I hope it all works for you
I just got my olivella soap & liquid black soap in the mail yesterday, so I'll be trying it out tonight


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Got my stuff today. Drugstore.com has such awesome service. I'm about to try the body wash now followed by the other things. Brb with a review

EDIT:

Alrighty. Sure only one use so far, but at the moment I'm loving everything. One major plus is that none of it irritates my skin at all. My face feels nice and soft and not dried out.

Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisture, Combination Skin [3]
- A bit thin which I like. It's a familiar acne product smell, not a bad one.
Neutrogena Pore Refining Toner, Alpha and Beta Hydroxy Formula [2]
- This tingled a tiny bit but it didn't burn. It did clean up any extra dirt left behind. It has a light smell.
Neutrogena On-the-Spot Acne Treatment, Vanishing Formula
N/A. Might put some of this on my neck later.
Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Stress Control, 3-in-1 Hydrating Acne Treatment [4]
- I actually mistakenly thought this was a face wash but it's actually something to be applied last. You apply a thin layer after cleansing 2-3 times a day. It wasn't sticky and like the others has a light smell.
OXY Acne Solutions Hydrating Body Wash [1]
- Very clean smell. I used this on my face as well. It felt really soft going on.

More thorough reviews when I use them more. The numbers are the order in which I used them.

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So my breakouts have been...decreasing?
But the black soap is drying my skin out now. It's making me flaky...so now I'm going to try the olivella soap, and alternate those two to see how it goes.
So here's my routine (for now, anyways):

MORNING:
Cleanse with lemon (alternating with honey)
Toner: green tea
Moisturizer: Acure radical resurfacing lotion & a couple drops of sweet almond oil
Protect: John masters organics sunscreen

NIGHT:
Cleanse: olivella soap (alternating with liquid black soap)
Mask: (haven't had time lately- trying to use more yogurt masks though)
Tone: Green tea
Moisturize: acure radical resurfacing lotion & vit. E oil (alternate with sweet almond oil)

So far so good. We'll see how THIS goes.


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Broke out. I recently started taking some vitamins. Hopefully that'll regulate my hormones. I started using the honey/lemon mix as a spot treatment today. My current regimen is: wash face twice a day w/my oil mix, let my face air dry, then apply the honey/lemon mix as a spot treatment. My sister said it worked well for her so I'm testing it out. I hope I get good results. I want to start using green tea as a toner again. First I need these break outs to go away >____<

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BC'ed September 12, 2012
7 months post BC
Thin, Low Porosity, High Density, 3C hair

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I noticed that I have a lot of little bumps under my skin, everywhere. And a couple of small breakouts in places I NEVER breakout (nose & forehead).
I'm not sure if the Nars foundation I've been using is causing it....or my new oil mix.

Discovered recently that I have a lot of food allergies, so I'm trying to eat cleaner & drink more water. Breakouts seem to have cleared up somewhat

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BC'ed September 12, 2012
7 months post BC
Thin, Low Porosity, High Density, 3C hair

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I've been using black soap and cetaphil (the olive oil bar soap was more drying than black soap. Go figure.) and now my skin is just constantly dry and rough...
Ugh.
Black soap might work for other people, but now I'm 100% sure that it's just not for me.
No matter how well it cleanses, it just makes my skin way too dry
Cetaphil... My skin is still dry.

I just made a green tea/sea salt toner, and a vit c serum w/ green tea as the base, so we'll see how that goes.

I'm not using a new cleanser yet.. Next week I'm fixing the way I eat, and I'm going to use the black soap, but dilute it more.
Then maybe..around the end of the month, I'm going to try to find some sort of natural cleanser.
Crunchy Betty has some great recipes on her website, so I might make one of those.

Ok. So my regimen is
night: wash with face brush & black soap
wipe with acv toner
Apply coconut/camphor oil mixture for moisture and blemishes
Sleep
Morning wash with face brush & black soap
Toner
Then a little more coconut/camphor oil mix and apply makeup.

I may change my morning to skipping the wash(except the sleep in my eyes) and just tone. Dont want my pores getting clogged from the coconut and camphor mix either. if I don't wash away the CC mix from the night before it still should stay moist and I shouldn't have dry patches.

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I've increased my water intake & its helped my face clear up a bit. I try to drink at least 8 cups of water a day

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7 months post BC
Thin, Low Porosity, High Density, 3C hair

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I got all these little bumps on my face from threading. *sigh* that's the only thing I hate about it.