Skincare Review : Part 1

I have been wanting to write a post related to skincare review. However, for the past 1 and half years, I still could not find the best or suitable product to fix my oily and problematic skin condition. I used to have a clear and flawless skin. Pakai any cleansers, guna Olay Total Effect, that's it. Kulit cun melecun...until I stop breastfeed my second child, I started to get pimples especially during my period. My skin became so oily and and pimples will be all around the face.

My clear skin with natural blusher....satu masa dulu :-(



Muka baru bangun tido, main kat taman dengan Hadif tanpa secalit mekap...I miss my skin!!

I have been trying so many products, from the cheapest to expensive ones. These are some products that I could remember using it :

1. Alken cleanser
2. Thursday's plantation cleanser
3. Thursday's plantation tea tree
4.  NV complete set (local product)
5. Tia Amilia complete set (local product)
6. Hada Labo Lotion (macam Miracle Water)
7. Rosa T Cleanser
8. Olay Total Effect Cleanser
9. etc ....

All above did not make my skin worse, but it did not help me at all...so I stop and decided to 'invest' some money for a more branded brand. Maybe due to 'aging' factor kot, I need to spend more to pamper my skin.

I registered for 1 year facial session worth RM1800 ++ at Aster Spring KLCC and product worth RM2400++ with Dermalogica. I just thrown away the receipt yesterday while do housekeeping at my office desk. That's why I still remember how much I have wasted on this!! It was such a waste investment. Went for regular facials, hot chamber sauna, and religiously follow the routine at home, but it just did not work out! One year already ended in July 2011, but my skin condition is not become any better! Membazir gile pakai Dermalogica ni! Seriously....and everytime I pergi facial, they BA always told me that I have hydration problem....but hello...I have paid you so much, so why don't you fix it during the facials. Masa beli barang, punye lah recommend itu ini ... tapi yet, still 'hydration' problem.

After one year using Dermalogica...Yes! walaupun no changes on the skin, I still dengan sabarnya pakai sampai one year, konon2nye manalah tahu, after more than 6 months baru ok ke....hampehhh!! Seriously, bengang je tgk counter Dermalogica bersepah kat KLCC ni!

Then somebody told me that Vichy Normaderm is good ... I tried the whole set...and my younger sister also tried.... again, it did not do harm my skin, but it did not improve my skin either.

After Vichy, dah ala-ala give-up lah to get back to my flawless skin. Rasa macam nak pasrah je, maybe there is no skincare is suitable for me anymore, so kena pakai make-up je lah to cover-up all the flaws ....but....walaupun give-up ... still nak try jugak sekaliiii jee for a more expensive than Dermalogica...biasa lah perempuan...

So I decided to give a last try (seriously LAST TRY!!) to my skin for an expensive brand....went and bought SK-II Facial Treatment Essence a.k.a Miracle Water during its promotion after my kaklong gave me a good review. Bought 75ml Miracle Water at RM199, and received a toner and a mask for free. The BA at SKII Isetan KLCC was very nice, did not force me to buy their product, but advised me to ensure that I use make-up remover before my cleanser. It is a must to use make-up remover before any skincare! She gave me a sample to try their make-up remover.

The verdict : It worked! It does control the oil production and I found that my pimples is much less during my period. I used consistently for 1 month and during my period, only 3 pimples came out (Yes! I did count and three are already very good for me, so just imagine how congested my face before I met the Miracle Water) ... I love it!! But... the problem is, I don't have good mosturiser and cleanser to compliment the Miracle Water. I still use Dermalogica cleansers (double cleansing lagi tu, tapi the result is the same). The cleansers are OK, however the Skin Smoothing Cream (mosturiser) is disaster! Everytime I applied, mesti keluar pimples....sabor je lah... dah la beli yg besar punye...BA dekat Dermalogica forced me to buy the big size for more value for money ....ceh...

So pergi la sekali lagi ke SK-II counter in Isetan, they checked my skin condition with their skin analyzer machine. The result shows that I have 'radiance' problem, and they recommended me to buy the Cellumination Collections @ SK-II Pitera Aura Set. Since it's near Christmas, they offered a set for RM940, with RM1600++ worth of products. Tempting jugak tu...but it's way to expensive and yet I do not know whether it will work for me or not. Yg buat I turn-off tu bila I tanye the BA, can SK-II helps my oily and pimples problems? The BA said no...that is your hormon problems and there's nothing we can do....what a bad BA...

So I continue with my routine together with the Miracle Water...but still tak puas hati lagi sbb I found that despite the oil production is under controlled, but my skin is now lack of radiance, and it's very dull. I probably need a good cleanser, toner and mosturizer for that. The Miracle Water alone is not sufficient.

To be continued....