Bella Splendore Blog

Just for the record… I am really passionate about what I do. It stems from a LONG history with bad skin. As I got ready for bed tonight and really looked at my skin (you know the dreaded magnification mirror???) I thought back to a time, not too long ago, when I used to have to pile on makeup layers to hide the horrid acne on my face.

I didn’t just have a spot or two, it was more like a road map on my face that hit me in my early twenties! Even worse, I was trying to launch my big bad career as a PR super star and appear older than I was to gain the respect of executives and Celebrity big shots. Here I was looking like I was 16 years old. Then I met the man of my dreams, my now Husband, and recall staying overnight at his house and NEVER wahsing my loads of makeup off–how healthy do you think that was???

I knew I had hit my absolute worst when I began playing into the hype of infomercials… You know the ones that taunt you late at night while you are trying to sleep????!!! I spent hundreds of dollars on ‘miracle’ products, ‘cures’ for acne, etc… First of all, let me de-mystify the hype–there is no ‘cure’ for acne. Sorry, there really isn’t! What you can do is find the right combination to keep the acne from popping up onto your skin (killing it at the cellular level) or helping to lessen the severity.

Just as I was about to go crazy and start Accutane treatment, I met a Dermatologist that changed my life. Because of this and getting the right treatment down I am now, dare I say, acne free. Better yet, while I will still always poke, stare and lie in wait for my next pimply visitor (it stays with you i’m afraid) I can now move onto other skin care needs to protect me in the future, like wrinkle treatments!

I am sharing this story not to brag and say “my skin is perfect.” But I must say that when I am out shopping or at a party and someone says to me “your skin is amazing!!!” I first glance around the room to make sure thet are speaking to me. Once I realize that it is, in fact, me they are talking to I smile and say “thanks” and think of the long bumpy road it took to get here.

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