What are some natural beauty tips?

In fact, after combing through the practical experience of veteran players in the skin care industry and combining it with the professional advice of dermatologists, the core of truly reliable natural beauty techniques is to "follow the laws of the skin and body, and don't mess around." Those "little tricks" on the Internet that just take kitchen ingredients and apply them on the face will most likely be useless or hurt the face.

A while ago, my best friend stepped into a trap and came across a note saying that applying fresh lemon slices to the face can quickly whiten her face. She thought that natural ingredients are safer than chemicals. After applying it for two days, her cheeks became red and stinging. She went to the hospital and was diagnosed with contact dermatitis. The concentration of vitamin C in fresh lemons is ridiculously high, and there are also undiluted plant acids. If people with thin cuticles apply it on their faces, it is tantamount to directly "delamination" of the skin. Speaking of this, some people may ask, is the fresh aloe vera face rub that has been passed down for many years also fake? This is actually quite controversial. My friend with skin-tolerant skin rubbed sun-red skin with the peeled and emodin-removed aloe vera pulp on his sun-reddened skin. However, another roommate with sensitive skin used ornamental aloe vera grown at home to rub his face and developed a rash the same day. After all, individual skin types and types of ingredients vary. This "natural method" of applying it directly to the face should not be blindly followed.

Seriously, most of the natural beauty techniques that will give you long-term results don’t involve putting anything on your face. I have insisted on drinking 1500ml of warm water every day for two years, and try not to drink milk tea or carbonated drinks with added sugar. The recurring inflammatory acne on my chin has almost disappeared in the third month of quitting sugar, and even the oil production in the T-zone has been reduced by half. This is not a psychological effect. A high-sugar diet will increase the body's inflammatory response and accelerate the glycation of collagen. Problems such as yellow face, sunken face, and acne are often caused by eating too much sugar. As for the long-controversial dietary collagen supplement, I have also tried small-molecule fish collagen peptides for three months. To be honest, it is impossible for my skin to become bright and shiny all of a sudden. At most, my nails are stronger than before. Currently, the academic community is divided into two groups. One group believes that the collagen eaten will be decomposed into ordinary amino acids, which is no different from eating eggs. The other group has experiments proving that specific small-molecule collagen peptides can affect the skin. Whether you want to try it depends on your own budget, and whether you need to spend a lot of money to pay the IQ tax.

There is also the routine that is most likely to be regarded as a cliché. I stayed up all night for a week working on a project. The dark circles under my eyes were so heavy that I could not even apply three layers of concealer to cover them up. I used half a bottle of expensive eye cream and saw no improvement. After the project ended, I lay down and went to bed before 11 o'clock every day. After persisting for half a month, most of the dark circles under my eyes disappeared by themselves, and even the dry lines around my eyes were faded. This kind of physiological improvement cannot be compared with any expensive skin care products. There are also very simple natural techniques for daily skin care. I used to like to wash my face with very hot water in winter, and my skin was always dry after washing. Later, I listened to the dermatologist's advice and switched to warm water that is about the same as body temperature. The problem of dry skin gradually disappeared - hot water will destroy the sebum film on the surface of the skin. This natural protective barrier is broken, and no matter how much moisturizer you apply, it can't repair it.

By the way, there is also the lowest-cost natural anti-aging and whitening method, which is hard sunscreen. Last summer, I went to Qingdao with my friend. She found it too troublesome and only applied sunscreen. After three days of playing, I came back two degrees darker. I wore a wide-brimmed hat, a mask, and a parasol throughout the whole trip, and I hardly got a tan. Physical sunscreen does not require skin metabolism and absorption, so there is no burden. The effect is more reliable than most sunscreens. Who knows who uses it.

In fact, my biggest feeling after being involved in skin care for so long is that natural beauty has never been a shortcut. Those three-day whitening methods that are so popular under the banner of "purely natural" are basically pitfalls. Slower and follow the laws of the body, but you can get the longest and best results.