Here is my current regimen:

Morning:

*Wash face with Oil of Olay Clarity Skin Wash. (The ad "claims" it trains your skin to stay clear through hormonal changes...I still breakout around my period, but all the rest of the month I would say it's a great wash!)
*Use Neutrogena Healthy Skin Lotion SPF 15. I also use the Neutrogena Healthy Eye Lotion around my eyes. (I'm 20, but I'm paranoid about wrinkles and aging!)
*Drink one cup of 100% green tea. I usually eat a banana or a hardboiled egg for breakfast, something light but healthy. The green tea kills my appetite usually.
*I take one multi-vitamin, and a tsp of Royal Jelly.

Night:

*Wash face with Oil of Olay Clarity Skin Wash again
*Wait 30 min, the apply my Renova

Throughout the day I drink my lemon water. At Bed Bath and Beyond they have this great lemon juice squeezer you can get that really ensures you get all of the lemon juice you need. For a while, I was just cutting the lemon into slices and squeezing the juice by hand into my glass, but after I got the lemon juicer, it helped me get about 70% MORE juice from one lemon into the glass. I had no idea that before, I really wasn't getting all the lemon juice I needed.

Oh yeah, and I am also on birth control... I forget the name, but it's the generic version of Ortho-Tri Cyclen Lo. I'm just a poor college student I can't afford the real thing lol!

Well I hope this helps you or gives you some good ideas! Good luck xismybaby! :):)

Quote from Cassie4u22:

Here is my current regimen:

Morning:

*Wash face with Oil of Olay Clarity Skin Wash. (The ad "claims" it trains your skin to stay clear through hormonal changes...I still breakout around my period, but all the rest of the month I would say it's a great wash!)
*Use Neutrogena Healthy Skin Lotion SPF 15. I also use the Neutrogena Healthy Eye Lotion around my eyes. (I'm 20, but I'm paranoid about wrinkles and aging!)

I'm 20 too! But i'm not paranoid about wrinkles because I have oily skin(i guess thats a plus!)

your regimen seems simple and good for your skin..I read some peoples regimens and they are using like 70% glycolic acid peels, BP and Salyclic acid together.. :eek:

I like to care for my skin, not kill it and scrub it into submission

*Drink one cup of 100% green tea. I usually eat a banana or a hardboiled egg for breakfast, something light but healthy. The green tea kills my appetite usually.
*I take one multi-vitamin, and a tsp of Royal Jelly.

Night:

*Wash face with Oil of Olay Clarity Skin Wash again
*Wait 30 min, the apply my Renova

Throughout the day I drink my lemon water. At Bed Bath and Beyond they have this great lemon juice squeezer you can get that really ensures you get all of the lemon juice you need. For a while, I was just cutting the lemon into slices and squeezing the juice by hand into my glass, but after I got the lemon juicer, it helped me get about 70% MORE juice from one lemon into the glass. I had no idea that before, I really wasn't getting all the lemon juice I needed.
I'll have to try this :)

Oh yeah, and I am also on birth control... I forget the name, but it's the generic version of Ortho-Tri Cyclen Lo. I'm just a poor college student I can't afford the real thing lol!

LOL!! I was on Ortho-tri cyclen Lo for about 10 days and it just made my skin look nasty and unhealthy (i was breaking out with little bumps). So I got off it right away because my skin wasnt that bad to begin with. I hope you have more luck than I did with this BC Pill :)

Well I hope this helps you or gives you some good ideas! Good luck xismybaby! :):)

Thanks Cassie! It definitly did give me some ideas..I'm gonna start drinking the lemon juice and maybe start back up with the green tea. I hope your regimen keeps working for you! I think you have a great regimen going :)

Take care :wave:

:) Hello again :wave:

I did have a breakout while starting the lemon juice thing, but I can't really pinpoint if it was the lemon juice or hormones/stress. Have you read the lemon juice thread on here posted by AccutaneAvenger? It's pretty interesting. I think I remember people talking about a small initial breakout from the lemon juice b/c it purges toxins out of your body, but I don't think it was anything too devastating ;)

I noticed earlier that you said you have oily skin. Have you tried Oil of Olay Daily Facials Deep Cleansing Mask? It comes in a blue tube. Through the years, I have tried at least twenty different over the counter masks and I never noticed a difference with any of them - but this Oil of Olay mask is a miracle for oily skin (in my opinion!) Before I was put on Renova (which dries my skin up pretty well) I would use this mask twice a week, and it made my skin tone look more even and noticeably reduced my oiliness. Some people really aren't into facial masks/peels, but it's just a suggestion for you :)

Goodbye for now! :wave: