Sweet, isn't it? (wait for it....)Bonus! You also get a Q&A to go with today's post.
Dear Alisha,
I want beautiful amazing skin. What's the secret? How do I get it? It doesn't seem fair to be in my 30s and dealing with both acne breakouts and the coming of wrinkles. Help me, Alisha, you're my only hope!
Sincerely,
Complexion Vexed
Dear Complexion Vexed,
First off, tight pores and wrinkle-less skin in mostly in your genes. I have asked a dermatologist how to get smaller pores and he said "get a new mother". [I thought that was an awkward thing to say but he meant 'you can't, it's genetic'. At least that is what I hope he meant.]
Additionally, I have been in several skincare situations where everyone turns to the woman in the group with glowy, smooth, fresh looking skin and beg for her secrets, only to find out that she barely washes her face in the shower and uses no moisturizer.
Second, you can help yourself out. I turned to my sister Juliann, beauty buff and skincare enthusiast, after hearing that she has a skin care regime that has made her skin look better than any time in her adult life. She raves about how smooth and clear and soft it is and how her pores look smaller. She looked in to Oprah's favorite skin care products but they were over $200 a month. After much research, and some sampling of pricier products, she has come up with her own drugstore priced regime.
Here is what shes uses:
AM RoutineAlpha Hydrox Nourishing Cleanser- this is her face wash for day and night (see above)
Alpha Hydrox Souffle
Am moisturizer and sunscreen Combo- basic Oil of Olay
One small complaint, I have tried this product and it has way too much added scent for me. It made my eyes water. Are you listening Oil of Olay?
same face wash as AM
Alpha Hydrox Night Rescue treatment "but not in the eyes!!"
Alpha Hydrox Retinal Night Resque
Oil of Olay Night Regenerist as her moisturizer (see above)
Don't think you're done yet, twice a week she suggests exfoliating with Burt's Bee's Peach and Willow Bark Deep Pore Scrub.
She hasn't sent me pictures of her pores and proof, but this is the happiest I've ever seen her about her skin, an answer to many prayers.
Or if you are slightly rich, or have neglected your skin, try microderm-abrasion at a salon/spa. It will smooth the surface of your skin out and you can begin moisturizing anew.
There we go! 
13 comments:
i have been using noxzema since high school...works great for me. i don't use moisturizer, except for in the winter when it is dry out, then i use l'occitane's olive oil moisturizer (i really love it). i don't wear foundation or powder.
i have found that when i use a cleanser that is foamy, it dries my skin out and then my body overcompensates by producing oil, and then i break out.
I don't believe in skin care routines, but then I've never tried any.
a caption...let me sleep on it. (as I also sleep with today's makeup on my face.)
your face has a vulnerable, eager but sad, soft look to it, like, "I'm on my way to win my husband back...at the big hoedown tonight!"
Vulnerable and eager but determined.
Love the post, Alisha...as queen of big pores, I will tell you that I've been very gratified by the results of a good nightly washing with Mary Kay Timewise Cleanser and night and morning Mary Kay Oil Control Lotion. Easy and fast...and shrunken pores, I tell you. Or maybe it's just that now my wrinkles cover my big fat pores! Loved getting to see that little sweetheart in person. And Violet too :-)! Thanks for a fun post.
Clarisonic brush. My friend has these pretty big pores, after she came back from Taiwan. It does wonder to her face! Sephora is having a limited edition, Mia version, more just for face and neck for $129 versus $250.
Whenever you can do without makeup, it also helps, your skin needs to breathe!
Lien
Love the photos. She looks just like you did at that age in this photo! (Minus the beauty parlor treatment)
It's a little pricier than what you can get at the grocery store, but I love Origins "Checks and Balances" for face wash. In fact, I love everything they make. (Everything I've tried at least.) Their scents are light and slightly herbal, but not overpowering.
I really liked a daily exfoliant by Ponds but they stopped selling it @ my Target. So now I use Aveeno's version. My dermatologist recommended Oil of Olay moisturizer. But something in it makes my eyes water also & stings my skin. I switched to a new one by eminence called whip moisturizer and it is amazing! I also add daily sunscreen after moisturizing by philosophy.
I have yet to find a really good eye makeup remover tho. Any recommendations? All the ones I have used to far make me feel like I'm burning my eyeballs and damaging my vision.
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