Witch hazel

Witch hazel is a shrub and is widely known for its healing properties for the skin!  I want to tell you, I'm fair skinned.  SHOCK right?  I'm sure you guys could tell that from my pictures that I was.  In case you haven't read my other blogs, I insist you do so because I assure you I'm pretty pale.  I've always been this way, and it's mostly due to the fact that I'm Irish and French, but I'm sure my lack of sun has something to do with it as well!  ;)

I want to tell you my story and experience with Witch hazel.  This is a pretty recent story, actually; yesterday to be exact.  We went to the zoo for Father's Day and for something to do.  Honestly, we rarely get to go out and do things, so it was a nice change of pace!  I have to be careful when I go out into the sun.  My medication will give me quite the reaction.  I'll blame the medication for my fair skin as well.  Seems fair right? :P

Okay back to my story!  Texas is HOT!  Very HOT!  The zoo is mostly shaded because of this, I assume, but not completely.  I dressed up nice with a cute little halter top, hair up Lucy style, my cat eye sunglasses, skinny jeans, and animal print flats.  Well with that said, I had a little skin that was exposed.  I'm sure you know where I'm getting at with this.  I got a little burned.  I completely forgot to wear sunscreen!  Everyone noticed when we got home that I had gotten a little too much sun, but I remembered that I had bought some Witch hazel from the store the day before.

The Witch hazel I purchased isn't some fancy brand, it's just your every day off brand version of the slightly more expensive stuff.  Witch hazel really isn't that expensive, even for the name brand stuff but I'm always trying to save a little extra money.

Well, since I remembered that I purchased some I remembered hearing that it was good for sunburns!  I originally purchased it to use with my Baiden Mitten because Witch hazel works by helping to heal your skin, so it does make sense that it would work for sun burns.  This morning I showed my hubby my burns and he was surprised that there was a slight pink tint on probably about a fourth of my burn; the rest was slightly tanned!  Everyone was convinced it would get more pink and start to hurt, but neither happened.  I was really happy with that!

So, now you know a little more about Witch hazel and how it has worked for me for my sunburn.  I actually used it with my Baiden Mitten today and I'm seeing some good results.  The redness in my skin seems to be going away much faster than it normally does, and my skin tone seems to be evening out on my face as well.

I'll update more on my process with it, also I'll be discussing coconut oil as well!  <3

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Exercise and a Shower!

My bathtub isn't readily available to me anytime I want to use it so I really wanted to figure something out to use my Baiden Mitten in the shower!  Now the admins at the Facebook Fanpage Baiden Mitten - Expect Miracles have told me it can be used in the shower, but I just felt that I wouldn't get the deep enough exfoliation that I usually get in a bath!

Well, my husband often helps his grandparents out with chores around their house that they can't do themselves.  He had to mow their lawn for them today, and if anyone knows Texas, they know it's not a cool state in the means of temperature!  So, he came in sweating from head to toe!  I mean just soak and wet!  That's when it hit me!  One suggestion I have read is that using the Baiden Mitten after a workout could be beneficial because of all the sweating you do.

One reason that the Baiden Mitten works so well is because you sweat to kind of "soak" your dead skin cells, which then softens them enough for the mitten to roll them off of your skin.  See, soaking in hot water, enough to make you sweat, will definitely get your dead skin cells really soft from both angles if you think about it.

I wanted to mimic this in some sort of way, so, before I took a shower tonight I did a workout!  Yes I was sweating.  Maybe not as much as when I go in the bathtub, but I was sweating a good deal!  I'm sure if I worked out more it would have helped out even more, but I hopped into the shower after with as hot water as I could stand it.  After about 10-15 minutes I started using my mitten and it worked just as well as when I was doing it in the bathtub!

So, it's safe to say that even a shower can work wonders with the Baiden Mitten.  I'll probably do it this way from now on for a few reasons.  One, because it's more convenient for me and my family, and two, because it encourages me to work out more.

Gotta get that beach bod some how!  ;)

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Before and after: Week One

 So, as promised I have my before and after shots.  As a note, none of this has been edited in any way, even though I probably should have.  I look like caca.  All for the sake of a decent review I might add!  You will probably see that I'm not very bashful, or I try not to be.  So, be nice please!  Body shamming has never done anything but make people feel bad about themselves.  

So, the picture above is of my tummy.  I really didn't think this out as well as I should have.  For one you can tell the light is very different and that I had tight pants on causing those wrinkles.  I ask that you don't focus on that this time around and just kind of look at the stretch marks themselves.  You can see that they lightened up, at least a little, which is promising.  

The one above this time is of a bump that I have on my back side.  I'm not sure what it is, at all.  I've had it for a while and it can hurt and be itchy.  I'm hoping that the Baiden Mitten will help me with this as well, but honestly it looks like it might have irritated it more.  I still have some hope then.

So, here are some pictures of the sides of my face.  A little improvement I think.  I hope it continues on this path.

I think this shows a good deal of improvement.  You can see all my little freckles from being out in the sun earlier.  I really don't mind freckles, honestly, but you can tell I have less in the "after" picture.  (Oh my bags under my eyes!)

Remember me talking about "Chicken Skin," also known as Keratosis Pilaris?  This is a great picture to provide you with what it looks like.  You can see that it is greatly improved after using my Baiden Mitten.  I'm probably most thankful for that!

Now, here's a picture of my lips that are OFTEN chapped.  You can tell in this one and the pictures of my full face how chapped they get.  This is after one use of the Baiden Mitten.  Another aspect that I'm pretty impressed with, I must say!  

Now here's your grand finale!  You'll only get this once guys, I don't see the need to keep posting this over and over again unless in a video.  This is exactly what you probably think it is; dead skin that the Baiden Mitten rolled off of my good skin.  THAT in itself makes me feel that the money is worth this tiny little mitten.

Now, these photos were all taken within 6 hours of each other.  The long time period is due to how red my skin was after using the Baiden Mitten the first time.  I will post these EVERY Tuesday, now that I have a cord for my camera!  I'm sorry for the wait, guys.  I know people can get impatient with these things.  I'll also be sure to wear more comfy clothes to avoid the marks on my tum-tum, and be sure to take all pictures in the same location.  Again I apologize for that.. I got really excited when I first received this!  After all, it was my Mother's Day gift, early. :)

(You can purchase a Baiden Mitten here.  Everything is secure and even though they say they take 1-2 weeks it only took less than one for me to get mine!  Any questions?  Comment bellow!)