take better care of my skin

Over the last week, I have been pretty good to wash my face before going to sleep and moisturize it every night. Hopefully I will be able to keep it up. Now I also need to make it a habit to moisturize my whole body everyday.

I hate winter time!...Only because skin loses its glow and becomes all dry, especially not great for me since I have combination skin. Blemishes are easier to pop up too since the sun doesn’t bask them away. I need to really step up on the diet side then if I want to glow!! Lots of water and get on the vegetables!!

I already take pretty good care of my skin, but i still have breakouts, scars etc. I have to resign myself that i will have to do more than most people just to have normal skin.

I use clarisonic which is a great product and used to do glycolic peels every 2 weeks or so and steamed my face every week or so. Before when i didn’t do these, my skin was far worse, constant breakouts, the appearance of larger pores, uneven skin, oily skin – not that it’s perfect now. I slacked off a bit and had the worst breakdown i’ve had in a long time. horrible cysts that took weeks to settle down.

hopefully i will do weekly checkins so i’ll never slack off again.

I still have a couple of bad spots but they are dying down.

I still can’t bring myself to washing my face and putting on face cream before going to sleep. I even put on a daily evening alarm on my phone and it still doesn’t help!

Well, at least for the last two days I’ve been putting on body lotion…

what did i change since my last entry? i quit drinking coffee and started drinking green tea. my face is an oil slick now! i have about six active big ones right now, but they’re healing fairly quickly and it doesn’t seem like new ones are popping up, thankfully. well, atleast i don’t have be concerned with keeping my skin moisturized now… :/ hmmm…

it’s become a habit to take care of my skin every morning and evening. i’m finally happy with my skincare regimen. my products are kind of expensive but i actually look forward to using them so that makes it worth it.

hopefully my skin just keeps getting better and better. i will re-evaluate in a month or so.

• Cut out any food items that contain sugar or fructose corn syrup as one of the ingredients out of my diet.
• Commit to not “picking” at my face, even when I am stressed.
• Consume 3 servings of fruit or veggies per day.
• Hydrate with at least 4 full glasses of water per day.
• Follow the regimen of my new skin product faithfully for the next two months, with a subsequent re-evaluation and documentation of results.

Wish me luck in this endeavor. Peace out.

since i started using the Paul & Joe Whitening Serum and it works! the first week, i used it every night (directions actually recommend twice a day) and saw such a dramatic difference. the hyperpigmentation on my face has definitely lightened noticeably. however, i felt that maybe it was too intense for my sensitive skin so the second week, i used it every other night. haven’t noticed much of a difference so i’m going back to using it every night. i figure i just need to moisturize more.

Those wrinkles won’t go away, of course, and they’re what annoys me most, but my skin looks okay. I don’t see what else I could do right now… except for the less coffee-goal that I’ll keep on my list (tough) and of course, a more relaxed life style (err, sometime next year?). I’ve learned this year that I have sensitive skin, which I don’t think I had in the first 25 years of my life, so that’s strange. But I take care of my skin alright – cleane-tone-moisturize and sometimes a little extra pampering – no more experimenting, too (I stick with Avène and hope that’s the right decision). I get a facial once in a while when I can afford it, and love it. So, what more can my skin ask for???

Can sunscreen and antioxiadnts make up for years of swim team sans sunscreen? I’m just gonna say, “YES!”