Showing posts with label acne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acne. Show all posts

Monday, August 5, 2013

Caring for your skin.

- Most of the men I know tend to run away from products marked as moisturisers or exfoliators, as they feel that they're not only a waist of their precious time and money, but also lead them down a road ending with them being marked as a raging homo. How wrong they all are!

- For men who have never moisturised and intend never to do so, all I can say is that no woman (unless she's into that kind of thing) is likely to enjoy kissing a peeling face. In the same way, no woman is going to want to sample your selection of dead and dirty skin cells that riddle your face because you refuse to use an exfoliating scrub. However, if the frightening picture of the woman holding an apricot below won't scare you into using one, then I don't know what will! 

Here's what you need:


1. St. Ives Restoring Moisturiser.

- I have used a variety of moisturisers, but this has always been my favourite. You can pick it up for about £5 (which is quite cheap when you look at how much money women will spend) and it will last for between six to twelve months. 

- I tend to use mine about an hour before I go to bed and in the morning if my skin is feeling dry. If you start to develop any acne, it either means that you're allergic to an ingredient, or it more likely means that you're using too much and should take a break for a day or two. 

- I use this all over my body, but when I was younger and my skin was significantly worse, I found that a lighter moisturiser (often referred to as hand and body lotions) would be better at night.

2. Apricot Facial Scrub (any brand will do).

- These can be on the more expensive side when compared to other exfoliators, but you'll be glad to know that you can use these once a week (or perhaps less if you shave, which also acts as a form of exfoliation).

- I know that St. Ives do one of these as well, which at £3 is very good value (the last one I bought was at least £5). This being said, I've never used it and as such can't report on how well it works. Nevertheless, they're all based on the same ingredients, so I wouldn't worry. 

I need to check my stocks, so until tomorrow:

Dress Hot - Be Hot! 

I own none of the images in the above post.