Skin Care Routine: UPDATE

My Acne Battle, The only three words, I wish to never repeat. It seems like a never-ending one. From skin care products to therapies and onto diet elimination... It's a struggle for many and for me. I have publicised my product ventures and attempts to eliminate my acne, however, when all seems to be successful, my skin does not seem to follow through and give me my desired results... 

Unfortunately for me, my acne is caused from triggers beyond skin depth...

So I will be beginning my Roaccutane Journey!  With Roaccutane comes many side effects, dryness, skin sensitivity and discomfort but with the promise of clear skin...

I want to take you on my journey, giving you monthly updates of my progress. 

If your interested in using this product 

 or just curious,  I will give honest feedback and let you know how I have dealt with the side effects and update you on each of my phases.

 I'm eager to start and excited to see what my end result will be... 

Anyway, Today's blog entry is all about my current skin care regime, the products and regimes I have used to help minimise my scaring and limit excessive break outs...

Not all my acne is hormonal, some is caused by open pore damage, dirt, irritation and infection, I have found a great beautician who introduced me to the power of oxilyum lights and salicylic acid peels and facials, A little bit pricy but worth it if you want to avoid anti-biotics and medications. 

The magic of these facial treatments have completely banished me of my agonising acne irritation and extreme skin sensitivity.

After just over 2 months of treatment, my skin is less angry and more soothed, the oxilyum lights have helped with my scarring and has minimised their appearance. 

So I highly recommend this procedure to those with break outs that are minimal to severe, it's important to control your acne and not let it control you. 

A very wise decision of mine was to visit a beautician who has helped me a lot, and given me great moisturisers, cleansers and serums of success!! Knowledge is power. 

Since discovering Ultraceuticals, I never wish to turn back, their performance combined with regular trips to my beautician has managed to get my skin under control and remove all my surface break outs and most of my deeper acne. Unfortunately, If i want to banish my blemishes completely I must treat them internally...
However, If your looking for fantastic products you can't go wrong with these...

Step 1. Ultra Clear Foaming Cleanser 
Such a fabulous cleanser, gentle and fragrant. My skin feels fresh and purified as it removes excessive dirt and pore build-up, without drying.

Step 2. Ultra Clear Treatment Lotion
This is my acne clearing serum, It has Salicylic-acid properties that is great for clearing acne and has surprisingly worked! It does dry out your skin however. 

Step 3. Ultra Hydrating Lotion 
This Moisturizer is the best I have ever used! It leaves my skin hydrated and moisturised without leaving an oily base on my skins surface, and has worked great with hydrating the dryness caused the Salicylic-acid in the peels and clearing lotion. So happy with this product, Definitely a favourite!

I hope this has helped some of you, I do advise trying them out. You have nothing to loose. 
Stay strong, I'm sure your acne will pass, just as mine will too. 

Beauty Bits (Skin Care)

Hey guys,

I am not to shy to confess that I suffer from acne, I have suffered from my acne since high school, It worsened around HSC time and has never got back to the way that it was before.

Im not one to complain of my skin, but it does bring me down and make me feel very insecure.

Im sure like many of you out there, I have tried most of the medicated skin care products, all the cleanser's on the shelf and a hand full of home remedies (I consider myself quiet the wizard, when it comes to creating home remedies).

However, 1 problem always existed... That was that nothing ever worked.

I had always been skeptical about facials as I heard that it just made you break out (those words being my biggest fear) so, I had always avoided the idea.

After speaking to the beautician she told me I was essentially doing everything wrong and told me of my neglect. It was a real shock, well not really, because my skin isn't great, but I wasn't expecting to hear that my skin was congested, dry (because I moisturise like nobodies business) and various other skin terms I hadn't heard.

Being a glass half empty type of person when It comes to my clear skin success. I had a closed mind to her comments but decided to invest in the products she recommended because honestly Im at my whits end.

I purchased the products from the brands EmerginC and Dermalogica

both of which i hadnt considered to that day, probably due to their price tag. But after using it for 2 weeks now I have to admnit that Im a fan.

I mean it hasn't essentially got rid of my acne completely, as that is something I have to deal with hormonely but the redness, dryness and irritation of the pimple and my skin itself has decreased. I have seen a change in the length of time the pimple takes to go and an effect on scarring. I have sensitive skin so i scar easy, but these products have decrease the aggression of the pimple.

I am happy to share them with you! :)

From left to right.

Exfoliator; EmerginC Micro-scrub; gentle skin refinisher

Cleanser; EmerginC Pomegranate Cleanser 

Toner; EmerginC Deglazing Toner 

Moisturiser; Dermalogica Active Moist 

I would highly recomment these products if you have dry but oily skin thats very acne prone. I would too recommend a visit to a trusted beautician, I went to SpaBar on Pitt St in the Sydney City. They were great. A beautician can actually educate you on what you actually need and specifically for you :)

Stay FAB everyone. 

I hope this helps :)