Thursday 21 July 2011

Skin habits

photos used for collage are from tumblr and the lemons are from speckle of dirt.


Okay, it's been requested so here it is. A post about beauty habits. :) It's going to be a little alternative as my beauty habits are a bit, well, alternative.

I don't cleanse with any products whatsoever. I only cleanse with water - morning & evening. I don't say that this works for everyone but it works for me. Cleansing products tend to either make my skin too greasy or too dry.

When I however sense a breakout coming, which happens to everyone(!), I have a routine that is guaranteed to work. Before you go to bed, dab a little drop of lemon juice on the area of the breakout. Next morning - voila! Do keep in mind, that you are not to go out in the sun after applying lemon juice to your skin - it'll bleach!

Det er blevet efterspurgt, så her er det - et lille indlæg om mine renserutiner. :)

Jeg renser kun min hud med vand. Dette skyldes ren og skær, fordi renseprodukter enten tørrer min hud helt ud eller efterlader den fedtet. Derfor skyller jeg (efter at have fjernet make-up) mit ansigt med vand, morgen og aften.

Hvis jeg dog kan ane, at jeg er ved at få en urenhed, dupper jeg lidt ren citronsaft på om aftenen, inden jeg går i seng. Dette virker virkelig! Næste morgen er der ikke spor af noget! Men put det ikke på midt på dagen, da sol og citron bleger. Hvis I har nogle spørgsmål, må I endelig sige til! :)

(found this cute picture at myecoaction.com)

Lots of love,

Mikaela

10 comments:

  1. Smuk collage,- og tip der helt klart skal afprøves i aften! :)
    /Gunilla

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  2. Fabulous tip darling, I use toothpaste at the moment but will have to try this!

    Eda ♥

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  3. Hvad med ansigts creamer og øje cream, bruger du slet ikke sådan noget? Og vil det så sige at du fjerner din make up udelukkende med vand? Det var da en dejlig billig løsning for så flot en hud som din! Du er en supergod blogger, det er super at du lytter så meget til dine læsere.. Tak for citronvandstippet, det skal afprøves. Mvh Julie

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  4. Tusind tak alle, og tusind tak Julie! :-) Som udgangspunkt bruger jeg ikke ansigtscremer. Hvis min hud er tør nogle steder bruger jeg en vandbaseret creme (jeg er i øjeblikket i gang med at flytte, og kan ikke huske mærket - skal nok vende tilbage, Julie) men det er nu meget sjældent. Jeg fjerner min make-up med matas' øjenmakeup-fjerner. Det fungerer ganske godt :-)

    Kh. Mikaela

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  5. i really like the tip with the lemon juice.
    great idea!

    caily

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  6. You must be blessed with fantastic skin ;)
    Using just water dries out my skin terribly but a lot of cleansers make my t-zone greasy.

    I'm happy with Garnier Simply Essentials Comforting cleansing milk at the moment: it cleans, freshens, moisturises and removes my make-up in one go. I have to exfoliate every now and again with StIves Apricot Scrub too.

    I've never tried lemon juice but haemorrhoid ointment works pretty well for me :) (odd choice I know!)

    xx

    www.flossyblossom.blogspot.com

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  7. I've heard so much good about the St Ives Apricot scrub, Ruth - I would love to try it out. If only it was available in Denmark! I'm going to Germany in the end of next week - I'll be sure to look out for it there :)

    Occaisionally I make a body scrub (not the face anymore, but we've got a good thing going here) made of olive oil, sea salt and honey - it works like magic! Just an extra tip on the way :)

    xx,

    M

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  8. Du er så smuk endnu en gang! :-) Og tak for tippet med citronen ;-)

    //Johanne - www.goldenfashiondreams.blogspot.com

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  9. great photos <3 I really like the first one !

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  10. Inden jeg går i seng. Dette virker virkelig! Næste morgen er der ikke spor af noget! Men put det ikke på midt på dagen, da sol og citron bleger.

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