Ella27

Hey folks! Long time no see~!

 

Something I've noticed is really starting to bother me and I'm curious if you noticed it as well. This epidemic- well its probably existed for quite a while- of people who ask the same question when your bad skin is brought up: "Do you wash your face?" but that isn't as bad as the "God just take care of your skin!" -.-

 

There seems to be this negative connotation that people with acne have not done anything to prevent or cure their acne. And nothing bites at me more than someone saying even a hint of the above phrases. I've tried multiple things since I was ten to get beautiful skin so this detached view that I'm lazy and don't take care of my skin is above bothersome. Yes of course I WASH my face! I haven't been searching for help for six years only to discover now that washing my face is the answer. 

 

Most of the time it comes from people who seemingly don't have that bad of skin problems. This of course is even worse. Or they are the girls/boys in the commercials who "break out" with a dot against pure ivory skin. ( Oh the joys of false advertisement )

 

Anyway, I'm becoming really sensitive to this kind of topic since its just so aggravating to have years of struggle doubted by someone who most likely hasn't had the same experience. 

 

Thanks for reading

 

 

Nighty night!~

 

 

... I'm gonna shove it up their butt.

Seriously. I'm glad to hear it worked for them and all. Great! But that doesn't mean it will work for me. I tried it many years ago and it was too rough and scratched my skin up.

And while I don't mind the friendly advice, its the fact that people look at my face the moment acne is brought up and just start saying what I should do.

Maybe its just a nasty side of me, which I don't like being, but even the sweetest people that say that to me always end up making me kinda mad. I'll let it go of course but its just....there are so many people throwing around what they do left and right and they don't have the same skin as me. Hell no one does.

Of course here I feel like its different. Everyones gone through that experience where someone looks at their face and says, " Looks like you have acne. Hey try _____! It worked great for me! " and seem to be more sensitive to it.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who sometimes gets a little bit irritated. And even though I DO appreciate that they are just trying to help, it ends up making me feel really self conscious, because I try to forget that people notice.

This is an all time impossibility I'm afraid

So it was my first day of school and I have a pretty bad breakout ( I have some updated pics in my gallery ) and it can be covered up with makeup BUT it takes so much to cover up that it all looks cakey. I mean for an hour its great but then... it just kinda goes through the day and near the end it just looked to dry and cakey for me.

I don't think its the makeup since I have been very pleased with it. I just know its the amount I put on. I put on a generous amount of foundation all over my face but while that evens out my skin, it doesn't hide the acne. So when I apply powder I apply it all around then pat around all over the areas that need to be covered which isn't a low number.

And trust me, it looks awesome the first hour. And I bring my powder along to touch up, but sooner or later it doesn't really help.

I know caking on makeup doesn't help the situation but my friends, who always say " Just don't wear makeup " don't understand how hard it is to walk out the door without it. Especially because i feel like I have the worst acne in my class.

Are there any tips that can help me cover my flaws without caking my face or making it dry after a while ( that wouldn't really involve me switching products. Like I said, its mostly the amount I use ).

PS thinking about buying some BB cream so when my skin does calm down and those big zits fade I can only wear a light cream with a little powder and maybe it won't be so cakey. But I can't do that with my skin so bad.

Thanks

And school starts on Thursday.

I used my pore unclogging scrub too much. It just feels awesome when you put it on and eventually everything surfaces. Stupid stupid stupid.

I mean they aren't so terribly big where I can't cover them with makeup. I did and my skin looked fine for a while but after a while it really looked cakey.

Plus I was so close to looking good, now my skin is all red, swollen and bumpy.

And Of course, I procrastinated on my reading so I have 1 more day to read and annotate 200+ pages of Invisible Man. The fun just never ends.

AND THE PROM IS TOMORROW!

No.... not really.


Im just so disappointed that I have to start yet ANOTHER year looking like this.

Oh forgive the just showered look.

So over the summer I tried new makeup. Originally I was using Bareminerals. It was cakey on me and what not but since it was considerably light weight to what I was using, I stuck with it. It wasn't too terribly bad.

But for my 16th birthday I got one of those makeovers at Ulta and tried Tarte. May I just say that I am VERY happy with it. The foundation works really well as a matte foundation though after a couple hours I do get shiny ( but I was sweating a lot this summer ). The powder that I also got worked very well and it was also from the same company. Of course, in the school bathroom lighting I always look cakey but I do sometimes use too much.

My only issue is the pricing. Both items total to 60 dollars! Im willing to buy the foundation at 30 bucks because I love it that much, but recently I ran out of the powder and since there was no Ulta where my cabin was up north, I bought this Maybelline dream powder at the Walmart.

I don't have too many complaints except it does not match my skin color since I got a nice tan. Just have to put on some bronzer. Though its not as long lasting or nice as the Tarte it does its job. And its considerably cheaper. 8 bucks!

I already bought another (in the same light color in case my tan fades). But do you know of similar powders like the Tarte powders that aren't so expensive so I can consider trying them in the future?

Thanks ^.^