Breakouts, Contouring and Eyebrows
Skin! Help!
Since starting to use my Clarisonic I've seen a massive change in my skin, with my blackheads clearing up considerably and far less breaking out than I was dealing with in the last few years.
However, my nose is another story, or at least the one side is. In one of my nasal creases, I'm having huge breakout issues. I've gotten tiny breakouts before (where you notice the white spot one day, pop 'er, and it's gone in hours), but this time after I popped it (keep in mind they're "ready to go" at the point I do so, I'm not forcing them open painfully or anything) it left behind a raised bump that keeps....not scabbing over, but getting hard and tender, even if I manage to remove the hard skin over it. And then today I noticed a second pimple above that one in the same spot. This is the side of my nose that seems to produce more blackheads and redness versus the other side, which is the very picture of clean skin at this point.
I do make sure to get in the hard-to-reach places with the Clarisonic daily, nasal creases included, and I just can't figure out why this is happening. I haven't had any 'skin purging' as some people report they get when first using a Clarisonic, could this breakout area be purging?
And secondary question: what do I do to get rid of it?! I was using a salycylic acid gel-moisturizer-thinger I got from Sephora, but that's doing diddly-squat. Should I go out and pick up some benzoyl peroxide? Use tea tree oil? I just want the bumps to go away. T___T
I lied, one more secondary question. I'm doing a Lara Croft costume (for both a convention and Halloween) and am planning to do a full face o' makeup for it, but two things elude me. Can anyone suggest places to learn how to contour (cheekbones, nose, etc) and how to properly fill in your brows? I've been trying to do the latter as of late but I seem to end up with messy and stupidly-dark eyebrows despite my hair being a shade above black anyway. They're tweezed just fine, but as for actually filling them in? Good luck.
(Also I've got ridiculously red undertones in my skin- should I bother with a blush, or will that just highlight how red I am already?)
ETA: Okay, sorry, even one more question, but last one and now I don't have to bother with multiple posts. :P Bronzer! Good recs for a drug store one for super fair-red skin? I'm thinking in terms of using it as a contouring powder.
Since starting to use my Clarisonic I've seen a massive change in my skin, with my blackheads clearing up considerably and far less breaking out than I was dealing with in the last few years.
However, my nose is another story, or at least the one side is. In one of my nasal creases, I'm having huge breakout issues. I've gotten tiny breakouts before (where you notice the white spot one day, pop 'er, and it's gone in hours), but this time after I popped it (keep in mind they're "ready to go" at the point I do so, I'm not forcing them open painfully or anything) it left behind a raised bump that keeps....not scabbing over, but getting hard and tender, even if I manage to remove the hard skin over it. And then today I noticed a second pimple above that one in the same spot. This is the side of my nose that seems to produce more blackheads and redness versus the other side, which is the very picture of clean skin at this point.
I do make sure to get in the hard-to-reach places with the Clarisonic daily, nasal creases included, and I just can't figure out why this is happening. I haven't had any 'skin purging' as some people report they get when first using a Clarisonic, could this breakout area be purging?
And secondary question: what do I do to get rid of it?! I was using a salycylic acid gel-moisturizer-thinger I got from Sephora, but that's doing diddly-squat. Should I go out and pick up some benzoyl peroxide? Use tea tree oil? I just want the bumps to go away. T___T
I lied, one more secondary question. I'm doing a Lara Croft costume (for both a convention and Halloween) and am planning to do a full face o' makeup for it, but two things elude me. Can anyone suggest places to learn how to contour (cheekbones, nose, etc) and how to properly fill in your brows? I've been trying to do the latter as of late but I seem to end up with messy and stupidly-dark eyebrows despite my hair being a shade above black anyway. They're tweezed just fine, but as for actually filling them in? Good luck.
(Also I've got ridiculously red undertones in my skin- should I bother with a blush, or will that just highlight how red I am already?)
ETA: Okay, sorry, even one more question, but last one and now I don't have to bother with multiple posts. :P Bronzer! Good recs for a drug store one for super fair-red skin? I'm thinking in terms of using it as a contouring powder.