Hey loves! My apologies
for the long wait inbetween blogs - life’s been hectic! But, with that said, it really gave me time
to test out Proactive. Here we go!
As you can see from my previous post, I was pretty excited
about trying Proactive. Even after
trying it, I was excited to continue using it - I wanted the great results you
see on TV (you know the testimonials from people who have severe acne and then
they found Proactive and POOF like magic they have stunning, radiant, flawless,
HD quality skin). Well, I will definitely
not be the next Proactive Skin Super Model – but I did learn a lot and have a
lot to write about!
My First Week, Yay!
So I followed the instructions to a T! I was cleansing, exfoliating and toning twice
a day just like they told me. Soon, I
started to see improvement! How
exciting, right? I was well on my way to
being the next Proactive testimonial!
Then Came Week Two...
I continued to follow the cleansing regimen, and although my
face was clearing, I was noticing some weird stuff happening. My neck had little bumps all over it, you
could not see them (or I would have snapped a pic for you), but you sure could
feel them! It felt like I had sand all
over my neck. At first I thought I did
not remove the exfoliant properly, but after rinsing multiple times I realized
it was me! I wasn't really worried about
it and continued the process.
Ouch! Week Three...
Still continuing the process and now people were noticing my
skin. You would think this would be a
good thing, but no! They were noticing
how red and inflamed my face and neck had become; one person thought I had a
bad burn from a tanning bed!! I honestly hadn't noticed how red my skin was,
but I had noticed the bumps that were on my neck had moved to my face. Now I knew it was time to stop using the
products. My skin was nice and
clear...and red and full of sand like bumps - awesome right?
And Just When You Thought It Was Over...The redness and bumps took about a week and a half to go away and my acne came back worse than ever. How wonderful!! So what did I do? I used the Proactive one last time as a spot treatment on my break out and BAM back to being red with bumps! And this time, it took a lot longer for the redness to go away - a lot longer. My skin is just now returning to normal.
My Final Opinion
Well, I have many things to say about Proactive after this
testing but if you do not feel like reading it all, please leave knowing this -
DO NOT USE PROACTIVE! :)
When doing anything to your skin, from something like
Proactive all the way down to something simple like a moisturizer, it is never
a "one size fits all" world.
We all do not need the same things for our faces, and using the wrong
products can really do you harm. That
being said, I really feel that prior to ordering Proactive, you should have to
(at least) speak with a Proactive Rep and discuss what is really going on on
your face. In reality, you should just
go to a skin care specialist. They can
tell you what your skin type is, what conditions you have, what you should be
using, how often it should be used, ext.
What Proactive does to your skin is strip it of all its oils
and destroys your protective barrier.
Although you may see positive results in the beginning, they will not
last - and I will tell you why. Having
oil is NOT a bad thing! I know you are
reading this and thinking, "Katie is crazy, oil causes breakouts!" Okay, you are right, oil does cause breakouts
- IN EXCESS! Everyone produces oil and everyone needs oil. When you strip away all the oil your body
says, "Hey, where is all the oil I made?
I'm going to have to make more!" And now you have excess oil
leading to more breakouts.
Breakout -> Proactive use, striping oils -> dries out
breakouts clearing the skin and striping oils -> YAY CLEAR SKIN -> body
starts making extra oils -> even worse breakout
Do you see the cycle?
Yes, Proactive will clear you, but it will only put you into a
cycle. A very unhealthy cycle for your
skin.
Now let’s return to the protective barrier I mentioned
prior. Everyone needs this protective barrier,
which is made largely by the oils Proactive strips away. If you take away this protective barrier you
have nothing protecting your skin from everyday irritants causing your skin to
become red, inflamed, and possibly itchy.
Also,
side note, everyday irritants age your skin therefore without this protective
barrier you skin is aging at a faster rate - and no one likes that!
I could go on and on, but what I really want to get out
there is that although this product is all over TV does not mean it is safe for
everyone. If you want to know what
products you should be using, see a skin specialist and have your face mapped.
My Face Mapping
Being I am in school for this, you are probably wondering
why I needed to get this done by someone else.
Well, I was in a evil cycle with drying out and over producing and I
really needed someone else to look at me and put me in my place (haha). I wanted to start over with my skin and just didn’t
know what to turn to in order to clear my acne and calm the redness. Well, I was WOWed to say the least. She knew immediately that my skin was not
sensitive and that I caused the redness with a product. She also read my face (like a palm reader
reads a palm) and said the cause of my acne was stress and it would keep coming
back if I remained at the same stress level. HAHA hilarious! Me? Stressed?
NEVER! Just school, work, family, wedding
planning, house hunting, cleaning and everything else that comes along in life
- yes, insanely stressed.
After all was said and done she recommended products to
basically get my skin back to normal and I am happy to say I am 1 week into her
recommendations and my skin looks fantastic!
Upcoming Blogs
I have a few blogs planned out, one of which being a How To
on reading faces like a palm reader reads palms! I don’t know if palm reading is real, but I
do know that reading a face is! But I
want to hear from you, what do you want to see, know, learn - tell me! Comment below or email me and let me know!
Stay Gorgeous
<3 K
