suncream, zits and wrinkles: rolling skincare thread?

I'm beginning to think this stuff is all snake oil.

That's why I got all excited about using salad dressing ingredients on my face. It's cheap and I feel like I'm sticking it to the Skincare Industrial Complex.

Oh the coconut oil is good as eye cream, too. I just smear it on my eyes when I'm putting it on the rest of my face (some people on MUA claimed it made their eyelashes thicker, but I do not want anything to make any hair on my face any thicker. I do not need more chin hairs to contend with). I tried using just jojoba oil as a daytime moisturizer, but it was too light. I mix it with some good old Cerave and that works great.

Anyone use Skinceuticals C E Ferulic?

I use the knockoff you get on Amazon!

what do the "guys of ilx" (best-selling calendar) use?

i tend to go clinique moisturiser and number 7 spf.

Kiehl's Facial Fuel (SPF 15) and then crazy strong suncream when the summer is out. I am very white.

i use kiehl's facial fuel ant wrinkle cream, eye alert and age combat serum as well as their midnight recovery serum and eye gel before bed. haha. i use the number 7 mens eye roller too. i find clinique not hydrating enough but i suppose it depends what your skin is like. my pal who works for clinique doesn't rate their moisturisers either though.

I use the Nivea stuff they sell at target (blue goop, grainy white goop twice a week) and moisturizer/sunscreen when I go outdoors. I have no idea what I'm doing and my skin is dry and flaky as hell, but I'm not really sure where to turn for advice without getting upsold on expensive stuff I don't really need.

Try cetaphil or the walgreens knock-off - their cleanser and moisturizer are both really gentle and good for dryness.

seconded, or cerave.

Thirded. Plus if your skin is dry and flaky, you probably need moisturizer every day and not just when you go outside.

love cerave!

i like it better than cetaphil!

Are you guys talking the cleanser or the moisturizer? I have been using Cetaphil SPF 30 facial moisturizer and it's OK but maybe a little too thick for summer. I need a good facial moisturizer wtih SPF for every day wear. Any recs?

Oh, btw, after a fairly awful couple of months I am now loving the Retin-A.

i was thinking of the cleanser.

i have been using a bliss moisturizer u got at tjmaxx for cheap. it's only spf 15 but i figure my makeup is also spf so it's ok? probably wishful thinking.

*i got

cerave makes a facial moisturizer with spf which is okay, but i don't like it as much as the regular cerave lotion, which i use on my face (don't know if i'm supposed to but whatev.) E, I really like this moisturizer with SPF. it's supposed to be one of the sunscreens that isn't going to kill you with carcinogenic chemicals or whatever. it's also a very good moisturizer.

Devita Solar Protective Moisturizer with SPF 30 is what it's called, in case that link doesn't work.

My skin suddenly looks superwrinkly when I smile, I know I'm getting older but it is weird! Maybe I just haven't looked in a mirror in a few years? I am almost 37 and really thin so I guess this is not unexpected. And I got a lot of sun last weekend, maybe that is the suddenness explained. Still, product suggestions appreciated. I do not usually get a lot of sun but I might this summer. And I hate sunscreen, it burns my eyes and feels terrible and I break out.

I can't use the cetaphil spf - it makes my skin sting and if it gets near my eyes it hurts like crazy. I bought some neutrogena 50spf but I only used it a couple times before I managed to fucking lose it.

I'm going to give Cerave a try, I think.

I spent years doing Clinique 3 Step, but finally figured out a while ago that all that toner has screwed up my skin I think? I mean, no wrinkles but I'm forever pink-faced now without makeup and it kinda bums me out. I always had 'high color' but now it's pretty much permanent. I've been on Olay for a while but it's too drying.

i really recommend the neutragena baby line...i am using the sunblock lotion spf 60 and it did not sting even when i was sweating at boot camp class this morning. i haven't tried it for everyday, under makeup use though.

Cerave purchased

(also Fekkai hairstuff 3pack bcs why not)

fancy!

CVS is my new Macy's lol

Cerave wins! 3 days and my face is not itchy, and doesn't feel half as bright pink as it usually does by this time of the day.

also I know this isn't the hair thread but seriously, having glossy hair makes me feel like I bought a whole new wardrobe. yay my hair looks semi-nice again.

how did you make your hair glossy?

btw re pink sensitive skin - possibly rosacea, so just be careful with anything that has alcohol in it, even the so-called benign alcohols like cetryl or whatever's in cetaphil etc.

I mean cetyl and cetearyl and stuff like that

glossy hair - frederick fekkai glossing pack I found at CVS. Teeny bottles, but shampoo, conditioner and a creme thing.

I didn't know that about benign alcohols. hm.

the cerave stuff gets pretty good reviews from rosacea forums I read now and then, which is what gave me the push to try it out; even if it's not the *best* for my skin, it's better than anything I've used lately, nowhere near as expensive as some treatments...and I just don't have the money to go to a dermatologist. But I'm pretty sure I have some form of rosacea; I do get the cyst-like breakouts and permanent pink tint and get MEGA flushed from a half a glass of red wine.

anyway I'll see how it is in a month or two, but I'm happy so far.

I some of that shampoo - we distribute it. :) I buy drugstore s&c because I'm cheap but then the fancy conditioner mask, my tub of which has lasted a year.

I got some serum for straightening my hair too, it is awesome.

My skin has been breaking out BADLY all over my jaw and neck and chest, not the cystic kind, but whiteheads. I've changed my towels, sheets, I wear clean shirts every day, I have no idea what's doing this. It seems like I have a surface infection and it's spreading. UGH. I've even tried peroxide, which while harsh, does kill off local break-outs usually. I think actually that touching my ex-bf was part of the problem, because he was an infrequent showerer and it never showed (or smelled) on HIM, but it affected me??! Jeez louise. Here's hoping I can clear it up now.

have you tried witchhazel? a friend in high school had an awful time with whiteheads & I remember that it worked pretty well.

using diluted witchhazel as a toner has def helped my skin

i don't use it all over my face, bc it is drying, but i use it anywhere i'm prone to spots.

imo: go to the doctor, get prescription for Clindoxyl Gel (clindamycin phosphate + benzoyl peroxide), make skin all better

also, whoa at someone else being the cause of breakouts...

Oh, I've heard of that before! A friend dated a girl who always had acne on her chin and he started breaking out from kissing. I guess anyone's sweat just puts my skin over the edge.

If it persists, a trip to the doc might be a good idea. This is going to sound kind of gross, but I knew a couple of people with a similar problem and it was some kind of staph infection. Nothing life threatening, but it required antibiotics.

I think I broke a blood vessel on the edge of my lip; looks like I've had a cold sore for six months ;_;

I think actually that touching my ex-bf was part of the problem, because he was an infrequent showerer and it never showed (or smelled) on HIM, but it affected me??!

yet one more reason to say good riddance!

All right, carl, you've convinced me.

Oh god, I had a staph infection on my face a while ago - so awful!

I've heard that facial hair can also cause breakouts!

i am in the dermo waiting room. i came to get a bump removed my leg but now i kind of want too ask her to make my skin all perfect, too.

If there's swag advertising cosmetic procedures all over the waiting room, s/he'll probably make you an offer!

I've always been worried that if I go to one they'll be like hey you want a little filler and then I'll be like OMG SHE THINKS I NEED FILLERS!!

I just found out that people who are like 23 are getting preventive Botox and that it's not uncommon at that age anymore. WTF.