Yes, you heard me. If you want to stay pretty, exfoliate! Ever since I got moved back to KK my acne gotten worse. So how did it started? Let me tell you from the beginning. Three years ago, I considered my skin to be good. Well, its not perfect and of course I have some visible pores and dry skin but not acne. It only popped out when is it the time of the month and also since then, I was using Hydrating Chia Seed range from the Face Shop. This range was my holy grail because I don't experience dry skin even though I don't really take care of my skin especially my busy week. When I say experiencing dry skin which mean my skin condition is already flaking, peeling and redness around my nose and mouth area. When I put on mask sheet, it hurt like til my tears are falling. That's how severe it is. At that time I rarely went to facial as well as doing exfoliation at home.
After the break up, I went a little overboard purchasing anti-aging skincare products and that is how I started to breakout after using it a month or so. Still, I don't exfoliate unless I remember. During my time in Kuching the breakout was noticeable in my forehead area and 1 or 2 acne below my cheek. When I finally moved back to KK, acnes especially in the cheek area started to pop out after one another. Its spreading more and more. So like everyone else guilty of popping their acne, I did exactly the same thing and the sad thing is the acne is not healing after so many weeks. That is how I got concern and booked myself for facial. Went to few different beauty salon and all the beautician told me I have very clogged pores and dead skin and this is why most of my acne are found deep inside my skin.
What to do? Exfoliate. After a few facial treatment my acne were still popping out but the spreading of acne has gone down. While hoping my acne will get better by doing facial treatment, I went to youtube to search for solution and that is how I decided to try out COSRX AHA Whitehead Power Liquid and BHA Blackhead Power Liquid. Adding these two serums into my routine, my acne is slowly gone and just left scars I have to take care. Beside that, I notice that my blackhead and whitehead reduce drastically. Thank god for COSRX.
Last time my skincare routine for day and night only involves the cleanser, toner, serum, moisturiser and sunscreen during the day. Now, this is my current skincare routine for day and night. :'( Yeap, my skin is revenging on me. To incorporate with my dry skin, this is how I mixed and match.
Day time: 3 --> 6 --> 12 --> 13 --> 14
Night time: 1 --> 2 & 9 --> 4 (once a week when the day I skip 7 or 8 ) --> 5 --> 10 -->
7/8 (alternates between them) --> 11
Every weekend: 15 or 16
My skin now is doing so far so good. Looking forward to the day with clear skin. Going to end this post here and take note that I'm not a beauty expert. I'm just sharing my experience and a reminder to myself to exfoliate. Exfoliate are important because our skin generate new ones every week. If we don't exfoliate, dead skin cells start to pile up on the surface of our skin resulting in excess oil and clogged pores. This is how all the gunk are trap inside which leads to acne blemishes.
