Tag: acne

My Battle with Hormonal, Adult Acne

 How many people spent their teenage years with the occasional zit or two, praying for the day they could be an adult and have their hormones balance out? Yup, that was me. In my mind, adults didn’t have acne, and acne was a rite of passage that all teens needed to face.

I’d like to think that I was pretty fortunate during high school and college when it came to acne. A few spots here and there, usually triggered by *that time of month* and a mountain of blackheads on my nose that would be a dermatologist’s extraction dream, yet I never faced cystic full-face acne with damaging scars. Not until I hit my early 20s.

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The Importance of Vitamin C in your Skincare Routine

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If you’re anything like me, you get overwhelmed every time you step into the beauty and skincare department. With hundreds of products stating thousands of claims – clears acne, brightens skin, provides deep moisture – it’s hard to decipher what products will work best for your skin and give you the results there labels are promising. More times than not, you get home to experiment and find your face irritated by these new products, or worse, showing zero results, leaving you in this state of doubt and wonder if your skin will ever look better. To be honest, I was ready to give up on my skin. However, one serum has completely erased any doubt and has truly made a difference in my skin in less than one month.

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