Healthy Skin Tips

Caring for your skin properly is one of the most important things you can do. Here, some useful tips to beautiful, healthy and vibrant skin:

Cleanse properly. Avoid strong soaps with harsh ingredients that can clog your pores.

Moisturize well. Unhealthy skin is usually thirsty skin. Make sure you use the correct moisturizer for your skin type.

Protect yourself. Don't overexpose yourself to the sun, and use an SPF 15 or higher every day.

Cosmetics Basics

People have been using cosmetics for hundreds of thousands of years. The Egyptians buried their dead with eye shadow as far back as 10,000 B.C., and the Old Testament refers to "eye painting" (Ezekiel 23:40).

The Ancient Egyptians were fond of scented oils, and used ointments to cleanse their skin. They marked their bodies with henna, and lined their eyes with kohl, a dark-colored mix of various ingredients, including burnt almonds, lead, oxidized copper, ochre, ash, and malachite. They believed this special eyeliner would restore poor eyesight and reduce eye infection.

Today, while we use cosmetics to enhance our appearance, many cosmetic products also provide health benefits - allowing us not only to be more beautiful and handsome on the outside, but also from within.

No longer are we limited to rubbing a burnt almond on our face. Among the types of the most popular cosmetics today are lipstick, foundation, rouge (or blusher), mascara, eyeliner, eyeshadow and nail polish. They come in every shade of the rainbow. Indeed, the cosmetic choices available today are staggering - and there's something for everyone, whatever your skin type, colouring, or preference.