How fit is your skin?

Whether you run, go to the gym, or are never without your tennis racquet, your favourite activities keep your body healthy and in shape. So, could your workout also benefit your skin?

Doctors and professionals are noticing a direct correlation between exercise and skin health, especially on breakout prone skin.

Working out can provide noticeable skin clearing benefits including increased circulation and the removal of damaging toxins, while lowering stress to keep your adrenal glands in check. Your adrenal glands are responsible for excreting hormones that control stress.

It’s never too soon to concern yourself with healthy ageing skin. In addition to wearing your SPF and following a good skincare regime, keep up a good exercise routine to help stimulate the production of collagen: a tissue in skin that helps keep skin firm, tone and wrinkle-free.

 

Product Review- Dermalogica Clean Start Welcome Matte SPF15

Summer is soon upon us and now more than ever it is important to wear a daily application of sunscreen. This has always been a problem for oily or acne skins as typically sunscreens can feel heavy, leave a film on the skin or feel greasy.

But no longer….say good bye to shine with Dermalogica Clean Start Welcome Matte SPF15-perfect for the younger skins

It is an extraordinary, light weight lotion that won’t clog pores, helps keep skin clear and shine free and protects from skin-ageing.

How it works:

• Oil controllers help minimise shine, while moisturisers keep skin hydrated.
• Salicylic acid exfoliates to clean out pores and banish breakouts.
• Sunscreens provide critical defense against UV rays without a chalky, heavy, greasy feel.

Check it out:

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The New and Improved Rescue Balm by Kosmea

Looking for that little “Miracle in a Jar’ ? Well I think Kosmea have made it and what is so great about the range is that it is an organic and completely natural range.

Let nature rescue you from skin emergencies with this organic soothing ointment -  The Kosmea Rescue Balm comes in a 50ml jar and sells for $24.

Rich in essential fatty acids, natural vitamin A and antioxidants, the Kosmea Rescue Balm is a  preservative FREE formula and incorporates premium certified organic ingredients including rose hip butter, everlasting oil and calendula oil.

This multi-purpose balm has some wonderful uses and can be applied to:

• Dry, chapped lips
• Stretch marks
• Cracked feet and heels
• Spots, scrapes and insect bites
• Elbows
• Nails and cuticles
• Dry and damaged hair
• After hair removal
• Cracked nipples
• Sensitive infant skin
• Unruly eyebrows
• Dry, irritated skins

Definitely a “must have” in the bathroom cabinet.

ASAP Advanced Eye Repair +

ASAP have reformulated their already popular eye repair cream. They’ve added a few more ingredients for improved results and they’ve also included an anti- irritant ingredient to reduce allergies and sensitivity. So if you couldn’t use the old formula due to an allergy to it, you should be fine with the new one.

Arnica Montana: Brightens dark circles.

White Tea: Diminishes appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Carrot Seed Oil: Rejuvenating and repairing properties around the eye area.

 

For more info: ASAP Advance Eye Repair +

Do you suffer from the little bumps on the back of your arms?

You’re not alone and there are many people who suffer from this condition called Keratosis Pilaris. Keratosis Pilaris  results from dry, impacted skin blocking the follicles, causing inflammation and tends to  be more common in winter due to dry air, cold wind, heated rooms, hotter showers/baths etc exacerbating skin dehydration. AHAVA have a skin regime to help alleviate the condition:

AHAVA’s Purifying Mud soap (daily cleanse), Liquid Salt 2-3 times per week and a good body moisturiser e.g. Dermud Body Milk or Mineral Body Lotion.

 

ASAP Wins at Australian Beauty Awards 2011

AbsoluteSkin and the team at ASAP are very excited to share news of theor recent success at the Australian Beauty Awards 2011. ASAP pure mineral make-up won the Judges’ Choice Award for the best mineral make-up.

In addition to this, ASAP ultimate hydration was a runner up in the Judges’ Choice Award for the best facial moisturiser.

ASAP was competing against some of the leading international brands including Chanel, Jane Iredale, YSL, Shu Umura, SK-II, Clinique, Clarins, Elizabeth Arden and Lancôme, making the win all the more significant.

The Australian Beauty Awards is the country’s biggest, industry accredited beauty initiative of its kind. The official annual awards celebrate the greatest products across the breadth of the industry ranging from skincare and make-up to fragrance and body products.

A panel of 25 beauty experts including beauty directors and editors from leading magazines Cosmopolitan, Good Health, Grazia, Madison, The Australian Women’s Weekly and Woman’s Day, together with respected leaders from the beauty industry, tested thousands of products for ease of use, value, performance and innovation

Well done ASAP!!

Ahava is undergoing a facelift

Ahava is having a makeover both in product formulation and packaging and they have taken today’s all important issue of  environmental awareness into consideration. The range is also being streamlined which will make product selections so much easier.

Expect very slight changes to your current products in terms of textures and name changes but product performance will be superior. As always, Absoluteskin will keep you updated with the changes as the new products become available and the current stock is phased out.

Highlights of the upgrade:

• Paraben free
• All Cleansing products are SLS/SLES free
• All products are allergy tested and approved for sensitive skin
• All products contain OsmoterTM
• No petroleum, harsh synthetic ingredients or GMOs
• Not tested on animals
• All packages are recyclable

For more information please read the Ahava newsletter and feel free to call us if you have any questions:

Ahava newsletter

New Mens Skin Care Range-Mr.

A new mens range called Mr. has hit our shelves this week and we’re very excited about it. Whilst there are still many male “closet” skin care users, I mean, really are they going to admit to their mates they’re buffing and scrubbing their faces? I think not, but believe me they do it. We already have a very high number of men purchasing from us and also a lot of females who purchase for their partners. The mens skin care market is a growing market and its about time they started using their products and not nicking ours off the bathroom shelf and besides their skin is different to ours-its thicker and tends to be slightly oilier so they need to be using products that are made for their skin.

Mr. is an Australian made and owned skin care range specifically formulated for the needs of men, derived from natural Australian plants which caters to the demands of skin due to life downunder.

For hundreds of years the Australian Aborigines have used the antimicrobial and healing properties of native plants such as Tea Tree Oil, Lemon Myrtle, lavender, Ivy, Witch-Hazel, Aloe Vera, Jojoba Oil and Almond Oil. As a result early Australian Settlers quickly realised the benefits of using plant extracts as a barrier to protect their own skin from the severe environment.

Today extensive research has successfully confirmed the remarkable properties of native Australian plants in protecting and replenishing damaged skin.

The packaging of the range is super stylish, masculine and barely looks like like a skin care product which I think its its appeal. The range comprises products for the Face, Body, Shaving and ingrown hair prevention and is all very reasonably priced.

 

Alpha-H Skin Care- The Well Balanced Diet for Your Skin

Finding the right products that you should include in your daily skincare routine can sometimes be a tricky task. Some products may be too strong for your skin type, while some may be too delicate to produce noticeable results. Finding a well-balanced skincare is like eating a well-balanced meal. The meals that we eat each day should contain vitamins and minerals to maintain a strong and healthy body. Our skin also needs the right amount of vitamins and ingredients. Alpha H skincare products contain various vitamins and ingredients which are specifically formulated for different skin types.

Vitamins that you would usually find in an Alpha H skincare product are Calcium, B1 & B2, B3 & B5, Vitamin C, and Vitamin E. Each of these vitamins serves a different purpose for your skin’s maintenance and rejuvenation. In order for the skin to be healthy, it needs calcium to strengthen and support the skin cells. That’s why calcium is one of the ingredients in most Alpha H products. B1 & B2 also aids and improves your skin’s ability to heal. Our skin also needs constant and deep hydration which vitamins B3 & B5 can help provide.

Vitamins C and E are among the most common vitamins that are present in beauty and skincare products. Vitamin C is not only needed to help strengthen our immune system, it also provides amazing results for the skin. One of the main benefits of infusing Vitamin C in skin products is that it reduces UV induced cell damage. Another more commonly known effect of Vitamin C is its ability to aid in skin lightening. Vital C Serum from Alpha-H provides all these essential benefits. Vitamin E is also considered to be a powerful antioxidant which can help neutralize free radicals making the skin look younger and healthier.

Alpha H skincare products also contain natural ingredients like lemon extract, cucumber extract, and green tea extract. Lemon is known to be a very good cleansing agent and can also help in whitening the skin. It also assists in flushing accumulated toxins in our body. Cucumbers are more commonly used for soothing tired and puffy eyes, but it can also be a good ingredient for the whole skin because of its natural soothing and cooling effect. Green tea extract contained in the products can also act as a good anti-aging ingredient.

The first thing you should do before buying any skincare products is to determine what type of skin you have. Do you have an oily, dry, or normal skin? Once you know what type of skin you have and the problem areas, it is much easier to find the right products. Having a good skincare routine that you do consistently can produce amazing results. Of course, eating healthy foods coupled with a good healthy skincare routine can definitely produce optimum and noticeable result for your skin.

 

 

Slight colour variations in skincare products

You may sometimes notice that when you open up a new jar of your regular moisturiser that the colour differs slightly to your previous jar. This can happen due to a couple of reasons: quite often the raw materials, particularly when they are derived from a natural source, can vary in colour from yield to yield and this can in turn, when added to the moistuiser, alter the colour slightly.This can be particularly noticeable in products that contain essential oils.

Also once you’ve opened your jar and continually open it with every use, the colour can change and become darker as its been exposed to air.

The colour change in no way affects the quality of the product and you can continue to use the product as per usual.

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