Many people are constantly searching for the best treatments for beauty and skin care.
There is a huge range of products that are available and these will depend on what you are trying to achieve, any skin ailments that you may have and also your age.
But you do not need to just use a lot of creams, lotions and have trips to the beauty salon in order to care for your skin.
For instance if you are a smoker or you are near people who are smoking, you should be aware that the smoke contains a lot of harmful chemicals that are damaging to the skin.
You may notice that those who do smoke generally have a lot of fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth area and also the eyes.
If you really want a flawless complexion then smoking needs to stop and you also need to avoid areas where people are also smoking.
As well as smoking causing damage to the skin it also causes discoloration to the skin and teeth, giving them a yellowish colour.
So smoking is not just bad for your skin it is also bad for your overall appearance.
You also need to be aware of the pollution that our skin and hair is constantly exposed to, together with excess exposure to the skin.
There are many people who do enjoy sunbathing, and want to have a healthy tan.
But tanned skin is just skin that is burned, and it does not take much for certain skin cancers to develop due to over exposure to the sun.
When you are in the sun it is important that you wear a good sun block, and this also applies during the winter time.
Even though the temperature may be cold, the sun is still there and the rays of the sun are reflected in icy patches on the ground, which is then bounced back onto the surface of the skin.
So sun protection is needed all year round not just during the summer.
Having said that you should wear a sun block, you need to be careful to ensure that you need some sun exposure but not too much, otherwise you could experience a lack of Vitamin D which can lead to weakening of the bones and muscles.
So get some sun exposure but do not overdo it, as you do not want cancer and you do not want the bones to become brittle and weak.