Good Morning everyone! I hope y'all are having a great Wednesday morning. I asked on Twitter yesterday if any of you would be interested in seeing/reading a blog post about my updated skincare routine, and my friend Staci said she would be interested, so thank you Staci for your interest :) She specifically asked me about the neutrogena pink grapefruit face wash/scrub and I've never used that one. I have sensitive, acne-prone, and oily skin, so I need a face wash that is oil free and that doesn't have any harsh ingredients in it.
I use three different products from
Dermalogica, I use a face wash, exfoliant and a clay mask as well as two antibiotic creams from my dermatologist to help with my acne. Now mind you, I don't use all those products on the same day! I wash my face morning and night with the
Dermalogica Clear Start Breakout clearing foaming wash, then I use one of my antibiotic creams in the morning and then I use both of them at night. At about every 2-3 days I will use the
Dermalogica Gentle Cream Exfoliant and I just started using the
Dermalogica Sebum Clearing Masque on the days I don't use the exfoliant.
Now that I've given you a run-down of what I use on a daily basis, lets go more in depth into the products.
First of all, the Clear Start wash smells awesome! It has a very citrusy scent, reminds me of oranges :) the bottle has 6.0 fluid ounces of product and it lasts me about a month. The cost of this is
$19 at Ulta or you can also get this from a skincare specialist. As far as helping my skin clear up, it's doing its job! I really love the "refreshed" feeling it gives my skin after I use it, so all in all I thoroughly enjoy this product and I would highly recommend it for someone that has acne-prone skin like I do :) The ingredients that is in this is Salicylic Acid, 8 botanicals (Tea Tree, Lavender, and Camellia Sinensis are 3 that are mentioned) and Orange Peel Extract.
Next are the masques that I use, one is a clay mask and the other is an exfoliant. Lets start with the one I've used the most, which is the exfoliant. The Dermalogica Gentle Cream Exfoliant is awesome! Once you rub it on your face and neck, it starts to harden and gives you this kind of "cool" feeling on your face. You leave it on for 15 minutes, then wash it off with warm water. I absolutely LOVE this stuff!! The main reason I love it is because I have some dry patches around my nose and other areas of my face, but when I use this consecutively every 2-3 days my dry patches are gone and my makeup application is so smooth! What I love about this product is it goes deeper than just the surface of your skin, it actually goes deep into your pores and removes all the dead skin as well as removing any places on your face that are "dull". The ingredients that are in this is Alpha and beta hydroxy acids and natural fruit enzymes. What is pictured below that I have in my hand is a sample size which has .75 fluid ounces of product inside, the full size of this product has 2.5 fluid ounces of product inside. The cost of this is $40 at Ulta or as I said before you can also get this from your skin specialist.
And last, but not least is the Dermalogica Sebum clearing Masque. I've used this once in the last week or so, and I've really enjoyed it. As I stated before, it gives your skin a "cool" feeling when you apply it and the it hardens just like the other one. This one you leave on for 10 minutes and then wash it off with warm water. The ingredients that are in this is Kaolin, Bentonite and the active ingredient is Triclosan (0.2%). Once again, what's pictured below in my hand is a sample size which has .75 fluid ounces of product inside and the full size has 2.5 fluid ounces of product. The cost of this is $45 at Ulta or you can also get it from your skin specialist. This masque helps prevent future breakouts and it also absorbs surface oil, which I need for my skin.
So that about wraps it up! That is what I use on a daily and weekly basis for skincare, I hope you enjoyed this! As always I am not a skin specialist, so if you're interested in any of these products I would recommend you contact either your dermatologist or esthetician. These products I use are specifically for my skin type so be mindful of that. Anyways, thanks again to Staci for basically requesting this and I hope y'all have a wonderful day!
Daily Nuggets....
- Spring Break is next week!!! SO excited! So in lieu of that, I'm going to be filming some fun videos for my beauty channel! :)
- Possibly going to the Ocean next Tuesday with a friend from college, yay!! Girls roadtrip :)
- Finishing up my last 3 days of school before break starts, yay!
- I think I'm finally going to get my vlog channel up and running now that I came up with a name: Mariah'sVlogMoments, what do you think? So stay tuned for some videos coming on that soon!
- Its supposed to be 84 degrees today where I live! I think we skipped spring and headed right into summer, if you know what I mean :)
