Products I Reach For When My Skin Is Freaking Out

I have a few days around when my time of the month where my skin is just horrible, its dry, sensitive and has the odd breakout around the jaw. Its on these days that my body also wants to drink gallons of coke and all the food it can see. When this time of the month does happen, these are the products that I instantly reach for because I just know they will do their job and help me out in someway. PSA: breakouts are normal, they're human, don't worry about them or be afraid of showing them.                 

                                        

> Mask

Whenever my skin starts to freak out, I slather on the NO DRAMA mask from Funderm*, its a red clay mask that helps to treat breakouts, balance out my skin and add hydrate it all at the same time. Unlike other clay masks, this doesn't dry the skin out. I love using this a few times a week as it really helps with pesky breakouts and skin texture. 

>Spot Treatment

Over the years, I have tried out numerous spot treatments. Before, they used to be something I used all over my face. Now, I use WAS BAD from Funderm* only when I get those under the skin, painful bumps. They never come to the surface but haunt me forever! The main ingredient in this is salicylic acid along with other pre and probiotics that just work wonders for painful things on the face. 

> Retinol

Pixi do ranges really well, they give you the choice of a range of products with one hero ingredient. Their newest range is perfect for breakout prone skin - I need to get my hands on it. In the meantime, their retinol overnight oil* works wonders for the skin. I use this when my skin is really really bad, red and sore. This oil soothes, calms and controls all the craziness that is going on. I do find its very heavily scented though which is a shame :( 

> Hydration

Its taken me yonks to realise that my skin is not oily but super dehydrated. I tend to use these last two products all the time, not just during the time of the month. The Rose Ceramides cream* hydrates the skin to the max! I don't what magic in is in this but it gives my skin such elasticity and suppleness. This Monday Child's Oil is something I bought after seeing it on the gram, its still pretty new to me but when I have used it, I've loved the results. It smells incredible and is filled with a variety of oils that gives the skin a glow and boost in hydration. I've loved wearing this under makeup and mixing the tiniest bit with EL Double Wear to make me all dewy yet matte - such a beautiful finish! 

I hate the hormonal skin freaks out and all I want to eat is pure sugar stage but these products do really help keep my skin in check. What are your go to products when your skin freaks out?

*pr products

Skin First, Love Later

I must admit, Love Island is one of my guilty pleasures. I get caught up in the couples, the games and the DRAMA. Its a great bit of fun, cheesy tv and the cast for the newest winter edition looks fabulous and I am very very excited! 

Winter Skincare Routine

Happy December! I can't believe the most exciting (and busy) month of the year is upon us already. I for one, am very much looking forward to the all the festivities. As a primary school teacher, everything is more exciting at this time of year. Even though everything is fun and cosy, there are things that make it unbearable, one thing being - the weather. It has been so cold recently and my body has really taken the brunt of it. I've been poorly all weekend and my skin has been dry AF. I was in desperate need of a new skincare routine a couple of weeks ago and switching things up has been the greatest idea of mine. 

Skincare on Rotation

Before starting a blog and getting more into the world of beauty, skincare was never something that appealed to me. Now, it is all that I care about, finding new products and bands to test. Before we get into the post, let me give you a bit of history about my skin. It has always been sensitive, oily and prone to breakouts. Up until recently I always used to use products aimed at controlling oil, then at my Dermalogica skin analysis, I found out that I have combination skin. A nice balance between oily and dry, so the products that I should use need to be a mixture and target different things. 

For the past month, I have been trialling a whole lot of new skincare and its time to give the run down and talk about what worked and what didn't. Grab a snack, this is one long and very rambly post. 

Skincare Routine

If your a regular here on C&G (i love you) then you will know all about my resolutions that I keep banging on about. I am determined to keep on top of them and stick to what I have said. The number one goal on that list was skin. Improve and get into a real skincare routine. For a whole month now I've actually been doing it and now its time to share! Also, my skincare routine is only in the night. I only moisturise in the morning. 

SEBA MED:Clear Skin Review

In the Blogger Love Gifting Lounge recently Seba Med was a brand that instantly caught my eye, they are a brand that specialieses in medical products to help your skin, all their products contain ingredients that clean and nourish the skin without destroying it like some other products do. Perfect for sensitive and problematic skin like mine - yay! They were very kind enough to send me three of their products to try and over the past few weeks I have trying them out and thought I would share with you how they have been. 

Packaging - Very simple and straight to the point with the ingredient on the side and the name of the product on the front. These are all small sized as well perfect for travelling

Cleansing Bar - This is the product I have been using the least of the three mainly because it is a bit fiddly. This is a soap free bar that act to cleanse your skin and helps to rebalance the skin's p.H - amazing little thing that is very powerful in need. I used it for about a week but bars are a very hard thing to use as you have no choice but to put it all over skin for it work but this is a bit of a weird thing for me. 

Facial Toner - Of the three products I have testing out, this is my favourite one all the way!! I am not a toner sort of person and have never used them before but this one has changed my mind forever. It has ingredients in such as witch hazel which soothes irritated skin, cucumber to protect and moisturise, and more amazingness to help combat skin impurities. A few drops on a cotton pad is more than enough to work with your whole face, and as soon as you apply it your face is fresh and cooled down. It smells amazing even though it is for sensitive skin and feels amazing on the skin after you use it your skin is soft as anything.

Care Gel - Finally, is the care gel. I have been using this as a multi-purpose product, after the toner (above) as a primer and as a general moisturiser - it works well as anything. It has all the products the other products have and also has the cooling sensation like the toner, which makes it perfect as a first thing in the morning and last thing at night. 

After trying these three I really want to try other things from the brands range, my eye is on the mattifying cream! 

Shop the full range of Seba Med products online HERE

*this was kindly gifted to me, all opinions are my own*s

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