What is it:
Directions:
My thoughts:
Skin Watchers Papaya Moisture Peeling Gel works like a charm on your skin. Appropriately fragmented ingredients will remove the dead cells throughly from your face. Rinsing off dead cells properly is an important key to beautiful skin.
It is suitable for all skin types, even sensitive skin.
Natural, paraben-free, fragrance-free, alochol-free and pigment-free. It contains papaya and oleracea extracts, along with other phyto-ingredients and beauty ingredients, care for the oil and dead skin cells lodged deep into the surface of the skin, also helps to keep your skin moisturized and even without a minor irritation.
Directions:
After removing makeup, wash your face and dry it. Take a 10-cent coin amount of Papaya Peeling Gel and massage it onto your face in a circular motion with your fingertips. Be careful to avoid the area near the eye and lip. Do not use excessive force as it might result in redness.
Can be used to remove dead skin on neck, armpit, elbow, knee and back. It is safe to use on alternate days.
My thoughts:
When I first tried out Skin Watchers Papaya Moisture Peeling Gel, I was reminded of Ginvera's Marvel Gel. It works the same way that it does except that I did not experience any redness on my face after using it like how it did when I used Ginvera's Marvel Gel.
I think that it feels quite gentle on the skin. Fragrance wise, the smell is quite mild. Pretty acceptable I would say.
I like to use this in place of my regular cleanser in the morning every other day prior to makeup application as it makes the surface of my face smoother and more even which ensures that the makeup would glide on easily and reduce the appearance of powder caking during mid-day.
An alternative or better way in my opinion to use Skin Watchers Papaya Moisture Peeling Gel would be to place a warm towel (soak it in warm water and squeeze out the excess) over your face for about a minute before applying the peeling gel and massaging your face in circular motions. After that, rinse your face with cold water before applying toner and pore tightening mask.
The rationale behind using the warm water followed by rinsing with cold water is to open up your pores to deep cleanse the impurities with the peeling gel and then closing the pores again using cold water, toner and pore tightening mask. After doing this, your pores should look smaller and you should see lesser blackheads and whiteheads on your face.
If you do not have a pore tightening mask, just break an egg and apply only the egg white to your face. It tightens the pores as well and its natural! Don't you girls love natural skin care?
Rating: ✭✭✭✭✫
Repurchase: Yes
I hope you girls like this post!
Love,
Patricia
Disclaimer: Product was given to me by BeautyFinest for review purposes. All the above stated are my honest opinion.
Weekends are love, no? I simply love weekends because - I don't have to go to work and also because I have more time for myself. Work has been pretty crazy lately as it is the year end when we are closing the books for the financial year.
So I decided to whip something nice for myself since I don't get to eat food which I like every other day because there are really limited choices over at my workplace. Not to mention that I ain't getting my much-needed vitamins and nutrients, we all know how unhealthy outside food are.
Initially, I wanted to make shepherd's pie but the supermarket near my place ran out of minced beef hence I decided to make something else instead. While I was doing groceries, I realised that the items (honey, vinegar) which I bought are organic. Talking about buying organic food, I must say that I was pretty much influenced by my Mom ever since she started buying organic brown sugar and other condiments.
Anyway, I thought it would be fun to keep a food diary which records what I eat. And that explains the rest of this post.
I am sure that the quote below is not foreign to many.
"You are what you eat." - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Basically, it means that the kind of food consumed by one impacts directly on one's physical and well-being. Its true girls! Even though I love nachos and other junk food like ice cream, I do try and limit myself to them. Eating healthier and keep track of what you eat not only help you maintain or lose weight, I found that it benefits my skin too. For instance, if I had a unhealthy or heavy breakfast, I will try and eat more healthily for my lunch or take a lighter lunch. And I do try my best to incorporate more veggies and fruits in my diet. Its very important to eat more fruits and veggies as the fibre in them will aid in detoxing. I see a difference in my weight and skin condition once I cut down on fruits and veggies or when I eat junk food. I am not saying that you can't indulge in junk food, once in a while is fine but definitely not all the time!
I woke up very early today wanting to watch Glee but I was so upset when I found that the next episode will only be aired in February on Fox. Hence, I made potato salad to cheer myself up.
Potato Salad
Ingredients (serves 4):
4 medium-sized potatoes
4 slices of ham
1½ tbsp mayonnaise
Marjoram leaves
Directions:
1) Boil potatoes for 20 minutes or more until you can pierce a fork through without much effort.
2) Drain potatoes with cold water and let it cool before cutting it into bite-size.
3) Cut ham into squares.
4) Using a large mixing bowl, mix the mayonnaise together with the potatoes and ham evenly.
5) Sprinkle marjoram leaves and chill in the refrigerator before serving.
4 medium-sized potatoes
4 slices of ham
1½ tbsp mayonnaise
Marjoram leaves
Directions:
1) Boil potatoes for 20 minutes or more until you can pierce a fork through without much effort.
2) Drain potatoes with cold water and let it cool before cutting it into bite-size.
3) Cut ham into squares.
4) Using a large mixing bowl, mix the mayonnaise together with the potatoes and ham evenly.
5) Sprinkle marjoram leaves and chill in the refrigerator before serving.
As easy as A-B-C, ain't it? For a healthier option, cut down on the mayonnaise, replace with mustard or substitute with sweet potatoes instead.
Remember, potatoes are high in carbohydrates hence it is advisable to consume with care.
If potatoes are not quite your cup of tea, try a making a green salad instead.
As I was experiencing quite a headache during late evening, I decided to increase my intake of vitamins through - consuming a salad. It works as leafy veggies are high in vitamin E which helps to reduce migraines. For those of you whom have had experienced migraines before, you will know how bad it is. Instead of wrecking your head the next time you experience a migraine, try drinking lemon/lime juice and have a salad. It works your migraine away, the natural and healthy way!
Green Salad
Ingredients:
7 pieces of iceberg lettuce
1 tomato
½ Japanese cucumber
1 large lemon/lime
Directions:
1) Wash the iceberg lettuce and tear them into smaller pieces.
2) Slice tomato into slices after washing.
3) Slice Japanese cucumber into slices after washing.
4) Arrange ingredients according to your liking.
5) Squeeze ½ a lemon/lime for a tangy taste.
7 pieces of iceberg lettuce
1 tomato
½ Japanese cucumber
1 large lemon/lime
Directions:
1) Wash the iceberg lettuce and tear them into smaller pieces.
2) Slice tomato into slices after washing.
3) Slice Japanese cucumber into slices after washing.
4) Arrange ingredients according to your liking.
5) Squeeze ½ a lemon/lime for a tangy taste.
I prefer to use Japanese cucumber over the usual cucumber because it has more crisp and smaller seeds (if any). The lemon/lime juice not only replaces your usual salad dressing, but it makes the veggies more crisp too.
What do you do with the remaining other half of the lemon/lime? You make lemonade or lime juice from it! Squeeze the juice and dilute it with water. You can add honey if you want but I like to drink it without as a perk-me-up.
If you think that's it, you're wrong. Because.. you can use the remaining pulps from the lemon/lime to exfoliate your face for a clearer and brighter complexion.
DIY Lemon/Lime Exfoliator
1) Flip the lemon/lime over (as shown on the right of the picture above)
2) Hold the sides of the lemon/lime and use it to massage your skin in circular motions.
3) Rinse well with water
Lemon/lime is especially good at combating oiliness. However, it should only be used once a week and it is a must to apply moisturizer after as it can be rather drying on the skin. Acne-prone and sensitive skin types should take extra precaution in using this, always try out on a small patch of skin first to see if it is compatible for your skin type.
I was thinking since I am showing you girls the DIY Lemon/Lime exfoliator, I might as well show you what the rest of the ingredients used in the green salad can do for you.
DIY Tomato Exfoliator
Cut the top of a tomato and sprinkle sugar on top. I prefer to use fine sugar instead of coarse sugar as the latter is too harsh on my skin.
Hold on to one end of the tomato and gently massage it in circular motions. By doing so, the tomato juice will penetrate into your skin, thus making your skin softer, reducing the size of your pores and soothe acne. A word of caution - do not massage with pressure on areas where you suffer from acne as it will aggravate the condition.
DIY Cucumber Eye Mask
What's better than cucumber slices to reduce puffy eye bags and dark eye rings? Cucumbers have whitening properties and it reduces the swelling and tiredness in your eyes after a long day.
Why do I love DIY/homemade skincare such as exfoliator and eye masks? Well, its all natural, easy to make and at the same time economical!
I have tried all the DIY/homemade skincare which I have listed above and have not experienced any allergy reactions. However, everyone's skin has a different level of tolerance, hence I advise testing on a small patch of skin prior to full application.
Do you have any favourite DIY/homemade skincare to share with me? Or have you tried any of the DIY/homemade skincare that I have listed above? Do let me know how did it work for you alright? (:
Before I end this post, I would like to share this song - Sorry that I loved you by Anthony Neely. I keep hearing this song on the radio and I thought that it is by an American. Turns out that I wasn't too far from it as it is by Anthony Neely whose his dad is an American and his mom is a Taiwanese. His features are to die for, especially those eyes! Anyway, he shot to fame via One Million Star. Enjoy the song.
Thanks for reading.
XOXO,
Patricia
