moisturizing is key! and not just for girls!!
My fabulous friend, Jish (who's been givin me some postcard lovin lately - wahoo!), just recently posted about his uber-metrosexual skin care regimen!! And I say, good for him!! Moisturizing and taking care of your skin isn't for just the ladies! I personally ♥ LOVE ♥ a man with soft skin and one who cares a little about those wrinkles forming. I have encouraged many boys in my life to moisturize!First of all, (as you may not be able to imagine) I was a total pizza face when I was young. Well, not total pizza face in high school, but it felt like it, as I battled greasy skin and breakouts for sure. But there was a stint between high school and in the first year of college - around that "Freshman 15" time when all we were eating was large greasy pizzas and beer till 2:30 in the morning? oh ya.. my face and my hips saw that action tenfold! uug! But I actually blame it all on that horrible skin regimen Clinique has that just dried my face out soo bad that it broke out even worse. It was horrible - and in college I had to get on major medication for it which gave me nightmares and my skin literally flaked off - it sucked! :( The happy ending to that was that I started working out like crazy... I had a lovely routine walking around Wash park in Denver every day for an hour w/ my walkman - and lost 20lbs!! My face cleared up and I felt great. Anyway - that was a dumb painful memory story way to get to telling you why I believe so much in good skin care.... here's what I do now....
In general I try to use more natural products... and as many of my friends (and long-time readers) know - I LOVE LOVE LOVE Origins. I can feel (reasonably) good about their ingredients since they try to gear their stuff to the more au-natural! For YEARS I've sworn by their Fine Tuner moisturizer, which they don't display anymore, but it has so many long time users, you can go ask for it by name and they'll get it for you. It's the best for combination skin - I just recently stepped up the moisturizing ladder and now I use their Look Alive moisturizer during the day - and their Night-A-Mins moisturizer at night (it has this yummy tangerine smell to it!) and sometimes I use the Starting Over and the Eye Doctor. See? I'm a *nut* for Origins!!
I use Aveeno Skin Clarifying cleanser face wash and LOVE it. It takes of makeup in a breeze (which I'm sure all you men need right? :p ), a little goes a long way, it's inexpensive and it doesn't dry out my face horribly bad like some. (It's soap-free and oil-free!) I have tried some Neutrogena SPF Moisturizer and am currently using an Aveeno SPF Moisturizer (that is if my skin *ever* sees the light of day, which these days isn't too often sadly enough!)
Every once and awhile I'll exfoliate w/ those little scrubby pads, too. It's pretty basic - but the older I get I am so serious about moisturizing and SPF protection. Make sure you take your makeup off at night, too - someone I know sleeps in hers every night and that's so bad!
So there ya have it. Now go out & MOISTURIZE!!!
p.s. While I'm just being totally girlied out - I just HAVE to add, Origins makes this great product called Underwear for Lashes and it's the BEST!!! It really does make such a difference in making your lashes fuller & longer. You put it on under your normal mascara - which I used to use Lancome for years but just recently coverted to L'oreal's 3D Architect Mascara - and love it! :)
