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The weather is changing and so is your skin. With the mixture of warm and cold air, the dry areas on your face are getting drier and the oily parts oilier. Try to avert extra shine or avoid tightness on your face by paying attention to how you apply your lotions/creams. Most of us just dab a little on our fingers and quickly smear the product all over – this way of lotion application is a big mistake! It results in dry patches, and worse, increased blackheads (especially on the nose area).
Tomorrow morning, apply lotion first to the driest areas of your face ending at the oily parts. In most cases this means the end point should be your T-zone (your forehead and nose), which is on average the problem area for women – but your skin may vary. By doing this, the most of what is on your hand will end up on the areas that need the lotion the most, leaving very little on your fingers for skimming over the oilier parts. You may feel you don’t even need to apply lotion to your t-zone. Trust us, you will start to see a difference very soon.
i’ve known you all my life and NOW you tell me this!!! it’s so true…only my cheeks, chin and forehead feel dry…oh and remember to apply cream with a q-tip. i have been putting my fingers in my cream pot for years, apparently a no-no.
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I recommend Kiehls Ultra Moisturizing Lotion – it doesn’t make your face oily and it’s a really great moisturizer – my skin feels dewy afterwards!
Lipstick Q-tips = quick tips? How cute!
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I just looked at the bottle in my gym bag – it’s called Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Moisturizer – and sos, it’s in a bottle so you don’t need to worry about your fingers getting in it
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Does anyone know of a product similar to Loreal’s Nutrissime Reactivating Dry Skin Crean? (maybe its available in toronto?) They have discontinued it or something…its been permanently out of stock. I have extremely sensitive, easily irritated, dry-in-patches skin, and this worked like magic. after trying bottle after bottle of creams that dont work and irritate my skin more, i am back to the old classics…ponds, nivea. but they are obviously grammar-school greasy.
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I’ve used aveeno successfully for years but your tip about application is imperative. But this weather is seriously wreaking havoc on my face! >.<
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i shall try to look for it in toronto, jtm. a friend told me that she doesnt believe in wearing ANY moisturiser bec the negative feedback loop comes into play and the skin gets even more dry when you apply moisturiser…who knows. my grandmothers had the most amazing skin in the world- they used oil of olay and pond’s cold cream, respectively. i have used shisheido for years and use it bec i like the smell, no other real reason! i think nivea or ponds cream is just as good. jtm oil of olay makes loads of different creams, surely you can find one which is oil-free? lipstickmasala should write a post about expensive creams- a topic we have discussed ad nauseum and still not come up with a conclusion…
kalsoom, i have been looking for a cream which is not in a pot, thanks for the tip.
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Sannia, I also swear by Aveeno. Both my sister and I use it and love it – and we have very different skin types. I’m about to post a mask that I love for calming the skin especially during the changing seasons, it should help!
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Jtm, I tried to do a little recon for you RE the Nutrissime. It seems to still be listed on the L’oreal site but is “out of stock” and is also not available @ cvs, walgreens, target, or drugstore.com. You may be right, I’m afraid it’s being discontinued, maybe you can email the contact on the website?
Also, as Sannia mentioned below, Aveeno makes fanatastic products. I generally have reactions to lotions with spf but my skin can tolerate Aveeno really well. They have both lotions and creams. My sister who has dry sensitive skin also loves them – I send her bottles of Aveeno overseas on a regular basis.
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Thats a really helpful tip because I find that in this type of weather when i moisturize my T zone is getting really oily.
A lot of people say the reason why expensive creams sometimes don’t have the same results is because when people apply oil of olay or ponds they do not mind smothering it on their faces ie providing the requisite moisture to dry areas. When people use creme de la mer or la prairie they are a bit frugal and using such teeny tiny amounts is pretty much useless. Kiehls seems like a good half way house.
A friend of mine coats her face in Nivea cream once a week for 10 mins then wipes it off with cleansing pads. This is really good if you have dry skin. Nars makes an amazing hydrating skin mask too.
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sos, there may be some truth in negative feedback loops, like e.g., shampoos and conditioners. the more conditioner i used, the more i needed to. meanwhile hair was getting DRIER, like straw and prone to breakage. now i dont use conditioner, except when going somewhere exciting, and hair is no different than with goops of conditioner! it takes a couple washes or so, but your hair gets used to it and goes back to its normal state. i’m starting to think the more you fuss over some face/skin/hair issue, the more it gets irritated. less is more?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102062969
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its too bad. it was an amazing product. like amazing.
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jtm youre absolutely right. the more you fuss, the more it gets irritated. i have never understood why people wash their face in the morning (unless you have oily skin). i wash my face at night, e basta. never in the morning, it’s too much for the skin. thanks for posting the NPR link. i love that station/website. by the way, put oil in your hair once a month- mustard seed oil, it’s better than using conditioners with chemicals in them.
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no new posts lipstick masala?
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I agree. I usually just wash my face with water in the morning, no face wash. Where do you get mustard seed oil?
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Your wish is my command
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at indian and pakistani stores
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