Simple DIY Mask for sensitive skin

My skin has been breaking out nonstop for a few months now, aside from acne, there are acne scars, redness and magnified pores. :(

It's getting better gradually and I'm doing my best to eat clean, drinking more water and just treating my skin like they're the most fragile things on earth. It's so hard to leave home without concealing my acne. I know I'm just rubbing salt on my wound but I feel incredibly self-conscious if I head out without concealing my acne. I do leave home without concealing my acne on good days but those good days are hard to come by, until I gave this super simple DIY homemade mask a go. It instantly reduce the redness of my skin after leaving it on for 15 minutes before rinsing. I am honestly not sure if it will work for everyone, but the fact that both ingredients are natural, I'd say give it a go. 

That's really all you need. Just one table spoon of fresh yoghurt, and half a spoon of pure honey and voila! 

You could make a bigger portion according to ratio and keep it refrigerated for up to 3 days but I am not a big fan of storing these natural darlings as I think it works best when it is fresh. 

The Gap

This post is a little serious to what I normally blog about, but I need to let it out.

When I say the gap, I am actually talking about the gap year that I have been on right after my pre-u (Grade 12) studies in June 2012. One thing that never fails to baffle me is the amount of people who give me the disbelief look when I say I'm taking a gap year off. What is wrong with Malaysians (or Asians in general) thinking that the faster you complete your undergraduate degree the sooner you'll succeed. I absolutely hate this mentality. Unless I am doing absolutely nothing to be a better person, taking a gap year off means I'm doing things, part time jobs, internships, volunteering, personal development and growth. In short, taking a gap year off means I'm figuring out who I really am or who I want to be before spending my parent's hard-earned money on an undergraduate degree that I might be doing just for the sake of doing it. I'd rather take a gap year off to find out where my passion lies than go straight to uni, get a degree that I'm not even sure why, get a job relating to my degree and potentially hating my job for the rest of my life. If you take a look around Malaysia, 1 out of 1000 (maybe 100000) students take a gap year off after SPM/STPM/Pre-U, most of the time it's the parents that pressures the children to continue their studies immediately and sometimes its the children themselves who are afraid of being left behind when their friends have all moved on to this thing called university that seems oh-so-amazing. Well, my dear, I do think its more rewarding when you take a gap year off to find out who/what you wanna be before enrolling into uni and when you enter uni, you'll be the one ahead with a clear direction in mind.

I'll be blogging about something very personal after this. It's basically why/how I ended up taking a gap year off and also a post to inform everyone my whereabouts. It's a little sad how some friends still say "How's Canada?"

Stay tuned.

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