Get Flawless Skin Without Makeup

Nat­ural beauty is just that — nat­ural. It means you don’t have to slather on seven lay­ers of makeup in order to appear to have beau­ti­ful skin. So how would you like to wake up in the morn­ing and be com­fort­able walk­ing out the door with min­i­mal or no makeup? Here’s how.

{STEP #1} Your Skin Reflects Your Food Choices

Unfor­tu­nate, but true. If you’re really moti­vated about want­ing beau­ti­ful, flaw­less, dewy skin, then you are going to have to re-evaluate what you eat.

This is not about going on a crazy diet, this is you sim­ply tak­ing bet­ter care of your body, which reflects onto your skin. Granted, some peo­ple may have good skin even while eat­ing McDonald’s and going out drink­ing, but this will catch up to them even­tu­ally (plus, even if it’s not show­ing up on their face, their insides are still unhealthy, which leads to more severe prob­lems than just pim­ples and wrinkles).

Don’t think for a sec­ond that our bod­ies are per­fectly equipped to han­dle every­thing on their own and we don’t need to do any­thing fur­ther to help out. Our bod­ies are bom­barded with more crap in our air, food, and water than ever before in human his­tory, and it can never hurt to sim­ply help our bod­ies deal with these waste prod­ucts more effi­ciently. Why make your body work harder than it already has to by drink­ing, smok­ing, and eat­ing improperly?

Here is your main focus when it comes to get­ting flaw­less skin: Eat an unprocessed, nutrient-dense diet in order to allow your liver, kid­neys, adrenal and thy­roid glands, and intestines to work efficiently.

Trans­la­tion: Fresh, flaw­less skin. No makeup required. Yay!

Flawless Skin - Eat an Unprocessed, Clean Diet

For the liver and kid­neys, it is essen­tial to drink 2–3 liters (1/2 – 1 gal­lon) of water per day (more if you are liv­ing in a dry cli­mate or exer­cise reg­u­larly). Drink a tall glass of lemon water before break­fast to stir diges­tion, aid the liver, and give your­self a pop of Vit­a­min C (an enor­mously impor­tant nutri­ent for skin). Use turmeric — a com­mon spice, you’ll find it in curry — in your meals to help pro­tect the liver and pro­vide anti-inflammatory ben­e­fits. Milk this­tle seed and dan­de­lion are also two won­der­ful liver and kid­ney helpers, and if you’d like to try them, check out Lucky Vit­a­min or Moun­tain Rose Herbs for good options.

For your adrenal glands, avoid refined sugar (white sugar, brown sugar, etc.) and caf­feine. Sub­sti­tute sugar with raw honey, ste­via, xyl­i­tol, molasses, or maple syrup. Alter­na­tives to caf­feine include sleep­ing prop­erly, gin­seng tea or pow­der added to smooth­ies, and Elixir of Vital­ity (yum! love that stuff). Remem­ber that your adrenal glands pump out the anti-aging hor­mone DHEA, as well as your “stan­dard” estro­gen and testos­terone. The adrenal glands are also taxed by stress (which is why most of us break out when stressed out), so breath deeply, try yoga, lis­ten to calm­ing music, or tak­ing calm­ing herbs like valer­ian root and chamomile. You need these glands to be in great shape if you want great skin.

For your thy­roid, avoid foods con­tain­ing bromides/bromine, which inhibit thy­roid pro­duc­tion and pre­vent the thy­roid from absorb­ing iodine so it can work prop­erly. A poorly func­tion­ing thy­roid leads to weight gain, dry skin, dull skin, and a whole host of other issues. The good news? The solu­tion is pretty sim­ple: don’t buy breads that use dough con­di­tion­ers like potas­sium bro­mate, use organic pro­duce as often as pos­si­ble (bro­mides are often used as pes­ti­cides), don’t buy soft drinks (bro­mides are in their ingre­di­ents), and pur­chase a qual­ity water fil­ter for your sink or whole house to fil­ter out bromine in the water. Another easy fix is to eat more foods with nat­ural iodine in it, like sea­weeds (kelp, nori, dulse). Avoid processed soy prod­ucts (except natto and tem­peh, which are fer­mented), and in the case of soy milk, sub­sti­tute with almond or rice milk.

For your intestines, sim­ply eat healthy, unprocessed, fiber-rich, and fer­mented foods. Rice, veg­eta­bles, fruits, home­made soups, stews, sal­ads, smooth­ies, yogurt, kefir, etc. There’s so much good stuff to eat, and it doesn’t come in a shiny bag with a 50-ingredient list. Keep your intestines clean and you’ll have great skin as a result.

Flaw­less Skin Checklist

  • Avoid alco­hol and caf­feine, i.e. coffee
  • Drink and bathe in fil­tered water only
  • Buy organic pro­duce when­ever possible
  • Avoid oils that have been cooked and/or fried
  • Avoid trans fats — a.k.a. any­thing “hydrogenated”
  • Use sea salt instead of table/kosher salt
  • Avoid dairy — except yogurt and kefir
  • Avoid soy — except natto and tempeh
  • Cut down on wheat and gluten foods

Flaw­less Skin Foods

  • Broc­coli
  • Aspara­gus
  • Kale
  • Spinach
  • Turnip, dan­de­lion, & mus­tard greens
  • Romaine let­tuce
  • Fruits
  • Acerola cherry powder
  • Brown rice
  • Sea­weeds
  • Berries
  • Yogurt
  • Kefir
  • Sauer­kraut
  • Fish oil
  • Coconut & olive oil
  • Aca­cia fiber

If you incor­po­rate these lit­tle changes, they add up to a HUGE dif­fer­ence for your skin. You’ll see results within 1–2 weeks.

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Impor­tant Note: If you have acne, limit your intake of sea­weeds, shrimp, and cit­rus fruits (though lemon water should be just fine). They can worsen or even cause breakouts.

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