Stay Hydrated.We know you've heard it before: have at least the standard eight ounce glass of water at least eight times a day. Not only is it a good way to help you maintain your metabolism and digestive flow, but it also helps your body to clear troubled areas on the skin more quickly. To kick start a healthy habit of drinking your 64 ounces a day, have at least two cups of it within the first hour after waking up. Your body may be dehydrated from the long period of deprivation at this point and adding the water before a morning meal will help your body to clear toxins more efficiently with the addition of a morning meal.
Quick tip: instead of drinking 64 ounces, take your total weight and divide it in half, slap an oz. at the end of that and make your daily water intake goal that number.
(example: 138 pound person divides their weight by half into 69; they then take the 69 and and oz. to the end, making 69 oz. of water their daily goal).
Lip Service.Throughout the day, if you can't tell whether or not you're dehydrated, check the skin of your lips to determine whether or not you need to kick up your water intake. The lip's skin is much more sensitive than the skin on your face, and burns or chaps more quickly as a result. The plumpness of your lips is an excellent indication of your water level throughout the day; if you haven't had enough, they will be thinner than usual and you may find that you're constantly re-applying a moisturizer. Drink more water instead! However, if you've had enough water, you lips will be smoother, with minimal chapping and retain a natural flesh color.
Be Well Rested.The first signs of fatigue will be your demeanor, and your skin. If you haven't been getting the minimum amount of sleep that your body requires to function the next day, it will begin to show not only in how you perform, but in your skin! These signs include the discoloration that sets in beneath the eyes and locally emerging white heads; your body needs sleep to help clear toxins, and reset your system. When this process is interrupted or cut short, your body copes by shedding more toxins through your skin than usual. That being said, it is also bad for one to sleep more than their body requires them as well. If you wake up naturally after 6 and a half hours, don't force yourself back to sleep, you may be doing more harm than good.
Exercise!Get into the habit of exercising daily! Even if its just 15 minutes of walking in place or jumping jacks (or, if your really feel you don't have time, streeeeetch! stretch every muscle in your body physically possible), your body will thank your in many different ways, including showing less problems on your skin. This can also help with digestion, which will, in turn, help your skin.
Thank Mom and Dad.Basically, accept what things you may have been predisposed for thanks to genetics; fighting them in most cases only leads to a sad ending, so.. Learn to live with the skin you got from your parents, and pay special attention to any pre-existing skin conditions you may have! Admin A's parents, for instance, both have oily, sun-sensitve skin that tends to get drier in the Winter time, but that is also very thick and prone to occasional major problems, such as a black head in a place no one thought it would turn up, and prone to showing spots from acne; to top that off, she has a minor case of eczema. So, that's what kind of skin she has, but she doesn't go around trying to moisturize with creams in the warmer seasons, or clogging her pores constantly by neglecting to wash her face twice a day or not drinking a lot of water. Someone with very sallow, or dry skin wouldn't use an oil control products on their dry skin then right? Now, there is that gray area for people with combination skin, but the best thing to do in this case is to figure out what seasons your skin goes through and make sure to change up your skin care regimen to cater to it at different times. That's a lot to do, but it's up to each of us to decide what's best for our skin. Pay attention, and don't spend your money unnecessarily on products that won't help your skin.
Allergies?If you have a food allergy, then you need to read the ingredients for anything you plan to put on your skin. Skin care products, while they are meant to help your skin, can also become your worst enemy if you have an allergy to a certain ingredient in their formula. For example, I'm (Admin A) allergic to lavender, and there are hundreds of skincare products that have some component of lavender in them. I don't know what exactly in lavender I am allergic to, but I do know that I have a severe allergic reaction to it, so it's a safe bet that even putting it on my skin will cause to have a rash. Also, may artificial fillers that are put inside of the products can cause you to break out in a rash, even if you've ever had allergies before. Some of these can even cause cancer or lesions of blackened skin, like tartrazine and hydroquinone. If it's been banned in one country, it's banned from my ever using it, but that's just my personal preference.
Are you Using Your Body Wash on Your Face?Most body washes are too harsh to be used for the skin on your face! Avoid using your body soap on your face, you may be putting your skin under more stress than is necessary by doing this. Also avoid letting your shampoo or conditioners run down onto your facial skin, especially if it has sulfates in it, or silicone.
Don't dry your Face off with a Towel.Sound weird? Makes sense if your body wash or hair products leave a residue on your skin. Why would you dry your face with the towel that you used just on your body if this were true? It's better for your skin not to rub your face with a towel anyway, especially if your have sensitive skin, or you just exfoliated, which bring us to the next tip:
Exfoliate at Least Twice a Week.Your skin is constantly shedding, it sheds dead skin cells every four seconds, cyclically. Even while you are washing your face to rid the dead skin that may be still hanging around, your body is creating more of the stuff. That's why it's best to exfoliate at least twice a week! Don't rub your skin aggressively like a car detailer though, or it will become rubbery, which means you've rubbed off the whole layer and your skin has become a large plaited scab, or taught, which means you've rubbed it enough that it has reacted by contracting.
DietEat a balanced diet that includes many different types of fruit and vegetables. If you find that you can't eat enough at each meal, you may not be consuming enough carbs at each meal. If you need a diagram, look a a bento, their often balanced based off of proper portions of each food group. If you notice that you can't drink enough water a day, eat more fruit. Don't cut all the fat out of your diet. Don't diet. Just eat right. Don't cut out junk completely if you've been eating it consistently even for just a few months. Your body will respond to this in a bad way by making you unusually fatigued, unable to go to the restroom, break out in lesions of whiteheads, and can even have a bad effect on your monthly cycle. It's like quitting a drug cold turkey, if it's bad enough it can actually have the same end result, so don't do it!
Take Your Makeup off, Always!Even if you think you'll pass out while taking it off from a long day (don't be dramatic ;]), do it anyway. Use a non-harsh makeup remover that won't irritate your skin, especially the eye area, and avoid products that have high alcohol content. The best thing to use for this is extra virgin olive oil. It costs less than a lot of makeup removers and it's probably a part of your kitchen pantry! It can also be used to moisturize extremely dry skin as it is one of the most "fatty" oils in the bunch (highest monounsaturated fat content), next to animal fats..
We don't guarantee that your skin will be the epitome of flawlessness with these tips, but they could help you find a happy medium between makeup and your natural assets!
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