I got new skin problems when I'm going 30, and this is how I treat it (Part 3 : Dry Skin)

Skincare for dry skin

Hi beautiess,,
It took a quite long time to continue write about this topic, but finally I gonna share with you about how I treat the third skin problem that I had (which also the last one) - dry skin. But before that, make sure you also read the first part (wrinkles) and the second part (pimples and freckles).

Dry skin - like freckles, I had this problem since I was a kid, and it really hard to get rid of it. I've used some skin care that really works to moisturized my skin such as Laneige Water Sleeping Mask, but somehow lately I could see some flaky skin on my face. It's really annoying for me. Dry lips, dry skin, I always have these problems and they always ruin my make up look. No matter how great and expensive make up that I used, it always ended cracked - not smooth at all.

Looking at this situation, I decided to change my skin care and also added some new skincare as recommended by some beauty expert. Here's the list of the new skin care that I use to treat dry skin problem :

• Senka Perfect Whip Collagen in

It was the first time I changed my facial wash after years. I had doubt at first about change this product, because I have a very sensitive skin. I can't use a facial wash with a lot of foam, because it cause my skin get drier and feels very tight. Even sometimes, a facial wash with a very "strong" ingredients can irritate my skin and it's uncomfortable. Therefore, when I found a facial wash that didn't make my skin dry, I'll keep using it and never thought to change it with other cleansing product.

However, lately I decided to change my facial wash because the sign of aging on my skin is getting worse. I need a "boost" of collagen to keep my skin stay young. Collagen has a lot of benefit for skin - hydrating, firming, anti aging, and many more. When I found Senka Perfect Whip Collagen in Japan, I was really excited and gave a big expectation to this facial wash. Looking at its function, I realized this facial wash is not only clean my face, but it also give collagen which is good to get rid the sign of aging. Well, this facial wash works as I was expecting. Even though it has a lot of foam, but it doesn't make my skin feels tight and get drier after the usage. It's been 2 months after use this facial wash. Even though I still haven't feel the benefit of collagen, but I wish it will show a good changes soon.

• Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum ex

Sulwhasoo is a famous luxury skincare brand from Korea. They use natural ingredients as their main ingredients, and the benefit has been proven by many people. Among their products, there's one product which become their bestseller and always recommended to keep your skin hydrated. It's Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum Ex. When I heard about it at the first time, I thought it works as other serum. But it's not. It works as a booster for the next skin care that you use. So after use this, you still need to use other serum on your skincare routine.

Basically, it has the same function with SK II Facial Treatment Essence and Laneige Clear-C Advanced Effector EX , which is for boost the next skincare so it can work optimally. Besides as a booster, this serum also can be used to hydrated your skin. I just knew about it after read this article by Chriselle Lim.

Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum ex has a "thick" texture - not watery like at essence. But it's not as thick as cream, so it can absorbed easily after we use it on our skin. This texture makes it more hydrating than using other essence.

• Nature Republic Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel

It's a new product that I use to treat a dry skin problem, and I'm pretty sure you already know about it. This gel is very popular because it can be used for everything. Not just for hydrates your skin (face and body), but it also magically can be used to make your eyelashes grow longer. At first I didn't interested with this product because it's a Korean medium - low brand which sometimes didn't show any changes on me. But I was desperately to find a good skincare to hydrates my skin, and I decided to give it a try. Well, I didn't dissapointed at all. I used it every night after serum as a night cream, and it really hydrates my skin without make it feel greasy. I like its cooling sensation, which can makes me feel relax at the night time.

Looking at the list above, you'll realize that all of them are Asian beauty products. After a long research, I just knew that Asian people love to make their skin extra hydrated. Especially for Japanese and Korean people, which have an extremely cold weather during winter. It's the reason why their products are perfect to treat dry skin problem.

Well, those are products that I used to hydrates my skin. Beside that, I also use some extra skincare such as Laneige Water Sleeping Mask Lavender, Saborino sheet mask, Fresh Rose Face Mask, and also Fresh Sugar Face Polish. Using mask at least twice a week really helps to hydrate your skin. When I feel my skin is very dry and need a special treatment, I used one of them to restore the hydration on my skin.

[Also read : How SK-II skincare routine can help to fight dull skin?]

I got new skin problems when I'm going 30, and this is how I treat it (Part 2 : Pimples and Freckles)

The best exfoliating toner to get rid of pimples

Hi all,
Welcome to the part 2 of this topic. This time I'll write about the skin problems which really confusing me - pimples and freckles. Why is it so confusing? It's because of 2 reasons :

1. I never have any problems with pimples in my whole life, so I have no idea how to treat it wisely. I only had some pimples when it's my "period time" or when I tried new skincare which not suitable on my skin. But those pimples, will be gone soon - unlike the new pimples that never gone for more than 2 months.

2. Freckles (dark spot) always be my problem since I was a kid. I got my first freckles at 10 years old, and I still haven't found any products that could get rid of them. All I know the only way to get rid of this dark spot by doing a laser treatment, and I'm not brave enough to do it. Now, suddenly, these freckles appear a lot, on my cheek bones. Well, it's not as "dark" as my previous freckles, so I only can see these freckles at the very bright place. Even though these freckles still could be covered with foundation and concealer, but I feel very inconvenient to have it. Because my goal is having a clear - glass skin.

How do I treat pimples and freckles???

Pimples
This is the most confusing problems because I'm not friendly with skincare for acne prone. Besides, I also afraid if I change my skin care into products for acne prone, it will make my dry skin getting worse - because usually acne prone identic with oily skin. I've found a great skin care - a toner precisely- which really effective to get rid of pimples. It's Some By Mi 30 Days Miracle Toner. I've used this exfoliating toner since last year, and it makes my pimple gone at the very short time. However, I just found out this toner has ingredients which not supposed to be used under the sunlight. The usage of this toner under the sunlight will cause appearance of dark spots. Therefore, I just use it at my night skin care routine.

At this moment, I need a toner for morning use and I have no idea what to use. I've tried the bestseller toner - Fresh Rose Deep Hydration Toner, but after use this, pimples kept appear on my face so I stopped it. At the end I heard about a toner with many good reviews, and I directly go to Sephora when I was having holiday in Malaysia to find out about this toner. I'm pretty sure you're all very familiar with this toner - Pixi Glow Tonic. There are 3 versions of Pixi Glow Tonic : the original (with orange color liquid), Rose, and Lavender. I asked the differences between them both, and I was surprised with the answer. She told me the original one contains Glycolic Acid which works to get rid of acne scars. It's totally perfect with what I need right now. The other good thing about this toner is even though it's an exfoliating toner, but it also can hydrate your skin. I have use it for more than a month on my morning skin care routine, and it shows a good progress to get rid of my acne scars.

Freckles
When I say "how to treat it", it doesn't mean I get rid of it all clearly. I just try to find out how to reduce the appearance, because freckles can't be gone easily. You need to do a special treatment, within a long period of time. This treatment also not cheap so I'd think twice to do it. While some serum (such as Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum) could be used to reduce dark spots, but it takes a very long time and you need to use it regularly - literally everyday. Meanwhile, at this time I'm using other serum that can get rid of fine lines - which is the main problem on my skin right now.

So, how do I treat this freckles? I tried to prevent the appearance of other new dark spots, by protecting my skin with sunscreen. I know and everybody know that sunlight is the main reason for the appearance of dark spots, and we need to protect our skin from this harmful light. However, I don't like - precisely hate - to using sunscreen because they have a greasy and oily texture. They can be absorbed on skin perfectly and will ruin my make up look. For this reason, I live for 27 years without using any sunscreen, even though I live at the tropical country - Indonesia.

The best Japanese sunscreen : Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence

Lately, I heard some good reviews about a sunscreen from Japanese drugstore - Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence. It's nominated as the best sunscreen because it has a very light texture and won't leave any greasy feeling after using it. Well, I didn't trust it easily because I'm not familiar with Japan Cosme and I didn't want to waste my money to buy another sunscreen which I'm not gonna use, and it just ended at the rubish bin like the other sunscreen. However, looking at my skin condition with many freckles makes me sad and I decided to give it a try. Actually I've been looking for this sunscreen since last March, when I was having holiday in Japan. But with many things to buy in Japan, I was forgot to buy this sunscreen, and start to remember it again when I was in Kuala Lumpur. At that moment, I found it at Watsons Malaysia where you can found any kind of the popular Japanese products. I've tried the sunscreen, and it has a texture like other people said. It's very light and not leave any greasy feeling like I found at other sunscreen. Ever since then, I never forget to use sunscreen every morning and I also told Aurelia to use this sunscreen, to prevent the appearance of dark spots on the face.


That's all about what I've done to treat appearance of pimples and freckles. Stay tune on my blog and don't forget to follow, so you won't missed the third part (which is the last part) of this topic. See ya beauties...

I got new skin problems when I'm going 30, and this is how I treat it (Part 1 : Wrinkles)

My new skincare products

Have you read my previous blogpost?? Well, at that post I wrote that I have a lot of beauty content that I'd write on my blog. I had this because of one reason : Lately I got so much problem on my skin, and I need to change (almost all) my skincare. It's been few months for me to try those new skincare, and I'm ready to review all of them. For the next few days, I'll write some posts about reviews of those products, based on the problems that I had. This topic will be divided into 3 parts, where each parts will discuss about 1 problem. First, I'll write about the main problems that I really worry about, and I didn't expect to get it when I'm going 30.

Fine lines, smile lines, wrinkles
OK, I start with the worst skin problem, which I shouldn't get on my age (I just 27). But these things are real!! I had fine lines before (precisely few years ago), and I could get rid of them by using SK II Facial Treatment Essence. Ever since then, I never forget to put this product into my skincare routine.

A few months ago, I started to see a smile line appearance on my face, and it's really disturbing. It always make a crack after few hours I wear make up and its horrible. Not just that, I also spot some fine lines under my eyes, which also disturbing as well. Since I saw these lines, I changed my skincare from brightening products into anti aging products. At this point I realized one thing,

"Step into 30 years old, you need skincare with anti aging effects more than brightening effects. Because you can use make up to make your face looks brighten instantly, but it's really hard to cover wrinkle and any fine lines on your face."

Therefore, I changed my serum and also my eye cream. For the serum, I use Kate Somerville Wrinkle Warrior 2-in-1 Plumping Moisturizer + Serum in the morning and Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair for at night. These products known as the best anti aging skincare with medium range price (not cheap but also not too expensive), compared to other brand such as SK II. These serums work really well, and they reduce the appearance of smile lines. I love Kate Somerville Wrinkle Warrior - because as you can read on its name, it contains moisturizer and serum in 1 bottle. So it's perfect to be used at the morning rush. However, this product is not really hydrating. Therefore, I use other product for at night, which more hydrating - Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair.

Best serum for at night : Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair

To be honest, I've been eyeing on this product for a long time. Almost everyone put this serum on their night skincare routine. Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair promising to treat any skin problems, while you're sleeping at night. Smoother, more radiant, and younger look, those sounds amazing and I really need it. As people said, this serum is really works. I wake up every morning with smooth and bright skin, and it also helps to reduce the fine lines. However, there's one thing that I don't like from this serum, it's the smell. There's no any fragrance added on this serum, so the smell comes from the main ingredients and it's not good. It smells like rubber or plastic, and sometimes it makes me almost throw up. But since this product really works to treat my skin problems, I'll keep using it and put it on my night skincare routine.

The jar size of Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Eye Cream is so "mini". Easy to bring for traveling.

Besides serum, I also change my eye cream. As you know, my very first eye cream was SK II Stempower Eye Cream - which really can be used to reduce wrinkle around my eyes, and then I changed into Caudalie Premier Cru The Eye Cream - which known as an eyecream that helps to loose dark circle. Well, this time I try new eye cream which promising could get rid of any problems around your eyes such as dark circle, wrinkle, and even puffy eyes. It's Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Eye Creme. At the first time I was really surprised to see the "Before - After" picture of this eye cream. I have these problems for years and I still couldn't find any eye cream that could fix it. Therefore, when I found out about this eye cream, I have feelings it can help me out. And it's true! Even though still there's some fine lines, but the dark circle under my eyes start to disappeared. I've use this eye cream for a month, and it shows a good progress. So far this is the best eye cream I ever tried, and I think it's gonna be my favorite eye cream.

Before - After Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Eye Creme. Source : www.google.com

My skincare to get rid of wrinkles and any fine lines on my face

Well, that's all the new products that I use to treat the appearance of wrinkles on my face. I really satisfied with the result and would recommend this anti aging products for all of you who's just going to 30 years old.

... to be continued  to the next part...