1. If you have really acne prone skin, try to keep the bangs laden with product and hair spray away from your forehead by using a bobby pin to create bangs that gracefully sweep across the forehead without touching the skin. You would need to have long bangs for that move.

2. Wash your hands before applying your skin care after styling your hair. If it is not too difficult, you could also wash your face after styling your hair (but be careful if you are a really messy face washer). I had a roommate in college who when finished washing her face it looked like a title wave had hit the entire bathroom counter. If this sounds like you, use a clean, soft wash cloth, so you don’t mess up your perfectly sculpted hair.

3. Use a preventative benzoyl peroxide product if you are not allergic. Keep it at a low percentage if you don’t have acne, but have noticed a few bumps appear due to some products you just used. I used the BPO only at night, every other night.

4. Use a gentle scrub a few times a week. I used the FarmHouse Fresh One Fine Day Face Polish, smells so good but I wouldn’t normally recommend this to people who are really acne prone.

5. Continue with good skin care at home.

So a few days of this and I can say with a smile that those few bumps are now gone. Cheers to beautiful skin and beautiful hair.

This is going to the the first of many posts about the possible causes of acne. I say possible because what may cause one person to break out might not necessarily be the cause for another person. When I am sitting with a client going over a consultation, I feel like an investigator, asking tons of questions and trying to formulate a reason (besides hereditary which is a big factor) that might be causing their flair ups.

With hair removal, you might be trading one complexion issue (facial hair) for another (clogged pores or breakouts). Why does this happen?! Waxing, tweezing, threading, shaving and depilatories can make skin tissue swell, sending acne-causing bacteria and skin cells deeper into pores.

An itchy type rash may occur after waxing, this is not acne. This happened to me right after my first wax and every wax since then. It is an adverse reaction and usually goes away in a day or two. I always applied 1% hydrocortisone cream after waxing.

To reduce bacteria on the skin, clean hairy areas thoroughly before de-fuzzing and use products labeled “noncomedogenic,” which means they won’t clog your pores. I would also use some benzoyl peroxide a day or two after waxing just to keep the acne at bay.

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What is Acne Cosmetica?  It is a form of acne that was brought on my cosmetics – yes ladies, that means your makeup might be the cause of your acne.  I have been thinking a lot about acne cosmetica lately.  I have helped so many people clear up this skin condition.  Sometimes it is as easy as changing their makeup, others take quite a bit more effort to undo the damage caused by their cakey makeup. 

A lovely client (I will call her Mary) came into see my over a year ago.  She had the cutest brown freckles that she worried about.  I thought they were darling, but she hated them.  I didn’t see Mary for over a year.  She called a few weeks ago to say she desperately needed my help.  There were some life changing, stressful things she had dealt with over the past few months, and on top of it all- she had developed ACNE.  When she came in for her acne treatment with me, I discovered her LOVE of Sephora and the Cargo/Smashbox base foundation, primer, blushes and bronzers she had been piling on her face.  She first started to use these products to cover up her cute freckles, but now she “really” needed the makeup to cover all the acne her cosmetics caused. 

I decided to get her on the Dadashie Acne System.  We spent a lot of time doing extractions and cleaning up her skin during that first treatment.  She left with a couple of products to help clear up her skin.

Mary came back 2 weeks later, and despite the new skin care products she was on, her skin didn’t look any better.  She was still using the pore clogging- acne causing foundation/primer/bronzers and blushes.  I switched her makeup, even though I really am hesitant that she wear any liquid foundation makeup at all, at least she is on mineral makeup now.  I know that this treatment will help, but if you are using liquid foundation while on the Dadashie Acne System, it will take twice as long to achieve the desired results.  It’s a trade off, since she won’t even need foundation once her skin clears up!  I will update this post when I see Mary again – and keep you posted on her progression.

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