Tuesday, December 22, 2015

My Beauty Regime Consists of Ginger and Cayenne Pepper

I am a huge fan of cleanses, teas, smoothies, and all of that other healthy lifestyle stuff. So recently, I just put in the search engine on Google: Master Cleanse. Immediately, the master cleanse drink came up for cayenne pepper, maple syrup, and lemons. It promised to help you lose at least 20 lbs in two weeks (with exercise). This got me thinking why not, and since I am a broke college student it was very affordable because we had all of the ingredients at my house. I know you guys are probably wondering when am I going to get into my daily beauty regime, but I was trying to get into how this all was a beauty regime accident, and not a bad one! No lie this cleanse started to work immediately, and since it is warmer outside and I can run now during the day and in the mornings. So that is when I started to see weight loss. Still it was not until I added ground ginger to this drink that I noticed rapidly that my acne scars were starting to go away. Not only the scars and blemishes, but my acne in general was starting to clear up. I looked up the health benefits of cayenne pepper and ginger. For cayenne pepper there was quite a lot on weight loss, metabolism, and antiviral effects. Then for ginger there were things on inflammation, and clearing up acne and acne scars. I was so happy because I took biotin for three years straight and it completely messed my face up. Also the ginger helps with cramps I seriously have cramps so bad that I want to punch someone, but this time I couldn't feel anything. I just wanted to share this with you guys because natural stuff works. So back to my daily beauty regime:

Morning:
I use African Black soap because I am African American but I am pretty sure other ethnic groups can use it as well. Basically, I wash my face with it and the put on light neutrogena moisturizer because my skin is oily. Also every other month I might switch up on my daily face wash because my skin has the tendency to get used to products and stop working.

Afternoon:
My face is usually very oily around this time and most of the time I am not in my house or dorm room so I have to carry around blotting papers. This helps take away the greasiness.

Night:
The night is my favorite time for skin care because then I can put on a mask or deep clean if I want. The first mask I have been trying for the past two days in a "multitasking face mask my version". So basically I start out with dry milk and I put a decent amount of water in it so it won't be too watery. I use it as a "base coat" I just rub it all in my skin so that afterwards my face can feel smooth and refreshed. Then for the exfoliation part I get a fingertip of coconut oil and I mix it with sea salt. I scrub my forehead, chin, nose, and cheeks (sometimes my neck). After this I get ground up ginger I wet it just a little bit and I put the mixture on my cheeks (where my face has the most acne scars). I let this multitasking face mask sit on my face for about 30 minutes sometimes longer if I am busy working on a project. Then afterwards I wash it all off with water, and then I wash my face with the African Black Soap. I do not put any extra moisturizer on my face because I sweat at night everywhere and also I feel like for my skin type if would be too much. My face has been clear for a while but like I said my face does get used to things so I might have to switch up things. I hope you guys read this and get inspired to try out natural herbs and spices on your skin. And you might use one thing for one part of your body and find out it affects another part as well. So you never know!

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