My interest sparked off food-for-thought
when it came to ‘defining’ my own skin type. I think that until now, my
instinct was to murmur something along the lines of ‘normal to combination’
when asked by a sales assistant what my skin was like. I came to realize that
I, pretty stupidly, had never taken the time to firstly have a think about it
nor had I taken the time to decipher into which ‘category’ I fell. After a bit
of thinking and a few trial and error’s I came to realize that my skin is
actually quite sensitive. Not to the extent that I have to be OTT when deciding
on which product to buy, just that it is easily irritated by heavily fragranced
products and reacts in far more of a friendly manner to those that are gentle.
Whilst my skin isn’t dry, it is definitely dehydrated; this was the big
realization. Due to never getting any dry patches or suffering from that
‘tight’ feeling on a daily basis, I never thought my skin was dry. I never took
the time to think about why, no matter how much makeup or how many fad moisturisers
I slathered on, my skin still had the tendency to be a tad lack-lustre and
blemish prone.
An underrated and annoyingly obvious piece of
advice that has entirely altered the way I treat my skin and notice it’s
changes is ‘drink lots of water’. After swearing to myself that I would really
try to drink more water to improve my concentration, stop myself from snacking
and hopefully improve my skin, I gave it a lot of attention. After the week was
through I saw a noticeable difference. Aside from my skin essentially lacking
any blemishes, it was plumper and literally brightened. Alongside this, (I can’t believe I’m going to
say this) I fell out of love with tea. Even Yorkshire Gold. For some reason the
caffine and compulsory two sugars left me feeling lethargic. Green tea was
always an option but I fancied something different so tried hot water and a
slice of lemon. I think a mug of this every single morning has been a main
contributor to the change I’ve seen. This is because lemons are so good for us, in many ways. In terms of our skin, the vitamin C helps to reduce blemishes and wrinkles and it also attacks toxins in our blood, helping to keep skin clear. Admittedly, if I ditched the chocolates and took a
little more care in considering which foods would beneifit not only my body,
but my skin too, I would see even more results.
A post of common-sense, no doubt, but one I felt had to be said. 2013 is the year I'll be good to my skin (inside and out).
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