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I got whiteheads too...but I think it was because I didn't moisturize after using the clarisonic! I like the clarisonic. It's not amazing or the holy grail but it helps I suppose.
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My skin has been dry lately. I have a red bump on my nose and upper cheek and left cheek. Hmm......I need a facial soon. I feel like my chin is going to start breaking out soon.
Morning
Cetaphil w/clarisonic
Neutrogena alcohol free toner
Cetaphil
Duac all over face
I wore bronzer today
Night
Cetaphiil w/clarisonic
Pretika red light
Neutrgena alcohol free toner
Cetaphil
Duac on my chin and the red bump on my nose
Retin-a on forehead and cheeks
the underground pimple on my upper lip has emerged and so has the bump on my nose. I haven't had an underground pimple before. It's so weird. ugh i hope it goes away soon. Maybe I'll go for an emergency facial tomorrow?
Morning
SFC w/clarisonic
duac
olay spf 15
Night
sfc w/clarisonic
duac on underground pimples nose and upper lip
retin-a all over face
cetaphil
Morning
SFC cleanser
neutgroena alcohol free toner
Olay SPF 15
Duac
Night
cetaphil with clarisonic
dermalogica w/clarisonc on the chin
neutro. toner
cetaphil
retin-a micro
Starting to break out in cystic acne on my chin.....probably from the clinque or smashbox primer
Undergroudn zit still on my left cheek still here. the one on my nose disappeared and upperlip is diminishing.
hey - i'm on RAM right now too. I've been doing it for 2 months and I'm still getting breakouts, so I completely sympathize with your struggles.
I really like Bare Minerals foundation. It will cover - you just have to use more than they do in the instructions. I love my skin when I use it, and it doesn't make me breakout more than usual. Right now I'm trying to go without it now so I can get comfortable in my bare skin again...
I also am dealing with large pores and searching for a solution. I think my oil control lotion is helping them look smaller and I don't feel like an oil slick by the end of the day when I use it. Its Cosmedicine Medi-Matte oil control lotion. love it, b/c i don't feel like i need to wear mineral veil anymore.
take care and good luck!
Thanks! You should ask your derm about Duac it helps with clearing the break outs. Retin-a doesn't really do anything to prevent breaks. I don't think it's really effective alone. Good luck!
Haven't updated in awhile. Used the clinique foundation in jan 18th. Broke out recently on my chin and left cheek due to the foundation. It's recovering now. The Duac really works in clearing the zits. I have one under my left chin and left cheek. The RAM helps with scarring I suppose. Sometimes I use Duac in the morning and at night to clear up a zit. Still on my same routine. Cutting back on the EDM lately and just going out with no makeup. I need to find a tinted moisturizer that covers for winter now. It's cold and my skin is really dry. The everyday mineral breaks me out.
Morning
SFC Soap w/clarisonic
Neutrogena Alcohol free Toner
Duac
Olay SPF 15
maybe EDM
Night
Cetaphil w/clarisonic
Neutrogena alochol free toner
Retin-a Micro
Cetaphil Moisturizer
My skin is pretty clear except for scarring and large pores. My pores are humongous. Still trying to figure out how to diminish those pores. Will get a facial during spring break when I go home. I need to find an esthetician when I am away at school.
Skin is okay. I had a minor break out last week but it's cleared up now. Just problems with scarring and black heads and enlarged pores. My complexion is really dull and uneven and I have so many blackheads and pores. Hm...what can I do? I'm going home this weekend but I didn't get a chance to make an appointment for a facial. I just want to extract all these blackheads. Routine is pretty basic. It's been the same. I have been going out make up free for the past week or two. I haven't been moisturizing at night either since it's been warmer.
Morning
SFC cleanser w/clarisonic
Neutrogena Alcohol Free toner
Duac
Olay SPF 15
Night
Cetaphil w/clarisonic
Neutrogena Alcoholl free toner
Retin-a Micro
Cetaphil
I also haven't been eating white rice for a while either. I think that might have contributed since I have lower glycemic levels.
Breakfast
Fiber one cereal with Almond Milk
Banana
Snack
Jamaican beef patty
V8 promegranate juice w/cranberry juice
Orange Juice
Goldfish pretzels
Chewy bar
Saltines
Dinner
Green Grapes
Strawberries
Orange juice
Hmm...I'm going to cut back on exfoliating two times a day. My skin has been really dry lately. I read somewhere that exfoliating everyday is bad for you. I'll just exfoliate at night and every other day that way I have natural oils left on my skin. I worked out yesterday.
Morning
SFC cleanser by it self
alcohol free toner
Duac
Olay SPF 15
Breakfast
Cinnamon Apple Oatmean
Lunch
Bitter melon tea
Hmm...I'm going to cut back on exfoliating two times a day. My skin has been really dry lately. I read somewhere that exfoliating everyday is bad for you. I'll just exfoliate at night and every other day that way I have natural oils left on my skin. I worked out yesterday.
Morning
SFC cleanser by it self
alcohol free toner
Duac
Olay SPF 15
Breakfast
Cinnamon Apple Oatmean
Lunch
Bitter melon tea
ditch you oatmeal hun... it WILL inflame your skin, it is one of the WORST carbohydrates for skin. try eating hard boiled eggs or an egg white omlette in the morning.
Skin is okay. I had a minor break out last week but it's cleared up now. Just problems with scarring and black heads and enlarged pores. My complexion is really dull and uneven and I have so many blackheads and pores. Hm...what can I do? I'm going home this weekend but I didn't get a chance to make an appointment for a facial. I just want to extract all these blackheads. Routine is pretty basic. It's been the same. I have been going out make up free for the past week or two. I haven't been moisturizing at night either since it's been warmer.
Morning
SFC cleanser w/clarisonic
Neutrogena Alcohol Free toner
Duac
Olay SPF 15
Night
Cetaphil w/clarisonic
Neutrogena Alcoholl free toner
Retin-a Micro
Cetaphil
I also haven't been eating white rice for a while either. I think that might have contributed since I have lower glycemic levels.
Breakfast
Fiber one cereal with Almond Milk
Banana
Snack
Jamaican beef patty
V8 promegranate juice w/cranberry juice
Orange Juice
Goldfish pretzels
Chewy bar
Saltines
Dinner
Green Grapes
Strawberries
Orange juice
Okay, I really hope you do not get the sense that I am ragging on your diet, but you need to tune your intake of food. Orange Juice is terrible for acne, lots of sugar and citrus. Cut it out, seriously. Pretzels, saltines, chewy bar, and cereal are ALL VERY HIGH IN PROCESSED CARBOHYDRATES. THEY ARE THE WORRRSSSTTT FOR SKIN! While everything else you are doing for your skin is good, you are evading results with these kinds of food. Check out diet logs and look @ acne research, I know its hard to eat accordingly but it WILL CLEAR YOU UP if you do. Good luck.
lol Okay thanks! Yeah, I've been slacking in my diet. I've been eating out of convenience since it's been exam week for me. =( Anyways I'm sick right now. I'm going to start eliminating potatos, tomatoes, and egg plants foods from diet.
Morning
SFC soap
Duac
Olay SPF 15
Breakfast
Tea
vitamin C 1000 mg
Still really sick. Just been sleeping all week. Haven't used clarisonic in a couple of days
Dinner last Night
Mixed veggies
Morning
SFC cleanser
Duac
Cetaphil
Breakfast
Orange Juice
Honey Nut Cheeries w/almond milk
Two hard boiled brown eggs
Strawberres
try and cut the cereal out, trust me i know its hard, but the longer you keep things like wheat, white flour and sugar in your body, the longer it will take to detox it and have clear skin! good luck!
I used my clinique foundation last night since I had to go to some party last minute. I some how burned my face. It's been really red and raw. I think the neutrogena scrub I was using to wash my face before i applied my make up may have contributed to it. Exam week again. Papers due. yuck. Atleast I'm getting over my flu/cold whatever I had.
breakfast
scrambled eggs w/ham
strawberries
orange juice
1000 mg
tea
Morning
SFC
Duac
Olay SPF 15
Everyday minerals
Night
cetaphil gentle skin cleanser w/clarisonic
neutrogena alcohol free toner
Cetaphil moisturizer
15 min pretika
retin-a
dinner
pasta
Thanks for you advice! Yeah it is really hard to cut back on wheat. But I will try! It's just easier sometimes to eat what my roommate cooks or whatever is in stock in my cabinets. =(
no pasta! Yay! At least I'm not sick anymore. I'm happy for the 7 day recovery. Major midterms coming up and ten page philosophy papers to write. Yuck. So my no wheat diet has not been going all that great since I just eat on the go. I don't have time to cook. =( Two more weeks and then I'll go go home.
Breakfast
Naked smoothie
LLibrary
two chewy bars
Lunch
Ginseng Tea
Oatmeal w/strawberries
two hard boiled eggs
Tutoring sessions
two slices of pizza
Dinner/snack at home
chicken baked in the oven taht my neighbor cooked
Morning
SFC cleanser
Duac
Cetaphil
Olay SPF 15
EDM
Night
Cetaphil cleanser w/clarisonic
Neutrogena alchol free toner
Cetaphil mooisturizer
Pretika 5 min
Retin-a
Will be doing all nighters until next week ends. Mid terms!
SpeciousHope,
Oatmeal is actually very good for you skin b/c of the Vitamin B & fiber. I'd recommend steel cut oatmeal w/fresh berries like blueberries and maybe a tiny amount of REAL maple syrup (although I just cook mine w/a cinnamon stick and splash of vanilla extract & skip syrup or sugar). Vitamin C is as well. I'd recommend eating an orange or fresh squeezed OJ instead of the kind at the store but...
Ask your derm, he/she will tell you. When I read here that some were saying that oatmeal is bad I immediately called my Derm (from Mobile, AL - who happens to be my cousin). According to him oatmeal is a famed Anti-inflammatory!
Also, here's a link
Thanks! I actually do put strawberries and blue berries in my oatmeal. I know using a oatmeal mask is really good for your skin.
Breakfast
Naked Juice
Pastry
Morning
SFC soap
Duac
Cetaphil
15 mins
Olay SPF 15. For some reason the spf has been drying my skin, so I've been using the cetaphil to moisturize in the morning.
Everyday minerals
My skin is breaking out a little on the right cheek. I don't know if it's because of the mineral make up..or the blush that I used.
Lunch
Orange Juice
Cinnamon oatmeal w/home made soy milk
bagel/Pastry thing
Dinner
White rice
duck
mixed veggies
green tea
Night
Remove make up Neutrogena make up remover cleanser on a white pad
Rinse Face
Cetaphil gentle skin cleanser w/clarisonic
Duac on my right cheek where I'm breaking out
Cetaphil Moisturizer
Pretika light
Retin-a on rest of the face
I've been eat 1000 mg of vitamin C for the past week since I've been recovering from the flu/cold. I also take vitamin b6 50 mg everyday.