More Lifestyle News from True Blood: Rutina Wesley

Rutina Wesley plays the character Tara in “True Blood” series.  Even if she was abused by her mother, Tara goes on staying at Sookie.  Enough about Tara – let’s talk about Rutina’s lifestyle.

Rutina Wesley likes to spend her time with husband and their kitty, according to an interview she gave to TrueBloodNet.com.  Born in Las Vegas and helped by her parents, Rutina studied hard and received her BFA in Theatre Performance in 2001.  Now she lives in New York, her favorite charity being Save Darfur – she played “In Darfur” at the Public Theater.

The actress takes good care of her body.  She never forgets to wash her face, after a working day.  “Wash your face, wash your face, wash your face!  No matter how tired you are at the end of the day, wash your face!  And moisturize and use sunscreen!” said Rutina.

It’s hard to look good in public, so here are 7 steps to a shiny face:

Clean it twice a day

Depending on your skin, choose a product that you’ll use twice a day to fight the common skin problems. 

Facial hair

It’s important to take care of your eyebrows.  Before you trim the eyebrows take a wash cloth soaked in warm or hot water and press the eyebrows.  Also you may want to groom your upper lip and chin hair.

Moisture

Keep your skin soft and glowing by using moisture.  A dry skin needs moisturing ASAP.

Lots of water

Your body needs to be well hydrated to remove wastes and oils from your face.  It is recommended to drink lots of water.

Take your hands off

You have oils on your hands, so if you touch your face you’ll end up increasing blemishes.  Don’t mess with acne.  Your pillow case should be changed often.

Don’t forget the lips

Moisturize your lips – wipe them with a sugar-and-water solution.  Sugar removes dead cells.  Also, you may want to use a lip hydrator.

Sun protection

Use sunblock cream every day.  During summer you can wear hats to protect yourself.  The alternative is sunscreen or makeup with sunscreen in it.

Rutina Wesley also exercises 20 minutes a day.  “I also like to try and do 20 minutes of cardio a day to stay healthy…and not eat at “In and Out” as often as I’d like!” she said.

Try to plan and evaluate your meals to have the necessary energy to exercise.  You can use Project Weight Loss’ tools for that:  The menu planner helps you create healthy diet plans; the calorie counter counts the calories in your meals and tells you if that's more than you need to reach your ideal weight; the workout planner helps you choose exercises to burn excess calories; the BMI calculator calculates your current and ideal body mass index.