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Let's talk about SCRUBS!
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 / 12:33 PM |
I feel that it is important to exfoliate your skin occasionally in order to completely remove some of those make up residue plus sweat and oil that our body produce on top of the dust and dirt that our faces collect on a daily basis that we might not have missed and did not remove when we wash our faces.
However, it is important to note that we should not exfoliate our faces too often! Right after using a scrub, your face would be in this tender stage and they should be given time to recover before being exposed to such an activity again.
Once a week should be good enough but please try not to exceed twice a week! (Is your face really caked with that much dirt?! Even if it is, maybe it is time to revise your facial cleanser or maybe the way you wash your face instead of just scrubbing it so often. We have got to be as gentle to our faces as possible so that it would stay boing boing bling bling for as long as possible!)
I used to use The Body Shop's Blue Corn Mask.
Just spread it around your face after washing and drying your face!
It'll harden up making you feel like a hard boiled egg that is threatening to burst out of its egg shell.
Moreover, it has this cooling sensation which is quite refreshing after a tiring day.
It makes my skin feel renewed and clean after each wash due to a combination of the cooling sensation plus the feeling of your face being released from the egg shell.
However, it feels a little harsh so I definitely would not recommend this to people with dry skin or have any cuts or wounds on their faces because it might sting and it also feels like it might make your skin a little more dry.
For now, I am currently using Skinfood's Black Sugar Mask.
I've read a lot of good reviews about it online and thought I would give it a try!
I'd say it didn't really disappoint me.
The online reviews were saying how it has a nice scent and I was expecting it to smell sweet and delicious BUT the smell is actually lemony?!
I felt a little cheated but whatever, it was still a nice scent.
After washing your face, you're supposed to keep your face sort of moist and I do this by just dabbing my towel over my face so the giant water droplets are gone by my face is still kinda damp.
You then gently spread the mask around your face gently in a circular motion and leave it on for a few minutes (I usually keep mine on for around 30 minutes) before washing it off gently.
When it is spread across my skin, I could already feel the tiny stuff inside which should be the sugar granules because the mask is sort of... sweet?! (not important but umm I might or might not have *cough*tasted*cough* the mask out of curiosity HAHA.)
Anyways, when the mask is spread out, it is surprisingly light and translucent and it does not harden on my face like my previous scrub plus there wasn't that cooling sensation to give me the illusion of freaking clean skin so at first I was pretty doubtful about its effects.
Buttttt after washing it on and smacking on some of my moisturizer, I feel like a hard boiled egg the moment its shell was peeled off, VERY boingboing blingbling! For the rest of the night I'll be in this good mood as my skin would feel so good.
It is also not that harsh on my face so plus one point!
Comparing, the plus and minus points of both scrubs, I personally prefer the Skinfood one.
If you have any recommendations for the next scrub that I should try or have any other enquiries or comments, feel free to email me! My email address can be found at the side bar.
Until the next post, have fun scrubbing, everyone~
Labels: bodyshop, exfoliation, scrub, skinfood
With love, T.L.T.
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My Daily and Weekly Skincare Routine
Sunday, October 11, 2015 / 11:22 AM |
As a very lazy person, I only try to do the bare minimum hahaha.
Everyday when I wake up I would just wash my face right after I brush my teeth and then apply moisturizer before I start on my make up.
At night when I come home, I would then remove my make up thoroughly and then wash my face and then use apply my moisturizer (which is actually also a toner but I'll talk about this amazing product later on in another post).
Right so as you can see, it is really as simple as it can get.
There are 7 days in a week right, so on one of those days instead of applying moisturizer after washing my face I would have a Scrub Night.
Twice a week, I would apply a normal toner and then use the Laneige water sleeping pack instead and once a week I would also have a Mask Night~
Of course, none of the above 3 special days overlap and I would also try not to have those days back to back.
(Tiny rant ahead)
It is a little troublesome for me personally to keep to this routine as I can only have my scrub/mask night on nights that I don't have to wash my hair.
When I do them on nights that I washed my hair, my hair would be wet when I have my mask on and that means:
1) I cannot lie down comfortably during that 30 minutes
2) I'd have to put my wet hair up with a hairband and somehow or another I would end up with this annoyingly stubborn centre parting (ASCP) that even the power of hairdryer nor sleep can overcome.
Hmmm to give an overview of my complexion...
I'd say that it is kind of a combination between normal and oily.
It is also generally clear of pimples or acnes except for the occasional one or two when my period is approaching (and these little troublemakers would always leave their marks behind which take soooo long to disappear).
I'd also like to admit that my skin is kinda on the dull side and I have baddddd panda eyes which are all due to my bad sleeping habits (sleeping only at 3/4am) and probably also because of my diet.
So with all that in mind, I guess I know what I need to do in order to achieve that boing boing bling bling skin but its so difficult ㅠㅠ
If you think I am missing a certain important step in my skincare routine or would like to share your skincare routine with me, don't hesitate to send me an email!
And special mention to the person who just sent me my first fan mail!~
(It was so heartwarming (literally. hehe) I'll try even harder to keep this blog alive and my blog posts interesting.)
Also, to that one person who checks this blog every single day! hahaha. 나 다 알아~
Labels: ACSP, complexion, exfoliation, fan, fanmail, laneige, makeupremover, mask, moisturizer, scrub, skincareroutine, toner
With love, T.L.T.