To Peel or Not to Peel

I've recently joined the Pinterest social network.  I have to admit its "Pin interesting!"  I suspect that most of the world can be found in there if one has the notion to look.  The menu consists of music, art, sewing, foods of all things imaginable, humor, design, some...umm...shall we say, interesting clothing whists, crafts, child rearing tips, ....need I continue??  While one can become rather absorbed in the pinning world, I find myself wondering if some of these things really work.  Today I put myself out on a limb for all you pinners of natural beauty tips.  After all, if I'm going to happily pin away, I really want to know if these things are worth the whittling away of my time. 


Today's lab experiment was definitely..."Pin interesting!"  This one came from this blog post   http://petitelefant.com/how-to-pore-strips/  I'm not quite sure why she refers to it as pore strips, because there aren't any strips involved, unless she was referring to the strips of skin that are peeled off.  The treatment only uses two ingredients:  unflavored gelatin and milk.  How bad can it be?  


I just jumped off the cliff with this one.  After several seconds of microwaving, (and I suggest here that although she says to work quickly, one might want to wait a nano-second for it cool off a tad) I worked to cover most of my face with the stuff.  She put it all over her face, so why shouldn't I follow the instructions.  (I CAN do that occassionally.  Well....almost.  I didn't exactly measure the ingredients - I have a pretty accurate eyeball.)

Lovely isn't it?

I learned that:
- Perhaps working with a smaller area would have been wiser.
- When she says "you’ll know it’s time when you can’t talk for fear of breaking something,"  she means your face.
- Do not use a eyebrow brush to get it out of the crease between your nose and your cheek.  It hurts.  There is not a single brush in your makeup bag or drawer that will be appropriate.  Trust me, I tried.
- Don't  - DO NOT - get it in your eyebrows.  It hurts.  Do not pull.  Get a warm wet washcloth and soak your face in it.
- Maybe if you wait longer, it peels of in larger strips like her picture.  Mine was reminiscent of peeling sunburned skin.  After awhile, I decided that the washcloth idea was genius. 
- Use plain water to wash your face.  Soap stings.  Yes, even something mild like Neutrogena.  You have just peeled off a complete layer of your skin.  Refer to the sunburn remark.


Would I do it again?  Maybe.  A smaller area.  If my pores are screaming, "Please, oh please, clean me!"  Like that's going to happen!


Gratitude for:
- The Italian Pasta Bake from Pinterest that we had for supper tonight was easy and yummy.  AND... it made enough that I was able to freeze two smaller containers for future nights!
- My vacuum cleaner is back home, and repaired.
- Any day I get to sew a little is a good day.  Today was a good day.