Skin Treatments for Do It Yourself Skin Treatments

Homemade Facial Moisturiser for Oily Skin

August 11th, 2009

Home made Facial Moisturizer that is great for oily complexions.

This moisturixer is great for balancing out oily skin and can also be used as a very light night cream. With this moisturizer do not massage it onto the skin, just apply gently to the face and neck.

You will need:

  • 4 1/2 tbsp of almond oil
  • canola or safflower oil
  • 1 oz (30g) of cocoa butter
  • 1 drop of camphor
  • 3 tbsp of basil tea or rosemary
  • 3 drops of lavender essential oil
  • 2 drops of bergamot

Directions:

  • Melt the cocoa butter in a saucepan and add the almond oil and safflower/canola oil.
  • Remove mixture from the heat and with a dropper add the basil tea or rosemary one drop at a time while stirring very slowly.
  • Let the mixture cool off before applying the essential oils.

Homemade Facial Cleansers

August 11th, 2009

Making your own natural home made facial cleansers is quite easy and all you need is a few ingredients which can be sourced cheaply from your local supermarket. This is a great natural alternative to expensive store bought facial cleansers.

With all these facial cleansers mix all of the ingredients into a thick and smooth paste. Apply the paste onto your entire face and slowly massage with slow circular motions then leave to dry naturally before rinsing it off.

Oily skin:

  • 1 tsp lemon peel
  • 1/2 tsp milk powder
  • 1 tsp barley meal
  • 2 tsp of warm water.
Use lemon peel in a home made facial cleanser

Use lemon peel in a home made facial cleanser

Dry Skin:

  • 1/2 tsp milk powder
  • 1/4 tsp of sugar
  • 1 tsp almond meal
  • 1 tsp of warm water
Almond Meal is a great ingrediant in home made facial cleansers

Almond Meal is a great ingrediant in home made facial cleansers

Sensitive Skin:

  • 1/2 tsp of ground orange peel
  • 1 tsp almond meal
  • 1/2 tsp milk powder
  • 1 tsp rose water
Rose water is great for sensitive skin

Rose water is great for sensitive skin

Jean Wu Technique for Stretch Marks – Over 5 Months

June 9th, 2009

This Jean Wu Method does not work. For any of you out there considering this do not bother to waste your time with it. I have followed it to the letter for almost 6 months and NO results. In fact this may do more damage than good, constantly letting your skin receive a harsh scraping is probably not the best idea over such a long extended period of time.

It is pure and simple INTERNET MARKETING and will not solve any of your problems.

Stretch Marks Cure Exfoliation 4 Months Later

May 1st, 2009

If you are looking for how to get rid of stretch marks and are thinking that the answer could very well be in Jean Wu's over complicated exfoliation method then think again.

I have now been doing this method for 4 months and there is No difference in the stretch marks. The skin looks different and smoother and rosier after the harsh skin scrubbing, but a few days later when it has recovered it goes straight back to how it was. Some of my stretch marks are tiny and even they have not budged at all.

Two months to go, but really I can see I am wasting my time. I know I sound negative, it's just that I would just give this ridiculous procedure up if it wasn't for this blog and for helping out the greater good. I don't think we are going to find the stretch mark removal cure in the Jean Wu method!

Jean Wu – Stretch Mark Removal – 2 Months On

February 27th, 2009

Probably the only thing stopping me from give this whole method the can is the fact that I have started this blog and I said I would give the Jean Wu Stretch Mark Cure a decent 6 month  trial period. The reason I am doing this is that like so many of you who are reading this I have various stretch marks in all different parts of my body and I would love to get rid of them. I am also sick of shysters who make money out of  people's misery and hope for a solution.  When I heard about this method over the Internet after extensive online searching I was never able to find anyone who had posted ongoing results with this exfoliation method and there was never any conclusive evidence that this did or did not work (I am referring to real blogs here not Jean Wu's own testimonials as that is pure and simple marketing material).

Two Months of Stretch Marks Exfoliation Later

So here I am standing almost at the 2 month mark. True to the method I am now exfoliating every 5 days. I will say this about this exfoliation method; it certainly has made my skin feel smoother and softer. But the stretch marks? Well they are still there 100% not one has disappeared not even a little bit and given the right lighting they all glimmer in silvery white lines just like they always have. This is disappointing to me, when I first set out on this journey I had hope but it is somewhat fading as I am starting to realise that the best that can be achieved with this is a smoother skin texture (which is good) and that might be all. My stretch marks are much lighter than my skin tone so they are very obvious and unfortunately that has not changed hardly at all.

So wow, this post is a huge downer! But I will keep going because maybe the case is that as Jean Wu said in her infamous e-book , all I have achieved is to uncover a few layers of skin where the stretch mark is actually worse! well only time will tell...