Acne-prone, sensitive, combination skin that changes as the season changes? Yeah my skin is like that too.

I've got acne last week and now they're all gone and tomorrow they'll be back. Cystic, whiteheads, blackheads, or whatever futureheads.

My oily skin in summer and veryyyy dry skin from December to January. 

Oh an expensive miracle cream and now I've got break-outs.

It has been very troubling to look for facial cleansers and facial meds that won't make my face break-out, dry, or even greasy. It has been also very tiring to go to different dermatologists giving me the same type of meds that made my face even worse (Too bad derma's fave 'retinol creams' gave me horror). My sensitive skin won't accept harsh products.

I've also been in and out of facial salons trying to get rid of bad stuff from my face but I think it would help for only a eee-wee bit of time. I've read and agreed from the 'Mysterious Skin' article from Sense&Style Magazine Oct 2010 issue, the points stated by top dermatologists of the country that facials are just like going to the spa; they'll give you relaxation but they are not medically a 'must'.

Brrr. I wish I could just buy products like Pond's from a drugstore. :Q

For my skin, the simpler the better. I've wanted to follow the regimen I've read used by most Koreans (but they insist they don't really follow it) that is using: first, makeup remover~ then facial wash~ then toner~ then emulsion~ then breathe (jk :P)~ then essence~ lastly, a moisturizer~~ (plus sunblock on mornings). I've tried different products from skin food, face shop, etude house, beauty credit and also hera (i loved that whitening toner btw) and following that long process but it was a big nahhhhh. Nothing dramatic happened, I even had breakouts for some but I guarantee that they are good for moisturizing and whitening but for my skin... no, thank you. i wanna say, 'No, it's not you, it's me' (wtf haha)

So for me, I only needed 3 essential products plus 2 bonus products that give my skin what I wanted: acne control with less harsh chemicals.

The 3 essentials for me are:

• facial foam/wash
• toner
• sunblock

The 2 are:

• moisturizer
• cleansing oil/ cleansing wipes/ make-up remover

As simple as that and I don't want to complicate things anymore. The problem is I am complicating it by trying several products and I won't stop til I find that so called 'Holy Grail' My mom would even scold me for trying so many and tell me what I do is the reason why my skin can't find its 'peace' ':S. 

So for the upcoming blogs I'll post a list of products by category that gave my skin good results. Hope I could help some peeps out there :3

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