Clay masks are said to be good for purifying the skin, drawing out toxins and having an anti-inflammatory effect on stressed out skin. But are they any good for treating acne prone skin? Let’s take a look...
Moringa oleifera, or simply moringa, as it’s most commonly known, is a plant based ingredient in both skin care and as an edible in health foods. It comes from a tree known locally as the ‘drumstick tree’ in its native homeland of north west India due to its green seed pods that resemble green beans, or small drumsticks. So how does it help your skin?
Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring substance in the human body and is found most abundantly in the eyes, joints and skin. It’s a clear, thick liquid like substance and is used by the body to help retain water levels in the eyes, joints and skin to help keep them well hydrated and lubricated.
Having acne prone skin doesn’t mean that you can’t wear fake tan, you absolutely can. Just like you might use makeup to cover up the worse of your acne, either ‘normal’ high street makeup or special camouflage makeup specially designed for covering up scarring or acne spots, you can use fake tan to help even out your skin tone.
Milia are tiny, white headed, raised spots that form on the skin of the face and chest. They’re most common on the skin around the eyes and eyelids, nose, cheeks and forehead.
As we slowly move from our baby soft skin to the onset of fine lines, wrinkles, sagging and thinning skin, we have different skin needs. So that means that our skin care products and regime may well need to change too.
Developing a shaving rash is annoying, uncomfortable and for many of us, embarrassing. But other than using other, often trickier, more expensive methods of hair removal such as waxing, threading or laser hair removal - most of which involve a trip to the salon - or leaving our hair to go wild, what can we go about a shaving rash?
If you have acne prone skin on your face, you also have a higher chance of developing the condition on your chest and back. In fact, according to the NHS, around 15% of people with facial acne also have acne on their chest and more than half of acne sufferers also have back acne.
Why does being on our period mean that our acne prone skin becomes a pain in the proverbial? And is there anything we can do about it? Let’s take a look at period related acne…