How I Met Your Barney

Sit back, listen to some music and start reading, it’s a short one.

Something that I’ve recently given a lot of thought is the concept of skincare (which I’m quite fond of). More specifically, the benefits and downsides of it. For this part you might need some slight…context. So, I’ve for multiple years had a whole bunch of not-so-gorgeous pimples and blackheads on my nose, which I don’t personally think is a good look on me, they’ve even made me slightly insecure at times. I’d say that I own a whole lot of skincare, mostly moisturizers and cleansers, and all of them have been working for a pretty long time. Now the interesting part is that I, a pro in the matter of skincare, was stupid enough to keep using an exfoliator that made my skin BURN. Now as stupid as I was I didn’t expect anything bad to happen, you know. Spoiler alert; I was wrong.

One evening after washing my face and exfoliating it I felt that it burned a little more than it used to, but didn’t give it to much thought, and just washed it off, like I normally would. The next morning, I woke up feeling refreshed and happy. Good for you, you might think, but no no no. I made my bed as usual, put on my headband and went to the bathroom to you know wash my face, when I noticed something absolutely horrifying. ( okay this was a little dramatic but anyway) I looked in the mirror just to see about nine or ten new and absolutely humongous pimples on my beautiful face. I ran back to my bedroom to get the softest and nicest products that I could find, and took some care of my face. The very next day most of the pimples were gone, but a slight “cluster” of red pimples on my forehead was still very very visible. Now this was, you know a while ago. I’m much smarter now. Okay it kinda happened about a week and a half ago but you get the point. I’ve learned my lesson.

Pro tip: don’t use bad products.