Exfoliate Your Life With Aurelia

I am someone who has to put a little more effort when it comes to having baby soft skin. My skin is so dry that my "scales" put reptiles to shame.

I'll share with you a few products I use for my thorough habits that involve sandpapering my skin down so I can shine like a beautiful little gem.

I like to use this face mask about twice a week or when my face starts to feel rough from my make-up. Make sure that shit goes down the drain after you wash your face, it can stain your sink pretty bad, but luckily it's easy to clean as well.

I swear by exfoliating bath gloves.  I am very precise when I clean. Walmart and Target  are trippin' trying to sell these around $3 - $6. You can find these at Forever21 or some dollar stores for a buck.

 This scrub is AWESOME. I love to use it in the shower, but be careful because the vitamin e can be slippery. My skin feels super soft afterwards and it retains moisture for more than a day.

I'm looking to try this face wash next, I'm currently using Yestocarrots moisturizing face wash, but it doesn't have the scrub factor I need to feel clean.

If you have a little extra money to splurge on, I heard good things about Lush's ocean salt. I have yet to try this as well and I've had no problems using Lush products.

(Bonus: All of these products don't test on animals!)

I have an uncle who is closing in on 60 and still looks like he is in his 40's. He goes to a dermatologist and gets dermabrasion done and religiously exfoliates with high-quality products. I'm not a trauma nurse, so until I can afford his kind of lifestyle, I'll stick to my routine.

Happy scrubbing!

Bargain Deals And Dirty Laundry

I finally have a washer and dryer in my home. It was supposed to be a surprise, but my boyfriend is terrible at keeping secrets and he slipped up in conversation when I asked him about his gardening purchases. (He was ready to argue about the price of the set, but I was talking about the lawnmower.
The fool.)

Dane bought the set on craigslist from a local guy after comparing prices with two other sellers in the Yukon area. The guy was honest and offered to drop the set off at our place and install it for us. I'm very finicky when it comes to pre-owned appliances, but the washer and dryer looked to be in mint condition and fit perfectly in our little space. It even had a little history, the man told us he knew the previous owners very well and that they were clean freaks. It also happened to be one of his buddies that just retired from the Yukon Police Department. Turns out, that very friend was one of the police officers caught up in the Yukon sex scandal getting blow jobs at the nearby gas station. Tsk!

Don't worry, I'll be transitioning to eco- friendly soaps after this.

The man had to replace some of our dryer tubing due to it being ratty and dirty. There hasn't been a washer or dryer prior to me moving in or during the time when Dane lived there with his roommate, so we'll have to talk to the landlord about replacing it entirely. We ran a few test runs and it worked just fine, he even said if there were any issues he'd replace the set entirely for free.

I am very happy because that means I don't have to make the 30- minute drive back to Midwest City anymore to do laundry at my mom's. Dane was getting ready to do his first load of laundry and I noticed immediately he was using softener thinking it was detergent. The blank stare he gave me said it all as I stopped and asked him if he knew what he was doing. I guess i'll be taking care of most of the laundry duties from here on out...