Natural Mixologist Skincare Guide

#skinboss be your own skinboss by creating your own unique skin care ritual

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Building Blocks of a Skincare Ritual

Cleanse

Tone

Moisturize

Detox

"Be good to your skin. You’ll wear it every day for the rest of your life."

Renée Rouleau.

You are what you eat the foundation for a clearer complexion is a healthy diet Aim to eat a rainbow of colorful fruits and vegetables at least five portions a day. Drinking green juice in the morning is a quick and delicious alternative way of getting the desired antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients that keep your skin youthful by promoting regeneration. Spice up your food by adding fresh herbs helps poor digestion or sluggish detoxification.

Cutting out processed foods, limiting your sugar intake and replacing with healthy foods and drinking lots of water is key to a clear complexion and healthy skin. However, most of us have guilty pleasures and comfort foods that we are not willing to part with forever. Also, children and a busy life make eating right all the time an even bigger challenge. I experiment this living and eating in New Orleans on a daily basis. This food capital is loaded with temptations. Our diet is generously sprinkled with rice, bread pudding, gumbo, and alcohol, however, the key is moderation and balance.

Incorporate oils rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fats. These are essential fatty acids that cannot be made in the body and must be obtained through our diet. You will find omega3's in olive oil, flaxseed oil, linseeds, walnut and grapeseed oil. Omega-3 fats encourage the body to produce antiinflammatory compounds, which can help skin, particularly inflammatory skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis.

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What is your skin type?

Understanding your skin to establish your skincare ritual

Oily

Dry

You look greasy or shiny all the time, it doesn't matter how often your wash your face. You pores are clogged and some suffer with acne.

You experience tightness or flakes on your cheeks, and around your eyes. Some with dry skin also have red irritated skin as well.

What should you use?

Apply products that are rich in linoleic "astringent" acid rich oils , people with oily skin have a low linoleic production. Replace harsh or chemical based cleansers with a facial oil or Manuka honey cleanser and apply a detox mask 2-3 times a week. .

What should you use?

Apply products that moisturize the skin with plant based oils. Hydrate the skin with organic toners that will balance your skin pH level. Avoid cleansers that overstrip your skin of moisture and causes more dryness.

Combination

You have the most common skin type. Your T-zone, forehead, nose, and chin are oily and tend to break out, while your temples, eye area and cheeks are really dry.

What should you use?

Apply products that will balance your pH level and balance out your skin’s production of oils. Use oils that are rich in linoleic acid.

Use a detox facial mask at least once a week to unclog pores.

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What is your skin type?

Understanding your skin to establish your skincare ritual

Normal

Your have hit the skin jackpot. You have healthy skin with normal serum production and your skin's pH level is normal.

What should you use?

Apply products that are filled with powerful natural ingredients , keep the pores clean, and follow with a facial serum rich in Omega 3.6 and 9 fatty acids. A facial serum will give the skin a nice boost of vitamins. A facial serum that contains hempseed is a always a good choice.

Sensitive

Your skin type is easily inflamed and irritated.

Environmental elements affect your skin’s natural acid mantle and change the overall pH of your skin.

What should you use?

Products that help build up your skin’s natural defenses, steer clear of products that contain harsh, drying and irritating chemicals. Use mild mineral clays, plant based oils and a herbal steam bath that are essential oil free. Just remember gentle is the keyword.

The ritual of daily skincare We have learned that a good diet is the foundation of great skin. Now we are going to learn how to promote, feed and train our skin to produce clearer and softer skin with a glowing complexion. We began this process by purging your skincare ritual o f skin irritants, endocrine disrupters and carcinogenic materials that are so prevalent in the over the counter beauty products.

Using organic botanicals, plant based oils that are vitamin-rich and derived from flowers, herbs, nuts, seeds, roots and berries, promotes healing and nourishes the skin on a cellular level. Seed oils that are rich in omegas 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids work to improve the texture and quality of the skin. The addition of organic essential oils not only provide amazing aromatherapy to most botanical based products, they also have therapeutic healing abilities for the skin. Let's discover how we can use the gifts of Mother Nature in our skincare ritual to give us flawless skin.

RITUAL Step 1

CLEANSE

Washing your face twice a day is crucial. We touch our face over 2,0003,000 times a day, that is a lot of bacteria, so we need to cleanse to start from a clean slate.

Cleanse your face with an organic facial oil (organic oils are non-gmo they have not been genetically modified), natural soap, or an organic and natural cleanser preferably with manuka honey

Step 2

HYDRATE/TONE

After cleansing, it is important to balance the skin's pH levels and stop it from overproducing oils otherwise the skin can become dry and dehydrated. Using a toner with aloe vera, hydrosol or rosewater is very beneficial because they contain small molecules of the plant they were distilled from so they are anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and work well with sensitive skin. Please avoid toners with alcohol that dries out the skin.

Step 3

MOISTURIZE

To seal or LOC in all that hydration and beneficial plant water, use an oil rich moisturizer. It is so important to lock in the hydration so that your skin will be able to fight infections and promote a complexion that will look dewy and gorgeous all day long .

Use an oil based moisturizer free of any parabens, fillers and synthetic fragrances. Moisturizing your skin with vitamin rich oils that are loaded with omega 3,6 and 9 fatty acids and organic essential oils is key to maintaining healthy skin .

Step 4

DETOX

Pollutants and dirt from the environment can clog your pores, Toxins from your diet can cause your complexion to suffer, because of this, you should detox your skin at least 2-3 times per week.

You can detox several ways; a clay mask, salt scrub, and herbal steam bath. These forms of detoxification will help with unclogging pores, removing dead skin and reducing inflammation.

For extremely sensitive skin, I recommend using a herbal facial steam bath ONLY to detox.

NOW THE JOURNEY BEGINS

Our skin, like our bodies and mind, need different things at different times.

Getting in tune with our skin needs takes focus and patience. Â The earth has an abundance of plant materials to assist your body and skin with the healing process.

Herbs and plant-based oils provide a boost that assists the body to heal and detoxify. This is why we at Natural Mixologist incorporate herbal infusions, organic and vitamin-rich oils to boost the skins ability to heal naturally and organically.

Now it's time for you to start the journey of becoming your very own SKINBOSS by evaluating your skin and implementing a skincare ritual that fits your skin type. A Â clearer complexion with a healthy glow soon awaits you on this journey.

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