Product Review - The Regimen

Today’s post is about a product I have been using for 3 weeks now. This is also a sensitive subject for me as dealing with the ‘A’ word has not been easy on me. Yes…I’m talking about dreadful acne. Since going through this horrible breakout, I have got a lot of information from Bloggers, YouTube and Google on different ‘remedies’ to help cure acne. I thought that posting about something I have been using could be helpful for someone else. Now, before I start with this product review. I will say first, what might work on me, may not work on you. This is also not my first attempt at curing this beast (as I like to call it). Since beginning this battle a year ago, I have tried just about everything from prescriptions, over the counter, home remedies and natural products (including food). Anything that seemed like it was starting to help would just disappoint me a few weeks later. I will also add that a drugstore foundation I was using was also making it worse and once I switched to a better foundation I noticed improvement as well.

So lets get into it..

I discovered The Regimen from watching a makeup tutorial on YouTube. The Regimen review was actually a suggested video to watch and that’s how I came about to know it. I often think, jeez if I wasn’t wasting time laying in bed watching someone else put make-up on I would of never found this product! Anyway… I was slightly skeptical of purchasing yet another product to try and clear this up. However, at the same time I thought, maybe this will be the last trial and error I go through. I read a lot of peoples reviews, looked at before and after pictures and more YouTube reviews when I finally decided, okay lets do this! I couldn’t wait for the package to come in the mail so that I could start this new product. The Regimen contains a Cleanser, Treatment and Moisturizer. The cleanser is amazing! Before starting I was worried that I would have to first take my make-up off with another product and then wash my face with the cleanser but nope! This stuff does it all. The two important factor’s to this regimen are: washing your face twice a day and being very gentle while washing, treating and moisturizing. The treatment contains 2.5% benzoyl peroxide to kill and dry those suckers out. After reading numerous reviews and how-to instructions on this product, I knew that my skin was going to get dry. I started out slow with the amount of ‘pumps’ of the treatment at the beginning. For the first few days I did ½ a pump, once a day. I then bumped that up to ½ a pump, twice a day. Then I went to a full pump, twice a day. I am now on two pumps, twice a day. Lets just say the drying is intense, like skin flaking intense. After the treatment has completely dried, I put on the moisturizer. Using lots of moisturizer is a must! You can put moisturizer on more than twice per day if you feel really dry. I also sometimes add jojoba oil into the mix to really help with the dryness. They recommend not to wear any make-up while going through the treatment. But really? Let’s be honest, I can’t go without make-up everyday especially going to work. Plus, if you have ever gone through a bad acne breakout, you know that it can leave some pretty bad marks which take forever to lighten. I will say, I skipped wearing foundation everyday about a week into the regimen once the dryness became bad. It wasn’t a nice look, foundation and flaky skin so now I just wear a mineral loose powder for everyday wear unless I am going somewhere that I want a more finished look. I would like to eventually show before and after pictures but it takes a lot of courage to display a bare skin face with acne to the world and I am just not ready for that yet. I will say that I have noticed drastic improvements already and it is just 3 weeks into it. I still get a pimple here and there but it dries out so fast and starts to heal right away.

So there you have it.. I have finally found something to clear this beast! Yippieeee! Believe me when I say, I feel for anyone having to go through this at whatever point in their life they go through it. It’s not easy.. AT ALL. It can have a major effect on your self esteem and make you feel depressed. Especially when nothing seems to work. I would recommend this product to anyone who goes through breakouts however minor or major it is. I will also add that this is not a sponsored post. I paid for the kit and decided to try it on my own.

I apologize for this ridiculously long post but I wanted to get as much information out as possible. I hope that this information can help you or someone you know going through an acne breakout and just remember you are not alone!

Rachel xo