Skincare

Hi everyone,

It's funny when you look back at old entries and realize how much time as passed relative to how much you've changed as a person.  You know you're getting old when.... =P

I'm not going to post any pictures, but I thought updating should do for now.  I would like to work on this blog a little more if time permits.

I may have mentioned it in a previous post that I went back to school and finished about a little over 6 months ago.  I'm working full time now...yay.

Anyway, I'm not going to post any pictures, but I thought I'd go over my skin regime.

I experienced the worse skin crisis I've ever had in my entire life.

As a background, there are certain foods I don't eat because through past experience, they break me out.  For example, popcorn.  Don't get a wrong, I watch movies with the bf all the time, but we never buy popcorn; reason being is because it breaks me out really badly.  I've always been a petite girl, but have noticed I'm put on some slight weight - a healthier weight for a girl my size (only from this past half a year).  So my bf's parents bought "Chicago" mix and I decided to try it out....bad idea.  Long story short, my face was hating on me for a good 2-3 months.  This way back in December by the way.

Hot sauce isn't so bad.  I have learnt to tolerate it because I eat it in my pho (which tastes great when you add it when you're over half way done....you get the best of both worlds!  you enjoy the original broth itself AND what it'll taste like with lemon juice and hot sauce.  Is it just me?)

Back on topic...so the cleanser I switched to prior to breaking out was Clinique Normal/Combo.  I was using the whole system.  I was also using BB creams at the time...which I find now is way too oily for me.  My acne is bumpy and on my cheeks.  When I break out, it's normally in my t-zone.  To say the least, it was a point in my life where I never felt so unattractive with a naked face. I should note that during this time it was winter, and our winter months are very dry.  Oh and did I mention that I switched to Clinique's Oily skin kit?  Pretty sure it made it worse, go figure.

For xmas, the bf got me the Clairsonic Mia 2...heard great things about it, but because I had yet to figure out why my skin broken out, not sure it was the best time to try this device out.  I used it everyday, and it felt like it resurfaced more breakouts...great.  Now, I use it twice a week.  I switched cleansers to Fresh "Soy Cleanser" and then "Murad".  Murad definitely helped calm down the acne.

..Sorry guys, I just realized this post is getting really long and before I jumped to the present of how my skin is now, I'd really like to thoroughly go over the process of what I had to go through and what products I used.  I'll have to save it for another day.  I guess 10 years ago it was easy to blog on and on...what happened to the inspiration?  But to be fair and rather skip details (I also switched foundations which I think ties into this whole thing too), I'm gonna have to split this post up a bit.

Til then!

-Apologies for the abrupt end to the post..there's too much to say and too much to type haha