The previous post regarding my skin was about how I messed it up. This post is briefly going to talk about how I fixed my skin hence the title. Obviously I was pretty depressed and torn up about how bad my skin looked. I lost my confidence a little bit for sure.I couldn’t go out without make up anymore. But I had to stop thinking about it and being stressed out about it because I knew that wasn’t going to help my skin at all. I’m not gonna tell you the basic things that I did such as drinking water and not stressing because I’m pretty sure everybody knows that already but apart from drinking more water and stressing less, I only stuck to the products below. I completely cut out the Sunday Riley Luna Oil and Good Genes.
Products I used in the morning:
Before I get into the products I used, I wanted to mention that I sent Sunday Riley an email about my concerns with the directions of the packaging and how it had adverse affects on my skin. I let them know that their directions on their packaging were negligent and that because of their negligence my skin suffered. I told them about the break outs and they sent me products to help me with my breakouts and to heal any dark marks leftover from the pimples. The products included in the Vitamin C Kit were a serum, moisturizer, and oil. Although I had little trust in this brand, I thought well my skin looks like shit anyways so what do I have to lose at this point.
So the products included in the a.m routine were:
I alternated between two cleansers:
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- *I used the cleansing gel with my Foreo Luna Mini 2 on mornings I needed a deeper cleanse. Otherwise I would use my cleansing milk.
- Then I would pat on SK-II facial essence
- 4-5 drops of Drunk Elephant Marula Oil and a pea size portion of the Sunday Riley Vitamin C Brightening Serum blended together to create a concoction
- Moisturized with Sunday Riley C.E.O Vitamin C Rich Hydration Cream.
Additional step depending on UV: Finished off with Neutrogena Sunscreen if there was UV protection needed that day. I would just check “UV Index” for the day in my location. If it was one or higher, I used sunscreen. This will show in your weather app most likely. Or just Google it. Vitamin C is sensitive to UV light. So use it when you’re prone to UV light or you’ll get dark spots. By the way if you think your “foundation+spf” is going to protect you- NO you couldn’t be more wrong. Sorry. You have to use sunscreen.
Products I used in the evening
If I had makeup on, I would gently wash off my mascara with water just using my fingers. Then I would use: Unrefined virgin coconut oil – I’d melt the jar under hot water for a minute and then slather this all over my face including my eyes. Then I’d wet a paper towel and use this as a face wipe to get all the coconut oil and makeup off. I would then cleanse with my foreo and the deep dive cleansing gel by Tarte. Don’t doubt the power of a good double cleanse y’all. It does wonders.
The product that saved my skin
After cleansing, I would use my Ole Henriksen Glow2oh Dark Spot Toner. This stuff is insanely good! I swear, if it wasn’t for this product, my skin would not have recovered as quick. I didn’t start using this until seven months into recovery mode, and finally I started seeing my acne and scars go away for good! ALHUMDULLILAH! My favorite youtuber, DesiPerkins was raving about it and I finally decided to try it cause her skin is freakin flawless. I’m so glad I did. She does a little review about it her skin routine video. The Glow2Oh has AHA’s in it as well but for some reason my skin really liked it. Maybe it has a lower concentration and my skin was just very sensitive when I was using the Sunday Riley Good Genes. Clearly Sunday Riley’s product was too strong for me. I used the Glow2Oh twice or thrice (did I just say thrice?) a week to see how my skin would react. No breakouts. That was a good sign. So I started using it almost every day after a week. And now I use it every night. I love the scent too ❤️
After toning, I would use my SK II essence, let it soak into my skin for a minute, and then go over with my origins nightamins mineral enriched cream, however, this moisturizer has been reformulated and I haven’t tried the new formula. So I can’t speak on its effectiveness. I also mixed this moisturizer with my ride or die Fresh Seaberry oil and patted it on my face thoroughly blending it into the skin.
I did this routine every morning and every night religiously. And my skin is finally starting to get back to the way it used to be. It’s not 100% yet but it’s getting there friends. It goes back to that old saying: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. My skin didn’t like the new shit I was introducing to it. And that too, suddenly and frequently. I will definitely try retinol in the future, but only once my skin is healed and I am only going to try it once a week to start off with rather than surprising my skin with a blast of chemicals it’s never interacted with.
Refer to the post titled “how I messed up my skin” to see pictures of what my skin looks like after recovery. I should have included them in this post but I’m still new to this so… #nube.
Thanks for the TLC Ole Henriksen, I’m your biggest fan 💐
Xo
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