Facial skin care should be differently designed for men and women.  Complete facial care requires daily gentle cleansing, an occasional deep cleansing mask and the regular use of moisturizers. 

Men’s faces are prone to redness and inflammation.  Men’s facial skin care products should contain ingredients that address those issues.  There are many ways to do that.  Some have been around for many years.  Others are newly discovered

Special Facial Care Ingredients – What Are the Benefits?

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An extract from sheep’s wool has been shown to inhibit the production of PGE2, which is the major pathway leading to redness and inflammation. 

TIP: This extract is also found in facial care for women, because it reduces fine lines and wrinkles.

When properly combined with other compounds it covers the daily need for moisturizing.  Moisture is important for the maintenance of firmness and elasticity.  If you have sagging skin under your neck or bags under your eyes, this will help.

Razor Burn Problem – How Can It Be Solved?

Razor burns are another problem experienced by men, as are shaving nicks and scrapes. 

TIP: Women get them on other parts of their body, but it’s not a facial skin care issue for them.

The average aftershave contains lots of alcohol.  That’s why you get the burning sensation.  Witch hazel extract is the best choice for aftershave facial care.  It’s soothing.  It further reduces redness and inflammation.  It’s a natural astringent, so it has anti-bacterial activity.  That’s particularly important to prevent infection from a nick or scrape.

The fruit from the Capuacu tree, native to South America, has been used for thousands of years to heal sunburns.  Now, we are seeing it in some of the best facial skin care creams for men.  That will take care of your razor burn.

Facial Care Vitamins – How Do They Help Your Skin?

Vitamins, not the kind you take by mouth, but those you apply directly are important components for any facial care system.  Of course, you still need to take your daily multivitamins, but the ones that provide the most protection for your face are antioxidants.

Vitamin E and coenzyme Q10 are the two most effective.  A new nano-emulsion form combines the two.  The form is ultrafine, so it penetrates deeply.  Antioxidants provide UV protection, prevent free radical damage and undo some of the damage that has already been done.  Only the best facial skin care lotions contain the nano-emulsion.  It’s called H EQ10.

Men’s facial care creams  should contain vitamin B5.  It helps repair tissue and naturally protects against sunburn.  It provides additional relief from existing burns and enhances the natural tanning process.

TIP: Women may want to look for this ingredient in body lotion, but it is not typically sought out for facial skin care.  A special passion fruit extract is a desirable ingredient in women’s facial care lotion.  It contains an essential fatty acid that is import to revitalize and rejuvenate.  It also balances sebum production, so you don’t get oily spots in some places and dry ones in others.  It’s perfect for use under cosmetics.

Look for ingredients like these to use every day.  Then, occasionally use a deep cleansing mask containing clay extracts.  That’s really about all you need for good facial skin care.  You’ll look younger, for it.

Margaret Bell is a dedicated advocate of living a healthy lifestyle and diligent researcher of skin care systems. Visit her site: http://www.aHealthyRadiantSkin.com to discover which genuinely natural skin care line Margaret recommends and uses after extensive comparisons. Be sure to sign up for her free Healthy Skin newsletter. This article may be reprinted on a blog or website if this resource box is included.

Choosing the right tree for your home landscape

There’s nothing like planting a tree to connect yourself to nature and make an investment  in your home landscape.  Trees offer the greatest benefits to the home landscape but can also be your biggest headache.  It’s important to choose the right tree and plant it properly in the right location to prevent problems as the tree matures.

Too often the wrong tree is planted in the wrong place.  For example, planting an olive tree that will overhang the sidewalk that leads to your front door is an invitation for crushed olives on the shoes of guests entering your home. Another problem to avoid is planting a tree with invasive roots near sidewalks.  Tree roots can easily lift a sidewalk and create a tripping hazard.

Here are some tips in making the right choice when choosing a tree for your home:

* Plan ahead: Decide on the size of the tree that best suits the site. If you have a large

area and want lots of shade then a large tree would work well.

* Think about the characteristics you want in your tree.  Do you want flowers or fruit?

Are coniferous or evergreen trees your favorite?  Or do you prefer a deciduous tree

that loses its leaves in the winter?

* If you have limited space make sure you choose a small to medium tree that does

not have invasive roots.

* Be sure to look upward before deciding what tree to plant.  If there are power lines

overhead a tall tree that will impact the lines is a poor choice.

* Consider your sun and shade requirements when choosing a tree. If you want to

shade your home in the summer but get more light in the winter choose a deciduous 

tree and plant in on the southern side of your home. Planting an evergreen tree that

shades your home year round would be a poor choice if you want winter sunshine.

* Make sure you are familiar with local insect and disease problems for trees in your

area.  It’s not unusual to find trees available at nurseries that are ill suited to the

climatic, disease or insect problems for your area.  Check with local arborists or

cooperative extensions for suitable trees.

* Be familiar with soil and moisture conditions in your yard.  Some trees tolerate

rocky hard soils while others can tolerate wet clay soils.  The more you know about

your home’s soil the better choice you can make when choosing a tree.

* Purchase a healthy tree with good structure. Look for trees that have bright

green healthy leaves without yellowing or drooping foliage. It is preferable to

purchase a tree with a central leader rather than a tree that has been tipped

back to form a rounder canopy.

* Inspect the roots of the trees before purchasing.  Make sure that the roots are

not circling around the trunk of the tree.  These type of roots are known

as girdling roots and can inhibit proper root development. Girdling roots choke off

trees ability to form lateral roots that provide support for the tree.  Trees with girdling

roots are more likely to fail at the root crown as they mature.   

* Look for trees that have good trunk caliper.  In other words, choose trees with thick

trunks rather than skinny trunks that will not tolerate the wind.

The best way to make the right choice for your new tree is to take a walk around your home.  Check your soil conditions, your shade requirements and your size preference. 

Then do some research on what the best choices for your area.  Finally, check out the

tree thoroughly at the nursery before purchasing to ensure you choose a high quality tree

that will get off to a good start and provide you with years of enjoyment. For more

information on tree planting and tree care see our website at treeprosonoma.com.

Ron Wallace
Certified Arborist
TreePro Professional Tree Care

http://treeprosonoma.com

If there are baby dogs, cats or rabbits, then there are also baby iguanas. It is during this stage that these iguanas appear in their most fragile and need your loving care the most. Although they appear like they are easy to take of in their small appearance, proper precaution is needed so that they will be healthy in their older years.

Just like any juvenile pet, there are certain requirements that you need to provide for your baby iguana. Although they are not as meticulous and as herd to get as any other pet food, you should also consider if these things will be perfect for your iguana. You do not want them to become sickly and eventually die even before you see them in their full sizes, now do you?

Here are some of the important factors you need to consider when taking care of your baby iguana.

Not just any other type of cage will do. Though it does not matter what kind it is made of, you need to consider what should be inside the cage that the iguana will need.

An example is having something in them that will keep your pet warm during the night. Check out for carpeting or artificial turf to cover the flooring area of the cage. If you do not have the budget for it, you can opt for newspapers because they work just as well.

Since iguanas live on trees, you need to set up some branches for your pet to climb on to. Climbing on branches will form part of their leisure and movements. Just make sure that the branches are stable enough to hold their weight in case they lay down on them.

Baby iguanas should always be warm in order to stay healthy. Since you have no way of telling this just by looking at them, you can put a thermometer inside their cage so you can monitor the changes in the temperature inside the cage.

Make certain that you maintain a temperature of 70 degrees during the night and 85 degrees in the day. It is also a good idea for the cage for its shelter to be placed near a source of heat. You will see that your pet is inclined to have a comfortable rest if they stay close to that heat being radiated.

Special monitoring of temperature is required during the cold season. Check the shelter regularly. You would not want your pet to freeze to death without you knowing.

Baby iguanas need to have a diet that is rich in Vitamin D3, phosphorous and calcium. Lots of greens are also needed. You can also give them vegetables and fruits that you yourself are consuming.

Baby iguanas are not used to being fed any kind of food. Their digestive system is not as strong and as flexible as cats or dogs. Know what kind of food they can take and what they cannot.

Your baby iguana can grow up healthy and strong just by taking care of them the way you do any kind of pet. If it is absolutely necessary, you can consult a vet that specializes in iguana for things that are far beyond your comprehension. They will be able to give you sound advices regarding your baby iguana and the things that you need to do.

Read about red iguana and green iguanas at the Iguana Care website.

The bonsaikitten.com scandal. Raising bonsai cats is just a joke; bonsai trees are reality and an Art.

The depictions and pictures on raising bonsai cats on the website bonsaikitten.com are obviously just jokes; Nature cannot be forced to impossibilities.

Basically the articles on the website talk about little kittens put in an angular shaped glass, and after a time the kittens grow up into bonsai cats of angular shape.

The website details the technological process, illustrated with manipulated texts and pictures. All what we see there is false, just a nightmare of a sick mind.

Animal protecting organizations and people passionately protest against this website, but even FBI cannot do anything, the website still has been existing. The American student who has created it under a false name is unknown. It is to be feared that credulous people or children could try the first steps of producing bonsai kittens.

A huge number of protesting and circulars have been published in order to protect bonsai kitten and against the website. Endeavors to put a “Just a joke” notice on the bonsai kitten website proved to be unsuccessful.

In opposite of the theory of bonsai kitten producing the tradition and culture of bonsai trees reach back to more thousand years. It origins from China. Later Japanese monks took it to their homeland.

Japanese masters raised it to high artistic levels. The culture of bonsai arrived to Europe a couple of centuries ago, and is spreading with an undiminished energy. Bonsai is the art of shaping plants. The desire for representation of Nature through human eyes rise in every people who love plants and nature.

Let’s keep in mind that our garden and plant culture attracts more and more people. The plants in our environment need continuous nourishing, pruning, dressing in order to avoid our garden and court to change into a jungle. Here rises the question: when we cut the grass or hedge, when we prune the fruit trees, do we feel pity for causing pains to our plants?

NO.

All these are maintaining and revitalizing operations. These make our plants denser, well-arranged and more aesthetic, pleasing. Bonsai is about forming plants so that who views them could feel a positive experience through realities, all this on an artistic level. Let’s compare the reality of the bonsai trees with the unhealthy, psychopathological theory on bonsai kittens, and we’ll see what is the relationship between them.

NOTHING.

Bonsai is a cared and cherished treasure for their master and owner, not like the kitten who would be forced into a glass and tormented there.

Bonsai is an expression for a noble thing, and should not been used for camouflaging a dirty and vile phantasmagoria. Bonsai is an art, while “bonsai” kitten is just an aberrated nightmare.

I’m growing bonsai trees you can visit my site at: in English http://www.bonsaihungary.com and in Hungarian http://www.bonsaihungary.hu my bonsai blog is here: http://bonsaihungary.blogspot.com and http://www.bonsaiblog.hu

The National Skin Care Institute brings you information and advice on natural skin care from some of the nation’s leading dermatologists. You will find information about dry skin, other skin types, allergies, dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis at their website.

Keep your pH balanced inside and out. A body that is too acidic tries to eliminate toxins through the skin. Skin that is too acidic becomes dry and cracked. Eczema flares can result from both. How do you keep your pH balanced? To handle the problem internally, get a pH testing kit from the drug store and adjust your diet appropriately. You can check the internet for the pH factor of various foods. Externally, avoid skin care products containing perfumes and fragrances. Natural or not, fragrances tend to be acidic and cause dry skin.

Stay dry and hydrated. The moisture that’s good for the skin is the body’s natural water content, not water from external sources. So, while you keep the body hydrated by drinking plenty of water and avoiding caffeine and other dehydrating substances, you have to keep the skin from getting and staying wet. Wearing silk liners under outdoor gloves will help. Silk dries very quickly so your hands don’t sit in wet gloves – and when you’re handling household chemicals such as dish detergents and cleaning products, rubber gloves are the answer.

Use a shielding lotion. This breakthrough technology in skin care is now recommended by thousands of doctors for dry skin care and eczema treatment. It bonds with the outer layer of the skin to form a protective layer that locks in natural moisture, keeps out drying chemicals and protects your skin from harsh winter weather.

It is important to obtain well-informed information from a medical professional regarding your acne. Acne treatment requires patience as it usually takes between six to eight weeks of management before visible signs of improvement can be seen. One should follow an acne care regime prescribed by a doctor. Misinformation can have you using an ineffective remedy for a long period of time, in a desperate attempt to cure your acne.

Mistakes can waste time, ultimately making your acne last longer. Be persistent and work with the prescribed medications and stick with the instructions given to you by your doctor. Adult acne care is different from adolescent acne care, as the hormones going through ones body are different. Therefore don’t assume what you used to cure your teenage acne problem will cure your adult problems as well.

Natural skin care is the care of the skin (the largest organ of the body) using naturally-derived ingredients (such as herbs, roots, essential oils and flowers) combined with naturally occurring carrier agents, preservatives, surfactants, humectants and emulsifiers (everything from natural soap to oils to pure water).

The classic definition of natural skin care is based on using botanically sourced ingredients currently existing in or formed by nature, without the use of synthetic chemicals, and manufactured in such a way to preserve the integrity of the ingredients.

As a result of this definition, many people who use natural skin care products, generally make their own products at home from naturally occurring ingredients. While there are many wife’s tales surrounding the beneifts of certain ingredients, scientific studies have proven that such ingredients as Chamomile have demonstrated healing and anti-inflammatory properties when applied topically. Many people use natural skin care recipes to make remedies to care for their skin at home.

Many spas and skin care salons now focus on using more naturally derived skin care products. Over the past ten years, several companies have been started to make available completely natural products to the general public.

So if you want to have a healthy skin, drink plenty of water, exercise regularly, reduce stress, sleep well and eat healthy. As you age, the production of hormones and oil in the body slows down. Use external applications judiciously and rejuvenate your skin.

Remember organic fruits and vegetables vitalize the body; sour cream and yogurt contain lactic acid (a natural alpha hydroxy acid) which helps in exfoliation. Organic honey is good for any type of skin and fresh aloe Vera gel hydrates, detoxifies and revitalizes. Natural skin care is not as difficult as is often made out to be.

Natural skin care has its roots in the 4th millennium BC in China and the Middle East. It is believed that the Egyptians developed many natural skin care treatments for a variety of skin conditions. One such treatment consists of bullock’s bile, whipped ostrich eggs, olive oil, dough and resin mixed with milk. In the modern age many people with unique skin types and needs (sensitive skin, dry skin, oily skin) have turned to natural skin care solutions.

Some examples of natural skin care ingredients include jojoba, safflower oil, rose hip seed oil, shea butter, beeswax, witch hazel, aloe vera, tea tree oil, and chamomile. Many of these natural ingredient combinations can be tailored specific to the individual’s skin type or skin condition.

Natural skin care goes beyond the application of products on one’s skin. It also pertains to a holistic philosophy surrounding the holistic care of one’s body. This includes the belief that what is ingested will affects all aspects of health, including the health of skin. People who use natural skin care products are less concerned with artificial beauty enhancements, as they feel that natural beauty is healthy beauty.

There is, however, no actual definition of natural according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). All ingredients are chemicals by definition. “Derived” ingredients are unnatural both according to the original substance and the method of derivation.

The term natural has considerable market value in promoting skin care cosmetic products to consumers, but dermatologists say it has very little medical meaning and the FDA states the claim has no legal meaning. Despite pressure from advocacy groups such as The Environmental Working Group (EWG) the FDA has not defined what natural is or how to achieve it. Contrary to popular belief the FDA does not regulate the sale of skin care and cosmetic products before they are sold.

Whether you’re a veteran practitioner of holistic skin care or you’re just beginning, it’s important to make sure you go about alternative skin care safely. Always read the label if you’re planning on applying a new product, and spot-test the product on your hand if possible. Also, don’t take any supplements internally without consulting your doctor to make sure it’s safe.

Jack Bowles is a former communications manager and Junior College Instructor, he is now a full time on line marketer who maintains several websites.
Skin Care Or this one for information on acne
Acne Guide

The first thing most of us who have to deal with oily skin care want to do is mop up the shine. Cars should be shiny, not faces. However, be careful about over doing it. Don’t buy oily skincare products that are too drying. What you want to do is balance sebum production, not cause excessive dryness.

Dry skin is more easily damaged. It looks older, faster. Oilier skin stays younger looking longer. You may want to get rid of the shine right now, but you don’t want to cause premature aging.

For effective oily skin care there are a number of natural ingredients that balance sebum production. They can be used as moisturizers and to reduce oiliness. They are even beneficial in treating acne, which is accompanied by excessive sebum production.

Some of the best oily skincare products contain jojoba. It’s kind of like a liquid wax. It is made from the seeds of the jojoba plant that grows in Northern and Central America. It was used historically by Native Americans to help heal cuts, injuries and burns.

Scientific research has been done to support the traditional uses of the plant. The chemical makeup is very similar to that of human sebum. That’s why it reduces oil production without causing dryness.

Maracuja, a special passion fruit extract, has also been shown to balance sebum production. Women, in particular, will like the extract. It will leave your face feeling soft and velvety.

Cleaners are essential oily skincare products, but don’t go with anything too strong. Orange oil is probably the best. It is extracted from the peel and may be combined with tea tree oil or other natural ingredients.

A deep cleansing mask that contains clay extracts is also quite effective for oily skin care. The clay absorbs excessive oils and grabs dirt out of the pores. If the mask contains all natural ingredients, you can use it once or twice a week without worrying about overdoing it.

Now let me talk for a few moments about safety. Many cosmetic companies, even Neutrogena, Avon and Unilever, use ingredients that are either known to cause cancer or are strongly suspected of causing cancer.

One of the common ingredients in oily skincare products designed for deep cleansing is triclosan. Clearasil daily face wash, for example, contains it. The chemical has antibacterial and antifungal properties. If you have chlorinated water, you should not use cleansers that contain the ingredient.

When combined with chlorine, triclosan produces chloroform gas and dioxins. Both of which are classified as “probable” carcinogens. Dioxins are extremely toxic and are eliminated from the body at a very slow rate. Thus, the risk increases with use, as the toxins accumulate over time.

Another chemical that researchers advise us to avoid is parabens. They are the most common preservatives used in health and beauty aids. Parabens also accumulate in the body over time and may increase our risk of cancer.

Just one more tip on oily skin care: Protect your face from the sun with zinc oxide lotions, whenever you are exposed for more than 15 minutes. Try to wear a hat or stay in the shade, as much as possible.

Hopefully, this will help you find some safe and effective oily skincare products. They are available. You just have to know where to look.

Jami Goode researches effective anti aging skin care products that protect and promote good health. Visit her site at http://www.radiant-and-clear-skin.com/ to discover the skin care products that Jami recommends.

As people start to examine the issue of personal health more closely, many of them will try to find ways to improve their diets. One of the simplest steps is to start eating more fruits. Right now more people are warming to the idea of growing their own fruits for a variety of reasons. One of the more popular choices is the black raspberry.

About Black Raspberry

The black raspberry Ideaus Rubus is the cultivated variety of this plant. This is not to be confused with the Rubus occidentalis which grows wild and is most common in the eastern part of North America. Ideaus Rubus which is grown in many nurseries is said to produce fruit that is superior in nutritional content to the occidentalis variety.

Buying Raspberry Plants

As with many other types of plants, the black raspberry plant can be bought wholesale from a nursery. Since their yields tend to be low, it makes sense to have more than one plant. Their low yields explain the fact the fruit tends to be expensive. Choose a nursery that has a reputation of delivering quality plants.

Buying them from a store instead of a nursery can sometimes mean getting plants that have already endured excessive handling leading to the plants being damaged. In these cases the plant may not produce quality fruit and may even fail to blossom. This problem can be significantly minimized by getting the plants from a reputable nursery. In addition, in a nursery you can get information on how to care for the plants and how to get the highest yields possible.

Transplanting and Caring Your Black Raspberry Plant

After buying your black raspberry plants the next step is to transplant them. You should have already set aside an area for this but some work needs to be done before transplanting can begin. Make sure the area is free from weeds and that the soil is healthy. If plants were in that area before that did not grow properly, then there may be a problem with the soil. If possible have the soil tested to make sure there are no diseases that will harm your raspberry plants.

The best time to transplant black raspberries is in the spring. Be sure to water them immediately after transplanting them. Some people like to prune their black raspberry plants after transplantation but seek advice from the nursery on this. The soil should be deep and well drained as the roots can grow as much as 4 feet.

The black raspberry plant requires plenty of sunlight and about 2 inches of water weekly. It is recommended that you always water at the base of the plant rather than to pour water over the whole plant. They will need a good flow of air, but avoid putting them in the path of a strong wind. Do not plant them close to wild plants so as to avoid them getting any type of infection.

Pruning is also important as it makes room for new growth and helps to prevent viral infections. The nursery that you buy from should be able to offer guidance on this. You should only prune your black raspberry plant after harvesting the fruit. Given the high nutritional value of black raspberries, it is a good choice for any home garden. Take care of your plants and they will provide healthy yields for years to come.

Before planting new ranking assess both your wishes and the unfilled conditions of your position. Trees, like all patch plants, have precise light and soil requirements which can persuade its fitness. Trees also have limited legroom requirements. Some plants widen broad and must a lot of plot, such as the beech, while others, such as the birch, grow tall and narrow. Unlike other patch plants, however, grass tend to be enduring skin in the landscape so apposite position is dangerous.

Assess your plot’s wishes. Does your patch basic shade or blush? How much cosmos do you have? Trees command a lot of area as they mature. Trees that are 10’ at the nursery can certainly attain 20’ in a material of being and may range 50’ or more at ripeness. Improperly located grass and shrubs are an usual muddle among gardeners. Trees planted to close to a house or patch course may require common pruning, ensuing in gawkily shaped plants. In many instances, transplanting becomes needed resulting in more work than originally planned.

If you want to design a shady setting in the backyard, body out how much shade you want. Trees such as the thornless honey locust and the stream birch afford stippled shade and construct comfortable outdoor gathering places. For creating deeper shade, large leaves with dense foliage such as the beech and maple are practical.

Deciduous grass, those which freed their leaves in the plummet, start shade in the summer but allocate sunlight through in the frost. These leaves are effectual when worn to increas energy efficiency. Planting to shade a house from the summer sum, plants have a cooling achieve, in the chill, grass lacking their leaves allow the sun to reheat the home.

Trees can complete as amazing central points in the landscape. In a tackle, a darling maple can park solitary in the landscape a have a stunning effect. Large foliage with interesting form and year-rotund pastime are right as a main peak or a specimen bury. Trees can also be valuable when worn to casing views, patch art and vistas.

Flowering ornamental leaves, such as the flowering crabapple, crimson and magnolia, give stunning blooms in the skip. These ornamental trees are generally minor so they can be used in any amount patch and earlier to structures.

As an accent in the minor patch, ornamental trees can grant the garden with some shade and add appeal to the landscape. For example, the dogwood begins the flavor with flashy plants and red fruit. After the dogwood’s vivid collapse foliage spray to the ground its bark which flakes with age becomes exposed providing the garden with curiosity through the coldness. A more exotic option would be the Japanese maple. Its salient, sculptural form and red foliage make the Japanese maple a year-cycle joy. The birch hierarchy’s pleasing form is a year-circular star but is most noticeable in the frost after it sheds its brilliant autumn foliage.

All deciduous trees change paint in the drop; some, however, are beloved more than others for their autumn foliage. The honey maple, red maple, tupelo and sumac all have brilliant fall tint.

Don’t overlook skin such as a factory’s form, colorful berries and interesting bark. It is these skin which was loved through the winter months. Berry producing plants also provide animals with food. Both the birch and aforementioned Japanese maple, have exquisite forms and are year-around features.

Choosing the appropriate hierarchy for your garden requires some forecast. Trees can be fractious to transplant so planting the right tree in the right spot is judicious. With some original forecast, trees which are appropriately located and planted, can last a period with little or no maintenance.

Here are 5 tips for  healthy skin care tips for you.  I have broken them down into five categories, all of which are important for protecting the skin’s health and appearance.  The categories are: sun exposure, free radical damage, nutrition, cleansing, moisturizing.

Sun Exposure – How it Affects Your Skin

Healthy skin care tips could not be complete without mentioning the impact of overexposure to the sun.  We need small amounts of sunlight to prevent vitamin D deficiency, but be smart.  Wear a hat, sunglasses and other protective clothing.  Limit direct exposure to 15 minutes, three or four times per week.  If you expect to spend a lot of time outdoors (say a day at the beach), stay in the shade, as much as possible and use a broad spectrum sun “block”, not a sunscreen, on exposed areas. 

The daily use of sun-screening compounds has been recommended, a lot, lately.  The subject is controversial, to say the least, because researchers have seen an increased incidence of malignant melanoma in regular sunscreen users.  The debate goes back and forth between the scientists, but they all agree that we must not rely too heavily on mild sun screening agents that are commonly found in skincare products. 

Free Radical Damage – What is Does to Your Skin

The reason that the sun causes damage is that UV rays increase the production and activity of free radical molecules.  We are starting to see more healthy skin care tips promoting the use of products that contain antioxidants, the body’s natural defense against free radical damage.  You have probably heard that people who smoke have more wrinkles.  The reason is that cigarette smoke and other air pollutants increase the production and activity of free radicals.  Dermatologists now say that the molecules are responsible for wrinkling, sagging and all of the signs of aging.  You need antioxidants.

Nutrition – Importance for Skin

You get some of the antioxidants that you need by eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.  So, good nutrition plays a role.  If you are not already doing it, take a fish oil supplement and a good multi-vitamin, every day.

Cleansing – Skin Care Necessity

Cleansers should be safe and gentle.  In fact, this whole collection of healthy skin care tips assumes that you are treating your face and body with the greatest care.  Use cleansers that contain natural ingredients like manuka honey and tea tree oil.  If you have excessive oiliness or you need something stronger, use orange oil.  Don’t exfoliate.  Don’t scrub.  A clay based mask every week or two will pull out any dirt and grime that you missed, without damaging the skin’s cells.

Moisturizing – Your Skin Loves It

The best moisturizers can be used on any type of skin, whether dry or oily.  It is the rampant inclusion of mineral oil, petrolatum and paraffin that cause greasiness and breaking out.  Real moisturizers penetrate deeply and are not greasy.  Look for grape seed oil to use during the day and avocado to use at night and try to find lotions that also include antioxidants. For help see AHealthyRadiantSkin.com.  Hopefully, these healthy skin care tips will help you look younger and fresher.   Start using them today.

So what causes trees to get stressed? The first is environment. Just like humans, the environment we are surrounded by affects trees. Stressful environmental conditions such as extreme temperatures, poor soil, and physical damage to leaves, bark and roots can predispose a tree to secondary insect and disease attacks. Extremely wet soil can also stress a tree as can soil compaction and freezing.

Trees are also surprisingly affected by other conditions that are caused by man or animal. For example, lawnmowers are one of the major causes of damage to trees. Improper pruning also stresses trees. Too much pruning or pruning during the wrong time of year can harm your tree more than help it. Over watering trees also causes trees great stress, just as flooding or too much rain could. Frequent watering results in roots that are too wet for good growth.

Other human caused stresses are improper handling before planting your tree, construction damage and the use of deicing salts or herbicides. Tree wounds caused by humans can also make your tree quite susceptible to outside influences and therefore make the tree deteriorate over a period of time.

The problem with tree stress is that from the human eye, you may not recognize that your tree is stressed right away. Of course there is obvious stress such as that caused from storms, but the small stresses are also very critical to a trees survival as well. Trees often do not display immediate responses to stresses because of their accumulated growth habit.  But when your tree is stressed you will begin to notice that it will change. In some cases, the process of photosynthesis, which is the primary supply of carbohydrates for all tree functions, is reduced and the tree’s stored food reserves are depleted. And if the root systems are also damaged, the tree will be unable to produce sufficient carbohydrates and growth regulating chemicals.

Symptoms of distress will begin to show as your tree deteriorates. The leaves may decrease in number and become smaller in size. Some trees will produce excess fruit or seed  – this is its way of trying to survive. Branches will begin to die, and the root system of the tree becomes reduced. From here the tree will continue to decline until the eventual death of the tree, which can take from 2 to 15 years. For many trees, once the decline has reached a certain point, it cannot recover.

If the actual physical stressors to the tree don’t kill it, the reduced strength of the tree will leave it vulnerable to disease and insects. The addition of these elements can speed up the trees decline.

Trees in urban areas are often stressed more than those that are in rural areas – this is due to restricted root space, building foundations, streets, driveways and other obstacles that limit the expansion of tree roots and significantly reduce the amount of water and minerals available to the tree. Compacted soils and competition also stresses urban trees.

If you feel your tree has been recently stressed, consult with your local tree professional or arborist for some proactive measures you can take. Trees can be quite resilient and with a little care, they can potentially make a full recovery.