Skin update

It's been three weeks and  I haven't experience any breakouts. So I'll be sharing to you what I've been eating and doing to avoid breakouts.

Here's how:

*  I wash my face morning and night with St. Ives pore clearing cleanser, followed by eskinol toner and my celeteque moisturizer.

*  I'm using  the tomato and egg mask for preventing and getting rid of blackheads.

*  I eat good foods like fruits and whole grains and  eliminated all the bad foods including soft drink.

*  I drink plenty of water including skim milk  and green tea.

*  I take fish oil supplement for my skin, hair and nails.

*  I do exercise every morning because being fit is important and it also helps the circulation of blood in our entire body.

and lastly

*  I make sure to have enough sleep because stress can cause breakouts. Anyway, last week was our midterm exam. In the past, I've been experiencing lots of breakouts during exam week because of lack of sleep and stress  but now I managed to have at least 6 hours of sleep that's why I didn't experienced breakout the entire midterm week.

That is basically my everyday routine and I'm still researching on natural ways or affordable creams that would help get rid or at least lessen the visibility of acne scars. If anyone have tips, ideas or products that worked on you, let me know.

Thanks and God bless.

Klik - ube shake nail polish

I love nail polish and I love watching my nails with a bright colors specially pastel and  neon colors.

I usually change my nail polish once or twice a week and today I'm wearing Klik nail polish regular - ube shake color and I love it.

It needs two coats if you like darker but if you like brighter, one coat will do. Klik is so affordable and it has a nice coverage. It only cost 16 pesos and its worth it.

Asian secrets lulur whitening body scrub

Okay, I decided to have a swimming lesson two weeks from now and I'll be wearing a swim suit and that's my problem right now. I have dark underarm, but it's not that dark and also in the area between my thighs. I've been searching for a product that would help me whiten my dark skin areas and luckily I saw this asian secrets body scrub in commercial. After I saw it in commercial I research on reviews about this product and most of them says that it is effective so I went to department store and grab the asian secret body scrub without hesitating. It only cost Php 73.00 for 135 grams. I also wanted to buy the bar soap but they're out of stock.

This body scrub has a creamy texture and has small salts which I believe is the scrub. It has a very nice smell.

I'm so excited to use this tonight.......

Benefits of using the Lulur body scrub

• gently exfoliates and remove dead skin cells to smoothen and give it a radiant glow.
• reduces skin pigmentation and evens out skin tone by getting rid of dark patches when used frequently.
• contains green tea and vitamin E to help protect the skin an keep it healthy.
• moisturizes and leaves skin with a light fragrant scent.

 The direction says to scrub it in dry skin and rinse with water.

While searching on this product I found out that Asain secrets Lulur whitening body scrub is a beauty treatment inspired by the most luxurious Javanese ritual called Lulur. The ritual was originally intended for the bride-to-be in order to beautify, smoothen and whiten her skin before her wedding day.

Home remedies for blackheads and hair strengthening

I've been suffering from blackheads for a long time and I've tried different products that I thought would help me get rid of blackheads but none of them works. So I decided to try some home remedy. I've been reading articles before about home remedies that would get rid of blackheads but I didn't dare to try until last week I really can't stand my blackheads, it's so ewww and my nose is so itchy.

So here are the best home remedies for me but first of all this are jut my opinions and my opinions are based on my experience. I'm not telling that what works for me will also works for others because we have different skin type.

Egg mask
I love scrambled egg specially omelette,  hmmmmm yummy!., but also egg is great for hair and also for skin. Egg mask is so effective for getting rid of blackheads but I tell you it won't get rid all of your blackheads in just one use.
How to do it:
beat one egg
Start with a clean face
Apply a thin mask and let it dry then applied another layer.
Leave it for 15-20 minutes and
wash  face and use moisturizer.

For hair:
one egg is too much for my face so I use the extra for my hair. Eggs are high in protein and will strengthen your hair, particularly if your hair is prone to breakage like mine. You will also need moisturizing conditioner since protein can be too drying for hair specially those who have dry hair.

just add conditioner to the egg, mix together and you can apply to your hair either wet or dry.  Leave for 15-120 minutes with shower cup. After 20 minutes wash your hair thoroughly and apply again moisturizing conditioner.

Tomato mask

Tomatoes have many health benefits when eaten and when applied on the skin. It consists of  large number of antioxidants that have been proven to fight different forms of cancer. It also helps with skin problems. This day I tried this tomato mask remedy for blackheads. Not only for blackheads it also helps shrink large pores and help to fade acne scars based on the article that I've read before.
How to do it:
Sliced one tomato and rub it into clean face, leave it for 15-20 minutes then wash face and use moisturizer.

Honestly I don't eat tomatoes because I don't like its taste but because it has many benefits specially in skin I decided to eat tomato at least one per day.

I've been doing the egg mask twice a week while the tomato mask I'm doing it every night.
Home remedies are great because it's not expensive and has no side effects except for those who are allergy with eggs so I suggest to use tomato mask only.
So far, this is just the home remedy that I've used that really worked for me.

Thank you for reading! God bless