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My face is oily and dry. In the summer & winter! It's totally crazy! Also, it makes finding a moisturizer the hardest job ever. Add to this the Differin that I use every other night or whenever I feel the need for extra blemish fighting power, and my skin doesn't know what to think. I think I'm finally making peace with my skin though and we've come to an understanding over the past 5 years. I can only use Clearasil Daily Face Wash or else my skin stages a revolt. But! I get so bored with it! I see all the other facial cleansers on the shelf and I'm tempted to try them. However, a few days in and my skin gets P.O.'d.

Recently I've been trying to branch out in the form of facial moisturizers. I use moisturizer in the morning and at night because my skin feels extremely dry in the morning and I want the SPF. For night, I like to use that time to give my skin the extra moisture it needs so I don't have to deal with dry skin when I put foundation on. For the past few years, I'm a solid Cetaphil Moisturizer (ps- I hate their new packaging) at night (unless I use the Differin) and during the day I'm an Olay Complete Combination user. I like the UV protection and the smell. Anything with sunscreen is going to increase the oil production on my face, but I'm not willing to go without SPF. This is something I have had to come to terms with.

My newest daytime moisturizer purchase was Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Moisturizer with SPF 15. SPF 15 suits my needs because I'm not willing to go any higher due to oiliness and the fact that it's not going to stay on all day anyway - you're just going to have to re-apply. I'm not a big Aveeno user, they were always my sister's line. However, I've been pleasantly surprised by this product. It smells nice and I can't tell a difference in the amount of grease between Olay and Aveeno. It's too early to tell if it really is "evening out my skin tone" or "reflecting light to make me look radiant". We'll see.

Another moisturizer I'm interested in is Clinique's Youth Surge. Clinique is kind of a mom-brand - even with all the new more youth-oriented advertising. I wonder at what age will I be willing/needing to splurge on more expensive moisturizers that target problems associated with aging? Clinique's Moisture Surge also looks appealing to me. Jack & Hill's blog had an interesting review. Maybe it's time to give the Cetaphil a summer break? I also just like how grown-up the jar looks. It seems more weighty.

Cargo blu-ray Lip Gloss

I saw this in the store a few weeks ago and thought: "Seriously?" Yes. It's Cargo lip gloss with a timestrip on it to tell me when I need to go buy more. The strip reminds me of the battery good/bad line they started putting on Duracell and Energizer a few years ago. On a battery though it makes sense. On a lip gloss? Not so much for me. I'll know when to buy more by a) the tube being empty b) having someone (that I don't know well) ask for some lip gloss and feeling bad, let them use it.

On the other hand I've never used much Cargo, so this could be a great lip gloss. The color palette looks nice and with names like "Bogota" and "Belize", it's cute. Gimmicks in lip gloss can be good (lip plumping), but Cargo needs to go back to the drawing board on this one.

Danny Tanner's Favorite Time of Year...Spring Cleaning!

Perhaps one of my favorite inventions of all time is the disinfecting wipe. I realize that a "wipe" is nothing new, since they have been used on babies for decades; But I really think Clorox popularized another use for this strong but soggy disinfecting napkin. And, they even made it acceptable to be seen out in the open with their new designs. Combine this with their lavender scented edition, and I'm sold. Admittedly, it's not very close to the traditional lavender scent, but that doesn't make it less pleasant. I actually find that it attracts mass appeal (since lavender walks the line of fresh/old lady scent). So my point is, if you just want to quickly touch up your bathroom with a fresh floral-scented disinfectant, try this scent! Great for spring cleaning.

Don't get me wrong, Lysol wipes are great, too! They just don't have lavender.

What are some of your favorite cleaning products? We'd love to know!