Facial Skin Care Tips

Prevent Wrinkles and Get Radiant Skin

Oct 11, 2009
Alina Bradford

Roberta Perry - Roberta Perry

According to the Mayo Clinic, good skin care can delay wrinkles and skin problems. Learning about how to wash your face and about products for sensitive skin are key.

Roberta Perry is the co-creator of Scrubz Body Scrub. She is dedicated to teaching women skin care through the use of natural products. In this interview with Suite 101, Perry gives some of her best facial skin care tips including how to properly wash a face and what products to use on sensitive skin.

Skin Care Basics: How to Wash Your Face

Suite 101: According to the American Academy of Dermatology, cleansers are one of the most important skin care products that a person can use to prevent dry skin. Can you give readers step-by-step process of how to wash your face so that it comes out soft and radiant?

Roberta Perry:

For those who wear make-up, tissue it off completely and gently.
Dampen skin with warm water.
Take about 1.5 teaspoons of a natural, plant oil based sugar scrub and rub between your hands for even coverage.
Apply gently to your face in soft circular motions, taking extra care around eyes and nose.
Rinse off excess sugar till completely gone.
Tissue off any residual makeup/dirt and then rub the natural oils into your skin as a moisturizer. Your skin will be polished, cleansed, rejuvenated and naturally balanced and moisturized.

Products for Sensitive Skin

Suite 101: The simple act of washing can be a real problem for women with sensitive skin. Are there certain skin care products that women with sensitive skin should avoid?

Roberta Perry: Anything with artificial micro-beads or pumice particles or shells. Also, artificial preservatives or heavy fragrance are the things most people have an allergic or sensitive reaction to. Salt can be very drying and can burn if you have a cut or irritation too.

Suite 101: What kind of products should women with sensitive skin look for and how should they use them?

Roberta Perry: With a super gentle, oil based, sugar scrub, you can use water to change the consistency of the product, and make it incredibly smoothing and moisturizing for sensitive skin. Sugar is naturally gentle and stable, and also adds a trace of glycolic acid to the mix, which is a natural component of the sugar and found in other types of exfoliation peels.

For Perry's Tips on taking care of dry skin see: How to Treat Dry Skin.

Using Skin Care for Anti-Aging

Both the Mayo Clinic and American Academy of Dermatology agree that cleaning your skin and moisturizing it properly lead to moisture- rich, younger looking skin. Using Perry’s facial skin care tips, above, women may be able to prevent wrinkles that can occur during the natural aging process.