My Natural Skin Care Regimen
I think that after almost 30 years I finally understand my skin. This year we’ve developed an understanding and I FINALLY “get it”. I get her! She hates store bought skin products. Why couldn’t the bitch just tell me that from the beginning! It could have saved me sooo much money and embarrassing break outs!
Anyway, I had a love/hate relationship with my skin for a long time. Sometimes she behaved and sometimes no matter what products I tried that girl just did whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted. Since the start of this year I have been trying natural skin care products, just trying to find something that gavee me lasting results (longer than 2 weeks which is what store-bought items tends to do!)
I must say that I am LOVING all natural skin care and don’t have any plans of changing up the game plan anytime soon! I’m completely hooked! My skin has never glowed this much. EVER! Even after I swore off fried foods and drank tons of water.
Having balanced skin makes you look healthy, happy, younger and refreshed. I’m so happy to finally have something that works! I now have control of my skin instead of it being the other way around! …..Whoa that was such a commercial line LOL
So here is my current skin care regimen: (all of these products can be found in good ol’ Walmart or Target. Although you will probably have to go to a health food store to get the cocoa butter soap)
Cleanser- Cocoa Butter Soap with tea tree and olive oil.
Exfoliate- Coffee Scrub
Moisturizer- Olive oil and aloe vera. or Aura Glow body oil (when I have it)
Tone- Green tea wash or Apple cider vinegar
Anti-Aging- Castor Oil
Dark Circles and Bags – Potato juice
- A good skin-tightening mask
- A good black-head peel
- A good skin brightening spray
I just wanted to share my natural skincare regimen for anyone who is interested! Just as background knowledge, I have oily skin that is extremely sensitive and acne prone. Anyways, I wash my face every morning and night with African black soap (which has plantain leaf charcoal in it to combat oily skin and acne) followed by a misting of witch hazel toner (I keep it in a small spray bottle). While this is wet (very important!) I put a couple drops of rose hip seed oil on my skin to moisturize. If my face isn’t wet, then the rose hip seed oil will not sink in as much and may leave my face looking oily. If I have any acne, I put a small amount of diluted tea tree oil on the spot and it should heal in a couple I days (even cystic acne!). Once or twice a week, I lather my hands with the African black soap and add a tiny bit of baking soda, which is a mild exfoliant. Every once in a while I will do a mask, either a honey, nutmeg, and cinnamon mask for heavy duty exfoliating, or I’ll do an egg white mask, where I smooth egg white on my face and then rinse off. If I have any blackheads, I put a layer of tissue over the egg white and let it dry, then another layer of egg white. When my entire dice is dry, I peel off the tissue and reveal smooth glowing skin. It is important that you only use the egg white in this mask because the egg yolk is a ready medium for bacteria growth, such as salmonella, which may be present in the raw egg. If you use an egg yolk with salmonella, you will break out horribly, so skip the egg yolk all together to prevent this. Lastly, I mist my chest and back with the witch hazel toner to keep my skin clear and glowing. I hope this helps anyone who is looking at other natural skincare regimens!
HELLO MONIQUE FOR THE COFFEE SCRUB IS THERE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE APART FROM BREWED COFFEE BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE A COFFEE MAKER CAN I USED ORDINARY COFFEE GROUND. THANK YOU
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Where or how do you get potato juice? I could really use a treatment for dark circles !!!
Girlfriend, let me ask you,,,ok, I have an oily t-zone but dry skin everywhere else, do you think the cocoa butter soap would be too oily? You have beautiful skin! I’ve been looking for natural ways to take care of my skin and I’m hoping I’ve found it!!! Thanks darling!
~Nia
Hi Monique, where do you find your cocoa butter soap?
I get it from whole foods