What are the functions and significance of natural beauty techniques?

The core function of natural beauty techniques is low-cost, low-irritation maintenance that covers the entire daily skin care chain. It also has the dual significance of long-term skin conditioning and reducing skin care anxiety.

I have been practicing natural skin care for almost 6 years, and my most intuitive feeling is that it can help many people with sensitive skin and limited budgets avoid many skin care detours. I used to help my best friend with oily skin to treat the rotten face after acid treatment. I used refrigerated fresh purslane boiled water and filtered it before applying it wetly. In less than a week, most of the redness on her cheeks was reduced. The cost is only two yuan per time, which is more stable than the soothing essence she had stocked for hundreds of yuan before.

Of course, we have seen many examples of traps over the years, and it is also the most controversial point in the industry today: many people directly equate "natural" with "safe", and follow the trend of applying lemon slices directly to the face to whiten the face, and using coarse brown sugar to exfoliate. In the end, the stratum corneum is burned and sensitive and stinging. Many dermatologists have also clearly mentioned that the effective molecular weight of unpurified natural ingredients is too large and difficult to penetrate the stratum corneum of the skin to be absorbed. Blind use will add unnecessary burden to the skin. This statement is indeed in line with the logic of skin physiology.

In fact, treating natural beauty techniques as a supplement rather than a replacement for regular skin care can avoid most pitfalls and maximize its value. For example, when I am on a business trip and I am too lazy to carry a bunch of separate bottles, I will carry a small bottle of edible-grade cold-pressed coconut oil. I can use it to remove light makeup, use it as a lip balm, and apply it to dry hair. It is much more convenient than carrying three or four different products.； When the season changes in autumn and winter, when your skin becomes dry and sticky, add half a spoonful of acacia honey to the leftover sugar-free yogurt at home and apply it for 10 minutes. The moisturizing effect is no worse than a moisturizing patch mask that costs tens of dollars a piece, and there are no unnecessary fragrances and preservatives. It is especially friendly to sensitive skin like mine that is prone to redness during the change of seasons.

On a larger scale, these seemingly inconspicuous tips actually help us break out of the current skin care cycle of "the more you buy, the more expensive you are, and the more you apply, the more anxious you become". We don't have to be obsessed with buying up the best products and buying big brands. Common ingredients at hand can solve many small skin problems. Skin care should be adapted to your own needs. There is no need to be led by marketing, right?