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Hi, all! New here (first post), I'm really interested in getting great-looking and healthy skin and was wondering if there are any products and/or daily/weekly/etc. routines that you guys could offer to me. Here's a bit about me/my skin.
I'm a 19 year-old male with overall okay skin (on my face, anyways). I'd get occasional pimples when I was younger, but nothing horrible.
-I have a very olive-y, Portuguese complexion. A lot of the people in my family as they get older tend to get skin issues - spotting, leathery, very wrinkle-y, etc.
-I shower daily, but don't really wash my face outside of the shower and don't use a facial scrub.
-I use a three-blade (Mach 3) razor and normal Gilette shaving cream.
-I tend to get breakouts when I wear makeup (I do theatre! haha, not cross-dressing...). These usually include a pimple or two and little bumps. Most often, this happens either on a cheek or close to my hairline on either side of my forehead.
-I drink a lot of water and diet well.
-My nose is weird... I put those cleansing strips on it every once in a while (wet your nose, apply strip, peel when it hardens), and it's always loaded with nasty stuff... like if I were to squeeze my noze and scrape at it (the surface) with a fingernail, there would be gunk that would come off... not sure what to do about this, but it looks a little strange when I look closely.
-I have very deepset eyes, and have always had "dark circles" underneath them.
I only really get one real (decent-sized) pimple a month, so that's not my issue.. it's just that there's usually lots of very small red or white bumps that alter the look of my face a little, and I really want clean, healthy skin. I went from living in a small town for a while to NYC, and the men here may be 40, but they look so young because they take really good care of their skin. I'm still young, but I want to invest the time in taking care of my skin now so that I'm not screwed when I'm older. I'm willing to invest time, like I said, but really can't go too crazy with money - I'm of course not opposed to purchasing some things, but not sure that having a drawerful of skin products would be possible at this point.
So with all that information, what sort of advice and tips can you guys offer me?
Thanks in advance!
I'm a 19 year-old male with overall okay skin (on my face, anyways). I'd get occasional pimples when I was younger, but nothing horrible.
-I have a very olive-y, Portuguese complexion. A lot of the people in my family as they get older tend to get skin issues - spotting, leathery, very wrinkle-y, etc.
-I shower daily, but don't really wash my face outside of the shower and don't use a facial scrub.
-I use a three-blade (Mach 3) razor and normal Gilette shaving cream.
-I tend to get breakouts when I wear makeup (I do theatre! haha, not cross-dressing...). These usually include a pimple or two and little bumps. Most often, this happens either on a cheek or close to my hairline on either side of my forehead.
-I drink a lot of water and diet well.
-My nose is weird... I put those cleansing strips on it every once in a while (wet your nose, apply strip, peel when it hardens), and it's always loaded with nasty stuff... like if I were to squeeze my noze and scrape at it (the surface) with a fingernail, there would be gunk that would come off... not sure what to do about this, but it looks a little strange when I look closely.
-I have very deepset eyes, and have always had "dark circles" underneath them.
I only really get one real (decent-sized) pimple a month, so that's not my issue.. it's just that there's usually lots of very small red or white bumps that alter the look of my face a little, and I really want clean, healthy skin. I went from living in a small town for a while to NYC, and the men here may be 40, but they look so young because they take really good care of their skin. I'm still young, but I want to invest the time in taking care of my skin now so that I'm not screwed when I'm older. I'm willing to invest time, like I said, but really can't go too crazy with money - I'm of course not opposed to purchasing some things, but not sure that having a drawerful of skin products would be possible at this point.
So with all that information, what sort of advice and tips can you guys offer me?