What type are you?
Hurrah! For the Oily skin types. Well I would say that cos that’s me coupled with some genetic Acne thrown in.
However, as I’ve said before, it’s my personal battle with my skin that has made me the skin therapist I am today.
So for the basic low down read on, and if you would like me to be more specific about you and your skin just ask!
Oily skin…
What does it look like?
The skin has a ‘sheen’ to it, and may look ‘thick’. There will be visible dilated pores in the T-zone area.
The skin may look tired and sallow.
What will it feel like?
Slick and oily to the touch.
There is typically congestion, blemishes and visible oil flow present.
What can I do?
Only use masks for oily skin in the oily areas.
Treat gently! Contrary to popular belief oily skin can be quite sensitised, usually due to incorrect product and treatment use.
Protect from daily UV exposure to preserve the skins immune system and assist in fighting bacterial build up.
Next week: Diffused redness…
Don’t know your Oily shine from your matt sheen? Let me determine your majority skin type. To schedule your bespoke facial treatment; call Louise on 07810 872 633 or email enquiries@u-treatments.co.uk to book your skin health assessment and bespoke facial treatment.
www.u-treatments.co.uk
Copyright 2009
Saturday 27 February 2010
Saturday 20 February 2010
What type are you?
What type are you?
Following on from last weeks blog where I spoke about how to define your skin type and my anguish at cosmetic sales assistants giving product advice after glancing at the customers face fully loaded with make up, I thought I would give you an insight into the majority skin types that as a skin therapist I recognise.
After 13 years in the industry I avoid such terminology that is used by the cosmetic retail market such as ‘combination’ and ‘normal’ skin, since these are unrealistic terms.
The first skin type that I will look at this week is Lipid dry. Remember that this is just a basic overview and for your skin type to be professionally determined you need a full and thorough consult and skin analysis.
Lipid dry skin…
What does it look like?
Dull, rough and worn with a matt appearance and lacking in suppleness.
Milia (small, white, fatty deposits) maybe found around the eye area.
What will it feel like?
Changes in climate may make it feel hot, burning and itchy.
There may also be premature ageing and the skin could be slow to heal.
What can I do?
Avoid drying masks and harsh exfoliants.
Avoid sun exposure and protect skin daily.
Receive facial treatments to specifically target your skins needs.
Next week: Oily skin…
Want to know your skin type? Call Louise on 07810 872 633 or email enquiries@u-treatments.co.uk to book your skin health assessment and bespoke facial treatment.
www.u-treatments.co.uk
Copyright 2009
Following on from last weeks blog where I spoke about how to define your skin type and my anguish at cosmetic sales assistants giving product advice after glancing at the customers face fully loaded with make up, I thought I would give you an insight into the majority skin types that as a skin therapist I recognise.
After 13 years in the industry I avoid such terminology that is used by the cosmetic retail market such as ‘combination’ and ‘normal’ skin, since these are unrealistic terms.
The first skin type that I will look at this week is Lipid dry. Remember that this is just a basic overview and for your skin type to be professionally determined you need a full and thorough consult and skin analysis.
Lipid dry skin…
What does it look like?
Dull, rough and worn with a matt appearance and lacking in suppleness.
Milia (small, white, fatty deposits) maybe found around the eye area.
What will it feel like?
Changes in climate may make it feel hot, burning and itchy.
There may also be premature ageing and the skin could be slow to heal.
What can I do?
Avoid drying masks and harsh exfoliants.
Avoid sun exposure and protect skin daily.
Receive facial treatments to specifically target your skins needs.
Next week: Oily skin…
Want to know your skin type? Call Louise on 07810 872 633 or email enquiries@u-treatments.co.uk to book your skin health assessment and bespoke facial treatment.
www.u-treatments.co.uk
Copyright 2009
Tuesday 16 February 2010
What type are you?
What type are you?
As a skin therapist and specialist I like to keep up to date with the latest going ons in the world that is skincare.
I need to have my finger on the pulse of the latest promises being made to you by the cosmetic companies, whether its to ‘firm and tighten’, ‘banish open pores and oily shine’, or ‘erase lines and wrinkles’. I also regularly research the ingredient technology that’s on the horizon and the scientific data that back up their claims.
I couldn’t help overhearing a conversation recently, whilst doing some research reading the ingredients list on another skincare cosmetic that was claiming to radically turn back the clock in one pot.
The conversation was between a cosmetic company sales assistant and a prospective customer who wanted to invest in a new skincare regime.
‘I’m just not sure if what I’m using is right for my skin type, my skin still feels dry even after moisturising’ said prospective customer. My ears instantly pricked up. ‘Right so you’ve got dry skin then?’ asks sales assistant. ‘Well I think so…I’m not sure, I was hoping you could tell me’ says the customer. I now turn to look at the customer who is quite heavily made up and force my eyes back to the product in my hand. ‘Say nothing’ I think to myself, ‘It’s not your business’.
‘Well’ sales assistant leans towards customer,’ I think you look dry’. I replace product back on the shelf turn on my heels before I have the chance to muscle in on the conversation which would a) have been rude and b) totally patronising to the sales assistant.
It’s this very act that goes on up and down the country in every department and chemist store that really frustrates me and makes me feel for those sales assistants who are expected to give advice on products and peoples skin with, sometimes, little or no training on the organ itself.
I can only ever give advice and diagnose skin types and conditions once I have completed a detailed consultation, removed every scrap of make up and analysed and viewed the skin under close proximity and even then it can take a couple of treatments to establish what’s going on.
How on earth can you give true and correct advice when viewing a customer’s skin when peering over the counter at someone with full make up on? It’s just not possible and so this turns into a ‘sale’ rather than a recommendation of a product.
Skin type V skin condition
Your skin type is genetic, it’s what you are born with there is nothing you can do to change it.
However, as a skin therapist, it’s the skin conditions that are associated with that skin type that can be treated, controlled or remedied.
Over the next few blogs I am going to give you a definition of the three key skin types and some of the associated conditions.
Remember that everybody is unique though and as with my treatments, you cannot be put into a ‘one size fits all’ skin type category.
Next week: Lipid dry skin…
Want to know your skin type? Call Louise on 07810 872 633 or email enquiries@u-treatments.co.uk to book your skin health assessment and experience her ‘U and your skin’ facial treatment.
www.u-treatments.co.uk
Copyright 2009
As a skin therapist and specialist I like to keep up to date with the latest going ons in the world that is skincare.
I need to have my finger on the pulse of the latest promises being made to you by the cosmetic companies, whether its to ‘firm and tighten’, ‘banish open pores and oily shine’, or ‘erase lines and wrinkles’. I also regularly research the ingredient technology that’s on the horizon and the scientific data that back up their claims.
I couldn’t help overhearing a conversation recently, whilst doing some research reading the ingredients list on another skincare cosmetic that was claiming to radically turn back the clock in one pot.
The conversation was between a cosmetic company sales assistant and a prospective customer who wanted to invest in a new skincare regime.
‘I’m just not sure if what I’m using is right for my skin type, my skin still feels dry even after moisturising’ said prospective customer. My ears instantly pricked up. ‘Right so you’ve got dry skin then?’ asks sales assistant. ‘Well I think so…I’m not sure, I was hoping you could tell me’ says the customer. I now turn to look at the customer who is quite heavily made up and force my eyes back to the product in my hand. ‘Say nothing’ I think to myself, ‘It’s not your business’.
‘Well’ sales assistant leans towards customer,’ I think you look dry’. I replace product back on the shelf turn on my heels before I have the chance to muscle in on the conversation which would a) have been rude and b) totally patronising to the sales assistant.
It’s this very act that goes on up and down the country in every department and chemist store that really frustrates me and makes me feel for those sales assistants who are expected to give advice on products and peoples skin with, sometimes, little or no training on the organ itself.
I can only ever give advice and diagnose skin types and conditions once I have completed a detailed consultation, removed every scrap of make up and analysed and viewed the skin under close proximity and even then it can take a couple of treatments to establish what’s going on.
How on earth can you give true and correct advice when viewing a customer’s skin when peering over the counter at someone with full make up on? It’s just not possible and so this turns into a ‘sale’ rather than a recommendation of a product.
Skin type V skin condition
Your skin type is genetic, it’s what you are born with there is nothing you can do to change it.
However, as a skin therapist, it’s the skin conditions that are associated with that skin type that can be treated, controlled or remedied.
Over the next few blogs I am going to give you a definition of the three key skin types and some of the associated conditions.
Remember that everybody is unique though and as with my treatments, you cannot be put into a ‘one size fits all’ skin type category.
Next week: Lipid dry skin…
Want to know your skin type? Call Louise on 07810 872 633 or email enquiries@u-treatments.co.uk to book your skin health assessment and experience her ‘U and your skin’ facial treatment.
www.u-treatments.co.uk
Copyright 2009
Monday 8 February 2010
Part 3: Habits to give the ‘boot’ to for U and your skins sake…
Part 3: Habits to give the ‘boot’ to for U and your skins sake…
We’ve been tackling the bad habits that we should break all in the name of a healthier, younger looking skin.
We’ve looked at the effects, good and bad, of Alcohol and at the second worst thing we can do for our skin, smoking.
In this last of the series we take a look at a substance that we usually associate with weight gain and tooth decay, Sugar!
Yes this vice, whether taken in your tea or coffee, eaten in all things sweet, drank in Alcohol or fizzy drinks or hidden in processed foods, has an effect on how quickly we age.
So if your New Year diet isn’t going well because of your sugar addiction, and yes it is an addiction, then maybe the following will help you to ‘step away from the doughnuts!’
When we eat sugar in excess it causes a process to occur in the body called Glycation.
In simple terms this means that the sugar (glucose) bonds with the proteins in the body. In the skins case this will be Collagen and Elastin fibres.
These fibres form the framework of our Dermal skin layer, providing the strength and resiliency, making the skin appear plump and youthful.
When Glycation occurs it cross links and makes the Collagen and Elastin fibres brittle. They can breakdown causing the dents, dips and furrows in the skin that we refer to as lines and wrinkles. It is possible to see this as obvious grid like networks in severe cases.
As with most vices, moderation is key. Be mindful to cook fresh, wholesome food to eliminate hidden sugars that can be in sauces, tinned produce and ready meals to name but a few. Don’t forget that it is not always listed as sugar. Glucose, Fructose and Sucrose are all forms of sugar.
Secondly utilise skincare products that contain ingredients that will act as ‘sugar traps’. Peptides are one such ingredient.
As part of my combating ageing facial treatments I am on the look out for the signs of Glycation and treat from the inside as well as the outside.
The good news…is that there have been some very good evidence based studies on the benefits of consuming small amounts of 70% cocoa dark chocolate.
Dark chocolate is rich in anti oxidants helping to mop up the harmful free radicals and is also lower in sugar and dairy. Opt for a vegan brand for an even healthier fix.
In conclusion…we all do need a little of what we fancy so don’t despair that you can never have your cake and eat it, just be grateful for the times you indulge rather than partaking in the excessive binge culture.
If your concerned as to whether Glycation is affecting your skin and would like a skin health programme tailored to nurture your skin back to health then call me Louise on 07810 872 633 or email: enquiries@u-treatments.co.uk
www.u-treatments.co.uk
Copyright 2009
We’ve been tackling the bad habits that we should break all in the name of a healthier, younger looking skin.
We’ve looked at the effects, good and bad, of Alcohol and at the second worst thing we can do for our skin, smoking.
In this last of the series we take a look at a substance that we usually associate with weight gain and tooth decay, Sugar!
Yes this vice, whether taken in your tea or coffee, eaten in all things sweet, drank in Alcohol or fizzy drinks or hidden in processed foods, has an effect on how quickly we age.
So if your New Year diet isn’t going well because of your sugar addiction, and yes it is an addiction, then maybe the following will help you to ‘step away from the doughnuts!’
When we eat sugar in excess it causes a process to occur in the body called Glycation.
In simple terms this means that the sugar (glucose) bonds with the proteins in the body. In the skins case this will be Collagen and Elastin fibres.
These fibres form the framework of our Dermal skin layer, providing the strength and resiliency, making the skin appear plump and youthful.
When Glycation occurs it cross links and makes the Collagen and Elastin fibres brittle. They can breakdown causing the dents, dips and furrows in the skin that we refer to as lines and wrinkles. It is possible to see this as obvious grid like networks in severe cases.
As with most vices, moderation is key. Be mindful to cook fresh, wholesome food to eliminate hidden sugars that can be in sauces, tinned produce and ready meals to name but a few. Don’t forget that it is not always listed as sugar. Glucose, Fructose and Sucrose are all forms of sugar.
Secondly utilise skincare products that contain ingredients that will act as ‘sugar traps’. Peptides are one such ingredient.
As part of my combating ageing facial treatments I am on the look out for the signs of Glycation and treat from the inside as well as the outside.
The good news…is that there have been some very good evidence based studies on the benefits of consuming small amounts of 70% cocoa dark chocolate.
Dark chocolate is rich in anti oxidants helping to mop up the harmful free radicals and is also lower in sugar and dairy. Opt for a vegan brand for an even healthier fix.
In conclusion…we all do need a little of what we fancy so don’t despair that you can never have your cake and eat it, just be grateful for the times you indulge rather than partaking in the excessive binge culture.
If your concerned as to whether Glycation is affecting your skin and would like a skin health programme tailored to nurture your skin back to health then call me Louise on 07810 872 633 or email: enquiries@u-treatments.co.uk
www.u-treatments.co.uk
Copyright 2009
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