Skin care
I don't mean to be dramatic, but I really dislike my skin sometimes. I love this brown sugar complexion, and my splashes of beauty marks randomly sprinkled on every inch of my body. I'm also proud of the natural bright and darker shades of Melanie blended together to give me a perfect warm glow. But let's attack this elephant in the room lady's. I suffer from a skin problem called eczema, which in my case cause dryness, and cracking of the skin, even when moisturized. My form of eczema isn't localized to just my face, or arms and legs. each year I find it in a new place. Its itchy and painfully, hard not to scratch which of course makes it worse. I've searched for things to not only help relieve for the moment but clear the spots before they get worse and keep my skin clear.
Skin care pack
Hydrocortisone cream, Vaseline and Cocoa Butter based lotion, and Neutrogena face and body soap.
For arms and legs- rub the dry area with cortisone cream, rub small dab completely into skin. Then take the Vaseline and rub over to seal in all the moisture. The next morning lotion entire body like normal I recommend something with a Cocoa Butter, Almond Butter, or Olive oil in it.
Tip: if your skin is like mine stay away from fragrance lotions, notice your skin get dryer and breaks out more do to the perfume added and chemicals used to enhance unnatural smells, colors, or textures.
If you get face, neck, hands or feet eczema, cortisone, might be to strong to place close to eyes nose or mouth. I like to wash these places with Neutrogena and scrub with a textured face towel. Vaseline, and Cocoa Butter, Almond Butter, and Olive oil, are safe to use after thoroughly washing.
Tips: when apply extra moisture to face work lotions, creams, and oils into face at night. To minimize having a oily shin through out your day.
2. Wash face often to given the skin enough moisture. Keep skin clean.
3.if spots are bad seal with Vaseline like you would arms and leg, but do so at night to avoid that caked on oily look, plus oil might attract dirt to settle on face. So rinse face in the morning to clean up and moisture again.
4.if lips or eyelids are hit with the dry spell, handle with care. Scrub gently with textured face towel, lifting away any peeling skin. Lips can be hydrated with a lip balm or carmex. Then sealed with Vaseline as a night routine. Vaseline is also safe to rub around eyes in small amounts.
