For my sister: Facial Routine for Evening Out Tone

My sister and I have medium toned, combination skin. We fall in the light tan range.

What does this mean? We're more likely to tan than get sunburned because of the melanin in our skin and when it comes to getting acne, we're prone to getting dark spots (a.k.a. post inflammatory hyper pigmentation) on our skin after the acne heals. And those take forever to go away :(

I like talking skin care because I've really expanded my skin care regimen in an effort to target my skin issues. It's a lot like working out (not that I know a lot about working out) when I hear people talk about leg days, weight training, cardio, and such, it's not unlike my situation of looking at my skin and needing a mask, scrub, or sleeping pack. Also, it's nice waking up in the morning and seeing good looking skin.

I'll be tackling evening out skin tone.

Chocolate vs. Sardines

It's easy to like Lilly. That's my little sister to the right. She's got a really likable personality.

In a small conversation over a fortune cookie fortune, I related to my little sis:

"You're like chocolate. It's easy for people to like you in varying doses. Even people who eat chocolate occasionally still like it. You're just easy to like."

I'm like sardines. I'm an acquired taste. At the same time sardines are "out there" enough to where if someone says they like them, there's some real genuine liking going on. We know sardines are not as easily likable as chocolate.

I personally like both at different times for different reasons.

Sisterly Love

I remember one time that my sister was in town a couple of months ago, we were walking towards Whole Foods in mildly wet conditions. My sister could sense her impending fall, and I kept telling her that if she knew it was coming, she should do something about it. She fell. I helped her up and told her:

See, you don't love yourself enough to get sandals with better traction.