Moisturizer

[bikerchic]

Originally Posted by sara1998

I use this also, and it is excellent!

I know! It smells good and if you leave it on for a minute or so, it actually starts to feel warm. Love it!

[amber]

Originally Posted by skcin

^ I don't care what you say, I am NOT buying a sheep!

I did just buy L'Occitane grapeseed shower oil to try. Love it so far.

You're missing out then. At least buy it for your hands and under eye area.

I'm glad you are happy with your L' Occitane grape seed oil cleanser thingy.

I don't really use soap on my face, it makes me break out like nobody's business. And clogs my pores at the same time. And dries my face for one day, then the next day my face is super oily and I have a bunch of pimples. I do use pumpkin stuff to exfoliate, toner from proactive once a week or so, and I have a home microdermabrasion thing. Honestly, I have to tell you the best thing my face ever found was the pumpkin stuff, and getting microdermabrasion and fruit acid glycolic peels at the asthetician. You gotta keep turning over those skin cells and unclogging your pores to keep fresh. And if you have big pores, even better.


Since you said you've been experiencing dry skin, you might have a buildup. I recommend you contact an aesthetician in your area and schedule a fruit acid peel and microdermabrasion, to get rid of that icky dry skin. The bad news is, it could cost you 80 or more dollars. I think the dermabrasion is 100 ish, the fruit acid peel less. But the good news is, you shouldn't need that again for awhile, and your skin will look great after. Seriously, I was very pleased with my results, and you know how crappy my skin is. For your skin it would probably be even better.

But for my shower, I use naturaly almond soap, all made of natural oils and smelly good almondy. Whole Foods. And since I know you'll somehow never buy it, I'm sending you some of that pumpkin sh*t.

[SuzeQuze]

For a cleanser I use one from Trader Joe's that has tea tree oil. It cleans great without over drying and doesn't leave my skin greasy either. Tea tree oil is a natural remedy for acne.

I like Lumene night cream. I also use Oil of Olay during the day and have for years.

I saw a report on that study mentioning that expensive creams did no better than the cheaper ones. There's no way to really know unless you do a 20 year study which is so expensive I don't think anyone would. But I suspect there isn't much difference. The study did mention that expensive products will have more exotic ingredients, like bees' testicles or whatever. Okay, not really BTs. So if you can afford those luxurious products then what the hell, why not?

[amber]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

For a cleanser I use one from Trader Joe's that has tea tree oil. It cleans great without over drying and doesn't leave my skin greasy either. Tea tree oil is a natural remedy for acne.

True. Witch Hazel as well, though it is a bit more drying. I haven't found even a naturally type cleanser for my skin that does it well, and I still don't think people need to cleanse their face much and strip the oils, but I might try a tea tree oil thing. See how it goes. You, and most others here, have such nice skin that it is hard to translate what might work for me.

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

I like Lumene night cream. I also use Oil of Olay during the day and have for years.

Wow, that is good. Oil of Olay night stuff just cocked my skin up really bad. Like, dry skin, but pimple city. It was weird.

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

I saw a report on that study mentioning that expensive creams did no better than the cheaper ones. There's no way to really know unless you do a 20 year study which is so expensive I don't think anyone would. But I suspect there isn't much difference. The study did mention that expensive products will have more exotic ingredients, like bees' testicles or whatever. Okay, not really BTs. So if you can afford those luxurious products then what the hell, why not?

I've seen those, too, but in researching some of the products - just their ingredients, you know, researching their ingredients to see what they are supposed to do - lots of the newer expensive ones really do have a leg up - not necessarily the ones that have been featured on shows or whatever. But the good products didn't have bees testicles or whatnot. Usually there is a mix of natural oils with sort of new chemical compounds derived from natural ingredients that the good expensive products have. And yes, sadly, a lot of the expensive products don't have those cool things but are still expensive.
I never buy expensive things in a drug store, really - if I'm going to spend the money, I really look carefully at the ingredients - and usually that means sh*t like LaMer, or in my budget, sh*t that costs $25 at whole foods.
It sucks, but there isn't much that is good between fairly cheap and really high end. But there are a few things that I have found.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by amber

True. Witch Hazel as well, though it is a bit more drying. I haven't found even a naturally type cleanser for my skin that does it well, and I still don't think people need to cleanse their face much and strip the oils, but I might try a tea tree oil thing. See how it goes. You, and most others here, have such nice skin that it is hard to translate what might work for me.

Thanks. I think we're hardest on ourselves though. I didn't see your skin like you see it. Plus, the flip side of oily skin is less wrinkles! My ex is half Italian and the women on his Dad's side do not wrinkle readily. For that matter, neither do the men.

Originally Posted by amber

I've seen those, too, but in researching some of the products - just their ingredients, you know, researching their ingredients to see what they are supposed to do - lots of the newer expensive ones really do have a leg up - not necessarily the ones that have been featured on shows or whatever. But the good products didn't have bees testicles or whatnot. Usually there is a mix of natural oils with sort of new chemical compounds derived from natural ingredients that the good expensive products have. And yes, sadly, a lot of the expensive products don't have those cool things but are still expensive.
I never buy expensive things in a drug store, really - if I'm going to spend the money, I really look carefully at the ingredients - and usually that means sh*t like LaMer, or in my budget, sh*t that costs $25 at whole foods.
It sucks, but there isn't much that is good between fairly cheap and really high end. But there are a few things that I have found.

Yeah, they often have better ingredients. Lumene has hydrogenated oil in it, yuck. But I am not eating it so I figure that is fine. It has a lot of vitamins and minerals which I figure can't hurt. It does the trick too because my face remains dewey when I wake up. They have all different night creams, I'm not sure what the one I use is exactly called. It probably wouldn't be right for your skin though but I think they have creams for all skin types. I think it was about $20 so you might even be better off with the Whole Paycheck stuff. I'll have to see what TJs has for creams next time I go.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by amber

But for my shower, I use naturaly almond soap, all made of natural oils and smelly good almondy. Whole Foods. And since I know you'll somehow never buy it, I'm sending you some of that pumpkin sh*t.

You don't have to. I also bought an almond scrub form that L'Occitane sale. Love that too. My face felt soooo smooth afterwards.


Has anyone used Keihls?

[amber]

Originally Posted by skcin

You don't have to. I also bought an almond scrub form that L'Occitane sale. Love that too. My face felt soooo smooth afterwards.


Has anyone used Keihls?

No, no, I'm sending you the pumpkin fruit peel acid thingy. Seriously, Paula. Seriously.
My friend Rain, who has nice skin, was all "I'm getting these weird zits on my neck, and over on my cheek, and blah blah icky blah". And I gave her some pumpkin stuff, and she was all "It made my skin so smooth and blah, all my zits went away, etc", and she bought a big ol' tub of it.

I have not used Keihls. IMO, less is more when it comes to your face skin. You should let your natural skin oils do as much as possible. I'll never forget that week when I decided not to use soap on my face...magical....but I still totally want to get some La Mer.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by Livia

I have the same skin type, and I've been using Oil of Olay, this one is for "normal" skin, I use the one for combo skin:

http://www.olay.com/boutique/complete/products/co1005

It's $8 to $9, I really like it! And you should use at least 15 SPF all year 'round, no matter where you live.

this is what I was going to recommend. it's lovely. nice and light. not greasy. absorbs well and has SPF.

this:

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by skcin

^ I don't care what you say, I am NOT buying a sheep!

I did just buy L'Occitane grapeseed shower oil to try. Love it so far.

L'Occitane is fabulous! My hands and feet get so dry that I use the almond oil on my hands and feet a couple of times a week. Their shea butter hand and feet cream are awesome.

[carrie721]

dove. love it. and it's cheap as fukc.

[goldie]

May I recommend Dove? I use their Sensitive Skin Facial Lotion. Never been happier.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by goldie

May I recommend Dove? I use their Sensitive Skin Facial Lotion. Never been happier.

me too! actually, i think i use 95% of the products they offer.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

L'Occitane is fabulous! My hands and feet get so dry that I use the almond oil on my hands and feet a couple of times a week. Thier shea butter hand and feet cream are awesome.

I keep a tube of the hand cream on my kitchen sink - and a little dab goes a long way. It's their #1 selling product for a reason, it freakin' ROCKS! And it smells yummy. The lavender one is nice too, but the original one is still my favorite.

As for Kiehl's - Bruce, you're being paged! (He's all about Kiehl's!). I'm in love w/ their abyssine eye cream, and the avocado eye cream too. I've sampled a couple of their face lotions, but didn't really care for them - not as much as the Oil of Olay - Jazzy posted the correct picture for the one I use. Kiehl's has nice masques and shower gels too.

[strandinthewind]

^^^

You also have that creme I sampled in Nashville that smells so heavenly.

[bikerchic]

Tip: When you use hand creme, don't put it into the palm of the hand, squirt it onto the back of your hand and rub the back of your hands together, not the palms (cause they don't need it and it's a waste). Espically if you are using an expensive hand creme. That's your tip for today