我昨天与我的同事一起去Tampines的一家美容院作美容。美容师首先为我们检查了肤质，我的皮肤有一点点干，决不油腻；而她的皮肤则是油性的。相差甚远，然而最后我们的治疗确是完全一模一样的，听起来未免令人觉得有点诡异。先是给我们洗了脸，然后敷上活细胞精华素作面部按摩，据说这能促进细胞的新陈代谢，按摩则有利于血液循环，并帮助提拉紧致肌肤，从而达到减少皱纹和细纹的效果，并可以促进肌肤对精华素的吸收。最后敷上维生素C面膜和眼膜。维生素C可以起到美白作用，眼膜有一点点温热，据说可以起到帮助眼部的血液循环，从而减少肿眼泡和消除黑眼圈。我并不是说这些治疗不好，我是觉得治疗应更有针对性。如干燥皮肤的人须作保湿，调整最后达到不再干燥。而油性肌肤要想办法帮他们减少油脂的分泌；毛孔粗大则要缩小毛孔；皮肤暗哑则要提亮皮肤的色度等等。要对症下药，美容师应根据每次的治疗结果不断的做出相应的调整，而不是以昧地照着一个模子生搬硬套，这样才能真正帮助顾客达到改善肌肤的目的。
Last night, I went to a beauty salon with my colleague at Tampines. First the beauticians there checked our skin type. Mine is a bit dry while hers is rather oily. It’s totally different. But guess what, in the end, our treatment was nonetheless exactly the same. Sounds appalling, right? First they cleaned our faces, then applied life cell essence together with massage. It is said that this essence will help the cell metabolism. Massage will help with the blood circulation and firm the skin so that it will reduce the wrinkles and fine lines and also it will help to absorb the essence. It ended with Vitamin C mask and eye hot mask. Vitamin C has a whitening effect and the eye hot mask will help with the blood circulation around the eye area so that it will reduce the puffy eyes and dark circles around the eyes. I’m not trying to say these treatments are useless. What I’m trying to suggest here is that the treatment should be more specific. For example, with a dry skin condition, the focus needs to be on hydration. The end result should not make the skin any drier; oily skin types are over secreting excessive oil. Prominent skin pores need to be minimized; dull skin need help to make it more radiant. Generally speaking we must treat every skin condition accordingly, and beautician assessment should be based on feedback from the previous occasion. Every skin type needs an individual assessment and treatments that have been tailored to suit different skin types. This is the only way to improve our skin.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Comparison of the different brand of skin care products / 各种不同牌子的护肤品的比较
最差：Bio-essence
完全没有半点作用，而且会造成毛孔粗大。我前年秋季买了一整套，我的人不喜欢浪费，既然买了，通常就会坚持着把它用完，这是我少数几个丢掉的，我只用了一半，因为感觉皮肤实在是越来越差了，再要用下去就更浪费钱了。它的眼霜还自称是什么24K金的，倒也确实能看到一些金粉在里面，可是擦了一段时间后，明显感到眼部肌肉越来越松弛了，只能狠狠心丢了它换别的。
* Shisedo
Shisedo的润肤霜擦后，我的额头上长了很多一粒粒的油疱，尽管现在停用十年了，又去美容院作了多次的治疗，现在仍清晰可见，只是好转了很多。但它的眼霜与颈霜到还有点作用，唇膏相当不错，粉底也还好啦。
** SKII
我买了SKII全套的紧肤与美白系列。坦白讲到现在我也没能看到美白系列的效果，至于说到紧肤系列嘛，应该说它的效果跟Shisedo没什么分别，但价钱却贵多了，而且用后皮肤很干，我认为这个牌子应该对油性皮肤较适合。它的粉底还可以。
*** Lancome
这个牌子我买了两款，一套补水的，另一套是美白的，美白的我还没有开始用，补水的用了差不多一个月了，感觉这还是我所知的牌子中最好的。它的眼霜和颈霜比起上述几个牌子也要好些。当然我不能指望我极干的肤质一下子就能变得水灵灵，一点一点来吧。另外它的睫毛膏绝对不要买带有震动功能的，毫无用处，而且白白浪费钱。
建议:如果你是干性皮肤，可以考虑用Lancome补水系列，它确实有一定的效果。昨天我去美容院做皮肤鉴定，美容师说我的皮肤不会太干，比以前进步多了。其他牌子的则没见有什么效果。
The worst: Bio-essence
It failed to work for me and further more, it makes the pores open up. I bought one whole set in the autumn of 2008. I really hate to waste things. Normally I’ll finish a product once it’s bought. This is one of the very few that I have thrown away after using only half. Because I could feel that my skin had become worse. It would have cost me more had I continued to use it. The eye cream label claimed to contain 24K gold powder. I did see some flashy gold stuff, unfortunately my eyes became droopy after using it for a while. There’s no way I could have continued to use it.
Shisedo
After using Shisedo’s moisturizer, lots of milium popped out on my forehead. I’ve already stopped using it 10 years ago, and completed a course of ten treatments at the beauty salon, the milium are still quite obvious sometimes. But now this problem has been greatly improved. Their eye cream and neck firming cream I think it has some effect. The lipsticks are great. Compressed foundation is ok.
SKII
I bought one set of lifting cream and one set of whiting cream. Frankly speaking, I really can’t see any effect from the whiting series. I applied it to my face excluding my forehead. After about a year, there was no difference to be seen at all. For the lifting set, I shall say it’s quite similar to Shisedo, but the price is more expensive. The eye cream is rather dry. I think this brand is basically for oily skin types. The compressed foundation and two-way cake is ok.
Lancome
I bought 2 series of products from the Lancome range. One set of whitening and set of hydrating cream. I have been using hydrating cream for about a month. I think it’s slightly better than the rest of the brands for dry skin. I have not yet started to use the whitening set. The eye cream and neck firming cream is also slightly better. Of course I can’t expect a dramatic improvement. It will take time. Besides, it’s not at all necessary to buy mascara without vibration function. It’s completely useless and simply wasting your money.
完全没有半点作用，而且会造成毛孔粗大。我前年秋季买了一整套，我的人不喜欢浪费，既然买了，通常就会坚持着把它用完，这是我少数几个丢掉的，我只用了一半，因为感觉皮肤实在是越来越差了，再要用下去就更浪费钱了。它的眼霜还自称是什么24K金的，倒也确实能看到一些金粉在里面，可是擦了一段时间后，明显感到眼部肌肉越来越松弛了，只能狠狠心丢了它换别的。
* Shisedo
Shisedo的润肤霜擦后，我的额头上长了很多一粒粒的油疱，尽管现在停用十年了，又去美容院作了多次的治疗，现在仍清晰可见，只是好转了很多。但它的眼霜与颈霜到还有点作用，唇膏相当不错，粉底也还好啦。
** SKII
我买了SKII全套的紧肤与美白系列。坦白讲到现在我也没能看到美白系列的效果，至于说到紧肤系列嘛，应该说它的效果跟Shisedo没什么分别，但价钱却贵多了，而且用后皮肤很干，我认为这个牌子应该对油性皮肤较适合。它的粉底还可以。
*** Lancome
这个牌子我买了两款，一套补水的，另一套是美白的，美白的我还没有开始用，补水的用了差不多一个月了，感觉这还是我所知的牌子中最好的。它的眼霜和颈霜比起上述几个牌子也要好些。当然我不能指望我极干的肤质一下子就能变得水灵灵，一点一点来吧。另外它的睫毛膏绝对不要买带有震动功能的，毫无用处，而且白白浪费钱。
建议:如果你是干性皮肤，可以考虑用Lancome补水系列，它确实有一定的效果。昨天我去美容院做皮肤鉴定，美容师说我的皮肤不会太干，比以前进步多了。其他牌子的则没见有什么效果。
The worst: Bio-essence
It failed to work for me and further more, it makes the pores open up. I bought one whole set in the autumn of 2008. I really hate to waste things. Normally I’ll finish a product once it’s bought. This is one of the very few that I have thrown away after using only half. Because I could feel that my skin had become worse. It would have cost me more had I continued to use it. The eye cream label claimed to contain 24K gold powder. I did see some flashy gold stuff, unfortunately my eyes became droopy after using it for a while. There’s no way I could have continued to use it.
Shisedo
After using Shisedo’s moisturizer, lots of milium popped out on my forehead. I’ve already stopped using it 10 years ago, and completed a course of ten treatments at the beauty salon, the milium are still quite obvious sometimes. But now this problem has been greatly improved. Their eye cream and neck firming cream I think it has some effect. The lipsticks are great. Compressed foundation is ok.
SKII
I bought one set of lifting cream and one set of whiting cream. Frankly speaking, I really can’t see any effect from the whiting series. I applied it to my face excluding my forehead. After about a year, there was no difference to be seen at all. For the lifting set, I shall say it’s quite similar to Shisedo, but the price is more expensive. The eye cream is rather dry. I think this brand is basically for oily skin types. The compressed foundation and two-way cake is ok.
Lancome
I bought 2 series of products from the Lancome range. One set of whitening and set of hydrating cream. I have been using hydrating cream for about a month. I think it’s slightly better than the rest of the brands for dry skin. I have not yet started to use the whitening set. The eye cream and neck firming cream is also slightly better. Of course I can’t expect a dramatic improvement. It will take time. Besides, it’s not at all necessary to buy mascara without vibration function. It’s completely useless and simply wasting your money.
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