sovereignsdaughter

The fact that right now is not “wedding season” is precisely the point of this post.   In the 18+ years that I have been specializing in Adult Acne , I’ve had people contact me just a few weeks before their wedding (a few people, even just 2 weeks ahead), to book a facial to get rid of their breakouts.   If someone tells me her breakouts are very recent from stress, that’s one thing.  In that instance I tell her a facial will exfoliate, calm and hydrate her skin to prep for better makeup application, but when it comes to clearing her breakout, I tell her it’s actually best to treat it at home with my Ice Therapy technique twice a day. But when it comes to clearing an ongoing acne problem that's been there a while, it pains me to have to tell people that this is something they should have thought of months ago, not a mere few weeks before their wedding.   Acne clearance takes time! The need to plan ahead when it comes to getting your skin clear and glowing ...

Working on my Adult Acne Online Coaching  program, helping people adjust their home routines to clear their breakout issues, coming across some kind of DIY facial oil, mask or cleansing oil is an almost daily occurrence.  Between Pinterest, beauty blogs and Facebook, the skincare consumer is bombarded with all sorts of advice on how best to deal with acne in general, but particularly on how to save money and health by making your own products right in your own kitchen.  I can’t blame anyone for trying these things.  Who can possibly object to saving money and guarding their health? There are three problems with the logic here. Depending on the ingredients, ounce for ounce you may not actually be saving that much money.   Take, let’s say, an oil cleanser containing coconut oil, jojoba oil and argan oil.   You could easily spend $20 to make a 4oz bottle of oil cleanser, and that’s just with these three oils alone - add up to $5 more for the essential oils oft...

Multi-Task?   Multi-Mask ! I will get to the multi-tasking skincare issue, next week.  I have a few things to say on the subject, and it really does deserve special attention.  But before that, I’d like to start off with another kind of multi-tasking, from another angle, which is how to deal with different parts of your face doing different things, even when your skincare routine is as optimal as can be.   This may surprise you - only 10% of the world’s population has truly dry skin, ie, doesn’t produce enough oil to keep it lubricated and healthy, while only 10% of the world’s population produces way too much oil.   Everyone else falls in the spectrum in between.   This is why my clinical instructor in beauty school first introduced us to the world of skincare with this adage:   “There is no such thing as Normal Skin” 80% of us have combination skin, either on the dry side or the oily side.  How many of us have dealt with the confusion of parts...