Hiii!!
Been a long minute, I know, but for the past while now I have been saying I want to get back into blogging but “I don’t have time..” well now that we’re in quarantine, I have nothing but time so here we go.
For anyone who knows me, I am obsessed with skincare. Obsessed. It’s all I talk about, all I think about..and while I am by no means an expert, I’ve decided to share what works for me.
My whole life my skin has been somewhat complicated. In high school it was always aggressively dry due to swimming everyday and the chlorine, and it was basically too dry to ever break out. When I went to college and quit swimming however, my skin went psycho. It was oily and all the sudden I was breaking out all the time and I didn’t know what to do. So that’s how I got into skincare. Now I am literally obsessed with anything and everything that will improve my skin, so I am sharing some of my staples below.
April 2020 Skincare Favorites
1.) Goop Replenishing Night Cream
I cannot talk about this product enough. It is by far my favorite product I have ever purchased. This sounds dramatic, but I promise it’s true. Like.. I don’t know if I could even live life without it. While this product is pricey, it is 100% worth it. Out of every product I have ever purchased this one has changed my skin more than any other.
I absolutely love this product because I hate thick moisturizers, which I have found most night creams to be uncomfortably thick. Thick moisturizers are uncomfortable, they clog my pores, and then I end up breaking out even more. Gross. This moisturizer though feels like the perfect thickness, to where it is giving my skin all the moisture it needs while not giving it too much. This moisturizer is also great because it has Vitamin C and Hyaluronic Acid in it. The Vitamin C brightens my skin so the coloring when I wake up looks amazing, while the Hyaluronic Acid firms, tightens, and moisturizes my skin so my skin wakes up looking rested, but still bright and moisturized.
I literally could not recommend this product enough.
2.) Drunk Elephant A-Passioni Retinol Cream
It took me a while to get into Retinol, but I really love the Drunk Elephant Retinol and definitely would consider it one of my favorite face products. I love this retinol because it is strong, without being too strong. This lets you can use it more frequently and it is also good if you haven’t used retinol before using this product, like myself. While retinol is typically used to diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles as well as even out skin complexion, I also love it because it kills any and all zits. If I put this on at night, I wake up in the morning with tighter skin and any smaller zits will be completely gone and more cystic ones are basically gone. This product honestly kills cystic acne better than any other product I have ever tried.
I use Drunk Elephant Retinol every two or three nights and follow it with the Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum, and then my Goop night cream I talked about above.
While this product is also pricey, a little goes a long way and the tube will last you forever.
3.) The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1%
So the most incredible face product I have ever purchased is hands down the Glossier Super Pure serum, but this product has been unavailable for almost a year. Obviously this put me into a full panic, and I therefore had to find another product that would help with my breakouts and skin redness. After doing research, I found The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% and found that it is incredibly similar. While I still think I like the Glossier serum more, this serum from the Ordinary is definitely a staple in my skincare wardrobe. This serum reduces my breakouts and calms my skin, making it dramatically less red. I put this serum on, after my Drunk Elephant Vitamin-C Serum, on every morning.
4.) Drunk Elephant C-Firma Vitamin C Day Serum
For sure the best Vitamin-C serum I have tried. This serum brightens my skin dramatically while also making my skin look and feel tighter. When using this serum however, it is super important you use it right in order to achieve the best results. First, you have to make sure you use this serum before it goes bad. I use this serum every morning, and it’s a bright orange color. If the color gets too dark, you know it has gone bad and you can’t use it anymore. Sad! Next, make sure you use this product on a clear face. I always put this serum on right after washing my face, before any other products. If my skin is too dry, sometimes I will put on Drunk Elephant B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum before to hydrate my skin, but only if needed.
As someone who definitely has an issue with chapped lips, this product is a must. Ever since I started using this product, my lips have been dramatically less chapped as well as they have been less red and inflamed. Frequently if my lips are too chapped, they will start to get red and inflamed on my lips as well as on the skin surrounding them. This lip mask has totally cured the redness around my lips and made them a pretty pink color. I wear this lip mask every night as well as I put it on throughout the day.
Before I discovered Goop Instant Facial, I loved Drunk Elephant Baby Facial. While I still love Baby Facial, the Goop Instant Facial has replaced Baby Facial on my top-shelf taking the win for my current favorite face mask. This face mask is intense enough to remove basically all dead skin, but not too strong that it strips or harms my skin. I use this mask maybe twice a week to clear my skin of all dead skin and to make it look brighter and softer. I use this mask at night after cleansing, and then I follow with the goop night cream.
7.) Kate Somerville EradiKate Acne Treatment
Definitely my favorite spot treatment. I wear this every night and it not only unclogs my pores but it dramatically reduces redness and gets rid of any zit without overly drying or leaving scars.
