If any of you have seen the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, you know this quote. The dad is always telling people to put Windex on things to make them feel better. Got a scratch on your elbow? Put some Windex on it. Got a pimple? Put some Windex on it!
In my case, I have the latter. And with two weeks til the wedding, pimples are a big, fat no, no!
I’ve been trying to do a good job in washing my face daily, putting on moisturizer that’s not oily, putting limited amounts of foundation on- all so my face can be bright and pimple-free for the wedding. Unfortunately, I still got a pimple.
My usual cure? Wash my face and put a dab of toothpaste on the zit. Yep, toothpaste. The toothpaste helps dry out the pimple and helps it go bye-bye. It wasn’t working though, so I called in my Twitter reinforcements.
Katie from Spirals and Spatulas recommended Burts Bees Herbal Blemish Stick to me yesterday, and I ran out and bought it. It’s all natural remedy with stuff like tea tree oil, juniper oil, and eucalyptus oil. With only using it for about a day now, I can already tell a difference. Katie wasn’t kidding when she said this stuff works fast! It made my pimple stop hurting, and is helping it heal. I’m hoping it works, because I’m desperate!
What remedies do you use when you’ve got pimples? How will you prevent break outs on your big day?
With my luck, this will happen to me too, haha! I use clean and clear advantage spot treatment. It works pretty well, but it isn’t always very fast. Maybe I will have to try this stuff! I hope it goes away!
DON’T PICK OR TOUCH IT!!! I think every bride gets a zit or a few in this time frame. It’s the culmunation of stress or something! Get some sleep and try putting cold used tea bags on it for swelling!
I hope it goes away fast! I love that Burts Bees stuff… it smells a little weird (I think its the tea tree oil), but it works miracles! Haha. But really… it isn’t a disaster if it sticks around – make up works wonders and photographers photoshop that stuff out. 🙂 Don’t stress!
I didnt have to worry about pimples.. I had an ugggggly cold sore to worry about. I tried everything.. it finally went away but I had a scar!! Thank goodness for the makeup artist at the MAC counter 🙂
I also love Clean and Clear spot treatment. I rarely get zits (I have always been super lucky with my skin), but if I see one starting, I put some on and it’s gone before it gets there!
I need to get that. I love Burts Bees. I also usually turn to the toothpaste.
I’ve been getting really serious about my skin regime now (still 10 months away), because my skin is SUPER sensitive and I want to make sure I’m not using anything new anytime near the wedding that will make my face freak out. I don’t know if I could handle a pimple on my wedding day.
Oh, the windex quote made me laugh! I’m so boring–I just wash my face with shampoo in the shower, and that’s it! I’m crossing my fingers that you’ll have clear skin for the wedding. 🙂
Yep I am already stressing about this. It seems my skin is getting worse the more I stess and pimples keep popping up the mornings when I stress about something and can’t turn my mind off to go to sleep. I am soooooo worried this will happen the night before my wedding and I will wake up with a TON of pimples!
I use the toothpaste trick too! but I think I might buy some of that and try it out!
That sounds awesome!! I’m going to have to get that…for the past year, my forehead breaks out every single time it’s “that time of the month” like..worse than it ever did in High School…am I 14 again?!?! So this sounds awesome! Good luck getting rid of it, you have plenty of time before then!