My skin was TERRIBLE yesterday. So I took a long shower, saw all the redness and irritation, skipped my usual toner step, used Tazorac, waiting, used Missha's FTE (second bottle!!), and slapped on a LOVEMORE mask (my favorite brand so far).
The Lovemore mask was a rose brightening one. IT WORKED WONDERS. Honestly, I love those masks and each time they have saved my skin from something else.
Wore it with my silicon mask until I felt the edges by my cheeks dry. Then took off the silicon and waited for it to dray a bit more before I peeled it off. Followed my Mizon AIO Snail cream.
My skin was GORGEOUS in the morning compared to the bumpy red mess it was the day before.
Today though, I put some Missha FTE and waiting, so when I applied Tazorac is stung a little little bit. Then I waited a mini-drama episode worth of time (15 plus minutes) and then applied a hydrating toner (Chia Seed, yuck) it stung again!!!
Doesn't help that my nostril were chapped to bits because I am sick and have a runny nose. That stung, applying anything before and after the Tazorac stung. However, my sebum looks a lot better, a lot clearer and for that I am glad.
To counteract the pain and stinging, I decided to stay with the whole concept of masking post-Tazorac as to balance out the dryness of "tret-face." Keeping my skin moisturized as I am trying my best to heal it without dealing with comedones. (Please don't goggle "comedones" it's really the most unpleasant Google Images I've seen today. And I've watched Buzzfeed's gross video with extraction popping, which really was the GROSSEST thing, how is there even a niche market for people who like watching that sort of stuff. I'm mentally puking bile at the thought and I want that thought to be over so I am stopping now!)
Have a few skin-colored comedones on my face, the biggest on is between my eyebrows. Thought it was a mole or a skin tag (as those run on both sides of my family), but Dr. Myself has WebMD'd extensively to the point where I've come to terms with it being a comedone. Although I don't know how it got there... or when it appeared....
Cheers to tonight, as my My Beauty Diary Bird's Nest mask is drying over my tret-face. Masking daily is rather time consuming, but I'm enjoying myself.
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Friday, April 29, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The Retinoid Diaries: Day 1 of Tazorac
Most people talk about tret-face, the ultimate purge before good skin finally unveils itself.
Me? I've got Taz-attacked, or I plan on being so.
Ages ago, but not too long, I was scared by a dermatologist because of an odd sty that they scraped my face getting a sample of. Being on Medicare at the time, I didn't care, none of these visits cost me a dime. But they did cost me my skin, well, scarless skin, because his assistant left a gash on the bridge of my nose.
Past aggression aside, I was prescribed a tube of Tazorac Cream, .1%. Using up all the samples he gave didn't seem to make a crazy difference. So I put the tube away, it is still good until April 2017 anyway.
Now that there's a love affair with retinoids and skincare gurus.... and this new toner or new cleanser is making my skin horrid....
Time to bring the tube back out!!
And to do a double no-no, I also brought out the Laneige Water Sleeping mask I bought at duty free. Because if a possible dry "tret-face" is going to happen, you betcha I'm going to over moisturize.
So today's routine went like this:
1. Oil Cleanser - Shu Uemura Yellow Bottle (which works better with my step 2 cleanser)
2. SUM37 MRCS (still not used to bits of rose petal being rubbed around my face)
3. Tazorac (which I did wrong, I should have put a toner/essence on, but I am so tired of this Chia Seed failing)
4. Laneige sleeping pack
5. Laneige sleeping pack reapplied when the first layer was dry.
And now we wait.
Until then, i hope to say adieu to all the darn whiteheads popping up this week. New products, much stress, less sleep, bad skin.
Missha FTE I miss you so much, can't wait until my Amazon order comes in the mail. Though I have to say, I am also missing the clear toner. But if the Chia Seed really is the issue (maybe it's the MRCS?!?!) I am just going to go out and buy a $13 500ml bottle of Kikumasamune Sake Skin Lotion High Moisture. Or maybe just the regular white bottle and not the the pink "high moist" one. Nah, the white bottle has Propylparaben listed, which is a 7 out of 9 on the list of "not good for you," the other parabens are merely at a 4 in the pink "high moist" bottle..
Me? I've got Taz-attacked, or I plan on being so.
Ages ago, but not too long, I was scared by a dermatologist because of an odd sty that they scraped my face getting a sample of. Being on Medicare at the time, I didn't care, none of these visits cost me a dime. But they did cost me my skin, well, scarless skin, because his assistant left a gash on the bridge of my nose.
Past aggression aside, I was prescribed a tube of Tazorac Cream, .1%. Using up all the samples he gave didn't seem to make a crazy difference. So I put the tube away, it is still good until April 2017 anyway.
Now that there's a love affair with retinoids and skincare gurus.... and this new toner or new cleanser is making my skin horrid....
Time to bring the tube back out!!
And to do a double no-no, I also brought out the Laneige Water Sleeping mask I bought at duty free. Because if a possible dry "tret-face" is going to happen, you betcha I'm going to over moisturize.
So today's routine went like this:
1. Oil Cleanser - Shu Uemura Yellow Bottle (which works better with my step 2 cleanser)
2. SUM37 MRCS (still not used to bits of rose petal being rubbed around my face)
3. Tazorac (which I did wrong, I should have put a toner/essence on, but I am so tired of this Chia Seed failing)
4. Laneige sleeping pack
5. Laneige sleeping pack reapplied when the first layer was dry.
And now we wait.
Until then, i hope to say adieu to all the darn whiteheads popping up this week. New products, much stress, less sleep, bad skin.
Missha FTE I miss you so much, can't wait until my Amazon order comes in the mail. Though I have to say, I am also missing the clear toner. But if the Chia Seed really is the issue (maybe it's the MRCS?!?!) I am just going to go out and buy a $13 500ml bottle of Kikumasamune Sake Skin Lotion High Moisture. Or maybe just the regular white bottle and not the the pink "high moist" one. Nah, the white bottle has Propylparaben listed, which is a 7 out of 9 on the list of "not good for you," the other parabens are merely at a 4 in the pink "high moist" bottle..
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