November 4, 2009

  • I've never had perfect flawless skin but it was under control after years of raging teenage hormones wrecked their havoc.  And then came pregnancy.  I should have seen this coming ...raging hormones once again ....acne once again. Only now all the acne products have to go out the window as they might be harmful to the developing baby.  These breakouts have a mind of their own.  I have never gotten so many in such a short period of time at any other point in my life.   I even had to go back to wearing foundation as powder wasn't giving me enough cover up power. 

    So I have a rather gross admission to make.  In the quest to find natural skin products and treatments that might help, I went to the Shizuka Spa here in New York and tried their Geisha Facial.  Here's the description from their website: "Shizuka New York Day Spa’s exclusive Geisha Facial, or "bird poop facials," makes the porcelain beauty of this Japanese icon accessible to the everyday person. All-natural ingredients, including Japanese Rice Bran and Uguisu no Fun (sterilized Nightingale Droppings), brighten and soften the complexion with their natural enzymes."

    The facial was good....the bird poop was interesting.....it doesn't smell like poop of course but there is this weird earthly smell that was unsettling and I was glad that it's a pretty small part of the treatment and it's over in about 5 minutes.  The facialist said that I should start using a clay cleanser which will deep clean my face on a daily basis and help the breakout situation.  So I started the using the Umbrian Clay Treatment Bar from Fresh every night.

    Maybe it was the facial....maybe it's getting past the first trimester ....but I'm giving more of the credit to this treatment bar.  My skin felt so much smoother the next morning after using the treatment bar and I am seeing my acne start to clear up so I am hopeful that at least I can keep the worst of the acne at bay.