A few weeks ago, I found the first trace of blackheads on my chin, ever. Even though it was just a few in a lonesome cluster, and even though I could only really see them if I looked up close, I scoffed at them the same way someone might look at someone intruding on your personal space on the subway. I know it?s a first world problem?and even then, not a big one?but as someone who takes obsessive care of my skin, these few blackheads sent me into panic mode. I needed to obliterate them STAT.
Though I should know better, I went to town with a charcoal mask, then a physical exfoliant, and then a chemical one; when all three combined, it was perfect storm of irritation. I left my chin raw and in a few days, not only were the blackheads still there and practically laughing at me, but dry flaky skin was now surrounding them. Fun times! MORE: 10 Best Illuminating Moisturizers for Glowing, Dewy, Perfect-AF Skin
As I searched through my skin-care arsenal for something?anything?that might calm my skin down, or hydrate it, or make the general grossness go away, I landed on dropper of Herbivore?s Lapis Facial Oil. Within hours, my skin was on the mend?less red and painful to the touch?and within two days, the flakiness that would usually take about a week to dissipate was almost undetectable. I attributed it to magic, but my derm told me it was probably the blue tansy in the face oil.
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