Happy Hump Day Honeys!

Hello again, I just wanted to say I'm quite pleased with my Elemis face routine this morning. I woke up, and as you all know I'm living in a warehouse now - it's not the cleanest of places! Dirt can creep in anywhere and I don't know about you but I may be a woman, but I also sweat - so I've been a tad worried that my face was going to freak out with the weather changes between southern and northern California and all the dirt and work I've had to do to "make" my desk, but once again Elemis comes through!

It's really nice having a routine to follow, and results that follow it. Nothing has changed with my routine in the morning/evenings and my face has remained constant as well. It makes me happy that I don't have to worry about this on top of all the other stress of moving! Now to get my butt in gear to do some mountain biking...okay, it might be awhile I'll be honest. =) But for now, for what it's worth, Elemis has been the only constant in my life, and she's done me good so I thought it right to praise her here. =) (yes, I know I'm talking about a product as a person, leave me alone it's been a stressful week! I know you won't leave me Elemis, will you?)

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. =)

If Your Skin Is Like Mine, This Is Going To Be Your Routine!!!

Hi Again!

It's friday morning (TGIF!)and I've just finished my refreshing morning face cleaning routine which reminded me that I need to tell you guys about my face care line. I am still using the line that smells like citrus & lavendar, it's so yummy! I used to be hesitant of lavendar because it usually comes off smelling too strong and like you've been at your grandmum's house for too long - buy my cleanser and toner are awesome and light. I feel like I'm ready for a fresh walk on the beach after I've washed my face, seriously.

Okay, so you want to know right? What do I use daily? Here's my run down:

Daily:

Both morning and night I use the Balancing Lime Blossom Cleanser and then the Balancing Lavender Toner.

I have combination skin, where sometimes my forhead gets these tiny little bumbs and sometimes (usually thanks to that monthly visitor) my chin breaks out with a couple REAL pimples at 30 years old! But my forehead and cheeks would end up dry with any sort of cleanser that was for oily skin. Since I started using the toner especially morning and night, my breakouts are gone. I get one zit around the beginning of my cycle and that's how I know it's coming. Can't complain about that! The cleanser has lime blossom extracts in it that make it smell so light and fresh, and it still has vitamin E in it to retain my skin's elasticity. I'm a sucker for vit. E in products (or tocophoryl - same thing) but have always had a hard time finding ines that weren't too greast. These are it!

I also use the Absolute Eye Serum daily (although I dropped my little dropper, these babies are made of glass so be careful! Luckily I didn't break it while it was still inside the bottle, so i just dab a drop on with my finger now). This is part of the anti-aging line at Elemis technically, but since I'm not against aging I'll just explain why I love it. I use it around my eyes and eyelids and it makes the dark circles disappear. There's some nice stuff in it to help retain the tightness of your skin in that area too - absolute of osmanthus & rosewood essential oil, but for me it's about results, and the fact that I can come home from a night of partying and wake up in the morning ready to work and looking refreshed is most important to me.

I still use, (and have faithfully) - the Pro-Collagen Marine Cream as an overall light moisturiser for my face and neck and it works great as a once a day thing for me. I either put it on in the morning when I do my morning routine if I have to put on makeup (because it's great as an under makeup cream) or at night just after my shower and routine, it feels light & tight doesn't leave me feeling like I'm going to bed with a puddle of oil on my face.

Stay tuned for my opinions, review and use of the Herbal Lavender Rpair Mask, S.O.S. Emergency Cream, and Cellular Recovery Skin Bliss Capsules; I use all of these as well, but not daily and I will explain why in my very next post. They are awesome! Especially the S.O.S. cream, it's a great spot acne reducer. I hope what I've shared so far has been helpful - please comment if you have any questions, I just hope you've taken away from this that

a.) i love the lime & lavender face routine and
b.) i love the eye serum & pro-collagen marine cream.

I don't think I'll ever switch any of those products again, ever!