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8. There are a few ingredients that are totally banned by the Food and Drug
Administration and should be avoided:
Bithionol
Mercury compounds
Vinyl chloride
Halogenated salicylanilides
Zirconium complexes in aerosol cosmetics
Chloroform
Methylene chloride
Chlorofluorocarbon propellants
Hexachlorophene
Methyl methacrylate monomer in nail products
9. Keep your skin clean. Use a soft warm cloth. Skin does not require
scrubbing. You will do more harm than good if you do.
10. Exfoliate dead skin cells every night.
11. Create your own facial masks. Here are a couple of excellent masks that you can create with ingredients right from your
kitchen: Oatmeal mask: Mix oatmeal with skim milk
and apply. Eggs: A raw egg yolk makes an
excellent face mask. Try adding a little honey to the egg yolk for a change of pace. Mayonnaise makes another terrific face mask and will
leave your skin feeling very soft.
12. Try a milk of magnesia facial.
Apply directly from the bottle and leave on for 5 to 10 minutes then rinse with warm water.
13. Moisturize dry skin with essential oils. A combination of juniper, cypress, mandarin and grapefruit will work as an astringent that will leave your
skin feeling tighter. If your skin is extra dry, premix the essential oils with a teaspoon
of carrier oil (mineral oil) and ad ¼ cup of milk or a tablespoon of honey to give you added moisturizing.
14. If you have particularly sensitive skin, try a Pepto Bismol
facial. Apply with a soft cotton ball directly from the bottle; just as it soothes the
stomach, it will sooth your skin. Cover your face and neck and allow it to dry before
rinsing.
15. Use an antioxidant cream.
You are bombarded every day with environmental toxins that attack the surface of your skin. In
fact most damage to the skin can be attributed to free radicals. When you expose yourself to
toxins like air pollution, free radical production increases. Apply an antioxidant cream to
your skin before applying your sun screen.
16. If you have oily skin, only apply a toner in the T zone, your forehead and
nose.
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