[Lanfear]

I have fair-to-pale combination skin.
Slightly uneven, but I don't have too many issues with break-outs.

Well, unless I've fallen asleep with my make-up on.

I stick to a daily skin care routine. Nothing extravagant, pretty basic stuff.
Every morning and night I use an exfoliating facial scrub, followed by toner and when that cools I use a brightening moisturizer.
Three small applications in the morning to make sure that my skin is soft and hydrated enough to withstand whatever the day brings.
One application after the aforementioned routine at night, a slightly thicker type.

Occasionally, maybe once or twice a week I'll use an at-home microdermabrasion kit to clear off the dead tissue.

When I do get a small break-out, it's usually along my jaw-line or around my chin. Maybe one or two zits max.
I learned my lesson from popping them, I have a few scars from that.
Now, I camouflage any red bumps with make up until they develop a head.
When that happens, I take a sterilized pin to perforate -just the white head, then gently put my fingers on either side and squeeze out the nastiness.
Afterwards I treat it with toner and let it breathe over night.
It's a more non-violent approach to reduce to chances of scarring.

If I do get blackheads (usually happens in the Summer), I use clear pore strips. That normally does the trick.


I want to try charcoal face wash.

Man, I wish that I would have known all of these things when I was a teenager. It would have saved me a lot of grief as well as trial-and-error.