Summer Time Skin Routine!

Where I live, there's no more snow, and it's always about 60-70 degrees during the afternoon. Summer is also the time where my skin gets more irritated (UGH!) and where a struggle to keep skin cool happens.

Well, I checked out some skin care things around the web, and I put together a grand finale piece that has been doing me good.... :

MORNING:

My flour and yogurt cleanser. http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2010/10/heres-another-amazing-facial-cleanser.html

This is one of the weirdest cleansers, but it works amazingly...

If the link doesn't work, go to the 'skin care' tab and scroll down to the very last

EVENING:

This is when I come home from school.

Use OLIVE OIL to take off my makeup ( just take a cotton ball, with some drops of olive oil, and apply it on your face in circular motions)

Rub CUCUMBERS on my face real quick, just to cool down and reduce any puffiness

Put PLAIN YOGURT on my face for about 10-15 minutes, and then rinse it off. (to keep the skin supple and cool everyday). I use a new art brush to apply the yogurt on my face, since it can carefully reach in places my hands can't..

Moisturize with Olive Oil, Coconut oil, or Eucerin. And then lock it in with petroleum jelly, so my skin doesn't become dehydrated.

It sounds (kinda) like a complicated routine, but it's really quite simple. I use sunscreen before I put on my primer, even though my foundation has SPF.

I can't live without: My everyday yogurt mask.

Without that, my skin would be all puffy and red all over...

I hope this helps some of you guys with summer, and it's skin time. I personally, have found out, that I get better skin with natural skin care. If YOU have any cool techniques or homemade recipes/ideas PLEASE email them to tsorain@gmail.com

I'll post it on here!

So tsorain@gmail.com <--- mail it!

lOVE! (:

DIY NATURAL ZIT ZAPPER

Psssssss

Check your kitchen!


So you wake up to a beautiful morning, and when you look in the mirror....you notice. a. a. ZIT. Yikes! Nobody likes to wake up with a zit that's fire engine red and the size of Mt. Everest.


And even worse, what if you don't have any "3 hour acne medication" stuff, or ran out of it?


Well, no worries. Because...just check your kitchen!


What you need:

-yeast powder 

-lemon juice

-Now just mix the ingredients well enough to make a nice paste. then take a cotton swab, dip, and dab it on your zit/blemish. 


(If you don't have any yeast powder, then you can try using cornstarch)




Why these ingredients?


The yeast (or cornstrach) is good to dry out the zit/blemish.


And the lemon juice has good stuff that takes all the bad stuff out of those zits. (like AHAs, and BHAs)




And I'm guessing that it would probably work best if you leave it on longer. So try going to sleep with this. But even if you only have 15 minutes...etc,; try it, 15 minutes is better than nothing (:




** And if you have REALLY REALLY sensitive skin, just make sure the lemon juice won't irritate your skin!




Some other good remedies:


-ASPIRIN. Take some aspirin, crush it in water; and apply to your face. Aspirin is a good anti-inflammatory agent which helps get the redness out of zits/blemishes. 


-ADVIL LIQUI GELS. This is a new 'idea'/trick coming out right now. Just open a capsule and apply it on the pimple. 


-HONEY. Just take some honey and apply it on the pimple (or you can do a full face mask). Honey has natural anti-bacterial properties that will help get rid of the pimple much sooner. 


Also, here are some tips to camouflage any blemishes/acne with makeup: 
http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-hide-blemishzit.html




Hope this helps! Good Luck
and take care