My 6 Secrets For Having Great & Younger Looking Skin – Bioré
When I was a little girl, I couldn’t wait to grow up and be a woman. You get to go shopping when you want, buy everything you want (well almost), put on makeup, wake up whenever you want, go to spas, get massages and facials and get your nails done. I mean being a woman is a pretty fun job.
My mom has always been obsessed with makeup, nail polishes and beauty products. She used to have these massive dressers with every girl’s dream. It was as if she had owned a little Sephora shop in her bedroom. She owned over 500 nail polish colors (all color coated, of course), over 50 different kinds of blushes and easily over 200 different eyeliner in different colors and well, so much more. In fact, anyone that saw her collection was blown away.
My favorite stuff, beyond the crazy amount of nail polish colors, were her beauty and skin care products. Whenever I was bored, I’d go through her stuff and play “spa day” with myself and try on all sorts of face masks, blackhead removals, even when I had no blackheads or knew what they were and well it was a blast! I couldn’t wait to grow up one day and buy myself all these amazing products that she had and I definitely followed through with testing out so many hair masks, face masks and beauty products.
When I moved out of the house at the age of 18, I decided to go to makeup school and be a makeup artist which I thank her for all that makeup inspiration. I also randomly would make stops at Rite Aid, Sally’s Hair Supply and Target and randomly go through the beauty section and buy a bunch of random beauty products just to test out and what do you know, years later, I still do the same thing.
As women, our forever goal is to always look young and have flawless skin — Forever young.
Here are my tricks and tips for having good skin and looking young.
1. The Water Life
If you would ask me throughout my life, since I was a kid, what my favorite thing to drink is, the answer is always WATER! It always has been and it always will be. I’m completely obsessed with water and when I dine out, 100% of the time, I’m always drinking water. In fact, I can’t even eat a meal if I don’t have water. I will occasionally order orange juice but I always also need water.
Water is the fuel to our body and skin and can change your aging process and skin dramatically. There have been so many studies done on this, many before and after and it completely amazing to see how much it affects our skin and aging process.
On an average day when I’m not traveling, I drink anywhere from 4-5 water bottles a day! Always one when I wake up in the morning and one before I go to sleep. If you can add this to your daily routine you will see a massive changing in your body and skin. Plus, if you don’t drink enough water, your body will store extra water weight, so this is also a fun trick for looking skinner.
2. Cutting Dairy Out Of Your Diet
I used to love eating dairy products, in fact, almost my entire life my food source consisted of dairy and carbs (lol super healthy) but I didn’t eat meat, so I didn’t have too much options.
However, as life would have it, I became insanely allergic to dairy probably 3-4 years ago and didn’t really realize it until about 2 years ago. So I cut dairy out of my diet and well, what do you know, my skin has become FLAWLESS! For years my mom always wondered why my skin would breakout at my age, since I was clearly out of the teenage years, this was definitely the reason why.
Dairy is known for causing more blackheads, oily skin and pimples (GROSS). On the random occasion that I decide, I’m super craving a pizza or cheese and actually have it, I see it on my skin literally the next day. Cutting dairy out of your life, although it may be hard definitely make your skin look 10x times better! I can guarantee you that. We are what we eat.
3. Washing Off Your Makeup
For the longest of time, I was the girl who never took off her makeup before going to sleep. I always felt like it was too much work and my answer to it was “who has time for that?! I just wanna go to sleep!”, but the older I get, I realize just how important it is and what it difference it makes on my face when I woke up in the morning. It’s so important to let your skin just breathe! So now I buy those wet cloths and make sure that the moment I get home from an event or dinner with friends that the first thing I do is take off my makeup. Plus, who wants to wake up with makeup all over their pillowcase?! It normally never comes off all the way after a wash.
4. Bioré One Minute Self Heating Mask (Charcoal)
I’ve recently fallen in love with everything charcoal related, from beauty care products to even drinking active charcoal as a detox. I’ve also always loved Bioré hair products, they have this one leave-in-conditioner that I’ve been using for YEARS! Easily over 10 years, so I trust them as a brand and love anything they come out with and always try their stuff.
My 2 favorite things that my mom’s dresser had were face masks and pore strips, they always seemed like magic to me! I mean what kind of a girl doesn’t love getting a fun facial and having smooth soft skin?! Probably no girl lol. So naturally, I had to try the new Bioré One Minute Self Heating Mask and their just great. I mean a facial in just ONE MINUTE?! Pure magic! They are infused with natural Charcoal which I LOVE!
What it does:
It purifies pores 2.5x better than a basic cleanser in just one HOT minute! It also melts away dirt, oil and surface toxins in just 60 seconds but I normally like it keep it on longer just because it’s fun! The cool thing about it is that it heats up on its own (such a cool feeling) and it never hardens ANDDD it smells SO GOOD, while applying and after washing out. This unique formula heats on contact with water to relax and open pores and attacks deep down clogs.
The Self heating masks by Bioré is also a great thing to pack in your travel bag, it will take a minute for it to work, so you can do this when you wake up or before you go to sleep.
You can find these at Target or on Amazon. I purchased mine at Target because it’s clearly my favorite store and the best place ever lol! The box comes with 4 packs and runs about $5.82
5. Bioré Deep Cleansing Charcoal Pore Strips
Ok, seriously I love pore strips like hardcore! Since I was probably 12 and didn’t even need them haha. The Bioré Deep Cleansing Charcoal Pore Strips are the trusted, dermatologist-tested way to purify pores. Now in their 20th year, the iconic, innovative strips work like a magnet, lifting out deep-down grime, oil and blackheads from even your most clogged pores — like I mentioned earlier pure magic…and some science.
What it does:
It instantly goes deep into pores and removes deep down dirt, oils and blackheads in just one strip. It actually removes weeks worth of buildup and excess oil in just 10 minutes for the deepest clean and you can see for yourself. This is another great item to have in your travel bag.
Stripping weekly is key to avoid complexion problems before they start! and another important fact, when used regularly, they actually diminish the appearance of pores, which I love love love! In just one use, they are more effective than the leading cleanser at removing deep down dirt, oil and blackheads.
The box comes with 6 of them inside and runs about $6 — a $1 a strip isn’t so bad at all!
6. Moisturizing Your Skin
I’ve always had a tricky skin type, some facialist would say it’s oil, others would say it’s dry and others have said it’s both. I personally think I have both. I definitely naturally have dryer skin but what a facialist once told me a long time ago was that I have dry skin but if I don’t moisturize it, then it becomes oil and I have to agree with her on that. So normally a part of my “after the shower routine”, a few years I’ve added moisturizing my skin and it has made a huge difference. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who isn’t already doing it.
Always moisturizes your skin after washing it.
Those are my top tips for keeping your skin looking flawless, young and beautiful! xoxo
