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Does anyone have any tips for clear skin? Know of any products that work! Also I was wondering if anybody knew what is good for tightening pores. On my nose they could do with a bit of that.
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For clear skin?... Drink plenty of water, don't paddle yourself in make-up (especially not oil-based) and if you do get a spot don't pick at it. Face-masks are meant to be good occasionally. You can buy them from shops or make your own. Also washing with an exfoliant can help get rid of all the crap on the surface of your skin and leave it feeling fresh.
Hints for good, clear skin and no spots:
Drink lots of water.
Gets lots of sleep.
Avoid lots of fatty foods.
Remove all make-up before going to bed, and remove it properly.
Alpha hydroxy acids also unclogs pores and helps control oil. Mix a packet of raw sugar with enough lemon to create a spreadable consistency. Rub into your chin and nose area, and wherever your large pores tend to settle. Then rinse that with warm water. Raw sugar is a natural glycolic acid that loosens dirt and gets rid of dead skin. If you ever use the pore cleaning strips, those are only temporarily to make your pores appear smaller but they aren't a good treatment to use often.
or a really fast way if you dont have much time is to make a paste from a packet of yeast moistened with just enough lemon juice to make it into a paste-like.
and for clear skin, the main things that I use are calamine lotion, eye redness reliver, tea tree oil, toothpaste, saliva and salt.
I use calamine lotion when my pimples are rash-like, and i just apply it and let it dry overnight.
Eye redness reliver along with getting the red out of your eye, helps eliminate the redness from your pimple. but it won't take the pimple away, just make it less visible.
Tea tree oil is the best antiseptic for dealing with pimples. so drop a bit of it on a cotton swab and hold it on the pimple for a minute or two.
Toothpaste (not the gel kind) works good with pimples when you dab a bit on your pimple and leave it on overnight and wash it off.
Saliva is a powerful antiseptic so all you have to do is spit on your finger and applt it to the zit.
and with salt, combine 1/4 teaspoon table salt with one cup of lukewarm water. dip a piece of guaze into the mixture and then lightly press it against the blemish for one minute. the salt solution helps bring the swelling and it eliminates the redness.
Also, a really good complexion renewer remedy is to warm up 1/2 cup of canned coconut milk in the microwave for thirty seconds. then stir in two teaspoons of honey. Massage that into your skin and leave it on for about 10 minutes. rinse it off with warm water. the coconut milk contains lactic acid while the honey hydrates your skin.
although you might not think these affect your skin, they do, dramatically. so please avoid smoking, alcohol, sun, extreme dieting, drugs, the telephone, facial exercises, vitamin A, and ice cubes on your face. if you'd like to hear why they are bad for your skin, pm me. so I don't make the worlds longest post.
always bring sunscreen with you (make sure it's etleast a 45 spf)
if you want some more remedies, pm me and I'll help ya out.
Doesnt she just!
*slurp*
When we have family parties, that's what everyone talks about... natural remedies. I guess it's paying off for listening to "the talks." Thanks
It can be used to "heal and normalize pores", it can be used on any skin types and is effective when mixed with shampoo/soaps etc.
Good night's sleep
Zinc