Dr. FeelGood Full Body Styling Spritz

Dr. FeelGood full body styling spritz leaves an astounding hold and sheen to any style. Fortified with wheat amino acids and vitamin b5, the full body styling spritz will allow you to spike, sculpt, mold with infinite styles. Our styling spritz will make your hair soft, smooth and manageable. Puts life to dull, dry, brittle hair.

Size: 8 oz.

How To Use:
Hold 6-8 inches from hair. Spray evenly over desired style and allow hair to dry. Re-apply as needed without fear of stickiness.

Key Ingredients:
Lanolin, Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Amino Acids.

Imperial Touch Tangerine Cream Premium Shaving Soaps

The Imperial Touch Tangerine Cream Premium Shaving Soap is all the skin soothing suds you need for a classic close shave. This all natural hand made soap gives you a rich lather, bentonite clay and nourishing wheat germ oil help the razor glide effortlessly across your skin while helping to reduce razor burns.

(Works for both men and women.) Essential oils tames the skin giving you a perfect shave. Our shaving soaps come in 3 inch round oversized bars to perfectly fit your favorite shaving mug. This is a big hunk of soap! View more soaps.

Work to live - or live to work?

Did you know that Work-Life balance cuts stress-related health costs annually ($344 billion)? Work-Life balance prevents costly errors and mistakes. And maybe more important: The right Work-Life balance gets your life back. Also, you have probably heard of "Burnout Syndrome". Like preventive care, work-life balance isn't on the radar until it is too late and things are unbalanced. Stress and burnout are running wild, and along with them health and retention bills - so why wait?

Many Americans these days work not 40 or 45 hours a week - but up to 50-60 hours. More time at work means less time with your family and friends - and less time for yourself. Constant stress will not only have a negative effect on your social life, but also on your health and mental stability. Eventually, you may ask yourself "Do I work to live - or do I live to work?".

For that very reason, we advise you to setting boundaries & stick to them! Here some tips:

• Healthy diet, enough physical exercise & plenty of sleep
• Do not take on responsibilities that are not your own. If it is somebody else's responsibility to get something done, let him/her do it.
  
• If you have a contract to work 40 hours a week, then work 40 hours a week - and not a minute longer. Your private life is at least as important. Have fun with family & friends, take time for yourself - and enjoy your life!
  

Woman Who Suffers From Ingrown Hairs

Here is an Ask The Expert Question:

I am a woman of color who suffers from ingrown hairs on the chin and under neck areas of my face as a result I tend to tweeze a lot and I get a lot of dark marks so what could i do to alleviate this problem.


Answer:
Read the following carefully and consider changing your hair removal method. You must address the cause of the bumping before you can successfully lighten the discoloration. Apply the Imperial Touch Bump Solution to the affected area once or twice a day after cleansing. Rub in well and allow it to dry. Then, follow with a 1% cortisone cream. This should slow down the bumping up process. You will also need a good skin brightener to slow down the over production of melanin in those areas and a full spectrum SPF 30 sunscreen that you wear on a daily basis to protect your skin tone.

Change your hair removal method. Tweezing and waxing trap recently removed hairs deep below the skin line, setting them up to become trapped again and again as they re-grow. Trapped ingrowns cause prolonged inflammation, bumps covered with dead skin cells, soreness, itching and a darkening if the inflamed bumps and surrounding skin. Tweezed areas become "hot spots" of chronic problems.


One method is to shave with a new single-edge blade in the direction of hair growth. Do not repeatedly go over the same area in a back and forth motion in an effort to get a closer shave. If the preferred shaving method involves an electric razor, try a traditional barber’s trimmer, called a T-edger or liner, which gives a closer, more precise shave that larger clippers. Avoid rotary shavers that cut beard hair at different angles, seriously compounding the problem. The skin should never be stretched to obtain a closer shave. When the skin bounces back, newly shaved hair will be situated, and later trapped, below the skin line. The same principal applies to twin, triple and five-blade razors; the first blade stretches the skin, while the second (third, fourth and fifth) blade shave way too close.

Depilatory creams and shaving powders should be discouraged since they cause chemical irritation that can lead to dark hyperpigmentation of the lower face and neck, sometimes called "shadowing".

Blend Method Electrolysis: Those with chronic "trouble spots" (often on the neck, chin or cheeks, usually where tweezing was performed repeatedly) might want to explore the "blend method" of electrolysis for their problem areas. The electrologist should be skilled and experienced in the treatment of black, bump-prone clients with curved, often scarred, hair follicles. The curved follicle, healing process, risk of scarring and hyperpigmentation, as well as inflammatory reaction to the temporary "trauma" of electrolysis can differ radically from other races.

Laser hair removal has become increasingly popular in recent years to gradually and permanently reduce hair on the face and body. It is important that candidates do their homework to steer clear of the risks related to lasers, especially scarring and pigmentation on darker skin tones. Unfortunately, lasers can't "see" gray, white or blond hair.

Laser practitioners should:
(a) Use the most appropriate laser (Cool Glide) for your ethnic skin type

(b) Be very well-trained in the use of that laser

(c) Disclose what that laser can and cannot do for you

(d) Be very experienced working with your ethnic skin type

(e) Be well-versed in pre-laser pain management, the importance of inflammation reduction, melanin suppression (to control discoloration), sun protection/avoidance, and be able to treat your post-laser skin.

© 2007 Kathryn Leverette, Urban Skin Solutions, Oakland, California

What Is A Blackhead?

A blackhead or comedone is caused by excess oil that mixes with dead skin cells forming a thick, sticky substance. A blackhead or an open comedone looks like a large, dark pore. The black in a blackhead isn't dirt. It's dried oil and the skin cells that gather in the opening of hair follicles.

A whitehead or closed comedone, has skin growing over its opening and looks like a small, hard white bump. You can often get blackheads and whiteheads from using oil-based makeup and hair-care products. A lot of sweating and humidity also causes them.

Treatments:

Products with salicylic acid work well; Dr. FeelGood Skin & Scalp Antiseptic and Imperial Touch Razor Bump Solution. Salicylic acid is a beta-hydroxy acid (BHA). BHAs, in addition to exfoliating the top layer of skin, brighten dull skin and clean out clogged pores by getting into the oil glands and breaking down dead skin cells to target blackheads.

Facials is another way to treat blackheads. A facial cleans, exfoliates and nourishes the skin.

What NOT to Do:

Self-extracting. One false move, and you could end up with an infected cyst. If you're desperate and feel you have to take matters into your own hands, do it after a hot shower, when pores are soft and dilated. Apply gentle, even pressure around the pore using a comedone extractor - available at drugstores. But extractions are only a quick fix.

Over-scrubbing your skin. Dirt doesn't cause blackheads. So don't overdo it by washing your face too often. This can irritate and dry out your skin, which could cause more acne to develop

Dull, Dry, Brittle Hair Remedy

There are some of us who fail in the basics of hair care. Thus ending up with dull, dry, brittle hair. In order to have sleek, shiny , beautiful hair you must be quite dedicated.
A shiny head of hair means that the scales of the cuticle, the protective covering of each hair strand, are smooth and flat against the hair shaft. Intact cuticle cells are flat,smooth and glossy. Shine is created when light is reflected across the cuticles. A smooth hair cuticle looks like a roof with all the shingles lying flat, however day-to-day styling, heat processing, and coloring cause those shingles to lift.
The best reflection occurs when the cuticles have a healthy coating of sebum, which is natural hair oil. Dull hair that doesn’t shine is usually lacking in the necessary moisture to reflect light. Hair that is deficient in moisture and natural oils will absorb the light rather than reflect it. Sebum can be damaged or completely striped from the hair due to a wide range of internal and external
factors including hormonal imbalances, harsh shampoo formulas, chemical processing, improper use of hot styling tools, weather and the environment.
A hidden shine stealer can also be located in your faucet. Mineral loaded hard water can build up on the unsuspecting cuticles. Hard water is a fact in 85% of American homes according to the U.S. Geological Survey. If you have tried everything to increase your shine with limited results, consider that your water may be causing your lifeless hair. When in doubt try using bottled water
for a few days for your final rinse. Let the results speak for themselves.
You should notice an improvement to your hair by following these basics of hair care tips:
1. Shampoo as often as necessary according to your hair type. Use a moisture enhancing shampoo that strives to maintain your hair’s natural oil mantle; Dr. FeelGood Silk Protein Shampoo.
2. Condition often. Do it every time you shampoo. Choose nutrient-rich conditioner which moisturizes and fill in tiny cracks in the hair shaft; Dr. FeelGood Conditioner .
3. Gently pat hair dry, never pull or rub with coarse towels. Wet hair is fragile, and any friction will rough up the cuticle.
4. Get glossy. Make sure that your shine serum is water soluble--look for cyclomethicone on the label; Dr. FeelGood Hair Polish. Glossiers help restore shine and balance hair.
If done regularly these hair care tips will help condition, moisten the hair along with providing a remarkable shine.

How To Prevent Razor Bumps

Description:
Razor bumps, also known as PFB (Pseudofolliculitis barbae) refers to a persistent inflammation caused by shaving. Razor bumps are small, irritated bumps on the skin that develop after shaving when strands of hair curl back on themselves and grow into the skin.

Prevention & Treatment:
To reduce your chance of suffering from razor bumps you may want to take a look at the following steps to prevent razor bumps: - Ensure to get your hair very wet before shaving - Really work the shaving cream into your skin or scalp for at least 2 minutes and save areas that tend to develop razor bumps for last, so that the shaving cream has longer to soften the hair.

Shave with the grain, not against it - Replace your blade regularly - Don't stretch out your skin while shaving - Use moisturizer after shaving. More Shaving Techniques.

Do you have dry, itchy, flaky scalp?

Definition:
Dandruff is an itchy, annoying persistent skin disorder of the scalp. Dandruff is the common name for a mild form of seborrheic dermatitis. It is a harmless scalp condition in which the shedding of dead skin cells occurs at an unusually fast rate.

Signs and Symptons:
Common signs and symptoms of dandruff include an unmistakable white, oily looking flakes of dead skin that dot your hair and shoulders and an itchy, scaling scalping scalp. Your scalp can be either excessively dry or oily. Seborrheic dermatitis is a disease that causes flaking of the skin. It usually affects the scalp. In adolescents and adults, it is commonly called "dandruff." In babies, it is known as "cradle cap." It may strike the eyebrow and hairline areas, the sides of the nose, the ears, and the central chest. Seborrheic dermatitis usually causes the skin to look a little greasy and scaly or flaky.

Cause:
The exact cause isn't known. Today most skin specialists agree that dandruff is associated with a tiny fungus called pityrosporum ovale, or P.ovale. This fungus lives on our bodies and scalp all the time, usually without causing a problem. However for some people it can get out of control, leading to dandruff. The skin normally renews itself by shedding every tweny-four days, allowing new, healthy cells to emerge. However, sometimes the process accelerates, causing more cells to shed faster as flakes. For reasons that are as yet unclear, the fungus grows out of control, causing irritation that actually speeds up cell turnover on the scalp. As a result, the normal process of cell turnover, which usually takes a month, may take less than two weeks. When out-of-control the fungus irritates the scalp. Many dead cells are shed at the same time. When they mix with the oil from the hair follicles, they tend to form greasy clumps big enough to be clearly visible to the naked eye.

Treatment/Solution:
Although there is no known cure for dandruff. Dandruff is a chronic condition that can almost always be controlled. In general, mild cases can often be helped by daily cleansing with a shampoo that reduce oiliness and cell buildup. Use an antidandruff shampoo with zinc pyrithione, Imperial Touch Medicated Dandruff Shampoo. Zinc Pyrithione contains an antibacterial and antifungal agent which has been shown to slow the creation of new skin cells on the scalp and/or chloroxine to help kill microorganisms, that causes dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis. Anti-Dandruff products containing salicylic acid. (Dr. FeelGood Skin & Scalp Antiseptic) Salicylic Acid acts as a "scalp scrub" eliminating scaling. However it may leave your scalp dry, leading to more flaking. Use a conditioner, Dr. FeelGood Moisturizing Conditioner, after shampooing to help counter dryness. Try using shampoo daily until your dandruff is controlled. Then cut back to two or three times a week. Be sure to leave the shampoo on for at least five minutes; this allows the ingredients time to work.