Oh boy! If we had a time machine, there would be so many things we’d love to tell our younger, more naïve selves… especially when it comes to skin care. For most of us, it’s a journey based on trial and error, frustrations and broken promises by products promising you the world.
Well… if there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that this doesn’t have to be the way for you too. We’ve compiled a list of the best-kept beauty secrets that we wish we would have known back in the day when skincare challenged us just as much as boys and exams.
Jamie’s beauty secrets…
- I wish I knew just how important hydration is (and how it applies to skincare) sooner. I could have brought my skin back to balance and reduced acne (battle) scars so much sooner. Not sure what I’m talking about? Check this out!
- Back when I first started to get acne in grade 5, I wish I knew that there was a natural path to healing. It would have saved me a lot of wasted time, stress, and self-confidence battles. Not only would my self-image have less of a bumpy, painful ride – my skin would have too! No harsh treatments, skin being so dry it cracked, peeled, got beat red, and DIDN’T GET BETTER! Oh, the things I would tell my pre-teen self if I could go back in time! I want all Radiant Rebels (new and long-standing) to know that they can find their paths to natural solutions too!
- I wish I knew how amazing oil is! Not only do I formulate with it a lot but I also use it to remove my makeup and even shave with! Learn how Karla also fell back in love with oils for her oil-prone skin here.
Karla’s beauty secrets…
- Less is more! This isn’t so much that I “didn’t know”, but more so something I didn’t listen to growing up. I’ve always been a BIG makeup geek, and as a teen, I was definitely someone who fell for the heavy makeup trends. Same applied to skincare too. I’d use a million products in a day (most of which were completely toxic) constantly clogging and filling my pores with nasty chemicals. It took me years to realize that I can achieve the same thing with a few items that are the CORRECT products. Not sure where to start when it comes to building a simple skin care routine for yourself? Start with our Floral Aura Skin Assessment!
- I wish I knew what “NATURAL” actually meant. Mind you- this is something we’re duped and programmed to believe thanks to marketing gurus, but I feel a though, if I had been properly educated in what makes a product safe and healthy, my buying habits would have changed long before they did.
- You are what you eat. We always heard that eating junk food and pizza can lead to acne (old school ads). What we didn’t hear was just how much our internal systems affect how our skin operates. I would have stopped downing tubs of Ben and Jerry’s long ago! Do you commonly see breakouts occurring in certain areas of your face? Be sure to check out this resource on skin mapping- it may just give you some insight as to what is happening on the inside!
Hope these tips will help you in your skin care journey, and solve some of the mysteries that have been plaguing your progress thus far! Just remember – skin care is a journey with learning curves and bumps in the road, but you can gt there!
With love & radiance,
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