Tuesday, March 16, 2010

What's going on with my skin?!?!

My skin has been weird lately.  Upon returning from the AAD meeting, my cheeks were getting very red and blotchy.  I thought that maybe it was just from the water at the hotel, but after a few days it was still looking red and becoming more sensitive.  So then I thought that maybe my combination of AFA Exfoliating Gel and the firming peptides which exfoliate in Stop the Clock had caused some situation of over exfoliating, so then I stopped using my AFA gel for a few days and now I have a ginormous zit on my chin...

Ugh!

So now I'm doing a spot treatment of AFA Micro-Exfoliating Masque on my little invader, it seems to be clearing up now.  My cheeks are starting to look a little better, so hopefully that's all that it was.

I think it's time to change up my regimen a little bit and that will give me something new to talk about in my blog, I just haven't decided yet which product to use.  I'm debating between:

Tensage Intensive Ampoule Treatments - all of my friends and coworkers who have used this product not only love it but they also look amazing!  I envy the glow.  But I'm not sure that this is really what my skin is needing right now, though who doesn't love a little collagen boosting!

Retriderm vitamin A serum - my boss repeatedly tells me that everyone should be using a retinol but I have never worked one into my regimen.  I love the pinky glow that this product gives people, it sounds unappealing to say but it really is a healthy look for the skin.  I'm just a little concerned that it will continue in my over-exfoliation path that I'm on, but I'm hopeful that it will help stop my acne breakouts.

I can always change my sunscreen too, but I was so happy with the addition of Stop the Clock to my regimen that I'm not ready to let go yet.

I'm also a little leery because I'm thinking that I need to add these products to my evening regimen and my current evening regimen consist of...nothing!  I'm so bad I don't even wash my face before I go to bed most nights.  I use one of my daughter's baby wipes to take off my make-up and then I call it a night.  Maybe that's why my cheeks are blotchy...

And now you know my dirty little secret!  Even skin care representatives are non-compliant patients sometimes. 

Well, I'll try to change up my regimen this week and let you know how it goes!  Thanks for reading.

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