Finished: PoroLuv

WIP: Virus 01

Finished: Self-Portrait

WIP: PoroLuv 01

I wanted to try something new. Bought a set of cheap watercolors and a pack of watercolor paper from Hobby lobby around the time I hit lvl 30 a few weeks ago.

Didn't touch it until earlier this week.
This is the result.

ExfoliKate: A case for those with (true) sensitive skin.

I've tried a many skincare products in my life (as many women have,) debunked quite a few (as many women still have,) and lived to tell the tale.

I have eczema & adult acne. They work in tandem with each other. In times when my eczema flares due to exterior influences, my acne flares with internal influences. Including but not limited to: hormones (obviously) & food allergies.

Because who ever thought of someone having their acne flare up because of eating or being exposed to food contaminated with something they were allergic to?

Onwards with the review...

ExfoliKate® Intensive Exfoliating Treatment
This is just the sample I got from Sephora.

This thing is odd. 

I've used tretinoin, Proactiv, benzoyl peroxide, etc to treat my acne. I've used triamcinolone, hydrocortisone, etc to treat my eczema. But anything that went on my face that wasn't a prescribed or doctor advised method needed to be examined, and examined proper. Exfoliation was always a struggle for my skin (it hurts even when it's gentle) as well as anything that wasn't just a slather&go type of care.

The only reason why I say it's odd is that it's similar to a cinnamon-honey acne scrub (it smells like it too), but melts skin away. It's actually kind of nice. Not much is needed to slather on and it spreads pretty well. The green kind of blended in with my skin a bit but not too much to get concerned that my skin was absorbing it. 

Then it started burning about 5 seconds in. Enough to be uncomfortable, but not enough to hurt. My skin is sensitive. (No, really.) 

Grand total = about a minute.

Washed it off, applied moisturizer, and my skin looked just like I had exfoliated. I left it just long enough to not start melting my face off but not enough to not look like there weren't results. Two days later (today) and I can still feel and see the results.

Cons: No mention of aftercare for post-use, which is important to sensitive skin types. Spot test on a cheek or something first if you're worried. Obviously, don't get it in your eyes.

Overall: it smelled too much like cinnamon, probably isn't as bad to other skin types, and it worked. Marketed well, good product, will probably buy if it wasn't so damn expensive.

Done(?): Creation

Been sitting on this one for a while.

How it came out was a total accident, but I really really like what it's doing.

Maybe done?

WIP: Creation 01

From concept to reality..