Natural Beauty Tips and Methods

To be honest, 90% of the highly hyped natural beauty remedies on the market are useless. The core logic of real natural beauty treatments that have been proven practical and clinically effective is never to follow the trend and apply weird foods to your face. Instead, it is the low-burden care logic of "first doing internal adjustments to maintain stability, then adapting mild natural ingredients for external application according to skin type, and avoiding the trap of excessive skin care throughout the process." It is much more effective than hoarding a cabinet of Internet-famous natural skin care products.

A few years ago, I was also stupid. I used the kitchen as a skin care laboratory. I applied fresh lemon slices directly to my face in an attempt to whiten my face. As a result, the strong acid with a pH value of only about 2 directly burned my face red and peeled off. It took me half a month to recover. After asking a friend in the dermatology department, I found out that applying this unprocessed, highly irritating natural raw material to the face is no different from applying diluted acid directly to the face. It’s funny to say that I later tried to wipe my face with the water from the loofah vine I grew at home. My grandma said that the older generation used this skin care method. After I wiped off the sticky skin, before I could wash it off, my friend dragged me out to eat. My face was blown by the wind, and I came back in silence. I will never do this kind of original operation based on experience again.

Later, I learned the lesson, and the first thing I tried was the internal adjustment that everyone was talking about. To be honest, this is a truly profitable natural beauty method. Two summers ago, I went to the beach and got a double tan. No whitening serum could save me. My mother forced me to drink a cup of unsweetened freshly squeezed tomato juice every afternoon for two months. My colleagues at the company asked me if I had secretly done a whitening program. But I have to be honest here. Not everyone is suitable for drinking raw tomato juice. My best friend had too much stomach acid and suffered acid reflux and heartburn after drinking it twice. Later, she switched to eating fried tomatoes, adding half a spoonful of olive oil every time she fried them. After all, lycopene is fat-soluble, so it is better absorbed after being processed like this. She took it for three months in a row, and the brightening effect was more obvious than when I drank raw juice. There are also girls who are always prone to redness, swelling and acne. Don’t always think about finding some natural acne cream. First, replace the full-sugar milk tea in your hand with sugar-free honeysuckle + chrysanthemum soaked in water. I had five acnes after staying up late for a week and drank it for three days.

After talking about internal conditioning, let’s talk about external application. This topic is actually very controversial. One group of people on the Internet say that natural DIY facial masks are safe and effective, while the other group says that food on the face is full of bacteria and will rot the face. I have tried both cases. To put it bluntly, it depends on the skin type. If you have healthy skin, occasionally mix sugar-free yogurt with half a spoon of honey at room temperature and leave it on for 10 minutes. When you take it off, your face will feel really soft, and the moisturizing effect is no worse than a cheap patch mask. But if you have sensitive skin, or you just have broken acne on your face, I advise you. Don't try it. When I had allergies during the change of seasons, I followed the trend and applied a banana mashed mask. The next day, my face swelled like a pig's head. I went to the hospital and the doctor said that unsterilized food itself carries a lot of bacteria. The barrier of sensitive skin is already thin. Applying it to the face is like actively opening the door to bacteria. There is also the rice water face wash that has been popular for a long time. My grandma has been using it for decades, and her skin is indeed much more delicate than her peers. However, she always saves the second rice water and lets it warm before washing. The first rice water contains a lot of sediment and impurities. After washing, On the contrary, it is easy to clog pores, and she has dry skin and feels moisturized after washing. My cousin, who has oily skin, tried it once and was so depressed the next day. She scolded her for half a month and said that rice water is an IQ tax. To put it bluntly, she did not choose the right method for her.

Oh, by the way, there is another pitfall that many people have stepped on. They think that "natural" equals "safe". This is really a big mistake. When I was traveling in Yunnan, I bought rose hydrosol made by local farmers. The shop owner said it was pure natural distillation with no additives. I bought it and sprayed it twice before getting allergic. After checking, I found out that hydrosols that have not been professionally processed may contain volatile and irritating ingredients. Without antiseptic treatment, they can easily breed bacteria and are even more risky than regular brands of skin care products. There are also traditional Chinese medicine beauty recipes such as Qi Bai Powder that were circulated in ancient times. They are indeed recorded in medicine. However, if you directly buy the coarsely ground powder and apply it on your face, the particles will be too coarse and it will easily scratch the stratum corneum and make your face sensitive. If you really need to use it, you must either buy extremely fine powder that has been crushed by airflow, or boil it into a concoction and soak it in facial mask paper, which is too gentle.

After trying it out for the past few years, my biggest feeling is that natural beauty really doesn’t have so many fancy gimmicks. To put it bluntly, it means less fussing about your face. My daily skin care routine is extremely simple now. I keep a small bottle of regular brand chamomile hydrosol in the office, spray it twice when the air-conditioned room is dry, and occasionally apply a little cold-pressed coconut oil as lotion after washing my face at night (I have dry skin, don’t try it for oily skin). I try to eat a pound of vegetables every day, and I don’t stay up until 11:30 if I can go to bed at 11 o’clock. My skin condition is much better than a few years ago when I spent tens of thousands of dollars on skin care products for ladies. If you're not sure which method is suitable for you, just try it behind your ears for two or three days. If it doesn't become red or itchy before applying it on your face, you won't get into big trouble, right?