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Get your skin ready for spring
Filed in archive Beauty by Ivy on May 13, 2006
Get your skin ready for spring
After a long winter season of wearing long pants, jeans and stockings, my upper part of legs tends to reveal glorious little bumps, acne and blemishes. The rest of my skin is not doing any better, my lovely complexion usually looks ruined at the start of spring.

As I'm as eager as every other girl to get in short(er) skirts and pants, I have to combat this menace as soon as possible, which means deploying all the beauty knowledge I've gathered over the years.

My first trick in the magic beauty hat is to do a whole body peeling:

"Do a gommage, very popular in pricey European spas. Mix 30 grams of hard sea salt with 12 drops of essential oil (blueberry, grapefruit or lemon) and enough warm water to make an even paste. Put on a bathing glove and start massaging your body with the mixture. Pay special attention to your thighs, behind and stomach. This peeling will relieve you of dead skin cells, cleanse pores, and activate the capillaries, enhancing lymph-drainage. You'll get rid of various toxins this way."

says a post on Beauty tips and tricks blog. Any purchased exfoliator will do just great too. The thing to watch out for is not to overdue it, because scrubs tend to bring all blemishes to the surface, so twice a week will suffice.

My next beauty trick is to moisturize in the evening and apply anti-cellulite cream in the morning. L'Oreal Sublime Slim has given me great results, although I don't do the massage, I just slap it on when I wake up and let it sink in while I'm washing my teeth.

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And my last piece of the 'winter yucky skin banishing' puzzle is the Tea. With a capital T this beverage was passed on to me from one of the girls I used to know, which later made a great career in developing natural beauty products. Take one spoon of dried pansy (Viola tricolor) and pour over a cup of boiling water, let it brew for 10 minutes, and it's ready. Drink up to three cups of tea a day, for a period of at least two weeks, it'll make your skin beautiful!

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