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post #1 of 17
8/9/10 at 7:48am
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Hi

Just a few questions

Aftershaves: useful or waste of money if used in conjunction with another fragrance?

Exfoliating: I heard it's useful for removing tan lines. From what I heard, use only 2-3 times per week. What kind of products should I use?

Thx!
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post #2 of 17
8/9/10 at 12:31pm
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Aftershaves: useful or waste of money if used in conjunction with another fragrance?
The latter. (Just my humble opinion, of course.)
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post #3 of 17
8/9/10 at 2:15pm
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Originally Posted by squelchy451 View Post
Hi

Just a few questions

Aftershaves: useful or waste of money if used in conjunction with another fragrance?

Exfoliating: I heard it's useful for removing tan lines. From what I heard, use only 2-3 times per week. What kind of products should I use?

Thx!

Aftershave: Nothing different than a toner. I think it's useful. If you already use a toner (doubt most guys do) then you probably don't need one. I use Skin Relief Treatment as an after shave. Works great.

Exfoliating: Used to help remove dead skin cells to make way for newer ones. Watch out for abrasive products like St. Ives scrubs. Use instead AHA (for sun damage) or BHA (for those more acne prone). AHA is a great exfoliater.
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post #4 of 17
8/10/10 at 3:22am
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Aftershave: Nothing different than a toner. I think it's useful. If you already use a toner (doubt most guys do) then you probably don't need one. I use Skin Relief Treatment as an after shave. Works great.

Exfoliating: Used to help remove dead skin cells to make way for newer ones. Watch out for abrasive products like St. Ives scrubs. Use instead AHA (for sun damage) or BHA (for those more acne prone). AHA is a great exfoliater.

The only toner I ever heard of is the one that goes inside a printer. I don't shave much...at most 4 times a month. Since I dont shave that much, I guess I'll just stick to cologne.

I think AHA will work well...do people exfoliate only their face or other part of their body as well? I've read somewhere that exfoliating my forearms can help reduce farmer's tan. If i'm exfoliating my arms, then it would be more acceptable to use more abrasive products, right? Do you have any AHA products to recommend?
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post #5 of 17
8/10/10 at 1:54pm
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Originally Posted by squelchy451 View Post
The only toner I ever heard of is the one that goes inside a printer. I don't shave much...at most 4 times a month. Since I dont shave that much, I guess I'll just stick to cologne.

I think AHA will work well...do people exfoliate only their face or other part of their body as well? I've read somewhere that exfoliating my forearms can help reduce farmer's tan. If i'm exfoliating my arms, then it would be more acceptable to use more abrasive products, right? Do you have any AHA products to recommend?

Haha wow? Only shave 4 times in a month? Crazy. I sometimes shave 4 times in a week.

People can choose to exfoliate other parts of their body than their face. If you are going to exfoliate your body any real scrub will work. It won't have AHA but it'll do the trick.

If you want an AHA product for you body then there are body lotions out there that have AHA in them.

As for your face, I would recommend the AHA products offered by Paula's Choice. I've been using them for a year now and they've worked pretty well.
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post #6 of 17
8/10/10 at 6:42pm
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yeaa i dont shave much..i only shave when I start to get a faintly visible moustache, which occurs about once a week scrub = loofah or a special body wash-like product that says something like 'body scrub' in the description?
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post #7 of 17
8/10/10 at 6:59pm
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Originally Posted by NoStyle14 View Post
As for your face, I would recommend the AHA products offered by Paula's Choice. I've been using them for a year now and they've worked pretty well.

you using the lotion, gel, or liquid? i've been using the gel for a while and it gets the best reviews on the site but it's really sticky and takes forever to absorb. i have a BHA cream that moisturizes and absorbs in like a few minutes, is the AHA lotion like that?
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post #8 of 17
8/10/10 at 11:15pm
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Originally Posted by squelchy451 View Post
yeaa i dont shave much..i only shave when I start to get a faintly visible moustache, which occurs about once a week

scrub = loofah or a special body wash-like product that says something like 'body scrub' in the description?

I was thinking something like St. Ive's Apricot scrub but to be honest a loofah probably works just fine. It's your face you got to watch out for.
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post #9 of 17
8/10/10 at 11:18pm
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you using the lotion, gel, or liquid? i've been using the gel for a while and it gets the best reviews on the site but it's really sticky and takes forever to absorb. i have a BHA cream that moisturizes and absorbs in like a few minutes, is the AHA lotion like that?

I use the gel as well since I have normal to dry skin. They don't make the AHA in lotion or liquid.

I also have tried the BHA cream which is much more convenient. However, I feel the AHA provides better results.

The BHA may work better for you. It's really a personal choice.
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post #10 of 17
8/11/10 at 3:54am
i got BHA and AHA mixed up, i have a BHA (sal acid) gel from paulaschoice and an AHA cream from acne.org. i still break out with AHA, i was hoping to find a BHA that wasn't as messy as the BHA gel
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post #11 of 17
8/12/10 at 4:52pm
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Originally Posted by Riio View Post
i got BHA and AHA mixed up, i have a BHA (sal acid) gel from paulaschoice and an AHA cream from acne.org. i still break out with AHA, i was hoping to find a BHA that wasn't as messy as the BHA gel

If you have Normal to Dry skin you may want to try the BHA lotion. I know that's not messy. I've tried it.
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post #12 of 17
8/13/10 at 5:47am
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I was looking something more along the lines of exfoliating / possibly whiter skin I rarely get acne, and if I do, they're in the part of my forehead covered by my hair.
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post #13 of 17
8/15/10 at 4:17am
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post #14 of 17
8/16/10 at 5:10pm
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I was looking something more along the lines of exfoliating / possibly whiter skin

I rarely get acne, and if I do, they're in the part of my forehead covered by my hair.

"Whiter" skin? I'm assuming you mean you are white and want to reduce redness. If you mean that you want to go from brown to white that's a whole different story.
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post #15 of 17
8/16/10 at 7:23pm
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"Whiter" skin? I'm assuming you mean you are white and want to reduce redness. If you mean that you want to go from brown to white that's a whole different story.

I'm not white I'm a bit tanned for an asian. It's that my elbow/forearms are more tanned than my upper arm.

I just need to get a little less tanned...not completely brown to white, michael jackson style.
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