Find your Foundation Color

Finding the right shade of foundation is important, you don't want to be walking around outside with a dark makeup line across your neck. Here are some tips to help you.

1. Go to your favorite department store cosmetic counter, or favorite drugstore.
2. Shop with a clean, moisturized face.
3. Always use the SAMPLES. Test it correctly on your neck/chest area, you want your face to blend into your neck. You want the color to 'dissapear' into your skin.
4. Pick a color you think you are then pick two additional shades one lighter and one darker.
5. To get the best result of your shade, go outside if your with someone ask them if they can 'see' the foundation. You don't want it to be bright orange, yellow etc.
6. If you're unsure of a color go lighter- never darker. You can always apply bronzer
7. If you find a color that suits you- BUY IT!

Skin Complexion: Warm verses Cool

Being able to know  your skin tone will help you choose the best color selection for hair, makeup and clothing. Here are some ways to help you figure out what tone you are.

You’re COOL if…
1. Silver jewelry stands out more than gold jewelry when placed on your skin
2. In direct sunlight, you see glints of blue, purple or green in your natural hair color
3. Your skin color in porcelain, rosy-beige, rosy-pink, dark olive, dark brown or ebony
4. You may burn easily in the sun
5. Your eye color is light blue, gray-blue, gray-green, blue-green, deep blue, deep green, brown or black
You will look beset in Silver, Platinum or white gold jewelry. Pearls and diamonds have cool undertones so often they compliment your skin.
You’re WARM if…
1. Gold jewelry stands out more than silver jewelry when placed on your skin
2. In direct sunlight, you see glints of red, orange, gold or yellow in your natural hair color
3. Your skin color is golden brown, warm peach, pale or yellow with freckles
4. You tan easily in the sun
5. Your eye color is blue, blue-green hazel, green, topaz, amber, cinnamon, coffee bean
You will look best gold, brass and copper jewelry.
Here is a easy test...
Pull your hair off of your face. Wash your face and then place a white towel around your neck and shoulders. The pure white cloth will reflect skin undertones. If your face looks yellow next to the white towel you have a warm skin tone and if it looks more blue then you have a cool skin tone.



Makeup for Mature women

My Mom requested this.
The makeup for a mature women should be classy and sophisticated.  It is because they have to be specific about the colors and texture of makeup they use.

Eyebrows
By this age your eyebrows are sparser, redefine them with a powder, pencil or gel, similar in color to your natural hair color.

Face
You don't want to use a heavy foundation, try a liquid foundation with moisturizer try Simply Ageless Covergirl if you use a blush try a cream instead of a powder. Simply ageless blush. Use a matte color two shades darker then your skin just under the chin to hide saggy neck.

Eyes
You would want to avoid the wild colors, instead go for a mid range neutral colors instead, don't go over board with eye liner and mascara
Pinks, Greys, Browns Shades

Lips
Use a lip primer e.l.f lip primer or use a concealer close to your lips to avoid feathering. Choose graceful shades of lipstick, pay attention to the moisture and the fullness that it gives your lips.
Pink, Berry, Coral & Peach Shades.

Natural Home Remedies for Psoriasis

Psoriasis Signs And Symptoms:
Signs and symptoms include dry-flaky-scaly skin, sores, dandruff.  Symptoms appear, clear up and reappear. 

Psoriasis Causes:
Psoriasis is an immune disorder (less severe than Lupus) where the body attacks healthy skin as if it were infected, resulting in fast skin cell production and destruction, causing flaking and scaly skin.  Infections, stress, dry or cold weather and some medicines can worsen the condition.  

Natural Remedies And Psoriasis Treatment:
While there is no cure for Psoriases, most cases are mild and manageable with natural topical treatments containing zinc, aloe and vitamin e.  Medications, light treatment or injections can be prescribed for more severe symptoms.



Pass the warm olive oil. If psoriasis scale is a problem on your scalp, warm a little olive oil and gently massage it into the scale to help soften and remove it. Then shampoo as usual and rinse thoroughly.

 Baking soda. To take the itch out of your scaly patches, mix 1 1/2 cups baking soda into 3 gallons water. Apply to your itcy patches with a washcloth soaked in the solution. 
Fish oil. There have been numerous studies linking the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil to improvement in psoriasis patches. The people in these studies had to take large oral doses of the supplement to show any results, but one study did find simply slathering fish oil on a psoriasis patch helped with healing.
Beat the tar out of it. Tar-containing shampoos, creams, and bath additives can help loosen psoriasis scales. Tar-containing bath oils are especially beneficial for psoriasis that is widespread on the body. These over-the-counter (OTC) products have been successful psoriasis treatments for many years.
Try a vinegar dip. Like aloe, apple cider vinegar has a long history of being used to soothe minor burns and other skin inflammations, and it's also a disinfectant. As a liquid, it makes a great soak for affected fingernails and toenails -- just pour some in a bowl or cup and dip your nails in for a few minutes -- and apparently has even been effective when applied to plaques using cotton balls. It might just be worth a try. To Prepare an apple cider vinegar compress, add 1 cup apple cider vinegar to 1 gallon water. Soak a washcloth in the mixture and apply it to the skin to ease itching.

Rosacea Skin type

What is Rosacea?

Rosacea has become a very common skin condition mainly because of the fact that it was
often misdiagnosed in the past. An excessive, sometimes unexplainable redness, ruddiness,
 and flakiness ultimately leads to the appearance of broken capillaries under the surface of
the skin and a constant red and ruddy appearance. It is also often associated with acne-type
bumps and pustules.

What Causes Rosacea?

A genetic propensity, particularly being of Northern European heritage can increase your chances for
developing Rosacea and Rosacea-like symptoms. Triggers also play a very important role in
understanding what can cause "flare-ups", those moments of flushing and redness that the sufferer
 can feel coming on. These triggers can be many things, most often alcohol, spicy or hot foods,
stress, caffeine, chronic sun exposure, cold weather, and overly dry climates.

Natural Treatment
The only way to get long-term relief is to detoxify and build up your bodies, blood circulation, balance your hormones, build up your immune system.
Best Treatment
Key Ingredients
Evening Primrose oil- Relieves inflammation, stimulates protein synthesis, repairs and improves dry flaky skin.
Flax Seed oil- Improves the condition of skin and nails, reduce the inflammation of cells, helps promote cellular health and improve hormonal balance.
Borage oil- Reduces skin inflammation, dryness, scaliness and itching.
Zinc- Helps body to heal, most critical nutrient for a healthy immune system.
Aloe Vera- Helps to hydrate and rejuvenate the skin, makes skin softer, younger looking and less wrinkled. Used topically this is Rosacea's best treatment.
Tea Tree oil- Anti- bacterial, anti- fungal, and anti- septic actions
Chamomile oils- Oils penetrates deeply through the epidermal layers to relieve inflammation and stimulate healthy cellular regeneration.

Zenmed- Rosacea Treatment

Know your skin type

Normal Skin usually looks and feels smooth, but can also react to changes in the environment: oilier in the summer and drier in the winter.

Choose foundations and powders for normal skin.

Apply a layer of moisturizer underneath for dry, winter conditions or whenever you enter a parched environment.

Keep a pressed powder on hand for oilier moments or more humid days.

Dry Skin occurs naturally as you age as the oil glands decrease their output. Dryness may also reflect your skin's sensitivity to skin care products, cleansers, or even your diet or your emotions.

Choose double-duty foundations that moisturize while helping to smooth the appearance of skin's surface.

Avoid alcohol-based products, like harsh toners and astringents.

Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize! If your skin is extra dry, try a tinted moisturizer as a base for your foundation.

Oily Skin is shiny and sticky. It starts the day by feeling clean and fresh, but by noon, feels greasy and slick.

Start with a deep cleanser that washes away dirt, oil, and fights bacteria.

Try foundations and powders that help control oily shine without causing dryness to skin.

Avoid touching your face during the day! Oils from your hands get transferred from your palms or finders without you even realizing!

Change your pillowcases more often. Oils can get trapped in the cloth and later irritate skin.

Combination Skin usually expresses its unique qualities with oiliness in the T-zone and normal-to-dry skin everywhere else.

Choose an oil-managing powder for your T-zone (and other oily areas).

Use a flexible make-up routine to help cope with combination skin's many moods.

Sensitive Skin easily gets blotchy or irritated when coming into contact with makeup, hair products-even sudden changes in temperature and humidity! Typical reactions are itching, burning, chafing and stinging skin.

Don't use harsh facial washes or soaps whose main ingredients are alcohols or fragrances- they'll only further skin's irritation.

Use an unscented moisturizer to strengthen your skin and provide a barrier against irritants.

A key to clearness is in fragrance-free makeup, like Clean Makeup and Pressed Powder.