A learning community for health and beauty. An attempt to compile many helpful links and reviews so that buying beauty products and figuring out a skin care routine for your own skin type can be easier. Please add your own reviews, links to your own youtube/blog, or any helpful comments! Thanks!
Lush: Tea Tree Water
"Toner Water"
Antibacterial tea tree, astringent grapefruit, and balancing juniper berry keep disasters at bay. beneficial for anyone with oily, or spot prone skin.
Price: $22
8.4 fl. 0z.
Directions: Close your eyes tightly and spritz directly into the face or onto cotton pads to wipe away any dirt.
Ingredients:
Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree water), citrus paradisi (grapefruit water), juniperus communis (juniperberry water), limonene*, perfume, methylparaben.
* occurs naturally in essential oils
Company Website: http://www.lushusa.com/Tea-Tree-Water/00405,en_US,pd.html
Helpful Links:
LiahYoo "Skin Care Routine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNQudlL5oOU
Aloe barbadensis
aka. Aloe Vera
- has cooling properties that help with damaged skin (sunburns & acne)
- it contains salcylic acid and antioxidants which are good for anti-aging
Sources:
Livestrong (2010) http://www.livestrong.com/article/255743-what-is-an-aloe-barbadensis-leaf/
- has cooling properties that help with damaged skin (sunburns & acne)
- it contains salcylic acid and antioxidants which are good for anti-aging
Sources:
Livestrong (2010) http://www.livestrong.com/article/255743-what-is-an-aloe-barbadensis-leaf/
Sprouts: Vitamin E Creme
Directions: Apply to nourish dry sensitive skin.
Ingredients: Aloe barbadensis (aloe vera gel) extract*, salvia officinalis (sage) extract, anthemis nobilis (chamomile) extract, rosemarinus officinalis (rosemary) extract and camellia sinensis (green tea) extract, tocopherol, stearic acid, cetyl alcohol, clyceryl stearate, coconut oil, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond oil), vitamin A & D, panthenol, vegetable glycerin, allantoin, citrus grandis (grapefruit seed) extract
* Certified organic
Company website: http://sprouts.com/departments/health-body-care
Helpful Links:
frmheadtotoe (2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srMSe_t2SFo
- suggested to her by a esthetician
- later in a comment said that it clogged her pores.
Ishizawa: Acne Barrier (Protect Spots)
"protect Spots"
main "selling" ingredient: tea tree oil
Made in Japan
Avg. price: $22
30 mL
Directions: Apply after cleansing face.
Ingredients to the lotion: water, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) leaf oil, chamomilla, recutita (matricaria) flower extract, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) extract, salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract, arutea ekisu (jtn), hedera helix (ivy) extract, arunika ekisu (jtn), otogirisou ekisu (jtn), equisetum arvense extract, achillea millefolium extract, calendula officinalis flower extract, clorophyllin-copper complex, lavandulaangustifolia (lavender) oil, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf oil, eucalypotus globules leaf oil, butylenes glycol, alchohol, peg-80 hydrogenated castor oil, phenoxyethanol
Company website: http://www.ishizawa-lab.co.jp/acne/spots.html
Helpful Links:
Ingredients to the lotion: water, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) leaf oil, chamomilla, recutita (matricaria) flower extract, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) extract, salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract, arutea ekisu (jtn), hedera helix (ivy) extract, arunika ekisu (jtn), otogirisou ekisu (jtn), equisetum arvense extract, achillea millefolium extract, calendula officinalis flower extract, clorophyllin-copper complex, lavandulaangustifolia (lavender) oil, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf oil, eucalypotus globules leaf oil, butylenes glycol, alchohol, peg-80 hydrogenated castor oil, phenoxyethanol
Company website: http://www.ishizawa-lab.co.jp/acne/spots.html
Helpful Links:
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