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HOW I'M CLEARING UP MY SKIN

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Currently listening to ladipoe ft Simi-know you. I have had a long and bitter experience with acne, and for each phase of my acne journey, I longed for a clear skin, although I'm not there yet, I wanted to share all my experience and how I'm curbing it now. I normally have breakouts now and again, but I never quite experienced a terrible one as I did when I went for my NYSC (NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS). Although I can't really say what attributed to the massive breakouts, I observed that when I started using Milk of magnesia (mom), as a primer for my makeup, the pH of my facial skin changed drastically, It started as tiny pimples and then humongous acne, at that time I felt I could cover it up with makeup, but boy was I wrong, I  was doing more harm to my skin. I had to stop MOM as a primer. I was so embarrassed with my skin, I felt insecure, which led to follow any suggestions anyone had to give, I was so desperate that I went to run a blood test and skin tes...

GET TO KNOW ME | 20 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME

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Currently listening to my colleagues talk while eating. Is it just me or is this year running so fast. I remember when I was making notes for my first post . I noticed that I didn't talk much about myself, I also did a little intro about my blogging purpose. I decided to write about myself just incase you haven't met me or would want to know a little more about my quirky chubby self. 1) My name is CYNTHIA IFEOMA OKORIE, the person behind brownskeengirl. 2) I'm from Imo state in Nigeria. 3) I'm short sighted, I wore glasses for a long while(since I was 9) and decided to change my look, so I subscribed to contacts. 4) I like to joke and laugh a lot. 5) I am an introvert, but my friends wouldn't agree. 6) I enjoy intellectual conversations, good music, movies, reading and red wine. 7) I'm very scared of rats, I can't really say what scares me the most between rats, cats and dogs. I'm so not an animal lover. 8) I have an alter e...