Me and the use of Vichy!

In the past one year, my skin has been going thru this manic cycle where every few months I would be in a different country braving extreme weather changes from extremely hot summer daysss (16 hours of daylight) to maybe 8 hours of sunlight on a winter. Some days you get the crazy wind and some days it just rains without a warning.

I am not a beauty expert but right now I am in Malaysia for a good few more years (hopefully shorter) and the weather here as we all know is humid in a sticky icky way. To those like me, I understand your pain when you step out of a fully air conditioned environment and walk towards the carpark, mamak or just across the road to take away your lunch or to buy a bite. Sitting under the shade which still doesn't really block the glare and then the smell of delicious char kueh teow on your hair is really very very yucky.

Anyway, my skin is not really oily but it just gets really sticky and there is a layer of oil or rather a layer of shine which I can feel if my hands were to wipe across my forehead. My nose would be spurting oil ahhah okay not that bad but yuck again. Okay, so my skin is the type where if you attempt to put BB cream, you are asking for it. I don't know why but it doesn't really sit well with my skin cause it probably isn't smooth to begin with. Have open pores and its been there for the longest time. Facials area really painful to a point I have teared and jumped up from the bed.

One of the brands and ranges that I started using was Vichy. You can get it from leading pharmacies.

As in the photo, this is the Normaderm range. Not in full but enough to make your pockets light for a while. It is not cheap.

I started with the Vichy: Normaderm Deep Cleansing Gel (not in pic). I finished up like 2 tubes of these. It's quite a good facial wash and keeps the skin less oily for the 6-8 hours even if you forgot the toner and moisturiser. ( I am always in a rush). Makes the face feel clean and not too tight. Would recommend this to people with normal to oily skin.

Then the Vichy: Normaderm Imperfection Prone Skin lotion which acts like a toner. This toner once again, good for what it says, tightening pores but please ladies, unclog pores before tightening them if not you will have a bigger headache. The toner still leaves the skin smooth and supple and a fresh smell too.

Next, the Vichy: Normaderm Anti-Imperfections Hydrating care, this I would call a moisturiser that controls oil productions all over the T-zone. Put these 3 products together, you will definitely feel that your skin is less oilier during the whole day at work. It worked for me.

And, the Vichy, Normaderm Resurfacing Essence, this I guess I have not used long enough to see the effects. I used half the tube and still everything looks just as big and broiling with black stuff and grime. Maybe use this once you have done a nose mask or some extractions in order to heal and tighten the pores. (Wasted some money on this but oh well!)

Also, the Vichy, Normaderm Anti-Imperfections Concentrate. Supposedly just put it on your pimples, breakouts and whatever's growing. I would say, my pimples come and go pretty quickly but sometimes when I use this product, it sorta quicken the drying up process so that I can (peel them) hahaha! But I guess OXY 10 can do the same just that it has harsher ingredients in it.

Last but not least, the Vichy, BI-White Anti Dark Circle Whitening Corrective Eye Cream. This is kinda weird. I am not dissing the product but somehow in the morning, my eyes look just as tired as times I didn't put it on. I don't really know how useful this product is but if works for some people it might work on you. So don't give up.

And Recently, I have replaced my face wash to the NEW Vichy: Normaderm Anti Imperfection Deep Cleansing Foaming Cream with Salicylic Acid. This is way tooooooo strong for my skin and yes sometimes we love that pull which makes us think our skin is clean, but after a few weeks my skin was just drying out and red patches started appearing. Must be the Salicylic Acid. Recommended for people with really oily and blemished skin.

Maybe my entry this time will confuse you with what the Vichy marketing department has done. Somehow all the names of the products have changed slightly or totally. Sometimes when I walk to the Vichy counter I don't even know what I am reading. Too much technicality for attraction purposes.

Anyway, I have totally stopped using Vichy cause my skin became too dry and I had to find a real cream cleanser which was not too harsh.

This brand is so heavily marketed in Malaysia, but in Europe, this brand is stashed at some corner. Bummer!