Skin care

Another thing I’m working towards is clear skin.I’ve had acne in middle school and high school and I seemed to have it under control the first 2 years of college. Once my third year came around my face went haywire. I started breaking out all around my chin area and began to develop hyper pigmentation as a result. I felt so embarrassed and unconfident that I didn’t go anywhere with my friends. I was known as the one in the group who “never went anywhere.” Now I’m starting to come around to the idea of wearing makeup because I see from my friends how much of a difference it makes in pictures (facebook tagging is the devil). But I refuse to wear foundation without first having a clear palette.

As of now my face is somewhat improved but I’m not yet satisfied. Right now I’m looking for a face wash and a moisturizer with spf that doesn’t break my face out. For the time being I’m using Bliss Fabulous Foaming Face Wash and Aveeno Positively Radiant Moisturizer (spf 30).I’ve considered some acne sytems like Proactive, Neutrogena, and Clean and Clear, but I want to try something more natural and cheap. Here is my current routine (note I have combination skin that isn’t sensitive):

Morning

• Rinse my face with warm water
• Tone with green tea (I keep some in a container in the fridge)
• Moisturize with the Aveeno

Nightly

• Wash my face with the Bliss Face Wash
• Tone with green tea

· Moisturize with either vitamin E oil or a dab of my Shea butter mix (Shea, evco, vitamin E oil)

I use my clarasonic every two nights to exfoliate and I use my Bentonite clay mask twice a week. The green tea toner, Bliss face wash, and bentonite mask are fairly new to my routine so I’m not sure how well they’re working. In about 3 weeks I’ll have an update.

Right now the only things I would like to change about my routine are my moisturizer and possibly adding a serum. I have used Clinique’s Even Better line in the past and although the products are pricey, they work. I have owned the Even Better Skin Tone Correcting Moisturizer and even though I felt it broke my forehead out, I still liked the fact it had a high spf in it and it helped even skin tone. I may revisit it since I’m running out of Aveeno. I am also looking to purchase the Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector. I have used the skin tone corrector in the past and liked the results. This version is supposed to work even better. If I do not buy this, I’ll get the Highly Efficient Skin-Tone Corrector from kiehls.