suncream, zits and wrinkles: rolling skincare thread?

i use Cerave Stretch Mark Cream a lot thx to you!

It's marvelous hand cream, isn't it?

I bought some of the PC Resist line and it was so harsh and made my face really dry and tight I had to stop using it.

Cerave Stretch Mark Cream as hand cream & face cream for me. i've got very dry skin year round.

about 5 days ago i just cut out most of the stuff i'd been using/testing and started using the 3 trial sized bha products (cleanser, bha liquid, bezoyl peroxide cream) + rosehip/seabuckthorn/grapeseed oil + nivea creme at night, and witchhazelrosewater toner + vit c serum + FAB cream in the morning. the PC stuff is giving me a bit of dryness in one area, but it healed up a couple of major zits really quickly. the stuff really stings and is uncomfortable tho :/

carl, re the sd alcohol - i've read that alcohol can help skin products more readily penetrate the skin, and the 25% peel that i just got has insanely good reviews. i think it probably depends on what particular sensitivities your skin has.

i have one word for all of you: NIVEA

i tried the mandelic acid peel last night, first impressions: i like it! it stung for a couple of seconds when i first put it on, but that was it. and my skin felt really smooth and soft afterwards.

carl, re the sd alcohol - i've read that alcohol can help skin products more readily penetrate the skin, and the 25% peel that i just got has insanely good reviews. i think it probably depends on what particular sensitivities your skin has.

― just1n3, Thursday, May 14, 2015 4:55 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I see! So much contradictory info out there. I don't think I'm sensitive to sd alcohol, so that is good to know.

apropos of nothing: i used clinique's 3-step cleanser/toner/moisturizer for almost 10 years...such a mistake. I am convinced that their #2 toner is what fucked up my skin. basically a twice daily cheap chemical peel :(

i probably had rosacea all along but that just made it sooo much worse

I was a long time user of that too. I was basically raised to believe there were two kinds of beauty products: Clinique and garbage.

right!? mum took me to the clinique counter when i was like, 16

clinique toner fucked up my friend's skin years ago, too!

it's the worst! better to exfoliate with battery acid

i can't use toner anymore. middle eastern skin doesn't support it.

for no reason, came across this in an old email
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ume40waXuM&feature=relmfu

lol

i just got the 50 or so tiny closed comedones around my jawline extracted. fucking hell.

my esthetician said they were almost certainly caused by mirena IUD i had put in last year.

And now my lower face is a big scabby mess.

Dohhhh :(
I found shaving made me break out a little! Hairless lip still wins imo

Owwwww, j! What did the derm say about the comedones they extracted? And how did they extract them??

whats a comedone?

ALSO: i want to do cryotherapy so bad. I really know nothing about it but get the impression its some type of reverse sauna?

The IUD is really doing a number on my face. j, are you still using the mandelic acid and do you have any other comedone advice? (sunny - comedones are 'white'/skin-coloured zits, I guess). Also, did you find they subsided after a while?

Also noted Laurel's use of cornmeal as exfoliator, which sounds like a good idea. As far as moisturizer, I use Aveeno right now but am running low and happy to switch.

I have gone away from cornmeal to a good old fashioned washcloth that I can lightly scrub in circles and then change out frequently for a clean one. Maybe as I've aged my face needs more careful treatment? I might go back to some kind of honey-based thing tho cos I think my skin likes it, it just might not be with cornmeal.

Yeah I haven't used washcloths since I was a kid but why on earth not? - I don't know. I found myself looking at those electronic face brush thingies and I guess a washcloth would do pretty much the same thing!

i use baking soda to exfoliate sometimes, just a little mixed in with soap or w/e

All anyone needs is a washcloth. It's much less damaging than the brushes and gets the work done.

The two beauty people I read evangelise about 'hot cloth cleansing' which is basically washing your face with a flannel afaict (not with a foaming cleanser though, no never, SLSs are evil and drying - although I've always used one but thinking of switching up to a cleansing oil or gel). Scrubbing in small circles is good and means you don't really need a scrubby exfoliator.

Incidentally one hates the Clarisonic face brush things and one really likes them.

I tried the Eve Lom cleanser which is $$ but everyone rates and actually it was gorgeous to use (you put it on dry skin, then rest a hot wrung-out cloth over your face a few times which is lush, then wash off) - but totally brought me out in spots. So did the Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish balm. I think balm cleansers are not for me.

when i was teen and 20-something I would put boiling water in the bathroom sink a towel over my head and steam the shit out of my face. I would follow this by draining the hot water and filling the sink with ice which i would plunge my face into for as long as I could stand.

These days i'm using dead sea salt to exfoliate, a cucumber peel-off mask and No.7 serum for the moisturizing.

been trying out La Roche Posay double moisturising spf 30 stuff

it's sold as a moisturizer/sunscreen, but I found that it was not an adequate moisurizer for me. two days in and my skin was dry and itchy and breaking out. once I started layering it over my normal moisturizer it seemed to work a lot better and my skin calmed down again.

saw a lot of rosacea folks repping the aveeno baby sunscreen too, so I might grab that for camping this weekend

Is it the sunscreen that's drying out your skin? Moisturizer w/ sunscreen makes my eyes water and sting for a good twenty minutes. I have found that banana boat children's spray sunscreen doesn't though so I use that and a no sunscreen moisturizer separately.

i ended up with Vanicream spf 50 sunscreen, basically a no frills physical sunblock with zinc oxide & titanium dioxide

works a charm. my problem seems to have been reactions to the chemical sunscreen components i think

i am using vanicream cleanser too, a bit more gentle than cerave & is working p well

the sunscreen has been helping calm my skin too which is a nice side benefit.

Nice!

Since moving to Australia Sunscreen has become a big deal for my pasty rainy island skin. The one I have settled on is Dr Jart Sunfluid which i was introduced to on a work trip to Korea by a colleague who is a Korean Cosmetics obsessive. Fantastic and doesn't make my eyes sting and is not sticky like many other sunscreens I've tried. I like the idea of this vanicream though, I will seek out.

who's using The Ordinary? I am and have quite a lot to say (and am extremely happy with it) but there's no point talking into a void. Let me know if you're a user. ha.

Not I, but I like their approach. It's quite popular here in the UK afaik.

i have v sensitive skin & rosacea ... i am very leery of this stuff bcz i never know what’s going to freak my face out

Had a whole discussion about the ordinary yesterday on fb. I am currently using their HA serum as well as the niacinamide and zinc one. So far I really like it and my skin seems to love it.

my favourite thing is the Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate (lol) which is actually the most expensive thing they do - it's a vitamin C derivative in vitamin F. It's REALLY brightening and makes my skin glow (which was my major concern, my skin was so dull and lifeless) - I recommend this to anyone, it's very gentle too. My other main rec. is the Alpha Lipoic Acid, which you use 2-3 times per week overnight. you can really see a difference when you wake up. It's quite strong and warming/tingly so maybe not great for very sensitive skin.

it's really very addictive buying new things though. I think i have 12 or so of these bottles.

I have other recs but I'll get back to it later.

Ooh thank you for the recs! Just checked and the one thing I'm usuing is actually Deciem which, i think, is the ordinary's parent company or something so it's not as inexpensive as the other stuff but I really like it. It's this one: http://hylamide.com/product/subq-anti-age-30ml

VG, this looks quite good re: The Ordinary and Rosacea

https://skincaresavvy.wordpress.com/tag/rosacea/

I want to try that one ENBB. I might splash out. My friend rates it v highly too.

ooh thanks for that link jed! i might try it out

funnily that blog post uses the not-very-common word "leery" that you also used!

it's a sign!

:D

I used Kiehls ultra moisturizer for years on my face and switched to First Aid Beauty a couple of years ago. It's my go to now (partner uses it too and he has eczema and loves it), except I can't seem to get it where I am. So, I am on a trip in France and they don't seem to have it in Sephora either. I am trying out this embryolisse lait creme that I kept reading about. It's a little heavy.

Also has anyone ever used face/hair oils? I am intrigued by some of these french ones.

Does The Ordinary have just a general daily moisturizer that you would recommend?

When in France a few months ago I went a little crazy in the parapharmacie; I got and like the embryolisse creme, good for winter. Got some of the nuxe huile prodigieuse face/hair/body oil and it's fine, but not something I think I'd repurchase (especially at USA prices). I'm having a much better time with the A313 retinol compared to straight up (generic) .05% retin-A. Less irritating on me for sure. Cicabiafine hand cream is my new fave--my job has me washing my hands (largely with alcohol-based gel sanitizers) a couple of dozen times a day and this stuff has really helping me get through the cold/dry months. I like the nuxe lip balm in the little pot. And I like spraying my face with various thermal water sprays even though I doubt it does a damn thing beyond feel good.