Beauty Tips For Body Care
I think it's great to share routines and skin type as it would give everyone an opportunity to assess if they're missing out on some product or ingredient which after necessary research and patch testing, might end up working out for them too! YMMV but it doesn't mean we shouldn't look for inspiration in other people's routine!I'll start with mine:So AML'oreal Men Expert Hydra Energetic Skin Awakening Icy Cleansing GelRating: 6/10 (in its contribution to helping me achieve perfect skin!) - it ends up leaving my skin slightly taut and squeaky after I'm done using it and I'm hoping to replace this soon.Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid - 10/10 (Excellent product and for my acne prone skin it works great to unclog my pores, diminish any new acne and reduce scarring/inflammation)Andalou Naturals Revitalize Serum - 8/10 (Solid serum with an impressive range of antioxidants and HA with no irritants - it's hard to rule out what it's exact contribution has been but I'm sure its worked in conjunction with other products to minimise PIH and increase suppleness of my skin. The main reason I use this serum is because it's so hard to find a good broad spectrum sunscreen with more than one antioxidant which is a pity!)La Roche Posay Anthelios XL 50+ SPF Comfort Cream - 8/10 - it does not break me out which is great and I love its formulation especially to protect against UVA damage. I do wish it made my skin less oily though and it does feel kind of heavy on my skin but I don't care much since I know it provides complete coverage and is non comodegenic).Banana Boat Faces Ultra Protect Loton - 9/10 - I wanted a cheap sunscreen for my hands and neck and this works! It's fragrance free with SPF 50+ and PA +++ (just one short of the coveted-4 star rating) - the high rating is just cause of how cheap it is and cost-effective without compromise on quality. It absorbs really well on my skin on neck and hands (although generally most people would find absorption much better on hands and neck for other products too?)PM: L'oreal Men Expert Hydra Energetic Skin Awakening Icy Cleansing GelRating: 6/10+Wait 20 minutesRetin A 0.025% (tretinoin) - 9/10 - I love it! I hated it first when I started cause it made me purge and made my skin dry and it does still have the ability to make my skin super sensitive but when I objective look back, it's smoothened my skin like crazy! No more CCs (BHA also helped with this btw) and the texture is great. I feel despite sunscreen it's caused me to 'tan' a bit but that's alright- I've been using since June and so I'm relatively pleased with my progress on it. Plan on using it till end of December so I completed 6 months and then might use 0.01% 2-3x a week for maintenance). This is what helped fade some of my most stubborn PIH (it's still working on some) and now that my skin has settled the acne that seems to come up is much smaller and usually just a whitehead which does not leave much trace (again sunscreen might be very crucial in not allowing PIH scars to be intense).Wait 20 minutesCetaphil Moisturizing Cream- 8/10 Just introduced this to combat the slight dryness due to Retin-A and BHA use. I also did not have a good moisturizing element in my skincare (other than the serum which is a pre-moisturiser in many ways) and I wanted something reasonable, cost-effective and basic with known emollients - I don't get ceraVe here otherwise I would have used that! But I do like Cetaphil cream so far, it's helped to soften my skin and take away some of that dryness which had come at the end of my eyes due to the strong regimen I was in).So this is mine--- waiting to hear yours! x
Girls Blog 2015
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