November : National Healthy Skin MonthAs the temperatures get colder, don't let your skin become out of sight, out of mind. Learn about how to maintain healthy skin by consulting skin care books, the web, or by trying out some homemade skin remedies.
Books and Reading
The Beautiful Skin Workout by Michelle Copeland
Total Skin by David Leffell
Naturally Healthy Skin by Stephanie Tourles
The Skin Type Solution by Leslie Baumann
The New Science of Perfect Skin by Daniel Yarosh
Surf's Up
American Academy of Dermatology
Mayo Clinic's Top 5 Habits for Healthy Skin
WebMD: A Guy's Guide to Skin Care
Breakfast for Your Skin (Oatmeal & Sugar Scrub)
Here's our favorite recipe for a natural facial scrub featuring ingredients found in your kitchen cupboards. Sugar has clarifying capabilities as well as gentle exfoliating properties. Oatmeal is hypoallergenic and full of amino acids. Olive oil is natural and won't clog your pores.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup oatmeal (not instant)
1/4 cup pure honey
3/4 to 1 cup (or to total saturation) Olive Oil
1/4 tsp Essential or Fragrance oil of choice (Optional; we used vanilla)
Mix the sugar & oatmeal together in a large bowl. Now add the honey. Drizzle the oil over the mix. Mix well. When all your mix is saturated and sinks to the bottom of the bowl and you have oil on top you're done. Add your essential oil or fragrance oil. Find a six or eight ounce wide-mouthed jar and spoon mixture in.
Post by Kathleen Sands
