Hello!
I'm on my first week of the Acne.org Regimen and I had a couple questions:
1. Can I still wear foundation? I use Tarte Amazonian Clay and it's all natural, but I don't feel comfortable not wearing makeup just yet (though that is the goal!).
2. When they tell you to use "2 full pumps" of cleanser and/or moisturizer, do they really mean that? I know it says to follow the directions carefully, but I got the Big Kit and I didn't know if the size made the pumps bigger. It just seems like a looooot of product to be using.
Hi
I am on about week 4. I wear Clinique Stay Matte foundation over the top which doesn't seem to react with the regimen, it's fairly gentle. I know they have these strict instructions for the regimen (which I try to follow), but I'm happy to wait a bit longer for results than have my life controlled by it!! I.e. I'm off travelling in a few weeks and know I'm not going to be able to follow the waiting time in between cleanser/bp/moisturiser etc. so am accepting that I might hinder results slightly! I also use Loreal True Match foundation which I really love but I know it has oil in it and probably isn't great for skin so I try and limit using it to nights out etc.
I only use half a pump of cleanser (can't afford to be ordering more cleanser every month!), I don't wear overly heavy makeup so this manages to get it off once lathered up. Moisturiser- I don't use the acne org one as I didn't really get on with it, I used Neutrogena Oil Free which my skin seems to really like! I do use a good 2/3 pumps of this though to try and combat the dryness/flakiness!! Hope that helps!
On 9/6/2016 at 10:51 PM, Control Panel said:If you have liquid foundation (water being the most abundant ingredient AKA solvent), you can mix it with your moisturizer to create a tinted moisturizer. This is ideal if you'd really rather not go without makeup. And also you don't have to touch your skin more than you already do by applying makeup over the moisturizer. A tinted moisturizer is 2 steps combined into 1. The less you touch your skin the better
Thank you! Good idea and simple, don't know why I hadn't thought of it, hopefully it all still looks the same so I can eliminate that step. This is going to sound very obvious and it's even in Dan's instructions but I'm taking it that touching your face really is as bad as they say, huh?
On 9/6/2016 at 9:49 PM, FondCage said:Hi
I am on about week 4. I wear Clinique Stay Matte foundation over the top which doesn't seem to react with the regimen, it's fairly gentle. I know they have these strict instructions for the regimen (which I try to follow), but I'm happy to wait a bit longer for results than have my life controlled by it!!
Thank you for your reply! So do you think that the makeup is slowing your results then? I mean it makes total sense, but I just tried to do a search to find similar posts about it and I really didn't find anything.
Also you said the moisturizer doesn't seem to agree with your skin, and I've yet to see if I agree because it feels so oily. It's just good to see someone else mention it; maybe my skin isn't as dry from the BP yet