3 Tips for Great Skin in 4 Minutes

Our lives revolve around time and a million and one things we must do. So in just a few minutes each day, time invested in your skin will show long term rewards. Well cared for skin will have large pay offs as you move into your later years- plus looking radiant and fresh all year round.

1.    Cleanse your skin with a suitable face wash (do not use body soap) good products add extra ingredients to help treat your skin.There are  face washes available for dry/dehydrated or oily/congested skin types. Remove residue with damp cotton wool applying a toner, this will help to close pores and prepare skin for serum and moisturiser. 1 min

 2.    Think of a serum as food for your skin penetrating deeper into the skin than a cream. A Vitamin C serum will keep your skin looking bright and radiant and protect it from free radical damage.Choose other serums  appropriate for your skin needs. Apply sparingly all over face. 1 min.

3.    Protect your skin with a good quality moisturising cream just like the clothes we wear it will protect us from the environment and hydrate the outer layers of the skin. Select the cream most suitable to your type of skin and needs. Apply from the middle to outside including the neck. 1 min.   

With many years of experience as a facialist I can tell instantly when someone has looked after their skin and now reaping the final rewards. So take a little time-out ladies and gents for future great skin. 

 

How Do I Get Rid Of Brown Spots and Pigmentation?

 Post- Summer Sun- Damage, Brown Spots and Pigmentation. One of the most common questions I am  asked, is how do I get rid of my brown spots and pigmentation? 

This is one of the most challenging problems, sorry as they are very difficult to treat. What causes hyper pigmentation and brown liver spots? Over production of melanin synthesis in the melanocytes and it’s elimination onto the skin surface, hyperactivity of melanocytes become freckles and hyper proliferation of melanocytes as dark pigmentation and liver spots. The skin also has a memory and the longer you have had them the harder they are to fade, hormonal changes and genetics are also a main factor. 

The most obvious solution is to stay away from directly sitting in the sun, wear high sun care protection and avoid over heating as this has been related to being another reactivating factor.

You can avoid the problem earlier if you use specific skincare products that contain active ingredients which help reduce the production of melanin. Helping to control over production of melanin and reducing pigmentation, also helping to fade out existing brown spots. 

Start the treatment with a thorough exfoliation treatment, I recommend Pier Auge tempus exfoliation or doux peeling as both are easy to use and gentle on your skin. Pier Auge has a lightning and brightening program containing active ingredients that inhibit tyrosinase synthesis which controls melanin production, it reduces brown spots for a more even, brighter complexion, contains lightening molecules and Vitamin C. Vitamin C  fights ageing by trapping free radicals and slows down the formation of pigmentation spots.

Autumn can often leave your skin looking and feeling dry, dull and lifeless or even over congested, this will probably be due to the build up of dead skin cells and the use of heavy sunscreens and self- tanning products. Now is the time to treat your skin to a super boosting revitalising and energising treatment which will restore, replenish and re- balance, promoting radiance and a healthy glow back into your skin again

                                                                           Lady receiving a Pier Auge Professional Facial