The Beauty Corner
Skin Care Products
Sometimes it can be a real hassle to find a good skincare product that works for your skin type and keeps helping you improve your skin. Lucky for you I found a few skincare products that you can try yourself and start to love.
1: : Mario Badescu Facial Spray with Aloe, Herbs, and Rosewater. This facial spray is great to use as a primer when doing your makeup and as a setting spray when finishing your makeup. This facial spray is also great to use for hot weather to hydrate your skin throughout the day. This product retails for $7 for the 4oz bottle and $12 for the 8oz bottle on the Mario Badescu web site. https://www.mariobadescu.com/product/facial-spray-with-aloe-herbs-and-rosewater
2: Mario Badescu Drying Lotion. This lotions helps spot treat unwanted blemishes. The lotion is composed of two layers the first layer is a salicylic acid layer and the bottom layer is a calamine layer. You are supposed to dip a cotton swab inside the solution and get to the second layer and add that to you blemishes and sleep on it by the morning you will see that the redness of your blemishes reduced a significant amount. This product retails for $17 for a 1oz glass bottle on the Mario Badescu website https://www.mariobadescu.com/product/drying-lotion
3: Ology Oatmeal & Honey soap bar. This soap is great to use to wash and clean your face in the morning and night. This soap has actual pieces of oatmeal that help exfoliate naturally. This soap isn’t necessarily just for your face so you can also use it to shower. This soap comes in a pack of 3 and it retails for $4.99 at Walgreens.
4: Shea Moisture African Black Soap. This soap is great to use mornings and nights. This product retails for $4.99 at Target.
5: FreemanGel Mask + Scrub. This scrub is great to use when your skin feels a little dry and needs a boost. This product retails for $4.29 at Bed Bath and Beyond.
6: Makeup Remover cleansing towelettes by Neutrogena. These makeup removing towelettes are great to use when removing your makeup they are especially great to remove waterproof mascara or any waterproof makeup product. These 25 pre-moistened wipes retail for $4.49 at Target.
7: Clean and Clear dual action moisturizer. This moisturizer is great for anyone who has dry skin because it moisturizes to make your skin feel soft and healthy. It’s great to use in more dry weather or during the winter when you feel your skin needs an extra boost. This moisturizer retails for $4.99 at Target.
8: Hell-Pore Clean Up Mask. This mask help to remove impurities from your face like whiteheads and blackheads. A tip is to NOT use this product super close to your eyes because this product contains alcohol which makes the product have a strong smell which can make your eyes water and burn. This product costs $13.99 online on Walmart.com.
9: Carbonated Bubble Clay Mask. This mask is great to use when your skin fells it needs a little freshness. It is great mask to use to make your skin feel clean and refreshed. This mask starts to foam after a while you had it in your face. This mask retails for $20 on Amazon.
10: Neutrogena Alcohol-Free Toner. This toner is great to use to prep your skin after you’ve washed your face and you are ready to use your face serums and lotions. This toner retails for $5.99 at Target.
11: Olay Professional Pro X. This face cleansing brush is great to use when you are washing your face and you want a deeper clean. This brush removes any left over makeup that your makeup remover couldn’t take off and any dirt. This brush retails for $29.99 at Target.
12: St. Ives Fresh Skin Apricot Scrub. This face scrub is great to use after a long day and whenever your skin needs a little boost. This scrub removes any surface dirt and leftover makeup but also gives you a deeper cleanse. This product retails for $3.64 at Target.
-I think the most important thing is to take care of your skin is to avoid getting infections.
What is your favorite skin care product?
-My favorite skin care product is the Self-Preserving Ocean Salt Face Scrub.
Are you strict with your skin care?
-Yes every day, morning and night, I scrub my face three times a week.
Is skin care something important or very relevant in your life?
-I think skin care is very important.
To people who don’t know much about skin care, what do you think would be the most important tip they should know?
-To exfoliate there face at least three times a week. – Oralia Velasco (10)
-“I think it’s really good that us women should clean our faces because it helps us look our best and feel good about how clear our skin looks but I really don’t get that much acne so I just wash my face with regular face wash twice a day.”
What is your favorite skin care product and why?
-“My favorite skin care product would be my moisturizer because I have really dry skin so I just get mine at any store where they sell skin care products.”
Do you have a skin care routine? If so are you strict with it?
– “I wash my face twice a day and yes I’m very well strict with my routine.”
Is skin care something you make very important in your life?
– “Not really because it’s everyday routine for me but I take it seriously though I would like to improve on it more.”
For people who don’t know much about skin care, what would be your number one tip?
-“I would let them know that if they want to take care of their skin they would have to be really committed to what their routine is and follow that every day.”
-Serena Andrade (11)
Hi, my name is Stefanie Bribiesca. I'm a senior here at Pioneer Valley high school. This is my second year as a reporter in the panther tales. My column...