Are figuratively making my skin break out and weep.
Loads of people putting glycolic acids, retinol, BHA, 5% salicylic acid etc etc etc on their faces. I honestly can't believe half of what I'm reading and I think the long term effects of this won't be good. It's such a 'new' thing and I really couldn't disagree with CH more on some of her ideas.
I'm obviously not a facialist. I'm 43 years old but am pretty much wrinkle free and have 'normal' skin which is probably dehydrated now that I'm knocking on a bit. I put time and effort into looking after my skin and I DO use some faintly heavy duty stuff ( a pumpkin enzyme mask once every few weeks and a sweep of Alpha H maybe once a week now ) but I truly believe that as you age you should look to nourishing, moisturising products that add glow and lustre as opposed to harsh chemicals that you may think are doing 'something' because they're making you break out, but I fear that all they're doing is stripping your skin and ensuring it'll be sensitive and prone to inflammation forever more .
Im not advocating a return to a quick swipe of Simple toner and a blob of Nivea and I love my high end products - namely Eve Lom, Algenist, Oskia, Omorovicza etc but all this daily chemical applying concerns me.
Anyone agree? Or are you all going to flame me ? 