Life Long Beauty
This month I'm dedicating Beauty Terrorist to the worth while causes of skin preservation and restoration. As the summer sun hots up - burns, blisters, premature aging and a whole host of other afflictions rear their ugly heads. Beauty Terrorist therefore steps up to the plate with an arsenal of weapons to put these nasties in their place and leave you radiant.
Story Highlights
- Affordable and Natural
- Your Daily Routine
- Something for the Long Run
Affordable and Natural
On a recent expedition to the Croatian coastline, I came across the island of Hvar and an amazing oil - made from flowers that only grow locally. This red tinted miracle worker is called Cantarion Oil and the oh so enthused vendor couldn't keep quiet about its incredible healing powers. Apparently it sorted out sun burn, eczema, acne afflictions and much more. At £2 a bottle - cynicism generally gives way to curiosity and commerce. Refreshingly the sales pitch wasn't far off. It's potent stuff but diluted with your regular moisturiser – this oil is a super efficient quick fix for sun burn, heat rash and the dried out bits in-between extremities.
Your Daily Routine
New treats and trinkets aside, it's the TLC you give your skin on a daily basis that really counts. Think of this as the foundation upon which you build every other beautiful brick. You wouldn't use substandard bricks and mortar to build a house - so don't scrimp on the stuff you use to build up your body's largest and most protective organ.
A great start for de-griming your exterior is Precleanse from Dermalogica. This continues our oil theme and you start out by applying said oily accessory to your dry face. Here it bonds with the rubbish that's attached itself to your pores throughout the day. It smells almost good enough to eat but don't. After a nice little massage and a few minutes of bonding, add warm water and watch the foam burst obliterate the grime. Now you're ready for the real cleansing.
Dermalogica's Dermal Clay Cleanser is a great follow up, especially for oily and congested skin. It uses real green clay with a little Ivy and Lemon to refine the skin and while it might feel a little bit heavy in the beginning, the difference when you wash it off is really noticeable. With the Menthol after kick, it's a sort of skin equivalent to taking a deep breath after chewing through some super strong mints.
Different people suit different moisturisers. Skin Smoothing Cream will suit you if you're afflicted by dryness or skin that's old ahead of it's time. You whack it on after a toner and massage it in – in teeny, tiny circles. Grape seed extracts then work with the cooling cucumber to plump up all the old cells and bring back the supple look of youthful, yesteryear, sixteen-year-old skin. You can find your perfect Dermalogica prescription on their super Feng Shui website.
Something for the Long Run
Now that we've dealt with temporary beauty impairing blemishes and your base line regime, it's time to look at something a little more luxurious for the long run. Step up Comfort Zone and their Action Sublime Cream. This very nicely packaged product has a sun protection factor of twelve. It protects all the hard work you've put in so far and adds a luxurious silky finish to your derma-logical canvas.
Action Sublime is however a daytime playmate so it's best to switch your night time accompaniment to Renight Recover Cream. This tackles skin compromised by stress, sun and soot! The formula blends orange peel wax with canola oils and blackcurrant to give you a heavy but lasting over night nourishment. You can test out which Comfort Zone regimes are right for you by having a quick dig through their internationally friendly website.
- Rob Savage
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