My skin has been horrendous these past couple of months, I blame the amount of stress I've been under and in no way blame the copious amounts of chocolate and cake I've been eating. I've also been a little short on funds so I've had to use skincare that wasn't really fully working for my skin. But recently my face got to a point where I had to make a stand and splash out on some emergency skincare.
In times of need I always find myself gravitating towards the Liz Earle counter in John Lewis. I've used Cleanse and Polish multiple times in the past and it is firmly in my top 3 cleansers of all time. It is perfect for my sensitive skin, it never fails to make my combination skin hydrated and looking in tiptop condition. This time I thought I'd better invest in the bigger 200ml version as I feel this bad skin is going to take a fair bit of time to get back into good shape.
Next I popped on over to Boots to pick up some more micellar water, I prefer micellar water for taking off my makeup as I find it does a better job than makeup wipes and doesn't dry my skin out. I usually stick with the trusty L'Oreal micellar water but this time I thought I'd give Garnier's version a go. I usually stay away from Garnier skincare as I've had reactions to some of their cleansers and moisturisers in the past, but I bravely used this with pretty positive results, no swollen faces so far.
And finally I picked up a moisturiser from John Lewis; I always try and go for products with natural ingredients as I find them less risky for my sensitive skin. Because I splashed out a bit more on my cleanser I went for a fairly cheap moisturiser. I chose the Organic Surge Blissful Daily Moisturiser and I've been using it for the last few days. I have to say that I'm not overly sure on it so far, but do not fear I plan to do a little review after I've given it a good run.
Hopefully this little group of products will save me from this nightmare I'm having. I have also cut down on the sugary snacks, much to my dismay, so hopefully the full combo will have me back to good skin health in no time.
