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Why “Beating your face” is bad for you!

It’s very popular now a days to transform oneself from something  extremely “homely” to something beautiful. YouTube is filled with videos of even disfigured women turning themselves into beauty queens using extreme and even excessive makeup.  The results are usually astounding which is why the term was coined “beating your face”.

Well this phenomenon has a downside…. It’s called foundation!  Out of all the makeup that is used, foundation is the biggest culprit.  Foundation covers the largest amount of skin surface and this is where the problem lies.  If you have acne it will only excasturbate the problem, it also caused your skin to crater over time.  

If the reason to use heavy makeup is to cover up blemishes this will only work for a short period of time.  It is best to keep your face clean.

If you want to get an even tone use shea butter.

It will eventually clear away the acne but it will take a while.  Months maybe even a year.  This is why using alot of make up is so appealing.  But in the long term, it will do more harm than good.  There is nothing wrong with using make up.  Even heavy makeup is ok for very special ocassions but any more use will prematurely age your skin, cause concaving of the skin and cause acne.

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How important water is to your hair growth!

Some people think that moisturizing your hair is about putting grease on your scalp.  I’m here to tell you it ain’t so.  One of the biggest determining factors of hair moisture is water.

Water is essential for hair growth and strength.  Without it, you hair will become brittle, will develop split ends and possibly break off.  So when develop a hair care routine, remember to use water or water based products.  This can come in the form of water in a spray bottle that you spritz in your hair before applying a grease or using a moisturizing product that is water based.

Personally I have used (successfully I might add) for many years a product called cantu shea butter Leave-in Conditioning repair cream/moisturizer:

Using this as your foundation will work well in maintaining your “hair health”.  Once you put the water based conditioner in your hair you can then find the best hair sealer that works for you.  Hair sealers are also known as “grease”.  This is a petroleum based product or some type of oil based product. The purpose of this is to seal the moisture the water based conditioner has placed in your hair.  This type of product can be shea butter by itself, olive oil or any other oil based product.  Mosturizing then sealing your hair is the best way to get the longest lasting effect and overall positive results for your hair.

Palmers olive oil hair grease

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Lastly, it is important to develop a schedule for doing this.  I find that washing my hair every two weeks works well for me, but you cant go that long without that water based moisturizer.  It is imperative that you use a water based leave in conditioner either daily or every other day.  Greasing your scalp and hair does not have to happen but once a week.