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When Life Gives You Lemons
Posted by CeruleanCity,
14 August 2012
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lemon juice homemade skin care toner scars acne
USE IT ON YOUR SKIN!
Skin brightening & reduction of hyperpigmentation.
In the blog post “my facial acne” it’s very obvious I have scarring/hyperpigmentation. That’s on par being annoying as having active breakouts. My skin has finally stopped breaking out so much where it’s plausible for me to concentrate on lightening my marks. I’ve always checked out brightening serums/creams just for the heck of it. My god they’re damn expensive. I’m not usually stingy with price tags regarding skincare but $90 for an ounce of product? I’M BEING POLITELY MUGGED.
Most skincare prices aren’t friendly to college students…blah, enough of my woes D: I frequently flock around makeupalley.com and saw something interesting: fresh lemon juice had such high ratings. The amount of rave reviews for the yellow sour pucker pulled me in. It’s cheap and apparently effective so why not?
I started using lemon juice in place of my witch hazel toner at night. Just soak a cotton ball with some of it and gently work it into the skin. I keep it on my face for 20 minutes, rinse then slap on my usual moisturizer. If you have any freshly popped zits or open wounds it will BURN AND STING … you’ll want to cry X: but I keep telling myself beauty is pain and just deal with it. I believe I started this new regimen on the 5th of August.
As a quick side note, you can dilute the lemon juice if it's too acidic for your skin. Add all the water you want! I didn't dilute mine at all since I've pretty much have done everything to my skin besides going at it with a blowtorch.
I bought a travel sized 6OZ bottle to store my lemon juice. Of course I put it in the fridge to maintain freshness. I’m not too sure on how long lemon juice stays viable but I’ve been refilling my little bottle with fresh juice every Sunday and Thursday.
It's foggy due to the condensation O:! I think that's about 2-3 lemons I squeezed? A bit excessive, I'm pretty sure one fat lemon would've been enough .__.!
I know buying the prepackaged lemon concentrate in the plastic lemon shaped bottles would save me a bit of trouble from having to prepare my own lemony goodness. They have a much longer shelf life too! For once I’m trying to be as natural as possible so NO I DON’T WANT FAKE JUICE ON MY FACE D: There’s a ton of preservatives in them and I’m not THAT lazy. Lemons are cheap cheap cheap and squeezing the life out of them takes 2 seconds.
Its been a week-ish so I thought I’d report some results! Now here's a freakishly closeup shot of my face, BAM!
Actually let me point out my main problems areas.
My overall skin texture has improved to my surprise. I was always the kind of person who was very skeptical about homemade/natural remedies for skincare. The first one I ever tried were egg whites and I just ended up wasting a lot of delicious potential omelets :l
My nose lightened significantly. It was the darkest part of my face because I failed to use sunblock in my skin routine until I started college. Lemon juice didn’t seem to have an effect on my acne, just my overall skin texture. My skin doesn't seem to be so drab and dull anymore. Hopefully these are actual results and not just my imagination.
My scars do look a bit darker/lighter/redder etc in certain lightnings so I'll try my best to stay consistent with the light source in my pictures.
Updates regarding this treatment will happen monthly now, wish me luck guys :>!
Skin brightening & reduction of hyperpigmentation.
In the blog post “my facial acne” it’s very obvious I have scarring/hyperpigmentation. That’s on par being annoying as having active breakouts. My skin has finally stopped breaking out so much where it’s plausible for me to concentrate on lightening my marks. I’ve always checked out brightening serums/creams just for the heck of it. My god they’re damn expensive. I’m not usually stingy with price tags regarding skincare but $90 for an ounce of product? I’M BEING POLITELY MUGGED.
Most skincare prices aren’t friendly to college students…blah, enough of my woes D: I frequently flock around makeupalley.com and saw something interesting: fresh lemon juice had such high ratings. The amount of rave reviews for the yellow sour pucker pulled me in. It’s cheap and apparently effective so why not?
I started using lemon juice in place of my witch hazel toner at night. Just soak a cotton ball with some of it and gently work it into the skin. I keep it on my face for 20 minutes, rinse then slap on my usual moisturizer. If you have any freshly popped zits or open wounds it will BURN AND STING … you’ll want to cry X: but I keep telling myself beauty is pain and just deal with it. I believe I started this new regimen on the 5th of August.
As a quick side note, you can dilute the lemon juice if it's too acidic for your skin. Add all the water you want! I didn't dilute mine at all since I've pretty much have done everything to my skin besides going at it with a blowtorch.
I bought a travel sized 6OZ bottle to store my lemon juice. Of course I put it in the fridge to maintain freshness. I’m not too sure on how long lemon juice stays viable but I’ve been refilling my little bottle with fresh juice every Sunday and Thursday.
It's foggy due to the condensation O:! I think that's about 2-3 lemons I squeezed? A bit excessive, I'm pretty sure one fat lemon would've been enough .__.!
I know buying the prepackaged lemon concentrate in the plastic lemon shaped bottles would save me a bit of trouble from having to prepare my own lemony goodness. They have a much longer shelf life too! For once I’m trying to be as natural as possible so NO I DON’T WANT FAKE JUICE ON MY FACE D: There’s a ton of preservatives in them and I’m not THAT lazy. Lemons are cheap cheap cheap and squeezing the life out of them takes 2 seconds.
Its been a week-ish so I thought I’d report some results! Now here's a freakishly closeup shot of my face, BAM!
Actually let me point out my main problems areas.
My overall skin texture has improved to my surprise. I was always the kind of person who was very skeptical about homemade/natural remedies for skincare. The first one I ever tried were egg whites and I just ended up wasting a lot of delicious potential omelets :l
My nose lightened significantly. It was the darkest part of my face because I failed to use sunblock in my skin routine until I started college. Lemon juice didn’t seem to have an effect on my acne, just my overall skin texture. My skin doesn't seem to be so drab and dull anymore. Hopefully these are actual results and not just my imagination.
My scars do look a bit darker/lighter/redder etc in certain lightnings so I'll try my best to stay consistent with the light source in my pictures.
Updates regarding this treatment will happen monthly now, wish me luck guys :>!
I will def follow it
Good luck !!