I have used many high end products for my skin care. I always read the ingredients of the products I use and check these ingredients if they are irritants or not.
Ages back, people did not have these skin care products, but used what were available around them...cheap and natural. This reminds me of my mom who used to bring two calamansi (calamondin) every time she takes a bath. After sometime, I asked her why? She said that she squeezes 1-2 calamansi in a small tub of water (about 500ml capacity) and use this as her final rinse from head to toe so as to maintain the pH balance of her skin. She said that shampoos and soaps are quite basic and they could strip off the natural oils from our body. She didn’t use deodorant, but simply that calamansi. I also used to see my Lola (grandmother) massaging coconut oil through her hair and her locks were thick and black with some silver streaks.
It dawned on me that skin care products need not be expensive. Why stress our skin with so many chemicals we don’t even understand?
Phytorelle cold powder (bedak sejuk)
Instead, why not use alternatives that are simple, with no elaborate treatment, dressing and so on? This inspired me to have my own Phytorelle homemade and handmade products from plants and bring the traditions back in skin care.
