My Skin!!!!

[justinesmith]

O.k. I didn't know where to post this but I had to scream it from the roof tops! My skin looks FREAKING amazing. For 5 days I have been fasting (mostly :o ) and drinking a ton of cucumber juice which I love. I have also been oil pulling about 3 times a day. My skin looks phenomenal. I just washed my face for bed and I couldn't stop touching it (I know, how vain is THAT?!? :p ). No acne, no bumps, small pores ~ true bliss. So that's all.... just excited I guess. :D

[Essensual]

That's great. Just wondered...are you "juicing" or "blending" the cukes??

[justinesmith]

That's great. Just wondered...are you "juicing" or "blending" the cukes??

I'm juicing. I don't care for blended cucumbers. Just a personal choice though... :)

[Eva]

Time to start juicing cucumbers for me!!! :)

[JoAnn D.]

Justine:

Could you please let us know just how you make the cucumber juice? I would love to try this juice.

JoAnn

[A QUEEN FROM QUEENS,NY]

PEACE JUST

ITS ME THE LITTLE SEED !!!! CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IS OIL PULLING ??????. :confused:

I'M TRYING TO GET USE TO THIS RAW TALK :D


THANKS A BUCH

[Dj 247]

I was also wondering how you make the cucumber juice. I tried making it this summer and it was bitter and yucky. I just took fresh cucumber from the garden and put through the juicer. I did it with and without the peels, and it was still bitter.

[Mommyinthecountry]

How wonderful!! I wish I could do oil pulling, but I don't think it would be such a great idea with breastfeeding.

I too have acne, but it's been SOOOO much better since starting raw and drinking green smoothies!!

[DewDrop]

:p Congrats. I can definitely tell when I am on game, tooo. My DD says she is going to stay raw so her skin stays beautiful. Again, congrats you must be feeling wonderful.;)

[meancat]

Pics man, we want pics!!

[justinesmith]

PEACE JUST

ITS ME THE LITTLE SEED !!!! CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IS OIL PULLING ??????. :confused:

I'M TRYING TO GET USE TO THIS RAW TALK :D


THANKS A BUCH

There is a great thread on here about oil pulling but I'll give you the basics:

You take about a tablespoon of sesame oil (you can really use any oil I guess but the recommended oil is sesame and I love the taste so it's no biggie for me. Use what works best for you though...) and you swish it in your mouth for 20 minutes (or as long as you can), spit it out and rinse. Do not swallow any oil and you should try to do it on an empty stomach although I've never had an issue. I've been pulling about 3 times a day (just finished in fact) and I am shocked at how amazing it is. Again there are some awesome testimonials on this site but my results have been incredible. Beautiful skin, whiter teeth (:eek: ) I love it!

As for the cucumber juice, I just use the old juiceman and juice up about 5 cucumbers (makes about 32 oz) and I really like the taste. Depending on the cucumber it can be bitter or sweet and I like it both ways. We had it at Alissa's when I was there and most of the gals who tried it HATED it at first (so I got most of it to myself, which was great!) but by the end of the five days almost everyone was liking it so it might be a bit of an aquired taste.

I've never seen skin like Alissa's in my life.... it was AMAZING. Smooth, creamy, no wrinkles, clear and she had the most gorgeous hair I've ever seen. It's the silica in cukes that helps with all this. I'll never have hair like her but I can always make the best of mine. ;)

[Lady Green Jeans]

Thank you for the great thread. I bought 5 cukes yesterday at the hfs and will be making a smoothie shortly (using one at a time). Usually blend collard, parsley and dandelion greens then add my medley of frozen fruits. Anything to help the skin, nails and hair is thumbs up in my book. Will venture to juicing them too--need to get unlazy and pull my juicer back out of the cupboard.

[Zaphirah]

girl-i'm sold on the oil pulling. i'll let you kow how it goes (but I thought I read sunflower oil...:confused: )

[VeggieMel]

Dear Queen,

Go to www.oilpulling.com

[justinesmith]

girl-i'm sold on the oil pulling. i'll let you kow how it goes (but I thought I read sunflower oil...:confused: )

I use sesame, Star uses coconut..... use what works! :D

[EZ rider]

I just tried oil pulling for the first time and found it intriguing. I didn't have the recommended oils so I used what I had on hand for a test run. I used cheap Safeway vegetable oil which on the back label says its soybean oil. I swished for about 20 minutes and It felt good and "right" to me. "Right" is hard to explain except to say that I gravitated to sensitive areas in my mouth and focused on them and it just felt "right". When I spit out the used oil it was white. I have decided to get the recommended oil and do this for awhile and see it it continues to feel "right. I found the info at the oilpulling site helpful:
http://www.oilpulling.com/

[meancat]

EZ --It does just feel right, doesn't it. Hard to explain but you can almost feel it pulling the crap out of your body.

I've only been doing it about a week now and am amazed how clean my teeth feel! I have fillings and have heard that oil pulling sometimes make them fall out. I have mixed emotions about that--would like to get those awful looking things out of my mouth, but am not ready for a super huge dentist bill!

[subbacultcha]

So have you been doing a juice fast just with cucumber juice? I'm intriuged and would like to try this as I love cuke juice :) I'd probably dilute it 50/50 with water though as my juicer is a pain and its so much effort to even juice a cucumber!

[Eva]

I did the juice this morning! I bought a bazillion cucumbers last night...

And I oil swished...

Thanks for the reminder of these things I should be doing for my skin! :)

[alicia_2007]

I am so jealous of you yay for you and your amazing skin! My skin is flaking off everywhere I am at a loss with it right now don't know what to do:confused: but maybe I need to start consuming lots of cucumber juice! Thanks for sharing!

[Lady Green Jeans]

alicia,

Detox is a very strange thing if you ask me--as soon as you give your body the wonderfullness of raw, seems to just take care of what is first in the pecking order to repair and moves forward from there. Could be colon, could be skin, usually things get shaken up a lot before it improves, but gotta trust the process cause the body sure knows what it needs.

[jules88]

I tried oil pulling and the taste no matter what oil I use is repulsive to me for the first few minutes. By doing other things to keep my mind off it I can some how make it to about 10 minutes. Is it possible to taste it without swallowing it? Occassionally, I can taste it but I don't think I am swallowing it. How long before you see results? I can only stomach it 1-2 times/day and not for much more than 10 minutes so far. Am I getting any benefits or will it just take longer to see results?

Thanks
jules