How to keep your skin clear in 4 easy steps:

1: Make sure the products that you use to wash your skin, such as body gel, are completely scrubbed off before exiting the shower.

2. Drink lots of water! Not only will your skin thank you, but basically every other part of your body will as well--drinking water is basically a win-win situation.

3. Cut out toxic people: don't text them back, don't get coffee with them, don't even think about them. Toxic people=stress, and because you deserve more than having a few of them laying around, cut them out. Even if you're a type of person who values everyone's personal opinions about themselves (like me). Staying awake late at night is for Netflix binging, not stress over people who would not even think about putting themselves in such a giving position as you would. Sure, all relationships need work, but work is a two-way street and is definitely not a one-way street with someone holding eighty pounds of brick on their back, too.

4. Pay more attention to your diet: instead of having desert every meal, pick one meal to treat yourself. Salads may not taste the best, so find healthy alternates that fulfill your vitamin and health category. Or if you're like my mother, you'll find an obscure vegetable to bring to the dinner table. I have noticed that sometimes, not liking vegetables stems from not understanding how to cook them, so investing more time in this department could actually be more helpful

More importantly: acne or any kind of skin blemish does not make you ugly! It is a product of a multitude of factors that are beyond your control

* I am not a doctor, just an exasperated woman