Sunday, April 13, 2014
Just Being Girly
Hi there!
I realize that this is my first ever post and probably will have all but 0 people read this, but everyone has to start somewhere. Right? I am not quite sure where I want this blog to go. Will it be a beauty/fashion blog? A "look what I tried from Pinterest and failed at!" blog? Or will it be one of those daily entrance blogs? I am very much leaning towards the beauty/fashion style but we will just have to wait and see once the ball starts to really roll. For my first post I really wanted to talk about something that I know and that would be my skin care routine! Quick disclaimer: I am not a makeup/skin care expert! I have not been trained or have worked in a shop where I would be fluent in the makeup arts. I just simply do what I have learned from other blogs and have picked up my little tricks throughout my lifetime.
Okay, now that's out of the way I wanted to start with my skin care routine! I would say I have normal to dry skin and had clear skin all up until I turned 19. I'm pretty sure on the day of my 19th birthday I was stricken by the acne god and had pimple face. I tried every type of drugstore face wash I could get my hands on and nothing would work. I was so so SO frustrated! I kept seeing all the TV adds about Proactive and how it worked for all these people and bit the bullet and got some for myself. IT WORKED! I was blown away. I still do get blemishes here and there and my forehead still hasn't been completely cleared but it's a huge improvement to what it used to be.
Okay, back to routine.
I do believe that the Proactive cleanser works much better with a fresh face so if I do have makeup on (which is 99% of the time) I will first wash my makeup off with Philosophy's Purity. Also, a little life hack I have found, I wash off all my eye makeup with Johnson's Baby Oil. It really helps at getting that stubborn mascara off. I would recommend this to everyone who is looking for a very simple cleanser. Once all the makeup is off my face I will then us the Proactive Solutions Renewing Cleanser. After my face feels all clean I will then use the Proactive Solutions Revitalizing Toner. Now to be completely honest I don't really know what this toner does. I don't use it on a regular basis like I probably should. My next step is to then hydrate my face and I really love Olay's Active Hydrating Beauty Fluid Lotion in Original. I have used this moisturizer ever since I have started wearing makeup (which was my freshman year of high school). It's a really light lotion that I can tell just helps my pores breath. Now, I will change up my routine every once in a while when I am having a particularly bad acne area and use the Proactive Solutions Refining Mask. I will use it as a whole face mask and leave it on for about 10 minutes or I will use it to cover just one little blemish and leave it on all night. It really does the job of minimizing those little pimples and your pores, but it does have the one drawback of smelling very medicated.
My night skin care routine is very similar except for I only wash my face with Purity. I don't like to use the Proactive cleanser twice a day for I have found that it will really dry out my skin if I do. I have been doing this routine for about a year now and have been loving how it makes my skin feel. I wouldn't mind switching things up and finding a new moisturizer but I feel like if I did I would just use the new product a little and then go back to what I know and love.
I hope this wan't too rambley for you and that maybe you have learned a new trick for keeping your skin nice and blemish free! I would really love to hear what your routine is or any tips and tricks that you have learned! I am always looking for new ways to keep good care of my skin. I do plan on posing my foundation/skin makeup collection later on tonight and an eye makeup collection blog tomorrow!
Byeeee!
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