Cosmetics are supposed to keep your skin healthy,

but it may cause a lot of trouble like breakouts or irritations if you have sensitive skin.

It is challenging to choose something best for your skin.

That makes you have to be more careful to choose cosmetics, doesn’t it?

The most important point for sensitive skin is that cosmetics contain gentle and stress-free ingredients.

Here are some tips how to choose a safe foundation.

These tips will help you to find a better cosmetic, focusing on foundations.

5 tips to find foundation
for sensitive skin

1. Choose a non-surfactant or reduced surfactant foundation

A surfactant can cause stress on your skin.

Surfactants contain water and oil and they are widely used for soaps in general.

It is also found in cosmetics, shampoos, conditioners,as well as foundations,

so if you fall asleep without washing it off, or if you wear it for a long time,

your skin loses sebum and intercellular substances that seal moisture into your skin.

That causes stress on your skin.

If you have sensitive skin, choose a surfactant-free foundation, the one with reduced surfactant,

or choose a natural foundation.

It is important to cleanse your skin very carefully.

2. Be aware of preservatives

Cosmetics contain preservatives and anti-bacterial ingredients to keep the cosmetics longer.

Although it does not directly affect your skin,

it is doubtful if the foundation itself,

which contains lots of preservatives,will do the job of sealing the skin.

That means you put unnecessary ingredients on your skin,

so if you have a sensitive skin, you need to be aware of it.

On the label, the ingredient used the most is written at the top.

Paraben and phenoxyethanol are the typical preservatives,

and if you see them on top of the label,

the foundation has a lot of them.

Choose the one that has less, or the one containing vegetable preservatives.

3. Choose UV protection

Cosmetics for UV protection include an ultraviolet absorber,

which absorb energy with the chemical mechanism and convert into heat,

and prevent from UV infiltrating into skin.

They also contain ultraviolet scattering agents, which physically scatter and reflect UV light.

There are some reports

that paraaminobenzoic acid and oxybenson known as ultraviolet absorber are more prone to causing allergies.

Ultraviolet scattering agents (titanium oxide, zinc oxide) seem to cause less allergies.

Most recent foundations contain Ultraviolet scattering agent, so it is good for sensitive skin.

4. Choose a soap washable foundation

Foundations help your skin smooth the roughness of the surface,

conceal blemish and acne scars, and even your skin tone,

but they contain ingredients such as surfactants and

preservatives that cause stress on your skin.

Cleansers to wash off the foundation can be even more stressful on your skin.

The main ingredients in cleansers are oil and surfactants.

The oil content separates makeups from the skin,

and surfactant makes the oil and water stick together to wash off the makeup.

In general, surfactant is used to remove makeups,

but it is better for people with sensitive skin to avoid using it,

because it causes strong irritation and loses protection and moisture.

Mineral foundations which do not contain oil content,

additives, and chemicals are highly recommended.

You can even go to bed without washing it off!

Some people claim that the mineral foundation doesn’t cover the skin well,

but there has been recent improvements in these products.

5. Choose a natural powder foundation

Powder foundations including natural ingredients are highly recommended to sensitive skin.

The foundation containing natural minerals

such as mica and silica are non-chemical and oil-free which irritate your skin less.

Recently, there are liquid and cream foundations which cause less irritation,

but those might contain a lot of preservatives and surfactants,

so if you have sensitive skin, you should be aware of that.

Comparing liquid or cream to powder foundations,

the powder foundations mostly contain non-chemical powder,

which cause less irritation.

When you use powder foundation,

use a brush or sponge and gently apply to your skin.

You can prevent your skin from irritating, if you apply very gently.

In Conclusion
People who have sensitive skin tend to avoid using foundations,

but it may cause more damage to your skin because of UV light and dry climate.

You can expect to find a foundation that will give you a beautiful finish

even with sensitive skin or age spots.

Use these tips to help you find a safe suitable foundation,

and increase your “feminine level”!

If you have seisitive skin, it’s dificult to find lotion which is not strong stimulus.

Perhaps, have you been using thousands yen of lotion for long time?

Let’s make handmade lotion which agree with for your skin.

7 points of handmade lotion
you never failure to make

basis of making handmade lotion

It is very easy to make handmade lotion, all you need is mix.

These 2 are basic ingredients to make handmade lotion.

・purified water(or tab water filtration with purifier.
・Glycerin(better for skin if it’s vegetable)

You can get it at phermacy in reasonable price.

It is enough to keep moisture for sensitive skin,

becouse grlycerin has effective to collect moisture in the air if you add it a lot.

If you have oily skin, you don’ need to add it too much.
I’m gonna introduce the points with each skin type and purpose with this basis.

Anti dry skin measure with handmade lotion

There are many kinds of effective for dry skin.

Especially, Hyaluronic acid contains water retention and it says 1g of hyaluronic acid keep 6 little of water.

We can say it is No.1 moisture of national moisturlizing indredients.
And then, betaine is natural product from separetion and refinement of suger beet(local speciality from Hokkaido),

it use as material of cosmetic becouse high water absorbency and water holding property.

As you know it also keeps cuticle, it is good for hair as we use shampoo and rince.

Ingredients for beautiful skin in handmade lotion

It is good to have vitamin C and it sell as powder.

Only this component can change melanin to colorless, promotion turnover as cell breeding in inner skin.

And aloe essence effects for beautiful skin as inert tyrosinase origin of spot or freakle.

If you add aloe essence, you need to use organically grown JAS aloe essence insted of fresh aloe essence

becouse it containts capillary crystal(calcium oxalate: same as react when you eat yam) which might have react.

Anti atopic dermatitis with handmade lotion

Lotion incluting urea calls ‘beauty skin lotion’ is good for atopic dermatitis which include component for removing keratin.

when you make it, you need to add urea first and shake well, then add glycerin.

But, some people is not good at urea, if so, it’s better to use bittern.

It’s containt to increase ceramide, not only atopic drematitis but also acne.

If you feel smarting , you just add purifiled water and when you get use to it, you can add urea more.

Anti acne with handmade lotion

Its good to have tea component for acne skin.

Green tea has effect which is pore tightening and relieve inflammation.

If you keep using, you will get pore tightening and smooth skin.

When you use this, it’s better to extrsction with boild water becouse of vitamin C of green tea is strong for heat.

As I said before, aloe essence which effects for beautiful skin is also good for cure burnt and any other inflammattion.

Patch test of handmade lotion

As I mentioned before, I’m introducing lotion that using natural materials to care skin.

So, it might good to your skin or might not, so that you must check on your cheek near ear before you use,

to make sure that is no problem for your skin.

How to keep handmade lotion

When you keep it, you have to keep in fridge and avoid trash or dust, and be careful to breeding bacteria.
Also,it is different from marketing product becouse of there is no preservative,

it is better to finish using it for 1-2 weeks.

If you feel something different you must stop using , it might have bacteria in it.

Conclusion

・Basis: mix purified water and glycerin(a little too much glycerin for sensitive skin)

・Anti dry skin: Hyaluronic acid is No.1 to keep moisture. Betaine has high water absorbency and water holding property. It’s good for hair.

・Beauty ingredient: vitamin C which chengemelanin to colorless. Aloe essence also for beauty skin. Make sure to use organically grown JAS aloe essence.

・Anti atopic dermatitis: urea is calls ‘beauty skin lotion’ is good for skin. If not, use nigari. Effective to increase ceramide for acne.

・Anti acne: green tea has effect to relieve inflammation. To get pore tightening and smooth skin. Aloe essence also good for skin care.

・patch test: might good to your skin or might not. You need to check before you use to make sure there is no problem for your skin.

・Way to keep: keep in fridge and be careful to breeding bacteria. Make minimum amount, finish using with in 1-2 weeks. If you feel different, stop using it.

Finally

Lotion is quantity, not quality. It is good effective when you use cheap and no additives a lot, than using expensive one little by little.
Everyone can make easily, remaind as i said before, let’s get better condition of your skin making your handmade lotion!