Helps:

• facial exfoliation
• clear clogged pores
• dries up blemishes
• reduces skin oil

Aspirin (uncoated), water and honey. (Some people are allergic to aspirin; rare it is recommended to do a patch test on your underside of your lower arm)

Directions: 2 time per a week

Mask

Aspirin masks have been popular for a long time is strongly because of its results. The great secret ingredient here is acetylsalicylic acid which is a BHA (beta hydroxy acid) which you can find in skin creams, chemical peels for skin care.

-cup -water -aspirin

1. Get a cup with a few drops of water
2. 4 Aspirin tablets(uncoated) crush it up inside the cup
3. Mix everything into a paste
4. Add Honey, cream, aloe vera or anything similar to thicken the masking paste.
5. Apply it to your face for 15 minutes avoiding eyes and nostrils.

All done

Apple Cider Vinegar Skin Care Helps:

• Balances skin PH and complexion
• fade red marks or blemishes.

Ingredients: Apple Cider Vinegar (organic) from supermarket
Directions: Every day – once per a wk
Category: Toner

ACV is a well known product beneficial for sinus infections, high cholesterol, and chronic fatigue it has been used for hundreds of years. It is commonly used in skin care especially for ACNE because of its disinfecting and cleaning properties and is a natural, nontoxic, biodegradable substance. It is known to balance the PH of your skin, giving you a better complexion and help remove blemishes such as red marks.

Apple Cider Vinegar Skin Care Notes:

When your first start applying ACV is might be strong therefore it is recommended to dilute it heavily with water when you’re applying it to your face so your skin will build tolerance. Then slowly increasing the ACV to water ratio.

Apple Cider Vinegar Skin Care Steps:

1. Add Two teaspoons of ACV to a cup
2. Add Four teaspoons of water
3. Apply to face

Tip
Everyone’s skin is different therefore the two teaspoons of ACV and four of water is a guide. Slowly increase the ACV amount every wk but don’t use ACV by itself.

Hope you found this Apple Cider Vinegar skin care guide helpful.

Lets not get started on how much we spend on beauty products!

Naturalskincare DIY is your personal collection of tips from people just like you and me! Here we all share our tips and experiences for caring for our skin.

Not everyone is blessed with good genetics and many others. There’s a saying “Beauty comes from within”.
Confidence comes from your skin.

Problems like: 

• skin complexion, pores, oily/dry skin
• pimples, scars, imperfections, eye bags, dry lips
• sunlight, what type of light I was standing in
• drinking (tipsy, redness, appearance of flaws)

People do judge you by your skin.

Impressions do matter, we've all experienced it from being served, people percieve you, in reality your skin is fashion. Would you go dressed in old clothes to a interview?

Please share your tips with us to glowing skin.

Helps:

• Omega-3/6 for healthy, youthful looking skin.
• Allergic & Inflammatory reaction
• Internal moisturizer
• Balance hormones

Category: moisturizing oil, table 

Flax can be used as an internal moisturizer by helping the internal skin from dry skin from reduced sebum product which causes your skin to hold less moisture. The other benefit for skin care is it helps control the hormonal balance which can lead to break outs.

Where/what to buy?
When you go looking for flax seed oil make sure that it is cold pressed flax seed oil and naturally processed. Flax seed is a common supplement and should be available at all pharmacies, health stores.

Usually it will say 100% all-natural and organically grown flax seeds.

• antioxidant
• dryness/dandruff
• Anti inflammatory
• stretch marks
• easily absorbing oil
• some people minor acne
• silky smooth skin

Ingredients: Jojoba oil
Category: moisturizing oil, scars, healing

The oil comes from the Jojoba plant before whaling used to be the source for cosmetic products ever since the ban on whaling it’s commonly found in beauty products for the skin and hair. It is known to work well with people with sensitive skin issues. Also helps reduce wrinkles and other lines associated with aging. In addition, it helps promote the growth of new skin cells. It even has some anti-bacterial qualities too.

Why Jojoba oil is not like other oils. 

One of the main worries of oil is will it cause flare ups, jojoba helps in the healing process by reinforcing the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis). One of the main benefits of oils is how quickly the skin is absorbed by your skin, small amount needed. It also prevents cells losing moisture leaving your skin soft and smooth.

What to buy 

When you are looking for Jojoba make sure you look for organically grown Jojoba oil that is pressed not chemically extracted. Jojoba can be a bit more expensive then other natural products.

You can also use the oil for your hair, its popular for bringing hair back to life.

• exert sun damage protection
• minerals and vitamins
• anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties

Green is famous for anti-oxidants, they protect against free radical damage to the skin from our environment such as pollution which promotes aging.

If you wish to include green tea in your skin care today it’s a good idea.

Helps:

• internal cleansing (detox)
• minerals and vitamins
• taste so good

Ingredients: Fresh (not bottled) lemon, honey and hot water
Directions: anytime
Category: healthy drink

Lemon juice contains one of the AHAs or Alpha Hydroxy Acids which is citric acid. It works by promoting skin elasticity, and enabling new skin cell growth rise from underneath. It also flushes out pores and keeps your skin feeling fresh and bright

Utensils
• Spoon
• Cup
• Chop stick or a fork

Steps
1. Boil the water
2. Slice lemons and store juice in container
3. Pour boiling water into cup
4. Add the lemon juice
5. Add the honey (make sure to add the honey last to prevent it from sinking)
6. Stir with a chop stick or fork

Tip
This drink you can also serve cold with ice on a hot day. It’s a very healthy drink and the taste is wonderful.

Helps:

• Porcelain like skin look
• Soft smooth skin
• Remove dead skin cells
• Reduce fine lines and minor blemishes.

Ingredients: Baking Soda (NOT baking powder), water or similar; example cleanser
Directions: 1 time per a week
Category: Exfoliation

Skin type
Sensitive or thin skin, apply a chemical exfoliator like glycolic acid or Retin-A only once a week otherwise use a grainy scrub.

How Often Should I Exfoliate?
It is recommended to only exfoliate once per a week. If your skin is on the oily side, you can exfoliate up to twice a week with a grainy scrub.

Protection
Baking soda removes dead skin cells, it is recommended you do it at night and apply sunscreen to prevent sun damage.

Steps
This one is very easy to do and you can adapt it to your products.
1. Add two tablespoon of baking soda to your hand
2. Mix with your cleanser
3. Slowly rub in a circular motion on the face
4. Leave it on for 2 minutes
5. Rinse off

You have now just removed your dead skin cells make sure to put on some sunscreen to protect your fresh new layer of skin.

Helps:

• collagen production
• free radical damage
• antioxidant
• repair damaged skin

Mediums: Tablet, serum, oil

Vitamin C is full of antioxidant properties which is increasing in skincare products. It promotes collagen production and repairs damage by free radicals from sun damage, stress, air pollution and our environment.

One of the problems with Vitamin C solutions is that when exposed to air it can oxidize leaving it ineffective. Therefore leaving the serum, oil quite a expensive choice of product.

Serum / Oil
There are a lot of companies offering stabilized vitamin C products with the best derivative hich won’t oxidize as fast. The problem is these products are very expensive, harder to develop and less mainstream.

Tablet
Vitamin C tablets are an inexpensive way of caring for your skin. It will help your skin to heal quicker, reduce blemishes and improve your skin tone. Make sure you stick to it too see the results on your skin.

Vitamin C and Skin Care
Realistically eating a lot of oranges every week is not going to cause fast noticeable improvements to your skin. Gradually over time it will aid your skin so its a good idea.