Photography is something I have been trying to learn myself for two year now, and I feel like I am far from that point I want to be at. I love taking a morning to photograph everything I do, and that is exactly what I have been doing this morning!

Every time I read a post on how to cleanse your face 'the right way' I feel a little disappointed in the post, there is so much more than just making sure your face is cleansed. I'll tell you exactly the 3 steps you need to do to make sure you face is in perfect condition!

I feel like ever beauty blogger should now the 3 steps I am going to tell you, especially when you are giving advice to your friends! When they only mention you should cleanse your face, they're right, but not entirely because there is so much more you need to do to keep your skin healthy. I made a post on my Skin Care Ritual (have a look ;) ) and as you can tell it is a very minimal skin care ritual. It doesn't need to be big, with all sort of oils, no, sometimes, less is more. So let me tell you what you actually need to do to have a healthy skin!

The first step and this is also the step that I see everyone mentioning: Cleansing.
Before you start cleansing, by the way, you need to make sure that most of you makeup is removed, otherwise this will not have any effect on your skin what so ever. After having removed the makeup you can start by cleansing your face. A cleanser is supposed to clean you face in a deeper way, to make sure that no dirt, left-overs of your makeup and other bacteria's stays in your face. Rinse you face very well, you want nothing of the product left-overs on your skin, this will only destroy your face.
I would suggest taking a cleanser that is soap free, I know the one I use is soap free. The reason I recommend this is because a soap cleanser dries your skin out and doesn't give your skin a nutritious feeling.

The second step is one a lot of people forget I noticed. The Toner.
Toning you face is actually the most important thing of you entire cleansing ritual. The toner repair the damage that your cleanser made to you skin. It makes it feel hydrated and fresh. You do not want to forget that some cleansers contain soap, this dries your skin out, the cleansers who doesn't have soap still lowers a little your skin pH,some skin types repair the damage easier but some skin sorts don't and this can leave you with a very dry, irritated feeling. So you absolutely want to re-balance the pH of your skin with a Toner.

Third step: moisturizing.
This one is the finishing touch. Making sure that you skin is protected, hydrated and nourished will give you that extra fresh feeling. I highly recommend still doing this so that you get less dirt in your face and your face will stay in a better condition for a longer amount of time.

disclaimer: These are the basic steps, steps that I hear most people forget, I am not saying everybody is forgetting to mention these steps! This, on the other hand might not work for some people because they have a specific acne problem. I have a friend who follows all these steps but still need extra product from her dermatologist.

So, how do you keep your acne away?
Lots of love
~Joëlle~

Succulents, indoor plants, I wasn't really that kind of person that could take care of plants. Until recently. I have a fair amount of plants now... So I thought, why not share with  you all my indoor plants!
Lately, I have been obsessed with plants. I love having green in my room! I actually always was a plant lover but a fair amount of times they started rotting and dying and getting ugly due to an overdose of water. Those poor plants... I killed quite a lot of them... R.I.P plants!
But you know what they say "From your mistakes you learn". and so did I. In the last month two chlorophytum comosum variegatum died... So sad because I really loved them, My fault... I forget to put them back inside after a beautiful day and then at night it started raining... and they got an overdose of water. So babes... rest in peace. So I decided to look how to take care of them (because I still have a baby one in my room) so that the next time, it wouldn't happen again.
So today I am going to share with you all my plants. Most of them are succulent plants and some, and that's just one or two plants, who aren't succulent.
The reason I put these three together is because they actually are together in one pot. They sort of need the same treatment. What I love about these is that, except for the Echeveria, they also have stripes! Hehe, I like stripes! hihi. I don't know, together they make the perfect combination. I love it.
For them all count that they grow slow, (duh it's a succulent you may think, but some succulent grow faster than you may think!), they don't need to much water except in the hot summer day (wich we barely have here in holland but he, good to know right!). What I do is use a spray and I spray if over the ground, not on the plants. If you do that you will see some white dried water drops on it and that's not really lovely to see. They all love the bright sunlight, and the ground needs to have somewhat of drainage in the bottom. I don't have any pot with drainage so what I do: I put a fair amount of little stones, put them on the bottom, add ground, put another layer of small stones and plant the plant.
And finally, the Aloe Vera. So happy I got this one! It's known for its medical remedies when you burned yourself, it is also used a lot in facial cleansing products and hair product, actually in all kinds of product. I got it because a lot of time I want to buy the gel and then I see the price and I am "Oh... little expensive..." and so I decided to give it a go and try it out. It's actually quite a lovely plant to look at. I just don't know where to place him yet in my room. This plant also needs a drainage hole but I just did the same as above. In the winter it barely needs any attention, maybe once every fortnight a little bit of water. In the summer, it needs more water due to the warmth and risk of drying out. You can water it every week BUT make sure that the soil is completely dry before rewatering!