2009 resolution: heal my skin

 

In the middle of the December month I found myself looking at my severely-rebellious face. I had (and still have) been looking at this face for at least two months and I found most regular beauty products not to be healing or sufficient anymore.

So I did some searching on Vox, several forum and other places and decided to order a heap of natural and organic products in order to heal my skin.

1. I ordered some products at Aromantic.co.uk, which is a suplier for natural and organic products. I'd ordered a bunch of oils that were beneficial for my skin disorder (I have psoriasis). They have a special page dedicated to the most common skin disorders, such as my pso, excema, acne and sensitive skin. On that page are lots of beneficial recipes for making your own blends for curing/offering relief.
   

   Pso oils: page from Aromantic.co.uk

Moreover, they advise to adjust your diet as well. I have read some things about what happens when you have too much acid in your body, but it seems to affect skin-disorders as well

 

But those things are more for the long run. I needed a fast relief when my skin started to itch during the freezing cold and the damage that the central heating can do. So they advised to order Chickweed herb, and make a Chickweed tonic for easing the itchies.

Soothing the Psoriasis Itch

Massage Psoriasis area with Chickweed juice. Fill a food mixer with Chickweed and 100ml still water. Mix for 2 minutes. Squeeze out the juice and massage into the affected area. You can also add 5-10ml Aloe Vera Concentrate. (from Aromantic.co.uk)

 

I have already made the tonic, and I absolutely love it for relieving the itchiness of my skin. It is just a natural solution for the chemical Cortisone crap, without the drawbacks.

I also tried to blend it through my lotions, and the normal 'burn' I experience after applying body lotion on my affected areas has dissapeared. So it makes a wonderful soother indeed. Wow.

2. I ordered a heap of sample soaps from Chagrin Valley Soap and Craft . I have read lots of positive reviews of their soaps.

 

 

The size is really big for a sample size...The envelope was full of natural scented soaps and it was such a pleasure to look at all the soaps in their brown satchets.

 

 

I ordered the shea butter whipped cream as well: in lemon almond scent. I already loveeeeee this for my face. The face has also been covered with dry and angry red patches and this balm was both soothing as healing. And I have only tried it for 4 days so far!

 

 

This is amazing: a hand-written thank you note in my own language. That is really wonderful service.

So far, I have only been able to try two soaps yet. The extra Honey Beer and Egg-soap for my hair and Goat Milk Oatmilk and Honey soap for face and body. I love the Goat Milk Oatmilk and Honey: it is soothing and has no obvious scent. It seems to be in harmony with the angry skin I am having right now.

The Extra Honey Beer and Egg-soap smelled a bit soapy in my experience, and I got some lather in my eye and it stung! I was not too fond of the experience, but today I found my hair to be rather good (for a change, I suffer from eternal bad-hair days). I will try the other hair-soaps soon in order to find a scent that is a bit more natural and less soapy.

I do not consider this to be a proper review yet, because I have to roadtest the products a bit longer to find out if it works for me on the long run. But so far I am quite happy with my purchases.

I hope I can experience good-behaving skin soon. That would be marvelous.

Oh, and a happy belated New Year!!!