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Feeling Awesome and Skin Update

I'm feeling pretty darn amazing today. For not one particular reason I just feel like I need to give myself a pat on the back.  Sometimes we just don't give ourselves credit or love and encouragement. We're so busy doing an pushing forward that we don't take the opportunity to revel in our successes and even those things that we didn't succeed at but learned a valuable lesson.

Right now I'm on Day 4 of another juice cleanse. Though I've modified it and allowed myself almonds and I will eat lunch tomorrow (greens, veggies) but I plan on going like this for 2 weeks consistening of mainly fresh pressed juice. Right now I'm sipping on lunch which is mainly 2 apples, handful of spinach and a piece of ginger.

I had blogged about my skin before and just wanting to have a clear beautiful complexion, something which had alluded me for pretty much my entire post-childhood life. And though my skin isn't where I want it to be I am ELATED with my progress. Yes, I have a few breakouts but I think that is a side effect of the salicylic acid peel, which they say may happen. Which isn't unusual for anything that helps to treat acne...always the storm then the calm. But my face looks remarkable better. The breakouts on my jawline and cheeks...gone. I still have a ways to go but my skin's overall improvement has been marvelous.  I credit it with using steam to help open pores, my juice cleanse but also to getting a really amazing facial. 2 weeks after my skin was so nice! The lady who did my facial said my pores were clogged something super duper awful which was why I was breaking out. Now that could explain that why during the cleanse I was still breaking out, the stuff was coming out but it was blocked due to clogged pores.

My skin regime consists of using the following products:

• Cetaphil (not totally natural, but its a mild cleanser) - I won a big one from Allure during a contest and I'm glad I did.
• Yes To Tomato's - This is the Yes To! acne line. I use their core unclogging cleanser (contains salicylic acid, facial wipes, moisturizer and mask...I actually used up all the mask and moisturizer!)  I also have their acne gel cleanser that I have yet to open. I figured I start that once I run out of Cetaphil
• Grapeseed Oil - I use this as a moisturizer mainly at night after washing and toning
• ACV - GODSEND! this stuff is everything. I use it to mix my clay mask and also use it as a toner...a use equal parts ACV and water for my toner
• Clay - Yes, clay! This stuff is EXCELLENT at drawing out the impurities from the skin. Just mix with equal parts ACV and leave on face for 20-30 minutes, longer if you can stand it.
• Honey and Cinnamon - I mix these 2 together for a great mask that kills bacteria. Love this!

Products I want to get:

• Go Ginger Face Moisturizer - Ginger is anti-inflammatory which is why I always juice with it. I had a sample of this stuff before and it's awesome!
• TCA Peel -  I hear this is great, thou the process is a bit unsightly. I already ordered mine but I may not actually use it until next month. This will help with my scarring and dark marks. 

I really should do a blog post on how I cured my cystic acne naturally. I really think that my journey and struggle for years and years and finally finding a solution can help so many people with the same challenges. And it's not really just one solution, it's really changing a lot of things and realizing external and internal triggers.

I think I'll take a few pics of my skin now. I wish I had of taken them when my skin was acting crazy but it was just too much.  I think as time progresses the improvement from now to say a few months from now will be noticeable. I really hope that things continue so well. I knew that there was a better way to take care of my skin other than all these drugs.  Stay tuned for updates!!

xoxo

Tammy