Face care routine?

Here's a daily & weekly skincare routine along with some products I recommend you use (depending on your skin type).

~DAILY/WEEKLY SKINCARE~

-You will need: Cleanser, Toner (or Astringent), Cotton Balls, Moisturizer, Mask (or Masque), Extractor (found at most beauty supply stores), and either a facial steamer or hand towel for steaming.

-Morning and night (before going to bed): cleanse, tone, and moisturize. If you have clogged pores, whiteheads and blackheads, then 2-3 times a week include steaming (in this order: cleanse, tone, steam, tone, moisturize).

-Once a week: cleanse, tone, steam, exfoliate, tone, *extractions, tone, mask, tone, moisturize. *IF NEEDED, for blackheads, pimples, etc, Don't begin doing extractions until you have been following all of the other steps for at least 2 to 3 weeks, so that the steaming will have caused any tough blemishes to begin to soften.

-How to: *

Cleanse -use a small amount and lather with water, apply using circular motions all over face and neck, repeat if you have makeup on

Tone - Squeeze a small amount onto the cottonball and wipe all over face and neck

Steam - for 10-15 minutes, using one of these methods: facial steamer, hold your face 3-5 inches above steaming water, or drape a hot towel over your face (leaving your nostrils and/or mouth exposed)

Exfoliate - follow the same steps as in cleansing, but don't repeat

Extractions - place the hoop (or eye) over the blemish (or blackhead) so that the blemish is in the center of the hoop, apply slight pressure and use rocking and rolling movements all around the blemish (don't use so much pressure that you create indentions or bruises on your skin), if and when the blockage comes out of the pore, wipe away with a cottonball that has been dampened with toner

Mask - apply mask evenly on face and neck, leave for 10-15 minutes, remove by draping a hot towel over your face, then wiping away - if it begins to sting or burn intensely before 10-15 minutes has passed remove and consider using a milder mask

Moisturize - apply a small amount on face an neck and massage until it's absorbed

*In all of these steps, always avoid the eye area.

Recommended Products (from Neutrogena)*

It's best that you stick with ONE product line formulated for your skin type.

Oily Skin - (Oily in T-zone AND other areas): Clear Pore Cleanser/Mask, Clear Pore Oil-Controlling Astringent, Oil-free Moisture SPF 15, & Deep Clean Invigorating Scrub.

- the Clear Pore Cleanser/Mask can be used as both a daily cleanser and for your mask in your weekly facial.

Combination Skin - (2 or more of these conditions: dry, oily, sensitive, breakouts, etc.) Fresh Foaming Cleanser, Alcohol-Free Toner, Oil-Free Moisture for Combination Skin, Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, Clear Pore Cleanser/Mask (for Oily and/or blemish-prone areas) , & Hydrating Facial Cloth Mask (for Dry areas, www.neutrogena.com/Content_79.asp)

Dry Skin - Extra Gentle Cleanser, Alcohol-Free Toner, Oil-Free Moisture for Sensitive Skin, Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Anti-Blemish Scrub, & Hydrating Facial Cloth Mask

Sensitive Skin - Extra Gentle Cleanser, Alcohol-Free Toner, Moisture for Sensitive Skin, Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, Clear Pore Cleaner Mask or Hydrating Facial Cloth Mask.

Mature Skin – PureGlow Daily Cleansing Cusions for Normal to Dry Skin, Alcohol-Free Toner, Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Anti-Blemish Scrub, Hydrating Facial Cloth Mask

(www.neutrogena.com/Content_79.asp), Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Intensive Serum (use morning & night before moisturizing), Healthy Skin Intensive Night Cream, Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Cream SPF 15 (Day), Visibly Firm Eye Cream,

Mild to Moderate Acne - (very frequent or constant breakouts) Advanced Solutions Complete Acne Therapy System, Oil-Free Acne Wash Daily Scrub (don’t use every day, only once a week during your weekly facial), & Oil-Free Acne Wash 60 Second Mask Scrub

-FOR SEVERE ACNE (severe, painful, constant breakouts of various types)

Or if any skin problems persist or become worse, you should see a dermatologist.

*see this link: http://www.neutrogena.com/face.asp?mainv... click on cleansers, toners, moisturizers, & treatments to view the products

Vitamins, Minerals, Diet, & Exercise

Each day, take a multivitamin, drink plenty of water, and try to maintain a fairly healthy diet and exercise routine. Also see this site about vitamins and the skin: http://www.prevention.com/article/0,5778... If you take any of these in addition to your daily multivitamin, be sure not to take more than the recommended dosages.

I have combination skin, that gets oily at times and drier at times. I am also prone to acne since recently.

Morning:

Steam open my pores with very warm water and a washcloth.

Neutrogena Visibly Even Foaming Cleanser

Neutrogena Pore Refining Toner

Acnefree Oil free SPF 30 Moisturizer

Spot treat with Acnefee Scar Eraser

Apply makeup when I'm leaving the house.

Evening:

Neutrogena Clean Foaming Cleanser (to take off my makeup)

Vaseline for waterproof mascara

Acnefree Cleanser

Acnefree Toner

Acnefree BP Moisturizer

I also exfoliate my skin twice a week with Ponds Microdermabasion Kit. I also rub my face with lemon juice every other day to help fade acne scars.

I use a cleanser, Nutragena, every night before I go to bed. And then sometime during the say I have this cucumber face mask thing that goes over your eyes, it stays in the fridge to keep cold, and put that on and listen to music for like 10-15 minutes and relax. And if I have a pimple then i use this Nutragena cleanswer stuff witch works really well!

You definitively need to clean your face morning and evening, I really like NEUTROGENA, get one according to your skin type.

I have oily face , so I toned with an equalizer , then I moisturize, protect and give a little tint of color ALL with just ONE product:

NEUTROGENA ULTRA SHEER SPF 55,

at night you wont need to protect, so Look for a moisturizer the fits your skin type.

2 a week I apply ST. IVES APRICOT SCRUB,

1 A week a MUD MASK

GOOD LUCK

Both morning and night I clean my face w/ Biore Shine free cleanser, Scrub w/ St. Ives Apricot Scrub (3 times a week), tone w/ Loreal toner and moisterize w/ Mary Kay Timewise moisterizer. I also use St. Ives clay mask twice a week! So much work!! lol:)

I use No 7 face masque once a week

Cleanse with Organics cleanser daily (evening)

Moisturise with Olay day in the morning and Olay night after I cleanse in the evening.

morning:

morning burst cleanser (clean and clear- around $4-6 at target and walmart)

cooling daily pore toner (clean and clear- around $4 at ulta or walgreens maybe walmart... i never find it at target)

dual moisturizer spf 15 (purpose- around $7 at target)

persa-gel 10 (clean and clear- $4.99 at drugstores everywhere)

night:

oxygenating fizzing cleanser (clean and clear- $4-6 at target or walmart)

cooling daily pore toner (clean and clear- $4 at ulta and walgreens and maybe walmart)

dual action moisturizer (clean and clear- $4-6 at target or walmart)

persa-gel 10 (clean and clear $4.99 at drugstores everywhere)

2-3 times a week:

mint julep masque (queen helene- $2-3 at drugstores and ulta)

proactive sulfur mask (im running out of this)

once a week:

invigorating foaming scrub (neutrogena- $4-6 at drugstores and ulta)

there ya' go. these products are really helping me and they are really gentle for sensitive or acne-prone skin.

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If you have badly harsh acne on your face or on your neck then you should consider Walden' plan

simply anything proactive... its amazing and really works!