The skin care section of your local pharmacy isn’t the only place to look when you’re after beautiful skin with the glow of good health. You don’t need to spend a small (or not so small) fortune at high end salons in your community. But what are your options? What if you could use plain old common sense to make sure that your skin is as healthy and as clear as possible? If you want a skin care routine that you can afford to keep doing that will fit into your daily schedule then a common sense solution is the only way to go. You can start with these common sense tips to improve the health of your skin.

Make sure that your clothes, your sheets and even your pillow cases are clean. As you sleep your skin sweats out a lot of the toxins that have gotten into your pores during the day. Every night thereafter, these toxins will be in your bed sheets and can go back on your skin while you slumber. People should also change their apparel on a daily basis to avoid toxins too. It is actually recommended by dermatologists that your bed linens be changed weekly. This should be done regardless of whether or not you think it is too much work to do.

Decode the SPF mystery. You probably know already that sunscreen is important for the health and beauty of your skin. But, did you know that SPF 30 only blocks four additional percent of UVA/UVB rays than SPF 15?

Making the switch from 30 to 50 only ups the protection ante by one percent. Rather than searching for the highest SPF number it’s best to go for a broad spectrum protective sunscreen that contains zinc oxide. Neutrogena makes a great product “Age Shield Sunscreen” that works beautifully. The amount of data and information regarding anti aging treatment can be a bit intimidating if you have not read so much about it, yet. What is also exciting to us is coming to a full realization of how important it is to be fully aware of all the various implications.

Of course you are here because you have a need to know more, and of course you need some additional support in the way of leveraging the work of others. When it all begins to gel for you, then you will be able to rise above to some degree thanks to added knowledge. We all want to have as much control as possible, even though we know we cannot control everything, but still – knowledge lets you be in a position to respond better to events.

Relax! Stress plays a major role in skin health. The more stress you feel the worse your skin looks. While you’ll never be able to remove all stress from your life there are things you can do to pamper your skin during those stressful moments. Lowering the stress level in your life is the first step you need to take though. You do not have to let stress chart a path across your skin. Stress can charge a high price on health both physically and emotionally.

By simply using our brains, and a little common sense, we can help protect our skin and increase its overall longevity. We buy into all of the marketing that says expensive products and treatments are what is best for us. Luckily, purchasing these expensive products is usually not necessary. It is good to know that by using common sense, we can maintain our skin.

Clear and healthy skin is definitely possible without having to spend a small fortune on specialty items.