Skin Care Update + Simone France Giveaway

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Hi guys! Happy November. Um, woah, how did it get here so fast? I started off my day with a power flow class at Village Yoga. Since I’ve been running more, I’ve noticed some tightness in my IT band, hamstrings and lower back. Instead of letting it get worse and then ending up with an injury or in physical therapy, I’m listening to my body and making sure I fit in yoga once a week to keep my muscles loose.

It was a busy day at work today with many meetings and lately, I’ve been letting myself feel very stressed. I’ve been trying to remember to maintain a state of “ease” and also to take a few minutes each day just to sit and breathe. Not exactly meditation, but just sitting, no phone, no computer, and taking deep full breaths. It’s hard to remember to do it, but if stress is really contributing to my breakouts, I’m willing to give it a try.

A few of you asked for an update since I’ve been using Cosmedix. Unfortunately, it’s not working for me. I’m still having pretty severe breakouts and my skin feels really tight and uncomfortable. I also got a Clarisonic. Doesn’t seem to be helping either. So…. I’m going back to the Simone France line. I’m really excited to see if I have the same good results as the last time I used it.

And, speaking of Simone France, they actually sent me a body scrub and lotion to try a few weeks ago – Body Buff & Body Glow. (This gift from them had no impact on my decision to buy their face products again…I’ll be spending my own money on the facial skincare products.) I’m really bad at remembering to exfoliate so I was eager to try these products.

image from SimoneFrance.com

The scrub smells divine and it’s the perfect scrubbiness – not too harsh or too gentle. The citrusy sugar scrub dissolves fairy quickly in the warm water and my skin feels soft and moisturized after massaging it on my legs, arms, everywhere but my face. It’s made with oil so it has that slight oil film remaining (there has to be a better way to describe that…), but if you didn’t want that, you could just wash it off with soap. I always leave it because I love how it feels. So soothing and moisturizing! I keep the scrub in my shower and use it once a week. And the Body Glow is my new go-to daily lotion. It’s light and non-greasy, absorbs quickly and leaves my skin very soft.

The lovely folks at Simone France graciously offered to give a scrub and lotion set to one of my readers. To enter, just leave a comment telling me your favorite sandwich! (Sandwiches are on my mind since I just read about their sandwich method…I actually don’t really like sandwiches very often unless it’s a grilled cheese and since I can’t eat good cheese….sigh… anyway, I digress. Sandwich! Go!)

BTW, the votes for a budget post won so I’ve got that in the works. I also have the running post in a draft stage too so I’ll please everyone eventually. Well, not everyone, but at least my readers that asked for it. You can’t please everyone and it’s simply no way to live trying to do so.