Beauty Tips For Body Care
...Gosh, I think I'm hopeless. My skin is really bad on several levels. I don't know what it might be that may be the problem, or what I should do. I have the worst skin in the known history of my family.I don't want to go blasting more money on skincare products that might not work, y'know? Yet something has to change, I know that. I'm a girl in college and I want to look, at the very least, not like a...mess by default. I'll only be young once. I'm distraught by how I'm in my prime yet here I am...with a very f'ed up face and I can't even go out into public without feeling ashamed. Is this how things will be like forever? When I was a teen things weren't this bad.IssuesWhile I've only picked at one pimple in the past few months - I've been a good girl - it looks like I did way more than that. Bumps like red, small wounds cover my combination-skinned face. For some reason the acne scars from past breakouts seem to usually look that way...so, so red and angry, for weeks, even months, at a time. There are a few raised things that are less like pimples that look kinda red and exposed, yet they just got there yesterday and are untouched. I get some hormonal acne on my chin to top that off. With that said, it seems like my issue is inflammation in general more than acne. Trust me. The redness and red marks in general seem to overshadow the one or two new notable pimples I get weekly.The worst-affected spots are my cheeks (lower, especially the places near to my mouth and nose), chin, and upper lip.Why this is urgent:I...well, I'm embarrassed to leave my dorm without make-up on. I literally WON'T leave without it. Late for class? Rather than run to the shuttle I'd stay and make sure my face is at least a little hidden. Sometimes I skip class altogether because I just don't want to go out. I don't want to bother people with my face...yup, I'm being honest here. I feel stupid because, hey, no one has ever commented in an unarguably poor way on it besides one guy that said "f--- no, do you see those scars?" to someone that complimented me years ago. Still, it gets to me.Skin routineAlba Botanica's Acne Wash. Sometimes I use Shea Moisture's black soap instead to cleanse my face because I have a slight suspicion that the Acne Wash irritates my skin. :/ Dr. Dickenson's Witch Hazel Toner (with alcohol. Unfortunately, didn't know this till after ordering!)Cerave's PM facial moisturizer, but tbh I'm unsure if it helps me at all. Stings a tiny bit, too. Of course since it's so recommended and supposed to be the "Safe" option, I've been using it every night for a few months. To top it off, I usually like to apply Jojoba Oil with a drop of geranium oil. Same story with not really seeing any effect.The next part is a lil more complicated and entropic. Recently I found out about something really cool called "The Ordinary", a cheap skincare line. So two weeks ago I got...-Buffet. I love the idea of it but my skin, I think, is too f'ed up to take it...I've used it for at least 7 nights-Zinc+Nicinamide. Occasionally used. Still dunno how it affects my skin, though it seems like it'd help a lot in theory. I'll try to use it on one side of my face for a while and see what it actually does to my face.-Retinol 2%, which I've used four times. Hasn't given me any adverse reaction as far as I know... I was happy. Ultimately, however, after using the buffet, zinc, and retinol occasionally, I just see that my face is a bit plumper with a bit of a glow. Nothing more.-Also got some vitamin c + HA lotion...but you wouldn't be able to pay me to use it. Put a tiny dab on my face mixed with some Cerave moisturizer and it burned me....And it seems like I have a break-out/allergic reaction today around my mouth, one that started in the evening long after I applied my morning moisturizer.Should I give up the new products? Get some new ones? Go cry? Go find a dermatologist at my school (trust me it's hard to do this--the process will take many weeks and might cost)? Just put ointment on my entire face and pray to the universe (not that I've done this)?Tl;dr: I may need a new skin routine that emphasizes healing above all else. Also, it has to cost <100$.Note: I've avoided exfoliation altogether for many months. Seriously. I can barely use that retinol...and I don't even want to imagine how rough exfoliation may effect the pseudo-open wounds of my face.
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