It's that time of year. Your kids will paint their faces to look like ghosts and goblins and hit the trick-or-treating route.It's time to get pick your costume and get ready to go trick-or-treating, but you can't have a bunny and a cat without a little makeup. There are two kinds of face paint, oil-based and water-based. When you're talking about children's faces, water-based paint works best because it's easy to take off and gentler on the skin."If you're using oil-based paint, the concern with that is if you leave it on too long, it can be irritating. But in addition it can make, especially teenagers, more prone to breakouts because it is oil-based it can clog the pours and make them more prone to acne breakouts," said dermatologist Dr. Ranjani Katta.While acne breakouts are not a big concern for younger children, there are plenty of other ways that makeup can cause irritation."It's not so much that their skin hasn't developed, but we're concerned about is the young child. The infants and toddlers, that they might more easily get it into their eyes or into their mouths, and they're rubbing their face a lot more and don't realize what they're doing," said Katta.After the kids head out into the neighborhood to gather all that candy, it's time to go home and take off the makeup. The water-based allows you to take it off with just soap and water. But if your child begins to itch their face after you take it off, there are ways to take care of the problem."If it's from irritation from it being left on too long, usually you're okay using some over-the-counter hydro-cortisone cream. You wouldn't want to use that for more than a couple of days, and if it still goes on, you might want to see your dermatologist about it," said Katta.It's important to read the directions before applying the makeup because some products made overseas might not contain ingredients approved by the food and drug administration.

Harley Medical Group Offers Free Skin Analysis Test for the New Year

To kick start the New Year, The Harley Medical Group is offering patients a skin analysis test that reveals their true skin age.

Each one of The Harley Medical Group's 20 cosmetic surgery (http://www.harleymedical.co.uk) clinics throughout the UK and Ireland has a Computerised Photo-imaging VISIA machine, skin analysis equipment that can reveal the truth about a person's complexion. Whether they are 35 but with the skin of a 25 year old or a 40 year old with teenage pimples, the results of the test are used to create the ultimate in tailor made packages to get skin in tip top condition for 2008.

The New Skincare Diet: Vitamin-Rich Skin Care Foods

Skincare-News.com explains why implementing a skincare diet is one of the easiest, smartest and kindest skincare steps that can be taken for the skin. With so many new resources available, it's easy to eat correctly for healthy skin.

The smart first step to any new diet is identifying the habits of one's current routine that are not healthy, and the same is true of a skincare diet. This includes over-consumption of coffee, diet soda, and processed foods, or not eating enough fresh fruits and vegetables.