Tag: Coconut oil

Double cleaning: oil+soap

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In this post I am going to talk about a new method that I have been using to cleanse my face. This added to applying only pure aloe vera gel (extracted by me from the plant, as I mentioned in this post) is working very well for my skin.

First of all, I know that what I am going to explain is something similar to the Korean double cleansing ritual. But since I have adapted it in my own way, I have not called it that. Official Korean cleanse includes wiping off the oil with a hot towel and I don’t do that. As always, I seek maximum efficiency with minimum effort, the famous Pareto law. And since I am already using one side of a facial towel (small towel that is only for my face) every night, that’s one facial towel that waits for the washing machine every other night, so I don’t want to also use even more towels to remove the oil from my face.

What I do every night is, always after washing my hands, put 5-8 drops of argan oil on my hands and rub it all over my face, massaging well, insisting where my skin is more greasy (forehead, nose, chin). Oil cleansing is also great for removing makeup, but I don’t normally wear makeup. Then I rinse my face with warm water and apply a few drops of Dr. Bronner’s soap. It is not a soap that dries out the skin because it contains all natural ingredients, although I know that there are people who simply wash with their face with oil and that’s it. But I also like to put a little of this soap. Then I rinse, already with cold water, and gently dry my face with the facial towel. And then I put some cool aloe vera that I have in a glass in the fridge.

Regarding the oil to use, I use the argan oil because it is not comedogenic and it is the one which bottle I have now opened. When it is used up, I will use one of jojoba oil that I have unopened. Many also use olive oil, coconut oil…It all depends on whether you have oily or acne-prone skin, in that case you should look for non-comedogenic oil. If you don’t have this problem, any oil will work.. Anyway, as you rinse and wash your face with soap afterwards, it is difficult for oil to clog pores on the skin, it is not the same as using it as a moisturizer. Rather, what is sought with this method is: 1) a good cleaning, 2) avoid drying the skin when applying the soap or cleanser (since the oil creates a protective film on the skin). There are people who even apply oil to the body before showering so that their skin does not dry out with the lime from the water or due to  soap, and the same to the scalp before washing their hair (I also do this, with coconut oil, and my head no longer itches, which sometimes happened to me before). Having a limescale/chlorine filter in the shower also helps with skin and itchiness.

That’s it for today, until next time!

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Toothpaste as a deodorant

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This month I am going to tell you about the last trick that I am applying. It was not my discovery because I found it on a YouTube channel where a girl was talking about the uses she gave to her organic toothpaste. One of them was as a deodorant, applying some toothpaste to each armpit. She assured that it was the best deodorant she had ever tried, that she spent hours and hours moving and zero odor, and that it also worked for her husband.

I have tried it and it works very well, at first you notice a sensation of “mint”. You better not try this with pastes that contain fluoride and strange things, since everything is absorbed through the skin. It must be some kind of “natural” tootbrush. In the one I used, the first ingredients, after water and calcium carbonate, are coconut oil and bicarbonate. What a surprise! Just the ingredients of the homemade toothpaste that I have been using successfully for years. Although in this other post I told you about simply using baking soda as a deodorant, I think that the ​​toothpaste deodorant is more effective for hot months.

Since a glass jar with coconut oil that melts and solidifies according to the temperature of the place and a toothbrush that must be taken with a teaspoon every time I brush my teeth is not something very practical to travel or to have at work, I also buy toothpaste for these cases and now, as a deodorant !! The only thing I don’t like about organic pastes is that they usually contain glycerin, and I understand that this substance sticks to the teeth and is not very beneficial. But hey, it’s not that I use it all the time.

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I hope it works for you and that you tell me about it!!

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Hydration

I am going to dedicate my first post to hydration: inside and outside.

I think more attention is paid to external hydration than to internal. I was recently on a trip with a friend, and I observed that every day, before getting dressed, she put cream to hydrate her entire body and face. However, throughout the day, despite the hot weather, she hardly drank any water. Instead of water, she drank coffee and beer, depending on what time it was (both drinks dehydrates). And she was surprised that I always drank water with my meals.

Hydration, both internal and external, is very important, but I think internal hydration is more important than the external one. We are 70-80% water, and that water must be replaced throughout the day, especially if we are in a hot environment. If it is cold, it is normal that we are less thirsty, but we must drink the same (if we want hot drinks, we can do it in the form of tea or infusion) and our skin can look dry due to heating. If it is hot, we will naturally be thirstier, and if we sunbathe our skin will dry out more than if we are in the shade. In the case of children and the elderly, it is necessary to ensure that they drink water, especially the elderly, as they have a decreased sensation of thirst.

My trick to staying hydrated is to try to drink water every half hour (two sips). I drink water in the morning before breakfast (after rinsing my mouth with coconut oil), and at work. I have my water bottle (not plastic) to try to drink every half hour. Obviously if I’m on the street I can’t do this, but there is also the option of carrying a bottle of water in your bag. The green juices I have for dinner (two or three glasses) also hydrate. When you drink too much alcohol and coffee, or simply don’t drink enough water, it reflects on your energy and the condition of your skin.

Moving on to external hydration, I hydrate my face and neck in the morning and at night. I only use some good aloe vera (from my aloe vera plant), and lately, because I’m in my thirties, a little coconut oil at night, mainly in the eye and forehead area (I’m still scared that I get a grain for being oil, although not yet). I also hydrate my lips with coconut oil. And at night I put coconut oil on my hands, elbows, knees, and feet, before I go to sleep.

What I don’t normally do is hydrate my whole body. Why? Well, because it involves time and expenses on the product (even if it’s coconut oil) that I don’t want to assume. My face and hands are constantly exposed to the outside, so it makes sense to hydrate them daily. Elbows, knees and feet require very little amounts, and I hydrate them daily to prevent callus. But for the body, which is normally covered and only gets soaked briefly in the shower, I don’t see the need to use moisturizer (I don’t rub soap all over my body every day, just occasionally; I use soap only in private parts and armpits).

Of course, it would be another thing if, for example, I went swimming or to the beach to sunbathe, then I would hydrate my body too. But normally I don’t do that. And my skin is very soft (to a great extent thanks to the electrolysis hair removal). On TV and in pharmacies they sell us the idea that it is necessary to smear ourselves with creams every day (tonics, nutritive creams, eye contours, bla, bla, bla). Well look, it is not like that, and I have verified it in myself (in addition, creams are usually made of petroleum derivatives that seal the skin like a plastic). With a few products (aloe vera, coconut oil) normally applied only to the face, neck, hands and troubled areas, it is enough. And when the age is really noticeable (which will be less if the sun does not shine on our faces) it is better to go once or twice a year to one of those places that inject vitamins and all that stuff on your face, than to spend that money on creams. Anyway, I hope in my case that will be, at the earliest, at 40.

So, in conclusion, more internal hydration and fewer complications with the external one.

Until next time! 🙂

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Say no to deodorant!!

This month’s post is going to be about … the deodorant! SAY NOT TO DEODORANT !!! HAHAHAHA Hurrah social ostracism !! Well, I’m not saying that you have to go around smelling bad, I just want to share some things that I’ve tried and to encourage you to try them too.

First, let’s distinguish between deodorant and anti-perspirant. Deodorants, as the name suggests, eliminate the odour (or at least they’re supposed to do it). Anti-perspirants prevent you from transpiring, that is, you don’t sweat, so you will not smell. What is the purpose of sweating? It is a normal and necessary physiological function, as it is to evacuate, to pee … What would you need to suppress these function? Sweating is necessary, it serves to regulate body temperature and eliminate toxins. It is not good to use antiperspirants that prevent sweating (yes, I know the famous Perspirex is very helpful and I have also used it for a wedding, but it has aluminum that is carcinogenic). Sweating is affected by the cloth that you wear (lycra for example), by the weather (heat), if you are nervous, if your’e fatter or thinner, and even by genetic/hereditary reasons (some people sweat more than others in the same circumstances, some people sweat throughout his body, some people almost don’t seat…). For very  serious cases (for example, people whose hands do not stop sweating) botox injections are used. But I’m going to talk about normal cases and especially the armpits sweating, which is the most common case.

Using antiperspirants is not good because it nulifies the function of regulating the body temperature that sweating has, and all the toxins that sweating eliminates get trapped. What alternative would we have to Perspirex to avoid stains in the axillary area? If you use Perspirex once a year I do not think you’re going to die. But there are alternatives. I found this on YouTube, and I think it’s a very good idea:

The video is in French, but basically it talks about washable anti-stain patches that stick to your clothes, they are not noticeable and they prevent a sweat stain. It occurred to me that since we can put a panty liner on our high-heel shoes so that they do not hurt, we could do the same on the armpit area of our shirts.

Although I do not want to seem extreme, I have read on numerous occasions and I know from some testimonies that women who have or have had breast cancer are advised not to use antiperspirants and even deodorants. Some components of these products have been found in various tumors. Armpits are very close to breasts, and everything people put on their skin goes into their bloodstream, so the habit of using deodorant/antiperspirant everyday may not be good… Have you ever thought about reading the components of these products and see if you know them, if they are safe?

In theory, deodorants would not be as bad as antiperspirants, because they only kill or camouflage the bacteria that cause bad smell, but they don’t suppress the function of sweating (they don’t avoid stains, just smelling). Anyway, I think they just camouflage odours, and I do not like them at all. Aerosol deodorants are bad for the environment, and even if we talk about non-aerosol deodorants, they have a lot of strange ingredients that I do not know.

On the Internet, there are many recipes for homemade deodorants. But I’m going to give you two very simple ones that I’ve tried. The first is lemon juice. You squeeze it, put it in a diffuser, and you have your deodorant. The problem for me is that the diffuser always ended quite sticky. Some people warn that lemon photosensitizes and you can get spots in your armpits… but who sunbathe the armpits??? LOL. So I think a better idea is baking soda (this ingredient is good for everything, in another post I will talk about my homemade toothpaste;)) It is the ingredient of almost all homemade deodorants, but I use it simply. I put some powder in each armpit (before putting on my clothes) and that’s it. It works very well. I keep it in the bathroom in a spent bottle of cinnamon, put a little in my hand and pass it through the armpit:

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Finally, it is also important to consider diet. Many people change their body odor when they leave a diet full of junk food. In fact, if you eat a lot of fruits and vegetables you will notice that your body (bad) odor is much lower, because you are not eliminating so many toxins. An exception for this are garlic and onions, which are very good for health but have some compounds that cause bad breath for a while even if you brush your teeth, and they also perspire through the skin. For that type of bad breath there are solutions like chewing parsley immediately afterwards or eating your garlic frozen. Garlic and onions smell more if they are eaten raw than cooked, but eaten raw they maintain more properties.

And of course, for the smell of the armpits, water and soap in the shower every day! :)))

I hope this post is useful and contributes to reduce the use of so much unnecessary chemical cosmetics, harmful to the environment, your health and pocket.

In the next posts I will update the post about electrolysis hair removal electrical, since I receive many questions (but everything is going very well;)). Also the post about oral care (I anticipate that the So-Wash irrigator still seems the best, and I have proven it in myself). And I will explain how I prepare my homemade toothpaste and how much I use it. Also how I ended up with the little spots on my teeth that appeared due to drinking too much tea.

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UPDATE!!: You can also use toothpaste as a deodorant!