Hello, my dear friends. How are you? In today’s post, I want to share with you the basics of proper skin care. We all know that the skin is our largest organ, I wrote in one of my previous posts that our skin occasionally gets hungry and that we need to feed it. How can we do that? What are the basics of proper skin care? How many times a day should we pay attention to our skin?
Proper skin care involves:
• Hygiene (cleaning)
• toning
• Hydration
Most of you will ask, how are we doing that? The answer is- very easy.
Hygiene (cleaning) of the skin is the basic thing for beautiful and healthy skin. I wash my face, neck and neckline in two ways. In the post about the secrets of the Minoan beauty, I gave you the secret of the Minoan queen who was taking her bath in olive oil. I wash my face with oil (Personally I prefer olive oil but you can also use some other oil that suits your skin type). Before you give up on the thought to wash face with oil, I must tell you that I have a mixed type of skin with an extremely oily T zone. I solved the problem of oily skin precisely with oil. You probably do not believe me? Try it and you will see for yourself. I wash my face with oil every morning when I’m at home. However, when I’m traveling I wash my face with a face wash of my own. It is pretty easy to make and it is still very efficient. Next time, when I make a new face wash I will shoot a video and post it with the recipe on my blog.
Toning the skin is used to additionally clean the skin, if something is left after washing; the tonic is here to regulate this. In my tonic I add organic apple vinegar. Did you know that vinegar helps delay the aging process of the skin and is one of the most powerful agents in the fight against wrinkles? You can find the recipe for making the tonic (lotions for the face) on my blog. You should try it.
Hydration of the skin is the last step of the skin care, and it consists in applying cream on the skin.
If you follow these tips, your skin will primarily be healthy, nourished and beautiful and you will be satisfied with the results.
How many times during the day should you take care of your skin? Proper care includes taking the time to take care in the morning and in the evening, all together twice a day.
The most important question of all: Why is it important to use natural cosmetics? Everything we put on our skin goes directly into the bloodstream, actually only 60% of it enters the bloodstream. That’s one more reason to be extra cautious.
My dear friends, be healthy, beautiful and nurtured and see you soon -)))