Skin regime

As the time flies, the skin care regime also need to change. Especially for people who live in for season like in Japan *saying to mirror. Last season, when the winter came, I was so busy to find which the skincare has a huge moisturizing effect for my skin. The dryness for my skin was horrible.
In the last autumn, when I arrived at Japan, I run out my skincare from my doctor in Indonesia. Since that time, struggling for skin care regime was started. This review based on my own experience, I am not saying that other people will have similar result. Here it is.
1. Shiseido.
 My senpai told me that most of her asian friends, and also Indonesian girls who stay in Japan use shiseido, and she does. I saw she doesn't have any problem so far. Therefore, I try the trial package of shiseido for oily-acne prone series. The package of this series has yellow-orange color. I love it smells. Quite relaxing.
After a week I used this skincare, my face started to detox to dispose anything bad inside my skin. The breakout was so aggressive and more purging only in second weeks. My friend even told me, do I have a measles? I said it is a detox. I read in any reviews, many peoples also do the same. So, I decided to buy the full size of essence, lotion, gel cleaning, moisturizing. I try to keep calm and consisted to used it. But, hey after one and a half month, why I couldn't any confidence more to look at mirror? I can endure for any longer time. It quite miserable. With sorry for the rest more than a half volume of its packaging the skincare, I started to browsing and asking some people about their regime. For me, purging is okay, but measles??Oh no thanks.
2. SK II
This is not an easy decision. Try a luxury brand that famous with its high price become my second decision. I started to buy the very cute package on yahoo auction. I do remember, at that time, I don't have so much money to buy the big one, since I already spent a lot my income on shiseido in the previous month which I tough I could use it at least for three or for months.
In a week very trial using this SK II, I got a little, no, I very very tiny improvement. In that time, my skin was not better, but also it was not worse. It stay on it level before I use it. The only little improvement was my skin was a little more chewy than before. How about acne? Do not ask me. It still there. At least, it not getting worse like when I used shiseido which is getting worse every time.
I ever read in the female daily, if you got an improvement after using sk ii, even tough a very little thing, please stick on it.  It means that SK II is suitable with your skin. Okay, I try to stick on it. Thus I buy a little larger jar after my first FTE and lotion and stempower have finished.
After use it for a month, I started to buy the big bottle of fte and clear lotion. Actually, in that time, I was wonder why my acnes has calm down but my face getting dullness. Thus I buy the whitening spot specialist (wss) to rehearsal my faint. After using this wss for two months, the faint still there.
I do a little research on this regime, thus I figure out that it might be caused by the clear lotion. So, I stopped it. my lotion bottle has content more than 100 ml, and I start to ignore it. The feel just like...oh dear, this is expensive, but I couldn't use it. I was thinking, let's try to leave it anyway for 1 or two months, if my skin getting better, so I should leave it forever, and otherwise if my face stay dullness, I should check another product of SK II.
Fortunately (or unfortunately??)  after use the SK II in 5 and a half months in total, and without using the clear lotion for more than 1 month, my face skin getting brighten and better texture. The severe acne also calm down. It leaves some black spot on my face that could be reduced a small level by my wss.  I love this improvement. But, however, my wallet doesn't has the same idea with my face. I should take my wallet consideration into rational thinking.

3. Dr Ci Labo
Anyway, I also do another research through the SK II progress. I am not saying I am disappointed with it, but I little curious how actually it works? Since, my first SK II product which run out is cleaning foam and gel, I read anything about the cleansing for sensitive skin. Finally, I asked for sample of Ci Labo set on their website. Do not mention how I was struggle to fill out the Japanese character form. It was not that easy!! After couple days, I got their sample. I was so amazed with their cleansing product. I clean away all dust, oil and my minimize make up without let desert on my face. In short, I am fall in love with it. So, I repurchase the cleansing gel and foam of Dr Ci Labo.

This is my regime today:
Cleansing foam and gel (Dr. Ci Labo) --> FTE SK II --> BB Cream for day, or --> Stempower --> Wss for night.
I use stempower and wss only for night because it makes my face like oil producer company if I force to use it in a day.

However, my questions about how the great is SK II has not stopped yet. A forum on Female daily give other insight. They are discussing a lot about the duplicate of SK II, or so called Secret key. Wanna try?? Of course YES!! ^^
I found a cheap price of copycat SK II in qoo10. They frequently provide discount or deals for many purposes. Last week I purchased their FTE and snails+ EGF repairing gel cream. Have try to use it? Not yet. I will continue to spend it before I go to their duplicate. SK II, am really sorry. You are so great, but you take a loooooooong times for the satisfied result and the pricey... Ahh,  :((


Next time, after couple week I used the secret key product, I will give another review.^^