| "Sir, calm down!" says Dr. Nick Riviera on The | | | | cleanses without robbing your body of its natural |
| Simpsons. "You're going to give yourself skin | | | | oils. Baxter's of California and Maxwell's |
| failure!" | | | | Apothecary both carry oil free lotions that leave |
| Now, you can't really give yourself skin failure can | | | | you with skin that's comfortable and healthy |
| you? Well, yeah. Pretty much. | | | | without feeling slick. |
| Your skin is an organ, like your brain or your | | | | Too little work by those sebaceous glands and |
| heart. Obviously, it's with you for your entire life. | | | | you'll find yourself with dry skin. Dry skin feels |
| You probably really only start taking care of it | | | | tight and arid after washing, almost like crisp |
| when puberty hits and then it's only to wash your | | | | paper. A good moisturizer can work wonders with |
| face as often as possible, keeping those nasty | | | | dry skin, helping reinforce those slacker glands. |
| blackheads at bay. | | | | Anthony Logistics and Maxwell's Apothecary both |
| As you get older, your body chemistry changes | | | | offer products that moisturize without going |
| and you need to think more about taking care of | | | | overboard. |
| your skin. It's a tough world out there, too. | | | | Sensitive skin is an uncomfortable condition in |
| Pollutants, sunshine, and humidity all take their toll. | | | | which the epidermis (the outermost layer of skin |
| Skin failure doesn't result in something | | | | cells) reacts against both the elements and |
| catastrophic like your skin coming off or turning | | | | chemicals. For men with sensitive skin, low-end |
| transparent. It's subtler, and basically worse in the | | | | shaving and skin care products can make their |
| long run. | | | | skin feel worse than before. These sensitive |
| You'll just look old before your time. | | | | types need products with all-natural ingredients |
| This is true no matter how kind of skin you have: | | | | and need to be careful to use plenty of |
| oily, dry, sensitive, or combination. Some people | | | | after-shave and moisturizer to keep their skin's |
| have sensitive skin and require even more careful | | | | defenses in the best possible condition. We |
| maintenance and preservation. But ultimately the | | | | recommend Woody's Pre Shave Cleanser or |
| state of your skin comes down to the glands | | | | Sharp's Happy Me All Over for sensitive skin. |
| embedded in its surface, and how well they're | | | | Finally, there's a few people out there with |
| working. | | | | combination skin. This means your skin is oily in |
| Let's get technical: your skin's sebaceous glands | | | | some places, dry in others, and normal |
| produce sebum - a fluid made of fat and dead | | | | somewhere else. Combination skin is just as tricky |
| skin cells - that acts as a natural protector and | | | | to care for as it sounds. Using an all-natural |
| moisturizer. Too much sebum and you'll have oily | | | | exfoliant acts as a way to reboot your skin's oil |
| skin, with the clogged pores and the acne, | | | | levels, getting the skin even all around so you can |
| blackheads, and blemishes that come with it. You'll | | | | work from a fresh, even slate in skin care. Men's |
| want to be careful and deliberate about what | | | | Science and Anthony Logistics both carry |
| products you use on oily skin, and especially how | | | | products to help exfoliate and renew tricky |
| often you use them. Choose something that | | | | combination skin. |