Hi there PYMUO followers! How is everyone doing today?

Today I will be going over my every day skin care routine. It's super easy. It only has two products and two steps. This is excluding SPF which I highly recommend after you wash your face in the morning! But as we all know, that's beauty care 101 so I don't feel like I should mention it.

The very first product I use is coconut oil. Coconut oil is great for many things such as...

• cracked and dry lips
• softening the skin
• cracked and dry feet
• skins disorders such as psoriasis, acne, and eczema
• treating minor infections

It is also an AMAZING make up remover! Even with extremely dark makeup I don't have to stand in front of the mirror for very long because it is SO effective and cheap (it even takes off your hard to remove mascara!!!).

The second product I use is tea tree oil. Tea tree oil has anti-fungal properties and helps with...

• acne, dark spots, and blemishes
• fungal and bacterial infections 
• minor cuts, wounds, warts, ringworm, insect bites, rashes
• dandruff
• healing piercings
• soothing nickel allergies and other allergic reactions
• cure for dry skin when mixed with a moisturizer

Be careful not to put it around your eye area as it can be a little overwhelming, and never put tea tree oil by itself on your face unless you are tackling a zit or a pimple.

Also, please do not use a lot of coconut oil. Using excessive amounts of coconut oil will make you break out. What I do is gently swipe my finger into the oil, because I found putting too much will suffocate the skin and we don't want excess oil.


STEP ONE

Apply a dime size amount of coconut oil onto the palm of your hand and rub it into your palm. Rub your hands for one second under warm water, then apply to the face. I like to take my time getting every area of my skin, and even my neck. When you put the coconut oil on it will feel like a slippery film is on your face. This is normal.

STEP TWO

Now rinse your face with warm water. I don't rinse as much as I would with a cleanser, as I want some coconut oil to remain on my face.
Pat your face dry. Put one drop of tea tree oil on your palm and rub together. Pat on the face.

And you are done! That is my skin care routine.
After only a week I noticed a huge difference in the way my face looks after using coconut and tea tree oil. These are the things that I notice most:

• super soft skin
• redness in the cheeks are gone
• no breakouts 
• i look less tired
• acne scars slowly fading away
• skin lightening

Play around with the amount of oils needed for your face. Each and every one of us has different skin. I highly recommend this skin care regime, and you can use it on your back, or anywhere else on your body if you have acne! You can also leave out the tea tree oil and just use coconut oil to moisturize your hands, elbows, feet and even really dry hair. Don't be afraid to experiment with coconut oil!

If I don't use anything to treat my dandruff, I get really bad dandruff. Take a comb through my hair and there will be flakes all over. It will be snowing in July when I scrub my scalp.

A few times I have used Head & Shoulders, which eventually started to do nothing for it as I got older. I have also used Redken, but both these products felt so damaging to my hair. My scalp was dandruff and itch free, but my hair looked like I had been struck by lightening.

Kind of off topic here, but I love the look of dreadlocs. So much so, that I decided I wanted to get them. I ended up buying dreadloc shampoo, and if anything knows anything about dreadlocs, you have to wash them with a residue free shampoo. I started doing this before I wanted to put locs in and within a week my head was itch free yet again! The only thing is, I had to absolutely LOAD on the conditioner after I decided I didn't want locs anymore, but liked how it was treating my dandruff. My hair was so dry, that my hair stylist at the time gave me a deep conditioning treatment for 25 minutes!!

So as I'm contemplating on the site where I got the loc shampoo from whether or not to buy more for my dandruff, I seen a "dreadloc tonic" for irritated scalps. It basically looks like a tea bag, and you put the concoction into a spray bottle and let it steep.

Well, I figured, why can't I do that now? Would that work with my irritated scalp?
YES!!! And it's all natural too! And SO easy!! Such a money saver!! And smells so purdy.

Here's what you will need:

• spray bottle
• water
• tea bags
• sea salt
• tea tree oil (it's anti-fungal)

Here's what to do:

1. Put the tea bag into the spray bottle. Depending on how big the spray bottle is, add more for a better smell. You don't want to put too little either, unless you like the smell of tea tree oil. Peppermint is great for this, or you can experiment with other teas.
2. Fill the spray bottle with water from the sink. Please DO NOT boil water and then add it in a plastic bottle. You wouldn't believe how many people do that. AKA me.
3. Add in some sea salt. I like to add sea salt in for my curly hair. It gives it extra curl and it's also good for voluminous hair.
4. Add in around 10 drops of tea tree oil into your mixture.
5. Close the lid and shake it.
6. Leave it for about 2 hours or overnight for the tea to steep.

Tada! That's it!

Applying it is simple: Spray your scalp after you shower. Massage scalp.

I usually don't remake the bottle every week or so. I use it up pretty much. It lasts about a month or two at room temperature, so it should be OK. 

It takes about 3 washes to get rid of all dandruff.

I really don't think I'll buy another product for dandruff again. 

Thanks for reading! Let me know in the comments what you think!