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Discuss any topic related to making your appearance the best it can be. From skin care to makeup to stress relief to nutrition to surgical techniques.

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freckles

A group to celebrate the beauty of the spotted few. We're not just redheads, not just pale skinned. They come in brown, cinammon, beige, burnt sienna, and caramel shades. Let's discuss, post pics and celebrate the freckled suicide girls and members in our midst! Lovers of freckled skin and those …

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Chronic & Long-Term Health Conditions

A place to discuss chronic and curable diseases and health issues! Vent, offer support, advice, or anything else related! To join the group, please have a profile photo and a reasonable amount of blog /comment activity so we know you're real! :)

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Basic Skin Care!

Group Thread in makeup & beauty
luciefurr

I figured we could use a gigantic skin care guide thread since skin care is such an important aspect of beauty. To take proper care of your skin you need to know your skin type and it's assets/downfalls so to help you figure this out here is a quiz that …
luciefurr:
Oily-Dry Skin

This skin type can be super challenging since you have visible dryness and flaking with some rough patchy areas some areas may eve feel tight. SKin tone and texture are uneven and your skin over all may appear dull. Oily-Dry skin is not caused by environment, stress, diet or life style but by genetics. Environmental factors do tend to effect this skin type by making it appear even more dry and dull.

Daily Skin Care for Oily-Dry Skin

Cleanse - Avoids gels, bars and definitely avoid soap, you need the most gentle cleanser you can find.

Toner - If decided to use a toner look for one with humectants and apply it gently with a clean cotton pad.

Moisturizer - Choose a nutrient dense moisturizer and apply it morning and night .

Oily/Acne Prone Skin

This skin type can be a confusing one it doesn't mean you actually have acne or have struggled with it in the past in fact most people with acne prone skin have gorgeous complexions. All is means to have acne prone skin is just that you are slightly more likely to have acne problems and that you skin may need a little extra care. Acne prone skin may become inflamed easily from using skin care products or environmental stresses. Sometimes acne prone skin may seem to get sensitive for no real reason.

People with acne prone skin may need to exfoliate more often than other people because you skin wont shed dead cells as easily by it self allowing your skin to become keratinized. Be care though because you also don't want to over exfoliate, but I will talk more about that later.

There are six different levels of acne prone skin:

Level One - Non-inflamed. At the moment your skin is calm and smooth with no break outs, black heads or white heads.

Level Two - Oily with blackheads and white heads, you skin may appear shiny.

Level Three - Papules. Small bumps or pimples that are slightly elevated above the skin surface.

Level Four - Pustules. Bumps larger than papules that acontain pus.

Level Five - Cystic. Cysts currently under the skin surface that are larger than a pustule and become inflamed leading to scars.

Level Six - Active. This means everything listed above is happening all at once and can be active on both the face and the body.

Daily Skin Care for Acne Prone Skin

Cleanse - Look for products that contain salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide to help kill an eradicate bacteria. Cleanse only twice a day ( no more! no less!). Gel type cleansers seem to work best for this skin type or look for one marked for oily/acne prone skin.

Toner - Look for one that contains a humectant and if you feel it's needed one with salicylic acid. Apply with a clean cotton pad.

Moisturizer - Make absolutely sure your moisturizer is oil free. Tea tree oil is great for this skin type just make sure you don't over do it. Look for a moisturizer that is very light weight and contains ingredients like allantoin, cucumber, chamomile, amino acids and trace minerals.

If you have this skin type, periodic visit with a skin care profession for a facial may do wonders for your skin.

Color on Brown Skin

Group Thread in tattoo
puresauciness

I am curious to know if color will show properly on my brown skin. My profile pic shows my accurate skin color. I have never seen anyone with my complexion have color tattoos.

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zerogirl:
My boyfriend is your complexion, and he has some beautiful color work. What MissMisha said kind of follows how his tattoos have turned out. He got some ink at 16 that was small and detailed, fine lines....it has faded to crap. But large pieces with lots of good thick outline look amazing; he has only been able to get shades of red and yellow to really last, and he went through four sessions of getting the color laid, healing, and then getting the color laid again, but it looks good.
Of course, his best pieces have been blackwork...
_mike_:
Also a note to add to misha's good advice is that tattoo pigment is transluscent when it is in the skin , meaning that as it heals the tone of your skin will come through and darken or seem to fade the tattoo .

Japanese Skin Care

Group Thread in sg asia
siva7

Any suggestions for soft, flawless skin? I am really pale and my skin is sort of sensitive but I like to try new things to prevent my skin from wrinkles and keep my skin soft and clear.

Here's a skin secret for you guys:
Old Japanese skin secret....RICE BRAN!
skin …

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fyrfly:
I'm gonna try it too. I have an allergic reaction to most if not all cosmetics so hopefully this will work for me smile Thanks so much!
ridley:
Diet makes a big difference in skin as well.

New Group - Bad Skin

Group Thread in everything sg
cherrybomb00

Hey All, I'm just posting that I started a new group.

This group is for anyone who deals with Bad Skin.....(Skin diseases and conditions). A place to discuss skin issues with body mods like tattoos & piercings & life in general. A place to share stories, bitch, vent, laugh & …

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Sunday Aug 02, 2009

Aug 1, 2009 by missknox
Soul Fly

The soul does not wrinkle, it is only our skin
The skin that cracks with time and holds the soul within
The skin, the border from outside, the thick crust of bread
The skin that stretches from your feet up to the head
The skin that breaks from wounds or from its old age
The skin that holds the divine bird inside the...
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Skin to Skin - Member Review

Jul 14, 2021 by zen


I am so happy that I got the chance to shoot this beautiful set of @seitan “Skin to Skin” is now LIVE for you all to view and love on! 💘 Please help this babe turn PINK! 💕💕💕💕

Thursday Jul 24, 2008

Jul 24, 2008 by synonym
I am currently experiencing an aggravating case of writer's block. In order to cure myself I will now attempt to write one poem or piece of creative writing every single day and post it here where everyone can make fun of me. This will help me to overcome both my shyness and my inability to write a single word.

Here I go...

Please be aware...
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Thursday Sep 16, 2004

Sep 16, 2004 by zechariah
So uhm Im bored so i thought I might share a little knowledge. PLease forgive any misspelling in this though, its been a while since i went to my medical classes.

So the people on this site are into tattoos right? well I just thought some of you might like to know a bit of whats going on with your skin as its beeing tattooed....
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