Oct 02 2007
Posted by Lorie Therese as Lifestyle and Leisure
I just recently decided to go all-natural when it comes to beauty and wellness. I had realized that I really don’t like lotions, but I like using oil before or after taking a bath, and that my face breaks out when I use moisturizer, but flakes up when I don’t. So because of my beauty problems, I thought up this beauty regimen that I hoped would solve these.
Before I take a bath nowadays, I would slather on oil, then scrub my skin. Or else, after scrubbing, I would slather on some oil then just soap and rinse off the excess oil when I find that my skin is too oily. After a couple of days, I noticed that my skin is softer, more even, and even smoother.
As for my face, since it is too sensitive for the usual facial creams, I decided to go back to oatmeal paste. Oatmeal, you see, eases allergies and other itchies. What I would do is that I would put oil and raw oatmeal mixed with a bit of water, then massage it onto my face. After a few massage strokes, I would get my small loofah scrub and then scrub my face with Dove soap, the kind for extra-sensitive skin. After I rinse, I would make another raw oatmeal and water paste, then leave it on my face for around five minutes.
All this while, I am treating my hair with do-it-yourself hot oil cream and two other conditioners: one for damage control, and the other for hair fall control. When the five minutes are up, I rinse both my hair and my face. I come out of the entire process thoroughly refreshed and feeling pampered!
Because of what I do with myself, I realize that I don’t need to go to a spa, after all.
And yes, my hair is more vibrant nowadays, and my skin, which usually breaks out when I have my period, hasn’t had major acne this entire week. So does this mean my regimen works? I sure hope so!
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