we've found the culprit!

so several weeks ago, i tried using a whole bunch of new things all at once. and by things, i mean skincare. and by that i mean three items: 1) clean and clear morning burst skin brightening, 2) pacifica bb cream, and 3) michael todd jojoba charcoal scrub. and then i broke out in hives. now, i take a generic version of zyrtec every single day, so we knew it wasn't food related and that it had to be topical.

now, i only used #1 for less than a week. mostly because it's hubz' and it was almost out, so why not help him use it up? but after i realized i was breaking out, i stopped using it. around the same time, i used #3 once, and i used #2 for a few days. and also stopped using these because i was breaking out.

after several days straight of benadryl tablets and cream, and letting my skin get back to normal for few weeks, i reattempted one of the aforementioned products on monday. that would be #2, the pacifica bb cream. that's the only thing i've done differently over the past three days, and a few hours ago we noticed that i started breaking out again. booooo.

just wanted to make a post about it, and fingers crossed that the michael todd didn't contribute to the breakout! i really liked it the one day that i tried it. ~Lin-chan ^.~


photos taken from my august 2013 ipsy bag impressions post.

mascara, bb cream (not blended in), brow pencil, scrub