Monday, 8 October 2012

Acne-vs-Me - Temple Spa (18 week update)

It has been a challenging couple of months for me with stress coming from all directions. We know what stress can do to our skin so having Temple Spa Sensitive range did actually help me.

With stress being around in my life meant I did have a break out and sometimes it looked worse than others (to me), however, after previously going nearly 3 months with a massive reduction in acne, it got to me, my confidence did drop slightly.

I continued to use the sensitive range cleanser and toner, and I think that actually helped reduce inflammation as although the spots got worse, they were no where near as bad as they were before I first started using these products (you can see my earlier pictures in the previous blogs that I have written). When I say they got worse, I mean I may have had 3-4 spots in one area at the same time, although they weren't everywhere.

When my skin felt it needed some attention I used a face mask by Temple Spa called 'BECALM', which did actually help reduce any redness. It is designed for fragile, irritated and stress prone skin, so it was perfect for what I needed it for. I even slept with it on one night, when really your suppose to wash it off after 20 minutes of applying it.

Usually, when I have had a breakout it has in the past taken up to two weeks before the blemish had gone, now I guess the time has halved due to using this sensitive range.

I still highly recommend using it.

My 12 year old son occasionally breaks out now with little pimples around the hairline and if I use the cleanser 'BE GONE' his skin heels pretty quickly.

Aftrer all these years I have been using products for spot prone skin, when all along it was just sensitive!