Simple Ways to Get Great Skin
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Came across an entry on drinking water by comedienne Margeret Cho in her blog. She combines two points that I think are encouraging beauty and health tips: don’t wear a lot of make up, and drink tons of water so your skin will look good without it.
She sings the praises of drinking water everywhere she goes–including the shower:
I drink and drive – water that is – but I never leave a plastic bottle in the car because the plastic supposedly leaches chemicals into the water. I don’t know if this is true, but it just tastes like ‘plastic tea’ which is creepy anyway so don’t do it. I drink big gulps of water in the shower, which some might think is gross but I don’t care because I have perfect skin so fuck you.
The positive effects of staying hydrated are numerous, with the only draw back being the obvious: having to go to the bathroom every five minutes. But the health benefits outweigh this drawback, and the beauty benefits is an added plus.
My two posts on my olive oil adventures proved pretty popular, and I think I am beginning to see a trend with skin care trends: less is more. The simpler your skin care routine, the better your skin will be. The more products and lotions and chemicals you put on your face, the harder it will be to maintain. The more ingredients in a single product, the higher risk of creating a toxic disaster.
And so I present to you a summation of how to get great skin:
1.) drink lots of water
2.) use olive oil for face and body to moisturize
3.) ??
4.) great skin!
Wish I could have told myself these things back in high school: “See? It doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to be a girl!”
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