Since turning 30 and then 31…I am beginning to be more concerned about my skin. Whilst I have been lucky with it, I am beginning to feel I should take better care of it. Honestly before the New Year I didn’t really do anything with it. I had no set beauty routine. I had some products but they were just cheap basics, they were nice and I enjoyed the scent but I wasn’t concerned about targeting specific concerns or anything.

My skin is combination-oily but it is also dehydrated. I also don’t always sleep well throughout the night so I can look tired. At the start of January, I had a couple of spots around my mouth. I have incredibly pale patches on skin on my neck and other parts of my body which I suspect maybe Vitiligo but I have never had it checked out and diagnosed by a Doctor. I have some acne scarring, not too deep but it has lead to some pigmentation on my checks. In an attempt to wax part of my face I also got some skin irritation on my chin which you can see in the last photo.

Another big problem I have is…I have a kitten. She likes to suck my ear and pad my neck and the side of my face. I shouldn’t let her do it really but it is her wanting comfort from her Mother-figure. She didn’t have a relationship with her Mum as her Mum didn’t know how to look after her. She used to urinate and defecate on her kitten. She was incredibly underweight for her age and did not know how to groom herself. So to her I am her Mum as I taught her a lot of things. I feel bad trying to stop her seeking comfort before she goes to sleep, as she mainly does it when she is tired. Hopefully she’ll grow out of it when she gets a bit bigger. I am stopping her trying to pad my face though and try to get her to pad my hand that is covering my face instead.

Below are some pictures of my face before I started my journey so you can see my starting point. I will detail in subsequent posts some of the different things I have been trying and reviewing.