You wear makeup everyday, and you got used to seeing your face look brightened, blushed and clear, and that everyone seeing you in a certain way, it is hard to change your face image that you are used to live by, that is totally normal. One day when you don’t have time to do your 20 step glam natural look, you walk out the door, and everyone is asking if you’re OK, if you feel ill, and that you don’t look like yourself. So you start to feel you look like the walking dead (happens to the best of us), but why is that? You are healthy, you work out, you sleep well, you do all your skincare routines, but you still don’t look alive without makeup. Usually it is just dull skin, which is a complexion that doesn’t look alive (in a nice way).
Dull complexion looks very dimmed down, like your tired, pale or a yellowish look to face, uneven skin tone and a lot of texture that don’t reflect light to give off radiance, health and a glow. Here are 3 ways to rejuvenate and restore your skin and brighten up that healthy glow.
1. Diet
Your diet will play a huge role on how healthy and bright your complexion will be. Everything you eat will show up on your face within 2 weeks. Diet is a huge variety of what to and not to eat, but our recommendation is to always eat more whole and nutritious meals and snacks and avoid (or eat less) processed, packaged, fake, sugar, preservative laden foods, full with chemicals and synthetic man made ingredients.
- Increase hydration
- Vitamin C
- Fats (Healthy fats) nuts, avocado etc.
- Veggies & fruits (Raw or cooked) full of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals.
- High quality dairy, meats, and fish.
2. Probiotics
Gut health is key to healthy glowing skin. Pre and probiotics aid in digestion for optimal breakdown and absorption of nutrients in the foods we eat. If there is less probiotics in the gut, then there is more skin problems. Always follow the directions on how to use of the probiotics that you want to use, and ask your doctor if you have questions or concers.
There are many forms of probiotics you can try:
- Yogurt
- Drinks
- Powder
- Supplements
3. Exfoliation
Skin cell turnover is essential to keep a healthy and glowing youthful look that is full of radiance and bounce. Physical exfoliation is key to having that smooth, texture free baby bum softness, and there are so many products out that do the exfoliation. With exfoliation don’t use anything that has granules or crushed up seeds in it, because it is so easy to over exfoliate and damage your skin barrier. Use a high quality one at least once or twice a week.
Benefits of exfoliating
- Removes dead skin cells
- Unclogs pores
- Polishes texture
- Helps other products penetrate better
