Whoops! Skincare mistakes I've made

 Similar to my Skincare sins I will never repeat, my journey has had me overdoing or messing up my skin in more ways than one. Luckily, I was able to fix these fairly easily as well. So pull up a chair and learn from my mistakes!

- Overexfoliating my skin

So, if AHAs are good...and BHAs are good...and retinol are good...then all three must be good! Nope, I damaged my skin barrier so much that my skin had a weird plastic-y sheen and felt so tight. After some research I realized I had stripped all the moisture our and had damaged my skin barrier. I had to use the seven layer method and lay off actives for a while before my skin stopped looking like Saran Wrap

- Actives every day...and night

I had blackheads on my nose and was so excited when I saw results from the CosRx BHA lotion. I started applying it twice a day and had my skin flaking off. Even with sunscreen, it wasn't enough to help protect my skin and I was shocked that I could pull dead skin off my nose. Again, slow and gentle moisturizing was necessary to restore my skin.

- Thick eye cream

When I started noticing crinkling around my eyes, I thought it was due to dry and dehydrated skin. I mean, just look at my previous mistakes, I clearly was sucking the moisture out of my face. I used Kiehl's Avocado eye cream which had great reviews but. was not my friend. This thick cream caused me to develop milia around my eyes. Now, if you've ever had milia you know they look like small, hard pimples which you cannot pop. I had to patiently wait for my BHA to exfoliate it away and then never make the mistake of applying thick eye cream.

I am certain that I may continue to make mistakes as I learn and adapt my routine but hopefully these will be errors that you can avoid!