If you have sensitive skin, always choose brown sugar over white granulated sugar or other coarse-grained sugars. Brown sugar is the softest sugar and will be the most gentle on your skin. The following oils contain ingredients that will benefit your skin: Olive oil is naturally antibacterial and will moisturize very dry skin without clogging pores. Safflower oil is also antibacterial, and may help calm irritated skin and prevent clogged pores. Almond oil is antibacterial, reduces the effects of UVB rays, and may improve skin tone. Extra virgin coconut oil is a favorite amongst DIY beauty product aficionados. It is antibacterial, and full of antioxidants and free radicals that keep the skin looking young. Avocado oil is a rich moisturizer. Unlike the other oils, it is not antibacterial. The amount of fruits or vegetables you add is flexible; just start small and keep them finely chopped so that they don't overpower the mixture. The following fruits and vegetables are popular recommendations: Kiwi flesh contains antioxidants, which can help brighten your complexion, reduce fine lines, and fight other signs of ageing. Kiwi seeds will add a little boost to the exfoliating properties of the scrub. Strawberries are full of vitamin C, and will help brighten and even out your skin tone. They also contain alpha-hydroxy acid, which helps remove dead skin cells. Experts claim strawberries can also reduce oiliness, clear up acne, and reduce under-eye puffiness. Pineapple contains an enzyme that dissolves dead skin cells, making it a good choice for acne-prone skin. Studies have shown that pineapple enzymes may also have skin-whitening effects. Tomatoes contain lycopene, an antioxidant that may be useful in protecting your skin from UV damage caused by sunburn. Cucumbers have an anti-inflammatory capability that can reduce puffiness. Small plastic containers with tight-fitting lids are a good choice. In other words, don't make a big batch, otherwise it could go bad before you can use it all. In addition, if you add fruits or vegetables to your facial treatment, be sure to refrigerate it. Regardless of which sugar, oil, and fruit you choose, you'll use a 2:1 sugar-to-oil ratio. How much fruit you add is more flexible and really just depends on personal preference. Experts recommend the following combinations: Granulated white sugar, safflower oil, and kiwi to brighten your skin. Granulated white sugar, almond oil, and strawberries to brighten and tone your skin. Brown sugar, avocado oil, and cucumber to soothe, calm, and restore sensitive skin. The process for mixing your ingredients is to stir the sugar and oil in a bowl until they are just combined, then to add in the finely chopped fruit or vegetable. Next, muddle the mixture together. Be sure not to over-mix or over-muddle the sugar, oil, and fruit/vegetables, otherwise the sugar will dissolve. Be sure to close the lid tightly. You can store the mixture in your refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Wash your face and pat it dry. Apply the mixture to your face using your fingers, working in gentle circular motions. Let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes, removing it immediately if you experience a burning sensation. Rinse your face thoroughly with cool water and pat dry. Follow it up with your favorite moisturizer. Repeat up to twice a week.
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One-sentence summary -- Choose which type of sugar to use. Choose an oil. Add a fruit or vegetable. Obtain suitable containers for storing your facial treatments. Know that adding produce to your mixture will reduce its shelf life. Know some recipes. Combine your ingredients. Don't over-mix the ingredients. Spoon the mixture into your storage container and store. Follow the usual instructions for applying the mixture to your face: Finished!

Fortunately, Mac owners have a plethora of options available to them for doing this. Choose whichever method suits you the best. Remember that virtual storage and physical storage each have advantages and disadvantages, and remember that anything you don't back up will be gone forever once you reformat your computer's hard drive. Be thorough. Back up with iCloud if most or all of your content is legally purchased files from the iTunes store. The iCloud service backs up all such content automatically on a daily basis, as well as details like user settings, text messages, phone contacts, and so on. For most users, iCloud is more of a smartphone option than a computer option. Back up to an external hard drive. This is the time-honored method most people use to back up their computer. Run a program such as Apple's own Time Machine utility, and point it to the external drive you have connected to your computer. The program will create a backup copy of everything except system files. You can also back your drive up manually by literally dragging everything you want to save onto your external hard drive's desktop icon en masse, but this is messy, slow, and less reliable than letting a program take care of it for you, in most cases. Back up to physical media. When all else fails, if your computer has a writable optical drive (such as a DVD/RW drive), you can purchase a stack of blank discs and manually back up content to the discs, one disc at a time. This isn't recommended, as it's easy to misplace or damage the discs, but in a dire emergency it can help you save data and applications that might otherwise have been lost. Load your Mac's Install disc into the optical drive and reset the computer. As the computer boots up again, hold down the "c" key to force it to boot up from the Install disc. You'll see a list of language options, and then a menu screen. From this point until you've completely finished reinstalling your system software and reset the computer, do not remove the Install disc from the drive for any reason. Select "Utilities" from the menu, and "Disk Utility" from there. In Disk Utility, choose the hard disk you want to erase from the drop down menu and click the "Erase" tab, then click and confirm the "Erase" button. Disk Utility will erase that entire drive. Erasing a hard drive takes time. Be prepared to wait a while and, as before, don't jostle or move the computer while it's erasing. Be very careful not to select your backup drive by accident. If you're worried you might, just unhook it from your computer before you restart it. Once you're done erasing your hard disk, quit Disk Application to find a Mac Installer window. Click the "Continue" button to view the license agreement. Read it if you want, then accept it and click the hard drive you just erased on the next screen. Click "Install" to install the system software. Once you've finished installing the system software, click "Restart" to restart your Mac and boot up as normal. Your Mac will guide you through initial setup; once you've finished, it's time to update to the latest version of the OS you were using. Visit your account at Apple.com and download and install all the updates you previously purchased. Depending on the method you chose, either load your optical discs sequentially, drag files from your external hard drive, or run Time Machine (or another backup utility) and choose to restore your old files from an external hard drive. All three methods take time, so be patient. If you have data backed up on iCloud, you can simply log in and copy it back to your hard disk.
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Back up files. Restart from disc. Run Disk Utility. Reinstall the system software. Restart and update. Restore your files.