Sleeping Beauty

So, don't you want to look like that? I'm going to tell you my secret. Come closer, it's not like I can yell it on all blogland...

Est-ce que ça vous dirait de ressembler à la Belle-au-Bois-Dormant? Approchez un peu, je vais vous livrer mon secret. Mais avant cela, vous devriez écouter cette divine musique que Tchaïkovski a composé sur ce conte. Cela vous mettra dans l'ambiance.

Maybe you should first listen to this. Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty is one of my favourite ballet music. I say that a lot, but seriously there are some ballet music I could be listening to all day long - my neighbours are complaining in the summer.

So I can't guarantee you to become as beautiful as Aurélie Dupont... Today is about a secret, not a miracle.

But if you want to keep a smooth skin during the cold months of winter, I'm going to share my recipe.

It was inspired by a famous French brand that made great skin softener, as you can see on their former catalogue.

Bon, j'ai plus ou moins piqué la recette à une célèbre marque de produits de beauté. Malheureusement, ils ont arrêté de commercialiser leurs mélanges d'huile pour le visage. Alors, cet hiver, j'ai décidé de refaire ma préférée.

And then, they stopped selling them. Last winter, I tried different kinds of natural oils, but they didn't work as well.

So this year, I made my own, inspired by their recipe.

 

For this recipe, I use some of the tiny bottles on the bottom shelf of this cabinet, that you might have notice in the previous post.

Pour réaliser cette recette, j'ai utilisé les petites bouteilles que je garde dans l'encoignure que vous avez peut-être vue dans l'article précédent.

In a small bottle, mix: Dans la bouteille, mélangez:

• 15 mL (one tablespoon) of sunflower oil / 15 mL d'huile de tournesol;
•  15 mL (one tablespoon) of grapeseed oil / 15 mL d'huile de pépins de raisin;
•  15 mL (one tablespoon) of pumpkin seed oil / 15 mL d'huile de pépins de courge;
• 12 drops of lemon essential oil / 12 gouttes d'huile essentielle de citron;
• 6 drops of pelargonium graveolens essential oil / 6 gouttes d'huile essentielle de géranium rosat;
• 6 drops of petitgrain bigarade (a kind of bitter orange) essential oil/ 6 gouttes d'huile essentielle de petitgrain bigarade;
• 6 drops of ylang-ylang (cananga odorata) essential oil/ 6 gouttes d'huile essentielle d'ylang-ylang.

 Shake well! Secouez bien!

Apply every evening on your face.

It smells evenly good.

I'm not a specialist in essential oils, but I've read a few books. As a rule, I always use less drops than what is advised as I know it's powerful stuff. The recipe above is the one I personally use.

Appliquez sur votre visage chaque soir. Attention, ne l'utilisez pas le matin car les huiles essentielles d'agrumes sont photo-sensibilisantes. Remarquez que les parfumeurs en utilise de plus en plus sans mettre de mises en garde.

Don't use it in the morning though as all citrus essential oils are not to be used on the skin if you go in the sun. I already noticed that some famous brand use them without any warning on their packaging...

I can promise you'll go to bed with a nice smell surrounding you  and you'll wake up without the dryness and cardboard feeling on your sheeks that is usual in winter (its' not just me, is it?).

Je vous assure que vous vous coucherez enveloppée d'une délicieuse odeur et que vous vous réveillerez sans avoir les joues qui tirent. N'hésitez pas à partager vos petits trucs beauté pour l'hiver dans les commentaires.

Thanks for visiting and let me know if you try the recipe or if you have any good natural winter tips.

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