Natural Clensers and Exfoliator

Cleansing is by far, one of the most important process in skin care. Without properly cleaning the skin, it doesn't matter how good the moisturizer is, it wouldn't be able to get in contact with the skin properly and be absorbed efficiently, thus defying the purpose of even applying any topical skin care treatment. Therefore, the traditional cleansing upon rising and before retiring for the day is crucial, and most of the time that's all we need. Overly cleansing produces a counter effect, we don't need to strip off too much of our own natural occurring oils as they protect our skin. 

We have been doing really well by using mostly chemical free skin care products for maintenance and protection, but still dead skin builds up as our cells age and die everyday, you will need exfoliate once in a while to scrape off the outer layer so to resurface the exuberant newly form skin underneath. We can use something mild everyday to wash off some of the build up, and save the deep exfoliating to once in a week or two depending on the need.

BASIC Cleansing
Ingredients:

• Baking Soda
• Fruit acid Solution* - Equal parts of lemon juice, lime juice and apple cider vinegar

First off, for an everyday use cleanser in the mornings, I like something with a slight friction to smooth off the skin after the night for a fresh start of the day. 

• Morning basic cleanser: 1/4 teaspoon baking soda + 1 teaspoon water or Fruit acid solution*

For nights, after a day long of wearing make up and exposing to dust, crap, and dirty particles in the air, I need to make sure I thoroughly clean up my face before retiring for the night. There's an extra step here for makeup removal, if you are like me, a person who uses makeup regularly.

• Make up removal: 

1.  DIY Everyday Lotion - Apply liberally to the whole face making sure you get to every part of the skin where makeup was used. Wipe off lotion with cotton pads or wet paper towel (make sure you wet it as dry paper towel will be too harsh for the skin)
2. Squirt some DIY Everyday Lotion on to a cotton pad and seek out to clear off all the tiny places where you've missed in the first step. 

• Night Cleansing: 

1. Basic cleanser: 1/4 teaspoon baking soda + 1 teaspoon Water 
2. Dip 2 cotton pads into the Fruit acid solution* (wring off excess) apply it to skin
3. Wait 5 minutes, rinse thoroughly