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Just Ask Ali! Responding to questions you want to know about fashion, style and beauty. This month learn all about homemade masks to keep your skin polished and smooth.

Q: Dear Ali,
What is the best face mask to use? I have Sea Kelp & Mineral or Tea Tree and Witch Hazel. Help!

Seth

A: Oh Seth, your skin always looks amazing! Sea Kelp and MIneral detoxify the pore and get all the build up out while Tea Tree and Witch Hazel are anti-bacterial so it looks like you are on the right path if your skin is combination/oily and you can break out once in a while. Keep looking fabulous Seth!

Love,
Ali xoxo

So Seth's question inspires our Style File this month! Here are some recipes for at home masks you can do based on your skin type!

OILY SKIN/BLEMISH PRONE SKIN:
-Blend 1/2 tsp lemon juice, 1 egg white, 1 tsp of honey (heat in microwave just to melt together). Leave on for 20 minutes then rinse.
The lemon juice helps to exfoliate and brighten the skin, the egg white will help to draw out access oil and the honey will help to smooth and balance your skin!

-If you are Blemish Prone, after masking with the prior mask. Apply a thin layer of milk of magnesia to the effected areas, leave on for 20 min then rinse.

NORMAL SKIN:
-Mix 1 egg white, 1/2 cup of cooked oatmeal. Leave on 20 minutes then rinse.
This will keep your skin balanced and fresh.

DRY SKIN:
-Mix 1/2 of an avocado with 1/4 cup of honey. Leave on 20 minutes then rinse.
Avocados are a great source of omega fatty acids that dry skin is depleted in, honey will balance and rehydrate.

ALL SKIN TYPES:
-To Smooth skin: Warm honey to melt in the microwave, apply and leave on for 20 min. Rinse. Easy!
-To freshen: Apply a layer of plain yogurt to the skin, leave on for 20 min then rinse. Easy!

Enjoy your at home spa! If you have any questions on Style or Beauty visit me at my Fashionista group to ask me a question. You never know, you may be the next topic for Style File!

Alice xoxo

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Hi there fashionistas!


Want to get skin that dazzles like a vampire in the sunlight? Well look no further than your kitchen at home! Here is my favorite recipe for the perfect facial scrub *whispers* and by the way, all of the Cullen men love this too and don't let them tell you different! *winks*


Oh Sugar!

Here is a fabulous at home Sugar scrub you can make and enjoy once a week. The best part...it's effective and inexpensive! To have a well rounded exfoliator you need to have two major components:
1) A physical exfoliator to remove the build up of hardened dead skin cells on the surface. (Gross fact: at any given time you have up to 40 layers of hardened keritinized dead skin cells)
2) A chemical exfoliator such as an Alpha Hydroxy Acid or enzyme to go deeper than the physical exfoliator and eat away the dead skin cells.


Ingredients: (enough to make for face and body)

1/2 cup of sugar (physical exfoliator)
1/2 a lemon freshly squeezed (chemical exfoliator/ Alpha Hydroxy Acid)
1 cup of Olive Oil (acts as an emulsifier and moisturizer)
Directions:
Mix ingredients together in bowl
Apply exfoliator with fingertips using soft circular motions. Continue massaging in circular motions for 30 seconds keeping away from eye area.
Leave on face for 3 minutes so the Alpha Hydroxy Acids can thoroughly exfoliate (it makes a great 3 minute mask!)
Rinse and moisturize.


...repeat the same directions for body.

See ya next time!
Xoxo Alice