I have been browsing for the right kind of moisturiser since it’s almost summer and well.. my skin and face is starting to get dry and oily at random times of the day. Working half of the month at night and then another half in the morning is the most conflicting of all schedules. And so one Friday I paid a visit to Watsons and then at the Landmark to check for the same moisturiser my mom has been using (that is now long empty and unreplaced but we still haven’t had the luck to chance upon the same brand in any store I went in - Olay for sensitive skin.) I usually buy L’oreal Gelified Toner as a replacement cleanser but I can’t find a brand near any Mercury Drug outlet. I bought the Olay Creame for Oily Skin. Initially I thought is a leave-on overnight cream that I thought it was. Apparently, you need to wash your face using the creame and then rinse it afterwards. I bought it because it is cheap. Roughly costing 200 pesos, it’s a good buy. I used it for 3 days now and I’ve been pleasantly surprised that I’ve seen good results on my face. I am very lazy and a daily (or nightly) wash and rinse process will never work for me so a cleanser and then moisturiser is still the best for me. And so after buying the Olay Cleanser, I bought on the succeeding day, a moisturiser. This is mainly because I ’m scared I will not use the Cleanser. The choice is Olay White Radiance Lotion. It’s a facial lotion, works best with oily skin (as what the Landmark Saleslady told me). It’s also reasonably priced at 200 pesos, but the thing is it is only 30ml. I think that’s not too bad for a good tryout anyways.
The moisturiser and cleanser basically all boils down to stress and overtime. It is very common nowadays that people work at night and it drains a lot of moisture from the body. Sometimes the eyebags are the worst enemy of the nightshifters. I feel for the Call Center Agents that work at night likewise for the other people from different fields working on the same schedule (like myself). Sometimes it’s actually best to bring it to work.
So if it suits you (say you have oily/dry or combination skin type), try Olay White Radiance Intensive Whitening Lotion (it’s got SPF24 too!) Best to apply it after your nightshift schedule right after you hit the road, either commuting or driving. Better get rid of those ugly wrinkly spots.
Do try the Olay Cleanser too and L’oreal Gelified Toner (375 plus I think).
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