January 5, 2012
 As we age, most everything on our body tends to change in one way or another. At some point in time everyone will experience fine lines, wrinkles, gray hair, sagging skin, the loss of collagen and elastin, and often times the appearance of dark circles under the eyes.
Dark under eye circles can appear at any point in time for a wide variety of reasons. Here are a few examples of the most common reasons for the occurrence of dark circles under the eyes.
• Poor Nutrition – Not eating a balanced diet or the lack of iron or Vitamin K can cause dark circles under the eye.
• Heredity – Having dark eye circles is often an inherited trait. The skin under the eye is extremely thin. Blood passes through veins that lay close to the surface of the skin. Dark circles will appear worse the more transparent the skin is.
• Fatigue – Pale skin is caused by the lack of sleep. When the skin looks pale, the blood that passes through the veins appear to be more visible. This in turn makes the dark circles look darker.
• Allergies, Asthma and Eczema – Rubbing your eyes for any reason will irritate the delicate thin skin under your eyes which will cause the appearance of dark circles.
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December 27, 2011
 A person could embrace the onslaught of wrinkles in their life and believe that they signify wisdom and grace from the years of life’s experiences. For most people who are getting older, especially women, wrinkles are something that they would likely choose to leave behind.
Wrinkles occur for a variety of reasons. The most common reason is because of the typical aging process. There are other factors that can speed up the wrinkling process as well.
• Some people tend to wrinkle more than others do based upon their genetic makeup.
• It is a well-known fact that smoking is a major contributor to premature aging of the skin.
• Light skinned people who tend to burn easily are more likely to wrinkle faster.
• Working outdoors (i.e. construction workers, farmers, road workers, etc.)
• Not protecting your skin from UVA/UVB rays when playing outdoors.
• Using tanning beds. Skin care experts agree…that there is no safe tan!
Drug store wrinkle creams and remedies will likely leave you wanting and needing more. The great news is that there are high quality skin care products that are available to help you combat the signs of fine lines and wrinkles. Effective wrinkle reduction can be achieved by using skin care products from Jan Marini, IS Clinical, Obagi, and SkinMedica. Contact the skin care experts at Skin Gift today for help picking the best product choice for you.
October 25, 2011
 Yes, it’s true, at some point in time; we all are going to age. Wrinkles on your face and other parts of your body are a sign of aging. Most people, especially woman, don’t particularly care for the fact that eye wrinkles are a part of their future, despite the fact that everyone does indeed get older. Wrinkles around your eyes tend to stand out worse than they do on other parts of your face or body because people are constantly looking into your eyes when they speak to you…as opposed to say…your elbow.
It could be helpful to know how eye wrinkles form so that you can avoid allowing them to occur in the first place. In the eye area, the skin tissues must use and retain a good deal of moisture. The middle layer of skin (dermis) keeps the skin looking wrinkle free because it holds collagen. The dermis sends collagen to elastin fibers which then stretches the epidermis. Over time, the dermis loses the ability to hold collagen which caused the skin to pull downward causing sagging and wrinkles.
In addition to the natural reasons for eye wrinkles, here are a few more damaging factors:
• Excessive exposure to the sun.
• Excessive facial expressions: frowning, squinting, smiling, etc.
• Smoking
It’s a great idea to start taking care of your skin before any damage has begun, but it’s never too late to begin a good skin care regime. Obagi’s ELASTIderm Night Cream will boost collagen production and replenish elastin so that you will experience less wrinkles and look and feel younger!
August 2, 2011
 For some people, wrinkles creep up very slowly, and for others they seem to suddenly appear overnight. Wrinkles may begin as “laugh lines”, which are no laughing matter, or in many cases, in the area under the eye. The skin under the eye is most susceptible to wrinkles because it is thin and as we age, the skin becomes even thinner. Initially, fine line surface wrinkles will begin to appear, and then deep furrows appear. Most wrinkles appear on the areas on the body where there is the most sun exposure. Typical locations are the face, neck, back of the hands, and tops of the forearms. Despite some people thinking that wrinkles signify wisdom, most ladies and gents, would prefer not to have them if at all possible!
Skin Gift has many excellent skin care products that are developed from leading manufacturers that will help keep unsightly wrinkles away. Stop by our store to see Jan Marini’s Age Intervention Regeneration Booster, iS Clinical Eye Complex, Obagi ELASTIderm Night Eye Cream, and the Skin Medica TNS Eye Repair cream. Each of these innovative products is effective in helping to make a difference in wrinkle reduction and skin care healing. Contact our skin care consultants to see which product would work best for you.
July 28, 2011
 Those of you with dark eye circles under your eyes have probably been told a thousand times that “you need to get more sleep”, but did you know that fatigue is not the only reason that dark circles occur under your eyes?
Here are some other causes for under-eye dark circles…
• Sometimes those dark circles are actually shadows that are cast by puffy eyelids that develop as a normal part of aging.
• Heredity – some people are more prone to dark eye circles simply because they run in families.
• Nasal congestions can dilate and darken the veins that drain from your eyes to your nose which then causes dark circles.
• People who suffer from allergies tend to have a weakened immune system and react to foreign substances differently than those without allergies. Allergies sufferers often have dark under-eye circles.
• Thinning skin, and the loss of fat and collagen, commonly occurs when we age. The thinning skin allows blood vessels to appear more obvious which in turn makes dark circles stand out.
• Sun exposure causes your body to produce additional melanin which in turn causes the thin skin under your eyes to become darker.
Skin Gift has many innovative products to help you with your dark eye circle needs. Jan Marini’s Dark Circle Night Eye Defense and Jan Marini’s Factor-A- Eyes For Dark Circles will reduce help reduce the appearance of dark circles. To fabulously conceal dark circles, use Jane Iredale’s Active Light Under-Eye Concealer. Acting as a concealer and brightener in one, you’ll notice a reduction in inflammation and puffiness around the eyes when you use this amazing concealer. You can find these and many more useful skin care products available at Skin Gift.
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