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Americans spend millions on body products every day, but are they buying the right ones. How much do you really know about what your skin needs, what type of skin you have, what kind of soaps and lotions are the best for your skin? Here's some advice that will help you maintain naturally healthy skin and overall beauty:

1. Soapless soap, lotions and body cleansers are better for your skin because most soaps actually strip the moisture out of your skin. Soapless soaps have a combination of water and oils. So actually, they remove the dirt and debris and actually replenish the moisture at the same time without drying the skin out. Look for products that specifically say "soap free cleanser," "soapless cleanser." They have a variety of compounds that fit into the general category. Cetyl Alcohol is one of them.

2. Moisturize after washing your skin whether you use a traditional soap or a cleanser. When the water evaporates, the skin will dry out. So the best time to moisturize is right after bathing. If you don't want to moisturize heavily, then you don't want to use a lotion. If you want a heavy moisturizer, then you would likely use a cream. There are creams that tend to be more greasy or less greasy. The more moisture that one's skin needs, the heavier moisturizer or more oily moisturizer one should use.

3. Know your skin type. Most people will often believe one of two things: "I have terribly oily skin," or "I have terribly dry skin." In most cases, it's somewhere in between. Independent of whether you have oily skin or dry skin, the general guidelines of washing your face once a day apply.
* Dry Skin: For most dry skin is visible. Skin will be flaky and dry, and it can be irritated easily. Moisturizer can remedy that.
* Oily Skin: This skin type is difficult to diagnose accurately. But do note that frequent washing will not clear up oily skin - it will only irritate it.

4. Mild Exfoliation. Use a mild abrasive soap or cream. Do not do it more than once a week or once every couple of weeks. The idea that if you sand your skin down it's going to get smoother and fresher doesn't always apply.

5. Acne Treatment. Even for individuals with acne, over-cleaning, over-washing and scrubbing is not helpful. It's just going to irritate the acne lesions that are there. Although there is an attempt to clean the oil off of the face, it really is not beneficial and can set you back in terms of causing more inflammation. Some people who have acne actually have acne with dry skin. So drying that skin out further is obviously going to set them back even further.
The desire to pick at acne blemishes is second only to the desire to scratch in the rather human experience. There is one message that I think can convince teenagers and other acne prone individuals not to pick. That is that probably the number one cause of acne scarring can be picking and manipulation. Getting the acne under good medical control is the best solution.

6. Use Sunblock. Use a compound with a sun protection factor of at least 15. That gives you about 94% to 96% protection against the ultraviolet B or burning rays of the sun. It's important to remember that the ultraviolet A rays that come down from the sun as well have an effect on skin. They are actually the tanning and aging rays that penetrate into the dermis and shatter the elastic tissue. So you want to look for a sunscreen that is broad spectrum as well.
The importance of using sunblock is demonstrated with the fact that the incidence of skin cancer is rising. One in five Americans develops a basal carcinoma. In the year 1999, the risk factor for melanoma was 1 in 74. That's a deadly form of skin cancer. Young people who do not use sunblock will see the ill effects of their exposure to the sun 20 or 30 years from now. I think it's extremely important, not only for adults to be aware of the dangers to make sure that they are applying sunscreen to their children. The most damaging effects of the sun are really done in the first 15 to 20 years of life.

Taking care of your skin starts at a young age and using the right products is determined by knowing your skin. Try these all natural products, to give your skin the healthy glow it naturally has and protect yourself from those harmful rays.

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Alta Health Products Silica With Bioflavonoids

Silica strengthens and supports healthy skin, hair, bones and nails. Using the finest quality Horsetail Extract with bioflavonoids, Alta Health Silica provides the pure ortho form soluble/collodial Silica by means of special extraction process. Silica is an essential trace mineral that plays a biological role in the processes by which bone, cartilage, connective tissue and skin are formed and is a component of collagen.

NSI Healthy Skin

Take care of your skin from the inside out! NSI Healthy Skin is an advanced skin care supplement formula. This is a specially formulated combination of the optimal amounts, forms and ratios of powerful antioxidants, vitamins and amino acids, as recommended by the best-selling books written by Nicholas Perricone, The Perricone Prescription, and The Wrinkle Cure. We've added grape seed extract and pine bark extracts -- powerful antioxidants which may protect the skin and eyes.

Planetary Formulas Yellow Dock Skin Cleans™ combines the primary botanicals from both Western and Chinese herbal traditions that have been used for centuries to enhance the eliminative processes of the skin. Together, these botanicals help facilitate this process, forming one of the finest herbal cleansers available from two continents.

Source Naturals Hyaluronic Acid 50 mg

Hyaluronic acid and collagen are vital components of skin structure that decline as we age. They are responsible for the skin’s moisture, suppleness, and elasticity. Patented BioCell Collagen II™ is made form 100% pure cartilage, which has undergone an absorption enhancing hydrolyzation process that yields low molecular weight hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulfate, and Collagen Type II peptides. These elements found in BioCell Collagen II™ make it a multifaceted ingredient, which can help support healthy skin function and appearance, as well as help support joint comfort and function.

Source Naturals Injuv Hyaluronic Acid 70 mg

Injuv™ is a revolutionary new form of hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid plays an integral role in maintaining and regulating moisture within the tissues and facilitating the transport of nutrients into the cells and the removal of metabolic waste. It is found in all of the bodies tissues, with the highest concentrations located in the extracellular matrix of the skin and the synovial fluid that bathes the joints and cartilage. Optimum levels of hyaluronic acid are essential for the health of the joints and cartilage. Injuv provides the only hyaluronic acid that has undergone a natural enzyme cleaving technique for greater absorption.

Source Naturals Skin Eternal Hyaluronic Serum - 1.7 oz

SKIN ETERNAL™ HYALURONIC SERUM features hyaluronic acid (HA), one of the skin's most important moisture-retaining components. Unlike other HA cosmetics, SKIN ETERNAL HYALURONIC SERUM contains low molecular weight HA, which is more easily absorbed. Skin Eternal will leave your skin feeling soft and replenished.

UltraMAX HGH

Advanced Youth-Enhancing System

Effervescent Powder for even faster absorption! One month's supply. The new and improved second generation UltraMAX HGH GOLD was designed to specifically meet the needs of those who want the very best in an all-natural, youth-enhancing nutrition supplement. After years of research and development, Ageless Foundation added more of the nutrients backed by scientific data to give you measurable results in your quest to look and feel your absolute best.

NSI Advanced Skin Care Kit with Camocare!

Our Advanced Skin Care Kit contains the most powerful products you can use to keep your skin looking fresh and feeling smooth.

NSI Complete Skin Care Kit with Camocare!

This kit contains our ever popular Synergy Multi-Vitamin and two highly effective facial treatment products from Camocare.

Synergy Multi-Vitamin is the very best antioxidant supplement available today. It has been reformulated for the seventh time. The latest formulation represents a huge step-up for Synergy since its first version-we have now added: CoQ10-a necessary nutrient for normal heart function and is vital for cellular energy production. CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant and free radical scavenger. Taurine-an amino acid used as a building block of all the other amino acids and found in the heart muscle, white blood cells, skeletal muscle and central nervous system.

Source Naturals Skin Eternal

Skin Eternal contains five key ingredients that together protect the skin and support healthy skin tissue. Ascorbyl palmitate is a fat-soluble vitamin C ester, which may be more effective than water-soluble C in providing antioxidant protection to the lipids in cell membranes, according to in vitro research. DMAE is an immediate precursor of choline, an important component of skin cell membranes. Alpha-lipoic acid is a powerful fat- and water-soluble antioxidant that recycles the antioxidant vitamins C and E. Grape seed extract scavenges lipid and water-soluble free radicals, and supports the integrity of elastin and collagen.

Twinlab Skin Formula Fish Oil

This unique blen of oils has Omega-6 and Omega-3 fatty acids, which have been proven to support healthy skin function. This product also contains synergistic vitamins and minerals required for essential fatty acid metabolism and high potency vitamins E, C and A. The minerals zinc and selenium are for antioxidant protection.