• the structure and main functions of skin
• the steps of skin care process, the sequence of cosmetic procedures.

   If you have picked out the cosmetic products appropriately, in accordance with your skin type and your age, and if you keep to the fundamental principals of skin care, the results will surpass all expectations. Your skin will always look fresh, velvety and well groomed.

What is the skin structure?

The skin consists of three layers:
1. Epidermis
2. Derma or the actual skin
3. Hypodermis or subcutaneous adipose tissue

   How is the skin renewed?
   Produced in the lowest "embryo" epidermis layer, a skin cell moves, during 3 - 5 days, up to the surface, to the corneous layer. Gradually, it loses viability, gets filled up with keratin - solid protein, flattens, and then gets exfoliated. Another cell occupies its place, etc.

   Tactics and strategy of skin care.
   What should one know to pick out the right cosmetic products?
   The choice of the skin care scheme usually depends on the condition and type of skin. The person's age should be taken into account as well. But what is still more important is that a certain order of cosmetic procedures should be observed.

Daily skin care consists of five main stages.

1st stage. Skin cleansing.
Cosmetics are much more effective when applied to clean skin.
We recommend you refrain from using soap and hard water, even if you have oily skin. Their use may cause the destruction of the protective mantle of skin, and they may wash away moisture-holding substances as well as lipids from the corneous layer of the skin. As a result, even the oiliest skin can turn dry. Apart from common daily cleansing, skin needs "fundamental" cleaning, which implies deep purification of skin.
The deep skin cleaning procedure is essential for everybody (1-3 times a week) no matter what type of skin and what age one has. It prompts dead cells removal from the skin surface, cleaning the pores, stimulating blood circulation and metabolic processes, and speeding up the renewal of skin.

   The peelings created by "Russkaya Liniya" Corporation have a number of substantial advantages:

• We don't use rough particles that can damage skin,
• We don't employ chemical agents that may have toxic effect on the skin cells or that may be harmful to them.
• High efficiency is ensured by biologically active components that act softly, but effectively.

How cleansers work:
1. Remove make up and dust.
2. Exfoliate dead cells from the skin surface.
3. Stir up the blood circulation during massage.

Types of cleansers:
1. Cleansing milk.
2. Lotions, tonics
3. Deep cleansers: peelings, scrubs

2nd stage. Skin moisturizing and toning:
Skin of any kind may suffer from dehydration and lack of moisture balance. Skin may lose moisture in the following cases:

• Inappropriate skin care (when using aggressive detergents),
• Climate conditions - cold, sharp changes in the weather temperature, dry air, UV exposure, etc.

   Lack of skin moisture leads to it becoming faded, flabby and sensitive, lined, and losing elasticity.

The efficiency of cosmetics produced by "Russkaya Liniya" Corporation can be attributed to the following processes:

• Introducing components that facilitate the transport of moisture to the skin tissue,
• The use of components that help to preserve skin moisture,
• Activation of processes regulating oxygen balance in skin cells.

Types of the cosmetic products:

• Tonics (alcohol free),
• Gels,
• Cream-gels,
• Cosmetic milk,
• Creams ("oil-in-water") o/w emulsions)

3rd stage. Skin nutrition.
  With age, skin gradually loses lipids, its protective mantle becomes damaged; the skin grows more sensitive, sloughs off, and starts to feel tight and uncomfortable.
  You can get rid of discomfort, restore the lipid balance of your skin applying cosmetic products for dry skin, that:

• Improve the absorption of biologically active components by skin tissues,
• Stabilize the level of fat and nutrients in the skin tissues,
• Restore the protective hydro-lipid mantle.

4th stage. Stimulation. Rejuvenating and anti-aging cosmetics.
  The aging of skin is a natural process caused by a slowing down of metabolism. As a result of this process wrinkles appear and the skin becomes less elastic. It takes much longer for the skin cells to renew themselves and skin loses moisture and lipids.
  We have created a special group of cosmetic products that influence the factors and processes leading to skin aging.
  These cosmetic products:

• Stimulate metabolic processes in the skin cells,
• Revitalize the skin and activate the synthesis of collagen,
• Regenerate the skin cells,
• Restore evenness and integrity of the skin surface.

5th stage. Skin protection.
  Our skin needs daily protection from the aggressive effects of UV-rays, harmful ecological conditions, cold, wind, and sudden changes in temperature. Taking into account such climatic factors, "Russkaya Liniya" Corporation has created a new series of cosmetics:

1. Anti-cold and wind protection.
2. Anti-UV-rays protection.
3. Anti-chemical substances and anti-dust protection.

Types of skin

1. Dry skin
  There are two types of dry skin:
  · Congenitally dry skin. It is a thin, delicate skin, with mat tint and with invisible pores. It suffers from washing with soap and is very sensitive to any external irritant, such as cold, wind, UV-exposure. Whitehead acne (miliums) often appears on dry skin in the area of the dome of the cheeks under the eyes. Usually this type of skin gets covered with wrinkles rather early.
  · Skin, gets dry with age. This kind of skin used to be oily, but loses its properties in the course of time. It looks rough, spongy, flaky, but has no oily glitter.
The most important requirement for dry skin care is moisture replenishment, that will prevent the premature appearance of wrinkles and will keep your skin fresh and flexible.

2. Oily skin
  It has a very oily glitter, enlarged pores, and a gray shade. The skin is thick, rough (it looks like orange peel). There is a predisposition to comedones, sebaceous cysts, and acnes.

3. Normal skin
  It is fair, smooth, fresh, elastic, with even complexion, with no apparent wrinkles. Pores are almost invisible. There are no obvious peeling processes, cosmetic defects or hypersensitivity. Moisture and lipid balance is maintained in the skin.

   The range of cosmetic products developed by the specialists in "Russian Line" corporation was created with regard to the needs of almost every type of skin.

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