Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Your Teen Daughter & Makeup: Try Mineral Makeup

By Marilyn Etzel

Who doesn't remember sneaking into their mother's makeup? She laughed at the clown face we put on, all dressed up in her clothing and high heels. For your own teenage daughter, help her to choose makeup that looks natural and helps her avoid skin problems.

The teen years can be harsh, and not only in social settings. Acne often shows up at this time when the hormones are gearing up. since teen girls pay great attention to their looks, this can be a blow to the self esteem.

Some girls think that using makeup will cover up their facial problems. Traditional makeup can clog pores and cause more problems for your daughter. If her skin is extremely sensitive, just the filler and dyes can give healthy looking skin problems it didn't have before.

If you are approaching the makeup season in your home, help your daughter out. Together, examine the makeup on the market to find one that will keep her skin healthy and clear.

Benefits for Your Daughter

One thing to consider with mineral makeup is the health of your daughter's skin. Skin on the face is delicate anyway and when you are a teen, hormones put the skin through a number of tough phases. Adding traditional pore clogging makeup to the mix is not a wise choice.

Mineral makeup was designed to reduce the appearance of makeup on your face. It looks like you aren't wearing anything at all. To achieve this, the minerals meld with your skin for a flawless look with no tell-tale lines to show where you natural tone ends and the makeup begins. And, it only needs to be applied once for maximum effect.

With mineral makeup, the goal is to reduce the look of skin imperfections with natural ingredients. The minerals in the best mineral makeup are natural and they melt into the skin when applied for a cleaner fresher look and feel. Anyone who sees your daughter won't even know that she is wearing makeup.

Part of the reason for the seamless look is the brush strokes. A minimal amount of mineral powder is applied to the face using a Kabuki brush. It doesn't take long since the powder color matches the natural tone of the face. Your daughter will love how it looks and feels. You will love how little time she has to spend in the bathroom "putting on her face."

Even more benefits:

- Spend less time in the morning getting ready

- Save tons of time in the hectic morning rush.

- Spend less time in the bathroom applying makeup

With all those benefits, who could resist?

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