Valen’s Vanity Square

I don’t get it, why at my age, err thirty something, I still experience pimple problem on and off. I blame it to the dusty environment, blame it to the weather, blame it to skincare products that cause my face to be oily. Other than that, I can’t think of any other reasons.

Fortunately, my pimple problem is not some serious case. I don’t need a whole range of acne care products or some best acne pills to treat them. I think all my skin need is extra tender loving care from me, haha!

So what I do in the evening is, when I apply my SIMPLE soothing facial toner, I add 3-4 drops of The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil onto the cotton pad damped with the toner. I first wipe it all over my face, and then lightly pat the still damped cotton pad on affected areas more intensely. This helps remove traces of oil and dirt from my face, and at the same time it’s cooling and hydrating. This is followed by application of night moisturizer.

I know it’s probably more convenient just to get hold of a bottle of The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil Toner, but I’m just trying to be resourceful, hehe, using whatever I have on my dressing table. Well, after doing this for more than a week, it seems to work for me so far. My pimples are under control now.

What do you wish to receive as Christmas gift this year?

If you are a fan of playing online games, perhaps your biggest dream come true this Christmas will be a brand new, redesigned PS2 system to play your favorite games such as NCAA Football ‘08, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80’s, Guitar Hero III, WWE Smackdown vs.

I probably would have get addicted to these games too, hehe, IF I was given a PS2. However, the only gift I hope Santa would give me this year is a bottle of Cellnique Pro Sebum Gel. Hahaha!

That gel helped me solve whitehead problem last year. And now, I really need it to stop the whiteheads that went rampant on my forehead! But I don’t think I can afford to wait till Christmas for my bottle of Cellnique Pro Sebum Gel to be delivered through the chimney. I’d better get one myself as soon as possible before the problem gets worse!

Just several days ago, a tiny pimple popped out on, not my face, but my upper lip, right at the lip line.

While I have acne solutions for skin, I have no idea what to do with one on my lips! I can’t possibly apply tea tree acne cream on them, can I? Thankfully, it’s sort of flatten down now, but there is still a red mark there.

This is my first time having a pimple on the lips. I wonder if that’s common. If lips don’t have sebum glands (as I mentioned in my previous post), then there should not be a problem of excess oil production, which can cause acne.

Is it due to my recent diet, or the way I slathered different stuffs onto my face? You know me.

I read that certain chemical ingredients in face care products are known to cause acne problems, including:

• Mineral Oils
• Harmful alcohols
• Parabens (cheap preservatives that many people are allergic to)
• Harsh soaps (e.g. sodium laurel sulphate, ammonium lauryl sulphate) that may lead to itchy and red skin.
• Benzoyl peroxide, a common acne treatment ingredient, may be harmful instead of helpful if there is too much of it on your skin.

So for those of you really want to go all natural with acne treatments, you can check online about Acnexus products, which are made with plants and herbs known to relieve acne problems and benefit the skin in general.

As for the pimple on my lip, I will just let it heal naturally (and refrain from eating spicy food for a while), hehe.