revamping my skin care routine (picture heavy) pt. 1

After rubbing my fingers over dry canyons and oily patches of inflamed skin, I realized it was time to adjust my skin care routine. Well... at least develop one for my skin type. Now I know about the 10-step Korean skin routine (sometimes it goes up to 15 or more steps.) , but I know that i can't get into a solid routine without easing into it at first.I did a bit of shopping at target, from amazon , and soko glam and here what i found. (Disclaimer: these are things that work for me, and not necessarily for everyone else. The purpose of sharing the products is to give people with similar skin concerns an idea of the products that may help. This isn't sponsored or anything, I'm  just doing it, because i wish i had some one to do this for me. okay? okay! great.)


SO ,before jumping into the products i want to discuss a couple of my skin concerns.

1) Sensitive skin -I've never been able to wash my face without it feeling like a took a razor to my face, drenched it in lemon juice, and stretched it over canvas to be dried like leather. (um... okay, i admit that's a bit gross, but my face always hurts after washing it.)

2) Acne- need i say more? pimples, black heads, and white heads are grossly tuck just beyond the reach of my normal face wash and  Sadly they all erect in unity to ruin any progress I've made in having a clear face.

3) acne scaring. This is something that is a major concern for those with dark skin. Hyper-pigmentation is inescapable if  your skin is like mine. Even if you've never popped, pushed, or irritated the infected area, those scars are ready and willing to come out the woods like a crazed chainsaw murderer (hmmm, i've been a classic horror movie mood lately,)

4) then are smaller problems like dull skin, and firmness and wrinkle prevention


Now that we have a list of problems to be addressed ,let's address them. We'll start with products  by company, and the results I've experienced will follow. (You can skip around if you want,)

PRODUCT BY COMPANY

Target.com 

now these are products that could easily be found in stores (at east if you're in the state, but i bought these because i was already ordering things online.

Cetaphil gentle skin cleanser.

My experiences with this product: I love this cleanser. It's gentle and fragrance free (if that's a concern for you)  My skin feels crazy soft afterwards, and not irritated at all. (You have no idea how surprised i was not to have a burning face after cleaning it. Is this what people without sensitive skin feel? ... It's nice.) 

Neutrogena clear face sunscreen



My experiences with this product. Now this sunscreen has SPF 55, which isn't the highest, but i don't mind reapplying this and here's why.It's super light, and oil-free.My pores don't feel like they're dyeing when i use it, and there's no awkward white streaks left behind.


St. Ives blackhead clearing green tea scrub (wow what a mouthful)


My experiences with this product. It's okay. It's not the type of product that'll make me hold itup and sing that song from lion king. I'll just list the pros and cons and let you form your own opinion.
                                       pro:                                                         Con.       
                         gentle, no burning sensation after use                   maybe too gentle for my skin (I usally only
                         doesn't dry out skin                                           exfoliate once every three weeks, but i 
                                                                                                 might have to do it once a week)

Products from SOKO GLAM

so this is a bit of an unboxing, here's the box with the company name.

A little overview of what i bought.

vitamin C

Snail mucin Essence

Bunila co's Clean it zero oil based face wash

(it also comes with a little spatula to scoop the product out with.)

Etude house Moistfull collagen eye cream

Sokoglam was also kind enough to send some samples (I'll get into these products a little later )

Products from amazon

So this starts off gold, and turns white as it dries, but oh my word your face will be soooo soft afterwards that a babies bum will feel like sandpaper in comparison. (yep, I-I'm aware that was weird. I felt it as I was typing,but you get the point right?)

Etude House's Wounder pore 10 in 1 toner

This is the biggest bottle of toner i've ever bought (500 ml/16.90 oz) It's gentle on skin but tough on dirt. Not to mention my skin feels amazingly soft afterwards. My T-zone doesn't go back to being oily afterwards like it dose with other toners. the packaging is so sweet,and there's a little press pump for cotton pads (you really don't need a lot of pumps either.  a little goes a long way)


That's it for now. I know I need to get a couple of face masks, but I'm happy with these products. (besides i want to get my skin used to a routine before experimenting anymore, just to be safe)