs of aging, making wrinkles worse, causing discoloration or sun spots and even dryness! The sun emits mostly UVB rays, which just penetrates the epidermis, or top layer of skin. But a tanning bed emits mostly UVA rays, which penetrate all the way underneath the epidermis, causing you to age under your skin and slow cell turnover! Please use SPF every day, all day!

After you moisturize, your skin is perfectly prepped for added serums and creams (always go thinnest to thickest). Its also perfect to apply makeup :)
Video: This thing is NOT working (insert pulling out hair here) Hrmph!
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Makeup Tips to Naturally Look Your Best!
1) To add a youthful glow, skip a mattefying foundation.
2) Use matte shadows on the lid. The older you are, try to avoid glittery, or extra shimmery products, as they tend to settle into lines.
3) Nudes make you look younger.
4) Navy eyeliner and mascara makes your eyes appear whiter and brighter.
5) Curl your lashes for an open eyed look.
6) Keep the highlighting to a minimum; a little goes a long way and makes a world of difference.
7) Filling in your brows can take years off your face. Go for a true neutral color, one that is a bit ashy in appearance. If you use a color thats too warm in tone, it makes your brows look 'funky'. Also, if you're blonde go two shades darker than your hair color, if you're brunette, go two shade lighter than your hair. If you're a red head, try to stay away from reds, though the temptation may be great, go for a medium brown ;)
8) Pink blushes make your face look naturally flushed. Go matte on this as well.
9) Just like pink blush, pink lipstick and/or gloss makes you look even fresher and younger!


Glowing skin and GIANT SMILES!... MsAubrey

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