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What kind of cleaners and moisturizer would you recommend for someone who has sensitive, combination skin? Precursor: I have oily/combination skin, so I come from that background. That said, already answered a similar question here. And I would add the bareMinerals Bare Escentuals Purely Nourishing Moisturizer - Combination Skin | here. Tried this recently and was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it. Our skincare tag is filled with recommendations and such as well. Hope this helps! :D Arabelle: Cetaphil’s bar soap is my go - to face wash and it’s what my dermatologist recommends, and I have sensitive combo skin. |
haul: gmarket! (featuring etude house and coggi)
I purchased all of my basic skincare for pretty much the year from Gmarket recently since I had a couple coupons that were about to expire and I was running out of absolutely everything. Included in this haul were toners, emulsions and a sunscreen from Etude House, and a sunscreen from Coggi, a Korean brand I haven’t tried yet. One of the things that I like about ordering from Gmarket in bulk is that there are always free samples and sometimes buy one get one free deals. The key is to purchase from there in bulk because buying one or two things will not balance out the shipping (in which, I would recommend purchasing from ebay or separate Korean skincare websites).
List of the items I purchased and mini descriptions of the products after the cut! (。^_・)ノ
dermatologist answers your questions
Sorry for getting these up way later than expected, all my fault! The Clinic was absolutely wonderful at answering them, Chi-Chi and I chose 10 of the most common and our favorite and send them over. Since these are quite long I’ve put most of them under the cut. Thanks so much to Max & everyone at Miravue Skin Clinic for answering the questions and being a dream to work with.
1. What is an effective anti-aging regimen for the 20-somethings?
Broad-spectrum sun screen daily to prevent any photo-ageing. Most of the UV damage done to your skin happens before your 20’s but can take up to 30 years to show. UVA exposure can deplete collagen in your skin, making it thinner and more prone to developing wrinkles. UVA and UVB can also cause hyperpigmentation, dehydration and direct damage to the cells (sun burn) and in the worst cases can lead to skin cancer. Anti oxidant serum applied daily to prevent any damage from oxygen free radicals/reactive oxygen species (ROS). Vitamin C is another good anti-oxidant and can be effective either via ingestion (eating/drinking) or topically (onto the skin). Lifestyle can be improved by avoiding factors, or reducing your exposure to factors, that can cause you skin damage such as; smoking, drinking heavily, sun exposure, UV exposure (from sun beds), not getting enough vitamins and not drinking enough water daily.
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my (face) skin is kind of dry coming out of the shower - am i scrubbing too hard or something? additionally, if i put any sort of lotion/moisturizer on my face, suddenly it's incredibly greasy for the rest of the day... i can't seem to find a balance. are there any extremely light moisturizers meant especially for your face? This might be because you’re using the wrong cleanser for your face. Switch cleansers. If you’re using a regular bar of soap in the shower, don’t — use an actual face cleanser. Bar soap dries your skin out in a lot of cases. If you’re using an exfoliating cleanser, it’s also not necessary, exfoliating daily is overkill and might be contributing to the problem. If you over cleanse and exfoliate, it just makes your skin go into overdrive. Some gentle cleansers I suggest, for the shower or otherwise: Purpose, Kiel’s Gentle Foaming Facial Cleanser, Aveeno Moisturizing Facial Bar. I have a distrust for many facial cleansers at the moment and think the more boring, the better, and these are pretty basic and gentle and (shouldn’t) give you that dry feeling. Yeah, it’s a no-no to use body moisturizer on your face. The best extremely lightweight ones that aren’t medicated that come to mind are: Kiehl’s and Eucerin (I’m not a fan of this 100%, but some swear by it). o/ Jumping in to add something…if you’re looking for a light moisturizer, emulsions are pretty much light moisturizers in skincare, so definitely try an emulsion if you find your face becoming too oily during the day. I mention a couple that I’ve tried here. |
Have a skin question? Send them our way.
We’re partnering up with a private dermatolgy and skin clinic to get your questions answered by a professional! We’re currently swamped with asks and figured we’d get some professionals to help answer some. So you can either submit an ask (please state that it’s for the dermatologist!!!), a fanmail, or reply directly to this post with a question you’d like the dermatologist to answer and we’ll pick 10 questions to ask during our interview, which will be up Monday.
So, what do you wanna ask?
50,000 followers Giveaway!!! (closed)
We promised a giveaway once we hit 1,000 followers, but then we reached 10,000, then 20,000… and have been stalling and stalling, gathering products, writing for projects, until 50k finally creeped up on us last night. So here you go: a giveaway we hope is worthy of your support.
Here are the prizes. Since Chi-Chi & I are on opposite coasts, the items might be separate but there will only be one winner, and they will receive two individual packages, one from Chi-Chi and one from me. This is U.S ONLY.
More photos & how to enter after the jump.
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What do you recommend for blackheads? (strips, cleansers, toners, anything that works) Here are a couple different products that I would recommend: - Kose Softymo Softy Nose Clean Pack: The best nose strips at the best price. You can see everything coming out when you remove them. Hope one (or more) of these help you! |
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Hello! Two questions... what brands do you believe to be the best matte drugstore lipsticks... or should i just stick to paying the extra bit for MAC? Also, it may not be make up related specifically, but any opinions on the best natural drugstore cleansers? That are sulfate free and soothing? Great blog by the way, it's a wonderful concept and well executed! We’ve answered a question on drugstore matte lipsticks before, here. Personally I am not a MAC fangirl, I think I own 3 MAC products. I wouldn’t recommend them over NYX or a drugstore alternative to be honest. NYX does nice mattes for less than half the price of MAC. And natural drugstore cleansers? Hmm. Big fan of the Yes to line of products, everything I’ve tried from them (lip balms, hair products) has been really impressive. This is sulfate free and soothing. I think the Cetaphil line of cleansers has sulfate free stuff too, at least, this is, and it’s what I use (my dermatologist recommended it, and I’m obsessed now). You may want to look through the Safe Skin Database though to find something. |
