Amenity Beauty

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Do you know what’s in your moisturizers? What are you really putting on your skin?

It’s easy to grab a product that boasts the ability to leave your skin feeling hydrated and refreshed, but knowing the specifics about lotion and cream could make the difference in the health of your skin.

The most obvious advantage of using shower body lotion is that it cuts down on the time it takes to get ready. Most moisturizers leave a slick residue on the surface of your skin that can take hours to fully absorb. This makes dressing for your day a rather unenjoyable experience. Even Beyoncé herself can relate, once rapping, “if you don’t jump to put jeans on, baby you don’t feel my pain.
Besides the convenience, shower body lotion works to better lock in moisture for skin that’s soft and smooth all day long. Applying your lotion to wet skin helps it absorb more quickly and effectively. Stretch your dollar and get the most from your moisturizer by switching to an in-shower option.

You don’t have to wash your face in the morning
As someone who grew up with a lot of acne, washing my face twice a day seemed like a good idea to dry it all out (it was not). Unless you’re a heavy sweater, have used a heavy occlusive the night before or have very oily skin, you don’t need to use a cleanser in the morning.
A water rinse will do to clean your face. It took some time to break the habit and get used to just washing my face with water, but improving my skin’s sensitivity and dry patches was worth it.

Pigment shampoos and masks can ease the hair dye fade

I’m a simple woman; Lady Gaga’s colourist said she uses pigment shampoos, so I wanted a pigment shampoo. A purple shampoo helps tone and maintain the pop star’s platinum-blonde hair.

Aditi Vyas of Continuity Salon recommended a pigment mask for brown hair when I was getting my hair colour. It’s essentially an in-shower treatment that can extend the life span of the hair colour job by temporarily tinting or toning your hair, neutralising any unwanted undertones that show up as the colour fades.

Tackle body odour with a chemical exfoliant

The exfoliating face toners you have in your skincare routine (and hopefully only use once or twice a week to prevent over-exfoliation) can be used in your underarms to tackle body odour. Give it a quick swipe to break up oil and dead skin cells.

That said, YouTube’s favourite dermatologist Andrea Suarez does caution that overuse of strong acids in the underarm area can cause sensitivity and disrupt the pH of the region. Acids can get trapped in the folds of the skin. So if you are using a chemical exfoliant for your underarms, you’ll want to keep it at a low percentage or use a gentler exfoliating ingredient like mandelic or lactic acid, rather than a strong glycolic acid.