Saturday, October 22, 2011

Blue or Red Pill.

I choose the Red Pill.

Wet Shaving
-->Basic, affordable products
-Feather Popular
-Stainless Steel Bowl
-Body Shop Shaving Brush
-Super Max Super Stainless Blades
-Alum Block and Sweet Almond Oil for moisturising

EDIT: Found my father's Gillette Super Speed (Black). Date code P1, 1970. Made in USA. Gillette was indeed at the peak of their creativity with the TTO Double Edge Safety Razors. Gonna clean it up, polish it and it's mine to keep! Sentimental indeed.

Alternative Practices
-Essential Oil Therapy
-Oil Massage (Self/Couples)
-Natural Healthcare products (Sweet Almond Oil as moisturiser, MediMix Ayurveda Soap as cleanser)

Interest in essential oils therapy made me stumble upon carrier oils. I now use Sweet Almond Oil as a massage oil, moistuiriser and lip balm. Might dabble in perfume oils soon.

Up next: DIY Huaraches. Barefoot Running, Forefoot Striking. Huaraches

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Appearance.

I've just embarked on a regimen to clear and even out my skin tone caused by darkened acne scars. So the fundamentals of acne's are as follows (taken from http://www.medicinenet.com/acne/article.htm I find it to be very informative on acne)

3 Rules of Acne
(1) Unclog Pores/Cleanse Skin
-Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash (w/Salicylic Acid, acts as chemical exfoilant) Twice a Day
-Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser - Everytime cleansing is required. i.e. after exercise

(2) Kill Bacteria
-Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash (w Salicylic Acid) Twice a Day
-Benzac AC (2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide) Once/Twice a Day

(3) Minimizing Oil (because cleansers/toners remove oil from the skin, pores might be encouraged to produce oil to prevent dryness but might produce excessive oil, hence moisturisers help hydrate the skin to prevent excessive production of oil)
-Fade Out Original Active Fade Cream (To even out my skin tone)
-thereafter use Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisture (Combination Skin)

both Twice a Day

These pictures are from Day 1. I shall have progressive pictures over 4 weeks to 2/4 months.