UPDATE (29/01/2014)
OK this is really funny. I wrote this eye-damaging post two years ago?! All about ACNE? wahaha...I don't know what I was thinking back then. Maybe I was trying to be all 'beauty blogger' or God knows what LOL.. anyways for anyone unfortunate to come across my blog just ignore this post haha..i just don't want to delete it as I obviously spent a lot of time writing it. Anyways in summary I don't have acnes anymore, thanks to Beauche although I do have pimples/dark spots again due to pregnancy :)
I gotta say... this summer should be considered as the worst summer ever in my whole life!!!
ACNE ATTACK! PIMPLE EXPLOSION! FACE DESTRUCTION!
I would never claim that I have a flawless skin cause I don't. My skin is somewhat oily but dry. I can't really explain it but for me that is the best description that I can give. I could also say that I am one of the lucky ones that don't really get pimples all over the face, or at least used to.
Everything was just fine. I have some tiny pimples on my forehead but nothing alarming. Until one day, that 'some' became 'so many' and I started to worry because they are now leaving dark pimple marks on my forehead and chin. Needless to say, being a kiti-kiti that I am, I went to a beauty salon and had my first facial in 2 years (heh). The lady who did my facial (what do we call her, a facialist?) told me right after my session that there would be 'break outs' in the coming days. I said 'OK' without realizing that it is going to be a massive break out! In short, after that facial session, my skin problem started to become worst.
A boil-like pimple popped out on my forehead and 'twas really embarrassing especially that I work at the reception. I had to cover it with my side-bangs a little bit but I know that I was just making it worst, what with the natural oil in my hair and face, right?
Then I became really frustrated, I seek the 'BEST' solution in the world through..what else...Google! (haha). I tried everything that I think would 'naturally' heal my pimples or acne (arrrghhh). I think this has all started even when I did the 'virgin olive oil + sugar' regimen that I read on the net. It claims that it will give you softer skin but obviously it just irritated mine. But I don't learn my lesson very well, so as stubborn as I am, I googled what could be the best treatment with my skin problem.
I tried turmeric powder with lemon juice. It claims that by combining turmeric with lemon juice it you can make a facial mask that will draw impurities and remove blemishes. It looks OK in the beginning then not much improvement even after weeks of using it. So that's the end of turmeric episode in my life.
Then, I used Clean & Clear facial wash and moisturizer (fast action). According to the packaging it will help clear spots fast without drying your skin. But in my case, it did the opposite. It didn't clear out the spots and it dried my skin right after using it. It also sting and my skin looks terrible after using this product. So, I stopped using it after 3 days.
After C&C, I bought Ponds Flawless White Visible Lightening Daily Cream, Rebrightening Night Treatment and Intensive Serum (I remember using this when I was still in Dubai and it worked perfectly fine). It says that it will visibly lightens your skin, giving your skin a natural, flawless radiant look. It does lighten my skin but it tends to make my skin more oily. Also, I noticed that when I start using these, huge ones start popping out on my face (actually just the left side, I don't know why). I am almost contented with Ponds although I keep having those pimples or acne or whatever that keeps popping out until my sister told me to look for HBC Calamansi facial wash because that is what she is using and it seems to work fine with her.
While searching for HBC product online I came across this blog about Eskinol products (http://allaboutjyl.blogspot.com/2012/05/eskinol-facial-deep-cleanser-reviews.html). This blog is really informative and Janet, the owner, is very helpful.
I couldn't find HBC here in Doha so I decided to just look for Eskinol but was hesitant at first to buy because obviously I have mixed up all the treatments now and might have already done major damage in my face. 'Malikot sa aparato' as some of you would say. But still out of curiosity and desperation, I bought Eskinol Pimple Fighting Facial Deep Cleanser (facial wash). The first time I used it I actually say 'WOW' because it gave me that cold, fresh feeling in my face. I can feel that at least my skin was reacting to something now unlike the first 3 products I tried (well Clean & Clear stung my face so yeah there was a reaction pala). I looked at my face after washing and I can tell that I feel like my face is really clean and it doesn't look oily after drying.
When I visited the store again where I bought my first Eskinol, I found out that they have a deep cleanser as well, serves as a toner. So I get one and combined the two as my after wash regimen. The toner will sting your face for few seconds but that's just it. You will notice that even after washing there still some dirt on your face. Tried it with my neck and boom! Although my neck and face looks clean but when you use the toner you will still get some dirt (libag?! haha) out of your skin.
I have been using this product for almost a week now and as I have read in the reviews it will take 7-10 days to actually notice the total difference, although after using it in 3 days you can tell that your pimples dried out and it is just the pimple marks that you should be worried about.
My pimples are not yet gone though. They are still on my face like a chicken pox that wouldn't go. But as I have said I haven't really used this product for more than a week now so I still have few more days to test its effectiveness. I just wish that finally I found my 'face-buddy' otherwise I would really need to hunt a fairy godmother that could transform me into a princess-like beauty and I don't care even if she'll ask me to wear those damn glass shoes as long as I will have the pimple free, acne away skin that I used to have (hehehe).
Gonna post some photos of my skin transformation ASAP to prove my point though :D
