Exfoliate Your Way to Glowy Skin

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Exfoliation is your friend. If you're not exfoliating your skin regularly (or at least semi-regularly), now is the time to start! This is something that everyone, whether you are 15 or 50, should incorporate into their skincare routine. I thought I'd share a few of my favorite products to gently exfoliate my skin to just the right glow!

What exactly does it do? Removing some of the outer layers of the skin will help encourage your skin to create more skin cells (helping your skin to look fresher and younger), evens out your skin's tone and texture as well. The goal is fresh, glowy skin that looks smoother with more even color tone.

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The Best Drugstore Skin Savers

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Yesterday I posted about my favorite skin saving products for Makeup Wars. Except, I had a problem. There were a lot of skin issues I wanted to cover, and I had a lot of products that I've loved over the years for those issues! I split the post into high end (yesterday) and drugstore (today). These are products that I've tried and had great results with, and recommend to friends, family and people who email me with questions!

Pimples

1. Neutrogena Clear Pore Cleanser/Mask: I love that this is both a cleanser and a mask. It pulls some stuff out of your pores, feels cooling, exfoliates... It's a great multi-tasker and I've had a few dermatologists recommend it to me recently for Babble posts.

2. Clean & Clear Persa-Gel 10: Persa-Gel is what I was taught to recommend as a spot treatment in all of my peds training. Yes, general pediatricians treat a lot of acne. And it turns out there's a reason they recommend this stuff, it really does get in there and work. You need to use it with caution, it will bleach fabrics (hello, new duvet cover!) and it can dry out your face and make it more sensitive to the sun.

Clogged Pores

3. Alba Botanica Hawaiian Facial Mask, Pore-fecting Papaya Enzyme: Another fun mask. It has a lot of fruit extracts and really clears stuff out of pores while exfoliating your skin. Definitely the answer to dull, clogged up skin.

4. Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque: When I want to really suck things out of my pores, this is what I reach for. It can feel a bit tight/hurt when it dries, so use in moderation.

Dry Skin

5. L'Oreal Paris Age Perfect Hydra-Nutrition Glow Renewal Facial Oil: This is the L'Oreal dupe of the Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate. The oils are different, but they work the same way, except this one feels a little bit heavier on my skin. Super glowy results!

6. Boots No7 Beautiful Skin Hydration Mask: This is a great mask for when you want to pamper your skin and include a hydrating mask in your at home facial. It does really hydrate and plump up the skin, but it doesn't seem to be "too much" resulting in shine or blemishes.

Chapped Lips

7. Aquaphor Lip Repair Ointment: This is super hydrating and gentle on lips that are already irritated. I like to use it in the morning when I apply my moisturizer, it helps prep my lips for lippies later on.

Irritated Skin

8. Derma-e Soothing Facial Treatment Oil (see my review of Derma-e Facial Oils): This hydrates but also calms down irritate skin. I actually use it pretty frequently on my hands for eczema flares. My eczema doesn't like the anti-bacterial foam we use in my ICU, so after a few days at work I can start to get rashy. If I apply a few drops of this at night to the back of my hands, then all is well with the world.

Dark Spots

9. Aveeno Positively Radiant Tone Corrector: Rather than working with hydroquinone, this targeted treatment uses Soy and increases cell turnover with a retinoid (not pregnancy safe).

Puffy Eyes

10. Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Renew Anti-Puff Eye Roller: This is somehow the only eye product that I've ever used and really seen an immediate difference in my puffy eyes. I use it when I'm having allergy issues (again, not pregnancy safe).

Wrinkles

11. RoC Retinol Correxion Sensitive Eye Cream and 12. RoC Retinol Correxion Sensitive Night Cream are both retinoid creams, but they've altered the release of the retinoid, so it is slower. You'll get more results and less irritation that way. Did you notice I didn't have a high end retinoid product to recommend yesterday? That's because these ones are much better than any I've used that are more expensive. Buy the RoC. (Again, not pregnancy safe.)


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My Favorite Multi-tasking Beauty Products

I can't be the only one that needs to save time in the morning! I love being able to skip steps in my beauty routine completely, because one products has done the work of two (or more) and saved me time and money. These multi-taskers are also amazing for travel, especially when you're already fighting to fit everything into your 3-1-1 bag for carry-on only.

Here's a peek at a few of my favorite multi-tasking beauty products, you'll find more over in my Amazing Multi-tasking Beauty Products collection on eBay.

1. L'Oreal Advanced Hair Care Color Vibrancy Dual Protect Spray: Love this spray! I think I've gone through 3 bottles already. A few spritz on wet hair and it helps calm frizzies, adds shine, protects from both UV and heat damage and I swear it makes drying my hair faster.

2. Pantene’s Pro-V Ultimate 10 BB Creme: Yes, BB Cream for your hair! It does a ton of things like hydrate, repair damage, calm frizz, add shine and make hair easier to style. I like to use a little on already dry hair as well, just a pea sized amount on the ends of my hair.

3. Pond's Luminous Finish BB+ Cream SPF 15: Are you tired of me talking about this product yet? I know that I mention the Pond's Luminous Finish BB Cream all the time! I love that this product contains just enough hydration for my combination skin, has light coverage and even offers a bit of sunscreen all in one step.

4. Derma-e Skin Hair & Nail Oil: This is a multi-tasking dry skin saver! This is a lightweight oil formulated to work great on pretty much any part of your body. It is just enough hydration for your super dry cuticles but won't overpower your face. It's great for adding shine and smoothing your hair, but if you add a little too much it won't turn you into a greaseball.

5. Orly Cutique: This is a product that every manicure girl should keep around the house! Even if you're religious about wearing base coat under your polish, there are some dark colors than can leach through and still stain your nails. Apply a little Cutique on your nail, rub it in and wait about 30 seconds. When you wash it off, your nails will no longer be stained!

These are just some of the multi-tasking beauty products that I use over and over, you'll find more over in my Amazing Multi-tasking Beauty Products collection on eBay. What are your favorite multi-taskers?

Be sure to check out my collections on eBay and follow me! I'll add more multi-tasking products to the collection, let me know yours!

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