[Tips & Tricks] Preparing for the Chinese New Year!

Hey there, I'm back!! So, Chinese New Year is just around the corner~~ Happy Year of the Horse! Everyone should be busy with decorations around the house, cleaning up or even dumping things into a closet where it's not visible to guest who visits your house, busy, busy, busy..~~ ^^  Some of you may even be too busy with preparations that you tend to neglect your skin. 

So I, have been doing some research to help get you prepare for the Chinese New Year celebrations! Too busy to go spa or facial treatment, don't worry, it is all home remedies that have been proven to work. BUT, keep in mind that it depends on the type of your skin, different people have different types of skin so I will not guarantee 100% that it will work on your skin. It may work for some people instantly, some may take quite sometime or some may not even work on your skin. So trial and error

Here are a few tips that may be able to solve your problem just in time before the Chinese New Year!

1. PIMPLES!!
The worst thing that could happen to you. Pimples pops out all of a sudden right before the CNY! Stress right? Fear not as I have some home-made remedies that may be helpful. 

- Toothpaste.

I'm sure everyone has this in their toilet. After your facial routine right before going to bed, grab your toothpaste and dab it onto the spot where you want to treat. This helps reduce the swelling overnight. Make sure it is the paste type and not gel types.

- Lemon

One of the popular and well known home remedies. 

To leave on over night, squeeze a tea spoon of lemon juice and use Cotton to absorb the juice and dab it onto the spots you want to treat and leave on over night. 

For mask usage. After cleansing, directly rub lemon all over your face OR if you're afraid of over-drying other parts of your face, rub it onto parts that you want to treat such as acne prone areas, leave it on for 15minutes then wash it off with lukewarm water. Then continue with your usual routine. Do this for twice a week for the next few weeks and clearly results could be seen.

- Apple Cider Vinegar 

It helps kills of bacteria that may be causing all the trouble, it becomes alkaline which then balance the pH of your skin. Keep in mind that over doing it may dry out your skin. 

There are two ways of using this. 

1.Pure Apple Cider Vinegar. By using cotton, dab it only on pimples directly and wash it off the next morning. Dab it on whenever you have stubborn pimples you are trying to get rid of.

2. Diluted apple cider vinegar. Mix 1 tablespoon of pure apple cider vinegar to 2table spoon of clean filtered water. After doing so, grab a cotton and apply it all over your face OR trouble areas, then wash it off after 10minutes. Once a week is enough.

Moisturizer is important after cleaning it off as this may dry out your skin more than it should.

2. PORES!!

-Egg white.

Egg white can be found in everyone's kitchen, well unless the supermarket runs out of eggs due to overloading baking going on for CNY but, it can still be found. It may help reduce acne and face scares left by unfortunate pimples or blemishes AND it can also help tighten pores. Egg white also helps remove excess sebum (oil on your face) so bacteria have less to feed on which mean lesser pimples. 

Directions.

1 egg, separated the white and the yolk into a bowl. Beat egg white until they're frothy. After cleansing, directly apply egg white onto your skin with clean fingers. Apply layer after layer after they dry and build it up till you're done with the egg white on your bowl. Don't waste food!! Let it sit for about 15minutes or until it dries up. Wash with warm water and pat dry. Be sure to apply moisturizer.

3. PEELING SKIN!!

Happen to have a beach party then sunburned!! After healing, we tend to start peeling as the skin helps to renew itself and it tends to be really dry. What we should do is... SCRUB IT AWAY!!! Home-made remedy affordable scrubbing facial. No Chemicals included which is a win-win situation. Cheap and good for your skin.

For Oily Skin

What you'll need is oats and water. That's it.

Firstly, grind your oats into powder then add water turning it into a creamy form. Rub it onto your face gently around areas which is peeling. Leave on for approx. 10minutes and wash off with lukewarm water. 

Oats possesses the best amino acid balance of all cereal grains that helps restore the skin's moisture.

For normal/combination skin/dry

What you'll need is lemon, honey and sugar.

Lemon can be use either squeeze or directly on the sliced lemon. All you need is the juice, it doesn't matter in what way you use it. Add the lemon juice, honey and sugar equally. On a thoroughly cleansed face, rub on mixture with your fingers and slowly rub onto skin. Leave on for 15 minutes then wash off with lukewarm water and continue with moisturizer.

The Lemon helps with fading scars, sugar helps with scrubs and the honey helps to moisturize your skin. Use twice a week for better outcome.

The scrub from the left over mixture may also be used on your lips to remove dead skins over your lips. Don't waste the left over mixture.

4. DAMAGED HAIR!!

Have a funky hair during CNY is a No! No! Dry/damaged hair is usually caused by harsh treatment such as chemicals from excessive hair dyes, chlorine from swimming pool, overuse of the curling iron or too much exposure to the sun and wind. 

So what you can do at home with an affordable price and it can also save you a whole lot of time. 

What you'll need: Half an avocado, 1 table spoon lemon juice and 1 egg yolk. 

Blend the ingredients together and apply it onto your hair after shampoo. The steam from the shower helps open hair follicles and help absorb the avocado, lemon juice and yolk mixture better. Wait for 15-20minutes, at the same time, use the egg white from the egg to create a scrub.

Depending on hair length and thickness, short hair to shoulder length will be enough. For long and thick hair you might need to double the ingredients

Avocado and the egg yolk helps revive your hair naturally.

 5. CHIPPED NAIL POLISH!!

Too late to fix any nail polish at home and tomorrow is CNY!! ALL SHOPS ARE CLOSE!! No worry, bling up your nails for the CNY! The chunkier the nail polish is the better it works, larger flakes glitter works better. Just easily paint it onto your chipped nail polish for an instant fix. BUT, if you don't like glitter, just remove everything. Clean nails is better than chipped nail colour on CNY!

6. Drink alot of water to avoid extra acne popping out or sore throat that could prevent you from eating the CNY goodness.

7. Get enough sleep to get rid of dark eye bags to avoid looking like a panda. It's the Year of the Horse, not Panda.

8. Eat alot of fruit and vegetables!!

This should be everything to get you prepare for the festive season with a pretty and glowing skin. Any other questions feel free to drop me an email kimmyloo1212@gmail.com OR kbeautycode@gmail.com, search me up in FACEBOOK TWITTER  

Have a Happy Chinese New Year. Will be back for more soon. 

Kimmy