Right now I am using Covergirl Smoothers Natural Ivory and Covergirl Translucent Powder. I hadn't wore makeup for a while, and just started wearing it again recently. The first time was at my husbands Grandma's funeral. It ended up being a long day, and when I got home that night, I was really tired and forgot to wash my face. Anyway, I have combination skin, where the area around my nose gets really oily and my forehead gets dry and peels. Does anyone have any suggestions on what would be good stuff to use? I am almost out of the Cover Girl make up so anything else is open for testing. I don't have a facewash that I've been using because most of the stuff I've tried makes my skin break out and I already have issues with acne....
2007-01-25 11:48:37 · 12 answers · asked by Jen G 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Makeup
Combo skin is the worst. I've got the same type of problem. I've always used Almay products, and I love it. I went through a long period where I only used makeup for special occasions. Now I'm wearing makeup again, but I didn't want to look made up. I've started using Neutrogena's Sheer Minerals foundation, which is a powder so it's really light. I really like it. Almay also has a mineral foundation that you can try. If you don't mind paying a lot for makeup, people rave over Bare Escential mineral foundation.
As far as face wash. It took me more than a year, but I finally found a combonation that works for my combo skin. At night I wash with Neutrogena Clear Pore Cleanser/Mask. It's a benzoil peroxide formula, so that really helps with the acne. I've never used it as a mask, but I guess you can. I follow that us with Clinique Clarifying Lotion 2, which is actually a toner. The best toner I've ever found. It cleans you up without drying you out. Depending on your age you may want to follow up with an eye cream. I don't. In the morning I wash with Neutrogena Pore Refining Cleanser. It's not as harsh as the Clear Pore Cleanser, but it has a nice exfoliant and won't dry you out in your dry areas. I follow that up with Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisture for combonation skin. Yes, a moisturizer. When my skin was strictly oily, I never reached for a moisturizer, but now that it's combo, I need it. This moisturizer is really light and works well with combo skin. The best thing for on-the-spot acne treatment is Neutrogena On-the-Spot Acne Treatment. It's 2.5% benzoil peroxide. When my doctor prescibed benzoil peroxide, she prescribed 5%. Most OTC stuff (Clearasil, Oxy) is maximum strength (10%). Neutrogena is the only one that has something that isn't going to irritate, but still works great!
If I need to wash during the day, I usually go with the pore refining stuff or the toner. The clear pore stuff is too harsh to use more than once a day. Speaking of that, you need to give the clear pore stuff at least a week...it can leave you looking red if you aren't used to it. But it goes away if you give it a chance.
All of this stuff also is great because it's hypo-allergetic and fragarance-free!
2007-01-25 11:59:37 · answer #1 · answered by bffer1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I LOVE my biore cream face wash. Not the warming stuff, the matte finish stuff. It is perfect because I have serious acne problems and doesnt overdry but still cleans very well. Also if you have dry skin I swear by Clean and Clear dual action mousturizer with the salicylic acid in it. Since I have been using both I have looked so much better. other than that Im not a huge makeup person but I love both of those products and would recommend them to anyone.
2007-01-25 19:58:25 · answer #2 · answered by Lindsay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hello, well, 1st use a face wash that doesn't dry out your face, Cetaphil, and use a moisturizer. Make up, I have tried everything, right now I am using Bare Minerals, they sell it at Ulta, a cosmetic place. The kit I have, cost around $60 bucks. but it lasts a long time and is not harmful to the face. I just started using a night cream, I love it. My face feels soo soft in the morning. Good luck
2007-01-25 20:01:12 · answer #3 · answered by SerbMex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love The Body Shop. The Vitamin E and the Vitamin C lines are wonderful. They are for "all skin types". They have some specialty ones for oily/blemished and for dry but with combo skin I would start of trying the all skin types and see if those help. They also have a wonderful one for sensitive skin - Aloe. It has no preservatives in it. Good luck!
2007-01-25 22:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by melodi_jean_99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clearasil Daily Face Wash is great
try a proactiv powder
I'd get a clean and clear foundation
2007-01-25 21:36:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have problem skin too and I use Revlon products all the way...Color Stay from Revlon is the best foundation ever! I also have some redness and a little bit of scaring from adollescent acnee and this foundation hides it very well.
2007-01-25 20:02:08 · answer #6 · answered by Mel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is really good.
St. Ives apricot scrub
Olay regenerist night (you can use any time of day)
or other natural lotion product.
finally Lancome dual finish pressed powder is excellent foundation as is Bare Minerals.
Both are a bit expensive but they last a long time, and work great.
2007-01-25 19:59:44 · answer #7 · answered by Dawn H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi just now I'm using Elemis Tri enzyme resurfacing cleasnser this works really well and I love Mac foundation and powder they have a powder called blot powder which helps with your skins oilyness in your tzone
2007-01-25 20:09:30 · answer #8 · answered by Kerry_cfc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not to sure about face wash.
Try some of Kryolan makeup out .
http://www.kryolancosmetics.com.au/
2007-01-26 03:06:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-25 23:37:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋