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The Products That Saved My Skin During Hormonal Imbalances
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items Whether you are coming off birth control, starting a new one, or simply just in the trenches of your luteal phase- these are the products that saved my skin when a hormonal imbalance rocked me to the core.
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Getting Started on Your Barrier
For When You Are Going Through the Worst of it
Getting Started on Your Barrier
The facial cleansers, serums, moisturizers, and toners I tried to start getting a better foundation on my skin barrier before a hormonal breakout.
Only recently realized the root of what makes our skin go so haywire during a hormonal imbalance, and it is the way it makes our skin so susceptible to oils, clogged pores, dead skin, etc. AKA, the most important thing to do is to create a barrier th...
Milky Moisture Cleanser - BYOMA | Ulta Beauty
A light but creamy and insanely hydrating mositurizer that will keep everything locked in to protect your barrier!
Hydrating Milky Moisturizer - BYOMA | Ulta Beauty
This is a great step to keep in your daily routine, so I like that it is gentle and affective, but does a great job and locking in that hydration so you have a solid barrier to protect your pores from opening too easily to dirt and oil. It will help ...
Hydrating Serum 1.0 oz Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 Hydrating Serum with Ceramides - The Ordinary | Ulta Beauty
Another great and affordable product from Byoma that will keep your skin hydrated and help protect your barrier from dirt and oil coming in.
Hydrating Serum with Tri-Ceramide Complex - BYOMA | Ulta Beauty
One of my favorite products- even outside my luteal window, I struggle with redness, and this is a game changer. During my routine, I spray it in the morning and at night once my toner has set in, before any serums. When my skin is having a more roug...
4.0 oz Calming Magnesium Facial Mist - cocokind | Ulta Beauty
Since staying hydrated during this time is so so important, I love this moisturizer because you get that additional boost from the added electrolytes.
Electrolyte Water Cream - cocokind | Ulta Beauty
This product truly changed my life. My breakouts are the worst around my jaw and lower part of my cheeks, and I truly saw a difference overnight after using these. They are so affective but gentle enough for daily use morning and night. This is the p...
Daily Korean Gentle Retinol + Salicylic Acid Soothing Toner Pads for Acne-Prone Skin - innisfree |
If you have maybe more spread out problem areas, or some deeper, more cystic-like blemishes around some more mild breakouts, I like to use a spot treatment on top of those areas. A little pricer, but so worth it. I truly saw a vast improvement over n...
Vinopure Targeted Spot Solution with Salicylic Acid - Caudalie
I typically hate seeing such expensive cleansing balms, but this is the ONLY (only) one I will spend the money on every. single. time. Since your skin is so insanely sensitive during this time, it is imperative to get every last centimeter of dirt, m...
Green Clean Makeup Removing Cleansing Balm - Farmacy
This is another really great facial cleanser that is affordable that I feel really gets all of the ick off my skin and doesn't strip it away at the same time. I really am a fan of a lot of their cleansers!
13.5 oz Toleriane Purifying Foaming Face Wash for Oily Skin - La Roche-Posay | Ulta Beauty
For When You Are Going Through the Worst of it
All of the products I used when my skin was at peak levels of cystic acne- the products that gave me hope again that I would find clear, smooth, and redness-free skin.
If you have a different toner you like to use, or are having a more severe breakout, the serum version of their toner pad product is also amazing.
Gentle Retinol + Salicylic Acid Acne Serum for Blemishes + Post-Acne Scars - innisfree
A pricer product, but worth every CENT. I had a very severe phase of hormonal breakouts when I temporarily got off my birth control altogether where my skin really just wanted to let me have it, so if you need something for a more ongoing and more se...
Acne Serum Medicated Treatment for Acne & Blackheads - INNBEAUTY PROJECT
I was hesitant to spend more than 10-15 dollars on a serum, but at my peak of cystic hormonal acne- I was willing to spend whatever it took. Truly, after one day of using this morning and night, my skin was less inflamed, redness had been mitigated, ...
Azelaic Acid 10 Hyaluron Redness Soothing Serum - ANUA | Ulta Beauty
Again, I am always hesistant to splurge on a facial cleanser because there are SO many out there that are drugstore price and amazing products, but when my hormonal acne was not getting any better, I knew investing in a face wash was something I was ...
4.0 oz EradiKate 3% Sulfur Daily Foaming Cleanser - Kate Somerville | Ulta Beauty
When I felt like I was doing ALL of the things to protect my barrier and nothing was working, I knew the last step of a routine (moistruizer) was probably the factor that was not keeping the rest of the products underneath protected throughout the da...
345 Relief Cream - Dr. Althea | Ulta Beauty