Even though Leaf + Grain is primarily a whole foods and gardening blog, I think I’ve managed to work in a few complaints about my skin. It’s cranky. Cranky-crank-crank.
My complete diet overhaul has improved things considerably, but chronic rosacea and an annoying combination of dryness and oiliness means perfectly clear, magazine-cover-worthy skin stays in the realm of wishes.
But. Last year, I began experimenting with natural skin care products. And I mean, actually natural, not natural-enough-to-pass-ourselves-off-as-natural (looking right at you, Burt’s Bees).
What follows are the results of all the experimenting (fun!).
I do want to put a warning in front of this post, though: I started near the top of the natural skin care food chain, and what’s shown here represents a good chunk o’ change. I didn’t purchase these items all at once, but rather over the course of eleven months — patience and sleuthing scored coupon codes and happy deals on most of the purchases. I also started off with sample sizes when available, which made the whole testing thing affordable. As effectiveness and tolerance continues to be time-tested, I’ll be narrowing my selection below to a permanent few.
I’m not covering the brands that didn’t work for me — there’s little point in that because my skin is so sensitive that it rejects the most ridiculously innocent of products — I don’t want to smear a good brand’s reputation. (And this is where sample sizes are a godsend — some brands didn’t even make it through half of the sample. It might feel a waste of money to buy trial sizes because the valuation is so terrible for what you receive, but I’d rather spend a few bucks on a fraction of an ounce than ka-ching! for a full size that fails after the 3rd use.)
Okay, here we go.
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