Skin Care Regime

So, it has been a while since I was consistently blogging and now that I am back things are going to change a bit. Before, I was focusing all of my blogs on  my life in the acting realm. I will still do that here, but I have decided to branch out a bit and allow myself to blog about other aspects of my life too.

Today I want to share with you my personal skin care regime. Let's be honest, I was blessed with really good skin. I know this and am extremely grateful for it, but I also think the way I take care of my skin helps a lot.

Ok, so here is a picture of me completely bare faced... a little nervous to show all of you because I have some pretty dark circles, but in order to get my point across I wanted to post a completely natural and unedited picture.

As you can see, I have a few red spots on my nose and I am starting to get some lines in my forehead and around my mouth...and that is totally ok! As we age these things naturally happen, as long as we do are part to maintain them hopefully they won't get out of control.

 1. Eat clean, healthy, and a lot of healthy fats. Drink lots of water
2. Moisturize daily...(may be different for different types of skin)
3. Wear makeup only when necessary
4. Use face scrub twice weekly to remove dead skin

So part one of my skin care regime is diet. I am super crazy healthy, as most of you probably already know. I eat clean foods and I eat lots and lots of natural healthy fats. The fats are crucial to the appearance of your skin. They help keep it moisturized internally, so to speak. I also drink loads of water everyday. There are so many wonderful health benefits to drinking lots of water and one of them is helping to keep your skin looking radiant.

Part two, I moisturize my face daily. I don't use traditional moisturizers as I found those not to be sufficient. I would put them on and then an hour later my skin would be dry again. I have really dry skin naturally so moisturizing is very important. I use virgin grapeseed oil (which is incredible for you). I slather on some grapeseed oil massaging as I go, then I soak a washcloth in hot water and I put it over my face for a minute. The hot washcloth will open up my pores allowing the grapeseed oil to sneak its way in and actually moisturize further down in my skin.

Part three is that I only wear makeup when I absolutely have to. The grapeseed oil is a natural sunblock so after putting that on I am good to go. I will be honest I do wear concealer under my eyes every day and a quick brush of powder to blend it, but other than that you will rarely see me with makeup on. Of course, when I have an audition or a reason to look really nice I will get made up, but otherwise I want to let my skin breath. I think it really helps keep my face fresh. 

Lastly, twice a week while in the shower I use a face scrub to make sure I get all of the dead skin off.

And that is it! So, I don't know if this is helpful to any of you, but I hope that my simple tips can help you too. We all have different types of skin that require different things, but I do believe that these 4 steps can help any type of skin.