Skincare - Basic Tips
Everything is sort of out of order, so sorry about that, but each one is important! 😊
-Change your pillow case often and regularly wipe down your cell phone!
-Anti-aging products help PREVENT wrinkles, not fade them! It’s never too early to start an anti-aging skincare routine.
-Moisturizer often locks in moisture, but that won’t help if your face doesn’t have any to begin with—look for hydrating products and then layer a moisturizer on over top!
-If you’re oily, you still need to moisturize (see above). Sometimes the face will try to compensate if you’re dry/dehydrated, and you’ll see more oil production—so don’t skip it! You can look for a non-oily moisturizer.
-We were taught in school that sun exposure accelerates aging—wear sunscreen everyday!
-Cleanse and use masks, sunscreen, etc on your neck as well—it’s often forgotten, but you can tell the difference!
-If you have bacne/back acne, wash your back after you shampoo/conditioner. Otherwise your hair products will run down your back and clog your pores.
-Also for bacne, try using a salicylic acid spray or toner and have someone spray that on your back for you. Use a calming/unscented lotion.
-If it’s been a while and a product line isn’t working for you, it’s not working for you. When I was going to school, we used Dermalogica and I still had acne. I switched to Skin Script, the product line we use at my work, and my skin has never looked better!
-Please don’t use Proactive. It uses an ingredient that’s meant for spot treatment, as it can dry out and thin your skin over time. Using it all over your face isn’t recommended.
-St. Ives apricot scrub is too rough for your face and it creates tiny micro cuts in your skin that can damage your skin especially in the long run. If you’re using it and it helps with acne, that’s probably the salicylic acid in it—it’s in other products!
-Look for sunscreens with Zinc and/or Titanium Dioxide—those block UVA/UVB rays rather than just ‘scattering’ them and it’s more effective! Pacifica is a drugstore brand I recently (uh, yesterday) found at Target that uses Zinc! It’s the first one I’ve found but if I find any others, I’ll update. Price range $10-15 and right now (May 22, 2019) there’s a Target app coupon where if you spend $15 on sunscreen products, you get a $5 gift card. (Expires in my area the 27th.) Edit: That kind of sounded like an add, but I was just excited to find a good drugstore product and I already spend too much money at Target anyway so I knew about the deal 😂
-Gently exfoliate twice a week—I usually try to on Mondays and Thursdays but I’m honestly really bad at keeping up with it. 😖 Use masks once a month!
-If the mask you’re using absorbs into the skin, you can put serum underneath! If the mask draws out impurities, use a serum after you take it off, but before moisturizer.
-If you’re using essential oils (like tea tree or lavender) always use a carrier oil and be sure to not use too much! A little goes a long way, the oils are pretty concentrated.
-Coconut oil is a fad, but it’s actually pretty comedegenic—it clogs your pores. Instead use grape seed oil or carrot oil!
-Some spas may have skincare sample packs for cheap or free! We do at mine but not everyone will.
If you have any questions, lmk! If there’s anything I can’t answer, I’ll do some research and ask other esthetician’s for insight ☺️
BONUS: Homemade Face Masks (cleanse beforehand, and moisturize afterward!)
Acne: Benonite/Amazonian clay, mixed with apple cider vinegar—it draws out oil/impurities, plus apple cider vinegar is a good toner (balances pH of your skin). If you think it’ll be too strong, add less vinegar and more water. Mix until you make a creamy/fluffy paste, and put a thin layer on your face! If it starts to feel uncomfortable, take it off. (I have done this mask once before and it seemed to work well! However the next time I use it, I will have to do a thinner layer.)
Acne/general: 1 can of pumpkin purée, one to two spoonfuls of honey, and one to two teaspoons of pineapple juice. Optional: unflavored yogurt for a lactic acid affect (reduce in breakouts/appearance of wrinkles, etc), small amount of cinnamon for warming/‘flushing’ affect (it increases blood flow.) I would recommend starting with the base 3 ingredients and working your way up. This mask may sting or tingle, that’s normal—it’s a natural enzyme and basically eating the dead skin on your face. If you want it to tingle more, (don’t overdo it and trust your instincts!) add more pineapple juice or include a little bit of lemon juice too! If it starts to feel too intense, take it off. IMPORTANT: Use sunscreen after using this mask! Lactic acid/natural enzymes may make your skin more sensitive to sun damage. I recommend always wearing sunscreen, but definitely after a mask!! (I have done this mask multiple times before, and made it for friends, however I personally left out yogurt just because I don’t like the way it smells.)
Sensitive skin: oatmeal, water, blend it on high until it’s creamy. Put in fridge overnight. Add one tablespoon of honey. Can add yogurt, but as above yogurt has lactic acid—good for skin but if you’re especially sensitive be cautious and wear sunscreen afterwards (see above)! If you start to feel uncomfortable/any burning, take it off. (I have not made this mask for myself yet, I got it from another esthetician. She said to leave on 20 minutes however I think 10 is usually good for all/most masks.)
Another bonus: Grab a big washcloth, get it wet and wring it out. Roll it up, put it in a crockpot to keep warm (not hot, warm) and you can use it to take off the mask just like we do at the spa! Just be careful with the temperature—test it on the inside of your wrist to be sure. If it’s too hot to pick up, it’s too hot for your face. Feel free to use multiple towels!
PART TWO about a basic skincare routine (home care is the most important part of having good skin!) will be coming as soon as I get some sleeep. It is 2:30 am. Whoops. (I got excited, skincare is mah JAM.)
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Whiskey Headcanon
So here’s the thing I love Whiskey and want more headcanons so it’s now my official job. This boy is basically the fashion friend, skincare friend, stoic dreamboat to all LAX bros.
First, So Cal Whiskey feels accurate considering the style he wears
This means a number of things, one being he and Random have tag teamed Holster into a pair of salmon shorts that were bought specifically for him
Next this style is actually new-ish for him, it started during his senior year
There is a style squad in the SMH it is filled with Ransom, Bitty, Nursey, and Whiskey
Dex doesn’t care but def has better style then hamburgler Jack Zimmermann and hot mess Holster
Spring C they are determined to get the entire team in to clothes that suit their style but are actually nice
Whiskey takes this super seriously and he actually really loves the entire team
The reason he seems so offput by the team earlier is that he’s trying to break away from the whole machismo idea but like internal gender ideals and stuff it’s super hard
So yes, this is also me rolling with Latino Whiskey, but we have been blessed with someone having expanded that idea, so I’m kind of skipping it
Except there’s a similar effect if you give him El Jimadore in the way that Mollson gets Ransom and Jack going full Canadian, Whiskey goes super So cal, mixing between bro beach slang and valley girl latino, which yes, is the best way to put it because this bitch spills all the chispes when drunk on tequila, like if he has the right drinks, he’ll join the petty squad of Holster and Bitty
“ Like dude his ass is fire” ”He means hot, his ass is hot”
“You don’t even know like ese puta es un pendejo, pero su cujo, you know” “???” “He said that he’s a dumb ass but, his ass, you know” “Ohhhh”
The team uses Chowder and Tango to decrypt drunk Whiskey, which really. It’s not that hard.
So yes he loves the team and Bitty and he initially had a J Zed crush before moving on
Chowder may have zebra ass eyebrows, but the boy takes CARE of his skin, and his spa day buddies are Lardo, Whiskey, Bitty, and Dex
Whiskey works at a lush, and no he doesn’t tell anyone because he doesn’t need them trying to say hi during work, but he has an extensive skin care knowledge and saves certain members (Ollie and Wicks) from themselves and Bacne
Actually he helps EVERYONE, and one time Jack comes in and is like, how much would it take to have you help some team members on the Falconers
Whiskey jumps at it and really the main targets are definitely Tater’I only do soap, no lotion we die like men’ and Poots ‘my skin literaly changes SO fast due to weather and the roadies are gonna kill my ass’ and Snowy ‘sensitive skin, sensitive eyes, literally give me brands that won’t give me hives’
The entire team definitely joins in, and then theyre just like, Jack no wonder we’re gonna give you the A what the fuck
Whiskey learns that Jack ‘my mom is Alicia Phelps, she’s way more famous than my dad’ Zimmermann has been stuggling to help them without coming off like a jerk
I love him but he’s never getting dibs. Instead the LAX team clears their attic out, shifts some people into it, and gives Whiskey a room on the second story since attics suck
Bylaw 13 is this guys end of the year goal
Whiskey is definitely one for speeding in his car
He’s there on two scholarships
Whiskey can make solid pan dulce, but he can’t cook real food, so he has to always ask Tango if he wants something home made
The Lax bros throw him a surprise birthday event that is an all day thing
They had him over for a movie night before his actual birthday, and kept him out of the house so the haus could make him breakfast
They had a haus wide brunch while Some Chads set up the LAX house for a spa day for a few hours, then they took him to a karaoke bar and a dinner, before bringing him back to the Haus for a party
Yes he actually loves karaoke
He will drink before dinner you can’t stop him
He actually will mainly drink wine in a non party setting tbh
It is important to never actually get too fancy with wine because he does not CARE
He listens to a lot of rap and hip hop, but you can catch him singing to Selena if he’s in a bad mood
Tango can out dance him, it’s a fact
Chowder can also out dance him if he’s going hard
He is typically not one for getting really drunk, but he is definitely one for taking off his clothes, the drunker he gets the more comes off
Luckily he rarely gets drunk enough for anything more than his shirt to come off
Epikegster did have him naked for a hot minute, but one of the Chads, Chadwick, covered him with his jacket, which led to two other chads offering him clothes, Chad H, and Brad but we call him chad since it’s his middle name
Chad R had a giant gay crisis at that moment
The entire Team had a crisis
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