Up until now I have been using Pond's cold cream as cleanser, followed by Nivea, and a cotton pad with rose water to remove the stickiness. This has worked really well, but I don't like having to order the cold cream online (for some reason Pond's are not available in Norway), so I have decided to try out Astral Cream instead. What I do is I clean my hands well, apply the cream, and give myself a facial massage. This makes the cream melt, and it feels like a heavy oil. I then remove the oil with rose water and cotton wool. So far it seems to work even better then the old regime. It leaves the skin glowing but not oily or greasy in any way, and the skin tone gets evened out better.
As a pre-teen, I was introduced to skin care and cold cream for removing stage makeup. I fully believe that was the reason for escaping teendom without a face full of acne. I embraced a cold-cream facial regime that stays with me today. My mother and grandmother both had beautiful complexions, and both used cold-cream. Sometimes the old is the best. (I lament the loss of Ponds cold cream too)
ReplyDeleteI really do believe that cold cream is the best solution for most people. I have never gotten anything close to the results I get using cold cream with modern day skin care products, such as Dermalogica or MD Formulations. It makes me so annoyed to think of all the years I spent agonising over my complexion (I did not escape teenage acne), when most likely I could have avoided it using cold cream. But, better late than never.
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