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  This summer I started my journey with prescription tretinoid because my acne started to get out of control during quarantine and nothing I did seemed to help. I started the prescription at the beginning of July so it's been a little over a month now and I'm definitely starting to see an improvement, although it is a slow process. I was getting constant deep painful cystic breakouts in May, June and July but now I rarely get them. I'll definitely be doing a dedicated blog post in a few months sharing my progress (and photos) if I find that tretinoid is doing the job for me but so far so good! While on tretinoid your skin goes through a lot of changes so you really have to adapt your whole skincare routine to fit those changes. My skincare routine is almost completely different to what I was using before so I thought I would share what I've been using and some product recommendations! My skin went through a period where it got extremely dry, and also very sensitive and

Sephora is having a little summer sale from Friday August 14th to Sunday August 23rd so I thought it might be helpful to share some of my Sephora favourites! The sale is $15 off when you spend $75 or $20 off when you spend $100 with the code WELCOMEBACK. Not the best deal ever but Sephora isn't really known for having good sales so anything is better than nothing at this point lol. I sorted this into 3 categories: makeup, skincare, and body care (which includes fragrances and haircare), so hopefully you can find some new favourites! M A K E U P Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb  $25 I don't think I could post a Sephora favourites without including Gloss Bomb because it might be my favourite makeup product of all time! It looks gorgeous on the lips, isn't too sticky and comes in so many gorgeous shades! My most worn shades are Diamond Milk, $weetmouth, and Fu$$y. YSL Glossy Stain Lip Color  $49 YSL always kills it with their lipstick formulas and this is my go-to currently. I really l