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This is why i personally would never use or recommend anything other than Liz Earle. Many years ago i went to have my make up done in a well known store and she commented on my lovely skin and proceeded to cleanse and tone it with one of the high end brands.
T cut a long story short i ended up having a face that looked like acid had been thrown on it......never again.0 -
STOP!! Your skin sounds like its been really sensitised: you really gotta take a step away from the products for a while- or it is going to become painful and you could end up causing yourself scarring if not swelling and more redness/dry skin.
Take everything down a notch: think of it as if your skin were like a child and it got sick: suddenly everything is very pared down, (eating only dried toast and drinking only water/milk instead of the normal x,y and z that they pour down their throats!). Give it a week or two if you can hold yourself to it, allow your skin to recover itself. It sounds like things have gotten really out of balance and maybe just needs you to calm down so it can rectify itself.
Your skin can do alot by itself, yes products can enhance that and in some cases make things better but sometimes it can be better to let your skin take care of itself, despite all the science, there is still nothing better then mother nature IMO!
What your looking for is for your skin to be able to release its own natural oils to protect itself: all the exfoliating and cleansing if its too harsh may have affected the balance and taken all the skins natural reserves of these oils (which sit in the skin itself) so skin becomes dry and therefor can become damaged very easily. Thats why I suggest taking a step back, allowing your skin to get back its own balance and then bringing things back in slowly bit by bit.
(This I have come to the conclusion of at 30 yrs of age- after doing a complete circle it appears I have the same beliefs I had about skincare that I did when I was 18...long after trying multiple products and routines in the years between!)
I think it was just the exfoliator being too harsh or maybe I should just skip exfoliating?
I cleansed and everything else this morning and my skin was fine and still is. I think the parfum in the exfoliator or something else within that particular one caused the issues and I just need to not use it.
My skin is better than it has been for a long time after just a few days of changing products, it was just this exfoliator I think.
Maybe i'll try the Yoghurt as suggested. Another one getting good reviews is the Maca exfoliate from Body Shop. Apparently great for sensitive skin.This is why i personally would never use or recommend anything other than Liz Earle. Many years ago i went to have my make up done in a well known store and she commented on my lovely skin and proceeded to cleanse and tone it with one of the high end brands.
T cut a long story short i ended up having a face that looked like acid had been thrown on it......never again.
Just goes to show the expensive brands are not always the best, skincare, food or anything.0 -
I totally agree with Jennie. Your skin is not a piece of wood that you can just plane to smoothness.
The yoghurt is great, the gentlest thing I've ever used. But even with that, if I leave it on for too long, the skin on my upper cheeks seems the most sensitive, can start to sting.
The best way is the most boring way, which is to do a little bit, often. So if you want to get really keen, I recommend doing it twice a day, but for short amounts of time, like when you brush your teeth.
I think that the problem is that we've had decades of being bombarded with all these instant fix ads that promise the earth. We're kinda trained to think "Problem=what to buy to fix problem", as opposed to what to do with existing stuff(water, stuff in kitchen, regular non-specialist washing/moisturising stuff), and use it regularly.
This is why I have an undersink cupboard full of cleaning things, that I don't use, when I actually only need about three of the bottles, but to clean more regularly *blush*0 -
londonsurrey wrote: »I totally agree with Jennie. Your skin is not a piece of wood that you can just plane to smoothness.
The yoghurt is great, the gentlest thing I've ever used. But even with that, if I leave it on for too long, the skin on my upper cheeks seems the most sensitive, can start to sting.
The best way is the most boring way, which is to do a little bit, often. So if you want to get really keen, I recommend doing it twice a day, but for short amounts of time, like when you brush your teeth.
I think that the problem is that we've had decades of being bombarded with all these instant fix ads that promise the earth. We're kinda trained to think "Problem=what to buy to fix problem", as opposed to what to do with existing stuff(water, stuff in kitchen, regular non-specialist washing/moisturising stuff), and use it regularly.
This is why I have an undersink cupboard full of cleaning things, that I don't use, when I actually only need about three of the bottles, but to clean more regularly *blush*
Sounds good to me. My skin is in as good a condition as it has been for many a year.
Yes, the ads to to do with skincare and just about anything tend to get more and more intrusive and unbelievable as we go along, which is why I thought it best to ask you knowledgable lot
Some really good ideas that are already paying off but I understand it takes time.0 -
Toner's rubbish. Get a wash-off cleanser that you use with water, and just rinse. If your skin's very dry, I've found Eucerin the best moisturiser to use (link below). I don't usually bother exfoliating. You could just add some granulated sugar to your face wash.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&cp=7&gs_id=3m&xhr=t&q=eucerin&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1366&bih=643&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=14304863288865891568&sa=X&ei=wMpTTt-LLJOWhQfcq6j_BQ&sqi=2&ved=0CFMQ8wIwAg"Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.0 -
I have a wash off cleanser and didn't think to stop toning as really their is no point then.
Thanks for the link to Eucerin. I know somewhere that is doing Eucerin samples, so could try the samples first.0 -
fluffnutter wrote: »Toner's rubbish. Get a wash-off cleanser that you use with water, and just rinse. If your skin's very dry, I've found Eucerin the best moisturiser to use (link below). I don't usually bother exfoliating. You could just add some granulated sugar to your face wash.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&cp=7&gs_id=3m&xhr=t&q=eucerin&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1366&bih=643&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=14304863288865891568&sa=X&ei=wMpTTt-LLJOWhQfcq6j_BQ&sqi=2&ved=0CFMQ8wIwAg
Wondering if you read what I had written about toner?
Incase its too much to read through (have a habit of writing too much!) toner is not used insted of cleanser it is used after cleanser.
Toner helps to get rid of any debris of cleanser left on your skin as well as lime within the water. Both left on sensitive skin can cause irritation and dryness, both can cause problems.
Its not something you HAVE to have and many can go without and its fine (you'd probably feel your skin is a bit tigher but it can be overlooked). But if your skin is poorly and you need to take some care over it because it has been damaged, getting rid of all the debris of cleanser and hard-water is normally a good idea which is why I had suggested it. Some toners do use a high amount of alcohol which is why I suggested finding one without but as far as dealing with skin which has become sensitised by product use I stand by my suggestion.
Saying toner doesn't work for you or does work for you is fine and helpful but calling it rubbish can seem a bit like your making a huge statement to suggest it doesn't work for everyone. It does work for me when my skin was similar to how the OPs skin was.0 -
So many things to consider.
Anyway, I went to my GP today and she suggests I ditch all the products and just use 'Simple'.
She doesn't agree with all the products on the market having this and that in them and says her whole family use 'Simple' with no issues.
She also thinks some of my spots are in fact insect bites that have been infected so has given me antibiotics0 -
So many things to consider.
Anyway, I went to my GP today and she suggests I ditch all the products and just use 'Simple'.
She doesn't agree with all the products on the market having this and that in them and says her whole family use 'Simple' with no issues.
She also thinks some of my spots are in fact insect bites that have been infected so has given me antibiotics
Simple is not all that 'simple' and,despite what your GP says, it's not that kind to your skin.
http://www.simple.co.uk/skincare-solutions/glossary.aspx
Toner is not'rubbish' and I use the rose water to make sure all cleanser has been removed and it's also quite refreshing.0 -
So many people say so many things that it confuses me
It's like food - what can you eat these days that is not injected with something that you woudn't want? Even water is varaibale from one source to another.
My head is spinning0
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