Skin Care Vaseline
If given 300 dollars on cosmetics and skin care products, what would you buy?
i have been pretty much low maintenance all my life. i don’t use a cleanser for my face and I moisturize (rarely) with vaseline lotion. also, i don’t wear makeup. but I need to meet someone and this routine of mine isn’t helping. i have 300 dollars to spends on makeup, facial and body skin care products. i would like to know what you guys would buy if you had the money.
if it helps i am 22, female, light olive, combination skin…
oh i should mention my problem areas: lots of stretch marks (but i lost the weight), uneven skin including dark elbows, knees and undereye circles.
The five things that I think you would be best off buying would be:
1. A good facial cleanser and moisturizer. Since you have more combination skin, you want to look for an oil-free hydrator because it will be formulated for more oily skin, and you want to err on the side of oily skin when it comes to that (from personal experience, I know). I use the Patricia Wexler line, however you can do anything you want. If you were to do that, it would be $55.50 for the cleanser and moisturizer.
2. A very intensive body cream. The unevenness in your skin can partially be caused by a lack of moisturization, so you want to look for a body cream that has a heavy formulation of shea butter-or, a jar of 100% shea butter. With that, you can set it by your heater or computer, and it melts the shea butter to be a more liquid consistency so that it goes on easier.
3. Two good lipsticks. Since you don’t wear makeup, I am suggesting you keep it very simple: have one lipstick that is more of an everyday colour, and then one that is a bit more of an evening colour. For the evening colour, you might like Estee Lauder’s Passion Fruit lipstick, which is a glossy subdued red. For the daytime colour, your best bet would be to go to your local MAC counter, because they released a collection of Cremesheen lipsticks that would be right up your alley.
4. A really good body scrub. Back to the uneven areas, my best bet would be I’m In The Mood For Scrub (available at Bath and Body Works). It’s $20 for a huge jar, and it is the best thing I have ever used to get my skin buffed and looking great. Use this twice a week, making sure to use a lightweight lotion afterwards, and your skin will definitely look better and feel smooth.
5. A good eye cream. The sooner you start on an eye cream, the longer you will be able to keep that area looking good-and once it starts to go downhill, it is tough to reverse the damage. Go to Sephora or ULTA, where they will be able to help you find a good undereye brightening cream.
Those are what I would consider the essentials, however I have a few other good things that I like:
Lancome Exfoliance Confort-it’s a gentle facial scrub. Use it every night to get all the junk out of your pores! Occasionally, Lancome will do a GWP at deparment stores, where if you spend a certain amount then you get a cosmetic bag with small sizes, including an eyeshadow quad, lipstick, and mascara.
Vitamin C serum-amazing for brightening facial skin.
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