Sunday, May 15, 2011

Old Skincare Part 1

Hello to Everyone! I apologize for taking so long to post this! I have been preoccupied with work as well as life/career decisions (I may explain more about this in another post). I have been contemplating the best way to compare my Old Makeup and Skincare line up to my New. I think the best way to do this would be to break it into sections. Part one (This post) will be about skincare. Part two will be about makeup. I know this is short but I thought that I needed to at least post SOMETHING! This is a review of my Old Skincare Line Up (and don’t worry it will be continued in the next post). Let’s start!




Old Skincare Line UP:



Morning:

Cleansers:

When I used my old line up I would take my showers in the morning. While I was in the shower I would cleanse my face with St. Ives Naturally Clear Green Tea Cleanser. It clears breakouts and redness with 100% natural green tea. It is Hypo-allergenic, oil free, non-comedogenic, and dermatologist tested. It contains 2% Salicylic Acid; which typically clears up my breakouts. I love the scent of this cleanser! To me it smells like an earthy clean scent (If that makes sense). It maintains my skin very well. When using this I still have a few bumps here and there but nothing too severe. A fellow blogger (she doesn’t update her blogspot anymore) and youtuber recomended this cleanser last year. The Youtuber I am talking about is Fuzkittie. Here is her youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/fuzkittie?blend=1&ob=4

So I decided to try it! I bought this at Walgreens for $5.99 (without sales tax). I had used it for a while but still wanted to find something that would also prevent those few bumps here and there.

Sorry the bottle is empty!


Active Ingredients
Salicylic Acid - 2 %Acne Treatment


Inactive Ingredients

Water , Sodium Laureth Sulfate , Glycerin , Cocamidopropyl Betaine , Propylene Glycol , Salicylic Acid , Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate , Hydroxyethyl Urea , Fragrance , Sodium Hydroxide , Methyl Lactate , PEG-150 Distearate , Disodium EDTA , Phenethyl Alcohol , Limonene , PPG-2 Methyl Ether , Linalool , Epilobium Angustifolium Extract , Olea Europaea Leaf Extract (Olive) , Ascophyllum Nodasum Extract , Alteromonas Ferment Extract , Methylisothiazolinone , Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract , Yeast Extract (Faex, Extrait de Levure) , Green 5 (CI 61570) , Yellow 5 (CI 19140) , Red 4 (CI 14700) , Red 33 (CI 17200) , Blue 1 (CI 42090)



So then i tried another cleanser, Basis Cleaner Clean Face Wash. I purchased this at Ulta at $4.99. It is 100% oil- and soap-free. It is also Enriched with gentle botanicals such as mint, lemongrass, and soothing aloe. I really did not like the scent of this cleanser (The scent would make me fell nausaus from time to time). I did not see any improvements with my acne. When using this product I think my acne actually worsened. It also dried out my skin. Needless to say I stopped using it.






Ingredients:


Triple Purified Water, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Glucoside, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, PEG-8, Glyceryl Laurate, PEG-200 Hydrogenated Glyceryl Palmate, Dimethicone Copolyol, Butylene Glycol, Aloe Barbadensis Gel, Lavender Extract, Lemongrass Extract, Rosemary Extract, Spearmint Extract, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Methyldibromo Glutaronitrile, Fragrance

Monday, May 2, 2011

More Shopping at Ross!

My apologies to everyone, but the New Line Up vs. Old Line Up post is taking longer than I thought. So until it is finished I decided to share a recent shopping trip at Ross. I needed a new pair of flats since the weather is warming up. I purchased a pair of black flats for work. Also I purchased a pair of turquoise sandals for casual summer wear.




The black flats were $12.99 (Without sales tax).



 
The sandals were $4.99 (Without sales tax).

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