Dynamic Duo for Acne

ENW's Ultimate Scrub is a popular gentle way to fight skin problems.  It is a less irritating scrub than products with stripping agents, benzoyl peroxide, glycolic acid or vitamin A.  Depending on your skin, use Ultimate Scrub two to five times weekly.  For some people this isn't quite enough but harsh acne products irritate their skin.  Try ENW's  Zinc & Sulfur Mask.  The Zinc & Sulfur mask is a clay base to absorb excess oil.  Zinc is an excellent healing agent and the sulfur helps destroy the bacteria that causes acne breakouts.

Use tips:
1) Oily skin?  Apply a coat of the mask when you get up in the morning.  Let it sit for 5 minutes - good time for a quick 5 minute workout (dancing, walking, stretching all good).  Now take your shower and use the Ultimate Scrub to assist in removal.  Your skin will feel smoother and non-oily longer during the day. Ladies will find makeup goes on nicer using this technique.

2) Hormonal spots or a deeper painful bump?  Apply a little Zinc and Sulfur mask directly on the spot.  Let dry. Now put an ice cube in a baggie and hold it directly over the problem area for 3-5 minutes.  Do this for a day or two and the inflammation will be greatly reduced and it may even resolve without ever coming to the surface. Using a little Ultimate Scrub will facilitate removal of the mask.

3) Out of control breakout?  Try applying Zinc and Sulfur mask to the problem area (this works great for backs or chest).  While it is still damp, apply a layer of plastic wrap over the mask.  As the mask dries it will help hold the plastic in place.  Now catch some zzzs.  Wearing a t-shirt or other night shirt can help keep the plastic from shifting.  In the morning, shower off using Ultimate Scrub to facilitate removal.

Note: Sun exposure does not improve acne.  It just darkens the skin making the redness show less. But it can also dry the skin entrapping impactions.  Sun exposure will also give you early wrinkles, brown spots and increase the risk of skin cancer.  Pick a sun care product designed for your type of skin.  For oily or problem skins I recommend Mark Lees Essential Daily Protection.  For intensive sun exposure try TiZo.

Brow Designing

Whether you are a consumer or a skin care specialist, most of us are familiar with brow waxing. It is a tidying up of the brow area removing extraneous hair. Brow designing is this and a lot more.  Well shaped brows frame the eyes in the same way your hairstyle frames your face.  The right style makes the most of your features while the wrong style can make you look out of balance or proportion.  The brows play up your eyes.  There are actually mathematical formulas for creating the best balanced brows and we can thank Leonardo daVinci for creating them.  His formulas used in his paintings and in the sculpture of Michelangelo and others have stood the test of time for ageless beauty. We still use them today.  These formulas help you or your technician avoid the rogue’s gallery of infamous eyebrows that make you look sad, surprised, scowling or older than your years. Because when we look in the mirror we see a 2-dimensional image rather than the reality of the 3-dimensional curve it is very beneficial to have someone else assist with the designing as opposed to doing it yourself.   Once shaped if the brows need makeup there are numerous products from the Sty’lo pens that allow you to fill in individual hair strokes to the Brow Design Kits from Cirepil complete with stencils for a quick and professionally groomed look.

In a brow design session the brows are evaluated along with the bone structure and personal preferences. Once the evaluation is complete, then the technician and the client work together to design a brow that will look good today, tomorrow and for years to come.  Other brow challenges like skimpy brows, missing brows, graying brows, and directional hair growth problems and their solutions can also be explored to find the answers that might be best for the individual client. Whatever the client’s preferences, your professional can show you how to make the best of your brows.  Whether you need hair removal, trimming, brow makeup or permanent cosmetics, the answers are there.  Is it time for you or your clients to “spring” into a new look with brow designing?