somewhere between trying to capture in as much outdoorsy time as possible in the second half of summer, a lot of stressful side projects, a especially poor bout of insomnia (I keep waking up around the Witching hour as well as then can’t autumn back asleep) as well as the stable stream of ice cream I’ve been eating after dinner (even though I understand what occurs when I have as well much dairy), I’ve started breaking out.
It’s nothing as well bad…yet (knocks on wood), certainly not as poor as the significant humdingers I get in some cases along my jawline. These are just bit whiteheads on my chin as well as around the edge of my forehead, as well as a couple of body breakouts on my breast as well as booty.
Yes, girl, booty — specifically, my left butt cheek, if you should know.
Is that TMI? Probably, however it’s not like I’m the very first person (or the last) to get a agonizing pimple on their bum.
Alligevel! When Neutrogena as well as Walgreens asked if I was down to switch up my acne-fighting game with their #LetsSolveIt campaign as well as take the quiz at SolveMyAcne.com, I thought, “Good timing!”
I’ve had excellent luck with Neutrogena skin care over the years, as well as I dig Walgreens (I utilized to go there on my breaks everyday when I worked in SF), so I stated “sure!”
Getting back into the swing of things at institution after summertime break is stressful enough. who needs the added tension of a poor breakout? get professional skin care recs with the Neutrogena #LetsSolveIt campaign by taking the Acne-Fighting Quiz at SolveMyAcne.com, as well as feel fabulously positive in clearer skin.
First step: the quiz. as well as it’s not one of those quizzes that they state is only going to take two minutes however ends up taking 20. It truly is just a handful of simple questions.
Ligesom…
Based on my answers, right here are the four products the quiz suggested for me as well as my combo dry/oily skin:
Oil-Free Acne tension manage Power cream laundry ($8.99): This creamy, oil-free deal with laundry works without stripping or drying the skin. It includes salicylic acid (2%), as well as cucumber as well as eco-friendly tea extracts, to fight breakouts while decreasing redness as well as clearing up oil.
Rapid remove maximum stamina Acne treatment Pads ($9.49): These soft, textured oil-free pads likewise include salicylic acid (2%), as well as they’re soaked with something distinct to Neutrogena called MicroClear, a proprietary innovation scientifically proven to push medicine deep into pores to both fight the acne you can, as well as the acne you can’t, see.
Oil-Free wetness sensitive Skin ($10.99): This lightweight water-based moisturizer doesn’t include alcohol or any type of fragrances, so it’s suitable for sensitive skin.
Body remove Body laundry Pink Grapefruit ($8.49): Pink grapefruit. Those are the magic words for me best there. This gloriously grapefruit-scented laundry likewise includes chamomile, eco-friendly tea extract, vitamin C as well as 2% salicylic acid to treat body breakouts on the shoulders, back as well as breast while keeping new breakouts from…breaking out.
I like the concept of a whole acne regimen that only includes four products. I can deal with a four-step process, so I put my routine skin care favorites aside, as well as I’ve been utilizing these for two weeks.
Step 1: Acne tension manage Power cream Wash
Every morning as well as evening, I washed my deal with with the Acne tension manage Power cream laundry (which smells mildly minty). I like exactly how it leaves my skin feeling somewhat tingly (it’s a great pick-me-up in the morning!), as well as that it doesn’t make the dry parts of my skin feel tight or otherwise uncomfortable.
Step 2: fast stamina Acne treatment Pads
Then, best after utilizing the deal with wash, I wiped one of the fast stamina Acne treatment Pads around my face, paying special interest to the bit whiteheads along my jawline as well as around my forehead. At that point, there was typically some leftover product on the pad, so I’d likewise wipe the areas where I was breaking out on my breast (as well as that a person frustrating pimple on my bum).
Step 3: Oil-Free Moisturizer
After utilizing the pad, I completed up my deal with routine by moisturizing my deal with as well as neck with the Oil-Free Moisturizer.
And I did this every morning as well as night before bed after my shower.
Step 4: Body remove Body laundry in Pink Grapefruit
Lastly, while I was still IN the shower at night, I utilized the Body remove Body laundry in Pink Grapefruit around my breast (and, again, my booty), as well as then my routine body laundry to laundry all over else.
Resultaterne
As I stated earlier, I’ve had truly excellent luck with Neutrogena skin care products over the years, so I was stoked to try these four, as well as the only one of them I believe I’ve tried beforeer den lyserøde grapefrugt kropsvask.
Jeg har bestemt opdaget en forbedring i min hud i løbet af de sidste to uger, især med bumserne omkring kanten af min pande, som er – yay! – Ingen steder at blive fundet.
Tag det, zits!
Jeg har stadig en lille smule whitehead på min hage … men det er på det punkt nu, hvor jeg forstår, at det bliver væk inden for et par dage.
Jeg var lidt bekymret for, at håndteringen med tøjvask såvel som pads ville tørre ud mine kinder (som allerede er så, så tørre), men de har endnu ikke. Jeg kan virkelig godt lide dem begge såvel som planlægger at fortsætte med at udnytte dem.
Åh! såvel som antagelse hvad? Jeg regnede med at du kan få meget mere bang for din buck, hvis du skærer puderne i halvdelen. Ja, jeg bruger et par saks, som jeg holder i min medicinskab.
Hey, Walgreens såvel som Walgreens.com shoppere! Gør 3.000 Walgreens Balance Fordele Points med køb af $ 15 eller meget mere i Vælg Neutrogena-produkter med 28. august 2015.
Hvad angår den oliefri fugtighedscreme, er de olierige områder på min aftale med virkelig som det, som min pande, næse såvel som hagen. Mine kinder, der er altid episk tørre, krav meget mere vådhed end dette, så jeg er nødt til at lagre en ekstra, rigere fugtighedscreme på toppen.
Jeg kan stadig bruge det på begivenheden, når min hud læner sig meget mere mod den ekstra olieagtige side, men jeg tror, det vil højst sandsynligt arbejde meget bedre, hvis du har lige op i olieagtig eller typisk hud.
Som for kroppen vaskes, wow! – Det lugter fantastisk. Jeg kan godt lide skarpe citrusy dufte, såvel som disse klipper.
Og det fungerer også godt, da breakouts på mit bryst er praktisk taget helt væk. Ikke meget mere aggro røde pimples, såvel som de få ikke-aggro-bumser, der er tilbage, er små, såvel som at se ud som om de er på deres sidste ben. Plus, det tørrede ikke ud min hud.
ZIT på min bum (er jeg skør, eller ville det ikke være et glimrende navn til et band?) Er ligeledes mindre foruroligende såvel som mindre.
Alt i alt havde jeg en fremragende oplevelse med disse acne-kampprodukter, såvel som jeg føler mig meget mere positiv i min klarere hud.
Jeg er forberedt på dig, efterår!
Din venlige samfunds charme addict,
Karen.