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Cake day: October 26th, 2023

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  • I have extremely dry skin from medical issues and meds. I can’t recommend Vanicream in the pump tub highly enough!! Apply very night and lay it on THICK, including around eyes and on lips. It will feel like you’re layering on thick body butter lotion and you’ll think you did too much, but it soaks in quickly! It’s a cheap drug store brand and it’s the super neutral base lotion that compounding pharmacies use for mixing prescription creams, so almost no one will react to it. It’s what my derm recommends for people on Retin A and/or accutane.

    The other thing I changed was getting facials regularly. I get a light peel as part of it and I’ve found that makes me peel a LOT less the rest of the time!

    As for makeup prep, I bought clean spoolies that I use to gently rub around my dry areas to exfoliate any active skin flakes. Then apply a little Vanicream or mineral SPF, let it sit and soak in while I do my hair or have a snack, then come back 10-15 min later and apply Fenty primer and my foundation (Charlotte Tilbury Light Wonder). For extra dewy skin, I’ll add a pump of Rhode skin glaze (hate that I love that stuff as much as I do) over the foundation or mix with foundation. Glossier Futuredew is another great one for adding that dewy glow that prevents you from seeing dryness. I avoid powders as much as possible!!

    Getting my skincare routine down to a science (by seeing an esthetician and using iSClinical Pro Heal serum + Vanicream + facials every 5 weeks) made it so my skin barrier healed, my dry skin got a lot less dry, and my skin totally cleared up, and I needed a LOT less face makeup.