A Recipe for Clear Skin (and it smells like dessert)
My biggest “beauty” tip: Wear sunscreen.
I’m kind of crazy when it comes to applying and reapplying sunscreen, especially on my face. I always have sunscreen in my purse and if I sense some clouds clearing, I’ll quickly spray myself down.
When it comes to my skin, I’ve tried just about everything.
My ride or die skin buddy: Neutrogena Makeup Remover Cleansing Towelettes. I’ve been using these bad boys for as long as I can remember. I use them after the gym, at the beach, at night to take my makeup of… you name it. They’re alcohol free, so they keep my face from drying out and are gentle enough not to cause a bunch of irritation or burn my eyes.
But I don’t stop there, I’m all about cleansing and exfoliating. There are a ton of products on the market, some are awesome, some suck, some are crazy expensive, some dirt cheap. Chances are, I’ve tried. But I always come back to one of my good, old fashioned face scrub recipes. That’s right, a recipe! You can make it at home and chances are you’ve got the majority of the ingredients in your cabinet. One thing I love is that they’re all natural ingredients. There aren’t any chemicals or weird words I don’t know how to pronounce. It’s also relatively inexpensive compared to the products you’ll find at Sephora or even the drugstore.
Here’s what you’ll need:
Coconut Oil
Tea Tree Oil
Vitamin E-Oil
Baking Soda
Al of these products work together to treat acne, redness, scarring and removing excess dirt, oil and exfoliating dead skin off.
How? Well let’s start with Coconut Oil. Coconut Oil has antibacterial, healing and moisturizing properties that condition, nourish, and soothe the skin’s blemishes. Tea Tree Oil helps with acne and dark spots. Vitamin E-Oil is both a nutrient and antioxidant, it helps with fine lines & wrinkles, dryness & scars. Baking SodaBaking soda is sodium bicarbonate, a natural substance that has antibacterial, anti-fungal, antiseptic and antim-inflammatory properties. Obviously I’m not a dermatologist, so try this out on a small piece of your skin before going crazy. But luckily, all of these ingredients are natural and shouldn’t cause any irritation.
Mix 2 tablespoons of Coconut Oil, a few drops each of Tea Tree and Vitamin E and about 1 teaspoon of Baking Soda in a small bowl. Then gently rub it on your face in a circular motion. Rinse with cold water.
I’ve also recently been using the Spin for Perfect Brush for a little over a month. I love that it comes with a ton of different attachments, like a body brush, cleansing brush, exfoliator brush & a pumice stone (so you can scrub those feet in between pedicures). It’s made a huge difference in my skin. It’s definitely evened out the texture of my skin and my pores look significantly smaller.
If you want to get your spa on, light a candle and crack open some Arabica Body Scrub. I’m already on my 4th bag! Their secret ingredient: COFFEE! I know, sounds weird. But combination of coffee, brown sugar and coconut oil leaves your skin super soft and you basically smell like dessert!