face yourself, really.

2 face yourself: new year, new you. i am starting all over again. new city, new job, new found passion for myself and truly ready 2 FACE MYSELF. face yourself by tori is my cosmetic line that i started last year. the name 2 face yourself came to me from spirit. i have always had a hard time facing myself. surely i am not the only one. i label myself as an esthetician, makeup artist, motivational speaker, and one that is obsessed with the beauty industry. i always have an opportunity to share encouragement with my clients when they are in my makeup chair. this is combining my spiritual beliefs with beauty like a makeup sage. going forward this blog will cover spiritual and beauty topics.

go to the mirror today and look at yourself . please, don't start seeing the negative. introduce yourself to yourself. say, "hello," ,nice to meet you. " you are one of a kind and i will grow to love you and honor the good in you." - a new start.

this bitter cold winter calls for increased exfoliation and extra tender love and hydration. everyone should exfoliate at least once a week. if you are oily twice a week, not everyday. exfoliation allows the dead skin cells to fall off so the moisturizer can actual reach the skin. when you don't exfoliate you get a build up of dead skin that forms a protective like barrier around your skin that does not allow your moisturizer to reach it. considered using a serum or hydrating gel underneath your moisturizer or a moisturizing mask once a week.

TIP: TAKE A HALF PINCH OF BAKING SODA AND MIX IT WITH YOUR FACIAL CLEANSER AND MASSAGE IT INTO YOUR SKIN. THUS YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR OWN EXFOLIANT.