Secrets to a healthy-looking face! (Issue #1)

Many women desire a healthy and good-looking face. Who doesn't want a face that is smooth, beautiful and free of skin problems? After all, face is an indication of what's going on inside your body. I'm not a beauty guru like Bubz (she's famous for makeup, skincare, fashion tips on Youtube), but since people have been telling me how okay my face is, I'm here to share some tips with you on taking good care of your face! I do have my own rules in maintaining it. It will just be a general and brief guide but that's all you need to understand and hopefully it helps just like what it has helped me :)

*This post will only cover the fundamental knowledge. Subsequent posts will include more details, so keep following! 

Honestly I don't really have a strict guide on taking care of my face. Nobody tells me why and how I should take care of it. I only bothered to care for it when I was 10 years old! That's when I was given a Dove facial wash from my school during a girls sharing session! So that was when I began using facial products! But I continued using a product for very long before I actually changed it. After using Dove, I used Hazeline facial foam and other cheap ones got from Watsons and Guardians. I only used them once a day or every other days or when I feel like it. Luckily I did! Sometimes these products can be harsh on your skin. Well I always believe in letting my face go natural at all times when I'm young - that's the best I can take care of it!

But as I grow older, I lost that porcelain face of mine due to environments and late-night sleeping. I know every woman hates that to happen. Just washing it is never enough. It has lost its elasticity and shine. So it's time to do something about it! If it happens to you, that's when you know you must learn to take care of it - IMMEDIATELY! It's never too late to restore that beautiful face of yours if you really know what to do. It takes patience and resilience to do that. I'm also trying - just that I always have a habit of sleeping late! ):

*Don't just hope that it will go away - unless you do something about it!*

So what is Skin Care?

Skin care is basically all about hydrating your face and not clogging your pores. Natural oil (sebum) is essential for your skin! It is an oily substance secreted from the glands with the effect of lubricating it. However, too much of it can cause clogged pores, acne and blackheads. You must learn how not to dehydrate your face and also at the same time, balance those oils for fear of not getting enough shine or getting skin problems! 

There are only SIX things you need to know (or at least that's what I do now):

• Know your skin type (Covered in this post)
• Skin problems (Coming up)
• Skin diseases (Coming up)
• Skincare Routine (Coming up)
• Diets (Wanted to include this as part of the section below but there's many good skin food out there you should know - Coming up)
• Do's and don's (Coming up)

These are basic knowledge you should acquire. Nothing can go wrong if you know them!

1. Know your skin type

Before you do anything to your skin, you must KNOW what is your skin condition and the factors that affect it.

There are basically 4 common skin types:

• Normal 
• Oily
• Dry 
• Combination (Oily & dry etc)

For me, I belong to the combination group (my skin is quite dry but my face is normal). If you are wondering why I don't put sensitive as being one of the skin types, that is because everyone has sensitive skin. Believe it or not, most of us have some degree of irritated skin caused by internal or external factors. They can be caused by weather, hormonal changes or skincare products you use. Hence, the possibility of us developing sensitive skin is always there.

Know your skin type already? Whether your skin is normal or not, you still must start taking care of it. Everyone needs some form of protection and antioxidants for skin because at any point in time you can experience breakouts. 

Look out for next issue #2! I will cover the various skin problems commonly faced by people (including me!) and how you can avoid them. Again, I'm not expert in this, but I'm sharing all these based on my experience and what I think it's good because it has worked for me :] Everyone's skin condition is different, so if you think other methods may work as well, go ahead and try them!