I had forgotten I had a tube of this stuff in my cabinet. I just read a bunch of glowing reviews on makeupalley.com and since my skin has been so oily and bumpy lately (clogged pores!) this seemed like a good solution. Maybe I'll do this 3x a week and the aspirin mask 2x a week. All together it will end up costing me about ten cents per mask. Beat that, expensive skincare line!

It is freezing cold in SF right now. Brian told me it gets so cold here in the summer because of the hot air in the valley on the other side of the hills. Can someone explain how that works exactly?

Tags: skincare

Ingredients:

8-10 regular aspirin tablets
a few drops of water or dime-sized drop of moisturizer
tsp of honey (optional)

Grind the aspirin into a powder, either with two spoons, or a mortar and pestle, or whathaveyou.

Add liquid(s) to the powder and mix into a paste.

Smear thin coat over your face, leave on for 30 minutes.

Rinse off and moisturize.

Do this 2 or 3 times per week.

Why does it work? Aspirin contains some salyclic acid, the active ingredient in many anti-acne soaps, toners, treatments, etc. This trick has been around for awhile and I just now tried it for the first time. My skin felt pretty soft afterward (probably the honey). I mainly want to get rid of the bumpy clogged pores on my forehead.

Tags: skincare