• Wrinkles in a Multimedia World

    Research from The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association states that at the end of 2010, there were 302.9 million wireless subscriber connections in America. This is the equivalent of 96 percent of the population of the United States. These days, almost every single wireless device comes with a camera. Most cameras range in the 2 megapixel to 5 megapixel range. This allows for better than life-like quality in pictures. Most of these cameras also include the ability to create videos, again with life-like quality. In the past, pictures and even videos would be uploaded to a computer and be inspected and edited to remove blemishes, wrinkles, and anything else one might consider undesirable. Then, after editing, the photos would be emailed to family and friends. More and more, wireless devices can connect seamlessly to Facebook and Youtube and immediately upload photos and videos on the internet immediately for all to see without the benefit of editing. Once those videos and pictures are posted online, they are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for scrutiny from anyone with internet access.

    • How can you look your best?

      How can you look your best?

      Unless you stay at home and avoid all social interaction, your face will appear again and again in many different photos and videos. Whether it is at parties, celebrations, weddings or nights out with the friends, someone invariably will reach for a camera or wireless device to snap a few pictures or a video. It could greatly benefit you and your skin if you employ the use of anti-wrinkle creams.  Wrinkle creams work in many ways to help keep your skin healthy and help stop the appearance of wrinkles. Some creams work as a moisturizer which helps to keep the skin from drying out. Wrinkle creams can also work as a sun screen protecting your skin from the harmful effects of exposure to the sun. As you age, your skin goes through many changes. Facial expressions can weaken facial muscles and help break down collagen in your face, causing the appearance of wrinkles. Some eye wrinkle creams include retinol which can energize the skin and stimulate the production of collagen, which will give the face a fuller appearance.

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  • 4 Tips That Will Help You Avoid Wrinkles in the Long Run

    Here are four tips on how to prevent wrinkles. Combine these and other good skincare practices, including a good wrinkle cream to help you soften any wrinkles you might have, and to assist you in avoiding getting new wrinkles in the future. Your skin is the largest organ in your body and when you take care of it, your whole body will benefit and you'll be rewarded in the long run.

    • The Tips

      1. Eat lots of fish.
      Fish has plenty of protein, and the protein in fish isn't just any protein- fish protein is nearly magical in comparison with other protein. The protein in fish can help enhance the appearance of skin. For example, fish contains Omega 3, which is a fatty acid which is essential to your skin. Omega-3 helps keep skin healthy and elastic, and can actually reduce wrinkles.  2. Drink less coffee. Try cocoa instead.
      Certain nutrients in cocoa (also known as flavanols) help your skin maintain its moisture content and help protect your skin from the sun. It can also keep the skin from being dry, which enhances youthfulness and smoothness. All this is a recipe for a fantastic skin care ingredient, should you ask anybody who knows about skin care, so adding it in your diet can only benefit you.  3. One word: Antioxidants
      Antioxidants are typically found in fruits and vegetables. Antioxidants can help to undo damage that living in a toxic environment does to your skin.  4. Get to bed already.
      With the non-stop pace and 24/7 cycle of today's world, many people are developing wrinkles before they should. The fact that people do not get enough sleep is the main cause of this. Scientists say that when you don't sleep enough or when you're living with excess stress, your body produces a hormone excessively that kills cells. Conversely, when you sleep enough, your body produces a hormone that produces cellular growth, which in turn provides the skin enough time to fix itself following a long, hard day. As a side note, the position that you sleep in will define where, how, and when you'll get wrinkles. If you sleep face up, you have a lot less of a chance of developing wrinkles than you would if you slept face down or side. Just something to be aware of.

  • Exfoliation: What It Really Can Do For You

    Since I started exfoliating 4 years ago, I've seen a major alternation in my skin: I no longer have blackheads, my skin is smoother, I need less wrinkle cream and it looks more healthy than it's ever looked. Exfoliating can provide you with a fresh skin in a matter of minutes! Sloughing off dead, dull surface cells exposes a brand new, younger-looking, smooth and even layer of skin cells that absorb and reflect light, so lines look softer and skin glows. (If light hits a smooth surface it bounces off as a perfect, even reflection; when it hits a tough surface it creates shadows and the surface looks duller and older.) Exfoliation may also actually speed the cell renewal rate by 30%. Here's why: Every twenty-five to thirty days your skin renews itself — it sloughs off its outermost layer around one million dull, dried-out dead cells (among the 100 million cells on your face) and replaces it with an all-new layer of healthy moisture-plumped cells which have been generated deep in the dermis. This natural sloughing process slows naturally as you become older and, in addition, it's hindered through the ravages of the environment — sun, wind, pollution, dirt and makeup, which combine to age the topmost layer of cells faster than new cells can be achieved to replace them. Thus, old-looking surface cells linger longer than they should and provide your skin a dull, lifeless appearance, to say nothing of disturbing the generation of new cells. This is where exfoliation comes in.

    • How to Exfoliate

      How to Exfoliate

      There are many methods of exfoliation. Which technique you choose is really a matter of personal preference, but all should be done gently so they won't irritate or damage skin.  Tip: One way to make sure that you're not applying too much pressure would be to keep your thumbs under your chin and employ the other four fingers to exfoliate.  1. The chemical method. An exfoliant (usually containing salicylic acid) is spread about the skin and dissolves the dead surface cells as well as skin oils that otherwise fasten together surface cells. These exfoliants are often most suitable for normal/oily skin types.  2. The mechanical method. A scrub based on natural (ground apricot pits, almonds or oatmeal) or artificial ingredients is massaged to the face to loosen and then remove dead cells. The scrub can either be a mask you apply, let dry, and then rub off; or a cream you put onto wet skin and rub for just one minute.

      Tip: Look for products with relatively uniform small grains, which work gently. Or try simply massaging papaya pulp or pineapple slices on your face -- they're both extremely gentle, natural exfoliants.  3. Another mechanical method involves synthetic exfoliating sponges you use with water and soap or cleanser to whisk away the outer layer of the skin. When To Exfoliate No matter your type of skin, you should exfoliate every day (if not twice a day), just before you apply your skin cream. But if you have not been exfoliating, you need to build up to a regular daily routine slowly (it may take about a month) -- say just a few seconds in the morning and just a few seconds at night, gradually increasing to thirty seconds each time until you reach about a minute.  Tip: If your skin begins to look red and feel sensitive, you're doing an excessive amount of exfoliating and need to cut back. Try a few moments daily until your skin feels comfortable, and then begin to extend the time.

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