Skin care corner
I had a hot pot dinner with my family tonight. We enjoyed the time so much. Dad drank four bottles of beer and talked a lot. Mom act as our commander to instruct us every appropriate moment to pour certain food into the pot. Meiki, as usual, kept quiet and ate as much as she could. Jeff had lot of fatty meat and fish. Me, ordered my favourite 'drunken chicken' soup base for the hot pot and drank the soup with a raw egg. Delicious.

However, hot pot is not good for skin, infact, I had already had hot pot yesterday night with Jeff and his ex-classmates. It is time to pamper my skin. I have several skin care DIY tips would love to share with you:
1. Firming face mask
Ingredients: an egg (or with honey)
Method: Simply get the egg white for normal to oily skin, or use both eggwhite and egg yolk(mix them by egg-stirrer). Honey could be added if you like. Put the mixture directly onto the face. For eggwhite mask, please leave one minute (not more) and then rinse. This mask could tighten your pores and make your face firmer and cleaner. The eggwhite and yolk mask is perfect for dry skin, please leave it two minutes to nourish your skin, then rinse.
2. Hand scrub
Ingredients: Olive oil (extra virgin) and sugar
Method: Mix the ingredients, then appy the mixture onto your hand by gentle circulating motion. Sugar could effectively remove dead skin while olive oil intensively soften your skin. This scrub is very cheap and good for dry hands or hands with chapped skin. You could use this as body scrub for your arms and legs.
3. Lip therapy
Ingredients: Vaseline (or your favourite lip balm, I suggest to use those lip balm in a pot, not moisturzing lipstick. My favourite brand is Kiehl's and Bloom)
Method: Pick a dab of vaseline or lip balm into a small container and mix it with certain amount of sugar. Use the mixture as lip scrub, apply it onto your lips by gentle circulating motion (remember they are your lips, not the wall, treat them softly or you will be bleeding), then rinse. After this step, re-apply a thick layer of vaseline or lip balm onto your lips again, use a piece of cling wrap to cover them for 15 minutes, and remove the cling wrap and let the excess balm to be absorb. Please do this therapy before sleep, you will find your lips so kissable in the next morning.
4. Cleansing mask
Ingredient: Yogurt (plain flavour, do not choose strawberry or other flavours)
Method: Simply apply the certain amount (depends on how much you need, you know, people do not have same size of face) of yogurt and wait for 10 minutes, then rinse. The yogurt could clean (but not deeply clean) your skin and make your face more radiant. This mask may not be the same effective as those ready-to-use products in the market, but you could still see the effect in long run.
5. Yummy hair moisturizing mask
Ingredients: Olive oil (extra virgin), egg yolk, honey
Method: Mix all ingredients and then apply the mixture into hair (not to your tongue, even though it tastes not bad), massage it through your every strand of hair. Wait for 20 minutes (or longer), then rinse. Shampoo and conditioner afterward as usual. You will find your hair velvetly soft and shiny.

Hope these 5 tips help you to save money and increase your charm. It is wise for every beauty lover to prepare several ingredients at home: Olive oil (extra virgin), sugar and honey. They are not only nourish skin, but also taste great.