10 ways to keep skin clear and healthy
I'm one of those people that has a combination skin, which means I have oily skin and dry skin, I can be very oily in some places and very dry in other. I have gone through the years trying out different treatments and trying to get it right, however, it's not particularly perfect, I still have excess oil or very dehydrated patches over my face, but just a few things I do to try and keep myself balanced.
1. Keep hair and hands off your face if possible. Our hair produces a lot of oil and when stuck to our faces, it spreads that oil, and irritates our skin, bringing spots. Your hands are a major factor as they go through so much in a day, think about what you touch, what you use, where you go, whenever you touch your face, it passes oils and excess anything over.
2. Take off excess oil, when you've been out for a long period of time, your skin collects all the pollution and dust, your face will start to produce oil, especially when wearing make up. I would recommend to keep packets of blot papers on you and gently pat your face when you feel its necessary. Blotting powder is something I try to avoid as this is just caking on more powder and it's not really taking oil away, it's just covering it.
2. Take off excess oil, when you've been out for a long period of time, your skin collects all the pollution and dust, your face will start to produce oil, especially when wearing make up. I would recommend to keep packets of blot papers on you and gently pat your face when you feel its necessary. Blotting powder is something I try to avoid as this is just caking on more powder and it's not really taking oil away, it's just covering it.
3. Steam your face once a week, this is essentially getting your pores to open up and getting all that gunk out of your face. I like to steam for about 10mins, and then gently wash my face with luke warm water, don't use cold water as this will close the pores and you need to wash out the gunk and dirt out of your pores before you want them to close up.
4. Wash your face twice, daily. This of course is common sense. The reason why we do so, it's because when you go to sleep at night, for the hours you have been asleep, your face can produce a lot of oil even if you haven't been out. Wash your face before sleep as, you have been out or around the house, remember your skin is collecting dust and anything around you. You should wash gently with gentle soap or cleanser, dont use any harsh toners, you want your face alcohol free. Try not to wash more than twice a day, if you over wash it may cause your skin to be too dry.
5. I use clay based products once or twice a week if not steaming, clay soaks up oil and helps clear the pores. It will also help you to produce less oil.
6. Eat fruit and vegetable, again this is probably common sense, we all know that they are good for us. They have so much natural vitamins and it helps our skin and body to be more healthy.
7. Drink plenty of water, I know that it gets said a lot already, so I won't go on too much about it. Drinking water helps keeps your body hydrated and cleanses out any toxins.
8. Drink green tea, if you're not a person that likes drinking water because it has no flavour in it, as my partner is one of them. Drinking green tea is great for the body, it does pretty much the same things, cleansing out any toxins and keeping your body hydrated. ( Also great to drink when drunk to cleanse out all that alcohol before you sleep, can help prevent hang overs)
9. As weird as this may sound, get good sleep. If the body is not getting enough quality sleep, we produce excess oil a lot faster.
10. Avoid eating too much junk food, the word says it all 'junk' food, we can have a sneaky bag of crisps/chips or a chocolate bar a day, but don't over do it as this causes our skin to just dry up and become irritated.
Stay healthy and be safe
Vivi x
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