In my previous life I used to have the odd diamond microdermabrasion session with my local beautician. I loved how my skin (although a little beet red) felt so soft & smooth after. It was one of my little luxuries……….little did I know I could be achieveing the same results at home for literally cents.
When I first tried this, I thought there is no way it can work as good as a professional microdermabrasion session but I have skin that says otherwise.
I stumbled upon this by accident as I had quite a few ghastly blackheads on my nose that did not want to go away, I tried honey treatments, scrubs, clay masks, you name it & none of them moved those stubborn blackheads, that was until I tried this treatment & scrubbed them all away, so I now have silky smooth skin again.
I now have the ultimate luxury of having an at-home microdermabrasion once a week. And the best thing about this other than the fact that it is super cheap compared to the real deal is that you can customise it to suit your skin.
In summer when my skin is oily & threatening to break out on me – I use the apple cider vinegar when its winter & my skin is a little dryer I choose to use jojoba or olive oil instead. So I still get the sloughing off of the dead skin but without the drying factor.
So what two pantry ingredients do all of this for your skin – bicarb soda & apple cider vinegar.
At Home Microdermabrasion a’la Mama Going Natural
- 2 heaped teaspoons bicarb soda
- 1 teaspoon Apple cider vinegar (I use Bragg’s Organic)
Now for the hard part!. Mix your bicarb & vinegar together to make a paste. Wet your face & gently apply your mix in gentle circle motions, rubbing your face. Go gently as you can always do it again & you don’t want to scrub your skin off.
Rinse off with water & then apply your favourite serum or moisturiser as your skin will be ready to suck up all the goodies.
Feel free to mix this routine up, I like to do it once per week & vary using vinegar or oil depending on what I think will benefit my skin best at that time.
PS – Don’t tell your beautician, it’ll be our little secret 🙂
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