Friday, 24 August 2012

Zit Zapping Remedies!

Here are THE BEST zit zapping remedies, just as I promised. Enjoy!

For starters, I just want to recap on what I had posted on Facebook. This is definitly the most common question I hear in my profession; What's up with my skin?!  Why all the breakouts?! I want to remind everyone with major breakouts (or even little ones) that more than likely its connected to stress. When they pop up in the chin and jawline region, its from being extremely overworked, worried, you aren't sleeping well, eating badly, or all of these at the same time. If you are about to try any of these zit remedies please keep in mind that they work BEST when you take time to relax. SO take a deep breath, a long bath/steamy shower, read a book, listen to music, eat!, sleep and RELAX. Ok, now for the good stuff.

THE ONE WEEK DOCTOR ORDON TREATMENT

You will need *Dried Basil Leaves
                        *Aspirin or baby Aspirin
                        *Chamomile Tea bags
Start by adding 3 tablespoons of dried basil leaves to 1 cup of boiling water. Mix in and let boil for a few short moments. Let cool then strain leaves. Place the liquid in a clean jar or clean spray bottle (spray bottle if you want to spritz it on and jar if you want to swipe your skin over with a cotton pad)
Before cleansing, apply the basil toner to your skin. Let sit for a few minutes then cleanse your skin like  normal. After cleansing apply a thin layer of moisturizer. Take your Aspirin (only need 1 or half of one at a time) place in a mortar and pestle to crush down to a powder. Place a few drops of water and mix until it becomes a paste. Spot treat...I repeat...spot treat any flare ups. Leave it on and go to bed. This treatment should be done before bed. It sets in better and you aren't walking around with paste on your face all day. For any random flare ups that come at a bad time (i.e. before family photos) Take warm chamomile teabags and use them as a compress on the spots for 15 minutes. This calms down any redness and takes away the urge to pick (hands off). Basil is an anti-inflammatory, Aspirin contains salicylic acid which kills bacteria within the pimple and shrinks them down. And chamomile is an anti-inflammatory as well.  Always be sure to moisturize (with an oil free moisturizer) even while doing this treatment. Your skin needs hydration and many think that not moisturizing while they have breakouts will help them disappear. This is not the case.

DO THIS TREATMENT EVERYDAY FOR A WEEK (7 DAYS) AND YOU WILL SEE A DIFFERENCE

For anyone that finds this treatment above too much work for them; cleanse your skin, and spot treat with Tea Tree Oil which you can pick up in the drugstore. Make sure you are not allergic to Tea Tree Oil first. You will notice that it has a potent scent because it is pure. Take a clean Q-tip and saturate the tip with Tea Tree. Spot treat in dabbing swirls. Moisturize and go to bed. You will see results by morning. Not as quickly as the Aspirin but still quick. I have sooo many more of these treatments but a blog should only be so long. So Enjoy these for now, relax, and I will see ya soon with more skin treats. http://www.positivelybeautiful.ca/








                     
                       

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