I had to cringe when I read this article – Golf for Women: First Annual Skin Care Awards. It promotes some fabulously expensive cosmetics. One would really hope that their exotic sounding ingredients actually work. Great to see that Aveeno Ultra-Calming Daily Moisturizer is in this list, and is only $14.
Dior L’Or De Vie La Crème ($320) has a very high concentration of Myobenol C, “an antioxidant that protects against UV rays and environmental stresses,” says Dr. Sadick. It’s extracted from the shoot of sauvignon grapevines.
Aveeno Ultra-Calming Daily Moisturizer SPF 15 ($14) “soothes tight, sunburnt skin and really improves my patients’ facial redness,” says Dr. Baumann. Feverfew, one of the ingredients, promises to prevent facial flushing and relieve acne.
Clinique CX Redness Relief Cream ($75) “is an effective, lightweight cream for rosacea sufferers,” says Dr. Airan. It contains caffeine, sucrose, tea extracts and algae to soothe red, blotchy skin.
Chanel Sublimage Essential Regenerating Cream ($350) “is rich, feels like liquid velvet on contact and smells wonderful,” says Dr. Pak. Vanilla Planifolia, its key ingredient, enhances skin tone and texture.
Kinerase Cream ($117) “contains the active ingredient kinetin, which locks in moisture,” says Dr. Waldorf. “It’s great as an under-eye cream, and the gentle formula is ideal for women with dry, sensitive skin.”
Editor’s Choice
Lancôme Platinéum Hydroxy-Calcium Re-Densifying & Strengthening Cream SPF 15 ($108) proves that calcium is good for more than bones. This cream contains hydroxy-calcium molecules to improve the skin’s strength.
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Have there been any articles or studies on the use of medicinal honey.
My soreness has almost completely gone and the lesions are only minimal.
I am now gong to make a mixture of the honey along with sorbelene in the ratio of 1:3 to allow the sorbolene to soften the skin and the honey to repair the lesions.
I will let your editor know of the results but so far they have left all the other treatments for dead.
David
who has the best foudation?
I am currently using Lancome Teint Idole Ultra.
I have tried many make-ups over the past year, from drug store brands to department store brands and this has been one of only a few that doesn’t cause me any irritation.
The coverage is good, but not exactly ‘full’ but I am not using any concealer with it. I put an extra little bit over my nose, where my thread veins are worse. I found the trick is to work with the redness and not against it, which usually means picking a slightly darker olive or yellow based beige shade. When I flair up really red, (usually through the day in work), and it shows through the redness is neutralized and looks more ‘bronzy’ rather than red. Most of the pale make-up shades have a pink base which only exagerates the redness of a flair up.
If your skin is prone to dry areas Teint Idol Ultra is very hydrating and it feels more like wearing a fuller coverage tinted moisturiser. It is also very forgiving on maturer skin, doesn’t settle into all those fine lines around your eyes which many makeups can make look crepy.
It needs to be ’set’ with a good quality finishing powder if you want to get the ’staying power’ out of it. I use the Lancome Poudre Majeur Excellance pressed powder which is specially formulated to be gentle on dry skin, it melts into the skin leaving a natural non-cakey finish.
This is an expensive cover-up routine but to me it is worth it, if it makes you look half human. I have gone through moments of searching for a less expensive solution, I have also tried many brands of mineral make-ups, all of which have driven my skin nuts with itch, I just keep coming back to my tried and tested Lancome set-up!.
Hi, I’ve given up on liquid foundations and found that mineral powder (specifically Bare Escentuals Bare Minerals) but you have to try them out to see what your skin can tolerate because all skin is different. Allibear, you probably had an allergic reaction.
Mineral powder goes on as light or as thick as you need it… and the best part of it is that it doesn’t make you look scary in the day light!!!
Good luck,
Sara
http://www.natural-skincare-solutions.com
I have tried manuka honey and I thought I was having good results ie no reaction. but after about 1 week my skin started to go red and was sore/ burning and dry. I stopped for 1 week and used for 2 days and the reaction again. Very disappointed. Back to metronidazole I guess.
I also use Cetaphil moisturiser and for me its much nicer than sorbolene. And for a foundation I have started using bronze zinc!!!
I always used liquid foundation but after a few flushes during the day I found the texture sort of curdles, must have been my skin getting to hot. The best I use now is L’oreal mineral powder foundation on the top of clinique city block SPF 25. The active ingredient in clinique is titanium oxide I cannot use zinc sunsreen in makes my skin really tight and burning. Is titanium oxide safe to use all the time. I have read that there could be issues with long term use. I dont have any reaction to it, it actually makes my skin feel better.
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