What is Strobing?

The contouring trend has been hot for a while now, thanks to Instagram-famous makeup artists and the Kardashian sisters (especially Kim). The concept is easy — by using makeup products two shades darker and lighter than your skin tone, you make features recede and pop as desired. But in practice, contouring can be a little challenging. While we broke it down and taught you how to DIY contouring and highlighting, maybe you just don't have the time or patience to get the look at home. No worries: strobing, the newest beauty craze, is likely more your speed.

Instead of rounding up your best shading hues, dig out all your illuminating products. Strobing focuses exclusively on highlighter, applied where light would naturally hit your face (so, your cheekbones, brow bones, the centre of your forehead, down your nose, and on your chin.) Dabbing on these soft, shimmery shades will make your complexion look radiant, fresh, and healthy while giving you an ethereal oomph that is sure to turn heads. The best part? Your skin won't feel suffocated by layers and layers of makeup in the Summer heat because you're only using one extra product. Keep reading for some glowing inspiration, then try it out yourself!

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We All Know What To Do?

We all know what to do to keep our bodies healthy.

• Exercise
• Healthy balanced diet
• Restricted sun exposure
• Limited alcohol consumption
• No Smoking

All these factors play an integral part in the health of our skin too. We can, thankfully, disguise our imperfect bodies with clothes but our faces are on public display 24/7. Yes make up can help, but should enhance our skin’s good health rather than completely block it out.

Exercise helps to bring richly oxygenated blood to the dermal layer of the skin. This healthy blood supply feeds the skin cells and optimises cell function within the epidermis.

A diet rich in omegas and antioxidants are vital for healthy organs with skin being the largest organ of the body. Omega rich food includes salmon, great for weight control and radiant skin. Broccoli contains high levels of vitamins and minerals, a true super food, but keep it lightly steamed, don’t boil away the benefits.

The dangers of excessive UV light are well documented. Links with skin cancers and accelerated ageing have been scientifically researched. More damage is thought to occur when sun exposure is taken in short bursts, a week in the sun, loading the skin with harmful rays, or frequent sunbed use. Regular use and reapplication of a good quality SPF 30 and above will help minimise the risk. We require some sunlight as vitamin D is synthesised in the skin and is a much needed requirement for physical health.

Alcohol in moderation is acceptable but it can really dehydrate the skin. This can be very noticeable around the thinner tissue of the eye area. The good news is red wines are rich in antioxidants and keep the blood thin. That said, so are many healthier food options, so keep alcohol intake in check. As for smoking we all know that is a NO NO and experts can spot a heavy smoker’s skin at 30 paces.

For all of the above it may take years to manifest the negative impact on the skin, but as we reach our 40’s and 50’s the effects will be all too evident.

Keep it healthy #skinhealth

Posted by Skin Health Solutions

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Are You Sun- Savvy? Plus 5 Top Tips This Summer

 
  The sun will give you wrinkles, breaks down collagen and elastin, causes pigmentation and brown spots. 5 tips below to protect your skin this summer and invest in a 50+ face sunscreen.

• Choose a product that protects against UVA and UVB.
• Apply sunscreen 15 minutes before you go out into sunshine and then reapply once at your destination.
• Most of us use less than half the amount of the sunscreen we need to give us the level of UV protection shown by the SPF bottle.To cover an adult body from head to toe use three tablespoons.
• Reapply sunscreen every two to three hours, allowing for sweating and swimming.
• REMEMBER even if you are wearing regular suncream you need to stay in the shade between 11am and 3pm

 One of the best Skincare experts Pier Auge have developed a sun cream for the face that has a invisible texture,  waterproof, light enough to be worn under makeup and full of anti-oxidants to protect the skin and chemical free with UVA and UVB protection. 50ml £24.17

New Revolutionary Body Lift Device from Wellstar

The Byas Body Lifter

The BYAS PERFECTION SYSTEM combines the latest research worldwide in a holistic hybrid concept in which three unique models interact in a highly effective way. There are a total of 27 programmes combing radio-frequency and EMS (electrical muscle stimulation)

The beauty device helps tighten sagging skin which can occur in the arms, stomach and legs particularly after weight loss. Eliminates stubborn areas of cellulite, breakdown excess pounds, firms and lifts muscle contours.

Radio frequency waves penetrate through to the subcutaneous tissue and this thermal effect causes fat reduction deep in the skin, the fat cells become more porous and breakdown then naturally transported away through the lymph.

EMS stimulates the deeper muscle fibres. In this way your muscles are systematically strengthened and built up. For you, greater muscle volume means that your body becomes firmer and stronger, and regains its natural form and outline.

 More details visit http://wellstarbeautycoach.blogspot.co.uk/  

Invest in your skin with professional skincare.

Like anything in life you pay for what you get. Professional skin care comes at a premium price because of the time and research invested into the product.

Clients ask me why my products are more expensive than the ones they can buy at the local chemist. This is simple as I know for a FACT that salon products have higher quality ingredients- guaranteeing results. Established brands take care and pride in delivering beautiful quality products and say what they do on the label.

It makes me so cross when I read bad press about the beauty industry because of false hopes given from large commercial companies, who spend more on marketing their brand than the quality of their product. They ruin all the hard work and dedication that so many skincare companies put into producing their products.

 I recently met an inspirational and devoted pharmacist at the Excel Beauty Show, who grows and manufactures his own products in Greece, the quality was so high I was able to eat the ingredients. What more can I say- feed your skin with quality like your body and respect the skincare companies that want to look after your skin for you. Choose a brand that has integrity and vision.

By Karren Clayton

Super-natural Skin

Spring clean your skin & Image for Spring!! 

Soon the clocks will be moving forward ...and what a great time to start moving forward with a healthier skin regime and to perhaps have a beauty image update. Summer evenings ahead of us; warmer weather means socialising, so we need to  be looking are very best and fabulous!!                                                

Consistency is key for results, especially where beauty maintenance is concerned. A skin regime doesn't have to be time consuming..... but a better canvas on which to create is essential - rather than using heavy makeup to conceal our imperfections;   let's be honest, as we get older, less is definitely more!
In your  early 30s you are going to start having your first signs of aging mainly around the eyes and forehead, lacking tone and lustre; in your mid to late 30s you then start to get deeper lines around the mouth and nose; in your 40s the tone and radiance start to go as our cell renewal turnover slows down and hair is not as vibrant which effects our skin tone. It is in the mid to late 40s-50s plus where all your advanced work from facials and great products will show. 

The best investment you can make this season is a standing appointment with your facialist.