How I am getting rid of blackheads and hopefully getting flawless clear skin!!!

Ok so here is my first blog. I am planning to keep a journal about my skin for 365 days to try and get it beautiful. I have struggled for years to find products to suit my skin type, to stick to a routine and to prevent getting ripped off by buying anymore products that don’t work! I have decided to write this blog to remind myself of products that do and do not work and hopefully I will be able to help others who have similar problems.

My Skin Type
I have oily skin especially along my T zone. But that never really bothered my much because it only really appeared to be oily late at night. My biggest problem is BLACKHEADS! I have them everywhere. I don’t really get spots maybe 1 or 2 every so often. But I get loads of blackheads everywhere especially in the T zone but lately they are starting to form on my cheeks as well.

My Solution
Years ago when I was on holidays I had some extra money I bought the sample size Clinique 3 step system. I took the skin test and I was told that step 3 (oily) suited my skin best. So I got it, used it religiously and it worked! Even thought they were small sets, I think they lasted for over a month. Anyway I could not afford Clinique after that (I was still in school) so I just bought loads of different drug store brands but none of them worked. A few years later I went back to try Clinique again (I was all excited because I knew it had worked before) Not so this time! A different lady did another skin test and told me I was skin type 2 and gave me the products for that type. They didn’t work at all. I was so annoyed especially because firstly Clinique had worked before and secondly because Clinique is not cheap!! So back to the store brands!!

It always annoyed me why Clinique worked the first time and not the second time and I had a guess that it was because of the different types. Clearly skin type 3 suited me better. I was always tempted to go back and try again but never really had the money to do so.
But lately I was fed up and out of desperation I said I would give it another try.

On December the 7th 2009 I bought the Clinique 3 step Skin Care system no 3 (oily). I got the skin test done again with another lady. She also said that I was skin type 2.I was like here we go again but I had already explained to her the above story and she explained that while I was skin type 2 I probably needed a stronger type so she gave me no 3.

So I am going to document how I am getting on with Clinique, what effect it is having on my skin and if I am getting rid of my blackheads and basically my weekly facial routine.