As you may know by now I have rosacea. So sometimes depending on the weather, what I eat or my stress levels I get flare ups from time to time. Flare ups are a reaction that provokes a vivid red color on one or two of my cheeks and my skin becomes hot. Yesterday I so happened to have a flare up (still don't know why though). As a consequence I decided to try a trick that I saw somewhere on the internet: putting a thick layer of aloe vera and let it sit for 10 minutes.

These are the beauty tips that I apply to myself, some I found myself, some I collected over the years. I hope you can try some!

- Never use soap that isn't designed specifically for the face.
- Hot water will dehydrate your skin.
- Know the difference between dehydrated and dry. Dry means your skin lacks oil and dehydrated means it lacks water. So oily skin can be dehydrated and in fact, It will almost always be the case because if your skin lacks water it will produce oil to protect itself. So if you have dry skin look for nourishing creams and if you have oily skin, look for hydrating ones. The word moisturizing is quite tricky because it can mean both depending on the company. Generally speaking you can guess which one it is when you look at the main ingredients: shea butter will always be for dry skin while aloe, green tea and so one will be for oily skin.
- Everybody need to use a moisturizer, even the most oily skin types. Again, the more dehydrated your skin is, the more oil it will produce to protects itself.
- Don't touch your face. You probably do it a lot more than you realize.
- If you're trying to get rid of acne scars or if you have acne right now, you should use sunscreen. Without it your scars will last a lot longer, trust me.
- The higher the SPF the better: FALSE. High SPF means more chemicals that probably aren't worth it. SPF30 offers around 90% of UV coverage, which is plenty enough for most people.
- Always choose PA+++ if possible. UVA are said to be the main cause for wrinkles.
- If you have a zit, cover it with a little bit of toothpaste during the night.
- Results won't come within a day, not even within a week. When trying new products, wait a month before stopping them because you think they do nothing.

Please tell me what are your own beauty tips!