The skin care industry has become very diversed and advanced as technology continues to improve. Women with skin-obsession (i.e. for instance myself ehem ehem...) are always looking out for the latest in technology... let's recap the recent trends taking over Malaysia...
1) Whitening
ALWAYS sought after since our grandmother's time..that explains for the fact that laki zaman dahulu kala mencari women yang kulit "putih gebu, cerah berseri"...hence, the Fair and Lovely advert explains it all (the train-ticket girl meets the dude who's always rushing..but stops to stare at the girl's pretty, fair face....resulting to leaving his handphone to her....ahax!)
2) Pore refining
The hype starts to escalate when the advert for Estee Lauder's Idealist skin refinisher starts to make waves on Malaysian TV. Soon, every cosmetic company starts to introduce pore refining and minimising products, of every price. Little did we know that some of the products contains chemical compounds that actually SEEMS to make your pores APPEAR smaller, but in reality does not change anything...
3) Dark spot correcting
This is the latest trend. Many Malaysian women can't escape issues of dark spots, whether resulting from Acne, or Sun Exposure (pigmentation) or Age Spots.
In this case, I believe the skin care companies managed to identofy that the issue of skin clarity very much links with the appearance of dark spots and early pigmentations...thus they try to become as micro as possible and create products for these specific reasons....
Don't get me wrong...all these are for good reasons...
But then again, we should not ignore the former unsung heroes that have been in the market for years and years...and shall always remain no matter rain or shine....
1) Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex
Thousands of women love the overall effects it gives you. Although, many are mindful that the results this miracle worker gives can only be seen overtime...but it has proven to help protect and repair skin from the harmful environment conditions.....
Thus, in the long run...it makes you radiant and youthful
EXPERIENCE
I have personally used this for 4 months.... During when I was younger, it actually worked against me, resulting in small bumps across my face everytime I applied it...Thus, I stopped using it..
However, it proved to be a wonderful addition to my daily regime, eversince I got pregnant with my first child... (due in 2 months time... yeeha! :) ). When hormones and unavoidable morning sickness seriously deteriorated my skin condition (extreme dryness and flakiness, up to the point where my lips were bleeding), with non-stop acne plaguing in other areas, this was my lifesaver. After using the ANR, my skin condition remarkably improve. I no longer felt dry, and for the rest of my pregnancy, I never had a pimple (so far).
Girls....If you're looking for specific targeted products, this may not be for you. But if you're looking for an overall maintenance product that helps you to repair and retain the good state of your skin in the long run..then this works for you. Only that you need to be patient and remember...this isn't a race...its a marathon.....
