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My Skin Diary – July 2013

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So, one of the reader’s suggested me to do this regular feature as well when she ended up reading my hair diaries! I have been thinking of it since long but since I do not really stick to one product, I was hesitant to do this series. Also, my skin problems are comparatively minor. But, then I thought I would give it a go so here it is. 

Let me share what all products I used on my face and body for the month. I do not exactly follow the same routine everyday! For example, I do not moisturize my skin in the day time everyday. I simply go to applying base and the sunscreen. NOT A GOOD HABIT AT ALL. 
Similarly, I do skip moisturizing the body and not every night do I use that DIY facial oil or for that matter even the aloevera gel. I am quite lazy and I really hate using all the products but providing reviews for them and finishing them up are the swords hanging on my head!

Face 

Day Routine
Night Routine
  • Cleansing Milk – VLCC + Garnier 
  • Face wash – Nivea Visage Refreshing Face Wash + Garnier Pure Active + Nivea Total Face Cleanup
  • Toner – Liz Earle + Kama Ayurveda Vetiver Water
  • Moisturizer – Rustic Art aloevera gel
  • Facial Oil – Turmeric infused Almond Oil (DIY)
  • Face mask – Shahnaz Hussain Chocolate Mask 
While I am using Nivea Total Face cleanup, the Shahnaz Hussain face mask is used once in like two weeks or something! Please note that ‘+’ means either.

Body
Day Routine
Night Routine

  • Moisturizer – Vaseline Aloefresh

Current Skin
As I mentioned a few days earlier, my skin picking habit has left my neck tortured, I am looking forward to reversing that damage. And, also, my arms are pretty tanned so those are two things on top of my list right now. 

Why don’t you tell me what products you used and how is your skin doing?

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Nivea Sun Light Feeling Daily Face Sun Fluid 50+ Very High {Product Review}

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Nivea Sun Light Feeling Daily Face Sun Fluid 50+ Very High {Product Review}

PS: There are no pros and cons in this review!

Actually, I am very good at adjusting with products. I never really end up hating anything but I do feel very disappointed when I use a product and I am not happy with it!! Doing a review while not bashing up the product entirely is a tricky situation. Anyways, you might as well have guessed that this is one of those products! 

So, let me start with the claims and packaging. The biggest claim of this product is the instant sun protection as compared to the other chemical sunscreens which need a 20-minutes incubation period on the skin before they start protecting you.
Honestly, I have no idea about the formula and anyways I am not a chemist so I will not talk about that. The problem which I have with this product lies more in the application part. 

Nivea Sun Light Feeling Daily Face Sun Fluid 50+ Very High {Product Review}

It says a few drops would suffice. Now, in all of my knowledge of sunscreen, it takes quite a lot of product for adequate protection. So, this claim was a bit difficult to digest. I, however, tried to use the regular quantity. And, my face was like a pan of oil.

Nivea Sun Light Feeling Daily Face Sun Fluid 50+ Very High {Product Review}

Nivea Sun Light Feeling Daily Face Sun Fluid 50+ Very High {Product Review}

I am guessing that the base of this sunscreen is basically oil because if I do not shake the bottle, a transparent solution comes out which feels oily. So, its probably an unstable emulsion. Whatever it is, it really does not get absorbed into the skin and makes the face really oily which is a huge disappointment. 
I tried using only a few drops which also did not bode well for my face. That was fine for my hands, though. But, then, I have doubts about how much it really protects. And, re-application is a forgettable job.

Nivea Sun Light Feeling Daily Face Sun Fluid 50+ Very High {Product Review}

As to protection, honestly I have not used the product for more than a week overall because I could not bear the oiliness so I can not really comment on the protection aspect. And, I do feel very guilty about that but I couldn’t just do it. I will keep the product for now and will give it a try again when my skin goes dry in winters.

Price: Rs 449 for 50ml

How do you feel about the products you end up disappointed with? How do you manage to review them?
PS: Product sent by brand for consideration. 
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Just Gossip Vol. 21 – Do you zoom your photos?

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Ok, so yesterday I was clicking or rather trying to click the photographs of my hair for hair diaries and in the mean time, the lighting being really good, I clicked some of my snaps. And, then, when I started looking at the photographs, I literally zoomed in!
I have never really bothered about doing that till day but yesterday I was probably getting too bored. Anyways, I was just criticizing and checking out how my skin was looking and how many blemishes and dark spots my skin had.
Ok honestly I have to admit that my face was in pretty good shape except some of the blemishes which will fade on their own but when I took the snap (which I specially did for investigative purposes) of my neck, it was in a horrible condition 🙁

I have a bad habit of skin picking and I can see the effects. The skin on my neck does look tortured and all so I have resolved that I would not do anything harmful for my skin!! Lets see how much I am able to keep it up. Sometimes, I start bothering it unconsciously so I will have to keep a track of things as and when I am doing and stop those habits which are bad.
What about you? Have you ever taken a snap just to check out how your skin is? Do you zoom into your snaps?  
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