what's your makeup routine? - Page 15

michelle2677 · #**211** 08-10-2007, 11:36 AM

a friend of mine was getting married, and the night before she had spent all night crying

(the groom had written this really sweet letter, so..it was happy tears, but tears none the less)

the day of the wedding she was getting her makeup done and the ladies said preperation h. just rub around the eyes and voila. some people swear by it, some people say it's a scam. It seemed to work fine for her

JazmenFlowers · #**212** 08-10-2007, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by michelle2677

a friend of mine was getting married, and the night before she had spent all night crying

(the groom had written this really sweet letter, so..it was happy tears, but tears none the less)

the day of the wedding she was getting her makeup done and the ladies said preperation h. just rub around the eyes and voila. some people swear by it, some people say it's a scam. It seemed to work fine for her

preparation H is a good thing to use occasionally for an immediate fix, but it's not good for long-term use as it contains blood vessel contricting properties. it can cause severe headaches. also, be sure not to get any in your eye. it literally only takes a dab.

michelle2677 · #**213** 08-10-2007, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

preparation H is a good thing to use occasionally for an immediate fix, but it's not good for long-term use as it contains blood vessel contricting properties. it can cause severe headaches. also, be sure not to get any in your eye. it literally only takes a dab.

right. good thinking. I also looked it up and it said the largest reason for this are, the things you mentioned (sodium, alcohol, lack of sleep etc) but also allergies. they recommended talking antihistimine during allergy season and removing makeup before bed, so no particles get in your eye and cause irritaion. which in turn, causes you scratch your eyes, or rub them.

JazmenFlowers · #**214** 10-17-2007, 08:50 PM

I just wanted to let anyone that may be looking for a good daily face wash that smells great, has a little exfoliating properties and doesn't leave your face feeling dry and tight - you should try Foaming Face Wash by Bliss. it's really great.

camchristo · #**215** 10-18-2007, 12:15 AM

I got that as a free sample two times ago at Sephora. I haven't tried it yet, but I look at it every day and think about it. Does it remove make-up too? I'll try it.

On Edit: Jaz, I LOVE your new sig. Nice job!

amber · #**216** 10-18-2007, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

I just wanted to let anyone that may be looking for a good daily face wash that smells great, has a little exfoliating properties and doesn't leave your face feeling dry and tight - you should try Foaming Face Wash by Bliss. it's really great.

You should also try fruit enzyme cleanser by Mychelle. Mmm, fruit acid exfoliation...*drool* But I'll try yours, too, it sounds good.

This might be too detailed for the forum, but Jaz, and others with really clear skin, which is everyone I have met on here - you're able to use cleansers regularly? Like, twice a day? I've tried lots, with different, ever more pure things, since I was little, and if I over cleanse my face always breaks out. And I mean "overcleanse" like once a day. And I when I was young, I cleansed all the time, but when I stopped, my skin cleared. It's like it found it's own natural emollient balance.

I would think you guys with not much oil in your skin would just be stripping it of its own oils. I guess you guys wouldn't get pimples from it, but my reaction to cleansing a lot is immediate and obvious with a breakout.
My best thing is like once a week super exfoliation with fruit enzymes and microdermabrasion, and otherwise with just water and random cleansings once or twice a week.

Anyway, that just trips me out is why I ask. Also I am thinking, you guys with dryer skin - that must be why moisturizer is so important to you. But then, if you just rinsed your face with warm water, would you need as much moisturizing? I'm thinking when I use cleanser, my skin thinks it is dry, and makes oil. So maybe that is the same for you, but it's not as obvious, cause you wouldn't get actual pimples from it, you would just seem really dry, therefore you would moisturize.

But it's like, you guys wouldn't know that you could just rinse with water, or that your cleanser was drying you, because you wouldn't get pimples. You would just have dry face.
So then, if you wouldn't get pimples, why use so much cleanser? Have any of you ever let your skin be for awhile, with just a warm rinse or makeup removing then a warm rinse? Anyone?

Just curious. I know how addictive products can get. It's just hard for me to believe that all you kids with really nice, dry skin really need to cleanse soap wise that much, or have so much maintenance. I have the worst skin ever, and it does better with minimal cleansing interference. Super exfoliation once a week-ish seems to do it better. It's hard for me to imagine you guys would need that much maintenance.

Like, if any of you have skipped daily cleansing for a bit, what has happened? My friend has that nice skin, and she doesn't use cleanser on it at all besides water, but does use moisturizer. Her skin looks fine and great. I think she does the same for her hair, little shampoo and all conditioning, but that is a different story. lol. She really hates her hair to have any fuzzy qualities, it's curly, but she must have it laying flat, no fuzzies or poofies allowed.

Discuss.

JazmenFlowers · #**217** 10-18-2007, 09:22 AM

^^^
actually, I think you're right. I cleanse as lightly as possible. I don't scrub my face morning and night. most often, I just let the shower head rinse my face in the morning and then at night is when I use cleanser. and that's just to get all the grime from the day off my face and prep for product.

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Originally Posted by camchristo

I got that as a free sample two times ago at Sephora. I haven't tried it yet, but I look at it every day and think about it. Does it remove make-up too? I'll try it.

On Edit: Jaz, I LOVE your new sig. Nice job!

it does remove makeup if you aren't a heavy makeup wearer. it smells nice too.

I love the sig too. thanks. I see things I should've done better, but eh...

David · #**218** 10-18-2007, 12:40 PM

I don't really have a makeup routine. I just brush my teeth.
Sometimes dab a little Oxy on a zit. . . .

I think it would be relaxing to have one of those facial massages & mud masks at an exclusive spa.

skcin · #**219** 10-18-2007, 01:18 PM

I've definitely decreased my cleansing frequency over the past several months - actually, I think I discussed my sudden dryness issues in this thread back then.

I have combo skin, so my T-zone is very oily & I've always beeen a zitface, yet my cheeks & jawline started getting really flaky dry.

Like Jazzy, I now rinse with plain water in the morning & then use cleanser (currently it's Clinique foaming face wash) at night to get all the makeup/dirt/bacteria/ pollutants/filth off before I go to bed. I exfoliate twice weekly (right now it's L'Occitane Delicious Almond Paste - heavenly!) I now moisturize before bed AND in the morning. I have not gotten more pimples, but my dryness is still an issue. Like, you wouldn't notice it until I put makeup on (esp. any powders) but then it's awful looking. I've tried 3 or 4 different moisturizers (Aveeno Positively Radiant, Oil of Olay Complete, some natural honey stuff) to no avail, and I was actually just thinking of going back through this thread to get more recommendations.

I think part of the problem is that we have really hard water here - dries the skin terribly. We go through gallons of lotion in the winter especially.

JazmenFlowers · #**220** 10-18-2007, 01:27 PM

^^^
have you tried Philosophy Hope in a Jar? I'd also recommend you try Patricia Wexler's daytime moisturizer. most of her line is ****, but I like that product. you may need to start using a serum with Vitamin C to help trap moisture.

Sarah · #**221** 10-18-2007, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

Like Jazzy, I now rinse with plain water in the morning & then use cleanser (currently it's Clinique foaming face wash) at night to get all the makeup/dirt/bacteria/ pollutants/filth off before I go to bed. I exfoliate twice weekly (right now it's L'Occitane Delicious Almond Paste - heavenly!) I now moisturize before bed AND in the morning. I have not gotten more pimples, but my dryness is still an issue. Like, you wouldn't notice it until I put makeup on (esp. any powders) but then it's awful looking. I've tried 3 or 4 different moisturizers (Aveeno Positively Radiant, Oil of Olay Complete, some natural honey stuff) to no avail, and I was actually just thinking of going back through this thread to get more recommendations.

I think part of the problem is that we have really hard water here - dries the skin terribly. We go through gallons of lotion in the winter especially.

I only wash with water, except for pore cleanser in the shower every 3 to 4 days or so. I've really been blessed with good skin and a good complexion.

My face is mostly balanced, but my T zone is a combination area.. the sides of my nose can get oily (during the day, sometimes i'll use the clean and clear oil absorbing powder to take care of that), but between and around my eyebrows can get very dry. Particularly in winter. The only moisturizer I will use is Dove's Deep Moisture facial cream (in the little pot, with a blue lid).

It's rare that I wear make-up these days, but if I do, I use one of ten random facial cleansers laying around my house... there's a clinique foaming one, a clean and clear foaming one, and some dove something or other. But the next day, I will be very, very dry around my eyebrows. Sooo, after I wash and pat off the drops of water, but remain damp, I kind of slather on the Dove Deep Moisture and sleep in it.

Other than that, after washing with water in the morning, I don't pat dry. As soon as it's dry to the point of just not dripping, but still quite damp, I put on a light amount of the deep moisture to seal it in. Again, I don't wear makeup often these days, but I would imagine that it'd be best to wash, put the moisturizer on, and give it several minutes to "penetrate" (oh BARF i hate that word) before applying makeup.

With your skin type being somewhat different, it may or may not work, but it might be worth a shot!

DrummerDeanna · #**222** 10-18-2007, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

I have not gotten more pimples, but my dryness is still an issue. Like, you wouldn't notice it until I put makeup on (esp. any powders) but then it's awful looking. I've tried 3 or 4 different moisturizers (Aveeno Positively Radiant, Oil of Olay Complete, some natural honey stuff) to no avail, and I was actually just thinking of going back through this thread to get more recommendations.

I have the same problem - and also recently read through some of the thread for recomendations.

In the end I just got a Buf Puf (anyone else heard of these?) and a moisturizer with Vitamin E and some other stuff - and so far that has helped...though I have to put on a ton....

I complained and complained about how oily my skin was while living in Rochester - now it's super dry

I'm going to Rochester next week - I was hoping some of that Easter moisture would stick itself into my skin again

Oh and the moisturizer I ended up using was Loreal something or other (yes, really helpful, I know). Oil of Olay did nothing for me - I liked how light it was - but my skin would still get super dry.

skcin · #**223** 10-18-2007, 01:41 PM

Sarah - I rinse, pay dry & try to moisturize right away to let it absorb before applying my makeup - probably a good 10 minutes. I assume the Dove cream you use works well for you?

Dee - I remember Buf Puf!

Jaz - where would I get these products? Sephora?

Sarah · #**224** 10-18-2007, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

Sarah - I rinse, pay dry & try to moisturize right away to let it absorb before applying my makeup - probably a good 10 minutes. I assume the Dove cream you use works well for you?

Very well. Using it heavily at night time before bed (which I rarely do, again, because I don't wear makeup and have to cleanse with product at night) makes my skin COMPLETELY different in the morning. Very, very soft. At night it feels sopping wet because I do put it on thick, but it's absorbed by morning.

I've had the same jar of it for quite a long time.. I don't use it all over face, just in the dry spots. Without makeup and cleansers, it only takes a very little bit. Tip of the finger little bit to get all of my eyebrow area.

And, the bonus is that it's not expensive at all!

gretchen · #**225** 10-18-2007, 01:54 PM

In the morning I wash with luke warm water and Boots Botanics Skin Brightening Deep Clean Gel, rinse, pat dry and apply Dickinson's witch hazel on a cotton pad as a toner. After skin is calm, I follow with Boots Botanics Responsive Moisture Lotion. I prep my brows with brow gel and brush them into shape nicely, use a nice taupe shadow on my lids with a very sheer sand shade on the brow bone...no eyeliner, nice defining mascara, sweep the face with sheer light bronzer or a rosy blush with a big brush and finish with L'Oreal Spiced Cider lipstick. (rosy with a cidery tone) it really makes my aqua eyes pop. I have all the friggin expensive lipstick brands and I like the L'Oreal one the best.The whole look is very fresh. It can be more dramatic if you leave off the sheer bronzing powder for a paler look. I don't wear foundation because I don't like the feel of it, and thankfully I don't need to cover anything.
In the winter I do experience dryness on my nose because it gets cold and dry here in the winter! When this nose thing happens I use this stuff called Cornhuskers Lotion. It has been around since like 1875 and it's supposed to be a heavy duty hand treatment. The great thing is, it's oil-free so it won't clog pores. Yay!
To exfoliate I use some sugar from the kitchen and mix it in with my favorite cleanser, works great!!!!!!
If I have any oil on my face at all I will quickly get rid of it with Clean & Clear sheets (THE BEST!!!)