The BEST Health and BEAUTY SECRETS I’ve learned over the years!

I am not a beauty guru but I try my best to take care of myself, over the years I have tried and tested beauty routines that worked and failed for me, today let me share my best kept BEAUTY SECRETS that worked for me. Some are just simple tips you can follow but will make a huge difference in your whole beauty routine: 

1. This is a simple but often neglected step in skin care.. Wash your hands thoroughly before washing your face! Imagine having dirty hands and then washing your face, then you’d be rubbing the dirt from your hands all over your face. This would be defeating the purpose of you wanting to clean your face.

I use any basic soap for hand washing but I've been accustomed to the classic antibacterial Safeguard soap so I stick to that, the white one seems to be the best :)

2. The FIRST step to cleansing your face is… to brush your teeth FIRST!! This should be done first so as to avoid toothpaste or mouth wash from settling down your chin or mixing with your serum and moisturizer. This trick I learned the hard way as there was a time I wondered why I got pimples on my chin and not on my face!! After I made sure to brush my teeth first all my chin pimples went away!!

My teeth cleaning essentials: I've been using this ALL NATURAL  powder toothpaste from ILOG MARIA that a friend of mine gave me and its the best! Its minty, refreshing and I've noticed my teeth are whiter than before! Will do a separate blog post on this soon :)

3. Don’t over pluck your eyebrows! This major beauty advice I learned from my mom, she made sure my sisters and I never overplucked our eyebrows growing up. She would say think and look at Bella Flores…even in cartoons the bad witch always had the super thin brows while the Princesses had full bushy youthful brows! When in doubt, leave the plucking to a professional.

I got this picture off the internet.. you can really see how Keira Knightley looks so much youthful when she has bushy eyebrows than when she has super thin brows :) 

Case in point.. the picture on the left is me eleven years ago and I haven't touched my eyebrows in a major way since then.. I just pluck out the "misplaced" ones and so far I still look "fairly" the same I think :)

Fashion Week 2: A Week's worth of outfits by the Mid30smom :)

Over the past few months I've been taking pictures of my daily outfits on Instagram, it's a new hobby which inspire me to dress up for my day to day activities as well as special occasions .
I'm reposting them here at my blog so I can delete them from my phone. :) these pictures were taken at my sons playroom. Why there?? Because the only time I can take selfies are when my husband is in the bathroom getting ready too and when the kids are either getting dressed or eating :)

MID30sMOM NOTE: I intentionally don't mention the brands or where I got my clothes and accessories because I encourage all moms out there to buy their clothes based on their personal styles and wants and to not be dictated by brands and labels :)
But If you want to ask where I got something and what brand whatever it is I'm wearing I'd be more than happy to share, just post comments and questions below if ever :)