Skin Types, Skin Care, and Mary Kay

Happy Friday, everyone! Today I’d like to discuss some skin care information that I think will be helpful to us all. Mary Kay has long had a focus on providing excellent skin care to our customer base through innovative and useful products.

There are five basic skin types that women will generally have. Let’s go over these different types of skin and how to best take good care of them:

1-      Oily skin. Oily skin is usually found in younger women, though it can certainly be found in nay age range. Simply put, people with oily skin have their bodies naturally produce a lot of it. To treat oily skin, a gentle scrub and oil free moisturizers is highly recommended.

2-      Dry skin. This condition can either be genetic or a product of environment. For example, a lot of women here in Utah have dry skin because there is so little moisture in the air. Heavy cleansers combined with moisturizers are a good treatment option.

3-      Combination skin. This is where most women will naturally fall with the categories. There are many combinations, but this is generally characterized by a drier face combined with an oily T Zone. Treat it in a case by case basis.

4-      Sensitive skin. This is defined by thin and delicate skin and pores that are quite reactive to touch. Use mild products whenever possible.

5-      Sun damaged skin. This is common among women who like to tan, and moisturizers and heavy creams are recommended for treatment.

If you are able to identify skin type, then you will be able to better focus your skin care efforts. There are several great Mary Kay products that you can both use and suggest to others in order to customize the skin care.

If you need help figuring out what your skin type is and/or how to treat it most effectively, don’t hesitate to contact me. Keeping your skin healthy is better than just covering it up!

Have a great weekend!

Mary Kay and Skin Repair

Hi everyone! Before we all go into the weekend, I’d like it if you all could watch this video. The linked YouTube clip shows our TimeWise Repair product, one of the many ways that Mary Kay is able to provide excellent skin care to our customers.

Mary Kay has an established standard of excellence when it comes to skin care, and our products show it. Products like TimeWise Repair use scientific advances in order to soothe problems areas with skin, and make it tighter, more vibrant, and better looking. We understand more about skin care than we ever had, and it is going to make a big difference in the lives of many people.

I’ve been using these products for years, and I need to tell you all that they are worth it. When we sell Mary Kay products to customers, we are extending our guarantee that we believe in the product, which is a huge part of connecting with our customer base in general.

If you don't think you can "repair" damage already done to your skin.......think again!!!! I am currently booking Test Panels for these products, so you can see for yourself first hand, for FREE! Contact me after you watch this video to be a part of a test panel. You will be absolutely AMAZED!

As always, have a great weekend!

Tips for Amazing Portrait Photos

Hi all! Let’s take a moment today to talk about how to take better portraits! Everyone needs a truly good portrait shot of themselves, I’ve found.  People love it when they are photographed looking their best, so these tips are going to be great for achieving that goal.



Brides (or anyone in the wedding party), you may want to cue in here! There will be so many photos taken of you on your big day-- and the several weeks leading up to it. Be sure to give them your very best!

1. First of all, wear simple clothes. Simple solid colors photograph the best, and put the focus on you rather what you are wearing. Of course you will want to wear clothes that you look good in and flatter you, but this is all about people seeing you.
2. The best lighting is going to come from being outdoors during a cloudy day. This is going to give your skin the most natural look overall.
3. If you are using a backdrop, be sure that it is simple.
4. Turn up the image resolution on your camera in order to get a higher quality shot that shows you off.
5. Put your camera in “portrait mode” (taller in frame than wide).
6. Last of all, SMILE! A genuine smile will make your pictures shine.

As always, you’ll look beautiful when using our Mary Kay products, and remember that good skin care is essential to photographing well! Whether you are having a portrait done or it is someone you know, advise them to take very good care of their skin for a couple of weeks before their shoot (when possible). The results will be stunning!

Be a Happy Bride with Glowing Skin for Your Big Day

Hi everyone! Before we get into the weekend, I’d like to take a minute to talk about Mary Kay, and the way we can help brides be beautiful on their big day. Obviously, when we serve as beauticians for a bride, a lot of our products can make a difference. After all, Mary Kay has a wide variety of everything from makeup to hair care to skin care that brides-to-be will love.

While the rest of these products are great, I’d like to focus on skin care for brides today. Brides need and love clear and glowing skin. On your special day, you want to look as good as you possibly can. You want to look good in a natural and healthy way- there are a lot of brides who aren’t so much concerned about their perfect eye makeup so much as they are with the way their skin looks and feels on their big day.

I like to get brides who want to use our skin care products going with them a few weeks before the wedding. Good skin care takes time, and we all want it to be as easy a process as possible- that looks and feels superb. I like to work with brides in order to get them going on a better skin regimen, and to teach them how to maintain it for a long time.

It is a wonderful thing to be a bride! Its nerve wracking and exciting all at once, so these special ladies deserve to look their best on their special day!

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