Skin Care Routine

Glytone Exfoliating Gel Wash

                Every morning and every night I cleanse my face with the glytone exfoliating gel wash. This system has glycolic acid which is the exfoliating part- it doesn't have beads or anything like that. I really like that this wash doesn't have salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide in it because the other two products in the system do and if all three did it would probably be so drying for me that I couldn't use it.

Glytone Toner

The Glytone Toner (right) has I believe 2% salicylic acid in it but the worst thing about this toner is that it smells very strongly of acetone. The only reason I still continue to use it is because it actually works so I'm willing to put up with the fact that it doesn't have any fragrance in it. When I first started this system I only used the toner in the morning because it burned and dried my skin out. After about a week I noticed it no longer burned when I applied it so I upped my applications to morning and night.

Glytone Acne Gel

This Glytone Acne Gel has 10% benzoyl peroxide in it which before I started using it made me really worried because I definitely thought this whole system would dry my skin out so bad. I found a really good moisturizer though, which I apply right after the I use the acne system and my skin has not gotten dried out or flakey. Although, sometimes I have noticed my skin peeling off because this system uses glycolic acid which is an ingredient used in chemical peels. So this system will really work to flake off the dead layer of skin to get rid of acne marks and current acne. The acne gel, like the toner, was something I used once a day, at night, in the beginning but I've increased the use to morning and night. UPDATE: I forgot to mention, you may notice I've used way more of this than the other two items in the system. It's because since my skin is so dry I apply this gel with a cotton round to avoid it peeling my skin so because of that I went through the tube way faster than someone would who applied it with their fingers. This set of three products is supposed to last a normal person a couple months, an advantage over Proactiv considering I paid $35 for this dermatologist line on amazon that should be $80+. The other two products will definitely last longer and the toner will probably last longer than a couple of months. I recently bought a new tube of this gel on amazon for I think $12 or so, this is something I'll probably have to buy every month and a half or two months-ish. It's worth it to me though, as someone who was having trouble with acne that I think was probably due to the stress of graduation and college and everything. So I definitely think there will be a time that I can cut back on the usage after everything has cleared (acne marks) because I didn't used to have to use such a lengthy system on my face.

Proactiv Skin Lightening Lotion

After I'd been using the Glytone system for about a month and a half I was very happy that it had gotten rid of all my active acne and I hadn't had any breakouts since I started using it. I wasn't quite as satisfied with how it was working on my acne marks though. So I started looking online and I found a lot of very positive reviews on the Proactiv Skin Lightening Lotion so I bought it on Amazon and have been using for about a week. After the first few days I noticed it was really drying me out so I started using it only in the morning.

Proactiv Refining Mask

I also bought the Proactiv Refining Mask on Amazon at the same time I bought the Proactiv Skin Lightening Lotion. I use it as a full facial mask at night every few days. If I do have a random pimple though I use it on that all night. That's why it's picture is in my room instead of the bathroom. It really seems to work at getting rid of the pimple overnight in conjunction wit the glytone system before I put it on and after I take it off in the morning.

Hempz Original Moisturizer

This is the lotion that I use on my face after I wash morning and night with the Glytone system. Now, the reason I even started using the Glytone system was because the moisturizer I used previously was jojoba butter by Victoria's Secret- they stopped making that particular lotion so they recommended I try their cocoa butter. That was the biggest mistake I could have possibly made for my face- it made me break out not only on my face but also even on my neck from bringing the lotion down after I applied it to my face. So of course after I noticed that I started looking for a really good acne treatment system and moisturizer. This Hempzebay because the friend who recommended it to me asked if I wanted to split a gallon with her so the cost would be cheaper. I found a gallon on ebay for $45 so that meant it was less than $7 per bottle for us and we each got about three and a half bottles.

So yea, that's my basic routine every day but in the next post I'm going to be talking about my makeup removing products. If you have any questions/recommendations leave a comment! :)

And thanks for sticking with this post to the bottom, I know it's a little lenghty.