The Basic Five

Surface Beauty may sound superficial as paying close attention to what's on the outside may be our business, but because of this we must pay closer attention to what's going on, on the inside!

What's happening from within makes all the difference to what's happening without.

Stressed out?
Anxiety. Lack of sleep. Over eating. Not enough time to eat right.
All these factors related to stress, can effect your skin negatively in numerous ways.

From dehydration, sallow skin, tired eyes, dull skin, breakouts, to hair falling out, are just a few symptoms you may experience when your body and/or mind is stressed.

Taking Medication?
Certain medications,even birth control can alter ones natural balance from within causing adverse reactions without. Dehydration, vitamin imbalance, hair loss, thinning skin, slowing blood circulation, constricting blood vessels, etc.

Illness, disease.
From a simple cold to even more severe illness, your skin and hair, can be effected negatively by the stresses that are caused internally. Fatigue, nausea, low immune systems, to loss of functioning organs, ones skin and hair will be a "tell all" that things are not right from within.

With this said and understood, Surface Beauty wants to share a little "Internal Light" on this subject.

The FIVE BASIC PILLS that can brighten you from the inside out!
A daily dose of :
1. one multivitamin
2. 600 milligrams of DHA/Omega-3 fatty acid(fish oil) for brain function
3. 1000 IU vitamin D for bone and heart health
4. 600 milligrams of calcium for bones
5. 200 milligrams of magnesium to counteract the bloat and constipation that calcium
causes. -Dr. Michael Roizen, co author of You: Staying Young.-InStyle Mag.

Labios,Lips,Pucker,Mouth,Kisser

No matter what you call it, it's your most personal beauty spot on your face.
We talk, eat, smile, scream, whisper, express all that we feel with every curve of the lips.
We can also see age.
Along with the eyes, our lips don't lie. Fine lines, curves, to texture of the lips can share to the world how old you really are!
The first and foremost best preventative thing you can do to save your lips, is wear SOMETHING on them everyday.
It doesn't mean it has to be color; for example a lip balm, clear gloss, Vaseline, yes, Vaseline. Exfoliate regularly, your toothbrush can do the job just fine.
After your'e done brushing your teeth, run the bristles across your lips gently, to exfoliate any excess skin and then hydrate right away(with a soothing lip balm preferably). Surface Beauty skin specialists recommend a unique and delicious way to exfoliate; check out Edible Lip Scrub from Good Fortune Soap. Rub on, Lick off!
Also, after applying eye cream, don't wipe your fingers off just yet, share with your lips!
Eye cream can be just as beneficial to the outer edges of the lips to smooth and firm the lines.

I'm just the type of girl who isn't afraid of color.
Ever since the day my mother gave in and said it was o.k. to play with makeup, I reached for RED. (Got called Kelly Bundy ALOT)
I love to stain, re shape, line, glaze, gob, shimmer, and gloss my lips. Most lip products are going to be vitamin-E enriched or moisturizing, if it isn't why bother? SO, especially for Fall 2010, It's dark rich, exotic lips, full, fun, and fabulous! Go wild! A must color to try for this season; MAC Cunning! Gorgeous!

Beauty Tip Tuesday

Surface Beauty skin care specialists say:

To maximize the effectiveness of your body creams and moisturizers during the cold and bitter winters to come try:

When you are still in the shower, nice and damp, to apply body oil and or lotion(Farm House Fresh Sweet Cream Milk) to the body. Especially elbows, chest and knees. Moisturizer acts as a sealant to the already hydrated skin, also more effective at holding in moisture. Continue to exit the bath/shower and pat dry. Enjoy the supple and soft finish to your skin. Another tip to penetrating moisture further into the skin, remember to exfoliate first, preferably using a fine salt or sugar scrub for all over the body.(Farm House Fresh Bourbon Bubbler Scrub).

Eye creams

Ok ladies and gents.,

There will be a day that you will look in that mirror and wish you started wearing eye cream way back in your twenties, when you couldn't fathom the need for such a product. It's called preventative. Some things like SPF and washing your face twice a day, taking your vitamins,etc. are ways to protect and prevent what inevitably lies in your future. Surface Beauty skin care specialists highly recommend man or woman, in finding an eye cream. Whether it be just the basic of hydrating components or vitamin A rich, hyaluronic acid, collagen boosting packed ingredients. The eyes are the first place on our entire body to tell the world how old you really are. Something to think about. Recommendations for a good basic eye cream is Shiseido skincare eye moisture recharge. For the ultimate in eye creams ( get ready to spend some serious cash) and yet truly effective ingredients take a good look at 3Lab WW eye cream.

Hair Today-Gone Tomorrow-Beauty Tip Tuesday

Hair and the effects of everyday products.
For both women and men we take our hair and all that we do for it pretty seriously.
Especially, when we begin to see it thin and fall out.

Factors to consider if this begins to happen: Stress, age, heredity, illness, drugs, and/or temporary conditions such as pregnancy, or more precisely after pregnancy, and medications.

Then there is also what we apply to our hair. The products we are applying from end to roots, whether it's to color, highlight, thicken, straighten, curl, De-frizz, etc.

Avoid waxy topical products as well as mineral oil based cleansers and conditioners, these can be clogging to your roots, asphyxiating pores and by this, not allowing oxygen and essential vitamins to enter our skin and nourish hair that grows upon it.
So when it comes to everyday cleansers, look for soap free ingredients. (Oat and Bay Conditioning Shampoo by REN). Soap will only dry skin and hair, irritate the eyes, and possibly cause rashes.
Recommended for a once a month treatment; rinse hair with acetic-based, apple vinegar to dissolve waxy-residue build up along the hair shaft and scalp. Include a stimulating scalp massage with eucalyptus oil to promote blood circulation and help open up clogged follicles allowing for better hair growth.