My Must-Have Skincare Products

If I’m going anywhere I definitely need a cute bag, a go with everything necklace, and my skin care products!

I have suffered from acne ever since puberty hit. I’ve tried every different kind of skin care products.

I’ve even seeked out help from my doctor.

what I’ve found:

Some products dry out your skin, some leave it feeling like there is gunk on top of your skin.

It’s taken me 25 years and I have finally found products that I like.

I still have breakouts whether flared from stress, ‘that time of the month,’ or a few too many cheat days on the diet.

The products above help manage my skin- and make it look its best!

I would definitely recommend Proactiv for people suffering from acne.

But for me…although advertised as “only three easy steps” was too much of a hassle.

I hated getting the sink and clothes wet at the end of the day as I washed my face for the second time.

So I searched for a product that would allow me to wash my face within the shower.

And I found:

Spectro Jel

With a steam filled- open pored shower, my skin feels the most cleaned and fresh with my spectro gel.

It’s effective- easy to use- and a lot less expensive than proactiv.

A cost-effective alternative to the over marketed competitor.

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At the end of the day.. when you need to wash all the gunk off your face I use:

Neutrogena Grapefruit Cleansing Wipes

These were not my first choice of the Neutrogena products.

The first I tried were the blue makeup removal cleansing wipes.

Ouff- bad choice.

It dried out my skin completely and irritated my skin.

Not easily deterred … I gave Neutrogena a second chance with the pink grapefruit acne prone skin product.

Am I ever glad I did!

Not only is it gentle enough for my sensitive skin.. It leaves my face smelling of grapefruit.

Enough to make my man lean over beside me in bed to get a cuddly sniff!

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Some days you can’t help but feel a pesky bump forming under your skin.

On those days… I take action immediately with:

 Proactiv Refining Mask

Although I moved away from using proactiv…the one product I could not do without was the refining mask.

Although it is marketed and works nicely as a refining mask.

I use it as a spot treatment.

I often caught blemishes before they formed with this beauty of a product.

And often shorten the lifespan of the blemish as well!

[ Tip: you can often get a better price at kiosks in the greater Toronto area compared to shopping online ]

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With all these products so far…your face is going to become very dried out without some help.

A great moisture that absorbs into the skin without leaving behind a layer is:

Aveeno positively radiant daily moisturizer

 

Why I love this product:

it has SPF 15 for my fair skin

the light diffusers (or sparkles) within the moisturizer help brighten my skin.

[ I hadn’t realized that the moisturizer had sparkles before my man tried on the product one day and I noticed sparkles all over his face. So my recommendation would be that this product be used by medium to light skin. As the sparkles show on medium to dark skin ]

 The product uses active naturals: total soy complex. Probably why the product does not feel like I am putting chemicals on my face, and easy absorption happens within the skin.

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Almay Smart Shade 

I’ve been using this product for quite some time.

Although I may have blemish prone skin, I hate the feeling of a cover up mask on my face.

A make up mask doesn’t help your skin either..

This product helped even out my colouration…while still feeling light enough for my skin to breathe.

I recently switched to the anti-aging by mere fact that my supermarket was out of my original.

But the anti aging serum is heavier and a thicker product- opposite of what I liked from the original.

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These Beauty Products allow me to confidently do beauty close-ups like these!