video tutorial: hemp oil cleanse for clogged pores

get rid of clogged pores once and for all with a hemp oil cleanse. works for ANY age and ANY skin type. watch the video!

Winter Skin

Magical mystical hemp forest.

All right, y'all. I have a totally Felix Unger-ish "condition" called Cold Urticaria, which is basically hives brought on by the cold. An allergy to cold air, if you will. How lame is that? I get red, bumpy, itchy hives on my neck, face, chest, and arms. Whatever is exposed to the cold. It's ugly and uncomfortable. When I got it diagnosed maybe 20 years ago, the doctor paraded me around to all the other doctors in the complex to show me off. His little medical anomaly. They were all very impressed. He put me on antihistamines, which didn't work, and I just suffered through it the rest of that winter. It never happened again until this year! WTH???? Now it's back. Thank goodness it's not on my face this time, but it's all over my chest, arms, and lower legs.


This time I'm trying to cure it (or at least minimize it) at home with all natural stuff. So far I've tried lavender, rosemary, and clary sage essential oils, homemade calendula-infused sweet almond oil, and the ponderosa pine-infused oil I made awhile back that's supposed to be awesome for skin conditions. The only thing I accomplished with those is to further irritate my skin. Finally, I went back to the tried and true: HEMP SEED OIL. I swear to god, this oil is magic. It cures EVERYTHING!  

Clearing clogged pores: Makeup

When I FINALLY got rid of all those horrific closed comedones (BUMPS! WHITEHEADS! MINI HORROR SHOWS!) on my face, I started looking around for a makeup that I could use that would not negate all that work. I sing in a band, and like to wear matte makeup with full coverage and good adherance on stage so my face doesn't look like an oil slick under the lights. That's really the only time I wear makeup.

Carry Nation! Back in the day when all I needed was a wonderbra and black eyeliner.

Clearing clogged pores: Water only cleansing

soap and commercial cleansers can clog your pores. so how do you clean your face without clogging your pores?

Shall we start with the face? I developed closed-comedone acne when I was 27 years old. It was a rude awakening from the smug euphoria of having a perfect Irish complexion throughout my young life. Closed comedones are little plugs of sebum that collect in the pores. If they emerge on the surface, they oxidize, turn black, and become blackheads. If they stay trapped beneath the skin, they are whiteheads. They're the most difficult kind of acne to treat because it's difficult to get medicine down into a closed pore. I've used some things that have worked, like Retin-A and Obaji Nu-derm, but those things are really harsh. I was determined to come up with a home-made routine that would work just as well without the harshness.