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 This last year has been quite the journey when it came to my skin. My skin wasn't a big thing I ever had to worry about too much. Ever since I had my daughter, my body seemed to be going through many changes and my skins just one of the things I had to get used to. It first started with my forehead. It was like these tiny flesh colored bumps were taking over, and not that anybody would have noticed, but I sure did. What they probably did noticed was the constant picking aftermath that I caused on my face. So I started my research and over washing and over exfoliating which caused my skin to freeaaaakk. Like seriously freak, which I show in my photos below. The over washing, over exfoliating, and obsessive picking (any other pickers out there?! We should start a club.) caused my skin to hard have crazy cystic acne and more flesh colored bumps and now there is scarring. 

November 5th

November 6th

November 15th

November 28th

December 5th

December 8th

January 24

May 9th

 The thing about acne that no one tells you is that it effects your confidence. I didn't feel like myself and I knew that stacking more makeup was only making things worse (on top of the other bad habits I had created). So I decided to revaluate what I was doing. Here is how I got my skin back on track. I hope this can also help you too on your own skin journey!

1. I added primrose evening oil to my daily mix of vitamins. Primrose oil helps level out hormones and can help with side effects that come with PMS, endometriosis, and psoriasis. I noticed my cystic acne would be less frequent especially if it was that time of the month. 

2. I streamlined my skincare routine. I had the philosophy that if a little was good, more was better. and boy was I WRONG. Wrong, wrong wrong. I was over exfoliating my face and using too harsh of chemicals that striping away my moisture barrier and making me more likely to have breakouts. I finally gave in and bought Curology, and I really think it help jumpstart my skins recovery. Seriously will never go back. After my skin started clearing up, I slowly added other products but I am now extremely picky what I put on my body. 
Here are a few items that I love right now:
  • Murad Night Fix
  • Curology (of course- cannot recommend enough!! Their first bottle is FREE)
  • Murad Youth Renewal Night Cream
  • Murad Youth Renewal Serum

3. I journaled what I ate. I had recently made the switch to do less meat, so to substitute meat I would regularly eat tofu. Tofu and soy contain phytoestrogens. I cut out the amount of tofu I was intaking, not that it is all bad, but at the rate I was going it was having an affect on my skin. 

4. I started getting facials regularly. I was desperate to get my skin back on track, so I started getting facials and was able to get treatments I wouldn't normally get at home. The treatments that I really love are dermaplaning and LED light therapy, not to mention just the pure facts of getting pampered once a month was totally worth it.

Now my journey isn't over. I still get an occasional pimple and sometimes pick when I feel insecure and I am for sure am not eating right now that I am pregnant with baby number 2. However, I now have the tools I need for skin to thrive. My skin is practically glowing in the last photo and I couldn't be more proud of the hard work! So if you are like me in the first photo, keep going (and also maybe no picking)!          
         
       
         
       
     
                

xx
Luna


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Something I am afraid to tell you is that body positivity is easier said than done. My relationship with my body is like any you would have with a friend or family member. We have good days and we have bad days. You see, we all have relationships with our bodies. Whether or not those are negative or positive is up to that person. That inner dialogue is what determines how well your relationship will be. The National Science Foundation reports that the average person has 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day and 80% of those are negative. Believe it or not, body positivity starts in the mind. Imagine the dialogue that you have with yourself was an actual out loud conversation like one you would have with a friend. What would you be saying? Are you complimenting or tearing down? Would you be talking to yourself kindly?
  One thing I am working on is to love my body through the progress and the changes, the highs and the lows, but also the in-betweens. After I had my daughter my body changed so much.  Between carrying a baby for nine months and breastfeeding, I felt this pressure to be who I was before the baby. It meant my capacity, my size, and my responsibilities. What I realized was that before my daughter I had reached an acceptance for my body, but forgot to carry that over when the inevitable change happens. And it always happens. I learned that body positivity is a process that I needed to continually work on and it was never something where I just arrived. Because that change is inevitable, that meant that my acceptance needed to grow with my body. 
 Most recently I had a year of a horrible skin freakout (post coming soon), and let me say it was an act of will to purposefully speak love over myself instead of death and hate. I am a firm believer that what you reap you will sow. And whatever you sow in self-hatred you will reap in self-hatred. Whatever you sow in love you will reap in love. I had to relearn what it meant to love myself, because I am worthy of love. Just because I was having a skin crisis, it didn't mean that I had to punish myself and not let myself receive love. If I didn't love myself when I was unhappy with what I was looking at, then I wouldn't love myself when I was "perfect." You see, body positivity isn't about loving yourself during the good times, it's about loving yourself through all seasons. 
 So what can you do if you are going through a similar season like I was? First, choose love. It's much easier to point out what is wrong but make an active choice to speak love over yourself. Second, take a look at yourself in the mirror and the areas where you are quick to judge, instead start thanking and blessing them. It's a very "Marie Kondo" style approach, but I promise it's effective. Third, stop comparing! Comparison isn't going to help you. In fact, it will just take you down a long miserable road that's difficult to find your way back. Lastly, remember that body positivity is a journey. We grow, we change, and age and that's all apart of life. And learning to love yourself within that journey is a true treasure. 
xx
Luna
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