May 25, 2009
Skin Care V
This is the fifth installment of my skin care series. You can read them all by clicking on “beauty” under the categories sidebar to your right. You must then click on the title of the post you want to read. Or you may type “skin care” into my search box on the right.
This installment deals with moisturizing your now clean skin.
There are a limitless number of moisturizers out there and they are all price ranges. You can go to the cosmetics counter at a department store or you can go to a stand alone store like Sephora (one of my favorites) and ask one of the saleswomen there for guidance. They are all trained by their company so that they can give you the best advice.
You should know what type of skin you have, sensitive or average. You should have an idea of how much time you spend in the sun so you can get the correct sun screen which is now a daily must wear.
I actually use a moisturizer that I have used for 25 years and I love it. It is high quality and medium priced and I love the results it gives me. I then use a tinted sunscreen moisturizer over my initial moisturizer. this is something new that I have added to my daily beauty routine but I feel that the benefit of protecting my skin from the sun outweigh the cost of the product.
Again, you may have to try several products to find just the one that suits you best. Read the labels and think about what you have read. Don’t be in a rush to make a decision that day. Think about what your skin needs and what suits your lifestyle.
Now, that takes care of daytime. If you have read all of my skin care posts, then you know that cleansing is very important. So, when it is time for nitey-nite, go and cleanse your face , being very sure to rinse it well (20 splashes, remember?). Then pat dry (we don’t want to stretch your skin and create more wrinkles do we?) and then moisturize again for bed.
Our bodies actually repair themselves while we sleep and that is why quality rest is so very important to our daily functioning. Your skin is no exception. And that is the reason why there are daytime moisturizers and night time moisturizers. The night time moisturizers will be a little heavier and should contain different ingredients and nutrients because your skin will take them in during the night and then you can wake up even more beautiful than when you went to sleep! They call it “beauty sleep” for a reason!
Sandy said,
May 25, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Just checking in to congratulate you on you your wonderful surgery, scans, CA125′s, chemos and everything else! You are doing sooooo well. It is funny because everything you think and say, I too feel exactly the same. I know I gave up my womanly body with no scars like you, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Never forget, “You are a soul with a body, not a body with a soul”….
I had my first chemo a couple of weeks ago so, now I know what it all means. I first had the 24 hour drip and then the next round immediately for another day. Had to be hospitalized. Waited a week to go in for the second intraperitioneal and found that my WBC was .5 so I couldn’ undergo the chemo….I was sad, just want to get to it. They gave me a $4,000 shot callled Neulastin and that is supposed to build me up so hopefully I can continue next week. and so it goes, my protocol will be 48 hours in the vein, 8 hours in the belly, wait one week and do 8 more hours in the belly then start the whole thing over again. My doc says most people can’t do it but I am as determined as you are.
Last week my chemo doctor said the magic words “this cancer can be cured”; and I’m hanging onto those words with all my might.
All my love and best wishes goes out to you and I pray for your healing constantly
I found a card for my self (for us) that says “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly….
Loving you
Sandy