Melanated skin

Esse

When I enrolled in #oulukosmetologykoulu school in 2016, I was really hungry to learn everything about skin, especially mine.

But before that, I’ve had so many skin issues. So many questions were lodged in my mind.

A surprising bit about my school experience was the fact that I was the only black girl in the school. The rest were Caucasians Finns to be precise. What it meant was that all the teachings were in the Finnish language and the treatments, the concerns were all about Caucasian skin.

So for many years, I worked only with Caucasian skin. I loved it, don’t get me wrong, but it felt like I wasn’t fully satisfied.

I remember for our makeup classes at school, I will have to bring my own makeup and still come back with a totally grey-looking face.

I was getting frustrated so I decided to change my attitude.

Every day after school, I will spend hours reading books and researching about dark skin, melanin, and all.

By the time I graduated, I was so glad. I got two things for the price of one. I was knowledgeable about both dark and Caucasian skin.

Many years later I am still as passionate about melanated skin as before and I decided to focus on it. I am still researching and learning every day. That’s one fact about me, I am really curious and love to learn new things.

The end goal is to be an expert in the subject of melanated skin.

Today I get to help people with issues such as bleached damaged skin, hyperpigmentation, skin dehydration, discoloration, and many more. I also get to speak at events about melanated skin and I couldn’t be happier.

Feel free to contact me with any skin issues you may have and I will gladly help you with it.

This is what I enjoy doing.

10/01/2021

My Youtube channel

Hello Beautiful.

Welcome to my channel, my name is Esenam but please call me Esse. I live in Finland and I have been leaving here for quite long.

I am a beautician and I own a company called Beauty by Esse. We sell cosmetic products through the online store. We offer beauty services and advice as well. My ideas of creating this youtube channel were to share with my customer’s tips and ideas to enhance their natural beauty.

I am a beautician, Beauty is all I do all the time and this is a long time coming.

People might be wondering who start a youtube channel in 2020 in fact 2021?

Me I am starting my YouTube channel only now. You might think is a bit late but I don’t think so.
So I am here to share with you. I am here to bring you my knowledge about beauty, about appearance. On this channel, I am going to talk about anything about beauty. So that will be about body, about hair, about wellness, well-being self-care…
Beauty comes from inside and from outside. So that will be it. If you think you are interested about my topic. Don’t forget to subscribe to this channel, like that you will not miss any of my videos.

I want this channel to be very interactive so please beautiful people. I want to hear from you. If you have a question or if you have any issue about you skin, about your hair, about your physical appearance, please leave a comment below. I will be extremely glad to answer that.

Ok beautiful I am waiting for you and I will see you again in my next video. Chao

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How to determine your skin type and condition ?

Skin type or skin condition? What the difference?

SKIN TYPE

Do you desire to know how to best care for your skin to give it the glow it deserves? Following these few basic steps will help you maintain your skin radiance. First of all, we need to define these skin types to know what category your skin falls under in order to determine the treatment you require.

There are the four skin types: Normal skin, dry skin, oily skin and combinate skin. The are determined by genetic and are permanent skin types.

Dry Skin: A dry skin is simply a type of skin that is predisposed to low production of the skin’s natural oils called sebum. It’s a permanent skin type, genetically inherited. the skin pores are thin and invisible.

Oily Skin: This skin type is known by a release of excessive hormonal secretion of sebum on the surface of the skin. Making the face, especially the areas of forehead and nose, oily in appearance. The skin pores are large and visible. The skin is usually thick and has imperfections or acne.

Normal skin: The skin has a balanced secretion of sebum, the pores size is normal and skin is naturally beautiful and glowing.

Combinate skin: It’s a combination of two skin types or even tree I. Some cases. For example, you can have dry cheek areas but fore head and nose can be oily and vice versa.

SKIN CONDITION

Is the temporary and actual condition of your skin. It can change according to the external factors such as: weather, life style, diet, environment etc…

Dehydrated skin: Dehydrated skin means that your skin is lacking water. It’s a skin condition and not a skin type. Which means an oily skin can be deshydrated as well as dry skin. In other words, a dehydrated skin is not a permanent skin condition, it can be changed based on lifestyle choices, weather pattern and skin care treatments.

lifestyle choices; consumption of alcohol, tobacco and caffeine drinks
weather patterns: winter seasons, dry or harmattan weather
spending excessive time in hot shower
wrong or ill-advised choice of skin cosmetic products.

What are the signs a skin is dehydrated?

itchiness
dullness
darker under-eye circles
sunken eyes
“shadows” around the face (especially under the eyes and around your nose)
increased incidence or appearance of fine lines and surface wrinkles

How to restore your skin’s beauty?

Skin problems can be fixed if the right skin care treatment is applied, no matter the skin type and conditions. The following are recommended treatments for common skin problems:

Determine you skin type and condition and choose the right skin care product for your skin type and condition. A mismatch of skin care product and skin type worsens the condition of your skin
Drink water as much as you can daily. Minimum 1.5 liters per day. This lubricates your body and hydrates your skin making it function effectively
Avoid long hot shower bath especially un winter.
Apply the right moisturizing products on your skin after your bath. Moisturizers does to your skin what food does to the human body system. Its nourishes and enhances the beauty of the skin. We recommend twice daily, morning and evening after bath.
Avoid caffeine and alcohol: these substances offend your body greatly and saps the water content of your skin.
visit a beautician for professional cares and advices.

Edited by Adeleye Adetunji

Author: Esse