About our products: Skin types
Select one of the following skin types to view a description, causes, and a mukti home nurturing ritual:
- normal
- dry
- oily
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Normal skin
Characteristics
- Over 20 and under 30 years of age
- Oil glands function at a normal rate of secretion
- Perfect hydration and muscle tone
- Skin tends to be neither oily or dry
- Soft, firm and smooth
- Texture is fine with a slight rose tinge to the complexion
- May have experienced slight oiliness and patches of acne as a teenager, usually in the T-zone
- Acne eruptions are only minor and usually occur in relation to hormonal cycle
- May have only a few enlarged pores on the chin, cheeks and nose
- Will only need to wash hair 1-2 times per week
- Skin tone and colouring is relatively even and devoid of red blotches
- Skin temperature is normal
- Most babies through to pre-adolescence have normal skin
Home Nurturing Ritual
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Cleanse day & night: |
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Tone day & night: |
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Daily Moisturiser: |
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Daily Eye Treatment: |
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Night Treatment: |
antioxidant facial oil – for eye and mouth area |
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Exfoliate: |
Twice weekly with gentle facial exfoliant |
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Mask: |
Once a week with kakadu plum and honey masque |
Dry skin
Characteristics
- Aged between 25-35
- Less likely to have suffered from acne as a teenager
- Skin has uneven appearance in epidermal depth
- Skin feels parched, tight and taut as skin produces less oil and becomes dehydrated
- Without moisture, skin tends to chap, flake and has a rough scaly appearance
- Skin is prone to forming fine lines and wrinkles
- Skin tends to be fine textured, translucent, delicate and thin
- Pores are usually invisible, few or no open pores
- Foundation make up may need to be touched up throughout the day
- Complexion is fair and prone to sunburn
- Skin may become red and ruddy after exposure to cold weather
- Skin is usually drier in winter than in summer months
Causes
- Exposure to sun, wind and heat
- Lack of protection against moisture loss and excessive lubrication
- Lack of oestrogen
- Specific medications
- Use of soaps and harsh detergents
- Poor health
- Lack of Essential Fatty Acids and good oils in diet
Home Nurturing Ritual
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Cleanse day & night: |
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Tone day & night: |
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Daily Moisturiser: |
antioxidant facial serum followed by nourishing facial crème |
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Eye Treatment day & night: |
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Night Treatment: |
antioxidant facial oil followed by nourishing facial crème |
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Exfoliate: |
Twice weekly with gentle facial exfoliant |
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Mask: |
1-2 a week with kakadu plum & honey masque |
Oily skin
Characteristics
- A hereditary condition that develops due to overactive sebaceous glands
- Awake with a shiny film on your nose forehead and chin
- Skin is oily to touch
- Make up does not last even for a few hours
- Moderate to severe adolescent acne
- Skin is thick, firm and sallow (yellow complexion)
- Heavy texture (orange peel appearance)
- Oiliness does not end with adolescence
- Skin continues to break out regularly
- Problem / blemished skin due to hormonal changes
- Remains youthful longer as it is less prone to wrinkling
- Open pores that are enlarged due to trapped oil in the pilosebaceous follicle
- Enlarged pores become dehydrated and aggravated
- Congested oily skin is dull and thick
- Open and closed comedones
- Some pustules and is rough to touch
Causes
- Climate that is hot and humid exacerbates condition
- Usually the most abused of all skin types
- If oily skin is continually depleted of its natural oils, the skin will produce more oil/sebum
- Stress and emotions
- Diet
- Occupation
- Hormonal fluctuations
- Hereditary
- Harsh products with high alcohol content, surfactants and detergents that dry the skin
Home Nurturing Ritual
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Cleanse day & night: |
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Tone day & night: |
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Moisturiser day & night: |
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Spot treatment: |
sebogel for comedones and pustules |
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Eye Treatment day & night: |
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Exfoliate: |
Every second day with jojaba facial exfoliant |
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Mask: |
3 times per week with vitamin earth mineral masque. Milk of Magnesia may also be dabbed onto the skin to assist with alleviating and soothing eruptions |
Notes on facial care
- Extractions: If comedones are difficult to remove, massage with sebogel first
- If skin has lots of pustules exfoliation/massage will tend to spread infection
- Strict hygiene methods must be adhered to
- Do not overheat the skin and treat gently
- Oily skins will become dry if abused preparations that are drying to the skin dry the surface and constrict the pores. As a result sebum becomes blocked on the pilo-sebaceous follicle. Sebum and other skin debris then form closed or open comedones. If the follicle walls are weakened the contents may then leak through to the dermis leading to secondary infections and an inflammatory reaction by the skin that results in a pustule forming.
- Treatment aims to lesson shiny appearance, refine open pores, deeply cleanse, and reduce bacteria on the skin surface