The title pretty much says it all. I've personally challenged myself to only use natural products in my night skin care regimen for 1 week. I would do this during the day as well but I'm not sure what a natural substitute there is for sunscreen. I'm using lemon juice to whiten and even out my skin tone. For moisturizing I'm using extra virgin olive oil. I know, I know, no big surprise. I needed to see for myself if it really does everything it claims to do plus I'm hoping it reduces some of the redness around my nose. Truth is I started last night and this morning I was already getting compliments on how nice my skin looked.
So this is what I'm doing:
After I wash my face I take a cotton pad and squeeze about 4-5 drops of lemon juice on it and rub it all over my face - avoiding the eye area of course. It stings ever so slightly but nothing unbearable. I let it sit for 10 minutes exactly. Once the 10 minutes have passed I take about a penny or dime sized drop of olive oil rub it between my hands to heat it up and then massage it all over my face for about 2-3 minutes. And that's it. For exfoliating I plan to start using oatmeal again and for a mask I might try honey - we'll see though.
Remember that this is only for the night time. If you expose your face to the sun with lemon juice on it you risk staining your face in a really bad way. Besides, you don't want to go out smelling like a salad dressing in the making.
As for my eyes I'm still using my RoC Retinol Correxion eye cream and Kiehl's Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate. This has helped reduce the dark circles I had in a significant way.
A few things you should keep in mind if you decide you want to try this challenge out as well.
1. Don't buy those little lemon shaped containers that come with pre-squeezed lemon juice. Even though they say 100% lemon juice on the front on the back it will say that it has lemon oil and a few other things in it as well (preservatives ruin the juice). You want real lemon juice or even lime juice. Since we are looking for the most vitamin c possible stick with lemons - they have double the amount of vitamin c compared to limes.
2. Good extra virgin olive oil can be expensive at your local supermarket. Consider buying a bulk size container at Costco or other similar store if you can. If you can't, Marshalls sells imported olive oils at really good prices and the bottles are usually pretty big.
3. Try to put the olive oil on your skin a few hours before going to bed. This way you give it time to absorb properly and you don't risk getting grease stains all over your pillow. If you feel like your face is too shiny right before getting into bed take a piece of tissue and remove the excess.
4. Make sure to cleanse your face thoroughly in the morning before going out. As I mentioned above, lemon juice will react badly when exposed to the sun and could cause more spots on your face. Also, you want to make sure you don't have an oily looking complexion.
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