I was recently offered the chance to try out a food supplement product called Help: Clear Skin made by Works with Water which claims to work using milk proteins.
As I've never had specific problems with my skin (although it is suffering at the moment, but that's another story!) I offered the trial to my friend who has had an awful few months battling with adult onset acne. Here's what she had to say:
Ok so, here goes....
I changed my pill, broke up with a boy and all of a sudden my close to perfect skin disappeared to reveal a hideous amount of spots, large pores, swellings almost like blisters and black heads noticeable from the moon! I spent months on different antibiotics, face solutions and have traulled the most expensive beauty counters for facial products promising a close to immaculate complexion... nothing has worked. Bad skin is not what a girl wants or needs in the world of singledom and attempting to climb the ladder at a marketing agency!!
So I thought 'why not' give a food supplement a try. After all, most people say its not what you put on the skin but changing the hormones and diet from within!
Week 1
Just before I started the course my skin was not too bad, just coverable and at the point where I feel I can just about brave the world as long as I keep my make up on! I had recently finished a course of antibiotics as I had a slight infection from the spots, so it had mildly recovered... so to speak.
The powder is quite simple to use, mixed with a flavoured drink (taken twice a day) it dissolves and only mildly taints my orange juice - I will put up with it. There are no quick fixes after all!
After a week my skin seems slightly better, I try not to get excited as this is a regular occurrence with my skin and the threat of new spots is always on the horizon.
I quickly get in to a routine of using the powder and my house mate is on hand to make sure I don’t forget!
Week 2 - 3
I have discovered (it does say on the packet) that this powder can be mixed with food! Good times! It is completely undetectable this way!
My skin appears to be noticeably better. Although I still have spots, my skin definitely seems healthier. The pores and blackheads seem much fewer and where there are no spots the skin is good!
Week 4
Unfortunately, my skin does not seem any better or any worse than when I started. After two weeks of improved skin, I think perhaps the stress of a new job and moving house (which I have done during the course!) may have hindered it.
In summary, I feel that generally skin is a very tricky thing to master and the hormone change from my pill linked with stress has obviously tipped me over the edge, I can only hope that enjoying my new job and lease on life teamed together with gentle face cleansers will eventually help my skin fall into a routine.
I actually really liked the supplement as a whole, and the concept of the product. They are conveniently portioned out, easy to use, and definitely not something I would feel ashamded to buy (like Freederm). I did notice promising results for the first three weeks of the course, but I think the effects were overridden by my stress levels! I think that the product is definitely worth a try if, like me, you have tried almost everything else under the sun to help improve your skin!
The supplement is priced at £14.99 for one week's supply, or £49.99 for one month's supply and is available from Tesco, Waitrose, Asda, Holland & Barratt and online.
This week I am giving you all the chance to win one months supply of Help: Clear Skin, along with one of their limited addition purses created by Bedcrumb London which is the perfect way to carry your sachets around in style when you're out and about!
All you need to do in order to enter is:
1. Be a follower of my blog
2. 'Like' the Works with Water Facebook page (please don't forget this step as it will be double checked) 3. Write a comment on this post including your email address so that I can get in touch if you win!
Good Luck!
Fleur x
The winners from last week's SJP NYC giveaway are:
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1st Place: Ephillipsox
2nd Place: B, E & S
3rd Place: Shannon
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