In the world of skin...

A few blog posts ago, many months back, I made a little known fact that my acne medication was majorly playing with my skin. Hopeful I was, sadly the two topic creams and tablets didn't work.
Then Origins came along, and BAM - my skin cleared up! It was smooth, I didn't wake up with breakouts for a good two months. Sadly, my skin is back in the, excuse my french, shitter. Everyday I wake up with more and more spots. And they are cystic. Not the white heads you can easily deal with. They're both red, angry cystic bumps under my skin. Mainly around my jaw, chin and mouth similar to before I went on meds.

Doing some research about cysts around your chin (only where I get them) I read up its hormonal. A week past and I booked another doctors appointment hopefully going now with something in mind I want, some hormone balances! I also read that diary (mainly milk) can break you out. SO, I am cutting milk out of my diet for a while, and trying soya and almond instead.

I don't know how every things going to go but again, I can only hope for the best.

Origins Drink Up Intensive overnight mask and full Origins review

In my opinion, this mask is the best thing since sliced bread. Whilst suffering with extremely dry, and I mean dry. Please check other blog posts about my acne progress to actually see the pain it was! This mask was my saviour. I knew I needed something hydrating, what gave my skin that extra care it needed. For a smaller bottle its £10.00 and is the best tenner I have ever spent. Such a good price for a marvellous product. 

Applied after cleansing just like a normal moisturiser and my skin felt instantly replenished. It also smells really nice too which is such a bonus. The vital moisture this puts back into your skin is visible from the first time its used. And just gets better with every time. Not meant to be used everyday (I did when I had terrible dryness though) I now apply it roughly about 3/4 a week. 

The consistency is just a slight bit thicker than a normal moisturiser.

I purchased a lot of Origins products after this and they ALL really helped my struggle with spots. All products are natural and made from no grubby chemicals. I managed to splurge on a new normal moisturiser, the Make A Difference Plus + £34.00 which is brilliant for dry skin. You get such a big pot too so the price may seem daunting but for the amount you get and the quality of the product this is unreal. 

"This rejuvenating moisturiser fortified with Nature's Rose of Jericho plus a Lychee and Watermelon hydra-sustain complex quenches deep to help add moisture to dry, dehydrated skin.

Instantly help boost skin's moisture to help keep it hydrated and rejuvenated all day."

I also picked up their Super Spot Remover £14.00. Which helps fight off pesty spots before they fully form. Apply a small amount to the end of a cotton ????? (TOTALLY FORGOT WHAT THEY ARE CALLED) And it calms redness and protects the area, preventing bacteria from spreading. Apply this to certain areas AFTER moisturiser. 

I hope this helped if you're looking for a new skin care brand. I cant thank Origins enough for their help with their wonderful products. All the staff are super lovely and I was treated to free samples, free consultations and gifs. I haven't been in touch with Origins - these are my own views. 

xxx

Big skin news.

No one cares probably but I have come off my acne medication due to my own choice. I would rather have spots than my skin when I was on them evil things.

1. Things started positive. I was really excited. I noticed my skin getting really dry and bumped my moisturiser to a 'very dry'
2. I started to realise my make up never seemed to 'sit right' My foundation looked dry and clinged to my skin and kept coming off really easily and soaked into every single pore I had! Big no no and was getting me down SO bad.
3. My spots were getting so much worse and this made it extremely hard. My make up didn't go right which kept me with the little self confidence I had, without this, what could I do? Combined with horrible skin and even more spots I was getting to the end of my tether.
4. SORE. Sore everything! Sore eyes and lips were a major major problem. All the skin around my mouth had cracked and my lips were swollen and dry and sore. I remember eating a meal once and leaving half because my lips were BURNING. 
5. I felt sick every time I ate and had spurts of feeling like throwing up

All these factors added together equalled a VERY unhappy me. I was out shopping and literally broke down and I decided to take matters into my own hands and to make myself happy to end the bloody things! Guys I know, tablets DO give you side effects but these were super bad. I dealt with them for long enough and I couldn't deal anymore. The doctor said if I had ANY side effects to come off them or tell her. 

Since, I have started to use Origins. This brand is my saviour. Its saved my life. I will do a post soon all about this magical brand and my skin hasnt looked this good for me for so so long.

Foundations for pale skin (High end and drugstore options)

For some reason, today I got extremely annoyed at make up brands for not making foundation pale enough for people with actual white porcelain skin like mine! Ive searched and searched for a good foundation what doesnt make me look like I have rubbed wosits on my face and stills struggle. But these are the best I'v found. 

MAC STUDIO FIX FLUID in NW10. The NW bit is important as I used to think NC15 was the lightest and its NOT! Nw10 is so much paler than NC15. And is for pink cooled toned skin. Which you will have if you're pale. Its a heavy coverage what you might not like but I personally do! Its £21.00. Only problem with the Mac foundation range is that the NW10 only comes in this foundation. 

And for a drugstore... RIMMEL MATCH PERFECTION IN LIGHT PORCELAIN  

This is lighter than the MAC one. As you can tell. As far as I know this is the lightest drugstore foundation shade. They do a really good range but once again this colour only comes in THIS foundation and its not heavy enough for me! But its build able!

Revlon also do light colours I've heard.

xxx

Rimmel Match Perfection foundation review

 After using drugstore makeup in my early teens I steered towards more high end products when I was 15/16/17. I've been using MAC foundation for a good 2 years now but recently switched back to drugstore foundation after suffering from Acne. I wanted to see if the MAC foundation was breaking me out, as I never really got spots before using it. Makes sense huh?

 I picked up the lightest colour which was Light Porcelain and it certainly lives up to its name. Its super light and perfect for the whitest skin tone, like mine! It already comes with a pump which I like also. 

 The foundation itself is rather runny. Something I have not been used to for a while. It feels rather thin as you apply it and you can see this from the minute you press some out of the pump. This was a huge change for me as the MAC Studio Fix foundation I have worn for ages is the heaviest coverage ever, which I like - because of my spots. A cruel circle I admit. I apply two coats of the foundation to give me a medium even full coverage effect. Applying one layer would give a lovely light effect and I would only apply one layer if my skin was better or I felt more comfortable in it.

Match Perfection - Studio Fix in NW10. Here is a comparison of the colour in the Rimmel and MAC and the shade of the MAC is PERFECT for me and with the Rimmel more or less matching it I was stoked! 

Anyhow, I plan on using this foundation for at least another two weeks to see how I get on with it, but I genuinely do recommend it to ANYONE who is after a new foundation! It is wonderful applied with a powder over the top as it can look abit shiny once applied, plus that makes it last longer. Try Rimmel Stay Matte or MAC Mineralise Skinfinish natural!