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Posted : 05/23/2009 3:23 pm

Hmmm I sould've documented the life span of the zit on my nose last week. It was disgusting and huge. It popped today. I've been using egg white mask on it to dry it out, retin-a, and red light to shrink it.

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Posted : 05/24/2009 1:55 pm

ugh went out last nite. had a few drinks. completely ruined my diet. had coke and rum and pizza and yucky. sighh.

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Posted : 05/25/2009 3:40 pm

The zit on my nose popped and I can cover it with make up now. yay. Hmm......i think i'm giong to try revlon color stay foundation. Suggestions for a more full coverage concealer?

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Posted : 06/08/2009 6:22 pm

Skin is pretty clear just a bunch of blackheads and scars now. I'm really considering a peel. I kind of broke out on my chin with a zit.

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Posted : 06/15/2009 9:00 pm

Went to the beach this weekend. I think the neutrogena spf 55 pure baby sunblock or wahtever i used on my face broke me out. My face is so itchy and dry now. and i broke out in white heads on my chin this morning. my face did not get sunburned b/c i wore a hat and sunglasses and slathered on the sunblock .... =(

 

Started drinking coconut milk and hemp milk from whole foods too.

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Posted : 07/07/2009 1:08 pm

For some reason my recent posts aren't showing up =(

Just a bunch of blackheads now. So gross.

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Posted : 07/18/2009 4:37 pm

Got a facial yesterday. She didn't do anything to my pores. I need to find a new esthetician.

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Posted : 07/23/2009 2:43 pm

Broke out on my chin and side of my nose. =( I was doing egg white masks, yogurt masks, green tea mask before. Prob from the facial I got last week.

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Posted : 07/25/2009 10:08 pm

Broke out with a cystic zit on my nose. Prob from the facial. Soaked it in ACV

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Posted : 09/25/2009 12:49 am

Broke out in a zit on my left cheek prob from my out of town trip durin labor day weekend. =( refilled my prescriptions for the nicotinamide pills, aczone, and duac total cost was like over $100. Keeping my duac refrigerated now. using a peel from l'oreal but it's nto very strong. my ACV prob more effective than the peel.

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Posted : 12/20/2009 1:57 am

Using egyptian magic to moisturize after my topicals..kind it leaves my skin even more dry. broke out in tiny lil bumps on my forehead prob from the egyptian magic. home for xmas break goin to try to recover my face. extracted blackheads yesterday.

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Posted : 02/25/2010 12:36 am

Whoa..haven't updated in a while. My skin was pretty good. But I think i used a powder and it broke me out. I have two red cysts on each of my cheek. Been using green tea leaves and honey to dry it out at night. Goal for this year to get clear skin so i can STOP wearing tinted moisturizer. still using cover girl smoothers. Stopped using egyptian magic. I SWEAR that stuff broke me out. Just trying to red rid of blackheads and scarring now.

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Posted : 05/30/2010 6:26 pm

Went to the derm last week. So utterly pointless all he does is keep pushing accutane on me. I keep telling him I don't want to be on accutane. My skin is better now just a lot of blackheads and scarring.

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Posted : 06/10/2010 12:49 am

Haven't been using duac for like two months since I left it an my apt at school. Came home derm prescribed tretinoin? I've been using that. Just purchased GoW mandelic acid to use for black heads. Used that tonight. Ugh my nightly regiment consists of so many things. Currently i have a cystic pimple left of my nose and lots of scarring. haven't been using tinted moistruizer since 6/5. i'm going to avoid using make up for awhile and let my skin rest. went clubbing yesterday and didn't even bother w/foundation bc it'll get sweated off regardless.

 

Take off make up w/jojoba oil

Take out contacts

Wash face w/clarisonic brush using cetaphil gentle skin cleanser

Tone sometimes w/ACV

Apply GoW 10% no alcohol/no seaweed mandelic acid (when I don't use ACV toner)

apply latisse to my eyelashes

wait 20 mins

apply acne meds either Retin-a or tretinoin at night

wait 10 mins then moisturize w/jojoba oil or cetaphil

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Posted : 06/14/2010 2:55 am

Zit on the chin now and the pimple beside my nose is diminishing. i've been using the GoW mandelic acid no seaweed/no alcohol 10%. hmm.....i'll repost in a month to see if it's working.

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Posted : 06/20/2010 2:09 am

breaking out like crazy on my chin with cystic zits. idk if it's because of the GoW Mandelic acid or just hormones...started using red light on my chin. maybe it's my diet?

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Posted : 06/30/2010 1:34 am

zits on my chin cleared up except for one. i've been using red light on it. still on gow mandelilc acid...blackheads still there. let's see the results by august. forehead broke out in lil bumps prob bc of gow mandelic. consumed so much sugar today =(

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Posted : 07/06/2010 6:14 pm

broke out right side of my chin. idk if the mandelic acid is workin or not...i haven't been using acv for a couple of weeks now

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Posted : 07/13/2010 1:21 pm

Still using the GoW mandelic Acid. My skin has cleared up just visible blackheads and scarring right now. Still using latisse my eye lashes haven't gotten longer...prob a lil thicker but that's about it.

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Posted : 07/19/2010 12:51 am

Went bar hopping friday. alcohol dehydrates my skin and my skin was so dry all wweekend. broke out in white heads on my chin. used a honey mask and retin-a. aloe vera.

 

Went bar hopping friday. alcohol dehydrates my skin and my skin was so dry all wweekend. broke out in white heads on my chin. used a honey mask and retin-a. aloe vera.

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Posted : 07/29/2010 3:11 am

did a honey mask last nite. my skin is super dry and blotchy. idk what to do. still on the gow mandelic acid

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Posted : 08/02/2010 12:06 am

Broke out in a pimple on my right cheek and I have been gettin white heads on my chin

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Posted : 08/12/2010 10:31 pm

My skin has been clear. Haven't seen any improvement w/my pores and blackheads though. Almost finished my .25 oz of GoW Mandelic acid 10%. Considering what to order now.

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Posted : 08/17/2010 1:04 am

Ordered 15% GoW mandelic acid w/seaweed. My muac 8% tca peel arrived. Will do a test patch tomorrow. Have been watching

share her experience. I was hoping this would be a real lunch time peel and i'll recover with in like 4 days.

 

Consumed a lot of sugar. Will see how skin will react in two weeks.

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Posted : 08/18/2010 12:56 am

Test patched the 8% muac tca peel on my temples and my chin. it arrived yesterday. didn't neutralize bc i didn't have baking soda. rinsed off after 5 mins. we'll see how my skin reacts tomorrow morning and then i'll do my whole face after work.

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