Your Skin Care and Beauty Guru: Anca
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Hi, I’m Anca and Body by Anca is my skin care line.
Check back often to see my blog posts about skin care, beauty, and overall health
Let's talk about Skin!!
Skin is the largest organ of the body, we all know that but seems that not too many of us realize that the skin does not mean just the face and the neck ,it's the whole body ! I like healthy skin and I have been using oils for a long time but recently I discovered that when combining oils, butters, salt or coffee, I can benefit more than just adding my oils after I shower. The combination seals the moisture in my body and I dan't need to apply body cream after. Exfoliating and moisterizing. and sealing it in.
I started to combine and study and try and recombine and finally after more than one year of trying I decided that finally I can start to get my products out in the world and here I am presenting my skin care line :Body By Anca !
For now I have scrubs and body creams and also face scrubs and some face masks and am planning to expand ,
There’s a difference between hydrating and moisturizing
Moisturizers and hydration products both address the importance of making sure the skin is getting all the water it needs to fight dryness and dehydration, premature signs of aging and environmental damage. The difference, however, lies mostly in how they go about achieving these results.Hydrating ingredients add water to the skin, as well as help to trap water to the skin, while moisturizing products actually try to improve the skin by decreasing water loss..
Dehydrated skin lacks water and needs to be hydrated with hydrating products, while dry skin lacks oil and needs to be moisturized with moisturizing products.
Dry skin is actually a skin type while dehydrated skin is something that anyone, no matter their skin type is, can experience..
My goal with my scrubs is to help dry skin to get the oils that are lacking and by doing that to regain the healthy shiny look.. that is why I designed my products by combining the butters and oils that will perfectly help to moisturize and help also to keep the water in and salt in the scrub will help with the elimination of the old cells allowing the epidermis to regenerate .Adding the right oils to the skin will not only help skin to not age as fast but will help to heal faster and effectively .
Moisturizers and hydration products both address the importance of making sure the skin is getting all the water it needs to fight dryness and dehydration, premature signs of aging and environmental damage. The difference, however, lies mostly in how they go about achieving these results.Hydrating ingredients add water to the skin, as well as help to trap water to the skin, while moisturizing products actually try to improve the skin by decreasing water loss..
Dehydrated skin lacks water and needs to be hydrated with hydrating products, while dry skin lacks oil and needs to be moisturized with moisturizing products.
Dry skin is actually a skin type while dehydrated skin is something that anyone, no matter their skin type is, can experience..
My goal with my scrubs is to help dry skin to get the oils that are lacking and by doing that to regain the healthy shiny look.. that is why I designed my products by combining the butters and oils that will perfectly help to moisturize and help also to keep the water in and salt in the scrub will help with the elimination of the old cells allowing the epidermis to regenerate .Adding the right oils to the skin will not only help skin not age as fast but will help to heal faster and more effectively .
Patch testing :
A patch test is a method used to determine whether a specific substance causes allergic inflammation of a person's skin. Any individual suspected of having allergic contact dermatitis or atopic dermatitis needs patch testing. I am asking all my customers to do this test before using my products,its simple and efficient .Even if all my products are all organic and natural I think it's important to know that some people may be allergic to nuts and I am using nut butters .
How to do it?
Be sure the area of skin on which you will be performing the test is washed, dry and clean.
•Apply a small amount of item you are testing* on the upper part of your inner arm (at the crook of the elbow)
•Cover it with a bandage.
•Choose a time of day where you can leave the patch test in place for least 24 hours without getting it wet.
•If you are sensitive to any of the ingredients, a reaction such as reddening, burning, itching, or other irritation, should occur within twenty-four hours of application.
•If you feel any irritation or reaction, remove the bandage immediately and wash area with soap and water.
•If you don't see or feel any reaction, the preparation is probably safe to use.
What's a Scrub????
Seems like a lot of people don;t really know what's a body/face scrub and what's the point to use it .Here we go.....
A Scrub is :
A body scrub is a popular body treatment that is basically a facial for the body: It exfoliates and hydrates your skin, leaving it smooth and soft. A body scrub is done with an abrasive material—I am using Epson salt ,Sea salt or Dead sea salt and some of my scrubs have bran —mixed with some of my special mixture of oils butters and essential oils.(Lavender, Bergamot , Patchouli ,Ylang Ylang ,Sweet orange,Frankincense , Mint ,Sandalwood)
How is a Scrub working?
As you massage it over your body in the shower, the exfoliating granules help to slough off dead skin, and the rubbing action itself boosts circulation and helps drain your lymph nodes, by increasing blood flow to the skin's surface and in the mean time extend to moisturizing as it allows for the easy absorption of the oils into the healthy skin..
The beauty of my products is that after using the Scrub in the shower you don't need to apply a lotion ,your skin is already moisturized.
I am recommending to scrub 2-3 times per week not more than that..Also I learned that some people prefer scrubs that are more abrassive and some like mild ones. I do have both !!Strong scrub and soft scrub.
I have the body creams that one can use in between the scrubbing and the effect is awesome!
I used this regiment for more than one year and I really like the results ,my skin looks good and healthy and that's my goal. Healthy is sexy !!!
Face scrubs are basically working the same way as body scrubs but the composition is little different , i am using just specific oils that are non comedogenic and are not clogging the pores and that's something we don't want !!
I am using salt ,apricot kernel, nut shell powder ground coffee and my magic combo of oils and also some secret ingredients....
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Why Men? too.....
I started my business experimenting on me and on a male friend of mine.He was the one that really believed in me and that was excited to use my body and face products since I started to create my products and guess what? He loved them and I could see his face transforming in one year and not only his face...his self esteem bounced and things started to be better !!!And after that I asked another friend to try my face scrub and he volunteered to do it ,and then another one asked me to sell him some of my scrubs and cream and I hope there will be more in the future. My point here is that this is self care, it's nothing else and if some men may not considering this too manly it's OK ,everyone is different.I personally would like my man to have a nice soft skin and to take care of his face too,this will not make him less manly for me that's clear but ...that's me Anca.
