Yes, I've been a bit off from the blog. School was making me crazy with many weekly projects and characters to learn and along with that, I caught a really bad flu. So I apologize for the lack of posts, I'll try to be more consistent again next week.
Because of what I said on my previous post about the foaming cleansers and how I started a new cleansing regime, I though that I should do a post talking a bit about it. I want to mention that I'm not a dermatologist or anything like that, but I've done a lot of research. If you want to know more in deep things, please visit Caroline Hirons Blog , she is a expert in Beauty Industry.
(this is a pure illustrative photo, taken from my instagram. Just because I like to have at least one picture with every post)
A brief
background
Many of you know that I recently gave on the so called and popular “Foaming
cleansers”. I had a terrible allergy and reaction to a cleanser from Avène. My
face would be either super dry or super oily, my usual “hormonal breakouts”
(from that time of the month) were super inflamed and would get worse every
time I use that thing. Because I have
the policy of just buying a new cleanser or backups whenever the current is
ending, I had to work something else. I remembered what Caroline Hirons had
said about foaming cleansers. A click
was made.
I decided to work a bit more with my The Body Shop cleansing butter (because it
was what I had at home). At first, it was strange. But know? I'm glad I did it. My skin is better than ever, the breakout
started to fade away as soon as I started this regime. The texture is better,
pores are getting clean. I decided to bane foaming cleansers and sulphates from
my face.
Sulphates - laureth sulfate sodium or Sodium lauryl ether sulfate – is a
chemical component used is many cleansing products. From dish washers and
clothing washers to face cleansing. The problem is, our plates and clothes
aren't like out face, at all. Among the fact that sulphates remover every single
natural oil that our face produces – both bad and good – it also create a nice
playground to bacteria’s. Not good at all right?
Not everything is perfect
Yes, not all oils are good. Mineral oils aren't really that good. Although here they say that it’s okay, some people might
have problems with him. It’s a originality from petroleum so, people with
sensitive might not like him…
Quoting from Wikipedia :
“The name mineral oil by itself is imprecise, having been used to label many specific oils over the past few centuries. Other names, similarly imprecise, include white oil, liquid paraffin, pariffinum liquidum, and liquid petroleum. Baby oil refers to a perfumed mineral oil.”
Liquid paraffin can also be found in some moisturisers. Bad moisturisers I have
to say. I had a few moisturisers and lip balms with this ingredient and they
weren't good (remember the moisturiser I hated from Nivea? It had this…)
Another oil to avoid is coconut oil because it can clog your pores like there’s
no tomorrow. It’s nice for your body, but not for your skin.
Another thing is, don’t wet your face before applying the balm or oil.
Apparently alkaline's our skin and messes up with our pH level. Oh, and be sure
to change your cloth every day to prevent bacteria contamination – it’s the
same philosophy that we have with bushes, is it nice to spread foundation with
a very gross and dirty brush? No. The same is applied to face cloths. I
personally bough a set of 10 from IKEA. 7 for the weak days and 3 spares.
So yes. I gave on Foaming Cleansers. Next Step will be Foaming Shampoo and
foaming body wash.
In terms of recommendations I can for sure recommend the The Body Shop
Camomile Cleansing Butter since it’s the one I'm currently using. Una Brennan’s
cleansing oil is also good for a pre-cleanse (like removing your make up before
the actual cleansing).
For sure, the mostly hyped Emma Hardie’s Moringa Cleansing Balm (the only thing
that it’s between me and that cleansing balm is the price) and I'm curious
about the Take the Day Off cleansing balm from Clinique (a bit expensive, but
nothing that a Sephora coupon can’t help). Shue Uemura's and Shiseido's
cleansing oils are also quite used and hyped (although I recommend to check the
labels..) and I've heard good things about Holika Holika's Soda Pore Cleansing
oil.
More information can be found at acne.org and again, at Caroline Hirons 's Blog (no she didn't paid me to advertise her, although I wouldn't mind get a free Emma Hardie cleansing Balm! Ahaha, I'm kidding okay?) and also at Balance me Beauty ( they have a really excellent guide on the cleansing oil method and different types of oils!)
So, that’s it. Next I’ll be contemplating the chemical exfolianting toner, which is
something that I'm yet to try out (which means, I won’t be talking about it for
the next 2 or 3 months). It’s a bit more complicated so, I’ll probably have to
ask help to a friend or another.
If there’s anything you want to add or ask, feel free.
Take care everyone, have a nice day!*
Post a Comment