Products I have used

A quick look at the products that I have used before:

Skin Care

• Clinique
• Aesop
• Precriptives
• Origins
• Artistry
• Clinelle
• Dermalogica
• L'occitane
• Kiehl's

You may have noticed that most of the products I used are mainly free of common irritants, dermatologist tested and products using natural ingredients. Some of the products worked well for me and some don't.

It all started with my skin

Generally, when I was growing up, I have very good complexion, often receiving numerous compliments from everyone. I am blessed with smooth, fair skin and with rare acne occurrence. Things started to change when I hit 30 where I noticed light pigmentation on my skin and rather sensitive to the sun. However, my pores were at a normal size. I am in my mid 30's and noticed rather drastic changes in my skin condition in 5 years time. Now I have:

• Combination skin, mostly very dry on both my cheeks with slight oiliness on forehead and nose area. I have a long dissatisfaction with my blackheads, which are accumulated after years of negligence. I have many many facial therapist telling me how stubborn my blackheads are. I think my blackheads were far more worse 5 years back and that was when I first started doing my facials programs.
• Over the years, I have started to notice that my pores were getting larger near my nose area and that I started to have pigmentations on both my cheeks.

Here I am, dumbstrucked, thinking that I am able to maintain my ( used to ) healthy skin by using good range products with regular face facials. Well, going for facials and maintaining good daily face regime may have slowed down the process at some point..however, I was not pleased with my skin looking dull with uneven tone and most of the problematic conditions I faced written above.

Basically, all of us will go through these stages and as for me, I know that now:

• my pigmentations will not go away...I will look for safe alternatives( not laser treatments ) to reduce my pigmentations.
• soften my blackhead areas by weekly exfoliation( hope it helps..)
• minimizing pore areas by looking for safe serums
• love my skin with better and safe skincare products 

And lastly, learning to embrace the aging process...

Why I started this blog

I started this blog, mainly in search of good natural/organic products especially for skincare. My journey started when I was noticing that my skin condition didn't really improve after being faithful to my current skincare product for 5 years. Beauty therapist will call it 'maintaining' your skin condition, wherelse I was pretty tired of the same answer by beauty therapist to my frequently asked questions:

1) Q: Why my blackheads are so stubborn?
    A: Because you didn't do your masque and exfoliation enough.

2) Q: Why my skin is always dry, despite using your recomendations on additional add on
         products?
    A: Because you didn't drink enough water, didn't have sufficient sleep or that you are going
        through hormonal changes.
       
3) Q: Why my skin started to have pigmentations despite using your best sunscreen product
          being offered?
    A: Because you didn't include our night treatment for night time. Here is our top of the
        range product that will help you to counter your problems efficiently...

You may have noticed that the answers given by the beauty therapist will always reflect my lack of care for my skin instead of certain insufficiency of their products. I understand that the efficiency of certain skincare products varies because all of us have different skin conditions and lifestyles. But in my case, certain products didn't really work out for me. I think I have given a fair amout of time for the product which I am using to see changes and improvements, that now I am ready to venture out in search of better products that are suitable for me.