My New, All-Natural, Organic Skin Care Routine!
I am a beauty addict. When it comes to new beauty trends, I am the first one to try them. Like when Shailene Woodley mentioned eating clay to help balance and detoxify her body, I jumped right on that. Oil-pulling (swilling coconut oil around your mouth for 20 minutes a day) I STILL do that. (Though admittedly it's just routine now. It makes my mouth feel cleaner but the whitening benefits have plateaued.)
There was actually a point last year that I tried coconut oil for everything. Hair moisturizer, facial moisturizer, teeth whitener, natural deodorant, all that. However, my skin doesn't like coconut oil. It gave me little, underneath-the-skin white bumps. I've still not gotten rid of some of them near my mouth :( So I started looking into other natural beauty solutions online and there are tons!
Here's what I've been doing lately:
Cleansing:
I use rose hip seed oil to oil-cleanse my face. You simply swipe the oil all over your face and let it set for a minute. Then you go back and completely wipe it off with a cotton pad or soft cloth. It pulls out debris, dirt, makeup, black heads. It may seem odd do use oil to cleanse, but it's GOOD oil. It has properties such as vitamin C and lycopen, which rejuvenate skin. (the first time I did this was after I washed my face with my regular cleanser and it got off SO much makeup! After I had already washed my face!)
Scrubbing:
I use a basic honey and sugar scrub to slough off all my dead skin cells. Be sure to get all-natural, certified organic honey! just mix it together to form a paste and rub in small circles on the face, lips, and neck to brighten, tone, and get rid of your dead skin cells! DO NOT DO THIS ON YOUR EYE AREA.
Toning:
I use Moroccan rose water as a toner. I pour it on a cotton pad and give my face and neck a thorough wipe-down, focusing on where I get the oiliest, really saturating my face. Afterwards I pat it dry.
Rose water can benefit all skin types. It soothes and cools, balances and dries oily skin, rejuvenates, softens, revitalizes and adds a lovely, natural glow. Rose water also has a myriad of vitamins and antioxidants, so it helps nourish and it is a natural antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and has anti-bacterial properties. And you only need a bit to saturate your face!
Moisturizing:
It took a bit for me to find an all-natural oil that didn't irritate my skin, like the coconut oil (which I still love and use, just not on my face!) I ended up with trying a sweet almond oil and avocado oil, and I like them both so much, now I mix them together. I just apply them like a regular moisturizer all over with my finger tips to my face, lips, eye lids, under eye area, and neck. Both are infused with lots of vitamins (a, b, c, d, e, and k) and really nourish my skin. I find, after applying my makeup that I don;t even need foundation anymore, and when I wear it over these two oils it gives my foundation a wonderful luminescence! An added benefit? Sweet almond oil smells AMAZING! I get asked all the time what I'm wearing and I'm like...Um you're smelling the oil I use to moisturize my face.
Night
After I cleanse and tone, I just slather on liquid form vitamin E on my face. It's great for your skin! However, it is sticky and thiiiiiiiick. Thicker in consistency than honey. Pull ALL your hair back if you do this, you do not want to have to wash that out! And sleep on your back or your pillow will get all the benefits of this nutrient and not your skin. This is messy and annoying so I actually only do it every couple of days.
Tips:
If you are interested in trying to go all natural with your skin care regimen I have a few suggestions.
1. Do a test patch! Just because it's all-natural and organic, doesn't mean YOUR face will like it! Avoid a bad reaction all over your face and do a small test patch on your jaw where your hair can hide it if your skin doesn't like it.
2. Unless otherwise stated, store your items in a dry, room temp space away from sunlight. They will keep longer this way.
3. Purchase a bunch of spay bottles. Or use a scoop or pour your things into a small container when you're preparing to use them. This way, you aren't contaminating your products with your dirty hands.
4. Drink lots of water. Hydrated skin is happy skin, and good skin begins with what you're putting into your body!
I bought most of these items at the grocery store, but if your grocery store doesn't carry them, try amazon.
That's what I've been doing to attain a glowing, mostly blemish-free complexion lately! What do you think? Will you give it a go?
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26 comments:
I was so hesitant to use oils like this at first, but I've been using oil on my face now for over a year and it has helped my breakouts so much!
It goes against what we have been taught, right? But they work so well!
These are all great products. I used rose hip seed oil to moisturize and rose water to tone, as well! I love a natural skin care routine and have been trying to go mostly that route, also.
I have heard really good things about using honey or olive oil for product substitutes. Glad this is working so well for you!
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This sounds amazing Ashleigh. I am always hesitant to switch up my routine because it always takes time for my skin to adjust, but switching to an all-natural routine sounds like it is giving you amazing benefits now. I really want to try it, but I am scared about going through the transition, what made you finally decide to do it?! And last year was the first time I used oil on my skin, it helped me SO much with my breakouts and dry winter skin!
I never have tried oils, but I have to admit I'm curios. There are so many, that it makes a bit hard to choose. But I will definitely try.
This post is wonderful reminder that I have to do it.
♥
xoxo Ra
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I have always been scared to try oils because of my oily skin! Ha!! But maybe, I need to go the natural route and give it a try! Thanks for all the tips and recs!! :)
No problem :)
I day give it a shot. I just feel cleaner these days thanks you these products.
I was checking out the ingredients in the sensitive skin stuff I usually buy and noticed a pattern. They all had the same things and then I discovered I could buy them individually in their natural form so I have it a try.
Thanks Darcy!
I remember when you did you're own anti aging serum on your blog and thought there was something to that! Wayne Goss, who is a super hot British make up aretist/YouTube vlogger, mentioned he sets his make up with rose water and when I tried that I noticed how much my skin liked it, so I looked up other uses for it.
I love this post! Now I want to try all these products! I use coconut oil for my hair and eye makeup remover...I've never tried it as a teeth whitener.
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It really gives the mouth a clean feeling when you use it!
Ohhh. Yummy. I love natural beauty products. I'll have to try the rose water. I've used sweet almond oil in homemade whipped shea butter. It does smell ahhhmazing!
The rose hip oil looks worth a try!
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Such great ideas!! I need to try the rose water.
xo,
Angela
It's like $8 at the drugstore, and it lasts for a while. I bought it because the main ingredient in my favorite LUSH toner was rose water. Why not go to the source for less than half the price.
It is!
I would wear it as perfume. I love the smell of it so very much!
I heard several times how good coconut oil is, I have to try it!! I am definitely trying your honey scrub :)
xo,
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Coconut oil is great too because even though it's like $16 you can at least a pound of it if not 2!
Organic is the best way to go. I agree. I love coconut oil for everything!
I especially love coconut oil for moisturizing the lips. So many lip balms have chemicals in them that dry your lips out, causing you to use more lip balm, it becomes a never ending cycle. Coconut oil just makes your lips so moisturized, shiny, and soft, plus it doesn't taste bad!
Oh these products sound so fun! I need to try some of these out!
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Cheap and easy!
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