Skin care diet?!

 Hello everyone! It has been a while since I've last posted and today I wanna talk about my encounter with the term 'Skin care Diet'. You must be wondering like me like what the heck is a skin care diet?! I've only heard about dieting to lose weight thus far. 

TLDR: Skin care diet means stripping your skin care routine to the bare minimum. This made me excited because it means things could potentially become more minimalistic and fuss free for me! After being introduced this term by my friend, I decided to do some digging into this and some useful resources I've found would be Dr Dray, Liah Yoo etc on Youtube. Blogs include Fickle beauty which I've purchased my new set of skin care products from. 

Basically, after scouring through multiple resources, I've come to realised that I've been terribly duped by the skin care industry about needing tonnes of products for better and glowing skin! GUESS WHAT?! The greatest lie I've believed and bought into is that we absolutely need a toner in our regime! NO! Apparently, multiple aestheticians and dermatologists alike have mentioned that toner is not a must have in the skin care routine but rather an optional add on. 

Here are the most important steps in our skin care: 

1. Cleanser 

2. Mosturiser 

3. Sun screen 

At this point if you are not mind blown, it means that you have everything in order. I vividly recall myself slathering tonnes of products onto my face from toner, serum, essence, moisturiser, masks, sleeping mask sun screen onto my face every single day. Imagine how obese my skin would have become if our skin would put on weight with junk skin care.... 

With all that information, I've decided to sell/give away my toner and essences which did not benefit my skin condition. On top of that, I've also learnt that fragrance is a big no no in our skin care. This is especially important if you have sensitive skin like yours truly who tends to react to random things. Fragrance in the form of essential oils, parfumes etc can potentially irritate your skin and cause red bumps (yucks) and worsen acne.  

After contacting https://ficklebeauty.com/ and sending her pictures of my horrendous looking skin, she patiently recommended me only 4 products (one of which is optional) to help to clear my skin. I also took pictures of the current skin care products I'm using and she told me which ones to cut off from my life. The experience was great as she was not pushy and did not recommend things I did not need. She explained the need for each different product and also mentioned that serum is not something that is necessary right now but if I would like to add it into my regime, it's ok too. So anyways, I got myself the cleanser, moisturiser and a sunscreen - all of which are fragrance free :) Oh, she said I could continue to use my mandelic acid toner (an AHA exfoliant) at night to help smoothen out my skin. 

She reassured me that NO MATTER what happens, I gotta keep to this new skin care diet for 14 days in order to see results. Should there be little to no improvement after 14 days with regards to my bumpy skin, she would recommending adding a BHA product into my regime. We shall see! Shall post a before and after photo for comparison and keep sake after 14 days :) stay tune! 

The 3 products cost me $80 dollars (free shipping!). Considering the price and the quantity of the product, I would say that it is in the mid range of being affordable. However, after doing some quick search on shoppee, I've managed to find cheaper options there. I guess it's justified for Fickle Beauty to charge a little bit more given that she gives tailored advice :) For that, I think I might just continue to purchase from her to support her. 

It has been about 3-4 days since I've started my new skin care routine and I must say that my skin looks less irritated and inflamed. The hormonal acne that I had are slowly fading and while there are still some visible bumps on my skin, I think (?) they are getting lesser. Fingers crossed! Will update again 14 days later, bye!