Cherry Knows Good Skin

Winter Adjustments!

2011-10-11T11:31:00.000-07:00

If you haven't already..it's time to make some 'tweeks' to your skincare routine!

As the summer sun is slowly leaving us, so too is all that UVB light.

Nights are a little colder and for the first time....on comes the central heating.

Skin often becomes dry or dehydrated, skin turnover slows down and the skin can appear dull, oily and even become prone to a little breakout as the backlog of congestion builds up.

This is a good time to book in for a skin check-up to make the right individual changes for your skin...however, here are a few general suggestions which will suit most skin types.

Increase your oral Omega 3 intake to help support the fatty bi-layers within the skin...Fatty acid deficient skins will often be very dry.
If you are not on Environ active vitamin A, then make sure your moisturiser is a little richer than your summer lotion.
Use an AHA product to help facilitate hydration in the skin and improve cell turnover.
Book in for a skin peel..this is the best time of year to do it. It will remove dead, dull skin cells, improve texture and tone, help with summer sun damage you may have accumulated and remove any waxy, oily plugs which may have built up from your sunblock over the summer months!
Environ users may want to drop a level in their Vitamin A routine. SO if you are on AVST 4, come down to AVST 3 until January. This is because, your natural vitamin A stores increase within the skin in the winter months (because there is no UVB rays destroying it) and so it is simply not needed..proceeding on a level too high over winter could result in sensitivity.
Add C-Boost hydrater to repair any pigmentation, lighten and brighten the skin
Add the hydrating oil capsules. This is my favorite thing. Protects against harsh winter weather and conditions and replenishes the skin. There are 30 silky smooth capsules per jar..great to take on long journeys, or use the day after 'The night before'
OMNILUX red light photo therapy...wonderful all year round to gently rejuvenate the skin..but very popular this time of year as red light is well known for its 'MOOD LIFTING' benefits, used for those who suffer from S.A.D
You still need plenty of antioxidant rich, broad spectrum sun protection in the winter.....although the SPF does not need to be as high SPF 15 is enough for the British winter.WHY do we need any SPF in the winter? Well, SPF refers to the protection against UVB, which is low in the winter months...so we can drop the SPF, however, there is still plenty of UVA rays around which damage your skin and 'broad spectrum' refers to the protection against UVA rays.

For more individual one to one adjustments, come for a free skin check-up info@cherrywoodsclinic.com

Natural Health Magazine-My advice on exfoliation in this months issue!

2011-05-10T09:07:00.000-07:00

NOT to be frowned upon!! Frown focus?

2011-05-09T07:33:00.000-07:00

NOW STOCKING!!!
Ionzyme® Focus Frown Serum- retail 20ml £119
Or add an application to your regular facial for £20

If this is too good to be true..I will let ¥ou know as I am just about to experiment on myself and with an 11 month old baby boy I think I am the perfect guinea pig!! I will post the results in 3 weeks!
In the meantime, here are the details.
Description: Environ Ionzyme® Focus Frown Serum is a light, non-oily serum specifically formulated for use on the forehead, frown lines and crows feet to smooth and soften frown lines. Frown lines become lighter, muscle tension reduces in the forehead area and deep
lines become less dynamic.
May even be used after Botulinum Toxin injections to prolong their effect and to augment the effects of Meso-Botox.
Benefits of use: _
    Argireline: Is well-known to reduce the depth of wrinkles caused by contractionTop of Form of
the muscles for facial expression, especially in the forehead and around eye area. Argireline is a safer, non-invasive, mild alternative to Botulinum Toxin. It penetrates skin sufficiently to target the same chemical complexes and thereby soften muscle activity ie it topically targets the same wrinkle formation mechanism in a non-intrusive way.
_    Leuphasyl®: Works in a different way to soften muscle activity and compliments the effects of Argireline to block the contraction of facial muscles.
_    Vialox®: Works from a totally different approach by making muscles less responsive to nerve impulses.
Therefore, this amazing cocktail of ingredients, targets the process of wrinkle formation in three different but complimentary ways to ensure incredible results.

To extract or not to extract-This is the question! Cherry has the answer

2011-04-17T01:13:00.000-07:00

I like to have blackheads and spots eliminated/extracted when having a facial, but have noticed some therapists won’t do that now. Why is that?

Different types of facials require certain protocols for example, you would rarely receive blackhead extraction within an aromatherapy facial, so in a large corporate spa, therapists are required to follow the set guidelines of the facial you have chosen, which may simply not include this procedure.

However, the main issue for most therapists is that it causes more trauma than the result can justify.

For example long term aggressive extractions of blackheads can cause the pores to look larger, cause loose skin tissue as well as broken capillaries on some skin types.

The common consensus regarding blackhead extraction is that as long as the skin is suitably softened with steam and exfoliated prior to extraction and the BT uses s soft rolling extraction technique with the pads of her fingers, only going for those blackheads which are ready to be extracted, then there is no problem.

A good therapist would never be tempted to squeeze a spot which is deep, red and has no head to it. This can cause damage to the surrounding tissue, causes unnecessary inflammation which can prolong the life of the spot…Anti inflammatory ingredients should be used during this facial to reduce the redness. Pricking and releasing a spot with a white or yellow head and easing out the contents is perfectly acceptable as long as the spot is treated with an anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory solution afterwards

Have a chat with your Beauty therapist before your facial

(Written by Cherry Woods for The Daily Mail )

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2011-04-06T06:07:00.000-07:00

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