In this post, I'm just going to highlight a few main points to keep in mind having to do with hair, skin, face, and body. First, let's assess your tresses.
To keep your hair healthy and looking great, you have to know its strengths and weaknesses, what stresses it, and what it can and cannot do. You must know your texture and type. Do tests on your hair to determine its texture, type, porosity, and elasticity. This book has so many facts about hair I could possibly take up your whole night and all of tomorrow to tell you about it. It covers everything like relaxed hair, braids and weaves, locs, wigs, and natural hair. So I hope you just research it for yourself. Please leave a comment or send me a message if you are interested in hearing more about what it says about your specific hair type.
Next let's move on to the face. Some skin-enhancing vitamins to take are Vitamin A, B Complex, B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin, Nicotinic Acid, Niacinamide), B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6 (Pyridoxine), B12 (Cyanocobalamin), C, and E. You also want to research biotin and the healthy effect it can have on your hair. Nine habits that stand in the way of you and great skin are touching your face, wearing oil-based makeup and moisturizers, sleeping with makeup on, using greasy pomades and oily hair sprays, drinking too little water, skipping the sunblock, stressing out (sometimes extremely hard not to do), not eating several servings of fruits and vegetables each day, and diagnosing and treating breakouts and rashes yourself. The next few tips found in this section give some wonderful at home ways to do facials and masks to further benefit your skin. By the way, did you know that the shelf life of foundation is 6-12 months? For powder, it's 8-12 months. For concealer, it's 4-8 months. For eye shadow, it's 3-12 months. For mascara, it's 3 months. For lipstick, it's 3 years.
Last but not least, the book talks about the body in general. This section is full of spa ideas, massage techniques, and hair removal tips. It also reminds us not to neglect our elbows, knees, and hands. Here are a few tips: 1. Condition with avocados. The oil easily penetrates the skin, making it an ideal ingredient for moisturizing body treatments. 2. Switch to soy. As an ingredient in skin care products, soy extract softens and smoothes skin, replenishes moisture, helps brighten dark spots and is a proven antioxidant. 3. Peel a pomegranate. The seeds are excellent for body buffing, and the fruit provides a mild astringent with antioxidant properties. 4. Get into grapes. Red, green, or purple as grapeseed extract in some products can fight free radicals and calm the skin. 5. Carrot, celery and beet juice cleanse the liver and intestines, which will help clear up the complexion.
That's all for now. Sorry that compared to my other posts, this one is extremely short. It was just that hard for me to pick out which points I could bring out without actually telling you the entire contents of the book! Lol! As always, if you would like to know more, just message me or leave me a comment. Until next week....
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