Within/Without

Here is the thing.... Using Korean products has a downside that I don't care for. (1) they are hard to come by. You can't walk into Macy's or the drug store and purchase them. You will have to order them online if you aren't going to Asia. I tried some Asian stores but they are mostly food. You could purchase product at salons. Most of the salons that do facials have product to purchase but they are expensive. I'm a be honest... my money has other uses. And as important as my face is to me, having a roof over my head, a car to drive and cable to watch is equally important to me. IJS.... (2) Products = chemicals. If I'm going to use these products, I have to Know that I'm introducing chemicals into my system. I strive to live holistically. So using these products long term will pull me to the darkside, and I'm not feeling that. So after I figured out my regimen... I had to adjust it to my tastes. And it still is a WIP. For the OIL, I use coconut oil or

My skin is dry. And not excemitic dry, but just wholeheartedly dry. I'm also getting moley. Both my parents were VERY moley. My brother wasn't. And I'm not so much. I put that on my darker skin and vegetarianism. Both my parents were/are dark. My brother was light. Go figure. I noticed that when I became a vegetarian a lot of stuff changed on and in my body. I had hoped vegetarianism would prevent moles. It just delayed them. Also the texture of my skin is changing. My goal with my skin is for the texture to be that of a boiled egg white. Firm and dewy. The edges of my face were starting to feel leathery. My routine has always been effective, but not so much anymore. So I did what folks do now. I googled it. And came across Korean skincare. Y'all should google this because Asians are WAY ahead of us in this venue. I went to china in my early 30's and there was a esthetition on every corner like it was Mcdonalds. There were amazing skincare products being sold in

Peace. As y'all know I'm super concerned about my weight. Who wouldn't be. But... I'm also concerned about my skin. These are the things that age you. I've hit my Culture Ciphers.... Women do not age distinctively. We get old. And like it or not that's the way it is. What a lot of women do is try to turn the clock back by ether mimicking what younger people are doing or reliving their glory decades. That looks ridiculous. We need to accept what life is handing us and make it look amazing. This Build is hella long so I'm going to give it out in sections.... For example, I used to have a coke bottle shape. Seriously. My waist has always been dead flat and tiny. Even when I weighed 300lbs, I still had an hourglass shape. Well that's gone now. I am a rectangle. The only way for me to get an hourglass is with a body shaper. And where I'll do that sometimes.... It won't be an everyday thing. So I have to adjust my dressing for a rectangle. So be it