Removing Blackheads

If you have blackish dots on the ends of your nose, have you ever wondered what they are and how they got there?

Before I went to see the PrettyMePink beautician I already knew that they were most likely called blackheads but had no idea on how they got there or the best way of removing them. I have listed the key parts of what she told me:

Causes:
•    Normally caused by a high concentration of sebum (natural oil) that starts to harden up. The sebum mixed with other bodily toxins together form a thick pasty residue that rises to the skin surface with the head turning black (due to exposure to air)

Treatment Tips:
•    A good pore cleansing strip from health shop (do not leave for over the time specified on the directions of the product) and moisturise the area immediately after (cleanse area before use of strip) – Also do not use too often as it can start to dry out your skin
•    If you go for regular facials, inform the qualified beautician that you would like for them to focus on your blackheads
•    Double check that you are using the correct moisturiser for your skin, for example if you already have an oily skin type and use moisturiser for dry skin then your skin will be getting too much moisture
•    Do not squeeze the blackheads as this can lead to scarring or infection
•    A good facial scrub after steaming the area can help reduce the appearance over time

Get rid of those blackheads, you now have no excuses.

Pretty x

Foot Corns

If you wear high heels or uncomfortable shoes you most probably like many others suffer from foot corns without even knowing it. They are small bumps or skin build ups – hard skin on your feet (usually occur on the tops and sides of the smallest toe).

How are they caused?
•    The biggest cause of foot corns is excess pressure or friction on your feet, normally as a result of wearing tight and uncomfortable shoes
•    Can be very painful if untreated

Foot Corns Tips:
•    Avoid the wearing of tight or uncomfortable shoes wherever possible
•    Never cut them! It will result in pain like you’ve never felt in your life
•    Gently file away with a good foot corn and callous file (not all in one go, try to spread it over a few months to let the skin recover)
•    If they are painful try a corn plaster before wearing shoes as these special plasters allow the skin to breathe as well as protecting it
•    There are also special foot corn creams that you can buy. They work in a similar way for cracked heels, after many applications they tend to soften the hard skin

Hope this will help reduce any pain that your poor feet have had to put up with, they do so much for us and all they ever want in return is a little tender loving care.

Pretty

Skin Care Tips Free eBook

PrettyMePink has finally finished an eBook totally dedicated to tips and secrets on skin care. The eBook brings some of the best posts from the website and other never seen before topics relating to skin care on eBook format.

Topics include:
* Lip Care
* Preventing Aging
* Food For Skin
* Understanding your skin
* Deep Cleansing
* Problem Skin and much more

And for a limited time only this eBook will be entirely Free to download from the following link Skin Care Tips (Or click on the image of the book above). You can then save a copy of the Skin Care Tips book to your computer.

It is in pdf format so please make sure you have downloaded Adobe Reader first so that you can view it.

Enjoy

Pretty

p.s. Please only forward onto people / friends you think would actually benefit from the tips in the book.