Skin Care!

I guess I’m back earlier than I thought I would have been! So recently a friend showed me this random girl’s FaceBook profile page. This girl lost around 60 pounds in a year in a healthy way! But that’s not that exciting, right? We’ve read many stories about how people lose weight and look great. Well, there was one thing that she talked about that I hadn’t read about in many other places. It’s all common sense, but it’s not something people talk about frequently. She talked about skin care!!

Did you know…that you could easily have a face full of acne because significant weight loss? Or a more commonly fact: that you can have stretch marks left after losing weight? Or have a lot of loose skin? Did you know that you are more likely to have dark circles under your eyes after you lose weight? And there’s also a chance that you could lose some hair? Of course, it doesn’t happen to everyone but there’s a possibility. 

Fortunately, there are plenty of things that can be done prior to and during your weight loss period to prevent a lot of this from happening! I am going to include the document that this girl put up so that you can look at it and hopefully choose to follow some of the tips!

(As you can see, her name is Sapna Vyas Patel so you can look her up that way if you’d like!!)

Personally, here are the tips that I’ll be following.

• ·      Wash my face with honey twice a day (I read so, so, so many articles before coming to this conclusion.  You just put some honey on your face (don’t mix it with water or won’t be thick enough), and wash it off if you don’t have the time. If you do, then keep it on for 5-15 minutes. If you have very oily skin, keep it on even longer!)
• ·      Use coconut oil as a moisturizer after washing your face with honey. (I’ll be putting it on at night right before sleeping so it can soak in during the night, and I can wash it off in the morning. In case the honey dries out your skin, this will fix it!)
• ·      Massage cocoa butter + vitamin E on your skin at least once a day. (I’m going to try doing it in the morning after showering and once again right before sleeping! We have some at home, but I’m definitely going to go buy another bottle and put it right by my bed!)
• ·      Massage your hair with oil a few times a week. (My mother has been telling me to do this for so long, so I’m going to start trying to do it at least once a day!)
• ·      Use green tea bag water for your hair. (I drink the tea anyway; I might as well use the bag one more time for my hair! I don’t know when I’ll start this but I will try it out within a week hopefully!)
• ·      Place cucumber slices on your eyes. (It always feels so refreshing so why not try it out!!)
• ·      OR I might try the potato juice thing J I’m going to do some research to see if I can simply make some potato juice and store it for a few days to keep using the same one. We’ll see how it goes! I’ll let you know!

It all seems like a lot of work but it definitely seems worth it! I’ll let you know how it goes! J An update in two weeks seems like a good deadline!

Take care all!