More Facial Care Stuff I'm Diggin'

I didn't post about the stuff that I've been using on my face that isn't part of my daily regimen, but nevertheless, these things deserve mention because i use them when my skin isn't behaving and they smooth it right out.

Along with my daily routine, I also do the Herbal Lavender Repair Mask a couple times a week. I've always liked the feel of putting a mask on, leaving it, and rinsing away the clogged pores, dirt, etc. but never really found one that didn't do exactly the opposite and actually clog my pores instead! Not this time, Elemis' Lavender Mask is perfect for me because it's for combination skin like mine (read: finicky skin!) - and I only use it once or twice a week at the most. I use it on the day I feel like I need the most pampering, and it tends to work out well because it's usually around that time I'm most stressed and it SHOWS through my skin. I don't know about you, but when I freak out, I break out. A little pampering with this mask that smells so good (how can you go wrong with rosemary, thyme, and lavender?) and my outlook is improved and my skin is happy too.

I also use something called S.O.S. Emergency Cream when my face decides it wants to break out - see above stress statement! I just moved and I'm sure you all know that moving is stressful, so this S.O.S stuff has come out of the medicine cabinet more often than not recently - it calms the breakouts, I just put dabs of it in the areas that tend to break out - for me that's my chin and my forehead - and they don't go from breakout to blowout. It's rather nice to feel like I can head a zit off at the pass, pardon all the puns. =)