We All Gotta Face It...

          I have learned, and I am sure you have too if you are in your teen years, that skin problems are very common. To keep your skin clear is usually not very hard, you just have to know what to use, and what type of skin you have. It can either be: dry, oily, combination, or normal. For instance, my skin is very sensitive and dries out very easily. When I first started getting little bumps I started off with this general cleanser and within a week of using it, my face looked like the Sahara Desert (fyi- if your experiencing this problem I suggest using Neutrogena oil free lotion.) And that was not good, because when you dry your face out your skin begins to produce even more oil, thus causing acne :/. So, I went a year without washing my face and then I started getting bumps again :/ So I decided it was time to start washing my face again... So I went to Wal-Mart to get some face wash and when I saw nothing, one of the Wal-Mart employees told me about the best face wash ever (not Proactive.) It was called Cetaphil. It is good for people who have sensitive skin. Although, I think Cetaphil has a face wash for regular skin. But, as I have recently learned, face wash is just the first part. The routine should be:

• face wash (rinse with warm water; this opens up your pores) > acne spot treatment (not needed but highly recommend) > toner (this closes your pores so no bacteria or oil gets into your pores) > skin moisturizer (this keeps your face from drying out.)  
•           Also, it wouldn't kill you to get a deep cleansing clay masque to put on your face once every week (if you do this, you still need to use the spot treatment, toner, and moisturizer. (:
•           Okay, this is going to seem very gross, but your going to be grateful to know this. Sooooo, let's say you have a pimple... and it is elevated... and maybe it is white (it doesn't have to be white for this to work) and it just won't go away no matter what you do. If you don't do this, it will take longer for it it for away. So if you want to get rid of it, get a washcloth and pour hot water on it, and leave it on the pimple for about a minute and put a tissue on both your index fingers and squeeze the pimple and you should see stuff oozing out of it (don't freak out, it is just oil that is trapped in your pores.) After you've squeezed enough (btw, don't do it to much or you will get bruises on your face) put the toner on and then put either the masque on or the spot treatment (this will dry out the pimple.)

I hope this doesn't seem to complicated because it is really not and you can get almost all the supplies at 
Wal-Mart. But if it does seem complicated, let me break it down.
Daily routine:
face wash > spot treatment > toner > moisturizer.
+ once a week deep cleanser masque.
+ if pimple occurs put a hot washcloth and squeeze pimple with tissue, then apply toner and masque/spot treatment (gross, I know, but it really does work like magic!)
= clean, pretty, happy skin :)

THE END! (:

P.S. sorry I haven't made a post in a while... ):