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It's been 9 months since I've written my review on the no wash method because my desire to have clear skin was always on my mind. Due to my obsession with skin care by always washing it or treating it with various products, it only made it worse which resulted in my confidence going out the window. It has been years since a person complimented my skin or appearance but now I have people saying I have beautiful skin and strangers ask me for skin care tips. What do I tell them? Stop purchasing skin care products, stop washing the face so much and leave the skin alone and in return your skin will thank you! Every person I tell that to always acts surprised but they always thank me for being honest. I'm not saying this to sound conceited, but only spreading this message because I used to suffer from painful cystic acne. My face was always red and I would always pick at at it which resulted in having acne scars. It was incredibly embarrassing going out in public but I don't seem to have that problem anymore because I stopped obsessing and started living. I know how it feels to be depressed and refuse to go out due to painful or unpleasant acne on the face. I have hope for people! Ever since ditching the products I have not only saved a ton of money, I have freed myself from the mentality of constant consumerism & I have stopped obsessing over my skin and appearance. Now I am able to live my life instead of spending hours in the washroom applying face masks or cleansers on my face or even picking at my skin! It makes me happy to see more and more positive feedback from others trying out the cavemen regimen! The amount of chemicals that are in these products people put on their face everyday is extremely dangerous. Your skin will thank you if you stop touching or picking at it. Leave your skin alone and in return your skin will balance itself out. After two years of constantly obsessing over my acne and skin, the moment I decided to throw out all my products and just use cream here and there, my skin has never looked and felt better. It feels amazing to not depend on a product for an end all be all skin treatment and instead just accepting that my skin will heal itself if I give it time. Diet does play an important role on how our skin will appear but the acid mantle on our skin does as well! Leave the oils alone! It gives that natural glow 🙂 Leave the pimples alone and stop picking at it. Keep it simple! If acne treatments and skin care products really worked that the advertisements claim, why is it that so many people suffer with acne?! Free yourself from that dogma. If you want to use some things on your face in the beginning, try it out. But eventfully you will start to feel it is unnecessary. At first I used home made roiboos tea spray, avocado oil, avocado face mask once a week and my skin felt amazing but now I don't even care if I miss a face mask treatment every once in a while. People will go about the no wash method in many different ways. Find something that you're comfortable with but once you become confident you will stop obsessing over it and just live your life the way you're supposed to. A little goes a long way. One last tip I have is that diet is important. Ever since I cut out milk products including cheese out of my diet it has played a big role on my complexion. there are various plant based milks you can try (almond, coconut, hemp, soy) and there are non dairy cheeses. I understand cheese can be addictive but if you do research on veganism or the impact consuming animal products has on our bodies, our health, the animals & most importantly our planet you will be quite surprised. if you don't want to ditch these foods, it's fine. I guarantee that just trying the no wash method will dramatically change your skin over time. Lastly, check if you have low stomach acid. Acne can be a sign that you suffer from low stomach acid. Give this a go! Even if you have very severe acne, you have nothing to lose! I hope this helped and don't feel down about how you look right now. Many people are obsessed with outer beauty but the most important thing is to focus on how to be a better person. Meditate, exercise, read and focus on positive experiences you can have everyday! Start from the inside and work your way out<3 I hope this helped. A little off topic but the no wash method journey truly helped me distinguish the difference between want and need. We don't need these skin care products! The minimalistic lifestyle is what today's society needs. I will do an update review in September 🙂

Most of my life from when I was little to when I was a teenager, I never used ANY products. I was very active, ate healthy and my skin was clear mostly(I would get an occasional pimple but nothing to big and it would go away after a 2-3 days). My mother never wanted me to wear makeup or use any skin care products because she told me I didn't need it. All I needed was water and cream and she even told me not to wash my face too much in the mornings. My mother is close to her 50's and she has skin as soft as a baby's butt and little to no wrinkles. Also what I noticed was that all my friends would use those cleansers and offer me to try it. I just noticed they had alot of pimples. I would also get compliments on my skin a lot and people would ask me what I did to keep it clear and I would tell them NOTHING. It was when I graduated high school and I met my ex boyfriend who was obsessed with skin care, organic products, and natural remedies. He told me that I should wash my face because skin Gets dirty due to sweat, pollution and foods that we eat. Funny thing is that my skin was very clear and smooth because all I did was practice yoga, exercise ,meditate and drink a lot of water. He introduced me to a company that sold skin care products and essential oils and I'll admit that it did not break me out and my skin felt very fresh but when I ran out of the cleanser and moisturizer I became obsessed with natural remedies. I would go on YouTube and search up diy or oils I can use for moisturizers. I tried coconut oil, sugar scrubs, argon oil, baking soda, drug store products, high end vegan products, creams, honey ,scrubs, green tea, tea tree oil and let me tell you.. That was when I started to break out of no where and they were painful. I would get cystic acne ,huge pimples, blackheads.. It was getting out of control and because I didn't know what to do I would pick at my skin and I started to have acne scars. It really made me very insecure that I started to wear makeup which I never did when I was a teenager. I suffered with bad acne for two years and every month I would buy new products HOPING it would clear my skin and it wouldn't. I was talking to my mom cause I was very upset and felt so insecure and she told me to stop using harsh products and stick to the basics. Water and cream. That's when a light bulb went off and I realized I was too obsessed with skincare and I had the worst skin I have ever had in my life(I'm 21 now). My boyfriend has really nice skin and he doesn't do anything and so does my mom and my other friends. The skin care companies want us to think that we need it but trust me let nature take the wheel. From my experience, there is no such thing as end all be all no matter how expensive it is. Even though I still have a bad habit of picking at my skin , my skin has never looked better in the past two years !! We need the natural oils on our skin to protect it. And you're skin will glow. Here and there I'll grab a cheesecloth fill it with oatmeal and use the creamy substance on my skin once in a while and an occasional face mask but I don't even wash my face in the mornings anymore and before bed I wash it with water, and apply avocado oil. That's it. Don't over do it. What I would also suggest is to try eliminating dairy and meat out of your diet. I have been vegan for almost four months and my skin has been doing well for me. Good luck and I hope you find what works for you !!