Originally Posted by aleksis210
I had perfect skin up until I was about 19...like you said I didn't change my makeup or anything and I had never broke out before just a pimple like every 2 months or something...So anyway I started wearing bareminerals and the breakouts stopped and I actually JUST RECENTLY stopped wearing BM(because I don't really like the look of it in the first place) and I don't break out anymore...Maybe your skin can't tolerate your makeup anymore...what do you use? |
| Originally Posted by cetati
Was it just before your period? Are you stressed? Do you drink water constantly? If it's just before your period it could just be a hormonal influx. I used to have really bad acne but I find that drinking tons and tons and tons of water (having a water bottle on hand all the time and refill it constantly) makes my skin tons better. Dehydration can lead to some acne. |
| Originally Posted by FlashBang
If its nothing to do with your skincare or make-up, maybe its stress related? It actually sounds alot like it could be your diet, are you eating differently? Certain acid forming foods can cause skin problems. Have you been eating more fried food, carbs and diary? These foods also impair your digestive system, making it slow and sluggish and this prevents the removal of alot of toxins which instead, remain in your body and are expelled in the skin, like around the T zone. If thats where your getting break outs, it may be your diet. If it is your diet then all you have to do is cut down on these foods and eat for alkaline forming foods, like vegetables, fruit and nuts/seeds. |
| Originally Posted by X4biddenxLustX
Odd question, but what do you use to take your makeup off at the end of the day each day? Please don't say your regular facial cleanser! If so, it MAY be your problem. I had some issues with acne on my forehead most likely from hormones when I was 14, got on Duac and it cleared everything up wonderfully and only got the odd zit every now and then. I started using some Clinique foundation and concealer for a while afterwards. Months go by...and one day BAM! I get too painful large cystic zits on my right cheek. I tried everything over the counter for it and it didn't help at all. Eventually I started breaking out on my other cheek. I ended seeing a dermatologist but the stuff she put me on didn't really do that much. It was only after I got a bad sinus infection and was prescribed an oral antibiotic did those painful zits completely go away. I have attributed those breakouts to my makeup removal failure. I only used my regular face wash not an oil based makeup cleanser that will cut through all the gunk and take it right off. Think of all the gunk from the makeup that was staying on my skin day after day! I've been using MAC foundations for like two years now and have yet to experience a breakout from it after I started using oil based cleansers. |
| Originally Posted by ashk36
What makeup remover do you use? |
| Originally Posted by Suri
Well, for me back then I just use normal cleanser thinking that it would get my makeup off.. I guess I was wrong. Now, I've been educated on the world of makeup that I used makeup remover wipes and then I wash it with makeup remover wash in gel from Clinique. I kind of doing it twice, kind of OCD but it's better than having too many breakouts. Then at the end of the day, I cleansed all my brushes and sponges(if any) that I used on that day. Normally, I cleansed them at night using the makeup brush cleanser. If I use sponges, I normally throw them away after 2 or 3 days, but I do clean them at the end of my makeup application. The results: I rarely get any breakouts except for the incoming "girlfriend day", but I don't get that many just one or two zits. |
