This is the lovely life of having an almost 2 year old in day care and having a job where I meet a lot of strangers and shake their hands.
Bleh.
I have YET ANOTHER cold. I’m miserable. My day off on Friday was supposed to be spent writing reviews for this blog but instead, I was taking cake of Mr. Sith, my dear husband, as he had some stomach bug. Then I got a cold on Saturday and Sunday I was completely out of it. So here I am Monday, with a head cold and miserable.
Since I don’t have any cool pictures of taupe eye shadows or new products I’ll give you a quick take on one of my favorite masks.
Right now my skin is acting crazy. I don’t know if it’s because of the back to back colds I have had, or stress, or what; but my skin looks terrible. Last night I managed to give myself a mask that made my skin look almost presentable for the next day. This mask cost me pennies. It’s my good old trusty Aspirin Mask.
I use generic aspirin. UNCOATED is the key. I don’t crush the aspirin because uncoated aspirin dissolve easily in liquid.
I take about 5 uncoated aspirin, put them in a shallow plastic bowl, add a few drops of water, or Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe, Herbs and Rosewater, or non alcohol based toner and allow the aspirin to dissolve.
Once it forms a nice paste I spread over my face and let it sit until it dries. Usually about 5 to 10 minutes. Sure it's messy, but I only wear it for 5 to 10 minutes.
Once Dry I dampen my face and LIGHTLY massage the aspirin on my face while rinsing at the same time.
The result? Freshly exfoliated skin, a quickie Salicylic Acid treatment, unclogged pores and glowing skin.
You can add one or two squirts of honey to the dissolved aspirin and leave it on your face for a little longer. The honey really softens your skin. This is a good additive if you have fairly dry skin. The aspirin alone may be too drying for you.
All in all. A beauty steal at pennies per use.
As I am not a doctor please see yours first if you are pregnant, or have any sort of aspirin sensitivity or can’t take drugs that thin you blood.
Aww get well soon!
ReplyDeleteo wow. never knew that i will def have to keep this in mind!! love the blog; def adding u to my blogroll :)
ReplyDeletei can down about 20 aspirins right about now
ReplyDeleteI take one aspirin, put it on the palm om my hand, grab a teaspoon with the other hand and scoop 1, maybe 2 spoons of hot water over it.
ReplyDeleteLet it dissolve and then apply it.
I used to use more than one when I crushed them with water on a platter, but this was waaay cheaper ;)