Yeah, I failed.
I'd blame the M.A.C. foundation, but let's be hinest - M.A.C. did not squeeze anything, I did.
Same rules, same self-award.
Here we go again!
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Saturday, 11 January 2014
M.A.C. Face and Body Foundation
I've been eyeing M.A.C. foundations for quite a while now but due to their price (and the fact that I currently have 100€ invested in Bare Minerals foundations that I am reasonably happy with) I was reluctant to go hit-and-miss online ordering spree.
So it wasn't until 2 weeks ago that I finally got a chance to match them at a store.
And this is where the first disappointment came: I was set on buying a product with SPF, however none of their SPF foundation lines came with shade light enough to be a match for me.
Only near match (still a bit too dark to be perfect) was lightest Face and Body, C1.
I pondered on the implications for a bit, but decided that since I use SPF30 moisturizer and have a translucent SPF15 touch-up veil coming my way, I could give it a go.
I wore it Monday through Thursday and I was absolutely in love.
Faux-tanned a shade and a bit shinier than usual, but the texture was absolutely lovely. I wasn't too happy about the smell which was quite intensive and - I think - help for quite a while, but gods, my skin looked so good, and with sheer coverage only, too!
It didn't keep my oily skin in check at all, however blotting did work (albeit I had to do it more often than with a powder foundation) and the overall appearance was kind of working and I was generally extremely pleased.
Until I got to wash it off that is.
Washing it off was not a walk in the park either, my usual powder foundation comes off easily with gentle Body Shop Aloe Face Wash, M.A.C. - not so much. Not a problem of course, I had a Camomile Waterproof Make-up Remover (also Body Shop; more precisely meant for eyes and lips, but I use it as general remover). But underneath I though I saw my blackheads got sort of a boost... I could swear I saw new big ones that was not there in the morning. Not something I wanted to see during my No-squeeze challenge of course.
By Thursday my blackheads got so annoying that I failed the challenge :(
I decided to go back to Bare Minerals on Friday and improvement was quite obvious after just one day.
This is a huge disappointment for me, especially because of how great M.A.C. made my complexion look.
I will definitely keep the bottle and maybe use it for those special occasions. I might also give it another try - I have not found a single user review complaining about M.A.C. face and Body being comedogenic to anyone else, so maybe if I calm down my skin some more, this could work. Hopefully.
So it wasn't until 2 weeks ago that I finally got a chance to match them at a store.
And this is where the first disappointment came: I was set on buying a product with SPF, however none of their SPF foundation lines came with shade light enough to be a match for me.
Only near match (still a bit too dark to be perfect) was lightest Face and Body, C1.
I pondered on the implications for a bit, but decided that since I use SPF30 moisturizer and have a translucent SPF15 touch-up veil coming my way, I could give it a go.
I wore it Monday through Thursday and I was absolutely in love.
Faux-tanned a shade and a bit shinier than usual, but the texture was absolutely lovely. I wasn't too happy about the smell which was quite intensive and - I think - help for quite a while, but gods, my skin looked so good, and with sheer coverage only, too!
It didn't keep my oily skin in check at all, however blotting did work (albeit I had to do it more often than with a powder foundation) and the overall appearance was kind of working and I was generally extremely pleased.
Until I got to wash it off that is.
Washing it off was not a walk in the park either, my usual powder foundation comes off easily with gentle Body Shop Aloe Face Wash, M.A.C. - not so much. Not a problem of course, I had a Camomile Waterproof Make-up Remover (also Body Shop; more precisely meant for eyes and lips, but I use it as general remover). But underneath I though I saw my blackheads got sort of a boost... I could swear I saw new big ones that was not there in the morning. Not something I wanted to see during my No-squeeze challenge of course.
By Thursday my blackheads got so annoying that I failed the challenge :(
I decided to go back to Bare Minerals on Friday and improvement was quite obvious after just one day.
This is a huge disappointment for me, especially because of how great M.A.C. made my complexion look.
I will definitely keep the bottle and maybe use it for those special occasions. I might also give it another try - I have not found a single user review complaining about M.A.C. face and Body being comedogenic to anyone else, so maybe if I calm down my skin some more, this could work. Hopefully.
Sunday, 5 January 2014
30 days No Squeezing challenge: Day 9
It's been over a week already?
Things have been progressing nicely on the challenge frontier.
As predicted, "usual suspects" reappeared pretty quickly, but apart from that no real damage. Blackheads exist like they always did in-between evictions, roughly same size they always grew to. No magical disappearances, however skin seems to be in much better shape. I think - and I hope it's not just wishful thinking - that less irritation has led to less sebum production.
I might actually earn myself that Pureview... :D
Things have been progressing nicely on the challenge frontier.
As predicted, "usual suspects" reappeared pretty quickly, but apart from that no real damage. Blackheads exist like they always did in-between evictions, roughly same size they always grew to. No magical disappearances, however skin seems to be in much better shape. I think - and I hope it's not just wishful thinking - that less irritation has led to less sebum production.
I might actually earn myself that Pureview... :D
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