" Silly! This is called a mud mask. It's to refresh and rejuvenate your complexion."
(Yes, I thought of the quotation as I was putting the thing on. And it delights me to think there are 9 and 10 year old girls out there who know of mud masks because of Rarity)
But yeah, in the summer my face (still, even, at 46) goes into Oil Overdrive and once a week or so I must do something to reduce it. Mud masks seem to work well and also make my skin feel better. (This is called a Mint Julep mask, it's what I was able to get. It....tingles...a little. Not sure if it's supposed to do that, I like the plain clay masks better)
In the winter I don't do it because my skin gets dry then.
The only other slightly nonstandard thing I do is sometimes use vinegar as a final rinse in my hair; it seems to get the soap out more effectively than just water. I'm guessing it's a pH thing, counteracting the slightly basic conditioner, and also, I know women used to save rainwater (which is very slightly acidic* unlike ground water or well water) and use it.
(*Naturally occurring, I'm not talking about nitrous or sulfur oxides from coal burning here. Rainwater reacts with carbon dioxide in the air and forms carbonic acid, which is a very weak acid. Rainwater has a pH of about 5.6 [pure water would be 7] and typically well or ground water has a pH somewhere slightly above 7)
Other than that, as I said, the only "beauty advice" I have is the same old boring stuff doctors give: don't smoke, eat your fruits and vegetables, don't eat a lot of "junk" (though I eat a fair amount of sweets), get enough sleep, drink sufficient water for good health, exercise. Oh, and don't tan. Tanning can age you. (My skin, to quote another woman of Irish descent, has two settings: pale and burnt. So I choose pale, because it's more comfortable. And red really isn't my color.)
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