"Spotted-Face" Beauties by Anna Margolina
Actors and models lead unique lives. They face the spot light of fans and paparazzi who scrutinize their every move on screen and magazines. No other professions require the same dedication to appearance. Sadly, the celebrity lifestyle, which includes the constant application and removal of makeup, the harsh effects of stage lighting and a high level of stress, can take its toll on skin. This especially holds true for actresses and female models. However, makeup and stress plays havoc on all of us who love cosmetics.

Most damaging of all is the constant application and removal of foundation, eye shadow, blusher, and a whole bucket load of cosmetics. Both makeup (with its colored salts and chemical dyes) and makeup removers (which remove the protective acid mantle) are harsh on the skin. Actors and models need to quickly change makeup between photos and scenes. And many of us who don't live under the spotlight still like to change our makeup after work before going out for an evening of festivities.

This requires that we apply, remove and re-apply many coats in quick succession. Other times, actresses wear heavy foundation for hours at a stretch before they strip away the pasty gook with a makeup remover at the end of the day.

Whatever the circumstances, the frequent application and removal of makeup make the skin more susceptible to the development of skin damage, warts, moles, sun damage, and skin lesions. It is therefore essential for actresses, models, and all of us who adore our makeup to learn how to properly protect and care for our skin.
[For more information and great makeup tips, see our new article When Makeup Ravages the Skin or our page on Protection from Color Cosmetics]

Product News
Starting today, every product order over $30 will receive a free sample of our foot cream as our free gift to you! This is a limited time offer starting December 17th. When the samples are gone, then the special will end. All we ask is to either visit our forums or email joshua@skinbiology.com to let us know what you like about our foot cream or what we could do to improve the formula.

We are reducing the amount of preservative in our formulas. This is a gradual change, and will in no way have a negative impact on our products. We are going from 1% of phenoxyethanol to .8%.

Holiday News
Skin Biology's cosmetics are a generous gift. Please keep us in mind for all your holiday needs. Plus you can keep all your free samples for yourself.

Christmas Time is a very heavy period for the post office. Please ensure to order early to get your gifts in time. If time is of the essence consider getting express shipping. We can't guarantee that packages will make it before the 25th of December. Order early.

The post office will be closed Tuesday the 25th of December in honor of Christmas. It will also be closed Tuesday the 1st of January in honor of New Year's Day. Skin Biology will also be closed those two days. All orders made during their respective weekends will ship the following Wednesday.

The next newsletter will go out January 15th. Thank you for supporting Skin Biology. We are awestruck and appreciative of such passionate and intelligent clients. Happy Holidays and a Merry New Year. We wish you the best.