Skin care must haves for this cold winter season!!!
I personally have the worst skin in the world! I have large pores, black heads and blemishes galore. I'm just waiting for the lines to appear in my old age of 26. I am extremely picky of what I use on my skin and I take care of it like its my baby... mostly because I have to. During the winter my skin can be very itchy and dry. Like most of us-
So I've been doing some research on African Black Soap, Unrefined Shea Butter and The Oil Method of Cleaning. The website that carries the original products with the best price is Coastal Scents. I love them!
http://www.coastalscents.com/
Go and read up on the products yourself, you will find them on the left side of their site. I am just starting with these 3 products and here are my honest 'starting' opinions-
African Black Soap: It comes in a bag which I really love. You do have to mold it together like every tutorial says and it lathers really well. This product does dry out my skin, burns in some areas and is causing me to break out a bit. After said that, its only been a week and I've heard that this soap may break you out because it is cleaning out all the yucky stuff in my skin and I have also heard that it may dry you out. It does clean, my hubby loves it!
Unrefined Shea Butter: This comes in a bag as well; it is not as soft as I thought it would be but I just cut a little snip of the side and squeeze the product out. Easy and mess free. I find this product to be very thick, it is really hard to rub into the skin so I have created a way of doing this for myself and that is mixing it with Vaseline. I just ordered some oils from the site, so once that arrives I will mix it with that instead but you have to do what works for you. I really love this product, makes your skin soft and it does moisturize.. you may feel itchy and dry for the first week. I do.
TOMC: I have heard of this method for a while and I wanted to start trying it. I am just using 100% Extra Olive Oil now until my order comes in from Coastal Scents... crazy I am I know. I just started doing this yesterday but it does feel really nice on the skin. You just take a quarter amount of oil and massage it into your skin for a few... then get a wash cloth and soak it in hot water. Leave the towel on your skin until the towel gets cold, wipe off and repeat.
I will be doing a follow-up 'blog' on these products... I want to see if it improves my skin or doesn't really do much for me! Right now, I'm satisfied but I'm waiting to see if the African Black Soap stops burning and causing me to break out! ;)
To be continued...