MNetters please help. I turn 34 this year and have suffered with hormonal acne since I turned 12. Going on the contraceptive pill helped loads, but I don't want to go back onto this having come off 4 years ago.
The acne scarring is fair to middling, and is mixed in with rosacea across my cheekbones and nose. When I break out, the spots are angry and red, and then they calm down again for the second half of my cycle. A friend's child asked me the other day if I had chicken pox, and this was on a "good skin" day for me.
Since having my DD a year ago, I've not had time each morning to do my make up like I would usually do for work. It's been liberating to care less about my acne over the past 6 months and just let it be, but I'm returning to work soon and I just know those self conscious feelings will return with it.
So, I'm after any recommendations for something I can put on my face each morning which isn't as heavy as foundation but instead maybe evens out my skin tone. I must have tried tens and tens of products: Dr Jaart cream, the NARS stuff, Obagi tinted SPF, garnier cc and bb creams, mixing foundations with moisturisers, Charlotte Tilbury flawless finish, the list goes on. Literally everything sits oddly on my skin and looks a weird combo of cakey and oily at the same time. I've also tried primers, setting sprays, you name it, I've given it a go.
Skincare-wise I am on tretinoin and use Elemis. Pre pregnancy I had chemical peels, facials and skinpen microneedling.
Apologies for the long post but I wanted to put down everything I'd already tried. I'm at my wits end with my skin. If anyone in a similar boat has found a product that works for them, please share!