Mooky06s' Guide to Beautiful, Healthy Skin!

[mooky06]

Hello everyone! Yes it is me again :) haha. I hope everyone is doing well and had a lovely day so far. I’m here to share my ideas and some knowledge in hopes that it will assist you in having something near (or close) to beautiful and healthy skin. I hope that women and men find this myTake useful and informative.

We all know there are different skin types; here is a break down if you don’t know already:

Normal skin- No imperfections and radiant complexion

Sensitive skin- Constant redness, dry and reacts to most skin care products

Dry skin- Dull, rough and red patches

Oily/combination of skin- Black heads, shiny skin and blemishes (mostly in your T-zone)

1. Determining and understanding your skin type

It is important to be able to determine and understand your skin type, as you don’t want to harm your skin more by using the wrong products. A way to find out what skin type you have is too simply wash your face using a gentle cleanser, pat it dry, wait for an hour, and gently dab your face with a tissue.

If you have normal skin, your skin will be nice and smooth with no imperfections. Sensitive skin will have some minor red patches in some areas of your face, dry skin will appear flaky and combination skin will be greasy and that will be observant on the tissue you dabbed your face with.

2. Exfoliating

We all know that exfoliating your skin is highly recommend and critical to allow new skin cells to rise to the surface. And if necessary (which is always), strip away any dead skin cells that may have been accumulated over some time. If you don’t exfoliate, you’re allowing pores (which causes acne and blemishes) to appear on your skin to create a rough, sand paper look to your complexion.

Exfoliate skin by using Baking Soda, Sugar crystals, Sea salt, Oatmeal, Kefir (which is basically fermented milk, somewhat similar to yoghurt) or honey. Just mix some of it up with some massage oil (olive, almond, grapeseed) so it’s easier to use. Be generous with your amounts, and apply it to your face. Use your fingers in a circulation motion and massage. Allow it to let it sit on your face for 5-10 minutes before washing it off.

3. Moisturising

Use the following as a guide based on the skin type you have:

Normal skin- Since your skin is already perfect; all you can do to help maintain it is to apply ointment at night to help protect your skin.

Sensitive skin- Any moisturising cream that is oil-free, paraben-free and hypoallergenic will do you wonders

Dry skin- Moisturising cream that contains greater oil content will absorb through your skin to hydrate your skin cells.

Oily skin- Look for lotions instead of creams. Find something that has exfoliating ingredients like lactic glycolic and salicylic acids as it will not only moisturise your skin, but also benefit, from it slowly exfoliating your skin

Combination skin- Find a lotion that has no acids (e.g. Cetaphil Aveeno and Neutrogena)

4. Exercising

Exercising helps blood flow and nourishes the skin cells and keeps them vital. Sweating (believe it or not) can help with healthy skin as sweating opens pores up and releases build-up that was contained in them previously.

5. Eating healthy and drink PLENTY of water

What is beautiful and healthy in the inside will show on the outside. Eating things like avocados, tomatoes, eggs, pomegranates, walnuts, beans and even salmon will help foster your skin and help it maintain flawless. Without adequate water intake, your skin will appear duller, while wrinkles and pores will be more visible, so make sure you drink plenty of water!!!

6. Other

Attending a sauna and/or natural hot spring will always benefit your skin. Sunscreen, wearing protective clothing and seeking shade will get your skin away from the harsh weather conditions that can cause damage and even skin cancer. Using a dry brush, artificial loofah or even an organic loofah can help with exfoliating. Plus using a facial mask at the end of every week can help extract the weekly pores you may have caught during the week!

I hope you enjoyed my myTake, as I’ve enjoyed typing it! Thank you for reading! :)

[Paris13]

Thank you, @mooky06 for the Great Helpful "My Take."
I have been Moisturizing my Own Skin since Age 8, Thanks to my grandma who always Did this, my Mom as well, and They turned Me on to the Ritual Routine to Daily do This.
I so Enjoyed this "My Take," sis, it is Right up my Alley, and I hope this is as Beneficial to Everyone as I know it is Going to Continue to Be for Me.
Good luck. xx

[mooky06]

Thank you sis! I'm glad you enjoyed my mytake! I do hope this mytake helps other gagers (not just women but men also) :) xoxx

[Paris13]

So welcome, sis!! I agree that Men as well as Women should Take heed here because they Need to Take Careful pains with more gains as much as We do to Continue a Great Hue. xx

[mooky06]

Of course we do don't we sis! :) xoxx

[Paris13]

You know it, sis!!! xxoo

[Prof_Don]

Absolutely perefect MyTake, miss Mooky! I follow all of these and that is why I am 30 and I can get mistaken for a high school student if I'm not wearing my special visitor badge when I substitute teach! :-D

[mooky06]

Thank you Prof_Don! 😁

[vishna]

Lol, I never knew normal skin wasn't an indicator of oiliness/dryness, now I know it's basically the beauty industry telling me 'normal skin doesn't have blemishes' lol what... that's a pretty messed up inaccurate definition if you think about it. Lol, good job beauty industry, good job.

This was a great MyTake. I swear by avocados, they make your face wonderful, nails shiny, hair shiny, they're so great. And yes, people exfoliate, it's so good for the skin.

[mooky06]

Yeah it's highly inaccurate 😒
Avocados can do wonders! And thank you ☺️

[rgb008]

I have dry acne prone skin. Going through a horrible break out right now.
Always had bad acne too :/. I have a pretty strict skin care routine with topicals and oral meds from the derm and it still does nothing for me :( They suggested Accutane, but I am too scared to go on it.
I wish I could stick to these simple steps. haha!

[mooky06]

I'm sorry to here lovely 😓 but that's understandable. We do have different skin tones, whether it's what you have or one of the four above. Im surprised they give you medicine, could just be just your hormones having a dance lol

[Jager66]

I could probably benefit from this kind of information but it's all so much work to learn when it makes me want to sleep when I try to read it. Then I'd have to apply the knowledge and then find the proper products that will work well with male skin., I've briefly tried in the past but it was just to much of a pain in the ass.

Wish there was like some kind of multiple choice I could fill out and be given a short step by step thing with a list of items required and where to get them.

[mooky06]

Mm thanks for the idea! I'll make a mytake for men (in particular) about skincare products that maybe benefical for all skin types out there. Maybe display 3 inexpensive ones and 3 expensive ones (with pictures) LOL
I'll make it short, sweet and simple so you guy's don't end up falling asleep :P

[Jager66]

cool, post here if/when you do so I din't miss it.

[mooky06]

Sure thing! Here you are!
www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a25873-mooky06s-shopping-guide-for-men-s-skin-care-products

[HighSchoolBoy]

I have the Combination skin. Can you explain how to do steps 2 & 3? And can you list products I should use for the mixes and possible creams or lotions to help? I get imperfections and sometimes break out. Super annoying. :/

Great take though. :)

[mooky06]

Thanks for commenting! I'm currently making a mytake for "Men skin care products" thanks to @Jager66

So I'll definitely outline what products to buy and do the steps (by steps) just stay tune! 😬

[HighSchoolBoy]

Okay sounds good. Thanks. Ya I feel exactly like @Jager66 does. But instead of tired it's like overwhelming and I'm not sure what to do.

When will you have the new take complete?

[mooky06]

Haha yeah I can see what you mean! Don't worry. Um probably later on tonight or sometime tomorrow 😬👌🏽

[mooky06]

There you go!
www.girlsaskguys.com/.../a25873-mooky06s-shopping-guide-for-men-s-skin-care-products

[Hans222]

Nice take sis... my skin is already starting to do better from only reading this :D
I have a fairly dry skin and in winter time I need a moisturizing lotion to keep it elastic.
Otherwise my skin looks and feels like paperwork :o

[mooky06]

Hi brother! I'm glad lol :) my skin gets oily, and I hate it a lot sometimes 😒 Lol but yes the feel of paper isn't nice at all lol

[COCOCHANEL]

good tips ! the only thing i would add is to be very gentle when exfoliating the face and to limit it to twice a week

[mooky06]

Good thinking coco! I did forget to mention that 🙈

[jazzp123]

I have used some creams for my wrinkels but I found Strivectin SD is one of the few creams available that shows proof of successful results. While it is more expensive than many other brands on the market, it does offer a money back guarantee and there are likely many consumers that would be happy to pay the extra cost if they were confident that it would have a positive effect on their aging skin
Ref : The Beauty Insiders

[mooky06]

Have you tried out that particular product?

[jazzp123]

yes I did, results were good. :)

[gobsmacked3]

By your looks you are either a Thai or Cambodian. Women from those places have such perfect skin

[mooky06]

I'm Cambodian lol and thank you! 😬

[gobsmacked3]

Oh Kun :)

[takumii]

Are you kidding me? She's a conbodian latina.

[Bea123]

Thanks for this great piece of info i will surely try some of the methods!

[mooky06]

Thanks!

[Bea123]

Np 😊😀

[archiz]

I do all of this and my skin still doesn t behave as I wanted -_-

[mooky06]

Skin can be stubborn as belly fat lol

[archiz]

tell me about it :/

[mooky06]

I know right! What seems to be the issue with your skin mostly?

[archiz]

my skin is oily/mixed
and my hormones aren t stable...-_-
so I always have outbursts

[mooky06]

OUCHIES! Are you on some form of medication/pill, to make you have this imbalanced of hormones? I know having monthly menstrual cycles can really assist in the imbalance of hormones. But the issue with your skin seems to be mostly of your hormones going out of whack all the time. You can control your hormones and make them stable (just in terms of like healthy clean eating) eliminate high saturated fatty foods, sugar, no wheat and grains. Eat low-fat proteins (salmon, tuna, tofu and all sorts of beans). Fruits and vegetables (obviously), may really help with the hormones being able to stay on a monotone level :)

[archiz]

hmm yea thank you ^^
I used to take pills to regulate my hormones. diane.
but it has so many side effects that I decided to let it go.
especially that I already took it for a long period (2years) and I don t like medication :/
how do you know much about it btw?

[mooky06]

Oh wow! Pills to re-balance your hormones? I'm surprised the person you seek offered pills instead of offering you like a food regime to follow. I guess it's easier and quicker to provide medication, but medication can actually make it worst..
I'm glad you got off the medication though. I'm sure the medication was giving you nausea and headaches most of the time.
haha I was really motivated about typing up a mytake about "how to care for your skin" and I think it's just a little hidden interest I have. I do like to maintain having healthy skin (i do have days where it's oily, but for the most part, it's quite normal) i'm on the pill so it does throw off my hormone balance to, but i think most of the time, if you're really happy with your skin, your more confident in your skin.

[archiz]

exactly! like that s the only thing bugging me right now. everything else is aok with me.
I eat very healthy and exercise a lot etc..
I even reduce salt in the meals and force the rest of my family to add it on their plates as they please.
the pill causes depression, stress, you get easily upset, cellulite, weight gain, dark spots on your face if you get exposed to sun etc etc

[mooky06]

Whoever gave you that medication is dumb to be honest (no offence). If you've been taking them for around 2 years. You will just need to allow your body to naturally get rid of it and come back to it's normal state. It may take a year or so lovely, but be patient. After that, continue with your healthy eating ways, and you'll see results :)

[archiz]

100% and thanks :3

[mooky06]

no problems lovely :)

[takumii]

But they said bubble bath was enough,..

[mooky06]

Bubble baths? 😱 Do they smell nice though! They have to be fragrant! 😐

[Griefs]

Nice

[mooky06]

Thanks!