cara4art
08-16-2008, 05:05 PM
On another thread in this section, I might have mentioned recent skin woes from using commercial products that were too aggressive for me. Anyway, I found my way out of this jam by radically simplifying my routine, and utilizing a healing home-made facial mask daily - here it is:
2 tsp. of finely-ground oat flakes(I keep a jar of this handy so I'm ready to go)
1 tsp. water
1 tsp. local honey
1/2 tsp. pure aloe vera gel
Mix the water with the oats, then add the honey, and lastly the aloe gel. (Ideal if you have an aloe plant handy, but 99-100% gel from the health food store that doesn't have a whole bunch of other stuff added to it is good too) Apply to clean dry face, leave on for 20 minutes or so, and rinse off. Both the oats and the honey are anti-inflammatory and relieve itching as well, and both the honey and the aloe work on mild chemical burns too, which is basically what I had. Follow with something simple and soothing like shea butter or coconut oil. I have my own shea butter-extra-virgin coconut oil combo that I use, that has some lavender essential oil in it. Within a week of this kind of treatment, my skin was significantly improved, and within a few more days, it was completely healed up, as my reaction to the other stuff was pretty bad. I've learned my lesson - raw changes more than one's food! Someone else here commented the same and that even one's skin doesn't want processed c*** on it any more than our bodies want SAD foods!
Right now, I'm very happy to come back to very basic, simple skincare which I was into for a good while until I wandered. I'm also thinking of the boatloads of money I won't be spending on questionable toxic personal care products either - LOL!
2 tsp. of finely-ground oat flakes(I keep a jar of this handy so I'm ready to go)
1 tsp. water
1 tsp. local honey
1/2 tsp. pure aloe vera gel
Mix the water with the oats, then add the honey, and lastly the aloe gel. (Ideal if you have an aloe plant handy, but 99-100% gel from the health food store that doesn't have a whole bunch of other stuff added to it is good too) Apply to clean dry face, leave on for 20 minutes or so, and rinse off. Both the oats and the honey are anti-inflammatory and relieve itching as well, and both the honey and the aloe work on mild chemical burns too, which is basically what I had. Follow with something simple and soothing like shea butter or coconut oil. I have my own shea butter-extra-virgin coconut oil combo that I use, that has some lavender essential oil in it. Within a week of this kind of treatment, my skin was significantly improved, and within a few more days, it was completely healed up, as my reaction to the other stuff was pretty bad. I've learned my lesson - raw changes more than one's food! Someone else here commented the same and that even one's skin doesn't want processed c*** on it any more than our bodies want SAD foods!
Right now, I'm very happy to come back to very basic, simple skincare which I was into for a good while until I wandered. I'm also thinking of the boatloads of money I won't be spending on questionable toxic personal care products either - LOL!