Moving right along.
I've had a few requests for my skin care routine. I was taken aback by this because honestly, I don't have the best skin ever. I would consider it to be mildly acne prone and definitely combination (oily in some ares and dry in others).
However, in recent months I have completely revamped my skin care routine and I have seen drastic improvements. So if you have problem skin and are looking for some sort of solution, I would suggest all of the following products :)
Let me preface this by telling you that I used to be very lax about washing my face.
Now a days I wash it twice a day, religiously.
Most people wash their face in the morning and at night. I'm a little weird and I wash mine at night before bed and after my workout...whenever that may be (morning or afternoon). But I don't wash it when I wake up.
Washing my face before bed has made a HUGE difference. Huge. I know that some nights you're just beat and all you want to do is collapse on your bed. DON'T DO IT. It's not worth waking up to a huge mountain on your forehead. Promise. Wash your face first.
Let me break them down for you!
Step one is my bareMinerals Purifying Facial Cleanser. It's $20 for a 6 ounce bottle. I use this in the shower after my workouts and massage 2 pumps all over my face and then rinse. At night, I'm usually taking my make up off, so I use 3 pumps and massage it all over my face and then go over it with my Olay ProX Advanced Cleansing facial brush (basically a cheap version of a Clarisonic). It cost me like $30 at Target...totally worth it! Then rinse.
Step two is my Avalon Organics Vitamin C Renewal Facial Serum. It's $26 for a 1 ounce bottle. I recently added this stuff to my skin care regime and so far I'm loving it. Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that helps fight aging and wrinkles. I'm only 22, but we only get 1 face and I plan on keeping mine as young looking as possible for as long as possible! Just saying. I use 1 pump of this all over my face after using my cleanser. I concentrate around my eyes and mouth when I'm applying it.
Step three is my bareMinerals Purely Nourishing Moisturizer for Combination Skin. It's $28 for a 1.7 ounce bottle. I use 2-ish pumps all over my face after the serum from step 2 dries. I like this moisturizer, because it doesn't leave my skin feeling/looking oily. I've tried to use moisturizers with SPF in them, but unfortunately my skin doesn't react too well to those. But my powder has SPF 15 on it and my skin is happy with that :)
Step 4 is my bareMinerals Firming Eye Treatment. It's $28 for 0.5 ounce tube. I never would've thought to buy this, but the lady at the Bare Escentuals store suggested that 22 was a good age to start using eye cream (who knows, maybe she was just trying to make a sale...she did, haha!). She said that my eyelids were "dry" and that this would help that issue while fighting wrinkles. I use a small dot of this for each eye area. I start under my eyebrow and massage it down under my eye as well. So all around my eye & on my lids. And I know this is weird, but the lady at the store told me to use my ring finger when I apply this. So I do!
And there you have it! Since I've been using these products and since I've switched to using Bare Minerals make up, I've noticed major differences in my skin and complexion...for the better! And I'm not the only one who's noticed, a lot of my friends & family have made comments as well :)
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