My Garnier Beauty Products

Garnier New Brightening Clear Oil Control Scrub

After I went out, I always wash my face immediately with Garnier Brightening Oil Control Scrub to remove my makeup and the dirt from the pollution outside. I don’t want cosmetics to stay on my face for more than 5 hours. I wash my face and do my make up again. My skin is very oily especially my nose. So when my face gets oily, my makeup becomes cakey. It felt eeky too. It’s so gross. It’s like I have cooking oil on my face. Garnier Brightening Oil Control Scrub is my favorite. It’s true when it says that it controls oil. My skin feels so refresh after I was my face with it. Unlike other brands, skin gets oily even after you wash it. I also use this at night before I retire. Washing my face with this product is the first step of my beauty regimen.


Garnier Pore Tightening Astringent with Mineral Zinc

Washing my face with my favorite facial scrub is not enough. I see dirt on cotton pads even after I washed my face. So this pore tightening astringent really helps on making my skin tidy. It removes stubborn dirt and make up on my skin. Although I’m not sure if it’s the right astringent for me because it says that it is not suitable for dry and sensitive skin. I have sensitive skin. So it can be another factor why I still have breakouts. It also says that it can dry imperfection and I’m not sure about that either. Maybe it’s the wrong astringent for me. Anyhow, I still like the way it cleanses my face. I love the smell too. It doesn’t make me sneeze. The only thing I don’t like about this product is that my face is shiny right after I apply it.


Garnier Light Whiten & Protect Moisturizing Cream

I use this product every morning right after I take a bath or simply wash my face. There was a time that I asked myself if I should use moisturizer even if my skin is oily. I was really scared because it might make my skin oilier. So I researched about it and found out that I should still use moisturizer. Although dry skin is much prone to premature aging, it can also happen to oily skin. Anyway, I’ve been using this product for about a month. It says that it whitens but my skin is the same. It’s ok because I don’t actually care about my skintone because I’m proud of my natural tan. This product has SPF 15 and it’s really low. It’s ok to me because I always stay indoors and some of my cosmetics have SPF too and I‘m guessing that it’ll add up. I like this product because it helps my skin become more even. I don’t like having dark spots. I saw people having dark foreheads and patchy. I don’t want that to happen to me because I already have skin problem to deal with. The only problem with this product is that it is really oily. I wish garnier has a moisturizer that is oil-free.


Garnier Light Overnight Peeling Cream

I’m definitely sure that Garnier Light Overnight Whitening Peeling Cream is right for me. I’m so happy with this product. It’s not that oily. I love using this product because it never fails to make me happy when I wake up in the morning and see myself in the mirror. I look so fresh and glowing. I feel so great with this product and I’m crazy about it. It also made my pimple scar lighter and unnoticeable. It doesn’t make my skin peel actually. I don’t know why but it’s great that I don’t peel. I don’t want to look like a decaying corpse because of the falling skin. I’ve been using this product for about a month also. I really love this product. I don’t have anything more to say about this product. All I know is that this is the best night cream ever!


Garnier Light Brightening Eye Roll-on

It’s very little. It’s like a ballpen. I don’t like the way it was designed. It’s spilling even if I close the cap properly. It’s such a waste of money. It spills more than the amount I use. That really sucks. Anyway, I use this product right before I sleep at night. It’s not that effective to me when it comes to brightening my eye but it relaxes me. I use this also when I’m tired. It also reduces some fine lines under my eyes. I look younger because my eyes are not puffing anymore even if I don’t have enough sleep. I still have dark under eye though. I still look like a vampire, a very young vampire.


Garnier Pure SOS Blemish Pen

I'm not a fan of this product. It has no difference with other products. It really doesn't dries up pimples fast. It worsen mine actually. It's job is supposed to kill pimples before it actually develops but what it did to mine was the other way around. It became swollen and painful even more. It has a burning sensation when you use it on your zit. It's because of the reaction of the ingredients of this product against the pus and other bacterias. Anyway, it made my pimples more reddish and some became darker. So it's not true that it reduces marks. I'm just finishing this bottle and i will never use this anymore. Centella gel is way better than this SOS Blemish Pen.

My Skin Problem

I don’t like it when people look at my scars and ask me about it. I find it very offensive.  I get irritated with gestures too. Like for example, I was talking to our guidance councilor in college and while I was talking to her she was looking at my pimples on my cheek and she was scratching her cheek at the portion where my pimples were located. Damn. I could tell that she was not even paying attention to what I was saying. That guidance councilor is but ugly but she doesn’t have any zit at all, just an ugly face.

I tried everything that I saw on the commercials and on line. Those products were not helping me at all. I also use Pond’s but it broke me out too. I don’t know what else to use. Then a high school friend of mine told me about her sister’s skin regimen. I used those. Then I stopped. Last year I consulted a dermatologist for the very first time. I had a session of Diamond Peel and used their formulation for my beauty regimen. My skin improved. I had my zit injected whenever they appear on my face. It hurts a lot but I got used to it. Something came up last year and that caused me to stop the treatment with my dermatologist.  I failed to visit my dermatologist for 2 months then I started breaking out again. It was October. Still, I did not come to see her.

 Example of Diamod Peel (Source: http://www.rocksdaily.com/2010/05/diamond-peel.html)

On December last year I had an acne attack. My face was swollen because of acne. The only portion on my face that doesn’t have acne was my eyes. I swear I’m not kidding. I was crying to my guy and I told him that I’m so ugly and he might look for someone else because nobody wants to be with a pimple head.  I felt awful. I was so stressed out with the way I looked. As I’ve told you on my previous blog, I grew tired of making myself pretty. I stopped using beauty products and even make up. I spent Christmas and New Year 2011 looking like crap. I always surf online looking for solutions to this problem of mine.

When it was ok for my situation to have a skin treatment, my guy brought me to Dermclinic in Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall. He had my face checked up by dermatologists there. They gave me 11 accutane injections. I remembered the nurse telling me how brave I was because I was watching myself in the mirror while the dermatologist was introducing accutane on my pimples.  I told her that I’m used to it. They also gave me topical antibiotics as a toner and a centella gel to prevent pimples to grow.  The accutane injection was not that good because the pimples did not dry immediately. It took 3 days for some to dry. I also heard that acutane is dangerous. It can cause nose bleeding, hair loss and severe headaches. I’m not satisfied with the procedure. The centella gel that I bought from them was effective. I’ll definitely buy centella gel again. It easy dries up pimple really fast than any other brands in the market. If I only knew that it is effective, I would just purchase centella gel and not undergo accutane treatment anymore. 

As of now, I’m still having breakouts but I’m trying not to get stressed out about it. I use some products to cleanse my face and moisturize. Even if I don’t have a clear skin, I would still stay hygienic.