Hey guys!
I’ve been AWOL
for awhile again. It’s kinda my thing. I get busy and forget things. And one
thing I’ve forgotten about is my blog. Last year I said I was gonna work on
posting more but I did not. So much has happened in the last year. I’ve had 7
jobs in the last year, I moved in with my fiancée, and I’ve started studying to
become a personal trainer. Beauty has pretty much taken the back burner in my
life right now. Working at Ulta in the fall made me realize how much I miss it
but I don’t have the time or funds to spend on finding new products. Plus, not
having my desk here makes it hard to even sit down and do my makeup. I’ll
always really enjoy makeup but it’s out of my life for right now. But with
makeup out of the picture I have focused more on my skin. So enough with me
rambling about my life, here is my updated skincare routine.
Skincare 2k17
I usually just
stick to the drugstore when it came to skincare. High end skin care adds up fast.
But little ol me wanted her skin to be great for once. And luckily, they
started carrying this line at ulta. CLINIQUE. When I used to think of Clinique
I thought old lady skin. But it works well with my 20-year-old skin. I
originally bought just a mini of the moisturizer for 5 bucks. I went through
that and was like well let’s buy the travel trio. I bought that in the
beginning of December and I am still using it. In the trio, you get: Liquid
facial soap mild, clarifying lotion 2, and dramatically different moisturizer
+. The facial soap is 1.7 fL. Oz, the clarifying lotion is 3.4 fL. Oz, and the
moisturizer is 1 fL. Oz. I Personally am not the biggest fan of the soap. Since
it is a travel size I just bring it with me when I travel instead of bringing
my regular soap which we will get to soon. The Clarifying lotion I use as a
toner. Some people have told me that it is an exfoliant? I haven’t done
research on that but I doubt it is true. I just apply that to my face with round and then apply the Dramatically
different moisturizer on my face and neck. I do not use a typical face wash. I
use the Shea Moisture Black African Soap. The only downside is it comes in a
bar. A BIG THICK BAR. I can’t even shut my soap box still and it’s been almost
2 months. So, my daily skincare routine
is simple now a days. I don’t like applying too many products and clogging up
my pores.
Now on to MASKS.
My favorite. Everyone recommends the freeman masks, which are awesome don’t get
me wrong, but I wanted to try something new. While I was working at Ulta, Mario
Badescu came out with this 3-mask kit for Christmas called the Multi-Masker.
For $12 you get 3 1 oz. containers. IT includes the Super Collagen mask, the
Whitening mask, and the Flower & Tonic mask. When you take them out of the
package, each container has a little box on it saying what types of skin types
they are for.
Whitening Mask = ALL TYPES
Super Collagen Mask = COMBINATION<
DRY< AND SENSITIVE
Flower & Tonic Mask = Combination,
OILY, AND SENSITVE
My skin type is
combination but when it is Dry it is dry. They all have worked well for me. I
suggest exfoliating after using the whitening mask. IT makes my skin feel like
there’s a layer of dead skin on top but after I exfoliate it feels so much
better.
So yeah that’s my skin routine now. Keep
it simple.
Until next time….xoxo
