September favourites

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah all :) how are u?

I changed my plans and decided to stay home today. I have had less anxiety but today my plans gave me too much extra heartbeat, so in sha Allah tomorrow will be a better day. Maybe it's intuition too, it just wasn't a good day for those plans. Oh, what plans? Just a little thing, I tell you later :)

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I'm having a cup of green tea, next to my healthy diet plans. It's so easy to go astray, I like my sugary treats, mints, cheese, snacks... but now it has to go. I'm fine with my current weight, maybe losing 2-3 kg would be ideal for me. I'm not trying to get slimmer, because I feel like this weight suits me the best, I haven't always been happy with my mirror image but now I'm fine with it, alhamdulillah. But I want to take better care of my body. I'm tired of hormonal issues, like hormonal acne. So mainly I just want to be more mindful about my overall health and what kind of fuel I give for my body. Our bodies are also amanah from Allah swt, trusted to our care as long as we have them. 

I have made a list for this month and season, how to better my choices once again. I love making lists and notes, it's nice to read them and plan more. Right now my September list encourages me to resume my hobbies, reduce my screen time, reduce shopping, reduce sugar, and make my own treats (talbina!). Point is to make reasonable goals, nothing too extreme. It's much easier to maintain, and after the goals are reached, you can make then new ones, there's no limit. 

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So, fast forward to September favorites :)

1. Skincare

I'm still using the Ziaja Vitamin C+niacinamide cleansing gel and AHA+PHA peeling face toner, and I really can see the effects. My skin is more glowing and clear. Helps with mild acne and has reduced impurities.

I read just yesterday that probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics are trending now in skincare. I didn't know this, but was looking for a good day and night cream, and decided to try Orion's Probicare Pro. It is a pharmacy product, and not natural cosmetics, but surprisingly contains a lot of natural active ingredients. It has Lactococcus lactis cell extract to strengthen the skin barrier, moisturizes with glycerol and jojoba oil, and protects the skin with antioxidants from rice bran oil and bakuchiol. Especially the bakuchiol is an interesting ingredient, it's basically natural retinol, just gentler to skin and can be combined with any other ingredients. I have already my eye in Limepop shop, they sell bakuchi oil, which could be a good add to my face oil mixture. But anyways! I have used this cream for around a week now, and I see that my skin looks more moisturized and some small wrinkles have smoothened. Feels light and absorbs quickly. Nice :)

And then, the oldest trick: to drink more water. Summer is slowly turning to autumn, but we need still to stay hydrated. :)

2. New look

I got glasses :) alhamdulillah. This is not news, because I have been an eye glass snake (never mind hehe) since I was three years old. I've used contacts since I was 13, so it's been a long time. But also, a long time I haven't had good, wearable glasses, so I blew my tax refunds for new, shiny frames. Feels strange, but I have gotten good feedback. Probably I will still wear contacts most of the time, but at home I can let my eyes rest. :) 

3. Adventures

This is what I want to do, and I'm anxious to do too. That's why today's plans changed.. But I do want to do these little nice things for myself and my well being. Taking these little adventures and mostly alone, because it builds up my self esteem when I succeed in sha Allah. It's kind of a therapy. I want to go places. I know this must sound so silly, why a grown woman is battling with such things but hey hey. I'm very shy person. Let me be. ♥ I can do the obligatory things, but now I mean things I want to do for myself. Enjoy a little instead of just running errands. And doing that with my own terms. To be continued..

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I'll try to get used to this housewife thing too.. alhamdulillah. Everything has a reason. With all this time in my hands, I want to do useful things. One of them is listening more islamic lectures. It's nice to listen something while doing chores, and it will uplift you spiritually. I feel like lately I have been kinda drifting away and hijab feels more difficult, and I don't want it to be so. So focusing more on islamic content in social media and making, again, these good choices, is what I want to do. 

I know I don't write much about islam, and that's just how I deal with things. Islam to me is very personal, and I want to cherish my relationship with Allah swt without posting about it. Also, I'm not so well educated in islam or otherwise, so I don't think I'm the right person to give dawah to people. It's just what I keep close to my heart and want to protect. I may seem like I'm sharing everything, but actually as I want to guard myself and what is important to me, I keep most things for myself. I think it's just natural and I guess we all do that to a certain level. 🌸

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Yeah.. lot of chat today. Thank you for reading! :) I'm gonna busy myself with something, there's plates to wash and a crime documentary to watch. 

Later then,

Aisha