✨ ¡Hola a todos! Me presento 😊
Soy Carla, esteticista profesional de España y una apasionada del cuidado de la piel, el maquillaje y la belleza.
He decidido unirme a esta comunidad porque me encanta aprender de otras personas y, al mismo tiempo, poder ayudar con los conocimientos que he adquirido a lo largo de mi experiencia.
Si tienes dudas sobre tu tipo de piel, acné, manchas, poros, sensibilidad, maquillaje o cómo crear una rutina adecuada, estaré encantada de orientarte siempre que pueda.
Creo que una buena rutina no consiste en tener muchos productos, sino en utilizar los adecuados para cada persona.
¡Tengo muchas ganas de formar parte de esta comunidad y conoceros! 😊

Okay so I’ve struggled with acne on and off since I was 12. I never had perfect skin, but I had a few periods of time where my skin would really clear up and stay that way for a while. However in the end, the acne would always come back like in pics 1 and 2. Only my cheeks, never anywhere else.

It would be huge, deep, solid under the skin pimples that I would stupidly pop and they would bleed HEAVILY for days on end and I’d end up with super dark scarring that stayed for ages.

My routine this entire time was the same.

Here’s where I’m really stupid. My skin isn’t that sensitive, I’m not very dry or oily, no combo skin, I’m just acne prone. So I was using a whole bunch of extremely harsh, abrasive, heavy, oily products and because my skin wasn’t too bad a lot of the time, I thought I was fine and that my skin just prefers the harsher stuff.

Because I’d tried the cerave and la roche posay and benzoyl all the stuff they tell you to try for acne, and none of it worked.

So I’d just deal with the few months of clear skin and then the rest of the year with huge pimples and painful skin for YEARS.

About 3 weeks ago I changed to a Korean cleanser for the first time in years. My skin got quite a bit better. I then bought a Korean kojic acid toner because I’d been eyeing it up for my scarring. My skin liked that too.

I stopped using half the products that I use on my face about 3 days ago, my skin is the best it’s been in YEARS. The last 2 pics are from today. Some texture and scarring here and there, but nothing major.

Mornings were and still are just micellar water, moisturiser, Vaseline on lips and sunscreen. Here’s what I was using every night on my face:

Newtons Labs T Zone pore clearing facial wash - do NOT use this. So abrasive and harsh and terrible. It’s actually more suited to be a shampoo than a face wash, which is horrifying and I can’t belive I was rubbing that on my face for 4 years.

Medicube kojic acid toner (only for a little while, only got it recently)

The Ordinary 1% Retinol

Nivea micellar water

Aveeno moisturiser

Bio oil

Vaseline

Now my new routine is -

Pyunkang Yul low PH deep cleansing foam

Medicube kojic acid toner

Micellar water

Aveeno moisturiser (looking to get a different Korean one)

Vaseline

My skin was suffering for so long. I just had to cut half of it out.

For the longest time I thought my skin problems meant I needed to keep adding new products. Every time I saw a breakout or some rough texture I would buy something new because I assumed I was missing the one thing that would fix it.

A few weeks ago I got busy with work and ended up using only a gentle cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen most days. I expected my skin to get worse, but it actually looked a little calmer. I still get the occasional pimple and I definitely have some uneven texture, but my face feels less irritated than it did when I was trying five or six products at once.

Now I am wondering if I was making things more complicated than they needed to be. At the same time I do not want to assume that a simple routine is the answer for everyone because everyone's skin is different.

Has anyone else noticed their skin improving after cutting back on products?

How did you figure out which products were actually helping and which ones were just adding more stress to your skin?

I am a chronic skin picker, especially when it comes to my face. Any pimple or blackhead will be extensively dealt with, and sometimes after a long day, I find myself looking for things to pop or pick.

I often fall into this same situation when it comes to a skincare routine.

My skin starts to get bad, so I start fresh

everything is good my skin looks great

I get a pimple, I think about how much I shouldn’t pop it (I get hormonal breakouts)

it drives me crazy until I pop it

It’s popped
I start going crazy on every single pore on my skin

I feel horrible about myself and give up on skincare

my skin gets bad again and I pick and pop everyday eventually in a couple weeks I start fresh again.

So my main question is, can I have decent skin even if I pick or pop? I know myself, and quite frankly I don’t want to or I can’t even stop picking at my face. It’s just so discouraging to stay consistent when I know I will pick. I think I should add, I don’t care about having perfect glass skin.

I used to keep adding new skincare products because I thought more products would mean better skin.
A few weeks ago I went back to just a gentle cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen. Nothing dramatic happened, but my skin feels calmer and less irritated now.
It made me wonder if I was just doing too much before.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
How do you decide when your routine is enough?

hey guys! i tend to wear a lot of fishnets and shorts in the summer but have been getting into protecting my skin from sun damage. i dont really want to sacrifice my style, though, so i am looking for flesh-toned tights or leggings to layer underneath my fishnets. i have a pretty fair complexion but straight white upf leggings would be too pale. i just cant seem to find what im looking for, so please let me know if you have any suggestions :))

Anyone have must-haves for long flights?
I used to drag a ton of skincare products with me, but ever since I tried a hydrogel mask on a plane, this is basically the only thing I bring now. I go with Biodance. Other than that, I just pack lip balm, eye drops, and my basic skincare stuff.
If you can handle people staring, I seriously recommend bringing a hydrogel mask on long flights! ✈️😴

Hey all! I'm working on a research project focused on eczema care, with the goal of building a better solution for people who deal with it day-to-day. I'm not selling anything — just trying to gather real experiences so this can actually be useful for the eczema community.

If you have a few minutes, I'd really appreciate you filling out this short, anonymous survey:
https://forms.gle/CHnqZsEpXBik2XeA6

It asks about your routine, what's worked (or hasn't), and how eczema affects daily life. Takes about 5 minutes. There's also an optional spot at the end if you're open to a short follow-up interview, but that's entirely up to you.

Thank you for helping out — your responses genuinely matter and can help shape something that's actually useful for people managing this. Happy to answer questions in the comments!

colorscience or elta md for oily acne prone skin? will the tinted versions make me orange? i need something that sits well under makeup and doesn't make me an oily mess in 70% humidity

Hey guys, I’m almost out of my last bottle of this Neutrogena facial moisturizer, but I can’t seem to find more anywhere. Does anyone know if this has been discontinued, and if so, is there anything out there like it?

I have very acne-prone skin and this is the only facial moisturizer I’ve ever found that didn’t make me break out. I live in a very sunny desert city, so the added SPF is a huge bonus.

I’m embarrassed to admit but I personally never enjoyed the smell of sunscreen, but since it’s summer time and people are swimming and doing out door activities… I’m just wondering if there’s some kind of unscented sunscreen out there ?

Is it a scam ? Does it work ? Any advice would be appreciated. 😁🏊🏼‍♀️

I went for a face wax last friday and I asked the beautician to only wax the bottom of my sideburns and my upper lip as I do not get any thick hair elswhere on my face just peach fuzz. Then she started putting wax all over my cheeks immediately and I thought that It would be incredibly abrasive on the skin to ask her to remove that wax with post wax oil etc as she immediately had put a big chunk. I knew I would get irritated skin either way and thought I might as well go through with the wax because it could be a bit better in terms of irritation. I have sensitive eczema prone skin but I have managed to keep it almost fully clear except for some crustiness and redness for the past couple years and now it feels like i have teenage acne again at my big age. I’ve been applying ketoconazole and hydrocortisone for the last 3 days. Is there anything else I can do? Will my skin get back to normal? I am devastated

I've been using tretinoin for over a year, but my skin remains dry and tight even with moisturiser. It isn't always flaky, but it's usually uncomfortable—especially after washing my face.

I'm starting to wonder if this is a skin barrier issue rather than just dryness.

For long-term users:

1. Have you ever dealt with this kind of tightness?

2. How did you know if it was barrier damage or usual tretinoin side effects?

I'd greatly like real-life experiences because I'm not sure whether I should continue or adjust my schedule.

I got this scar at the age of 7 my vicious aunt did it both sides of my face and my parents never paid any attention to it till now i am 18 now and super insecure about these two same type of scars in my both side of face because of this i dont socialise or talk to new people anymore and yet my parents think it is completely normal and they wont be taking me to see a dermat i dont want this scar forever i really want to get rid of it. If anyone can help or give an advice please do it and also my aunt did this scar on my face with her nails

I thought my eyes were playing trick on me the first time this happened.

I bought a hydrogel mask on Amazon recently, mostly because i kept seeing people talk about gel masks and wanted to see what the hype was about.

After about an hour, parts of the mask had become almost transparent. At first I honestly thought it was drying out or something weird was happening.

Apparently that's just how some of these gel masks work, but i'd never used one before and found it oddly fascinating.

What surprised me even more was how well it stayed in place. Most sheet masks start sliding around after 10 minutes and I end up lying down like i'm recovering from surgery.

This one stayed put well enough that i forgot i was even wearing it and just went about doing things around the house.

I can't say whether the whole "transparent mask" thing actually means anything scientifically, but i did wake up the next morning feeling like my skin looked calmer and less tired than usual.

Has anyone else tries these kinds of gel masks before? or am I just late to the party?

My pores are super visible due to reduced collagen from sun damage over the years: I work outside and just started wearing sunscreen and reapplying this year 🫣 What products and treatments will help? I'm considering microneedling but still open to other suggestions.