If you are looking for a solution to aging skin without painful procedures, think about a skin polishing procedure that is non-invasive and requires no recovery time.

Microdermabrasion treats wrinkles, sun damage, hyperpigmentation, age spots, acne scars, chicken pox scars, and enlarged pores. It uses crystals suspended in a cream to rub away the top layers of the skin. It promotes cell production in the deepest dermal layers and gets rid of dull, lackluster skin giving you a more rejuvented look. The procedure is not painful and does not?involve anaesthetic. Before considering anything, it is important that you understand what to expect during the procedure.

The Mini Microdermabrasion balances the skin and unblock pores, helps shed dry, damaged cells from the top layers of the skin, minimizes skin imperfections, reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, reduce the signs of aging, creates the appearance of a smooth, softer, lifted and younger looking skin. It is also safe and effective for all skin types.

While it may not fully cure serious skin conditions, The Mini Microdermabrasion provides superb results for the vast majority.

Your Mini Microdermabrasion is battery operated and comes with:

* Inter-changeable exfoliation heads
* Moisturising Day Cream
* Soothing Cleanser

As the body ages, the skin’s elasticity is affected – it becomes thinner, drier, muscles loosen and sag causing wrinkles.

There are home remedies like facial exercises that slow down the formation of wrinkles. These exercises help strengthen the underlying muscles of your face and gives a fuller firmer face. One technique is to massage or rub the muscle by holding the skin taunt and contracting the underlying muscle. Unlike plastic surgery, this is a safer, less invasive way of preserving your youthful skin.

A clever and convenient way of doing your facial exercises would be to use Sleek Cheeks by The Beauty Works. It works great as it gently tones slack and sagging muscles. A good skin care routine and regular use of Sleek Cheeks will do wonders for your skin.

Sleek Cheeks is perfectly designed to tone slack weak facial muscles, improves the appearance of facial muscles and tightens one area as well as specific muscle groups. Your Sleek Cheeks is composed of two hand sets and a protective retaining centre section and it is battery operated.

Over time skin succumbs to the effects of aging – it begins to lose it’s quality and the natural exfoliation of the skin becomes inactive.  To rejuvenate the skin and keep it fresh and young looking, many will use external forms of exfoliation and keep the skin’s healthy looking glow.

There have been a few mechanical devices on the market that aid in the removal of acne scars, age spots, blemishes, stretch marks and visible lines – but there’s no other product as fast, safe and easy as the Diamond Peel.  This process is non-evasive, all-natural and nonsurgical. You can enjoy this painless method in the comfort of your own home, reducing your salon fees and increasing your beauty!

How does it work? Diamond Peel gently removes the thin top layer of dead skin cells and impurities, leaving behind a new layer of skin. This process allows the skin to be exfoliated which makes it healthier, cleaner and brighter.

The Beauty Works Diamond Peel is based on salon technology. The impressive results are seen after just one session. The Diamond Peel improves skin texture and pigmentation as well as deep cleansing pores giving you visibly glowing complexion.

Your Diamond Peel includes:

* 5 Preset and 1 manual programme for face and body

* 1 x Moisturising Day Cream

* 3 x Diamond Heads

* 1 x Cleaning Brush

* LCD control panel

The treatment can be performed monthly.

Hyperpigmentation, liver spots and dark scars are common amongst people of all races and can cause varying degrees of distress for the the individual; from “not bothered at all about it” to “I really, really need help getting rid of this”.

The treatment of these conditions come mainly in the form of creams and soaps that are applied topically to the affected areas. Sounds straightforward enough, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as that and this is where the taboo comes in.

These creams/soaps are called, bleaches, lighteners, whiteners or brighteners and are often used for something other than treating marks on the skin. In certain cultures the creams are used because having a lighter skin (ie looking more like a white person) is seen to be more beautiful. The products have caused controversy when they contain dangerous ingredients such as hydroquinone and mercury and yet are still used in order to look whiter.

In Asia and Africa sales of lightening creams and soaps are a multibillion dollar industry and openly recommend use in order to look whiter so that the user can have a “better life” (see below).

Lightening also has class issues too. In hotter countries if you are darker skinned, it’s often assumed that you do manual outdoor work, where as if you are lighter skinned it’s assumed that you have a more “professional” better paid office job.

It is the opinion here at Nature’s Parlour that the creams serve two separate and distinct markets to a greater or lesser degree:

1. those who wish to become lighter for racial/socio-economic reasons
2. those who would like treatments for hyperpigmentation/blotchy skin/uneven skin tone/liver spots/freckles/eczema scars/dark scars, etc

We do not wish to judge those from group 1, however, we are currently in the process of sourcing creams and soaps specifically for people from group 2. Our priority when researching these products will always be: Is it safe? Is it natural/organic? Would we in the Parlour use it (depending on skin type)? Would we recommend it to our friends and family? Some of the packaging of the products we’re currently looking at would attract those from group 1, but we reiterate that we would sell those products based on their suitability for those in group 2.

We will not be considering creams with hydroquinone, mercury, parabens, petrochemicals, or with PEG (polyethylene glycol in its varying forms). For the soaps we will not be considering anything containing SLS (sodium lauryl sulphate) either.

Do you have scars you’d like to get rid of? Would you like to know which creams are safe and natural/organic? Do you know someone who could benefit from a natural/organic treatment for hyperpigmentation but wouldn’t know where to find them or would be too embarrassed to ask? Would you prefer to get rid of your scars rather than wear foundation to hide them? Would you like advice on how to use such creams so that your scars go but your complexion remains the way you’d like it to be? Perhaps you have freckles and would like to know if these products can remove or fade them?

We are aware that this is quite a sensitive topic and would like to remind people who take part in this discussion that we encourage people to remain polite whatever their view is; criticism must remain constructive and impersonal; abusive posts will be removed. Whatever your take is on this, we’d like to hear from you.

Yours naturally,

Xina