skin care routine

[Desert Flower]

I’ve been meaning to get some Ordinary products but I’m scared. How long did it take for you to get used to them?

I'm at the purging stage, which means it is speeding up the cell turnover in my skin. I'm seeing pimples, whiteheads and stuff, but its to be expected because im using alot of products to deal with my acne scars.

My advice is to figure out what your skin needs are and work from there. Skincare is personal, so what may work for you may not work for others. Trust the process.


BTW, what is your skin type? I feel like alot of somalis have dry skin. Mine is acne-prone/combo skin and I'm low key jealous because I tend to break out alot and I feel so alone on this skin journey.

 

[strawberrii]

I'm at the purging stage, which means it is speeding up the cell turnover in my skin. I'm seeing pimples, whiteheads and stuff, but its to be expected because im using alot of products to deal with my acne scars.

My advice is to figure out what your skin needs are and work from there. Skincare is personal, so what may work for you may not work for others. Trust the process.


BTW, what is your skin type? I feel like alot of somalis have dry skin. Mine is acne-prone/combo skin and I'm low key jealous because I tend to break out alot and I feel so alone on this skin journey.

Oily/combo on my forehead and normalish everywhere else

 

[sambuusi]

I’ve been meaning to get some Ordinary products but I’m scared. How long did it take for you to get used to them?

i've been using them for less than a year now
it takes some time, i'd say about a week or two, for your skin to adjust and get used to the acids
whenever, you're using AHAs and BHAs, always start out slow and ease one product into your routine at a time cause you don't want to irritate or, even worse, burn your skin

 

[Boogie]

All u need is water

 

[sambuusi]

All u need is water

that's not the way it works huuno
everyone drinks water and it doesn't mean your skin will clear up just like that

 

[Boogie]

that's not the way it works huuno
everyone drinks water and it doesn't mean your skin will clear up just like that

If it doesn’t work drink more water

 

[Xasusi]

All u need is water

Hooyo puts on your lotion for you

 

[Desert Flower]

Oily/combo on my forehead and normalish everywhere else

These products should work then:
Glycolic acid (exfoliating)
Niacinamide + zinc (pore minimizing and blemishes)
Alpha arbutin (hyperpigmentation)
Retinol (acne scars)

Dont use AHA glycolic and retinol at the same time. So either alternate, or use one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Using them together will cancel out the effects of each and your skin will get irritated.

 

[Boogie]

Hooyo puts on your lotion for you

 

[sambuusi]

If it doesn’t work drink more water

 

[Boogie]

Diet water

 

[sambuusi]

These products should work then:
Glycolic acid (exfoliating)
Niacinamide + zinc (pore minimizing and blemishes)
Alpha arbutin (hyperpigmentation)
Retinol (acne scars)

Dont use AHA glycolic and retinol at the same time. So either alternate, or use one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Using them together will cancel out the effects of each and your skin will get irritated.

also @strawberrii
don't ever use vitamin c at the same time as niacinamide
in fact, i would use vitamin c in the morning and the BHA, AHA, or niacinamide in the evening or vice versa (not at the same time)

 

[sambuusi]

Diet water

bax loqomo
stop derailing my thread in women's den

 

[Boogie]

bax loqomo
stop derailing my thread in women's den

What else am I supposed to do

 

[Jungle]

Sambuusi is on

Diet water

lol f*ck is wrong with st,ives? Clears up my skin as a man, dont u want a man with clear skin

 

[SlimFarax]

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[sambuusi]

What else am I supposed to do

women's den is the one place that the 90% male majority of sspot should stay out of, child
unlike @SuleymanPitt, you aren't intellectually adding anything to the conversation so naga tak

 

[SlimFarax]

Surprisingly I haven't been ashy even once since I started drinking excess water

 

[Boogie]

women's den is the one place that the 90% male majority of sspot should stay out of, child
unlike @SuleymanPitt, you aren't intellectually adding anything to the conversation so naga tak

The disrespect I was providing useful information water helps skin so if it doesn’t work drink more water
Obviously you don’t get it

our brains are different

 

[Boogie]

Surprisingly I haven't been ashy even once since I started drinking excess water

@sambuusi this man is living proof that water works