Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Topical Antioxidants

antioxidantWhenever I look for a new skin care product, it’s always a huge plus when it contains antioxidants. Topical antioxidants are supposed to help neutralize the assaults our skin takes on a daily basis - pollution, the sun, cigarette smoking, etc. Then, of course, there are the antioxidants we get from healthy foods (fruits and vegetables, for example) which help to neutralize the free radicals in our bodies. All forms of antioxidants can help us look younger, stay looking young, and stay healthy.

Topical Antioxidants
I would recommend using a topical antioxidant once or twice a day. Lots of moisturizers come with them, but you need to make sure your moisturizer comes in a tube or bottle that is not exposed to light or air, or the antioxidants will stop working. So any jar moisturizer is useless antioxidant-wise. It still annoys me to no end that my favorite moisturizer - Clinique Moisture On-Line is packaged in a clear jar, so while it hydrates my face extremely well, that’s all it does.

Currently I use Paula’s Choice Skin Recovery Super Antioxidant Concentrate in the mornings. It’s a light serum designed for normal to dry skin that you can put on under a moisturizer, makeup, and sunscreen. Paula’s Choice also makes similar serums for normal skin, and for oily skin. These products don’t clog pores, and they contain all sorts of antioxidants, in stable packaging. Ideally I would like to find a moisturizer (in stable packaging) that I love, that contains a lot of antioxidants, but this hasn’t happened yet. Actually, it would be great to find a product in stable packaging that has loads of antioxidants, works to moisturizer super dry skin, and has a high SPF, with a high percentage of Zinc Oxide as its main sunscreen ingredient. That’s my dream product! I’m sure it’s out there waiting for me to discover it!

What I don’t like about the Paula’s Choice antioxidant serum is that it doesn’t appear to do anything. My skin doesn’t look better when I use it, and after using it for a year or two now, it hasn’t improved the appearance of my skin. It’s like an insurance policy - it’s there to protect you, but that’s about it. There’s also no way to know if it works or not, so I feel like I’m going on blind faith, since I’m just hoping that it’s preventing future wrinkles.

Types of antioxidants
It seems like each week a new antioxidant is discovered, and is touted as the next big thing. Right now Coffeeberry is getting lots of hype, and last year Idebenone was the “it” antioxidant. Green Tea, Vitamin C, Kinetin and CoQ10 have all also been in the spotlight as “wonder” antioxidants. The problem is that visually it’s hard to really see much of a difference when you use them.

Both Idebenone and Vitamin C are supposed to actually produce visible results - namely a reduction in fine lines, and an evening out of skin tone and texture. Plus they are also supposed to prevent future damage.

Personally I need to do a lot more testing and research to really figure out which antioxidants I find the most valuable. If Prevage (Idebenone is its main ingredient) didn’t cause my face to break out like crazy, I’d probably use that every day, because I’ve read that it’s one of the most potent antioxidants. I should look into finding another product with Idebenone to test. Hmmm… Another product I want to try is SkinCeuticals CE Ferulic, which contains Vitamin C and E. Lots of testing is being done as we speak on antioxidants, so new and exciting breakthroughs will continually be happening.stop depression

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Breakfast

Have a quick breakfast at early in the morning including one boil-egg Breakfastwithout yolk, two slice of brown bread and a cup of hot coffee as this would be an emphatic breakfast for you in reducing your body calories.

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Moreover, the use of two cups of coffee a day will be very fine in mitigating your body fats and eliminating all the chances of heart diseases.

Vegetables are an integral part of our food, a great source of vitamins and Vegetablesminerals. We often get bored with the same traditional vegetables and again with the same time taking long and monotonous cooking procedure. We should care while choosing vegetable, be convenient and go for varieties in your vegetables.

Check out some easy ways to get plenty of vegetables in your diet:

  1. Always buy fresh and seasonal vegetables, being fresh they will be best at their taste or flavor and also affordable and less expensive.
  2. Don’t forget to keep good numbers of frozen vegetables for fast and easy microwave meals
  3. For avoiding hair dye stain, put a long string of cotton around the entireRemove Hair Dye head, covering the forehead, ears and neck. Apply a bit of Vaseline or lotion anywhere your hair meet the skin. It will prevent any stain.
  4. Some products are available in market that can remove hair dye from the skin. Those products are produced specifically for this purpose.