My Skin Story

In my last post I talked about how I need an all new skin care routine. The skin care products I've been using for the past few months just really haven't done anything for me but that wasn't a problem until my recent move to California. I don't have great skin but thankfully I'm past those awful teenage years when breakouts are brutal and frequent. Now in my late twenties my skin is more dependable as in breakouts are few and far between as well as less severe but also then problems I have are constant. I do get clogged pores and a bit of under the skin bumps on my cheeks which thankfully aren't red but still keep my skin from being as beautifully smooth (except for those awful breakouts) as it was in my teens. 
The reason I wasn't concerned about my skin care products before this move was that I was doing Bikram yoga. Don't hate me. It's not as scary, awful or grossly trendy as you think. I always said I would never do hot yoga... until I did hot yoga. But I'm not here to convert anyone to hot yoga just to let you know what it did for my skin. For over a year my skin was closer to perfect than it had ever been. EVER. The heavy sweating that you get in hot yoga may make it impossible for you to ever have a drink without getting trashed but it also detoxifies your skin, unclogs your pores and makes you drink water every day like never before. My skin loved it. I used to have those annoying bumps on my upper arms that are almost impossible to get with of no matter how much you scrub, after a month (10 classes) they were totally gone. My skin was smooth and beautiful. My face skin- that's sounds weird but bear with me- wasn't perfect but it was so much better. Cleansers weren't an issue, I didn't crave that magical tingling "I'm really working" feeling you get when you're using a cleanser that really is perfect for your skin. I was using Dermalogica which is a nice brand and I'm sure works for a lot of people it just isn't for me.There's no magic. I'm having a hard time finding that magic and Sephora is loving it! 
Funny enough I moved from Alabama the not-yoga capital to California the definite yoga-capital and live in a city with no hot yoga! It's making me crazy. I'm almost to the point where I might consider driving an hour to another city just to get that awesome pore cleansing sweat.
Also, to add to things I'm not loving about where I live now, a black widow spider crawled out of my pants this morning. The pants I was wearing! The one creature on earth that I am seriously phobic about apparently lives in my laundry. I don't know what I'm going to do about it. Maybe I'll keep all my clothes turned inside out before I put them on from now on. And shoes! What if they're in my shoes? My husband thought I was overreacting when I screamed for him to come kill it. I think I'll crumple his clothes into a big ball and keep them in a dark cobwebby corner of the garage from now on. 
So this is my skin story. I really love my skin.Even though it's not perfect and I do have issues, who doesn't right? I like my olive complexion, how wrinkle free it is when other people my age have at least one wrinkle and how it responds to a week without meat or a few more servings of healthy vegetables.  I want to take care of it as best I can and keep it lovely as long as I can. That's what we all really want right? 
So love your skin! Be good to it and don't let the bad days get you down.