How to Pamper Your Skin

One of the things that my mother always told me to do was to take care of my skin.  It is a ritual I began in my late teens, especially because of one of my besties, Tina.  We would spend hours doing the skin and hair rituals, beautifying ourselves.

I have never forgotten that curvy divas, nor my mom's advice and it is one of the advice that I hope I have taught to my own children. I do try to take care of my skin as often as I can. You know how it goes though curvy divas, you get busy with life and living, and you forget take your make up off before going to sleep (oh the horrors) and sometimes you even forget to throw out old make up! Yep, a crime I have corrected recently. ~Whew~

Because I haven't had the time for a full routine of a do-it-yourself facial lately, I decided to give myself a quickie.  What is a quickie facial you wonder?  

I did a very quick mix using my favorite ingredients: oats, lime juice, honey, and water; I then mixed the combination into a paste.

Applied the paste to my face and let dry

Rub the excess off which exfoliated my skin
Rinse my face

This is the after effect:  

 

And with makeup when I went out later that day:

 

I was a happy camper!  A new favorite blog of mine (I love discovering fun blogs), Beauty Barbie shared her own skin care ritual that I wanted to share with you.  I love the details and even more, how what she does, pampers your skin! She's using Montagne Jeunesse Tropical Peel off mask. Go over to her blog and read her tutorial, a very useful do-it-yourself tool!