Night Beauty Secrets

The Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote the poem, where a firefly didn’t know what happens when stars fade. George Gordon Byron was more fortunate saying “Night shows stars and women in a better light”. And that makes sense nowadays. "In 2010, the number of evening means on the cosmetics market grew by 40%, while women spent about $ 56 million for night skin care. That is twice overruns the amount of money spent on the day care products and  makeup" - said the director of the International Skincare Marketing L'Oreal Paris, Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglu.

The peak activity of the cell renewal takes place from 11 pm to 4 am, and  works only if you are asleep! If you apply cream at night and sit in front of a laptop or watching TV afterwards, there will be no result. "During the night time vigil  forms a hormone called Cortisol (hydrocortisone), which destroys the skin cells. When having 7-8 hours of sleep needed, the organism produces a hormone of growth, which, by contrast, improves the skin "- explains the dermatologist Dr. Nicholas Perricone.”People, who sleep seven hours every day, have the highest life expectancy. It is proved that the death rate increases for those who sleep more than eight or less than six hours a day "- says Marie-Anne Brie, director of scientific development company ILC-France. "Sleep consists of alternating fast and slow phases and intermediate stage. All of the recovery processes occur during rapid eye movement sleep, "- adds Eric Perrier, research director of LVMH Recherche Parfums & Cosmétiques.

According to dermatologist Annie Cohen-Letese, at 1 a.m.your cells are eight times more active, and  renewing to a total of 60%. Most vascular circulation is observed between 11 pm and 4:00 am. Around the same time occurs the maximum absorption of nutrients from cosmetics. This is the time for “larks”.

To  get maximum benefits to your skin during night time, you will need:

1. Water treatment

Twenty minutes in a warm bath or ten minutes in a shower - is enough for steam at a high temperature open skin pores and remove the dirt. “Then  apply bigger portion of a night cream on your face than you do  in the morning. 

2. Sex or Yoga

Better if there are both. Doing yoga helps you practice breathing. Sit on the floor, cross your legs, straighten your back and  relax. Close your eyes, inhale deeply and slowly through your nose. Exhale, trying to free the lungs.

During sex  your body actively produces useful hormones like estrogen (provides hair shine and skin elasticity), oxytocin (involved in the synthesis of endorphins - the antidepressant, efficacy of which is 10 times higher than that of Prozac). One passionate sexual intercourse burns off from 200 to 600 calories which is equal to 15 minutes on the treadmill, forty-minute of jog in the fresh air, or 15 minutes of intense exercise to strengthen abdominal muscles.

3. Pillow fights

"If you spend a night lying on your stomach, then you wake up in the morning with an inevitably puffy face and bags under eyes. This situation leads to disruption of the body heat and perspiration, also it causes wrinkles "- says Heidi Waldorf, a dermatologist from New York City. The most optimal position is  to be laying on the back or right side. If you find sleeping on your back uncomfortable, put another pillow under your knees. Still doesn’t work? Then try to sleep on your right side, using pillows with natural fillers and satin or silk pillow cases. The mattress should be flat and rigid in order to help you take a right posture and avoid circulatory disorders. Don’t forget to change  your mattress  every seven years!

4. Skin care

The effect  of night creams and masks is dramatically  increasedduring the night time, because your body doesn’t have to compete with the sun, street dust and decorative cosmetics. "For example, retinoids which are responsible for regeneration of the skin cells, get destroyed by ultraviolet light, - says Tom Mammone, the executive director of research at Clinique - and vitamins C, E, H may bring more good if they penetrate into the skin several hours before a bedtime." Cleansing the face before going to bed is a matter of a prime necessity. "Avoid soaps in order not to dry up the skin. Soap is a cleaner, not a facial cleanser! In a way it's better not to wash the  face at all than to do it with a soap, "- said Veronique Delvin, the director of scientific development Lancôme.

“To ensure a normal level of skin moisture, there will be more than only cosmetics needed - says Sheldon Pinnell, the professor of dermatology at the University of Southern California. – try to drink water (about 6-8 glasses a day)  and  consume  foods with a high amount of omega-3 (fish, nuts). At night, turn on the bedroom humidifier.  I used it once to get rid of the dryness in my throat, but then I realized that my skin has never looked better. Just do not forget to clean the humidifier regularly, especially if you are allergic. “Pay attention to the serum: they have a high ability to penetrate, and at night their effectiveness is only growing. The Vichy scientists believe consider night to be the most favorable period for getting rid of inflammation. Do not forget about  feet and hand care  products (the kits, which include gloves and socks, are especially recommended) as well as for the hair. Before going to sleep use a few minutes to brush your hair with a natural bristle brush to stimulate circulation in the scalp and hair follicles.

Always Yours,

Rusinka

Women's View on the Bad Economy: Saving Money on Beauty is Prohibited! Part 1

What does a woman do, feeling a wave of panic over the economic crisis? First of all, she begins to figure out what she could limit herself on... However, is it worth to start saving money on your appearance?

According to the data given by news agencies, responding to the crisis, Italian women solve the economic problem within family by significantly reducing expenses on their favorite pasta and cosmetics.

Many Russian women are also likely to think what they may save on. Should one save on makeup, and is it worth to deny oneself the pleasure of being attractive? I don’t think so.

In fact, appearance is a unique women's advantage, a vital need, the driving force and one of our primary instincts. A male feels successful when he is strong, active and is a man of the house. A woman herself, in order to feel "at ease" and be happy, needs to be beautiful… for her man, for her children, and first of all - for herself.

Are cosmetics able to influence the important decisions in woman’s life? Yes, they sure can! For example, here is a real life story. A woman decided to change her style and chose a lipstick that went perfectly with her image. Then she quit smoking forever, since cigarette didn’t look attractive in pale pink lips….

Don’t you agree that there is no worse thing for a man than losing a job and staying idle? It looks the same as if the ground has been knocked out from under his feet! He is lost and depressed from the inability to feel confident and strong...

So feels a woman when loses an ability to be attractive or when deliberately, for any reason doesn’t take care for herself.

Please don’t deprive yourself of the main benefits! And especially in times of change! Self-confidence and self-attractiveness are, amongst others, the foundation of all women's success and achievements, competitive advantage which is confirmed by sociologists and labor market statistics, they are the driving force that can perform any miracles!

So, we are not willing to follow the path that Italian housewives are used to.

First of all we are going to bring the makeup bag in order, and decide what is really most important and useful.

To be Continued....

Rusinka,

Women Have No Right to be Wrong

What woman doesn't dream about her skin to remain young and beautiful for a long time?

We are trying everything to achieve that dream: creams, masks, massages etc.  But do you realize that wrong skin care can harm your skin not less than a complete absence of skin care?

Here is the list of our most common mistakes with regard to our face:

Error 1:  Care that is not corresponding with our age.

Very often, when selecting care for our face we sometimes go to extremes.
Some of us start using anti-aging creams and serums  as soon as we turn 20, while others even being in their  40’s limit their face skin care with moisturizers only, thinking that  overall quality and look of their skin depends more upon heredity, rather than proper face care. In reality, neither of these two types of women provide for their skin properly.

Error Correction: There is no need to use anti-age cosmetics when you are still in your 20s, since the skin at that age is still capable of actively developing collagen, which is responsible for elasticity, and for fighting the free radicals constantly blasting the integrity of your skin cells. At this age, it is far more important to regularly humidify, moisturize, and to protect your skin harmful the influences of UV rays.

When should we add anti-aging products into our daily skin care routine?
Cosmeticians recommend doing it around the age of 35 years. But besides age, it is also necessary to be guided by the condition of your skin, since everyone has their own scenario and skin aging process.

It is important not to miss that moment when it does become a necessary to begin purposeful and preventive maintenance of withering skin, which can, in some cases, begin as early as 25 yrs. After all, it is always easier to prevent any unwilling changes, rather than correct them. I am sure that each of us is perfectly capable of realizing when this moment arrives. Obviously, you don’t have to wait for these signs of aging as "the floated" shape of your face, or sharp wrinkles; but when your skin condition does start to change, you will lose that former elasticity, freshness, and those regular skin products you once used regularly will be insufficient in making your skin look as it once had before.

These signs say that natural processes of restoration are slowed down, and your skin requires external support in order to fight the age changes. Genes certainly play an important role here. However, they define a skin condition only 30% of the time, and the other 70% - your face skin care products business.

Error 2: Cleaning too much Nobody is saying that your skin does not require daily cleaning and purification.  However, many of us over do it, and try to clean our skin to the extreme on a daily basis; by not using soft cleansing milks, and lotions, but scrubs, pilling, and intensive masks.  Of course, after using these types of skin cleaning products, the appearance of our skin is very satisfactory: skin looks smooth and elastic. But soon these routines of cleaning your face will change the texture of your skin, making it more sensitive, dry and dull. The first reason is the disturbance of your natural acid-base balance in your skin, and the destruction of hydro-lipid membranes. These membranes serve as a natural protector against your every day environment, and help to keep the moisture inside your skin. The second reason is, after frequent purification, your skin cells, which hardly had time to be replenished and restored from the last cleaning procedure, become damaged and grow course after repeating the influence of a scrub or a mask.

Error Correction:  In order to qualitatively clean your face from the pollution and make-up, it is enough to use a soft cleaning agent as a lotion, milk, a foam etc., doing it twice a day – in the morning and in the evening.  With this in mind, the efficiency of the procedure, in many ways, depends and on the quality of the skin care product.  When you are selecting your skin care product, make sure that surface-active substances (PEAHENS) and alcohol are not listed within the ingredients, since those agents will blast at your skin’s lipid layer. Scrub will benefit you only with rare use. The whole idea of scrubbing/exfoliating of your skin is to remove already devitalized keratosis cells, so that the top layer of a skin will be renewed and your cells will have an easy access to nutrients. Therefore, scrub an oily skin 1-2 times a week, normal skin once a week, dry and sensitive skin no more than twice a month.

Error 3: Expectation of quick result
We often hear phrase like “Oh, I am disappointed; this cream doesn’t work as promised by manufacturer…” from women who had been using face product for only a week or so.

In reality, the absence of visible results after only a few applications is not a reason to doubt its efficiency. In order for cream to work and provide the desired results, it has to “get accustomed" to your skin.  You can only expect instant results if you are using lifting –short time action creams, so called, "fillers" of wrinkles and products of superficial humidifying.

Error Correction: In order to fairly evaluate the cream’s effectiveness, please use it regularly for at least month or two. If the effects are satisfactory and pleasant to you, then continue using it for as long as you like. Do not be afraid that after a while your skin will get used to it and the cream will stop working for you. As soon as your skin does not require the support from this cream anymore, you will feel it yourself.

Error 4: To think that cosmetics can resolve all your skin problemsSome women fondly believe that it’s enough to buy good cosmetics and to use it regularly, in order to prolong their youth. Well, it is no doubt that the cosmetics of the last generation are the powerful weapon in the fight with skin aging. But its efficiency can be diminished almost completely, if you do not give the proper attention to the beauty maintenance required "from within".

Error Correction: The skin condition directly depends on an organism condition as a whole. That is why, in order for cosmetics to support the beauty of your skin, it is necessary to work on your style of life. Reconsider the menu and  make sure that it consists of plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits, products rich with poly-non-saturated fat acids (such as fat grades of fish – a mackerel, a herring, a sardine, a trout, a tuna; vegetable oils; nuts). Begin your personal fight with any excess weight, if it is present. Being overweight makes a woman look 5-10 years older than she is. Increase your physical activity with walks or morning jogs. You will see that your skin will react to the improvement of your metabolism immediately. Well and, of course, try to get rid of bad habits. They are not only shortening your life, but also stealing your youth and beauty.

 With Kind Regards,

  Rusinka