My path to snowy skin (Part I)

My path to snowy skin (part I)

I feel that in today’s society, it is “easy” to have "great" looking skin thanks to all the skincare and makeup products that’s available. There are so many different products out there to transform very blemished skin to perfect looking skin. In fact, I was very shocked to see on YouTube videos or on Instagram that people taking off their makeup and they look like an entirely different person. This is not a post to discuss that, but makeup is a powerful transformation tool.

I’m not a person who wears a lot of makeup and that’s just my preference. In fact, 99% of the time I’m not wearing any makeup at all, 0.5% of the time I’m wearing just cushion and the other 0.5% I wear light cushion with light eye makeup (mostly just eyeliner). The most makeup I’ve ever worn was on my wedding day. Before my big day, I went to learn how to do my own make up and spent a lot of money on the products, seven years later, some of those products still look new. Unfortunately, I had to toss some of them because of hygiene, but that’s another story.

When we look at other people’s beautiful skin, the first thing we often ask is “what skincare products do you use?” That is a fair question, but for me, beautiful skin is a combination of many factors:

skincare products

skincare routine

hydration

inner health

diet

stress level

sleep and lifestyle in general

the surrounding environment

genes

I also believe there are other things that could help me achieve snowy skin and there are things that I actively avoid so I don't sabotage my path there. For example, I don’t cake my face with too much/unnecessary products because they can irritate or dry out my skin; I don’t sit in the sun for fun especially without sunscreen; I wash my bed linen regularly, especially my pillow case; I don’t touch my face unless I need to; I (try very hard) not to pick at my face when I have spots and lastly (and this is the most difficult one to adhere to) is not to greet/kiss others cheek to cheek (especially with men who have prickly facial hair). Sorry, to all the men out there with facial hair, apart from cleanliness, they feel like a kitchen steel scrub on my face when I'm greeted with a "mwah mwah" on my cheeks.

Go onto My path to snowy skin (Part II).