How To Deal With Sensitive Skin Care

If you have sensitive skin, you will already be aware of the fact that it can make your life quite difficult. Climate has an effect on sensitive skin and so on your sensitive skin care regimen. One of the first things you should do is avoid most commercial cosmetic products, because they contain harsh chemicals. However, there are people with sensitive skin who do not realize it yet, so how can you tell if you have sensitive skin?

Some of the most obvious indications are when:

you get skin problems when you shave; the weather can have an effect on your skin; you get skin irritations for no apparent reason; some soaps and detergents irritate your skin; you have to be very discerning when choosing cosmetics.

Extreme weather conditions will make skin care more demanding for everyone, but particularly if you have sensitive skin. The first step to take is to try products labeled ‘For Sensitive Skin’. It is a good principle to keep notes on each sensitive skin care product you buy and try. Your notes should include information such as product name, ingredients, weather conditions, temperature and your skin’s reaction to it.

Thin skin is the primary cause of sensitive skin. Skin is thicker on some parts of our bodies than other parts, but skin also tends to get thinner as we get older. The reason that thin skin is more sensitive is that the deeper layers of skin have less protection from the elements, temperature and chemicals.

Therefore, you can safeguard your sensitive skin care from the sun by putting on sunscreen. You can also steer clear of harsh brushes and strongly scented soaps and.detergents. If you feel that you have to use an exfoliant, try making your own. There are plenty of suggestions and recipes on the Internet, but olive oil and brown sugar mixed to a thick paste is a good one.

Try using hypo-allergenic skin care products, because they are normally targeted at people with sensitive skin. Perfumes and after shaves can be harsh, so it is worth checking the labels before buying anything. It is better to read the label before smelling, because then your selection will only be out of ones that are suitable for your skin type.

Often sensitive skin care includes killing fungus, yeast and bacteria, therefore, your sensitive skin care treatment should contain some sort of antibacterial astringent. A bacterial astringent will prevent bacteria from becoming established.

Regrettably, the onus is on you to make certain that the sensitive skin care products you buy are exactly what they say they are. Government agencies and consumer watchdogs are a huge help, but a lot of products in every category still slip through the regulatory net. The best thing for you to do, is to verify every ingredient on the tub’s label of contents on the Internet, before you buy it, but at least before you spread them on.

Once you have looked up the ingredients, write them down in an alphabetized note book. This note book will become a priceless resource in your search for dependable sensitive skin care products.

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Extra-ordinary Uses for the Indoor Bug Zapper

I don’t know whether you have ever used a handheld, indoor bug zapper, but I think that they are marvelous. I’m talking about the handheld sort that looks like a child?s plastic, toy tennis racquet. They come in two basic types. I rather the rechargeable bug zapper, because batteries end up costing more than the indoor bug zapper itself, although you could always buy rechargeable batteries, but then they are steep too.

My wife and I like to spend time in the garden. We meet friends there, dine there and in general loaf about outdoors, as do most folks around here, when they are not working. Besides, it’s far cooler outside than indoors. A comfy chair, some snacks, a cool drink and a book or a friend and life does not get much better. In fact, it?s idyllic.

That is until about six or seven o’clock when the first wave of mosquitoes have judged that the sun’s rays have lost enough strength that they will not evaporate and they come out searching for blood. Some evenings are worse than others, of course. Usually, the mosquitoes are pretty tolerable, especially seeing as I have discovered the indoor bug zapper. (I don’t know why it is referred to as an ?indoor bug zapper?, it is just as effective outdoors as in).

It’s not that I like to slaughter things, but I find it hard to have compassion for mosquitoes. Nevertheless, I do get a certain amount of enjoyment from seeing and hearing mosquitoes and other bugs literally blow up with a flash and a spark as they come into connection with the electric and ground wires of the indoor bug zapper. These electric bug zappers can pack quite a charge, particularly if the batteries are new or the pack is completely charged.

The other day, I discovered a novel use for my handheld, indoor bug zapper. I’ll tell you how it came about. I was in the garden, as usual, and my bug zapper was close at hand as the first squadron of mosquitoes was due. I had my book in one hand and the bug zapper on my knees, when my wife asked me to go to the shop for her. No problem, so, I set off on the five minute walk.

I was half-way there when I realized that I had the indoor bug zapper in my hand, but it was not worth taking it home and beginning the journey again. Anyway, on my return trip, I had my small bag of groceries in one hand and the indoor bug zapper in the other, when a local tyrant of a dog came running out of a garden right for me. This has occurred often and, although he has never bitten me yet, it is quite intimidating. He stood there glaring at me with teeth bared and his ‘pack’ of sundry neighborhood pals came out to surround me and join in.

I don’t actually know what the best tactic is in this situation. I have tried standing my ground, but the intimidation just goes on and I have tried to keep walking, but he gets terrifyingly nearby on occasion. This time, I unexpectedly lashed out with the indoor bug zapper and just caught him on the nose. Well, I’m not sure if it hurt him, it did not appear to too much, but it gave him a very nasty shock in more ways than one, I can tell you! He jumped about four feet into the air as if he were on a pogo stick and then ran for all he was worth with all his pals following him. It was very satisfying after six months of persecution from this dog.

Nevertheless, I don’t take my indoor bug zapper everywhere with me, but I will in future, if any other local dogs bother me. I know it works a treat. I have seen that one since, but he keeps well away from me and doesn’t utter a squeak. I think I would take my indoor bug zapper with me, if I were roaming in an unfamiliar part of town or the park nevertheless.

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Electronic Bug Zapper

The indoor insect killer is the best way of ridding the area around you of insects, especially the flying ones such as mosquitoes. The electric bug killer evaporates any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantly on contact with a nice, loud, electrical ‘zap’!

However, this does not mean to say that the indoor insect killer cannot be used outside, as long as it is not too wet. It should be treated like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the indoor bug zapper dry and please do not use it while you are standing in the pool!

Models vary greatly, but there are basically only two types of indoor bug killer: the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug zapper. Both are equally effective at zapping bugs and employ the same principle.

The indoor insect zapper looks like a ‘kids’ tennis racket, but with three layers of ‘strings’, which are in fact wires. The innermost grid of wires becomes live at the touch of a button while the other two networks, one on either side, are earths.

When an insect is trapped between the wires of the hand held bug zapper, it creates a short, which evaporates it instantly with a loud crack and a flash. The indoor insect zapper will zap other bugs too, but they tend to fry instead of explode.

I have been using the rechargeable kind for five years and am extremely satisfied with the electric bug zapper. In fact, the electric bug zapper has come a long way in the last few years. A fully charged hand held bug killer is powerful enough to last for several hundred swipes and will hold it’s charge, when unused, for weeks without any appreciable discharge.

The rechargeable battery unit will take intensive use for the best part of a year, although its ability to hold a charge for several weeks gradually reduces after six or seven months.

The most recent indoor bug killer I’ve used has a main on/off switch, an LED that shines when it is live (the brightness of this light also gives an indication of the battery’s strength) and an LED that comes on when the zapper is plugged in on recharge.

The instructions say that the bug zapper should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. However, I usually put it on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the indoor bug zapper shows a large increase in performance with only a few hours recharging.

The latest version I’ve seen also comes with a powerful light called a ‘headlamp’. I have found this very useful when out in the garden, but I’m not sure whether it’s meant to lure the flies in the dark so that you can kill them if you’re feeling bored or just vindictive. You know, a bit like an Anglerfish.

I’ve used the headlamp on my electric bug killer for that reason as well, but the headlamp uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the hand held bug killer is a big asset at any outdoor event. The electric bug killer is useful to ‘clean out’ your bedroom before retiring; it’s unbeatable for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps too.

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Electronic Bug Zapper

If you aren’t already familiar with the hand held bug killer, you are really going to like it and if you have had one before, I’m sure you’ll welcome it back like an old pal! The electronic insect zapper does just what it says it does: it zaps bugs. But it does it really, very well.

Any insect that comes into contact with the hand held bug killer is fried. Smaller bugs like gnats and mosquitoes are vaporized with a very pleasing flash and a crack. Larger bug, like house flies and wasps die, but don’t explode like the smaller ones.

Think about it, how many times have these flying insects taken the edge off an otherwise enjoyable evening in the garden? Or how many times have you not been able to get a good night’s sleep, because you know there’s at least one mosquito in the bedroom. It has happened to me hundreds of times, I know! It is very satisfying to get one’s revenge with the hand held insect zapper.

I don’t like killing anything unnecessarily – I’m married to a Buddhist- but mosquitoes? I’m sorry, they can die. And the hand held insect zapper does it without any more ado. No waiting and hoping they’ll fly into the ultraviolet light and into the mesh. No, one sweep of the hand held insect zapper and the mosie’s gone and you can hear whether you got her or not. (I say her, because the sucking mosquitoes always are females – I assure you, I wasn’t being sexist).

Basically, there are two kinds of hand held bug killer. There is the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug zapper. Both operate on the same principle, but I prefer the rechargeable kind, although I guess you could use rechargeable batteries too. However, I think that they would be more expensive that the bug zapper in the first place. Anyway, I have been using a electronic bug killer of the rechargeable sort for five years and I am very happy with them.

Now-a-days, I spend a lot of time in northern Thailand with my wife, so you can bet your bottom dollar that I give my handheld bug killer a good work-out practically every evening. We usually eat in the garden in the evening and all socializing is done outside by tradition, especially in the rural areas, where we live, so it comes in very handy. I also use my electronic bug zapper to ‘sweep’ the bedroom for bugs before we retire at night, just like an FBI agent.

The handheld bug zapper seems to get better every time I buy one, which makes it hard to give you definite specifications. The hand held bug zappers I bought four or five years ago, sometimes failed after six to nine months of purchase, although their ability to hold a charge was less after four or five months.

However, the new electronic insect killer will last 9-12 months and still be formidable after nine months. My latest model even has a powerful torch called a headlamp incorporated into it. I’m not sure what it’s supposed to be for, but if you feel that vengeance is sweet, you can lure mosquitoes with it and then zap them with your electronic bug zapper.

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