Getting rid of my smile lines...or attempting to

Soooo....I never really paid that much attention to my smile lines until real recently. I don't always notice them either though, but when I took a picture of myself without smiling I noticed them clearly in my picture. I feel like my smile lines make my cheeks look bigger haha, so I am hoping that I can minimize the appearance of them by doing these simple steps in my night time routine. 

So here's what I do:

1. I wash my face with my soapless face wash "Shea Moisture Oil Cleanser, use witch hazel as my toner.
2. Then I dip my fingers in my coconut oil; only using very minimal amount and apply it directly on my smile lines and massage upwards towards my eyeballs about 15 times.

Now, after I massage my face, I usually get a pink/reddish mark where I finger massaged my face, but no worries that goes away :-) 

I decided to take a BEFORE picture just so I can see if this routine makes a difference after about a month, I'll post an AFTER picture and blog about this when its been a month!

Shea Moisture, came through for your girl!

So every year for the past maybe 2 years I get dry, patchy skin under my eye and sometimes in my T-zone area on my face, and typically i'll use my regular clean and clear face wash and then use a toner then follow up with using raw shea butter on the dry spots, only for it to be dry the next day again, what gives?! So I randomly went to Target to find a soapless face wash to use on my face, since Google suggests that's what I use....and I looked at the Shea Moisture product line, which I typically will do if I am in the beauty section at Target just to see what new item they have or whatever. I came across their Peace Rose Oil Complex: Sensitive Skin Facial Cleansing Oil...with Date Palm & Camellia Extracts. 

Listen..Linda, I used it that same night and I immediately noticed a difference, my skin didn't feel as dry and patchy, but it was still a little patchy. However, the next morning when I used it, I again, noticed a difference in how my skin felt; a little less dry and patchy. By Day 3, it was totally gone! I was pleasantly surprised that it worked so well on my skin, and I didn't have a negative reaction to it either! I have oily skin, and seasonally I would get these dry, patchy spots on my face that are annoying, so this product really helped your girl out big time!

Try it and see if it works for you too!