Chris­tine Dalkan

1. First rule – cleanse, cleanse, cleanse. No mat­ter how tired you are at night, take a few min­utes to wash off your make­up. When you don't, your pores get clogged and there's dead skin buildup. A gen­tle, mild cleanser is best. Now if you're grad­u­at­ing from high school, wear­ing make­up reg­u­lar­ly may not be very like­ly, how­ev­er it is still im­por­tant to wash off the dirt and pol­lu­tion from your face, es­pe­cial­ly at this time when ac­ne is a com­mon prob­lem. Then take a few more min­utes to mois­tur­ize.

2. Do a steam fa­cial - This re­stores a healthy glow to the skin, as the moist heat hy­drates the skin and boosts the cir­cu­la­tion.

3. Treat the Ac­ne - If ac­ne seems to be dom­i­nat­ing your life and you can't seem to catch a break, ap­ply treat­ments con­tain­ing ben­zoyl per­ox­ide, sal­i­cylic acid, and gly­col­ic acid. If you have sen­si­tive skin, treat­ments with an­tiox­i­dants such as green tea, Vi­t­a­min C and E as well as an­ti-in­flam­ma­to­ry in­gre­di­ents are rec­om­mend­ed.

4. Ap­ply saf­fron (mixed in a lit­tle oil to make paste) every­day for the week lead­ing up to your grad­u­a­tion. This spice is known for ton­ing and en­hanc­ing the tex­ture of the skin.

5. Fa­cial Bronz­er - you can fake it till you make it. That is; de­pend on a fa­cial bronz­er. For a light com­plex­ion, choose a hon­ey coloured, peach or pink bronz­er. For medi­um skin, use a rose-bronze, or cop­per shade on olive skin. Use am­ber bronz­er on dark skin.