Mistakes
I made
I always thought the problem with
my skin is, it's not perfect
enough. Skincare and makeup products are just there to do their magic, and
voila, I’ll have
perfect skin. If it's still
not perfect? Then it’s my
problem. Go search for better!
This sounds hilarious, right? I
didn’t know I
sounded that hilarious back then (laughs).
Now that I understand, there is
no such word as ‘perfect’ to be achieved by skincare products.
Erase the freckles that I had
since I was born?
Vanish my dark circles despite I
had sleeping problems all my life?
Give me the perfect skin that
would drill water even though my skin can get dry as a cracked earth?
No, no, no. Only Photoshop does
that, or, medical beauty.
The little me back then didn’t know all this, so I went on the path, to
search for ‘better’ and ‘perfect’
products. The ‘perfect’ foundation that would never get stuck in my
pores, the perfect ‘powder’ that would never go cakey, I wanted to
search for the ‘perfect’ to cover up everything.
And then, I went on this wrong
path for nearly 3 years…
My problems were always there
3 years of trying didn’t really bring me back to the realization of
what is the big boss behind all this. Until, I started to realize, wait, this
isn’t right.
This thought started one day when
I and my friend were in this duty-free store in Korea. Since there were only
the two of us, and no one would really know us, then why not do what we always
wanted to do? So, yes,
we went to every single makeup store, and let the beauty advisors do my base
makeup. I would wear half face of this brand and ask the second store to do the
other half.
Did this help? Nope.
The beauty advisors were shocked,
about no matter how many skin care, primer they put on my face, the foundation
would find their way right into the pores and settle in their usual comfortable
cakiness. I was used to that back then. But the beauty advisor stuttered. They
couldn’t
convince themselves to sell the products to me.
That’s when I started to realize, is it not
because of my skin? Or, because of the products?
This thought started one day when
I and my friend were in this duty-free store in Korea. Since there were only
the two of us, and no one would really know us, then why not do what we always
wanted to do? So, yes,
we went to every single makeup store, and let the beauty advisors do my base
makeup. I would wear half face of this brand and ask the second store to do the
other half.
Did this help? Nope.
The beauty advisors were shocked,
about no matter how many skin care, primer they put on my face, the foundation
would find their way right into the pores and settle in their usual comfortable
cakiness. I was used to that back then. But the beauty advisor stuttered. They
couldn’t
convince themselves to sell the products to me.
That’s when I started to realize, is it not
because of my skin? Or, because of the products?
One sentence that changed it all
“I think, your skin problem came from chemicals”, she said, “Look at the redness on your cheeks, that’s what is causing them”
I looked into the mirror as I see
my usual red cheeks, thinking that she’s just trying to force sale me. I politely nodded and went out of
the store. But her words got stuck in my head. What if it’s really because of chemicals?
Sooner enough, I started to
realize this one single sentence answers all my questions. Why my face would
turn red, my skin
would peel off, stinging sensation every single time when I put on a certain
product.
It was my sensitive reaction to chemicals! Which later on, came to
the proof that 80% of what we put on our skin, really does enter our blood
vessels and inner organs.
One sentence that changed it all
Funnily enough, this sentence
came from another beauty advisor, but from a non-toxic chemical brand.
“I think, your skin problem came from chemicals”, she said, “Look at the redness on your cheeks, that’s what is causing them”
I looked into the mirror as I see
my usual red cheeks, thinking that she’s just trying to force sale me. I politely nodded and went out of
the store. But her words got stuck in my head. What if it’s really because of chemicals?
Sooner enough, I started to
realize this one single sentence answers all my questions. Why my face would
turn red, my skin
would peel off, stinging sensation every single time when I put on a certain
product.
It was my sensitive reaction to chemicals! Which later on, came to
the proof that 80% of what we put on our skin, really does enter our blood
vessels and inner organs.
(more info in my previous post:
Your skin is a foodie too!)
My results
So, coming back to now, you might
ask if non-toxic products really helped. Before I tell you yes, there are some
facts you need to know.
As I have mentioned at the
beginning of the post, skincare products are here to help, not to erase. I have
slowly come to this realization after using non-toxic products for a while.
What it does, is bringing our body back to its most natural state. It brings
you back to those days when you didn't have the problems that are bothering you now, which are most
likely caused by chemicals.
My skin won't peel anymore. The redness on my cheeks
started fading away. And surprisingly, after cutting off shampoo with toxic
chemicals, even my hair loss problem was solved as I slowly see my hairline
grow into place!
And, Voila!
After all, the magic isn't here to make you 'perfect'.
But allowing you to be yourself.
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