Happy Friday!

Does anyone else feel like the weeks drag now that the holidays are over with? I don’t know about you but the days are always a blur until Thursday rolls around when I know it’s closer to the weekend. Last week was a rough one for me. It’s weird talking about insecurities since I’m always trying to avoid them but I know I’m not the only one that has these insecurities, so here it goes…

Ever since I moved to college, I started dealing with acne. I was very thankful throughout my life up until I graduated high school to have clear skin. Just about everyone in their lifetime deals with acne on some level, some worse than others. I had terrible cystic acne in college that covered my forehead and cheeks (thank goodness for makeup!). It’s so hard to feel confident when you are trying to hide insecurities that are in plain sight. After seeing a Dr and regulating my hormones, it started to get better. It wasn’t until I had gotten pregnant the first time and shortly miscarrying that my face was out of wack. It was the worst it had ever been! I knew my hormones were up and down but it was still so frustrating waking up hoping that it would get better overnight but instead just kept getting worse. Once I had gotten pregnant again and my hormones starting to regulate (if that’s even possible being pregnant), my face started to clear up. But of course, after I had Piper, my hormones took a turn once again. It’s a never ending battle with acne and hormones.

Just recently, I’ve started breaking out again, but it was different this time. Little bumps almost like hives (but I knew that wasn’t the case) all over! I feel like every time I have these bad breakouts, it’s around the time when I have multiple things going on. Birthday parties, baby showers, work events, etc. My husband is always really good about helping me stay positive about it. I get so down and frustrated that I need to not stress as much and realize that it happens to everyone. It wasn’t until the other evening that someone had made me look past what I’ve been worrying so much about. When we were out getting dinner, right after we paid for our food, the girl at the register commented on my face. Instead of “Have a good evening” what I thought she was going to say, she said, “you have really pretty skin”. Something I was NOT expecting whatsoever. It made me actually stop in my tracks and think, are you talking to me? Can you not see how terrible my face looks right now? My husband always tells me “it looks worse to you since you see your face all the time, it really doesn’t look bad”. (I always think he’s biased but maybe I need to start listening to him more often haha! And if you’re reading this, there, I said it!) That compliment made my whole week.

I’ve literally tried every face product in the book. I can’t even begin to tell you how much I’ve spent on face products. It’s hard to find things that don’t make me breakout since my skin in so sensitive. Below are the products I’m currently using that I’ve found to help my sensitive skin. What kind of facial products do you use and why?

xx,

E