Makeup & Skincare Chat ➔ SKIN CARE
Tasha: I don’t wanna blow this whistle too early, so *knocks on wood*, but I went back to my Doterra skin care after baby. Now, after both previous babies, I’d get big hormonal acne for a week or 2, always. I didn’t have Doterra then and I’d use Neutrogena, Clean & Clear, Olay acne stuff, or sensitive and acne spot treatments. It was ok, never great. THIS time however, nothing near as bad!
Now, at first I did the face wash and toner in this kit and added a drop of Doterra e.o. Juniper Berry to to doTERRA HD Clear Facial Lotion every night after a shower. Worked great. Then I stopped the Juniper Berry, for no real reason, I’m just lazy, I guess and continued the face wash, toner and HD lotion and used the spot treatment whenever one popped up. That’s always worked just ok for me.
I did the spa treatment face mask from there one night when things were really starting to flare up. Worked like a dream! But, ever since my 2nd child, so about 4 years now, I’ve had a patch on 1 cheek of redness. It’s mostly always flat, drier there I think, and occasional flares with the heat or something irritates it and it’s a good day when it fades to almost unnoticeable. I’ve not gone the the dermatologist for it yet and I bought the foundation recently and beauty blender to cover it.
Now, here’s the good part…in the face wash kit you get the wash, toner, scrub (I forgot to mention I use this a couple times a week also now), lotion (I LOVE this lotion the most, but I’m being overly cautious with my face right now) and now a skin tightening serum that wasn’t available when I bought previously. I don’t typically use age defying things or tighteners ever Bc they make me break out and I think they’re useless (I’m 30 yet ) But, I tried it before my moisturizer a couple days ago and the redness is GONE!! I so hope it stays that way, something in it must’ve calmed it.
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I still have big love for ALL of these products and until yesterday, used them religiously. My cheek, just the 1 that I have the problem area that the serum was helping, flared back up. I’ve self diagnosed it as papulopustular rosacea and will actually see a dermatologist in June. It has been excessively itchy/dry/flared and even burns a lot so I did more research rosacea and makeup that I know was causing even more irritation since I started wearing it regularly, and other common aggravants like applicators for the makeup and what not. Anyway, I’m trying a new skincare routine in the meantime before my visit and it’s this- https://m.clinique.com/product/1692/5553/skin-care/redness/treat/redness-solutions-redness-regimen Wish me luck! I was just going to use the moisturizer and wash with a Neutrogena gentle cleanser, but this kit was just a little cheaper than just the moisturizer and I’d like to see if it works before I buy big. They even have makeup in this line especially for problem areas like mine so if this works? I’m totally trying it! I’ve been using Estee Lauder Perfectionist foundation and it really aggravates that one area so bad, I’ve got to try something else. I’ll go back to my bare minerals for now, that I’ve always loved, but doesn’t cover the flare ups as well.