As I write this I proudly admit that my face is covered in a minty, muddy, natural face mask. And as I write this I can feel all the evil things that clog up my pores being sucked away, it’s a great feeling.   What isn’t a great feeling though is knowing that tons of folks are putting tons of awful chemicals on their skin and in their body as I write this.   Commercials for acne products/pills are everywhere and unfortunately there are a lot of folks who buy what these ads sell in hopes of clearer skin.

It isn’t easy having acne or problem skin, trust me, I know.   I’ve had acne since I was in elementary school, I remember a mean boy named Billy Morris said to me in the fourth grade “Boys don’t like girls with pimples” (my response was “girls don’t like boys that are mean”).   Your face is the first thing someone looks at when they meet you and having a face filled with things that society has deemed gross (even though it is a somewhat normal thing) is really hard  to deal with.    When I was 14 I went to a dermatologist and got put on tetracycline and various chemically filled creams in hopes of clearing my skin.   I got somewhat clearer skin, but I also started throwing up every morning (something I didn’t link to the pills until 4 years later) and just last year learned that all that damage helped cause the ulcers I now have.

Now I am off the chemicals use natural face masks (like the one I have on now) and healthy moisture to keep my skin clear and I am happy to report it is clearer than it has ever been.   Clearer than when I used Oxy, Clearasil and every other acne product on the market.     Natural clays, herbs and foods can suck away the bad stuff and replenish your skin with healthy things that make you look great. Did you know for example that citrus is great at helping eliminate excess oil from your skin?  So using a cream that has lemon juice or papaya juice combined with healthy natural oils can actually help keep your skin clear - the citrus gets the bad oil and then replaces it with the good moisture in the cream.   If you don’t moisturize at all, your skin will dry out and actually overproduce bad oil to compensate.    And at the end of the day, natural ingredients won’t hurt you, even if it takes awhile to find what works with you. Chemicals on the other hand can cause damage to yourself that can never be undone (trust me).

Anyways, just my two cents - now it’s time for me to rinse this wonderfulness off my face.

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