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I have long talked about skincare and the awful state of my skin on here. I never had any issues with my skin until I hit my 20′s. I’ve had some awful times over the past six years, but none of those times have lasted more than a few months…until recently.

About a year and a half ago, my skin went into another awful state, but it never got better. No matter what I did, my face exploded on a daily basis. I tried every face wash known to man (and spent a pretty penny doing so). I even went to the dermatologist who prescribed me antibiotics (which are awful for you and didn’t work anyway). My face just got worse, even to the point of me not wanting to leave the house.

Since the information and medications the doctor gave me wasn’t working, I decided to research this issue myself. I could write a novel on everything I found, but for the sake of this post I’ll make it simple: face wash was irritating my face an making it worse. What I was eating also had a lot to do with it. I researched different ingredients and how I could make my own beauty products and realized it was surprisingly easy.

This is my makeup remover/cleanser. It’s aloe vera water with a bit of olive oil (hence the separation).  You shake it up, put in on a cotton pad and rub it all over your face.  It gets off all of your makeup and clears out what’s in your pores.

After I use my oil cleanser, I use toner.  This toner is half extra concentrated green tea, half aloe vera water and I put a good 10 to 15 drops of tea tree oil in there.  This toner lives in the fridge to preserve it’s longevity.  I wipe this all over my face to get out any last bits of crud in my pores and the tea tree oil helps to clear out any bacteria that may be hiding on my face.

After I use the toner, I moisturize.  I can sometimes skip this step, but since it’s winter, I have to moisturize at night after I wash my face as well as the next morning when I wake up.  For this, I’m currently using the Josie Maran Argan Oil.  It’s very nice, but very expensive.  There are other options out there.  I’ve heard only good things about Egyptian Magic.  And Badger has one that looks quite nice and only a fraction of the cost of the other products mentioned.

My skin is nowhere near perfect and I still get some breakouts (usually surrounding lady issues), but I can go out in public without foundation and not feel like Sloth from The Goonies.  The conclusion I’ve come to is that my skin is incredibly sensitive and it had enough of me putting chemicals and preservatives on my face and in my body.  I’m currently in the process of pinpointing the different foods that trigger a reaction on my face.  Some of my favorite foods are creating such a reaction which is unfortunate.  Sad face.  But I really shouldn’t be eating them anyway.  Sad sad face.

Oh by the way, this is really inexpensive.  HAPPY FACE.