Another workshop over, and more to go! My sleepless nights and stressful days are far from over, but I’m not worried. Gone are the days that I worry about waking up with skin breakouts due to lack sleep, or stress.
Well, truth be told, I never really worried at all. I was a tomboy growing up, so a whole day would pass without even looking at the mirror. I take a bath, I comb my hair, and that’s that.
As a folk dancer back in high school, I would wear make up at every event. And since I was a simple soap and water person, pimples became part of my facial features. Still, no worries. Didn’t really care.
Then off I went to college, and the pimples continued to haunt me. Still, I continued to defy any beauty product. No to facial wash, no to cleansing creams, no to toners. No to even going to a salon. I do my own nails. I don’t color my hair. And I basically had two hairstyles in my 44 years on earth – long and short.
And then after having three kids, I met my mother-in-law. She would give me lipstick, lotion, toner, day cream, night cream, cleansing cream, foundation, etc. And with the exception of the lotion, all of those went to my sister, or to friends. But her words would always resonate in my oft sleep-deprived brain: “You have to take care of yourself. You have to feel beautiful for your husband.”
About a year ago, I started to notice melasma on my face. My mother’s side of the family has it, so I guess it is kind of genetic? Not sure. I just joke about being mestiza as reason for having it. But deep inside, I was starting to worry. I also started to notice the darkening of my pimple scars, too. Things that I really didn’t care about were beginning to cause me concern. Especially since I’ve been spending all my waking hours with my impressionable kids. Their quips of “Maganda ka naman, Mommy, kahit hindi ka mag-ayos,” started to get on me. My kids are conscious of how I look, even when I’m not.
So I started staying longer on the facial care aisle at the supermarket. But still felt no love for what I found there. I was afraid to try any of those out as they might do me more harm than good.
My mother, who’s been actively using whitening soaps to treat her hyper-pigmentation, introduced me to Evaderm. It’s a premium whitening soap with kojic acid as its primary ingredient. It’s something that I would not really try if not for these three reasons: 1) I know the manufacturer personally. 2) The manufacturer uses her own products, and she has the skin that I could only dream about. 3) It’s FDA approved.
The first week just went by without any fuss. I was using soap, just as I always have. No big deal. It was my mother who actually gave her day by day assessment of the product. No feeling of skin tightening, no itchiness, no feeling of dryness, etc. And I would just say, “Yeah!”
Then I attended a parent-teacher meeting at my daughter’s school, and people started commenting on my skin. They were asking if I had a treatment or something, as they noticed a different glow. Bear in mind that I still don’t look at the mirror that much, so I was clueless on what they were talking about. 🙂
After about a month, I checked on my pimple scars, and they were barely noticeable. Hmmmm… something must be working! And also, when I looked at some snapshots, my face would appear like it has foundation on. I guess it’s the coconut oil in it that helps keep my face moisturized without actually using any moisturizer.
I have yet to see if by continuing to use Evaderm, I’ll be offered a modelling stint and be the face to represent the product. Dream on, o ye empowered WAHM! Right now, I need to get back to work and be thankful that there have been no episodes of skin breakouts, even when I only get 3 hours of sleep on most days. And that’s all thanks to Evaderm, just as I hinted at in yesterday’s post.
Want to try it yourself? Just head over to their Facebook Page to know more about this product. Or you can take my word for it and head over to any Generika Drugstore branch or Sta Lucia Supermarket to grab your first bar.
Marge, also known as The Happy WAHM, is a virtual assistant who turned her passion for entrepreneurship into a worthy endeavor of offering complete business solutions to CEOs and business owners around the world. She turned her back on a thriving corporate career to become a hands-on mom and created a lifestyle that allowed her to build a homebased career, homeschool her children, and still have time to pursue her passion for arts and crafting.
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