Showing posts with label hair skin care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hair skin care. Show all posts

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Beauty tips: The art of removing hair dye from skin

Yes we all faced with this problem. It is quite universal. Don’t you think so? Dyeing the hair it self is a task when you have to do it yourself. After dying, your hair will look beautiful. But soon you will feel helpless and unhappy over those ugly patches of hair dye on your shoulders, neck, fingers, and sometimes on your face. So how do you remove hair dye from skin?

Do you know, these stains are removable with little patience. There are few tried and tested methods for removing hair dye from skin. There are many home made remedies which will be handy in such a situation where you need urgent help to remove hair dye from skin.

The best solution is to keep a stock of beauty products specially made for removing hair dye from skin, if you are a regular user of hair dye.

For removing hair dye from skin, you can use little nail polish remover in a swab or cotton cloth and rub it on the stain. After a few minutes wash it off with warm water.

You can even use tooth paste to remove stains. Rub tooth paste in the area of stain and within minutes you can get rid of the stain.

For removing hair dye from the skin you can use Vaseline as well. Before applying hair dye you can apply a thin layer of Vaseline over the hair line or neck. This will reduce the chances of hard stain formation on the skin.

Apply diluted bleach on the effected area to remove hair dye from the skin.

Try these beauty tips. Next time you won’t be embarrassed after seeing those ugly patches.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

White patches on skin-can make up help you?

Does the white patches on your skin demands an emergency help? Whenever you look into the mirror, do you feel frustrated? Are you a positive person who believes that nothing is impossible? Whatever, even it is white patches on the skin.

Yes when appearance is the prime concern, everything is possible. Blotches can be developed as white patches on the skin or black patches. It can be due to hormones, dryness, and poor habits like pricking pimples. During winter, due to make up these white patches are usually covered and is not visible.

But in summer you can not wear make up all the time. During this time white patches on skin may show up. Do you know white patches on skin may show up prominently in areas of more oil secretion? So cleanse with a cleanser that treats oily skin conditions. When you use cleanser, avoid using it on cheek. Use a product with a formula to treat dry skin. The product you use should be free from astringents as well.

You should use a moisturizer on the cheek area before applying face creams or makeup. On white patches on skin you can put a little extra moisturizer. Use creams that works for oily skin in the “T zone”. Use natural oils like Jojoba which can penetrate into the skin to give best results for white patches on skin.

You can hide white patches on the skin to an extent by simple make up tricks. Have a diet rich in Vitamin E and minerals. Remember steaming and deep cleansing more often.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Common myths and facts associated with treatment of Vitiligo skin disorder

If you or someone close to you has vitiligo skin disorder what you have did? How effectively you managed to cope up with life after white spots developed on your skin? Are you able to smile when reading these questions? Or you are sobbing inside?

As you and I know life is very difficult initially in vitiligo skin disorder patients. You can not explain everybody that your condition is not an infection, or contagious disease. Because of lack of awareness and superstition even educated people will frown their face towards matters like marriage, job etc with vitiligo skin disorder patients.

And what happens when you seek medical help? There also you may have faced difficulties. Haven’t you? Some will say it is not treatable at all, you have to live with it. This is the first myth about the treatment of vitiligo skin disorder. It is not true. There are treatments for the vitiligo skin disorder and majority of patients can expect good results after treatment.

The second myth is associated with the oral medicine psoralens. It is used in vitiligo skin disorder patients to make their skin sunlight sensitive. It is believed that psoralen is toxic to liver. But it is not true.

The third myth is that the treatment of vitiligo skin disorder with psoralen + UVA (PUVA) is cancereous to skin. This is not completely true. Usually for treatments using psoralen requires only limited number of times. If you receive the treatment for more than 250 times, yes of course there is a risk of developing treatable squamous cell cancers of the skin.

So don’t be confused with the myths over vitiligo skin disorder. Start a treatment suitable for you by consulting a dermatologist right now.