Lets Talk About skin Care, Beauty And Health Tips

Have you ever tried a Chinese skin-care products, or What's your idea about Chinese skin-care products? Do you think some skin-care products are better than some from U.S. or Europe?

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Skin care does not only rely on skin products it depends on diet and how much water you drink. A good face scrub and vitamin E cream are as good as any expensive products. Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables that contain antioxidants and drink plenty of water daily. Along with this use the face scrub and vitamin E cream Morning and night. Your skin will be great.

How good is my skin care routine?

On most days I:

Cleanse using an acne control cleanser containing 2% Salicylic Acid
Tone using a 5% homemade tea tree oil solution
Moisturize with Clean and Clear 0.5% salicylic acid
Apply sunscreen with zinc oxide if I plan to be in the sun long

At night I use a Neutrogena retinol cream instead of the clean and clear moisturizer.
Every 4 days, I use a facial scrub in place of the cleanser.
In winter, I sometimes use Vitamin E oil or olive oil as a moisturizer
Every 2 weeks I use a turmeric and honey face mask

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Your skin care routine sounds very good if you are having issues with acne. Salicylic acid is very drying and will help slough off skin cells so they don't clog and create blackheads. So good choice on that. The tea tree is going to also be drying but in addition is antibacterial so another good choice.

Zinc oxide is a great sunscreen and is also very healing to damaged skin... so also good.

Retinol makes me a little nervous because of the research showing it can cause birth defects even after you stop using it. Or, maybe I'm behind the times... I haven't actually been keeping up with the retinol products and the research behind them. Does anyone else know about this issue?

Facial scrub every four days sounds about right so you don't dry your skin too much. Vitamin E and olive oil are also both good choices. I've never heard of a turmeric honey face mask but it sounds very healing as honey is an ancient remedy for skin troubles and is hydrophilic which means it is going to make your skin hydrated, moist and very soft. It is also antibacterial -- as is turmeric.

The only other things I would add are changing your pillow case every night to prevent bacterial cross contamination (this actually works better than you would think! You can also try switching to organic all cotton, or organic linen pillowcases as an underlying allergy to the chemicals and synthetic materials in regular pillowcases may exacerbate or even be the main cause of acne, also pay attention to your laundry soap.)

Secondly, add a rice water cleanser every now and then. Daily is best. If you haven't heard about rice water, Michelle Phan has an excellent tutorial about how to make it, use it and store it. It is a fabulous skin toner for any kind of skin. And very easy and cheap to make. Basically you add rice to water and let it sit in the fridge for a couple of hours - separate the water from the rice and then put the "rice water" on your face using a soft clean cloth. You can also use it as a facial by soaking the cloth and leaving it on your face for 15 minutes. I was astonished at how well it worked. It leaves your skin feeling ten times as smooth and soft as it was before. You can see the pores on your skin shrinking. Amazing. And so cheap!