Skin Tone Transformation – Radiant Skin in Four Weeks

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Week Two to A Younger, Healthier, Radiant Skin

                Week 1 – Food for Your Skin

                Week 2 – Skin Tone Transformation               You Are Here

                Week 3 – Skin Care Products for Daily Use

                Week 4 – Minimizing Your Wrinkles

Your Goals This Week:

1. Minimize splotchiness in your facial skin
2. Minimize brown spots in your facial skin
3. Protect skin around your eyes as a sensitive area in your face
4. Boost radiance and reveal more youthful, healthier skin
5. Continue with your nutrition and healthy skin and weight loss routine from Week One (that’s a MUST, as you step-by-step progress towards the end of the month.)


How To Achieve the Goals of Week Two:

This is for Your Morning (AM) Routine
1. Use gentle exfoliating formulas (granular scrubs or glycolic acid (AHA) lotions) to:
• Slough off dead skin cells
• Expose new, healthier skin
• Exfoliate and moisturize skin

This is for Your Evening (PM) Routine
2. Use Retinol products that:
• Stimulate cell turnover
• Address acne
• Give skin a healthier appearance

Morning Routine – Examples of granular scrubs and glycolic acids (AHAs)
(You might experiment what works for you. I’ve tried personally the listed below formulas. My favorite products are the ones I make myself: It’s easy and quick, and potent. See the next post with the Scrub Recipe.)

Glycolic acid is a group of chemicals called Fruit Acids or Alpha-Hydroxy Acids (AHA).
Fruit acids are beneficial for your skin because they loosen the dead skin, slough it off, and reveal new layer of new cells, leaving the face smooth and soft.

You would be amazed how easy it is to produce the results for your skin without using the most expensive cosmetic products on the markets! Fruit Acids are found in fruit and vegetables you already keep in your fridge or even grow in your garden.

Here’s a quick list of AHAs that will do wonders for your skin.

Glycolic Acid: Found in Sugar Cane
Citric Acid: Found in Citrus fruits – lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruit
Lactic Acid: Found in yogurt, sour cream, blackberries, tomatoes, buttermilk, powdered skim milk
Tartaric Acid: Found in grapes, grape juice, wine, cream of tartar
Malic Acid: Found in apples, applesauce, cider, vinegar

All You Need:
1/2 tsp. of liquid per face cleansing

Preparation:
Squeeze the juice of lemon or grapfruit, for example, and dab the face with it. Leave on for 5-10 mins, then rinse.
OR
Use halves of strawberry or blueberry or apple on your face. Let the juice set for a few minutes, then rinse. And you are ready for the day!

Important!

Do not expose your skin to the sun before or after the use of Alpha-Hydroxy (AHA) cleansers and masks.

Evening Routine – Examples of Retinol-based products
(You might experiment what works for you. I’ve tried personally the listed below formulas. My favorite is Afirm 1X.)

Afirm 1X ($32-38/Internet stores)
• Perfect for sensitive skin
• Reduces brown spots, rough skin, fine lines
• Treats sun-damaged skin
• Based on Microsponge technology that maximizes efficasy but minimizes the potential for irritation

RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Serum ($22 at drugstores/Internet stores)
• Contains retinol, zinc, copper, and Magnesium, DMAE (to tighten and tone your skin.)
• This is a light formula that easily absorbed by skin, stimulating its renewal and rejuvenation.

SkinCeuticals Retinol 1.0 ($46-50/Internet stores)
• Advanced Formula
• Reduces fine lines, age spots, pores
• Treats blotchiness and blemishes
• Contains 1% retinol (the highest concentration available over the counter)

Neutrogena 14 Day Skin Rescue ($26-29 at drugstores/$10 at Amazon store)
• Gentle formula
• Contains retinol and Vitamin C
• Easy to use and get results


Conclusion

1. Start Week 2 Routine right away
2. Continue with Week 1 routine (foods that feed your skin and contribute to your weight loss.)

As you progress from one week into another, you’ll be adding new steps to your daily life that become part of your lifestyle.

There is only Do and Not Do.

To Your Daily Health!

Disclosure: If and when my references fall onto mentioning any Product and/or Brand in this and further blog entries, they come from my personal recommendation and experience. I do not receive any products from any mentioned companies and/or brands for promotion and/or giveaway.

VP Programs Development, ScaleDown for Life
VP Education, GoZonkers Inc.
Founder, CelebrateLifeNutrition.com
Curb Your Appetite – Stop Your Cravings
©2010 Laura Gontchar. All Rights Reserved.

Motivate Yourself to Look Great with Your Newly Revealed Skin Complexion

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There are no miracles in weight loss – regular exercise and healthy eating would definitely take you there. There are no miracles in fresh mouth breath – daily brushing does its job in a wonder-full way.

And guess what. There are no miracles in gorgeous skin complexion – physical activity, yummy, phytonutrients-rich foods, and some minimal facial exercises would contribute to your gorgeous skin.

All of the above take time and work. Daily work. However, you do not have or need to invest hours and millions of dollars to look beautiful, healthy, and confident.

What it really takes to get the results is your dedication and taking pleasure in the process of getting those results. We all need and want to enjoy life on the daily basis, not once in a blue moon. So, we build our daily routines around our personal needs and wants.

If Gorgeous Skin Complexion is on your calendar, I’d like to invite you to this 4-weeks-staying-and-doing-things-together that are beneficial to our skin.

Radiant skin does not happen over a couple of days of rigorous routine. To deliver smooth and healthy-looking skin, you’ll need approximately 4 weeks. That’s how long it takes for your skin cells to completely turn over.

As your nourish your body (with exercise and foods) and take care of your facial skin, as your new cells form, your face is guaranteed to look fresher and healthier by the month’s end.

I would love to support you with facts about foods, facial exercises, some great products that would transform you into a more confident woman.

Disclosure: If and when my references fall onto mentioning any Product and/or Brand in this and further blog entries, they come from my personal recommendation and experience. I do not receive any products from any mentioned companies and/or brands for promotion and/or giveaway.


VP Programs Development, ScaleDown for Life
VP Education, GoZonkers Inc.
Founder, CelebrateLifeNutrition.com
Curb Your Appetite – Stop Your Cravings
©2010 Laura Gontchar. All Rights Reserved.

Healthy Skin: Prebiotics are a Must

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Top dollar for a “miracle cure” cream or lotion is what many people opt into. However a healthy-looking skin does not have to be tied to an expensive skin care product. Your way out could be in your fridge!

Fruits and vegetables in your diet are known for their anti-inflammatory properties. A variety of them in your daily diet is a great way to get clear skin. If you throw in some nuts and seeds then you are already on you way to fabulous looking skin. Whether you choose to make a tasty smoothie with ripe fruit or eat at least one salad per day, these are perfect options to clear up your skin. A handful of Brazil nuts and pumpkin seeds on your salad would add more selenium and zinc that work against the deficiencies of vitamins and minerals in your body that often cause acne.

Drinking plenty of water is another way to maintain a healthy-looking skin. By drinking at least eight 8-ounce glasses per day the skin becomes rehydrated and the dead skin cells are shed opening up your pores and clearing up your acne. Your skin will look fresher and cleaner then ever before, and you can expect your acne disappear in just a few short days after starting the water treatment.

One more way to clear up your skin is by adding a high quality prebiotic food to your diet. Prebiotics are especially vital to your healthy gut flora and your total body health, If you are currently on any antibiotics for your acne. Antibiotics are destroying the friendly bacteria in your digestive system leads to poor digestion and constipation, plus they deplete your body of essential vitamins and minerals that are causing more acne because the toxins are being expelled from your skin rather than through waste.

Therefore, you may look great for a little while but the acne will come back unless you replace the friendly bacteria with prebiotic foods that feed that bacteria and allows it to multiply. It is easy to add fresh fruit and vegetables to your daily diet so that you can effectively clear up your acne.

With simple daily regimen of fresh produce, water, and prebiotic foods you can take control over your acne problem. Simple step like eating a variety of fruit and veggies that are a rich pantry of minerals, vitamins, enzymes, and organic acids, shall make a huge change in your looks. And how you feel.

VP Programs Development, ScaleDown for Life
VP Education, GoZonkers Inc.
Founder, CelebrateLifeNutrition.com
Curb Your Appetite – Stop Your Cravings
©2010 Laura Gontchar. All Rights Reserved.

Benefits of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids

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Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids are essential in maintaining healthier body and mind. Of great importance is a proper balance between these two omegas in our diet. Both play a crucial role in healthy brain function and normal growth and development.

As these fatty acids cannot be found in the body naturally, they must be introduced to the body through our food sources.

Medical research and clinical studies show Omega-3 fatty acids reduces inflammation in the body and helps prevent many chronic diseases such as heart disease, strokes, circulation problems, skin disorders, gout, ADHD, allergies, depression, and many forms of arthritis.

The most concentrated levels of Omega-3 are found in the brain and are thought to be an important part of human cognitive and behavioral development. For that same reason, it is essential that pregnant women maintain healthy levels of Omega-3 in order to prevent nerve and vision problems in their developing child.

What are the most common foods with Omega-3 fatty acids?

• Fish (go for Wild, not Farmed, fish sources to avoid mercury and other heavy metal conteminants) – Wild Salmon, Wild Trout, Wild Tuna, Wild Mackerel, Wild Flounder & many other
• Spinach
• Seabuckthorn berries
• Acai palm fruit
• English walnuts
• Wheat/Oat germ
• Some Omega-3 fortified products like Celebrate Chocolate Truffles (2 truffles = 56mg (35%) of the Daily Value for DHA
• Avocado