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Beauty Blog (Archive)
Friday, September 05, 2003
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
4:32 PM (Pacific)
That's interesting about the lipsticks drying out. Mine take much longer. I've had MAC Twig for what? 3-4 years? Still good. Maybe a bit drier than it used to be but still very useable. Of course, it may have dried so slowly that I didn't realize it... I just remember a Revlon Colorstay that I had that became horribly dry after a few years.
Know what? I just came back from my facial! My skin looks really nice now. And my wallet is roughly 300$ lighter (always CAN$ of course). Oy. From what I've understood, I haven't been treating my skin very well so there's some work to do to restore it to its original glory. I apparently have normal skin but I've been too harsh with it so now it's producing lots of oil and it's dehydrated. There you have it. So she "made" me buy some products (she did say I didn't need to buy everything if my budget wasn't up to it). I now have a bunch of products from the line Oxygen Botanicals. That's also what she used on my face during my facial. I got the travel pack because it allows me to try everything at once to see what works better and a full-size multifruit acid refiner. I'm to use this stuff for 6-8 weeks and then go back to see her for another facial. That's when she'll decide on my permanent skincare regimen. After that, I'll see her every three months. So here's the regimen for 6-8 weeks.
Morning:
-wash face with gel makeup remover
-apply gel toner
-apply day cream
-apply sunscreen (SPF 30)
Night
-remove eye makeup with gel makeup remover
-wash face with milk cleanser
-apply gel toner
-every other days apply multifruit acid refiner to T-zone
-apply night cream everywhere
There you have it. Apart from the refiner, everything is for combination-oily skin. My esthetician wants to start by regulating my oil production. She says that in 6-8 weeks, I'll probably need to switch some products to normal-dry formulations.
Oxygen Botanicals are apparently infused with pure oxygen. I've been told it makes skin glow. In any case, my skin looks really really nice! And I like this esthetician because she thinks that your skin's condition is influenced by both internal and external care. She believes in a healthy lifestyle. Very reasonable diet suggestions. She wants me to eat as much organic food as possible and she believes in separating your meals into three thirds: one third protein, one third green veggies, one third other veggies or starches (whole grains preferred). And if you want to eat more, veggies are best. This is good because it's already what I'm trying to do with my diet.
I'll post some more later to say how it's going...
Raphaelle
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