Skin care
How to do a mini-facial at home.
Life can be so stressful sometimes and this can take its toll on your skin. You can slow down these effects by doing a facial at home once or twice a month. Pick any night of the week and take out a few extra minutes for yourself. These are the steps I take when doing a facial. CLEANSE: I wash my face. EXFOLIATE: Next, I apply my chemical peel. I use either lactic acid or glycolic acid. I prefer lactic acid though because it worksRead More
What do you use to scrub your face?
When I had a lot of acne, I discovered that facial scrubs with beads or grains would break me out. That’s why although I use the other 2 steps from the Proactiv range, I don’t use Proactiv renewing cleanser. Every time I use it, I break out. Anyways, that’s when I discovered that you could do chemical peels as a form of exfoliation. I still do that regularly but I recently discovered Olay Pro-X Advanced Cleansing System. It’s battery operated and has a round brushRead More
Acne: active ingredients & solutions part 1
Hi everyone. I started a series in skin care, How to build a skin care regimen a few months ago [LINK HERE]. This post is a continuation of that series. Acne is a common skin disease commonly found in the face, back and upper chest. It can present as blackheads, whiteheads, pustules (pus-filled lesions), papules (solid elevations of varying sizes) and nodules (large-sized papules). Although it is most commonly found in adolescents, it begins in adulthood in some individuals. My advice is that you should treat acne as soon as possible to reduce post-acne scarringRead More
