6 posts tagged “health”

Hydration is one of the best and most important ways to improve and maintain your complexion.  Hydration essentially means to keep your body filled with enough water and moisture to operate at optimum performance and keep your skin healthy and glowing.  We lose on an average 10 cups of water a day in exhaled air, perspiration and well, you know the rest.  In actuality, by the time you feel thirsty you have probably already lost about 2 cups of water and considering the body is between 50 and 70 percent water and the brain is over 70% water, it is easy to see how we may not always be at our hydration optimum.

   Water is critical in regulating all body organs and temperature as well as moving nutrients and oxygen to cells in your body.  What is the largest organ in the body?  The skin!  Also, keeping the body hydrated helps to flush out toxins and pollutants in the bloodstream as well as combat dehydration caused by exposure to the sun, perspiration and harsh winds.  All factors that are known to increase skin damage, dull complexion and dry your skin. Hydration is necessary to help raise the skin's natural barriers and to moisturize and nourish the skin. The use of gentle cleansers can prevent stripping the natural essential skin oils and combat winter dryness.
 
    Of course the easiest way is to hydrate the skin is to get water into it.  As easy as this advice is there is one problem.  The skin is virtually waterproof and water cannot penetrate its resilient surface.  The best solution is to drink enough water and prep your skin with external elements that have essential oils rich in nourishing elements like almond oil, grapeseed oil, coco and shea butter, among others.  Water is still the most effective way of replacing lost fluids.  Because water is naturally low in sodium, has no fat, cholesterol or caffeine and isn't flushed straight through the body like many other beverages, it's the natural solution that your body chooses to help reach its daily fluid quota.

   We all know that we need to keep hydrated and drink at least 8 cups of water a day. However,  we sometimes forget (myself included) how truly important it is and how much it will help maintain our body and our skin.

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Ingrowns suck and can become a chronic annoyance from the big ones to the bumps, so here are some tips to help!

1. Exfoliate! Exfoliate your skin before you shave, the dead skin cells can clog your razor and prevent a close shave, so get rid of em!

2. Exfoliate!! Ingrown hairs are caused when the hairs curl back under the skin. Avoid ingrowns by exfoliating daily and using a glycolic acid body lotion.

3. If you have chronic issues consider an over the counter lotion specifically for ingrowns such as Tend Skin or Smooze. Smooze is actually a mens product but works great.

4. Probably my favorite little trick Ive found that is fun and inventive: Take some sugar and soap, shave some soap off the bar or use soap flakes and mix with raw sugar & water into a paste "(mask consistantcy)" apply to ingrown folical with a bandage, leave on over night and take off next morn :D

And also dont forget that for your daily exfoliating needs you can use the lovely and delectable products found at www.thomflemingskincare.com ; )

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From: All About the Pretty.net

I usually don't like my scrubs with too much sweetness.  I love great scents, but sometimes even I can get overwhelmed.  I adore a good body scrub that gives me that as "soft as a baby's bottom" feeling.  Plus, it needs to be moisturizing.  The kind of moisturizing that leaves soft supple skin and not the dehydrated extra flaky-as-a-snake-scale-skin.  Well, Thom Fleming Rainbow Sorbet Body Scrub is such a beauty item.  The scent is a mixture of lemon, raspberry, and lemon that is so delectable you have to stop yourself  from sniffing your arm over and over again.  It's my new favorite scrub and is providing so much joy in my life right now that it has me singing The Rainbow Connection.

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From: Well Above Average

I'm a sucker for skin care stuff, so when I got the opportunity to check out Thom Fleming Skin Care, I was all over it. Currently the line consists of three decadent body scrubs--which contain fruits, natural oils, Dead Sea salts, vitamins and minerals. The scrubs come in Lemon Soufflé, Mochanilla and (the one I got to test drive!) Rainbow Sorbet Body Scrub.

The Rainbow Sorbet is accurately named because you actually get four scrubs in one--apple, raspberry, peach and lemon layered in colorful stripes. I've tried many different body scrubs and Thom Fleming's are fairly unique in a number of ways:

1. It comes in a tube--how brilliant is THAT?!!! Most of the scrubs I've used are packaged in big ol' jars or tubs. A squeeze tube makes it that much easier to get the product out and only use the amount you need.

2. It doesn't separate. I always have to dig into the jar and mix the salt or sugar back up with the oil before I can use it to exfoliate in the shower. It's messy and bothersome--not to mention just a bit unsanitary. The formula of the Thom Fleming scrubs is such that the Dead Sea salts don't separate from the natural oils. So there's no digging in to mix it back up. Did I mention that you can just squeeze it out of a tube?

3. The gentle lather. With most scrubs, I end up using a bodywash first, and then exfoliating with the scrub after. The Rainbow Sorbet Body Scrub worked up into a gentle lather, eliminating that extra step.

4. Not feeling like an oil slick afterwards. I love how soft and moisturized my skin is after using a scrub, but I never did like the residue of oil that remained on my skin. The Thom Fleming scrub left my skin soft without feeling greasy. Just clean and fresh!