If you turned the clock back 8 years I had that type of skin that others envied. I used to go out without a speck of make up on, there wasn’t a mark in sight. I absolutely loved my skin & was beyond proud of it. It all changed when I came off of contraception & was greeted with painful face spots & exceptionally sore spots on my back & chest! I would constantly search ‘How To Get Clearer Skin’ in Google, nothing ever worked.
Lately I’ve figured out the secret, well it works for me so I’m sharing it with you on the off chance that it can help you too!
How To Get Clearer Skin
Look into your diet – This is one for SO long that I just didn’t want to attempt. I absolutely loved my half a packet of chocolate digestives at 10pm at night & the huge pizza with pepperoni piled high, greasy cheese & garlic bread.
I didn’t want to change that & surely, it couldn’t be affecting me could it? I’ve eaten it for years why would it now start messing with my skin?
Turns out it was food that was affecting me, it started with spots, along with the spots then came stomach pains & tiredness.
I linked the pain to dairy which was on the whole taken out of my diet, well… I took milk out of my diet. That helped for sometime but it grew to the point where I also stopped consuming cheese!
I grew to just accept the bad skin & just thought my tiredness would subside. It never did, B was 6 months old when I finally thought I cannot continue with the stomach pains & awful tiredness. I decided to go the whole hog & go Vegan.
I immediately cut out dairy, meat & every other animal product.
My Skin immediately started to clear up & my general day to day wellness increased. I felt strong & happy.
Although my skin was clearer & I experienced less breakouts, it wasn’t quite perfect!
I’m not telling you by any stretch to go Vegan but I highly recommend looking at your diet & seeing what could potentially be affecting you. For my skin the agitators were dairy & eggs! Eggs used to make my skin glow bright red & turn every spot that was on my skin ruby red.
If something particularly affects your skin then remove it from your diet.
Drink WATER! – I used to be so good at keeping hydrated, maybe a little TOO good at it. I used to consume multiple large bottles of water. This was at the height of my skin perfection!
I kept my fluid intake to just Tea & water. I loved it & was happy with just consuming tea & water… YUM!
I ended up breaking my 10 year fizzy drink break the day B was born, I can’t say I regret it because it was just something I desperately craved at that period in time. 3 years down the line & I still consume fizzy drinks but not regularly. It is something I use as a treat.
However my water consumption has taken a serious nosedive, when B was first born it got to the point where I wouldn’t drink till I had someone with me as I just wouldn’t move so I could get him to sleep!
Within the past year my consumption of water went up & down, I decided to up it recently.
Since increasing my water consumption I feel less tired & my skin is clearer, my chest for one is completely clear YAAY!
Don’t Pick Your Spots, Use A Blackhead Remover Tool – This tool has actually helped me with my spots! Even with ‘extracting’ my spots with the remover tool I don’t get marks & certainly don’t get any no red patches. I was always a ‘picker’ when it came to spots but with this tool its let me still extract my spots without the horrible aftermath of popping spots with your fingers! I’m unsure why the spots don’t get inflamed like they do when they are popped by hand but if I extract them before bed with the tool, I wake up either without a spot or a spot thats remarkably smaller & less noticeable.
The tool looks like this & is exceptionally easy to use, it is rather addictive though:
I got this tool from The Body Shop for £4 & would highly recommend it: Double Ended Blackhead Remover Tool
Change Your Face Cleaning Products – This is what truly did it for me, completely changing the facial cleaning products I used. Previously I was using a charcoal based cleanser that you foamed up in your hands, washed on & then off followed by a toner. That mix of products did nothing for me so I decided to swap. I spent a good 10 minutes in Boots trying to decide on a new cleaning regime when I happened upon this absolute beauty of a product.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUZ-sNgl-RI/?taken-by=littlebandme7
I always take products like this with a pinch of salt when they claim visible results within a day BUT trust me this product was true to its word. The next day I noticed a marked improvement & 3 months down the line I barely even get a spot when I’m on my period! This stuff is sent from the heavens, it truly is remarkable. I don’t get how it does it but it managed to keep my skin looking amazing without drying it out or anything. My mood has taken a good leap too with my clearer skin. I buy this product myself but I must thank La Rouche-Posay for developing the amazing product.
I hope these ‘how to get clearer skin’ tips help you on your journey to a spot free face!
Lots of love
Mumma B.
P.S You can kind of see how clear my skin is in our latest YouTube video:
I also found that foaming cleansing products would not help my skin, it would become dried out and more prone to spots in fact. Sometimes it is worth investing in higher quality skincare 🙂
I swear by drinking plenty of water if I don’t my skin my skin pays the price. I have seen the blackhead removal tool in action on a video and it certainly does the trick
My skin seems to constantly be on and off, but I can totally put that down to diet for me! I know when I’ve been eating too much junk (and too much cheese!) because I just break out. I could probably do with changing my face wash though!
Try changing your skin care products, it REALLY did help me <3
Ohh this is so interesting as my skin as been terrible of late. I’ve been having a few gynae issues and I think my hormones have gone crazy, so I’ve been having awful break outs and its really affected my confidence. I need to try that skin care range, I’ve heard good things about them!
I definitely need to drink more water I am terrible at it, and I really think that I would notice big improvements if I did. Great tips and Ines I really do need to follow.
I make a lot of my own skin care products because of the dodgy ingredients. My skin always has a flare up around my time of the month. When this happens, I often cleanse my face with raw honey – I know it sounds weird but it’s incredible. Actually, scrap that, that’s a stupid suggestion for a vegan, sorry.
I’m guilty of not drinking enough water and a definitely need to get one of those blackhead remover tools x
I really should drink more water. My skin isn’t too bad most of the time but when I get a spot it is awful! Interesting to hear about your diet change, glad that is working for you (I’m a vegetarian but not sure I could go vegan…)
They should hire you as an ambassador!! I’ve just ordered a set based on this as I’ve always admired your skin not to mention magical makeup skills. xxx
My skin seems to look good some days and some not. I do need to drink much more water though as like your post says, I heard it’s the best for clear skin.
I definitely need to drink more water, and probably less tea! Luckily my skin is pretty damn good majority of the time, but I think getting into a good routine early is so important!
Drinking water makes a lot of difference for me, I just have to pay attention to it because I easily forget.
The worst thing is that I seem I cannot make myself to stop touching my face during the day, when I am thinking etc., I know it is bad because of bacteria that is transfered on face from hands 🙁
It can be so hard to figure out where breakouts are coming from! Often skincare is what people turn to instead of looking at their diet. I always notice a difference when I eat more chocolate! Boo. My favourite treat, too.
I’ve always been quite lucky but recently I have been having break outs. Thinking about it I’m drinking less water as I’m so busy and eating a bit more rubbish, so this was a good reminder that I need to look after myself! I don’t think I could go vegan but I definitely could eat better. Xx
Diet definately helps. Sugar and dairy are not that great for skin, I’ve found.
I need to look at one of those tools, I have seen them being used but never tried one. I pick, which is bad! I have hormone issues which cause cystic acne which is awful. It goes when I take hormone pills but the pills make me feel awful so it’s a rough one! Thanks for the tips!
Some great advice here, I really need to drink so more water I’ve been slacking lately. I’ve never tried a tool for blackheads though it looks a bit scary but I might go pick one up lol – looking great my lovely as always 🙂 xx
Some great tips, I have always struggled with my face and spots. I know my biggest problem is what i eat! I have made a pact that i am going to get healthier in all aspects of my life in September so hoping my skin follows suit
I’ve also been fairly lucky with my skin, however, now soon to be 40 I have age spots and wrinkles to content with!! haha! But you’re so right on WATER, when I drink a couple of glasses a day my face is noticeably clearer and fresher looking.
Diet really does help. A lot of skincare gurus don’t mention it because it costs nothing to change your diet but will have more impact than what ever cream or potion they are trying to sell you instead.
I was interested to read about the connection between your diet and your skin as this is something that has affected my daughter. We’ve never tried cutting out dairy though, which is strange as she doesn’t particularly like cheese. I might give this a try, I’m glad you mentioned it!
I totally agree with you, since the start of the year we quit dairy and i have become more and more plant based as the year has gone on. Although my skin is not perfect by any means, it glows more, it’s lost the greyish tone that i had when i was eating mostly animal products. I have had a bit of a breakout recently but i started following Caroline Hirons skin care routine and i have read that the skin may get worse before it gets better. I think my new routine is getting the deep grime out – yuck! I do need to drink more water though! x