so enter the weirdest beauty tip you'll ever read... MUD?! actually, yeah, green clay. this stuff is miracle working. wet clay. on your face. i am so serious! natural remedies will not only work, but also be so much healthier! what if we could keep our beauty routine clean and chemical free? that just seems to make more sense to me, if our goal is health for ourselves and our environment. in fact, this type of thinking isn't new at all! healing clay has been used for many remedies since ancient times! apparently people used to carry this clay in their packs for tons of reasons, sometimes even ingesting it? this specific clay brand tells you not to do so (...and so do my opinions on taste...), but others actually still say that it's okay! so anyway, green clay is an amazing acne treatment.
so begin with getting a small amount of the clay into the palm of your clean hand. you could also use a glass container, but i find this much quicker and easier. you don't need much and you can always add more.
alright, dribble some water down your free hand into the clay. mix it together. the consistency should be pasty, so add more water/clay as necessary. i take the more solid pasty bits (can you see the clumps?) and press them where i have a bit of acne. sometimes that will be a single spot, or i'll go ahead and put it all over my acne prone areas.
next, you're going to want to let it work on your skin and dry for 5-10 minutes. you'll feel your face tightening and maybe tingling, but don't worry! i tend to crack myself up making faces in the mirror, because there comes a point where you literally cannot move your face. for some (possibly immature) reason, i find that hilarious.
anyway, when you feel that it's done it's work, or you can't take the itching that may occur any longer, rinse it all off your face. there might be some redness, but that's okay. it'll go away. if i have a nasty zit, i might use a little bit of acne cream on that, but otherwise i will leave my face alone afterwards. a bit of moisturizer won't hurt, since this can leave your face a tad dry. for that reason, i wouldn't use this on days that you have no acne. use it when you need it.
i hope you try this out! it might sound weird, but it actually works really well. also, the clay will last much longer than any of your "normal" products.
let me know if you try this, already use it, or have another natural remedy for acne! i'm always into hearing about natural alternatives... i think it's really important! ^.^
xxx,
jo
(jane: we came to this method through the amazing kara naydyhor, who makes the wonderful source skincare line. thank you so much, kara!)
next, you're going to want to let it work on your skin and dry for 5-10 minutes. you'll feel your face tightening and maybe tingling, but don't worry! i tend to crack myself up making faces in the mirror, because there comes a point where you literally cannot move your face. for some (possibly immature) reason, i find that hilarious.
anyway, when you feel that it's done it's work, or you can't take the itching that may occur any longer, rinse it all off your face. there might be some redness, but that's okay. it'll go away. if i have a nasty zit, i might use a little bit of acne cream on that, but otherwise i will leave my face alone afterwards. a bit of moisturizer won't hurt, since this can leave your face a tad dry. for that reason, i wouldn't use this on days that you have no acne. use it when you need it.
i hope you try this out! it might sound weird, but it actually works really well. also, the clay will last much longer than any of your "normal" products.
let me know if you try this, already use it, or have another natural remedy for acne! i'm always into hearing about natural alternatives... i think it's really important! ^.^
xxx,
jo
(jane: we came to this method through the amazing kara naydyhor, who makes the wonderful source skincare line. thank you so much, kara!)
