If there’s one thing I learned about beauty products, if you’re hiyang and it works, stick with it. No need to switch to new products being promoted that claim to be the “latest and greatest” in beauty technology. Unless, maybe if it’s the same brand.
I had to learn this lesson again a few weeks ago when I was buying a new moisturizer at Watson’s. Over the years since I started using anti aging creams, I’ve tried L’Oreal, then switched to The Face Shop’s Arsainte, then finally to Olay Regenerist. I’ve been doing okay with Olay for the past year and my skin felt great.
But as I was browsing through the racks supposedly to replenish my Olay supply, I just decided to switch back to L’Oreal and try their Revitalift line. No special reason, I just wanted to try something new. Not to mention, the ad on the rack said this moisturizer had some special ingredients which will do my skin a lot of good.
When I used Revitalift for the first time, it had a strange smell. I couldn’t figure out what exactly it is for awhile. But I figured later on that the closest comparison would be the smell of rubber. It was a bit unpleasant and certainly something I didn’t expect from a face cream. But I thought I’d try and tolerate it, it would be such a waste to throw it away just because of the smell.
And then it happened, after two days of using it, I had breakouts on my cheeks and my chin. Ack! At the back of my head, someone was shouting “I told you so!” I had no choice but to give it up and buy another moisturizer.
This time, when I returned to Watson’s, I headed straight to the Olay booth. I told the saleslady about my story and she said, “Ma’am, only Olay should touch your skin.” I know that line was part of their TV ad, but I’m taking this one seriously.
I bought Olay Total Effects with salicylic acid to combat my breakouts first before I use Regenerist again. My skin is happy now and the breakouts completely disappeared.
Lesson learned: Stick with your skin staples.
What’s your beauty lesson?
