I'm going to get these soon...

Raya is coming and H is coming back, what a coincidence ♥ Finally both of us can go for a pleasant shopping after dealing with all the craps that had happened lately...

GOD, just do me a small favor. Just give a little helping hand to keep the station in good condition for the holiday so that I can enjoy my leisure time without works bothering me throughout the weekends.

I am running out of stock and perhaps this would be the best time for replenishment. I am also going to get something new.

Clinique Pore Minimizer Instant Perfector

Loreal Paris - Derma Genesis Pore Minimising Smoother

Large Pores

The extremely large pores on my face are really annoying.

I think I shall get back on the ACV experiment, really hope that it would help, be it just a little shrinking will do. But this time I'm gonna dilute it enough so that it won't irritate my skin like last time.

Discovered a few products that might help to temporary reduce the pores appearance, pretty much a quick fix.

I'm so eager to get a professional treatment by Dr. Georgia Lee, but the cost is never going to be cheap. If I ever managed to get a good paid job in SG, scheduling an appointment with the Dr. will be the first thing that I will do. Well, may GOD bless me. I want so much to end this skin problem nightmare that has haunted me for nearly 16 years.

Dermacia Breathable Foundation

Clinique Pore Minimizer Instant Perfector

Dr. Young 毛孔隱形修飾霜 Pore Eraser Balm

適合任何肌膚

提供即時控油、遮蓋毛孔及平滑肌膚三大功效，用後能肌膚柔滑細緻，粉嫩無瑕，不泛油光，全日水嫩柔軟。隨後使用BB Cream可加強修飾遮瑕功效，達致貼面透薄妝容，補妝前亦可使用毛孔隱形修飾霜，確保毛孔及油光全天候隱形。

主要成份及功效：
♥ 矽膠彈性啫喱 – 能掩蓋粗大毛孔、填補粗糙皮膚表平滑肌膚
♥ 瑞士阿爾卑斯山草本植物精華及金鏤梅萃取液 – 能控油及收細毛孔
♥ 深海膠原蛋白 – 能補充膠原蛋白，緊實肌膚、增加肌膚彈性
♥ 維他命原B5 – 能強效保濕，並刺激纖維母細胞之增生

使用方法：
作為早上護膚程序的最後一步，取適量於指尖，以打圈形式局部塗抹於粗大毛孔或油光位置，如T字位。隨後可按需要全面塗抹適合的BB Cream，或隨時於補妝前使用。

埋头苦读的日子总算暂时告一段落了，昨天终于完成了本学期的期考。这三天来折腾死我了，一堆不知所谓的人总爱在三更半夜扰我清梦，真是讨厌。

这次考试时留宿的 Budget Hotel 被我永久列入黑名单了，叫 D'Garden， 在 Maluri, Cheras 。虽然房间有点小，其实酒店设施是不差的，也很整洁，本来对它的评价还算不错。可是，一到夜晚睡觉时间，我就对它完全改观了。午夜还陆陆续续有人 Check In，这酒店房间是完全没有隔音效果的。住在隔壁（还是后面）的中东游客一整个晚上又是开门，又是关门，还彻夜长谈，我的天啊，你们到底有没有公德心啊？太自私了吧？D'Garden ，也许你们应该把隔音改善一些吧？

那天在网上看到一些有助缩小毛孔的偏方，用Apple Cider Vinegar 来敷脸，看起来很简单，就兴致勃勃的试了一试。Apple Cider Vinegar 是很强的 Acid, 敷脸时要用很多的清水来淡化。我第一次使用，也没检测它的浓度，掺了1:1 的清水就直接往脸上敷。才敷了不到一分钟，就开始觉得皮肤有点刺痛，我还硬着头皮敷上两分钟有多。效果真是惨不忍睹啊，脸上第二天就开始脱皮泛红，还肿了几个大脓包，丑死了。唉，要康复还得等上好一段日子哪。

I think the dilution proportion of 1:10 (ACV:Water) should be more appropriate.

The Unethical Beauty Salon

It is very rare that the beautician is ethical enough for not insisting you to buy her products. I hate those salon who keep asking you to buy this and that, as if it’s all your fault for not using those products if your skin condition doesn’t improve. So you end up adding products to your skin care regime, endlessly…… until one day you just suddenly realize that you have a handful of useless products which is not helping at all.

I am rather skeptical about the salon skin care products, especially those not very well known. I have a friend whose sister is doing one kind of business, which she buys the skin care products in bulk, repackages and sells them to the local beauty salon. The beauty salon will then brand it with their own name and sell to the end users. You will never know where is the origin of the products and whether the contents are actually tested and approved. My skin is too sensitive along with complicated problems so I am very cautious on this.

The Skin Disaster

It has been a nightmare on my face, all the skin disorders, you name it, and I have it. Blackheads, whiteheads, comedones, scars, enlarged pores, acnes, wrinkles, lines, rashes, redness, oiliness, peeling etc etc……

The very first acne started to breakout since I was only 11. I can still clearly remember, it was on my nose. And ever since then, the breakouts never stop. From one zit on the nose, they slowly spread to the whole face, the forehead, the chin, the cheeks and even the jaw lines.

I have very complicated combination skin type. It is indeed very oily, but at the same time it peels and is very sensitive. The oil secretion is so active that the sebums resurface as soon as half an hour after I’ve just cleaned my face. The face temperature is always warm, and my face always looks red. The blackheads, whiteheads, comedones are all over the face, whenever I tried to remove them, they appears again the next day.

I have tried all sorts of remedies, doctor’s prescriptions, and even facial courses but they never cure my problems. The doctor’s prescriptions have been effective in suppressing the breakouts but once the prescription is stopped, the problem reappeared and became more serious than before. I have taken two types of precription. the first time is Diane-35 when I was 14 and the second time is Antibiotics when I was 17. Each course took about 6 months. Both precriptions have not cure the acnes permanently but instead worsen it after I stopped the course.

I got so frustrated with the medicine that I went for facial courses instead. I was asked to purchase all sorts of skincare products by the beauty consultants. The same thing happened, the breakouts were suppressed by the skin care products and again, once I stopped using those products, the acnes came back and became even more serious. I am currently still going to beauty salon but I have stopped using all their products.

I am currently using mostly open-shelves skin care products which supprisingly have my acnes under-controlled. From time to time I still get minor breakouts but at least it is far better than before. However, my skin is still sensitive and I have rashes here and there on the face.

Here are some pictures of myself today, after washing and before applying any skin care product. I shall keep these pictures for future comparison.

chin & jawline

nose

right cheek

Left Cheek

Now I’m exploring the way to get rid of the comedones & scars, to tighten the badly enlarged pores and to reduce the wrinkles that have started to appear on my forehead, under eyes and my cheeks lately. I am 27 now and skin aging has started to take effect on my face.

This nightmare has haunted me for almost 16 years and I really hope that I could be waken up from the nightmare one day.

My Next Targeted Skin Care Items

Ettusais AC-Skincare Version Up

available at "Ettusais" counter at BHG Bugis, Isetan Scott & Metro Woodlands Causeway Point

BRTC Pore Tightening Serum

available at Watsons Singapore - SGD$49.00 /30ml

Toyo-Life Japan - CURE Natural Aqua Gel

卡尼尔水润凝护娇柔舒养爽肤水
Garnier Aqua Defense Sensitive Refreshing Toner

卡尼尔水润凝护全天候特润霜
Garnier Aqua Defense Sensitive Non Stop Moisturizing Gel Cream

歐蕾多元修護眼霜
Olay Total Effects Eye Transforming Cream