Home Remedy: Super soft skin!

I did a giveaway just a few weeks ago (for any new followers, I'm really sorry you missed it but it wont be the last one!!) and I LOVED reading all the comments! I read them all a couple times each! Thank you all for every sweet/funny/informative/random comment you left! One (actually a few) of the comments gave a recipe for homemade body scrub for the shower! 

All I can say is: WOWZER! This simple scrub is sooo good!

What do you need??

Take equal parts white and brown sugar, mix in some oil (any type will work: sweet almond, jojoba, olive, coconut, or even vegetable oil!), and a dash of vanilla extract (this smells so yummy!)! Stir it up and scrub (Now I didn't use this on my face, but I'm sure you could!)!

I used this scrub this morning in the shower and it made my skin sooo soft! (I would recommend re-soaping up afterwards to help remove the oil from your skin! ha ha)

You can make a big batch of this and store it in tupperware or a pretty mason jar!

After you use this scrub, make sure you apply some good moisture lotion! Your skin is in the prime spot to receive lotion: you've scrubbed off the layers of dead skin and the shower has opened up your pores!

Scrub-a-dub-dub,

Samantha <3

P.S. Thank you for posting this recipe Lacey!  I love it!

Home Remedy: Erase Acne scars!

Acne scars can make you feel gross and ucky! So I have done some research to find some home remedies and store remedies to erasing those little (or sometimes big) boogers! Just so this post isn't the length of a short novel, I'm gonna split it into 2 parts, the home remedies part and the store remedies part! Since i love home remedies, I'll start with that!!

Here are some pictures of my scars.. they have lightened since I have gotten my acne under control!

Some of those are freckles too haha!

I found a lot of these so pick which one sounds best to you!

~Lemon juice: this can help bleach the scars!

~Pure aloe vera: you can either take this straight from the plant or buy pure aloe vera gel/juice to rub on the scarred area

~Apply honey like a face mask! Let it set for 10 minutes and then rinse it off with cold water! This is supposed to be a great way to remove acne scars (and give your skin a beautiful glow too!)... I'm going to try this one as soon as I post this!

~Cucumber is very soothing to the skin.. so take the juice from crushing one up and put it on the scarred area! (Or your whole face!) Wash it off after 10 minutes with cool water!

~I have heard about this one a lot but never tried it! Mix 1 tablespoon of sour cream (fat free for oily skin!), 1 tablespoon yogurt, 1 tablespoon grind oatmeal, and a few drops of lemon juice.. mix it up real good and use it like a face mask! 10 minutes and rinse! (sounds gross but supposedly works wonders!!)

~Mix sandalwood with a few drops of rosewater until you have a paste... apply it and keep it on overnight, then wash off in the morning! This too is supposed to be wonderful!

~Slice up a tomato and rub it on your face! Tomato's are rich in Vitamin A, which actually can help prevent acne! But this vitamin is great for refreshing and renewing scarred/damaged skin... a.k.a. your acne scarred skin!

~Massage olive oil (jojoba oil would be good too!) into the scarred area!!

~Make a mask of tomato and cucumber! The two together are a super team!

Over time scars do fade! But it's never as quick as we want them too! The best way to get rid of your acne scars is to prevent them! Take good care of your skin, and when you do get a blemish, leave it alone! Don't pick at them! I know it's tempting, but just don't touch them!

I hope this helps some of us with our acne scars! I know they are things that make us feel less beautiful than we really are... but remember: You are beautiful!! So so soooo beautiful!!

Beautiful people, we all have flaws,
Samantha <3

Home Remedy: Get rid of bags and dark circles!!

I love home remedies! I joke with my momsie that I am a home remedy because I'm always making little concoctions and stuff! I can't believe I haven't done more posts that are home remedy things! I will definitely be adding more home remedies soon!

Don't be fooled by magazine pictures where everyone is looking ridiculously flawless! I've spent hours looking at pictures like that and thinking, why don't I look like that?! I mean, after all, I take good care of my skin... I take care of myself... Why don't I look flawless?!  Well thats because no one is flawless! Those pictures are airbrushed and retouched to the point where that expense can cost more than it cost to put on the photo shoot!

Most of us suffer from one or the other, or possibly both: Dark circles or bags under our eyes.. and none of us want these! So we are gonna say NO! to these guys! Get them out of our lives!! (If you don't have these, you will one day unfortunately, so keep on reading! Prevention is the best medicine!)

Gravity is a mean person... it makes things sag that should sag, and evidently causes bags and dark circles! So we are going to defy gravity! How?! (Unfortunately, not by flying on a broom stick and singing...)

We will beat gravity with::

That's right, with extra pillows! We can make gravity work for us if we sleep with some extra pillows!

Both of those little devils (bags and dark circles!) are caused by the accumulation of fluid under the eyes, sleeping with extra pillows helps fight this because gravity will pull that extra fluid down!

The great news is, the bottom pillows don't need to be fantastic quality! Just 1 or 2 extra will be plenty! Take you favorite pillow and put it on top because thats the one your going to be pressing against!

Note*** You may not be as comfy doing this at first but give it a good amount of time to adjust to it!

Goodbye bags, hello good lookin,
Samantha <3