Beauty Tips For Body Care
BUCKLE UP, BABES. THIS GONNA BE A LONG ASS RANT.I live in the Philippines. We only have two seasons here: dry and wet, and normally those two occur at the extremes (intense scalding heat and nonstop typhoons).I can't help but notice that a lot of media content on skincare is extremely US/Eurocentric. Every time we Asians go and search for skincare routines or products to cop, we end up getting pretty disappointed because a lot of them aren't agreeable with the weather conditions.Here are just some of the reasons why we tropical gals have a love-hate relationship with skincare:Choosing the right amount of skincare to wear during the daytime is a challenge. I don't know a single normal person in this country who'd consider slapping on 2 serums, an oil, sunscreen, and moisturizer before heading out in the morning. In just 5 minutes of wear, you will be sweating like a pig and before you know it, you'll have wiped off your entire morning routine trying to keep sweat away with a towel.Skincare before makeup becomes difficult to uphold. Because skincare melts off so easily, so does the makeup that sits on top of it. Don't even get me started on the powders and primers. You could use the heaviest duty primer here and still melt all your makeup off by the end of the day. It's like sticking your head into an oven. Putting on makeup almost always involves a tradeoff. If you're planning on wearing a lot of base, wear less skincare to avoid slipping and clumping. If you wanna wear more skincare, wear less base.Skincare is poorly marketed. Ask any adult in this country how they think acne goes away, and they will say "by washing your face thrice a day". The #1 marketed skincare product here is an antibacterical foaming wash that is sooooo drying. The #2 marketed product is an anti-acne toner that feels and smells like acetone. Marketing for moisturizer? OLAY REGENERIST FOR ANTI-AGING. This may sound like a hasty generalization but I kid you not: a lot of people here only encourage moisturizing when you start getting wrinkles because they don't feel like you need it when you're a kid. As a result, local pharmaceuticals produce drying, anti-acne skincare lines for teens, and Olay for more mature women.Good skincare is expensive and difficult to source. Deciem doesn't ship here. Deciem doesn't even have real official partners that have turned out 100% original products. Just this week I purchased a 2% salicylic acid that turned out to be a counterfit. Just get it straight from the site then? The shipping fee's gonna cost twice or thrice your purchase, and shipping customs is gonna hustle the hell out of you. Until Deciem finds a way to get here, were gonna keep dealing with tons of fakes.Skincare is becoming more common, but still socially ambiguous and frowned upon. Due to the lack of information on skincare suited to tropical weather, nobody really knows if they're doing it right or wrong. The elders here say you're giving yourself pimples by putting on products. The younger ones advocate for skincare. When you invest in skincare, a lot of people in this country consider it to be a display of vanity, and not in any way a means of self-love or improvement. There's an apparent lack of discussion on the relevance of skincare in this country.At the end of the day, I'm just another frustrated skincare enthusiast who hopes that one day younger girls in my country can actually learn how to take better care of their skin in this climate, and hopefully avoid copying what western beauty bloggers do or say just to be disappointed in the end.
Girls Blog 2015
Submitted by thadankest
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