Different skin types

Hey beautiful!

It's been a really, really long time that I've posted on this blog, but it's been crazy busy! I'm also checking out to start posting videos on YouTube, but I'll keep you posted about that.

So, I have this idea on a series. I want to tell you all more about the different skin types and how to take care of it. This blog is how to know which skin type YOU have.

I think you have these days that you feel like this too:

You're walking on the street and you're just staring at this girl who looks to have the best skin type ever!

You're asking yourself: My gosh, how did she do that?

Now, I'm here to tell you: Don't think she has DONE that, she's born that way ;)

Your skin type is just something that's in your nature for the rest of your life. The only thing we can do about it, is take care of it.

How do you know which type of skin you have?

Let's do the test: take a clean and dry facial tissue and wipe your face clean. Be certain that you do this in the morning, after you just woke up. This is the best time, because our skin recovers during the night. So in the morning your skin will be the most natural.

  

The different skintypes: 

My skin is combination type.
This means that if I wipe my T-zone (Forehead, nose and chin) there will be oily traces on the tissue. But if I wipe my cheeks, they won't leave traces (they're dry).
This skin type is the most common type among women. We'll need alot more different types of products!

Normal skin:
The tissue reveals no traces of oil and the skin doesn't feel dry. Well, you're lucky! You'll  have the least problems with your skin =)
This skin type is very supple and you don't really need skincare to make your skin looks clean and smooth. It will last, even with aging.

Dry skin:
The tissue won't reveal traces of oil too, but your skin feels dry and/or flaky. You're not as lucky as the normal skin type, because you're more likely to have wrinkles and aging traces will show much sooner. Also irritations are very common with this skin type.

Oily skin:The tissue has spots of oil on it, especially when you've wiped your T-zone. You also tend to break out. If you have this skin type, without taking really care of it, you're skin will look greasy and shiny. BUT this skin isn't that prone to aging and wrinkling.

Sensitive skin:
This looks alot like dry skin, but you mostly develop redness. Also itch and breakouts are common. This skin type is very fragile and problematic. You'll need a special skincare!

Ok, this is a really short intro on skintypes. In my next blog we'll be talking about skincare for the combination skin.
You can always let me know which skintype you have. What are your biggest problems with your skintype?

Big Smooch!
KiM

DIY (Do It Yourself): Yummy Face Chocolate Mask

Here it is, finally. My first tutorial-blog :)

So what are we going to do? 
We're going to do it ourselves and make a very delicious Chocolate Mask!
As you guys might know: Dark chocolate is so good for your skin! It stimulates our beta-endorphin and that's the stuff that gets us awake and happy. Here's a list of things we're going to need to make this mask:

Ingredients:

 - Pure chocolate or pure chocolate paste (15 gr)

 - pot of white natural yoghurt (not sugared)

 - 1/2 tblsp of honey

 - a little handful of chocolate cornflakes

 - 1/2 orange

 - a few leaves of mint

And here are our materials: a spoon, a fork and a bowl.

If you want to know what everything is good for, I suggest you to keep on reading. I'll tell you just after we've prepared our mask!
Let's get started!
First of all we're going to take our 1/2 tblsp of honey and stir it together with the yoghurt.

Honey + Yoghurt

 Ok, now take the chocolate cornflakes. Mine are a handful and half moons, but you can use little balls or whatever chocolate cornflakes you have. Lay them down on a towel or some paper towel. Fold that together like you would carry the flakes in a bag (haha!). Take something very hard (I took a garlic crusher). Pretend like there's a very big spider on that bag and start hitting very hard. You want all the flakes to be crumbled. Do this until they're almost powder. Don't worry, mine had some very big crumbles in them too :)

 Take the crumbled cornflakes and stir them with the mixture of honey and yoghurt. Now you take the mint. I suggest you to use 3 or 4 leaves. Actually, I've used 7 but the only reason for this is that we grow that in our garden and it grows like God knows what! But I know fresh mint is not cheap, so 3 leaves is definitely enough. Just rip them a little bit and stir it with what you have right now. Here's a picture with me just ripping my mint xD

Yes, I'm a casual chic :)

Further on, we now take half of an orange. I've taken an orange that wasn't that good anymore to eat it (you know, that old taste it has). But no need to eat it here, so we can use it instead of throwing it away.

I'm using the blender you can see in the picture, but if you don't have a blender just squeeze out the juice of the orange en grate (I think that's the word) the flesh and the peel into your bowl.
But if you have a blender, just blend the half orange and put it in your bowl.
Now all we have to do is add the chocolate. The only thing you have to keep in mind is that the chocolate must be close to melting. This makes it easier to squash it. Oh yeah, remember it has to be DARK chocolate. So, no milk chocolate or white chocolate. Dark chocolate works better and quicker. So squash the chocolate into your mixture.
I've chosen for a very easy way to add the chocolate: dark chocolate paste. This is only because my dad likes it, so we've always got some at home. But don't run to the store and look for it, just take bar of chocolate. It's easier to find.
So now we have a finished product after we've added the chocolate.

The finished product!

Before we're going to smear it all over us, just put it in the fridge for a little hour. Because when it's cold, it feels so relaxing. While you're waiting: make sure your face is clean and pure to smear out that mask!

Now, after that hour: Smear it all over your face, but not a big layer. Just smear it open, so that it can easily soak into your skin. Now get a comfortable position and relax (for 10 minutes)

Here's my victim xD

A good 10 minutes later...

Take 2 big bowls and fill them with warm water. Now take a washcloth (or something likely) and put it in bowl number 1. Now clean your face with it and rinse the washcloth in bowl number 2. Keep on doing this until your face is completely clean. My victim said she already felt better and her skin was already quite softer.
Do this once a week for a few weeks and you'll have an amazing result. You can keep the mask for about a week in your refrigerator (because of the orange), so don't make too much at a time.

Now, what is so good about this mask?
I've already explained you what the pure chocolate is good for. It has the same effect on our skin like if we would eat it (makes us feel so happy). Chocolate is used more in beauty now, you can find several chocolate masks, chocolate scrubs, chocolate butter (as a body lotion), and so on.

Mint is such an old product, it's been used for over 2,000 years for skin care. Mint is used to rejuvenate your skin and it cures acne and clogged pores.

I've used orange for the good smell and yoghurt as a binding product (to make it more of a cream instead of a juicy product)

And last but not least...
I would like to say that I've completely made this recipe by myself after a good research of every product and after trying everything out myself. So I would never recommend a product that's bad for you or your skin. It's not a copy of any other recipe, but you can copy it or make it better as much as you want (as long as you give me some credit ;))
I hope you all enjoyed this DIY. Certainly leave your comments or suggestions for new tutorials, I'll make sure I look through and answer them all.

Big Smooch!

What's this???

Hi to all of you!

I know not many people will read this (probably), because I'm just starting up this whole thing. But I just wanted to let you know that I'm working out some ideas on what to post on here.

So, I just wanted to tell you something about myself. Here's a picture of myself and my boyfriend.

My name is Kim and I'm from Belgium. I live really close to the seaside, that's why I'm an hour away (by boat) from the UK and 10 minutes (by car) away from French. I'm 19 years old now and own 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 boyfriend (no, I don't have 2), tons of make up, liters of nail polish and a room to put this all in.
I'm still at school. I study for Desktop Publisher (you know, those people who make advertisements, posters and who Photoshop all the "beautiful" models.) 2011 - 2012 will be my final year.

I'm really really really into cosmetics. Since 2 years I've been checking out all the brands, trying out different kinds of make up. I've been wearing it since I was like 14 years old or something, but since 2 years I've been really experimenting on it.
Also fashion seduced me since I was 10.

And I've been watching those tutorials on YouTube for ages and now I think I could do the same. So I hope I can help a lot of people by writing this blog and maybe in the future I might consider of filming some tutorials myself.

You're asking yourself: what are you up to??
Now, what I'd really like to post on here are mostly "How to's". But on several subjects:
 - Make up
 - Fashion
 - Accesorize
 - Hair
 - and so on

But also reviews on different kind of products that you guys might consider on using.
So I hope I gave you an idea about what you can expect on this blog.

And this was probably the most boring part of my blog.

So let's have some fun and get on with How to-ing and Review-ing!

Hear from me soon!

Big smooch,
KiM