Breaking out!

     How amazing is it to be 31 years old and to have break outs worse then when I was a teenager?

     I have PCOS (Polly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome,) I was diagnosed with it when I was 25 years old. With the PCOS I get horrible and painful pimples.  There are not a lot of them, but they are big and I hate it.  I feel like I am suffering in my 30's because I didn't have bad skin problems when I was growing up.

     Two Sundays ago I had a pretty bad break out, for me. You have to know that I understand that my breakouts are nothing compared to others.  To each is their own type of situation.  That is why I put emphasis on the fact that it was bad FOR ME. My PCOS had been rearing its ugly head. Not only did I feel like a giant hippo, but my my neck, back, and face were also suffering. Anyway, Sundays are the day of the week that I get to dress up a little more.  The day where I do more then just my five minute face. Oh man, let me tell you it took longer then five minutes to get my face together that day.  The good news is after dealing with PCOS for the last six years I have learned how to hide and conceal those painful dots, and now I can share what I have learned with you. 

     First things first, I moisturize!  Even when I am broken out I never skip moisturizing my face.  I just use an achene moisturizer instead of my normal anti-aging one. 

     Second. I get out my dear friend, my green concealer. They sell it in all different forms.  Personally I prefer the liquid form because it dries quickly.  The cream just sits there and tends to rub off easily.  
     I just put a dime size amount of my green concealer on the back of my hand and take my finger and just dab it and spread it out around the pimple in question.  

     Third. This will sound backwards, but I put a cream concealer over the green.  The reason for this is that it blends way better with the my foundation, and does a better job of covering the green concealer. 

     Forth. I take that paint brush looking make up brush and dab my foundation on the now concealed pimple.  I start in the middle and then spread it out thin.

    Fifth. I take my sponge and put on my my foundation and then take a big brush and use a translucent powder to seal it up. 

    My last and final step. I take a tissue and dab it lightly over my face.  The reason for this step is because I am wearing way more make up then I normally would and I hate the heaviness of it. Doing the tissue trick helps with that.  

     After doing these extra steps, I put on the rest of my face.   Then it is off to Church. 
      
     This process took me forever when I first learned how to to do it because it was all done with trial and error until I found to combination that worked for me.  I will always encourage you to do the same.   Now that I have my routine down it takes me all of 10 minutes.
     
     No one likes having zits.  You might as well learn to cover them up if you can.  At least then you can still feel and look amazing.  There is no reason that we shouldn't feel beautiful.

     Remember readers, I am just a jack of this trade and a master of none.

I know they don't look like much, but they really were big and painful.