My Skin is Fair. Her’s is Olive.
I have skin like my mother’s. She has skin like her mother’s. All in all, the skin of the women in our family is all pretty much the same in both color and texture. I have to admit, I was pretty lucky to have inherited skin that refrains from wrinkles quite well. My grandmother taught my mom her skincare regimen. My mom passed it along to me, and my grandmother followed up with great tips.
It’s my place to pass along skincare tips to my own daughter. The thing is, her skin is very different from mine. I am very fair skinned. She is decidedly olive skinned. Her skin has a different texture, it behaves differently in sunlight, and I know she will need a skincare regimen that suits her needs rather than mine.
For example, her father has small, dark patches of scarring from when he had acne breakouts as a teen. He also tends to scar on the outside with larger injuries. I’m not used to dealing with those issues and as it turns out, my daughter’s skin is more like her dad’s than it is my own.
ORIKI Cosmeceuticals has products specifically for those with Asian, Mediterranean and other Olive (AMO) skin types. The products take into consideration the unique pigmentation factor AMO skin types. I am happy to have the products and the company website as a resource, because I had never given thought before to the fact that I need to take pigmentation into the mix when teaching Gigi to care for her skin.
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