I had avocados for lunch twice last week! I love them.

They are the best :) I have avocado everything. Usually have avocado on toast for breakfast but I also make a mean avocado salsa!

I've tried to avoid giving skincare advice because my skin is nowhere near where I'd like it to be but I do know some things.
THINGS THAT WILL GIVE YOU ACNE

• Sugar. Not just in lollipops, sugar in starches (hate that word) and hidden in the ingredients of processed foods too. Sugar breaks down the collagen in your skin.
• A dirty pillowcase, dirty hairbrush, or dirty makeup brushes.
• Putting on your makeup with your hands.
• Touching your face with your hands.
• Moisturizer that is too oily. (Bio Oil faded my dark circles a little bit but broke me out all over my face. :( )
• Not washing your face after you workout.
• The hormones in animal products. It's kind of known that milk does this but I'm convinced that meat does too.
• Not taking your makeup off (this is obvious), or CLENSING after you take your makeup off. (I was too dumb to do this for years).
• Dead skin buildup definitely causes dulling skin but I'm conviced it causes acne too.
• Sunscreen that isn't zinc oxide. Other chemicals will clog your pores ike the dickens but zinc oxide doesn't, AND it's actually supposed to be really good for getting rid of your acne! (no miracles yet for me though.)This is the one I use. It's good, not great, probably because it's only 4% zinc oxide. If I was made of money I would definitely try another one but it's the best drugstore sunscreen I've ever tried. Do not believe the labels that say "Won't clog your pores!" or "For sensitive skin!". I have tried so many sunscreens. The front labels will lie to you. Turn it over and read the damn ingredients.
  If you are rich, I hate you and want to vandalize your yaught. But you should try Shiseido sunscreen. Apparently it's the best of the best. Dita Von Teese uses it.
• Stress. (lol, unavoidable, I know.)

I'm not a dermatologist. If you have bad skin and good health insurance, you should definitely go to one.

If you have money to spend on stupid stuff like skincare, then send it to starving children in Africa. LOL, jk, you're a capitalist pig! Buy a clarisonic skin brush. I got one for Christmas and it makes my dull, gross skin look healthy and refreshed. I don't change the brush enough which is probably why I still get breakouts. -_- Don't take it from me. Most of the reviews are glowing. I wouldn't suggest buying it from Amazon though. Looking through the reviews, some people are saying they got fake Clarisonics.

I had the Sally's clarisonic dupe for a while and I would probably still be using it except I swear that when I tried to change the batteries the damn thing was leaking. I don't know how that works, I don't know what kind of stuff was leaking out of it, and I have no idea if it was as dangerous as I assumed it was but I wouldn't suggest buying one of these if you care your fingers. lol.

I don't have a product I stick to. I used to leave Noxema on my face all night and wash it off in the morning, which worked pretty well except I couldn't find a night time cleanser/makeup remover that worked well with it. It was also very drying. Noxema is very useful, very wonderful stuff and I would recommend it to anybody looking for skincare products on a budget. Here is an article about things you can use noxema for and here is the article that made me go out a buy a tub of it. I still use it as a mask occasionally but the Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque is pretty good as well. I've found that Noxema works better for overall skin improvement but the Mint Julep mask is better for clearing acne. :afro: Note that both of the products I'm recommending are older than dirt. I've found that if a product has been around forever, it probably works. Ask your grandmother for reccomendations!

Also note that all the products I have listen contain parabens, which will probably give you cancer. I've never had cancer but I hear it really sucks. Luckily,hippie bullshit skincare is an option. Hippie bullshit skincare is mostly new to me. So far I've been using a homeade sugar scrub in the shower and aloe vera as a night cream and my face has gotten a little better. No miracles have happened. :mad: On the bright side though, I don't have cancer. (I'm the cancer that's killing musicbanter but that's different I guess.) One hippie bullshit thing I've been doing forever and would recommend to anyone is a honey mask. Honey is strange. It can moisturize dull skin AND dry out pimples. I was usually just lazy and covered my whole face in honey or used it as a spot treatment but there are a lot of things you can mix it with that will make it work better. I do not have all the time in the world and I'm not a guinea pig, so you're on your own with figuring out the mix ins. Good luck.
(Oh, make sure it says "RAW" on the label. The **** in the bear jars has high fructose corn syrup in it.)

Even though I don't like most of you very much, I wouldn't be able to sleep if I didn't warn you about some things:
1. A lot of essential oils will fuck up your skin. Do research before you put them on your face. Some will BURN YOU.
2. Lemons will burn you. I would dilute it first and test it on...idk, your arm or something. I've read some articles that say lemon juice is awesome and you should just bathe in it or something. Don't do that unless you want to come out looking like Freddy Krueger. Every comment section of those articles has people yelling and screaming about how you should be careful with it. Lemon juice is nothing to fuck with.
3. It makes me so angry to write this. :banghead: Toothpaste allegedly dries out your pimples. Well, I tried this and it burnt through a couple layers of the skin on my chin. Now I have discoloration there that I haven't been able to completely get rid of. I DID THE TOOTHPASTE THING MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.

You absolutely should research things before you commit yourself to them. I'm just some person off the internet, off of a fucking music forum. You're in front of a computer. Do some googling for christ sakes. Makeupalley is a website I use to research products before I drop my money on them. It's a wonderful tool and you should utilize it. I'M NOT A DERMATOLOGIST. Yet...

Anyway, later losers.

What if your face is naturally beautiful and skin naturally pure, should I still do extra work on it?

People tell me I am perfect but I just modestly laugh because I know it is true.

U mad?

A lot of acne is hormonal and there is nothing you can do about it :( I know sometimes I get spotty skin and it's due to PCOS, no amount of diet-watching or skincare will stop it.

But definitely second Tumor's advice that if you have bad skin and healthcare, visit a dermatologist or GP because sometimes they can prescribe long-term antibiotics which help to clear up the bacterial infestation in parts of your skin and will help with vicious cycle of never-ending acne!

Also some other very good advice there too, Tumor. I'm enjoying these "girly" posts! ;)

That's what I did last Thursday and the doctor prescribed me minocycline and an over the counter face wash called PanOxyl which is way better than the expensive crap I've been using for years.

I don't know if this fits into the beauty thread but does anyone know off the top of their heads what benefits come from Ginseng?

It benefits your immune system and heart. It also is a stimulant which is good for concentration, which is why they use it in so many energy drinks. I rarely use ginseng for anything.

Ah okay. The reason I was asking is because every time I get Arizona Green Tea. I get it with the honey and ginseng.

I used to have a lot of acne and minocycline didn't do **** for me except make my skin more photosensitive. Wear your sunscreen if you plan on spending a lot of time outside.

I did one round of Accutane and never had a problem since.

It's too early to tell if the pills are having any effect but the face wash definitely is, even if it does dry my skin out a little bit.

I really want accutane. Did you get any side effects?

Not anything severe. While you're on it your skin will be dry so no waxing or anything like that. It regulates the oils that cause acne and once you get off it your skin won't be dry anymore and your acne will be pretty much gone. Some people need two courses but that's it. Each round is about 4 or 5 months.

Don't take it if you're pregnant because it will cause birth defects. So your doctor might ask if you want birth control too if you're not already on it. Also it says on the box that it might cause depression while you're on it, but that's extremely rare.

When you're on it your doctor might require you to do a blood test every couple of months because I think it causes triglyceride levels to go up in your bloodstream. It's not going to clog up your arteries or anything though, don't worry.

Good thread, if I think of something I'll post it in here. I have a question though, how do I know if my skin is dry or oily or whatever? And how do I pick a moisturiser based off of that? I am a man btw.

Cheers guise.

I have done this before and it surprised me how much it hurts. I've waxed my legs before too just to see if hurt and it was fine but this made me wince and my eyes watered.

I think I've got good eyebrows though, been complimented on them before and I don't have the dreaded monobrow :cool:.

Real, just eat good. You end up pissing them out. Vitamin supplements are a waste of money, most vitamins can only be absorbed properly in food form. I used to take them quite a lot, stopped taking them and feel no different.

Vitamin companies are scamming y'all.

I do take a magnesium supplement sometimes to help my sleeping though.

I used to love these and ate 2 a week. Will never eat one of these again though. That time I got food poisoning from one was agony.

Green tea >>>>>

11 Benefits of Green Tea That You Didn`t Know About

I've seen studies claiming the opposite regarding weight loss though so that might just be a myth. However it's nice with some honey and ginger or with a bit of lemon.

I'm sure green tea does no harm for people who want to lose weight, especially if you replace fizzy drinks or alcohol with it - fine. Cut out all the empty calories and the sugar, can only be a good thing.

I've drank 3/4 cups of green tea daily for the past 3 years - the difference in my skin and my mental health has been enormous. I like it with ginger, honey, and/or lemon - whatever combination of those tends to be great. I dig it on its own, too. My whole diet changed radically after leaving home and gradually learning how to cook, but incorporating green tea was one of the best and simplest moves I made. Forget these green tea 'supplements' though - just drink the drink!

I love green tea, it's all I drink. Some blends do have a small amount of caffeine in them though so be wary if you are pregnant or trying to avoid caffeine for whatever reason. I usually buy caffeine free.

I found an amazing blend of loose-leaf green tea, it's green tea leaves plus freeze-dried strawberry bits. Absolutely, amazingly delicious!

Yeah that's what I was gonna say, it has caffeine in.

Re: weight loss, I don't think it will negatively affect it but I've seen conflicting studies saying it will or won't speed up metabolism. Overall I'd say it's relevance to weight loss is that of or equivalent to coffee's relevance to being a diuretic and counteracting creatine's water retention i.e. fuck all.

If you want to strip water you need real diuretics. If you want to lose fat you need to sort your diet out. Green tea isn't gonna do anything imo.

Green tea does have benefits in terms of weight loss, if you are substituting an unhealthier drink for it. Many people give up their regular coffees which include milk/sugar, or sugary drinks, or other things and replace these drinks with green tea, which in turn will help you to lose weight :) So I guess if you are using green tea as a healthier alternative to something you used to have every day - it's going to be a helpful change.

But if you're just adding green tea into your diet as an additional beverage it's not going to do anything...

Yeah I agree but that's a diet change, has nothing to do with speeding up your metabolism.

You could drink water and achieve the same results, so it's not exclusive to green tea.

Real, but that's what I've seen studies claim.

4% lol. The difference is going to be completely insignificant.

^ Yeah, it will make no difference to your metabolism! I agree! If you want to speed up your metabolism, do weight training, because having more muscle mass boosts your metabolism for the long term.

As for green tea though, I still think it's good to encourage people to substitute unhealthier drinks for herbal teas if they are wanting to get healthier and lose weight :)

Tea in general is a diuretic though also the good part about green tea is it's an anti-oxidant as well.

I'm an avid green tea drinker as well and I usually get one that has blueberry or pomegranate with it.


just noticed I totally quoted the wrong part but w/e you get it.

a beauty tip i have for men is to put baby powder on ur balls


it really helps

Helps with what?

...maybe I don't want to know...

it helps keep them dry and prevent rashes in that area. between your legs and your balls like in that crease of your leg its easy to get rashes if you are sweating a lot. i had that happen a lot and its disgusting. its like some bacteria type rash that stings the skin and smells terrible lol. so baby powder down there will help your skin look beautiful and i think it feels good after shaving anywhere in that area too

216 is so long winded lol.

It helps with chaffing. sometimes underwear may chaff that area.

Ughhhh chafing. Like those runners whose nipples bleed through their shirts. *shudder*

I hate chafing! I got it between my legs a couple of summers ago and it's so sore and hard to cover up.

This is so gross but putting antiperspirant between your thighs prevents chaffing. Like Pauly Bleaker in Juno does.

Baby powder is wonderful for busy days in the heat but nothing could make a ball sack beautiful.

It actually does. I used to do a lot of running (should get back into that actually, lol) and used that trick.

Ughhh like the gross nipple chafing that happens to some men when they run like I mentioned before http://herohog.com/images/icons/smileys/barfaway.gif

Thanks for that, I will certainly keep that up during summer.

Oh yeah, I always forget. Your summer is will be coming up in a couple of months and there's only 3 weeks left of summer here.

Well, technically spring is next, but yes, your summer is nearly over.

Very informative.

I used to have long hair. Then cut it short like a boy. Now it looks ****ed up n ****.

Bad haircuts grow out.

I don't know if any of you can help me but I was thinking of starting a beauty blog. I have to start a Wordpress for an assignment anyway. Would it be legal to republish the master skin and hair care posts that I've put in this thread? I wrote them but I don't know if they're legally mine or legally the forum's.

You can post them on condition you pay me £100,000 a year for the rights.

Better start working the corner then. -_-

fixed

guys with beards does anyone else think theres feels and looks cooler when you dont really wash it.


i trim my whole face but i got a long chin beard like scott ian from anthrax but not quite as cool and i hate the feelin when its freshly washed