Seasonal changes - yes or no?

When the seasons change, does your skincare?

For me, and for the most part, no. I try to address skin issues as they come up and regardless of the season.
That being said, I think skincare products needs to be switched up now and then (like we do with our shampoos and conditioners), so "seasonally" sounds like a good time to change things up.

In the a.m. I mostly use La Roche Posay's Effaclar foaming gel cleanser on the Clarisonic but every few days I use Mario B's glycolic foaming face wash with or without Dermalogica's Microfoliant.
Then, it's the Co-Q10 toner by DHC and DHC's Vitamin C cream with spot zit treatment by Dermalogica or some natural zit stuff with sulfur I got at the health food store. (!)
Since I don't see the light of day, if I'm managing persistent zits on a particular day, I do not use my zinc-based sunscreen on my face- but I DO everywhere else.
If I don't use my "day" products and/or I'm going to be in a bit of sun (even a bit), I use SolBar's tinted sunscreen.

In the p.m., I mostly use Clean & Clear's antibacterial wash. It contains triclosan which is controversial. Whatever. [If I have heavy duty sunscreen, mineral based powder, mascara or the SolBar tint, I FIRST use an oil (yes) cleanser like the one from DHC. I've tried Dermalogica's but not Shiseido's.]
Afterwards, I put on the vitamin C if I didn't already during the day. Otherwise, I had been either spot treating for the zits and blackheads or using Micro Retin-A on the other nights. But now my doc wants me using a strong gylcolic or a retinol complex on alternating nights.
The reason for this: I complained that I think the Retin-A breaks me out. And apparently I'm not the only one, so I am hearing from folks out there...

I'm trying to be more diligent with the decolletage area! I'm also trying to be more consistent with body brushing. Did you read about that recently on at http://www.thefitchick.com/ ??


I haven't written in awhile because...(KNOCK KNOCK ON A BIG PIECE OF WOOD)...my skin has been less problematic. I figured if I talked about it, I'd jinx it!

I've also been dealing with some major hyperpigmentation as a result of a procedure at the derm's office. Let's talk about that next time!!