One of the main things that you need to adjust when you move to a new country is the weather. Especially when you move to New York City from a Mediterranean country like Israel, when most of the time the weather is super nice and warm. New York’s weather is so inconstant, it can be cold, windy, hot, humid, freezy and sometimes all on the same day LOL. In the first month, my face looked like a mess. I started to suffer from different problems like redness, dryness, acne and some more goodies.
Adding to the above the fact that I have been pregnant twice in the last two years, so the hormones also affected the condition of my skin. I have testes dozens of cosmetics products in order to find the most effective, affordable, beneficial products in the market. I also gave attention to the scent and the package design.
These are the products who made miracles with my skin:
In the shower
ORIGINS GinZing™ Refreshing Scrub Cleanser SIZE 5 oz/ 150 mL $21.00
A two-in-one energy-boosting cleanser that gently exfoliates the skin, refines skin’s texture, and revitalizes the skin, leaving it looking smooth and radiant. Great solutions for dullness and uneven texture and pores.
https://www.sephora.com/product/ginzing-refreshing-scrub-cleanser-P386197
FRESH Sugar Strawberry Exfoliating Face Wash SIZE: 4.2 oz/ 125 mL $33.00
A gentle exfoliating face cleanser that removes impurities and excess oil without drying while refining the look of pores for smooth, soft skin. Lift away dirt and dullness with a daily scrub made with real strawberries and smoothing sugar crystals that melt as they polish. This gentle face wash exfoliates and cleanses all in one while smoothing the skin’s texture and maintaining its natural moisture.
https://www.sephora.com/product/sugar-strawberry-exfoliating-face-wash-P445827
When I wake up in the morning
FRESH Rose Deep Hydration Moisturizer SIZE: 1.6 oz/ 50 mL $42.00
An advanced gel-cream that delivers intense 24-hour hydration powered by a combo of hyaluronic acids and time-release hydro patches for petal-soft skin. This lightweight moisturizer acts as a moisture magnet, attracting and increasing it for 24-hour deep hydration. Hydropatches form a moisturizing veil to seal it in all day. The gel-cream also contains rosewater, rose flower oil, angelica leaf extract, and vitamin E to quench and soothe dry skin.
https://www.sephora.com/product/rose-deep-hydration-face-cream-P406686
Before I go to sleep
GLAMGLOW Good in Bed™ Passionfruit Softening Night Cream SIZE 1.5 oz/ 45 ml $54.00
A creamy passionfruit night treatment with powerfully gentle skin-exfoliating acids and skin-plumping hyaluronic acid. Wake up to soft skin every morning! With squalane and passionfruit oil to nourish and a blend of AHA, BHA, and PHA to renew, it’s easy to put dull, dehydrated skin to bed. Wake up baby soft with a gorgeous glow—all you have to do is sleep.
https://www.sephora.com/product/good-in-bed-passionfruit-softening-night-cream-P439423
ESTÉE LAUDER Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II SIZE: 1.7 oz/ 50 mL $100
A powerful serum that significantly helps reduce the look of aging. Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II hydrates and adds radiance for more youthful-looking skin. This powerful nighttime renewal uses Exclusive ChronoluxCB™ Technology to significantly reduce the look of key signs of aging.
https://www.sephora.com/product/advanced-night-repair-synchronized-recovery-complex-ii-P379994
Once a week treat
GLAMGLOW YOUTHMUD® Glow Stimulating & Exfoliating Treatment Mask SIZE: 1.7 oz/ 50g $54
A skin-transforming clay mud mask that intensely exfoliates for softer, smoother, and more glowing skin in as little as ten minutes. Reboot your glow with the mask that started a masking revolution. YOUTHMUD® exfoliates with volcanic pumice rock to help smooth the appearance of fine lines and visibly soften skin’s texture, while natural clays lift impurities without disturbing skin’s essential oils. Antioxidants from green tea leaves brighten and smooth for visibly firmer, more glowing, youthful-looking skin instantly.
GLOW RECIPE Watermelon + AHA Glow Sleeping Mask SIZE: 2.7 oz/ 80 mL $45
A skin-smoothing, radiance-boosting nightly sleeping mask with watermelon, hyaluronic acid, and AHAs that gently exfoliate and refine the look of pores. This pillow-proof sleeping mask hydrates and smooths skin overnight. The brightening, glow-boosting hybrid is formulated with AHAs to smooth the surface of the skin by banishing dead surface cells. Hyaluronic acid binds moisture to the skin for ultra-hydrated skin by morning.
https://www.sephora.com/product/watermelon-glow-sleeping-mask-P420160
I woke up with a zit
Glossier exfoliating skin perfector ·4.4 fl oz / 130 ml $24
A gentle way to slough away dead skin to reveal a fresh, smooth complexion. Unlike physical scrubs, Solution uses a 10% blend of skincare acids to “unglue” dead skin and sweep it away, so your complexion appears smoother, softer, and glower. Includes three acid groups: Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA), Beta Hydroxy Acid (BHA), and Polyhydroxy Acid (PHA). Daily use helps improve the appearance of blemishes, visible redness, and enlarged pores.
https://www.glossier.com/products/solution
Mario Badescu Plastic Bottle Drying Lotion Size 1.0 oz $17
The Drying Lotion is a fast-acting, effective acne spot treatment. Formulated with salicylic acid, calamine, and other quick-drying ingredients, this product will shrink ugly whiteheads virtually overnight while you sleep. While other acne spot treatments can irritate and dry delicate or sensitive skin, this product is safe and effective for all skin types.
CLINIQUE Acne Solutions™ Clinical Clearing Gel SIZE: 1 oz/ 30 mL $27
Topical treatment for breakouts with results as good as a leading prescription that starts working instantly. This daily treatment gel starts clearing blemishes upon application and helps prevent new ones from making an unwelcome appearance. If you have acne-prone skin with persistent breakouts, you can use it all over the face or as a spot treatment. Regular use helps make visibly clearer skin a way of life.
https://www.sephora.com/product/acne-solutions-clinical-clearing-gel-P385432
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