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!

I always love trying new types of face masks just because I like the experience and sometimes my face comes out feeling really nice! hehe.  I found these recently while shopping some of my favorite stores.  This specific store is a local one called The Country Store but you can also purchase the whole line here.  They are super cheap, around 3$ per mask and the packaging looks super fancy, so I had to have them!

I've actually never tried a black face mask so this was pretty exciting and considering it was bamboo and charcoal put together?  Sounds super interesting!!  The end results actually made my skin super soft and I noticed that it put more moisture than your average mask would do.  It was easy to put on because the sheet itself was pretty thick so I'm sure that helped as well. I really enjoyed this mask.

This face mask is targetted towards moisturizing dry skin.  With a very subtle cocoa smell and the texture being cream-like this was a little bit difficult to apply because the substance kept coming off onto my hands.  Luckily there was plenty enough to go around.  I would recommend this mask for colder seasons when your face is in need of a moisture fix.  It still did a great job and gave me tons of moisture but it would be more beneficial when you would absolutely need it.

 At this point, the tea tree mask seems to be exactly what I need.  With it being able to speed up the healing of breakouts and reducing redness as well as putting moisture back in my skin, this seems like the be all end all facial mask.  The end results, this not only firmed up my skin but made it soft as well.  The redness in my cheeks has faded substantially.  I didn't notice much immediate difference from my breakouts, however after rinsing all of the essence off, my breakouts had substantially been reduced.

Overall, all three of these were great masks and each of them were very diverse in what they were made to do.  These are great for beginners in face masks because of the cheap price and great quality but I would definitely recommend them to anybody.