The Body Shop Pure Detox mask Review

I know, I'm bad at reviews >.< but still I want to help you guys. So this time a review on The Body Shop Pure Detox Clarifying Clay Mask.

picture isn't from me ;)

It contains: Wasabi, algae and Dead-Sea mud. They promise to give your skin feeling fresh and looking radiant...

This mask isn't specifically for you face, you can also use it for you body. When you apply it your face feels warm, probably because of the wasabi :3. It doesn't smell bad but I won't say that I love the smell,,, it's just normal smell, not annoying or so.

Directions: Apply to wet skin. Smooth over body, mask warms on application, then rinse after 15 minutes. Maximise results by wrapping treated area in plastic body wrap. With moisturising Community Trade marula oil. If product gets in eyes rins with clean water. 

Apologies for my "stoned" face... must've been tired

Here I've cleansed my face and it's ready for mask appliance ;) See the damn pimples...? Yeah,, they suck

Applied it all over my face, as you can see I'm so super photogenic... *cough* *cough* also more apologies because I didn't feel like editing the pictures,, looks a bit too bright here >.<

And a clean face again...

Results...? My pimples aren't gone and I must say I still have lots of them left... maybe they're just too annoying. What I did feel was that my skin was pretty soft and fluffy. The first time I removed the mask my face was burning like hell! I didn't like it that much... but after a few times I kinda got used to it, now I see it as a kinda burning feeling, but it's not bad or so xd.

I always thought clay masks would dry up "hard" (you know, as if you can't move your face anymore) But this one doesn't! (good if you don't like that feeling) unfortunately for me, when it doesn't dry up that hard I feel like it doesn't purify and cleanse (pull out those ugly black heads) as good.

I did once use it for a spot treatment, and the next day my pimple had pus coming out... (ok this sounds gross!) I think it was kinda good, but I haven't tried it for a 2nd time so I'm not sure if the mask did that.

Be careful if you have sensitive skin! I did have a slightly red skin after removing the mask (maybe it was due to the "heat") I also saw in the ingredients that it contains Silicon (mask contains Dimethicone) so if you want to avoid silicons I advise you to avoid this. For me, it doesn't matter, because in this case it didn't break me out or anything so...

Overall, I think the mask is nice and especially in winter because it feels nice and warm. Afterwards your skin feels soft, but unfortunately it doesn't really help against those blemishes =( which is a bummer. But I won't buy this a second time because it's not as deep cleansing as I thought/hoped it would be.

xx

So I updated it a bit, since I'm getting more views now and the previous sucked very bad. Hope it has improved a bit >_<"

Healthy fruits~

Fruit is healthy~ yeah! They can do good things for your skin and some are just too delicious.

The healthiest fruit on the world is Guava. Unfortunately it's not easy to get so as an alternative you can eat Watermelon. But next to Watermelon and Guava, Kiwis and Papaya are also very healthy. Blueberries are full of antioxidants and dried Apricots are a source of fibre...

What fruits are really healthy for your skin and why?
Berries have many antioxidants which are really healthy for your skin. Your skin will looove it. (and you'll be as healthy as a fish...? Or do you have to say like a horse...?

I also found that you can eat Apples to improve your acne. But you've got to eat 3-4 apples a day to see something, they say. Maybe I should try this, ask my mum to buy lots of apples from a farmer and eat lots and lots of them, is also a lot healthier for me, and is good in my "losing weight" process.

Apricots are also really good to improve acne. High in minerals, fibre and beta-carotene.

Strawberries... Yum~ they say strawberries are a super anti-acne fruits. Unfortunately, here we don't have many strawberries, that are sweet and sooo nice and fluffy.

Bananas are also good for you skin, because they contain a sugar (I think..? I'm so reliable~) which eats on good bacteria and because it's "eating" all the good bacteria the bad bacteria won't overtake (the bad bacteria produce a toxic acid which can create acne)

There was also a fruit called Cantaloupes, but I've NEVER heard of it... They say it's ultra high in vitamin A and C and also have other minerals. They can be good against any skin problems.

took picture from Google~ so this is a cantaloupe...? Interesting xd

Two other fruits which are good against acne due to their antibiotic effect: Grapes and Figs

Do you guys, after reading this, also feel like eating lots and lots of fruit? I do~ yeah!

I'm not that smart to know this myself, of course... >.< I used Google as my resource and put it all together in 1 post so you guys can read it all~

Boo~ I've gotta get studying now, for German and Economics :( I have at least 1 test a week >.< Suckie... may not seem much, but you do have to study for tests you know...

Also I still want to make a whole new banner and so on... but I've been trying some things with Photoshop but it doesn't cooperate :( boo~ Hopefully when I have time I will work on a banner.

xxx Get healthy! Eat lots of fruit and improve your skin :) (You can also make your own masks :3)

A blurry photo, taken in a hurry... But me still wishes you a nice day~

Soy

Asians love soy. They drink soymilk, eat tofu, soy beans. Yum Yum. But who knew that it actually is really healthy. Also a funny fact is: Most Asians are allergic to dairy products, cow milk. So that's why they consume soy.

But what's so good about soy...? 

• Soy contains isoflavones/phystoetrogens which are potent antioxidants and protease inhibitors. The protease inhibitors can shut of the pigmentation and if you use it for a long period, it will actually lighten your skin and reduce the redness. Making your skin looking glow and radiant. 
• Isoflavones/phystoetrogens will make your skin young, plump and luminious. 
• The soy lipids are high in vitamin E, vitamin E helps repairing damaged skin tissues

Sounds pretty cool right. I really want to try a soy moisturiser right now, it sounds pretty cool. Maybe I should go for Aveeno or so, it doesn't seem that expensive..? I think. Only problem is the availability :( You Americans can buy it in-store, I probably can't. But anyway, they have a moisturiser with SPF 30! 

I also read that if you consumed soy during your pregnancy, you would get a really cute (well, babies are always cute :3), chubby and fair baby~ 

Also going off-topic now. I want to try some things from Neutrogena. I think skincare is your real basis, if you have a beautiful radiant skin, there's no need to put layers and layers of make-up on :3.

Neutrogena has some really nice moisturisers, with SPF of course! And on their site I saw a toner which seemed really cool, only availability :( again... Booo~ 

xxx We love Soy~ FTW

Ingredients you should avoid...?

If you have a sensitive you might want to be careful with what the products you buy contain. You won't necessarily be allergic for everything and maybe some of your favourite products contain some of these ingredients, but who knows? I'm not saying you MUST avoid them, but maybe it's always better to prevent things like skin eruption or annoying blemishes? And also, won't you feel more assured when using all natural products?

Of course there are MANY of them. And I'm not crazy enough to list all of them, I'd say Google is your new best friend ;) But I will list some of them, the really common and easy ones to avoid

1. The first one is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) This product makes your products foam. The more foam, the more SLS it contains.
2. Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES). Also an ingredient which makes your shampoo or body wash foam. Less agressive than SLS, but could still irritate.
3. Perfume/Fragrance. This isn't really something you should avoid. It's starts to be scary when it's high in the ingredients list. And only if you have a perfume allergy (but that's obvious you should avoid perfume when you have an allergy) or super-ultra sensitive skin, you should really avoid it.
4. For you the n00bs out there, avoid acetone. It makes your nails fragile and dry if you use it too often. But if you remove your nail polish like twice a month, it doesn't matter (I think it was..?)
5. Isocetyl Alcohol and Isopropyl Alcohol (both a type of Alcohol) this doesn't cause skin eruption or blemishes, but it dries your skin out. 

I hope this was any useful...? I'm not a super genius and these are just common things, I guess. I'm such a boring person >.<

btw, I want to create another banner FAST,, this one is so ugly, I don't know why I use this one :')

xoxo

Did you know?: Skin

OK, so I get the feeling that you fellas out there are interested in information about skin. So I've listed some skin facts below. I also learn quite a few new things from this ;) Let's get nerdy!

Did you know:

1. That your skin is considered as the largest organ of your body? (Holy moly, I didn't know that, I didn't even know skin could be considered as an organ, I'm such a smartass)
2. The skin on your eyes is the thinnest? So be careful with the skin (and your eyes!) because that skin is so vulnerable :o, treat your eyes with eye cream (yay!) and try to not rub, even though it's freaking difficult when your eye itches like hell, but try to think: "If I rub, my eyes will swell up like hell" or if you have contact lenses: "If I rub, my contacts will fall out  >_<" ;)
3. Goose bumps are actually small pimples that help your body retain a layer of warm air? I knew that goose bumps were to help your body retain some warmth (though I don't feel a thing, still very cold with goose bumps) but I didn't know they could be considered as pimples? (am I stupid :'))
4. After you take a very hot shower (it's wintertime, understandable that you want to take a hot shower, I guess), the red parts on your skin, are actually first-grade burns? (you get what I mean?) Luckily I never take a hot shower, never. I'm an eco-girl :3 (yay) and I don't torture my skin by burning them ;)
5. Your skin is made out of a protein called keratin? Keratin is also found in your hair and nails.
6. The skin of an average adult weighs 9 lbs/4.1 kg and is about 21 sqft/1.95 m big
7. That your body odour is caused by bacteria eating and digesting fatty compounds? OH YEAH! ...
8. That your breasts are a modified version of your apocrine sweat glands? (glands that give you that nice body odour >_<)
9. 50.000 cells fall off your skin every minute? (don't notice a thing xd)
10. The white skin appeared 20.000-50.000 years ago, because dark-skinned people migrated to colder cities and their skin lost a lot of its melanin pigment (melanin gives you your skin colour and is found in the epidermis, I think?)

(lol, this reminds me of biology in first form >.<)

Hehe, I feel like a biology expert now (not...) I do remember I had to study some skin things for biology once, guess I forgot all about that, except for the fact that your skin has 3 major layers and I knew that there was an epidermis and a dermis...

You fellas are all skin nerds now. Muahuahua! 

xoxo

Caring for your skin

I've already said this many times: It's WINTER! And over here it's a freakin' damn cold winter! That means dry skin, for most people. I'm partly one of those people: the skin on my body is dry and on my face it's still greasy. 

When your skin is dry you have to put body lotion or body butter on. If you're feeling lazy and think: "Well, I'm too lazy to do that." I'll tell you something that has happened to me because I didn't put body lotion on.

After summer holidays I thought. I want to get rid of this tanned colour (yeah, I'm one of those believers that fairer skin is more beautiful), my mother told me that if you put body lotion on that your tan will actually stay better and part of me could believe that story because previous years I kept putting body lotion on, I thought it'd be better for my skin since I suffered from eczema in the past (look, I'm not perfect ;)). But now I still have my tanned colour from like more than 2 years ago! I won't say that putting body lotion on will really keep your tanned skin intact, but it does prevent your skin from completely, let's say, peeling off. 

So I didn't put body lotion on for a very long time. But then winter came, it became colder... and colder... And my skin on my lower leg really BURST. I'm being serious here, it actually burst. You could see the blood in the burst lines (OK, this sounds gross but it didn't look that bad as it may sound) Does this experience of me make you put body lotion/body butter on every evening before going to bed? I hope so...

Bursting is actually the worst-case scenario, I think (I actually dunno x'D)? But before that it could also start itching, a sign, a scream for help, your skin wants food or simply said body lotion or body butter! Knowing me, I start scratching and there I have rash on my legs/arms/back/side/tummy wherever it's dry. Does this experience of me want you to put body lotion or body butter on before going to bed?

(skin boost :D)

At the moment I'm using Garnier Skin Naturals: Bodyrepair. It says that it'll help against the dry and rough skin. Well, my experience. It kinda work, basic lotion. Only thing is, I'm allergic to it, exception are my under legs... *Sigh* I have a sensitive skin...

So I can't use that body lotion on my skin. Instead I use a cream I got from the pharmacy. I've already had it for a very long time (also used in the time I had eczema). It's good, my skin isn't itchy anymore after I've completely rubbed it on myself. 

It's almost New Year and it's time for thinking of new resolutions again. One of them will most likely be: "Put body lotion on every night before going to bed." Even though I told all those experiences you'd think that I rub myself with body lotion every night. Problem is: Laziness... Hehe, after a hard day at school I just want to sleep, sleep, sleep. Take a shower, brush my teeth, wash face and so on (I'm not lazy enough to skip that part) and I'm in bed (I'm actually such a hypocrite) Should fix these habits...

So, let's get rubbing(?) lol. Keep your skin healthy and prevent it from bursting and itching like (hell) on my under legs...

Nyoro~n

These pictures were not taken by me and belong to their rightful owners.

Having a clearer, healthy skin

I'm just like you guys. I live a normal life and I have blemishes. I won't say it's acne (except if you call every blemish you get, acne). My skin is not as bad as someone with acne has. I know I shouldn't complain because there are people with severe acne and suffer from it for a very long time (and of course there are worse stuff than you skin breaking out or so) Deep down everyone wants to have a clear skin, I think. Not everyone is blessed with it unfortunately. But people can't have everything, that's something that I've had to accept over these years. I have a sister, and she has quite severe acne, I'd say, but I think she looks amazing and is amazing for the remaining parts. As I said earlier, I don't suffer from acne but I do have blemishes on my face, I don't have as much as my sister has. But I'm not as amazing as her. One day we also had a discussion: What would you rather have; a nice, slim body with an ugly face full of blemishes or a fat body with a clean, beautiful face. And as expected she chose for the 2nd option and I chose for the 1st one. As an argument she used: "If you have a fat body, you can always work on that. Blemishes won't go away no matter what you try, for my feeling."

Well, the truth is, neither will go away except if you use plastic surgery or really heavy treatments against acne (for the real REAL severe ones, otherwise you'll just have to buy good expensive stuff), but let's not go that far. I'm not as skinny as a lot of those Asians are. I work hard to lose weight but it just doesn't work. I'm too easily tempted with food. I kept telling her that losing weight isn't easy, you do have to work hard for it and you have to have a lot of discipline. Don't eat crisps/chips (only once in a while), don't eat too much chocolate, don't eat too many cookies. I know for sure that if she was fat, she couldn't resist all that.

OK, I was getting a bit too carried away I guess. Let's get back to business. Some things that I use for a better skin:

• Every day I take in brewer's yeast. Yeast is a source of B-complex vitamins. They help to maintain the muscles used for digestion and keep the skin, liver, hair eyes and mouth healthy. Apparently it could also help with weight loss (never knew that O.O shame on me) but there's no real proof of that, yet. Though scientists do say it helps with weight management.
• I wash my face in the morning and evening. This one is logical. Of course you wash your face every morning and evening. Wash off all those damn bacteria and feel clean ;)
• Use a good cleanser. I have to admit, I'm being a bit of a hypocrite now, because I also don't use a proper cleanser yet :o shame on me again. I'm thinking of buying one from The Beauty Bakery, 100% natural and not super expensive.
• I'm not sure if this really helps but, drink a lot especially water and tea (without sugar to be extra healthy ;)). I try to drink at least 1.5 L a day. When you make a real habit out of it you won't drink anything else at home.
• As for tea I drink Oolong and Green tea. They could both help with weight loss and have antioxidants, though I have not confirmed the part about weight loss yet, probably because I still eat too much :o. Green tea could also lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
• I try to get at least 8 hours of sleep. Saying this will also make me kind of a hypocrite. On school days I almost never get 8 hours of sleep, I'm just too busy or have been lazing around for too long and still have to do homework just before going to bed :') hehe. Getting enough sleep doesn't only give your skin the peace it needs, it also contributes to reducing your dark circles, a bit, they still don't disappear after sleeping for so many hours with me :') Genes...
• Avoid greasy- and fast food. Is quite doable for me... Maybe my new motivation? Telling myself it's better when I don't eat French fries because it's better for my skin AND better for losing weight.

(seeing this makes me hungry :p)

Let's get healthy-nyan!

Nyoro~n

edit: PS. I forgot to mention, Omega 3 is also good for your skin (and your brain ;)) Let's eat fish yay!