Okay… the ocean making me break out might not be entirely true… BUT I’m positive it played a part. My skin has never been on point. I’m very open about how my breakouts suck. However, I relatively had it under control… until we went on vacation.
The ocean caused my acne… and how I fixed it.
This Summer my family and I traveled to Ocean City, MD to see all of the Great White Sharks that were apparently also visiting that same week (just kidding, but seriously we did find out after we got home that the sharks Hilton and Mary Lee pinged in the Ocean City area NOT TO MENTION the 6ft sand tiger shark that washed up on shore the day after we left about 60 streets up *shudder*). In reality this was just a family vacation – my kids have NEVER been to the beach/ocean before and I hadn’t been to the beach since I got married in 2005. We stayed at my uncle’s place at The Gateway Grand which is right on the beach and had a fabulous time. We ALL went in the water (though I probably wouldn’t have had I known about the recent shark situation lmao).
The day after we arrived I got not one, not two but THREE zits of the cystic painful variety. I changed nothing about my skincare and stupidly I thought that the saltwater was good for the skin. That’s an old wives tale. Apparently, like anything else, your skin can go either way…. better or worse. Of course mine was worse. The next day I woke up to a freaking TON of whiteheads in my middle-chin area. An uncountable number. They hurt like the cystic ones, but weren’t as big. What is happening?! I looked it up and there are a lot of factors, all of which probably contributed – weather change, air-quality change and, of course, the salt water. It could’ve even been the UV rays (I wore my usual face sunscreen that I never break out from that protects from UV.. but still).
Anyway, I covered it up when I went out on land but when I got back to home at the end of the week I knew I needed my acne savior – GLAMGLOW SUPERMUD Clearing Treatment. It ALWAYS helps. Because my face was looking so amazingly horrendous I threw caution into the wind and also tried out the GLAMGLOW DREAMDUO Overnight Transforming Treatment that was sent to me by their PR.
GLAMGLOW DREAMDUO Overnight Transforming Treatment Review
Generally I’m pretty iffy about new types of treatments unless it’s from a brand where I’ve tried a wide variety of products. In the case of GLAMGLOW I’ve tried a few things – some worked like no other (SUPERMUD) while others didn’t work well with my sensitive skin. DREAMDUO arrived before vacation and I snapped some pics of it before I left. When I got home I couldn’t wait to get it on my face.
GLAMGLOW DREAMDUO Overnight Transforming Treatment ($59.00 // Sephora) is described as a “A moisturizing serum and seal dream team overnight treatment for visibly plumper, more hydrated skin that lets you to wake up to a soft, smooth complexion”.
Step 1 is DREAMSERUM (pearl) is a serum with anti-aging antioxidants and vitamins to help achieve an even, flawless complexion. Step 2 is DREAMSEAL (gray) which is a nourishing moisture boost of hyaluronic acid and mozuku green algae to plump and recharge your skins glow.
I applied DREAMDUO after leaving a full-face of SUPERMUD on for 20 minutes and rinsing it off. You apply Step 1 of DREAMDUO to your skin and allow it to absorb in for 30 seconds. You follow up with Step 2, no rinsing required. In one night my skin looked a million times better. Whiteheads gone, cystic marks much smaller and not at all painful. I know that the SUPERMUD does this for me on the regular but the DREAMDUO definitely played a part in keeping everything hydrated and not tight feeling when I woke up in the morning. I used it again the next night (after using SUPERMUD just as a spot treatment) and there wasn’t as huge of an improvement, but my skin did look and feel good.
GLAMGLOW DREAMDUO Overnight Transforming Treatment is a product that can be used every single night, but for me due to the price and the fact that I love those in your face results I think it’ll be something I’ll use at the most twice a week, especially after my weekly SUPERMUD treatment.
For more of my skincare picks check out Skincare Favorites for Oily, Acne-Prone Skin and The Best Face Scrubs & Exfoliators for Oily & Acne-Prone Skin.
GLAMGLOW products can be purchased at Sephora, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and glamglow.com.
I’m sorry your skin freaked out while you were on vacation! But the Dreamduo sounds AMAZING. I don’t love Supermud since it’s too rough for my skin, but this sounds like a dream!
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I’m so sorry you went through that!
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I wonder how this is on drier skin. I like creamsicles!!
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It says it’s good for all skin types! I bet you’d like it!
There have been several shark citings up here as well. Glad you got your kids to the beach in spite of your breakouts 😉 Glad Glamglow came to the rescue! I need to try some more of the Glamglow line
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Oh we def weren’t missing out on the beach. Those poor souls got to see my skin in all it’s bare glory lmao
I’m so sorry your skin had to go through that – the saltwater thing is definitely a myth. I tried salt water treatment when I had breakouts on BC, and it didn’t work at all!
*plays Jaws theme*
I love the GlamGlow Gravity Mud. That silver peel off stuff makes me so happy.
Glam Glow makes some really good masks! I love masking when I get the occasional breakouts!
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I adore Glam Glow and their masks are my go to for break outs. I will have to try out this dream duo!
It’s AMAZING. AND it smells like a creamsicle!