My skin care routine is so simple nowadays and I have actually stopped using foundation. You are talking to a girl who used full face makeup every day, 365 days a year for her whole life since the age of 15.
I still use makeup ( part is homemade and I will post on that latter) so at night I remove it with coconut oil, then "wash" my face with honey.
My original post stated that it really didn't matter what kind of honey you used- as I was using the little bear kind. I have found however, that the higher quality stuff is better. I still have not purchased "true" honey at my little local organic food store, but I do use the brands labeled "pure" and "raw" . I have found these at both my local grocery and Wal-mart. Now, I doubt they are truly raw or even pure, but they do seem a bit better than "generic" honey and since they only cost about 2 dollars more a bottle I will stick with them.
In the am, in the shower I simply slather my face with honey, massage it in a bit and rinse. Thats it. I do follow up with my tea toner ( I have posted on that before) and then use coconut oil as my moisturizer then apply my makeup.
In the pm I rub a generous amount of coconut oil onto my face. Then I use a fairly hot washcloth to wipe it off. Then with wet fingers (it seems to help spread the honey better) I massage a good amount , a teaspoon at least, of honey onto my face. I take the same washcloth- make it fairly hot but wrung out well, then leave it on my face a few seconds. Wipe. After that I tone and use my "Homemade facial serum" ( I will post on that to) as my pm moisturizer.
My skin has never, ever been better. BUT, (yes big but) it will not happen overnight. I noticed a improvement right a way but it took me a good month to truly notice real, able- to- go- foundation- free, results. I had a few blemishes show up a few weekd in and I was considering going back to castille soap or Dove. Now, after a few month in, I will never use anything else on my face to wash it other than honey!!
