Luxe Kurves Magazine September 2018 | Page 55

work if they aren’t able to reach the proper levels of your skin. For oily skin it’s best to keep it to to exfoliate is the easiest way to make sure your skin doesn’t loose its glow, as well as make sure your skincare actually gets to do its job. Let me explain that one a little bit further. The easiest example I can think of is, to think of gardening. Now think of how hard the dirt gets and if you go to water and fertilize it without tilling the dirt you can literally see the water just roll off the top of the dirt. Stressing the plant to get whatever tiny bit of nutrients it can. The same is true for your skin. 1 time a week and for normal to dry skin 1-3 times a week is best. For oily skin I recommend Bare minerals exfoliant. It’s a dry powder you add to your daily face wash. So you have control over the texture. Which is usually very important to anyone with oily skin. The one I recommend for normal skin is Clarin’s exfoliator. It’s a face wash and exfoliator in one. With a pleasant and orange scent. It’s worth it alone for the scent. Now for dry skin I highly recommend Dior’s new exfoliator from their Prestidge line. It has essential rose oil that nourishes the skin. While the sugar scrub sloths off any dead skin. It literally melts like a balm into your skin. If you want to know what baby skin feels like once you experience this you’ll be in heaven. I would also pay close attention to what face moisturizer you’re using paired with your perfect serum. These combined can give you everything your skin needs both in anti aging as well as immediate results. For oily skin I recommend Mario Badescu’s, “Control Moisturizer for oily skin (1).” For normal to combination skin I recommend Dior’s, “Hydra Life” (2) and for Dry Skin I recommend Philosophy’s, “Hope in a Jar.” As for complexion, it’s great to start with a great base Next would be foundations. I highly recommend Dior’s, “ Airflash” (3) for all skin types. It’s the least amount of makeup you can wear with the best coverage. They just came out with a new brush as well to make it easy for newbies or challenged makeup addicts. It goes on in less than a minute and mimics skin flawlessly. Best of all you don’t feel like you’re wearing anything. I do recommend setting it with their new setting spray (4). That way it lasts flawlessly all day and night. If you have great skin then you can put on any color and look great. To me as an artist, it’s all about a perfect complexion! So “fall” in love with your skin again by taking great care of it. Followed by the perfect foundation for it.