Soft kissable lips

Colder weather is here and with that also drier skin, especially lips. I don't suffer from extremely chapped lips, but when I get them, I know how to easily fix them.

My "secret" (which is not really a secret) is scrubing off dead skin cells rather than just applying a lip balm over. If you're one of the people who constantly reapply their lip balm, you may stop doing it because you're actually making your lip skin "lazy" and you're slowing down skin's own ability to provide moisture. If your lips get chapped pretty easily, it's probably because you're applying fake moisture too oftenly to your lips.

I've noticed since I started using gentle moisturing lip scrub, I don't even need applying lip balm so many times. I make my own lip scrub out of olive oil or coconut oil and sugar, I keep it in a container until I use it up or I use Everyday naturals Sumotuous lip polish. I don't exfoliate every day, maybe once or twice or three times a week, depends on a season and weather.

Another tip for dry lips instead of using lip balm is using olive oil. You can apply it before bed time and optional in the morning. Let it sit for some time and then add some sugar to exfoliate and get rid of dead skin cells. After that reapply olive oil and you won't probably need any extra moisture during the day :)

Let me know how it goes for you if you try it.
What are your favourite lip products?

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Favourite makeup remover

This post is kinda silly, because my makeup remover is not really a cosmetic product, but works so well for my sensitive skin. I've tried every makeup remover there is.. Well, a lot, but most of them clogged my pores or haven't removed my makeup completely, which caused me sore eyes sometimes. Let's see what my magic product is.

I use regular extra virgin olive oil. Yup, that's my secret.

I put it on my hand first and go over my eyes and all over my face to soften the makeup. Then I put it a little bit on a cotton bud and go all over my face. I make sure it's completely removed. Then I wash my face with lukewarm water, pat it dry with paper towel and that's it.

I pour it in to smaller container and have it in my bathroom. I prefer using bio extra virgin olive oil.

Afterwards I do my regular skin care routine, but this will be covered in another post.

What do you use to remove your makeup?

Homemade face scrub for beautiful skin

Is your skin dull looking? Do you want softer skin? Do you have dead skin cells that are bothering you? I have a fast and  simple skin remedy, that will make your skin wonderful again. And you probably have all three ingredients at home.

Things needed:

- extra virgin olive oil

- honey (raw honey is the best, but whatever honey will do)

- organic sugar (it's best to use organic for your skin, it much more pure)

- (this one is optional) an empty container to save your face scrub (it depends on how much scrub do you make, you can save it for another time)

- and you will need a bowl and spoon to measure and mix everything together :)

Measure two and a half table spoons of sugar and put it in a bowl. Pour one spoon of extra virgin olive oil into the bowl and add one and a half spoon of honey. Mix all three ingredients together. If the consistency is too thick, add some more oil and honey.

Apply this scrub to freshly washed face, massage it all over your face for at least a minute, avoiding eye area, because it's extremely delicate. You can even apply this scrub all over your body, it won't do any harm :).

Rinse all that sugar from you face (and body) with warm water.

Afterwards I apply face toner (which is also homemade!) and a night cream, although the skin is already moisten from olive oil. I usally do scrubs, masks etc. at night time before bed, just in case my skin gets red, so it can regenerate during the night, that's why I apply night cream afterwards :). 

I save it in a clean container .

Extra virgin olive oil will not clog your pores, it's actually recommended by so many beauty gurus and cosmetologists as a beauty "helper". Honey is a natural lightener for your skin (and hair) and sugar works as exfoliator, goes into you pores and cleans them.

I would use this scrub 3 - 4 times a week. I have very sensitive skin, and if it doesn't harm my skin, noone's skin will be harmed :D.

Do you like homemade recepies for skin and hair? Do you know any other great remedies? Let me know!

Have a wonderful skin! Good night.

xoxo Deja