So I have been using Skin ID for almost 3 weeks now, and I think I can place my final verdict on it now.
It was drying up my skin a lot last time I posted an update on it. Since then, I started going back to using my Kose moisturizer (I'll do a review on it later.... I keep putting it off for some reason...) after cleansing and before putting on all the other Skin ID products, and my skin hasn't felt dry at all anymore. Also for the anti-acne treatment, I've been only putting it on my forehead and nose. Everything else stayed the same. I continued using everything twice a day.
So did Skin ID actually help my acne?
YES! Almost ALL of my acne is gone now. All that's left are basically scars on my forehead. I've never seen my skin SO clear since I was about 13, so I'm really happy and excited about it. What surprises me even more, is that even my milia/whiteheads are gone. I don't have a single one on my face anymore.
So I definitely recommend trying Skin ID out. I know that everybody will get different results from the evaluation, and I can't say anything about the other products, if they work or not, but I think its worth trying, and most importantly, results don't always show up right away. Stick to the routine for a while longer. Only a week ago, I was starting to suspect that this was not only not working, but even breaking me out more, and drying out my skin at the same time. A week later, everything vanished.
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5 June 2010
26 May 2010
Skin ID Update 4
So it has been a week of using Skin ID now, and I have major updates about it since the last time I talked about it.
Last time, I said that my skin was feeling tight. That was what? Like, 3 days ago? The next day, it was feeling even tighter. And I hated it. It was so tight, that whenever I made any facial expressions, wrinkles would form and I looked like a 70 year old lady.... Or something rather. So I decided I needed to do a mask that night to replenish the moisture and I also went back to using my old moisturizer. I also reduced my use of the products to only my forehead, nose and chin.
The next day didn't feel as tight, but instead, my skin was flaking around my eyes (I don't even know why.... I didn't even put any of that stuff around my eyes) and on my cheeks. I felt so embarrassed about it because I was seeing a friend of mine that I hadn't seen for over 20 years. I hope next time my skin will be doing better. I did another mask last night.
Today, most of my skin feels almost back to normal, but around my eyes is flaking A LOT. It looks so horrible, I'm so glad that I don't have to go anywhere today. I put more eye cream around the area today hoping it'll restore some moisture, and I'll be exfoliating my entire face tonight so hopefully that'll get rid of the peeling dead skin.
The pimples on my forehead have reduced a bit, except a few of the bigger ones, they haven't gone away or seem to have even shrunk. But I guess I will stick to it a bit longer to see how it goes. It seems to be fine for my forehead. It hasn't felt dry or anything, so I'm assuming that this might be okay for people with oilier skin. I can't even imagine getting the other products for the oilier and less sensitive skin types, how drying that would be.
Last time, I said that my skin was feeling tight. That was what? Like, 3 days ago? The next day, it was feeling even tighter. And I hated it. It was so tight, that whenever I made any facial expressions, wrinkles would form and I looked like a 70 year old lady.... Or something rather. So I decided I needed to do a mask that night to replenish the moisture and I also went back to using my old moisturizer. I also reduced my use of the products to only my forehead, nose and chin.
The next day didn't feel as tight, but instead, my skin was flaking around my eyes (I don't even know why.... I didn't even put any of that stuff around my eyes) and on my cheeks. I felt so embarrassed about it because I was seeing a friend of mine that I hadn't seen for over 20 years. I hope next time my skin will be doing better. I did another mask last night.
Today, most of my skin feels almost back to normal, but around my eyes is flaking A LOT. It looks so horrible, I'm so glad that I don't have to go anywhere today. I put more eye cream around the area today hoping it'll restore some moisture, and I'll be exfoliating my entire face tonight so hopefully that'll get rid of the peeling dead skin.
The pimples on my forehead have reduced a bit, except a few of the bigger ones, they haven't gone away or seem to have even shrunk. But I guess I will stick to it a bit longer to see how it goes. It seems to be fine for my forehead. It hasn't felt dry or anything, so I'm assuming that this might be okay for people with oilier skin. I can't even imagine getting the other products for the oilier and less sensitive skin types, how drying that would be.
23 May 2010
Skin ID Update 3
Its been almost a week since I started using Skin ID. The first few days it didn't seem like it was doing anything. And then I almost felt like I was breaking out even more. And the past couple days, my skin is starting to feel a little bit tight (dry), but its not peeling or anything. And my skin is definitely getting a little bit sensitive, especially the upper cheek, near around my eyes, it stings a little bit when I apply the anti-acne treatment. So I probably wouldn't recommend this for people who actually have sensitive skin. But I also noticed, as my skin started feeling drier, it also looks and feels clearer. There's still a lot of acne on my forehead, but on my cheeks it definitely looks and feels smoother and brighter. The pores on my nose appear smaller too. Not that I had large pores to begin with though, so I can't say much about that. All of my stray pimples that were on my cheeks, and chin (and not forehead, where almost all my pimples are), are gone now. I'm not completely sure if they're gone just because of time, or if Skin ID actually helped though. But I'm definitely looking forward to seeing if it helps with my forehead.
18 May 2010
Skin ID Update 2
Okay so I have tried all the Skin ID products now. I can't say much about them, since I haven't used them long enough, but I'll just describe the formulas a bit.
The cream cleanser looks like the typical foaming cleanser, except it's not very foamy. It doesn't seem to lather up very well for me, which might be a good thing, since cleansers that lather up tend to dry out my skin more. But sometimes when I don't get that lather I just feel like I'm not cleaning well enough. That's probably just psychological though.
The acne spot treatment contains 2.0% Salicylic Acid. It is a gel, and it pretty much feels and smells like any other spot treatment that I've tried before.
The anti-acne treatment contains 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide. It says its a gel, but it doesn't look like a gel. Putting it on at first feels creamy, but then it dries out really quick.
The moisturizer and skin soother I already described last time. I forgot to mention the medicinal ingredients in them though. The moisturizer contains 0.5% salicylic acid, the skin soother doesn't contain anything for acne, so I guess its just for moisturizing. Also, I think I forgot to mention that the moisturizer is a cream, and the skin soother is sort of like a gel. I don't know if it would be called a gel though.
But another thing I want to mention, is that upon using this set of stuff (I haven't figured out if its the skin soother or the moisturizer), my face doesn't seem to be as dry as it used to be. In fact, it feels a lot more oily and shiny. So I'm not too sure about that. I'm planning to start using the spot treatment and anti-acne treatment twice a day as well since my skin doesn't seem to be drying out or anything. And I doubt that it feels oily because I put too much moisturizer or skin soother, because I put less than a dime size amount of each on my entire face.
The cream cleanser looks like the typical foaming cleanser, except it's not very foamy. It doesn't seem to lather up very well for me, which might be a good thing, since cleansers that lather up tend to dry out my skin more. But sometimes when I don't get that lather I just feel like I'm not cleaning well enough. That's probably just psychological though.
The acne spot treatment contains 2.0% Salicylic Acid. It is a gel, and it pretty much feels and smells like any other spot treatment that I've tried before.
The anti-acne treatment contains 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide. It says its a gel, but it doesn't look like a gel. Putting it on at first feels creamy, but then it dries out really quick.
The moisturizer and skin soother I already described last time. I forgot to mention the medicinal ingredients in them though. The moisturizer contains 0.5% salicylic acid, the skin soother doesn't contain anything for acne, so I guess its just for moisturizing. Also, I think I forgot to mention that the moisturizer is a cream, and the skin soother is sort of like a gel. I don't know if it would be called a gel though.
But another thing I want to mention, is that upon using this set of stuff (I haven't figured out if its the skin soother or the moisturizer), my face doesn't seem to be as dry as it used to be. In fact, it feels a lot more oily and shiny. So I'm not too sure about that. I'm planning to start using the spot treatment and anti-acne treatment twice a day as well since my skin doesn't seem to be drying out or anything. And I doubt that it feels oily because I put too much moisturizer or skin soother, because I put less than a dime size amount of each on my entire face.
17 May 2010
Neutrogena Skin ID Update
I received my Skin ID package today in the mail via UPS and I am so excited to try it out now! I can't believe it took less than a week to arrive. But first I have to put these pictures up and more information about it.
This is what the package looked like. Very simple and clean. I blurred out the UPS label of course so I don't get any stalkers.... =D
Opening the box.... Its all pretty and blue inside! There is a letter and two pamphlets (one French and one English) on top of all the stuff. And a bag to put all the products in. I chose the orange one.
Taking all that stuff off, the products are all embedded in plastic so they don't get thrown around or squashed in the box. And then there is the little acne spot treatment that was supposedly free, and the receipt underneath it all.
A picture of everything taken out of the box.
And everything put in the bag. There's still so much room!
First use, First impressions.
I just went and took a shower and tried out a few of these products.
It took me a very long time to decide if I should use all of them, or only certain ones, and in what order am I supposed to use these, since there are no overall instructions, only instructions for each one.
Obviously #14 the cream cleanser would go first. And then from there on it wasn't so clear. Do I use the acne spot treatment first and then #32 the anti-acne treatment, #53 moisturizer and finally oil-free skin soother? Or do I use the anti-acne treatment, moisturizer, oil-free skin soother and then acne spot treatment last? Or what? It probably doesn't make much difference though, so I'm going to go with this order:
1. Cream cleanser
2. Anti-acne treatment
3. Moisturizer
4. Oil-free skin soother
5. Acne spot treatment
But that's only if I'm using all the products. I was reading the directions on the back of each of them, some don't say how often to use them so I assume once in the morning and once at night. The anti-acne treatment says twice a day, but fair skinned individuals should begin with one application. The acne spot treatment and moisturizer says 1-3 times a day. So for the anti-acne treatment I will begin with once a day, as well as acne spot treatment. The moisturizer I will use twice a day.
So for now I decided in the morning I will use:
1. Cream cleanser
2. Moisturizer
3. Oil-free skin soother
(I still use my eye cream and sunscreen as well, and makeup on top of everything.)
And at night I will use all of them.
I can't believe how complicated this thing sounds. I think they really should include overall directions based on your answers to the questions on the evaluation thing online.
But anyway, now that I had set a routine for this, I got in the shower and brought my cream cleanser with me. (I wash my face while I'm in the shower in the mornings.) After shampooing and conditioning my hair, I washed my face with just a towel and water first. And then I washed my body. After that, I put about a dime sized amount of cleanser in my hands and massaged it into my face. Then I used my little scrublets to scrub. (They're sort of like the ones that come with the new L'Oreal Paris Go 360 Clean, only I got mine from Hong Kong for a really cheap price and without the cleanser.) And then rinsed it all off. The cleanser was foamy, but not super foamy and had a nice cooling sensation. It didn't seem to dry out my skin too much. My face didn't feel tight or anything after so that's a good thing. After I rinsed with cool water to close the pores and got out of the shower and dried myself off.
I then applied the moisturizer. It feels really smooth and creamy, fast absorbing and made my skin feel really moisturized. And it had a nice cooling sensation, just like the cleanser. It also seemed to give my skin a nice glow to it, which I love. And then the oil-free skin soother was more gel-like, but felt nice and moisturizing as well and absorbed really fast, and had the cooling sensation as well. After putting all this stuff on my face, it still felt "cool" for about 10 minutes, and I loved the feeling. Now I don't know how well this stuff does after a period of time yet, but I will update about it later on.
This is what the package looked like. Very simple and clean. I blurred out the UPS label of course so I don't get any stalkers.... =D
Opening the box.... Its all pretty and blue inside! There is a letter and two pamphlets (one French and one English) on top of all the stuff. And a bag to put all the products in. I chose the orange one.
Taking all that stuff off, the products are all embedded in plastic so they don't get thrown around or squashed in the box. And then there is the little acne spot treatment that was supposedly free, and the receipt underneath it all.
A picture of everything taken out of the box.
And everything put in the bag. There's still so much room!
First use, First impressions.
I just went and took a shower and tried out a few of these products.
It took me a very long time to decide if I should use all of them, or only certain ones, and in what order am I supposed to use these, since there are no overall instructions, only instructions for each one.
Obviously #14 the cream cleanser would go first. And then from there on it wasn't so clear. Do I use the acne spot treatment first and then #32 the anti-acne treatment, #53 moisturizer and finally oil-free skin soother? Or do I use the anti-acne treatment, moisturizer, oil-free skin soother and then acne spot treatment last? Or what? It probably doesn't make much difference though, so I'm going to go with this order:
1. Cream cleanser
2. Anti-acne treatment
3. Moisturizer
4. Oil-free skin soother
5. Acne spot treatment
But that's only if I'm using all the products. I was reading the directions on the back of each of them, some don't say how often to use them so I assume once in the morning and once at night. The anti-acne treatment says twice a day, but fair skinned individuals should begin with one application. The acne spot treatment and moisturizer says 1-3 times a day. So for the anti-acne treatment I will begin with once a day, as well as acne spot treatment. The moisturizer I will use twice a day.
So for now I decided in the morning I will use:
1. Cream cleanser
2. Moisturizer
3. Oil-free skin soother
(I still use my eye cream and sunscreen as well, and makeup on top of everything.)
And at night I will use all of them.
I can't believe how complicated this thing sounds. I think they really should include overall directions based on your answers to the questions on the evaluation thing online.
But anyway, now that I had set a routine for this, I got in the shower and brought my cream cleanser with me. (I wash my face while I'm in the shower in the mornings.) After shampooing and conditioning my hair, I washed my face with just a towel and water first. And then I washed my body. After that, I put about a dime sized amount of cleanser in my hands and massaged it into my face. Then I used my little scrublets to scrub. (They're sort of like the ones that come with the new L'Oreal Paris Go 360 Clean, only I got mine from Hong Kong for a really cheap price and without the cleanser.) And then rinsed it all off. The cleanser was foamy, but not super foamy and had a nice cooling sensation. It didn't seem to dry out my skin too much. My face didn't feel tight or anything after so that's a good thing. After I rinsed with cool water to close the pores and got out of the shower and dried myself off.
I then applied the moisturizer. It feels really smooth and creamy, fast absorbing and made my skin feel really moisturized. And it had a nice cooling sensation, just like the cleanser. It also seemed to give my skin a nice glow to it, which I love. And then the oil-free skin soother was more gel-like, but felt nice and moisturizing as well and absorbed really fast, and had the cooling sensation as well. After putting all this stuff on my face, it still felt "cool" for about 10 minutes, and I loved the feeling. Now I don't know how well this stuff does after a period of time yet, but I will update about it later on.
12 May 2010
Neutrogena Skin ID
I first learned about this in an advertisement at the movies and thought, maybe I should try it. And then I totally forgot about it until last night when I was looking for some new products to try out for my skin, since it hasn't been doing very good lately. My forehead is breaking out, my chin and around my nose and lips are really dry and flaky....
So I went to the website and did the evaluation and got 25.32.53.
I checked some reviews on the program and figured it was mostly either love or hate. People either thought it was great and it worked perfectly on their skin (And I found out most of these were those who claimed to have drier/sensitive skin), while others thought it was horrible, dried out their skin like crazy, made them break out even more. So I'm thinking, maybe they exaggerated their problems thinking it'll work better, but in turn the treatment was too strong and dried out their skin making it flaky and peely? I don't know, but I definitely said I have dry skin when I was doing the evaluation, and said that my skin was sensitive most of the time. Even though its not that sensitive, I put that because I find it does get very sensitive to acne products.
So I placed an order on my set of Skin ID, and I added Oil Free Skin Soother for $15 so I'd get free shipping, which would've been $6.99 so I think it was worth it.
Now I'm just waiting for it to arrive in the mail and hopefully this will be something that'll really work for me!
Updates on this to come when I receive my products and every week from then.
So I went to the website and did the evaluation and got 25.32.53.
I checked some reviews on the program and figured it was mostly either love or hate. People either thought it was great and it worked perfectly on their skin (And I found out most of these were those who claimed to have drier/sensitive skin), while others thought it was horrible, dried out their skin like crazy, made them break out even more. So I'm thinking, maybe they exaggerated their problems thinking it'll work better, but in turn the treatment was too strong and dried out their skin making it flaky and peely? I don't know, but I definitely said I have dry skin when I was doing the evaluation, and said that my skin was sensitive most of the time. Even though its not that sensitive, I put that because I find it does get very sensitive to acne products.
So I placed an order on my set of Skin ID, and I added Oil Free Skin Soother for $15 so I'd get free shipping, which would've been $6.99 so I think it was worth it.
Now I'm just waiting for it to arrive in the mail and hopefully this will be something that'll really work for me!
Updates on this to come when I receive my products and every week from then.
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