What tips/tricks/inventions/methods you use to make yourself beautiful??

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

• Ran out of facial/body scrub? Cant afford to use your fav brand anymore? Go homemade! I like to use epsom salts (you can use sugar also) cause its a detox - (tho it would be more effective if you bathed in it) however every little helps! I mix it with honey or olive oil - really softens my skin.
• The best moistuiser I'v come across, and don't think it can be beat - Baby oil...I love it! Love the smell, the the texture it gives my skin and keeps it soft for up to 3 days after...only use on my body!
• Finally, steaming my face! l use thyme, rosemary (don't have to be fresh) and whatever oil essence l can find - add all to boiling water, towel over head, and let the pores open! Make sure to wash face before hand.

I'm sorry but a few of your beauty tips are big nonos and are most likely doing more bad than good.

Firstly never use a salt scrub on you face as the surface of salt is uneven and can cause microtears on you skin with harbour bacteria causing spots. Sugar scrubs for the body are fine but I wouldn't use them on the face.

Secondly baby oil yes is a great moisturiser and if it works for you great but other people I'd advise you make sure you patch test as mineral oil doesn't work for some people and same with the fragrance.

Lastly never ever steam you face it doesn't do you skin any good at all. Firstly pores cannot open and close so steaming doesn't open your pores. All that it is doing is damaging you skin and may even cause broken capillaries due to the high heats.

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

Apologies, l should have mentioned that scrub was only for the body....

Regards to the steaming, l find it great! lt does open my pores because l'm able to get more crap out of them. lv always stemed my face, has done more good than harm, tbh it hasnt caused me any harm...

But the thing is steaming can't open your pores they aren't muscles they aren't capable if opening and closing full stop. It isn't helping your skin and broken capillaries aren't something that you will notice happening they just do someday they'll just appear.

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

If it works for stop animal cruelty then what's the problem?

Because it's bad advice. I assume there are loads of people reading this forum and thread looking for advice and help with their skin. They'll see a thread like this and think oh I should steam my skin not knowing the damage that it causes.

If it works for stop animal cruelty that's fine and if she's will to take the risks and continue on steaming she can. But don't go recommending something that can severely damage someone's skin some of this damage being only reversible for by spending €1000s on laser treatments.

I don't think ye understood my posts or saw enough science behind them so I'll explain it again.

Firstly pores can't open and close at all as they don't have any muscles to allow them to do so.

Secondly by heating the skin by steaming causes the capillaries under the surface of your skin to expand in a process called vasodilation. This increases and gives you the risk of bust or broken capillaries as they are more likely to break due to increased pressure.

Lastly the steaming drys you skin out as it disrupt the stratum corneum. This is the outermost layer of yours skins epidermis which is a barrier that protects you skin. So if you have oily skin steaming will dry it out thus making your skin worse and more oily. If you have dry skin it will become dryer and if you have normal or combination it will become dryer and oily depending on the combination.

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Any research to back up your claims?

You are just another person on the internet (like stop animal cruelty) giving out advice.

I've never seen anything to say steaming causes the damage you say. I've had numerous facials over the years that started with steaming.

I do actually have proper research to back up my claims and I understand I'm just another poster on the internet and I accept that I'm not a qualified dermatologist or doctor.

Let's start with the link you gave first of all. Howstuffworks a website where people just another person on the internet post guides to doing things. These are in no way checked for safety or accuracy. Secondly on the second page it says steaming softens the stratum corneum which is the outermost layer of skin and yes its made up of dead skin cells however they're there for a reason for this layer it protects you skin. Look up the epidermis layer if you want to read more.

Secondly take a look at the sources on the article you have link the daily mail and a number of books and articles written by spas and people who haven't backed any of their claims with science.

Now on to my sources here's the first one ncbi(dot)nlm(dot)nih(dot)gov/m/pubmed/18455889/ you see here this study shoes that heat damages and removes the stratum corneum.

Now on to broken capillaries. Heating causes vasodilation which puts pressure on the capillaries as there is increased blood flow. This increases the possibility of broken capillaries. According to my doctor and derm this is widely accepted among the doctor and derm community. I don't have any studies on hand at the moment but I'm sure if you look it up you can find some.

Interesting post by ananas. Lots of things include hot kitchens steam rooms hot showers all involve steam. Looks like steaming is bad

Aspirin face mask is pretty good. Used to do that a lot!

Green Tea was a really good change from regular tea.

I sometimes do a brown sugar/olive oil body scrub when I really wanna ex foliate before a proper leg shave My skin always feels better after and I shave with conditioner.

My skin is a lot healthier now that I drink a lot of fruit infused water. Cucumber, strawberries and lemon infused in water fora few hours is delicious And the fact I've cut out a lot of products, I don't like using too many different products on my face, soap and water all the way.

Vinta81 wrote: »

Aspirin face mask is pretty good. Used to do that a lot!

Can I ask what you mixing the aspirin face mask with as applying aspirin to your face do little to no good to your skin. Most of the claims I've read online state the aspirin contains salicylic acid and that it is antiinflammatory. However firstly it doesn't contain salicylic acid and secondly the antiinflammatory benifts are negligible. You would be better off using a salicylic acid and this would give you better results.

Bored_lad wrote: »

I do actually have proper research to back up my claims and I understand I'm just another poster on the internet and I accept that I'm not a qualified dermatologist or doctor.

Let's start with the link you gave first of all. Howstuffworks a website where people just another person on the internet post guides to doing things. These are in no way checked for safety or accuracy. Secondly on the second page it says steaming softens the stratum corneum which is the outermost layer of skin and yes its made up of dead skin cells however they're there for a reason for this layer it protects you skin. Look up the epidermis layer if you want to read more.

Secondly take a look at the sources on the article you have link the daily mail and a number of books and articles written by spas and people who haven't backed any of their claims with science.

Now on to my sources here's the first one ncbi(dot)nlm(dot)nih(dot)gov/m/pubmed/18455889/ you see here this study shoes that heat damages and removes the stratum corneum.

Now on to broken capillaries. Heating causes vasodilation which puts pressure on the capillaries as there is increased blood flow. This increases the possibility of broken capillaries. According to my doctor and derm this is widely accepted among the doctor and derm community. I don't have any studies on hand at the moment but I'm sure if you look it up you can find some.

What would you recommend pre extractions if not dreaming, genuinely wondering
As I usually ask for steam in a facial as I get blackheads either side of Chin, a few around my nose and forehead.

rustyzip wrote: »

What would you recommend pre extractions if not dreaming, genuinely wondering
As I usually ask for steam in a facial as I get blackheads either side of Chin, a few around my nose and forehead.

Firstly I wouldn't recommend extractions at all as there are easier and gentler ways that are kinder to the skin to deal with black heads.

One of the best methods is chemically exfoliating daily with salicylic acid. There are some great ones is boots if you have a small budget but if you have a bit more money to spend I'd recommend you look a Paula's Choice. Secondly I would recommend that you try oil cleansing, you can you any oil you want for this as long as it doesn't break you out even baby oil or olive oil.

I always dampen cotton wool before I use it on my face as I've heard although it's soft too touch it's actually way too harsh on your skin.

I make my own face masks from manuka honey. I just spread it all over my face once a week and this calms down any irritations I have and leaves my skin very soft.

If I've run out of concealer I always use the foundation that's just at the rim of the bottle or in the lid instead because it's a lot thicker and has great coverage.

Really enjoying reading this thread love hearing everyone's tips and tricks!

jadie wrote: »

Tips-


Using serum morning and evening. This had definitely helped with winter dehydration issues.
Spritzing with toner during the day in a heated office helps with hydration too
Double cleansing, double toning, serum oil and moisturiser in the evenings as soon as I come in the door
Face masks twice a week and leave them on for an hour

What kind of serum do you use?