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14 Hollywood Tips For Being Red Carpet Ready With Flawless Skin

 

Bring Dull Skin Back To Life: Life (and the fun life) can make your skin dull: second hand smoke, alcohol, too much powder, or the wrong moisturizer can lead to dull skin.  Start by refreshing skin with a chemical peel to remove dead skin cells, remove oil, and unclog pores.  Then, apply a rich moisturizer, such as Shiseido Future Solution LX Daytime Protective Cream SPF 15.

 

Stop The Shine: Nothing catches the light of a paparazzi’s flash like shiny skin.  The counter intuitive solution is to fight oily skin with more oil.  When you starve your skin of essential oils, it makes up by producing even more oil.  Use a gentle cleanser, followed by a light moisturizer.  Another option is blotting papers, to remove excess oil without smudging your makeup or leaving residues.

 

Ban the Blemish: The big night is stressful, and the stress can lead to breakouts.  As tempting as it is, don’t touch, poke, or squeeze the pimple.  If you have time, see a dermatologist, who may treat the pimple with a cortisone shot.  If you get a worrisome pimple at the last moment, use a homemade treatment.  Combine aspirin and water to create a paste, and apply it to the breakout.  A second simple formulate is a dab of toothpaste.

 

Brighten Dark Circles: One possible treatment is lymphatic drainage.  This light massage stimulate the undereye, promoting oxygenation and hydration, which then alleviates the dark circles.  For an instant fix, try a makeup, such as Olay Definity Eye Illuminator which instantly brightens the undereye area with mica particles, strengthening it with powerful hydrators.

 

Calm Redness: While a blush may be charming, a lasting redness is no long cute.  Skin can appear ruddy for a number of reasons: rosacea, stress, or heat.  Redness is even more common for women with fair and light skin.  The first key is to be gentle: use a light cleanser for sensitive skin, free of fragrances, alcohol, and preservatives.  The, moisturize daily with a lotion containing soothing feverfew, aloa vera, or licorice.  For redness that has more than a temporary presence, see a dermatologist to determine underlying causes, and treatment solutions.

 

Shrink Puffy Eyes: Unless you’re an angel who never eats salty foods or drinks alcohol, and is free from the life factors of stress, crying, the common cold, or allergies, you will encounter puffy eyes.  Puffy eyes are caused by water retention.  Luckily, an easy fix can be as simple as sleeping on an extra pillow.  This inhibits fluid from settling under the eyes.  For a cosmetic solution, dab a drop of depuffing eye gel containing caffine.  Use one with additional anti-inflammatory ingredients, such as cucumber or chamomile.  In a pinch, hemorrhoid creme can also reduce puffy eyes.

 

Smooth Wrinkles.  Time is your ally.  Consult with your dermatologist for dermal fillers.   Then, maintain with professional antioxidants and retinoids, such as those available in the IMAGE Skin Care line.  Then, on the night of the big event, hide any remaining wrinkles and fine lines with makeup primers that lay down a smooth layer of silicone over the skin, or creams that temporarily plump the skin using marine collagen spheres.  Makeup options include Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer and La Prairie Cellular Treatment Gold Illusion Line Filler.

 

Reduce Pores: Client can be obsessed with pore size.  Unfortunately, bad habits, like going to be with makeup on, can increase pore size.  When skin is clogged with dirt and bacteria, oil accumulates, causing the pore’s diameter to expand.  See a dermatologist for a chemical peel, which strips away oil, dirt, and dead skin cells from the face.

 

Hide Scars: Those starlets didn’t start out as stars – they started out as regular kids, with the usual accidents and follies of childhood.  If a scan has a tiny crater, then a dermatologist can apply a filler.  When a scar is more noticeable, professional scar remove utilizing laser treatments  is needed.  The severity of the scar determine how many treatments are needed, usually 3-6.  For quick fixes, apply a professional concealer.  Stay away from drugstore brands, which contain less pigments for coverage.  Search for brands specifically designed for scar covered, such as Covermark and Dermablend.  Then apply the concealer first, before other makeup.

 

Mask Cellulite: The non-Hollywood reality is, every woman has cellulite, even skinny women.  If you don’t have time for months of working out, for a non-surgical solution, use Thermage skin tightening.  Thermage tightens the collagen bands underneath the skin, providing the mild effects of a facelift.  For a quick and non-traditional solution, mash yourself with a rolling pin!  After your shower, step out of the steam and work cellulite cream with caffeine into the target area with up-and-down strokes of a rolling pin.  This breaks down fluid retention, reducing the appearance of cellulite.

 

Bare Underarms: Sweaty armpits are a problem when under the spotlight.  Wearing a knock-out designer dress, Hollywood stars can’t rely upon deodorants to keep perspiration at bay and to avoid an unsightly film.  A dermatologist can inject botox in the underarm a week before the big event.  The eliminates sweating, and is by far the most powerful remedy.

 

Fix Body Blemishes: Backless dresses and bacne don’t work well together.  For a professional solution, a dermatologist can produce an acne remedy that removes body breakouts.  Of course, the best solution is prevention.  Treat breakouts with benzoyl peroxide, up to twice daily.

 

Even Body Tone: Everyone has uneven skin tone.  For skin blotchiness and dark spots, a dermatologist can treat this hyperpigmentation with laser treatments that breaks up the concentrated pigmentation.  For less noticeable spots, skin lighteners with two percent bleaching agent hydroquione works, fading a spot in about three months.  For last minute skin problem, chemical peels can even out skin tone.  Just go a few days beforehand so you don’t reveal treatment redness.