Beauty Tips For Body Care
Obligatory I’m on mobile so sorry. Also kind of a long one (apologies in advance). Skin pics are at bottom!When I began my senior year in college, my skin blew up. It was obvious to me, my family, my friends. I was mortified. I went from clear skin with the occasional period pimple to full blown red bumps and hundreds of CCs all around my mouth. What’s funny is I can actually tell you how it started: I discovered skin care.I was always obsessed with makeup. But my constant trips to sephora introduce me to new skin care items I didn’t know existed, pretty packaging, etc. This could have begun a healthy journey but I started trying everything under the moon (around junior year time frame). My skin reacted badly and soon I couldn’t fix it, even with going back to my normal routine.So I’m 2016 before going back to school I went to the dermatologist. I was prescribed the following routine:AM - neutrogena gentle cream cleanser - Skinceuticals phyto corrective gelPM - a sulfur face wash - Neutrogena gentle cream cleanser - Skinceuticals phyto corrective gelWasn’t prescribed a makeup remover or moisturizer so I picked the neutrogena makeup wipes and drunk elephant serum moisturizer (still obsessed with skin care remember)Within 5 months I had made tremendous progress. My acne was gone. But with that gone my absurdly visible PIE/PIH was around. I now had a new monster to tackle. I continued with my prescribed skin care items until they ran out, and then much to my stupidity, began experimenting with new products to solve my dark marks.So then we came back to the point between 2017- 2018 where I was an idiot again. You can see from the pictures. I didn’t let me skin heal, introduced harsh products, and my skin hated me for it. Looking back it’s shocking to me that I didn’t realize I was doing the same thing that got me into the whole mess. My skin was better than it’s worst, sure, but still awful in terms of what I wanted. So I’m the fall of 2019 I said “f*ck it” and decided to go as bare bones as possible.So here we are in July 2019, coinciding with my last progress pic. My routine is simple:PM - Ponds cleansing balm cleanser (for taking off makeup) - Neutrogena gentle cream cleanser as face wash (going back to my roots) - Thayers witch hazel toner - Sometimes I stop here and go to bed. Once or twice a week I put on murad skin lightening gel (outstanding PIE/PIH/melisma) with cerave in tub. Making sure to stay gentle here.AM - differin face wash a couple times a week in shower - Cocktail of DE rise & glow kit - Always sunscreenMy skin is no where near perfect as you can see from the pictures. Honestly don’t think it will ever be. But for the first time in a while I’m ok without makeup. I took pictures in the harshest sunlight today and didn’t hate my skin. I actually don’t have to wear foundation to work now (usually just concealer over a mix of sunscreen with DE bronze booster to match my face and body).This was an extremely long time coming. I point that out because so many posts on here show perfect skin in less than a year. While that’s attainable for some (I’m jealous!), for most people it isn’t reasonable. Changing your mind sight and expectations can make a world of difference. If I had this midnight two years ago my skin might now be fully healed because I wouldn’t have relapsed.TLDR: Being gentle and kind to your skin has to be your number one priority. I promise it will payoff. Skin pics below.https://imgur.com/gallery/ZRrzI7C
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