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How BB cream changed my exercise life

May 17, 2012

The background: I am 29 years old. I have chronic acne and scarring on my chin. I love to exercise. I love to run outside. I love to participate in road races.

The problem: I always use an SPF moisturizer when I run, but I am extremely self conscious about my skin. When I have to meet up with people after a run or get on the subway or stop into a store, I pray I don’t run into anyone I know. I keep my head down when speaking to anyone. I worry that my friends will say, behind my back, “Wow, Dori really has bad skin.”

The treatment: None. I’ve spent years at dermatologists trying different medications and combinations of medications. Not only did they not work, but because of my severely dry skin (unusual with chronic acne), all the medications made my skin unbearably dry and painful. Now, I just try to use products that don’t make it any worse.

The solution: Because I won’t work out with makeup on (it clogs pores and is gross to sweat off), I was at a loss for years – until now. I happen to work at a skincare company called Hydroxatone and we recently came out with the product that changed my exercise life: Hydroxatone Anti-Aging BB Cream.

Tell me more: Well, since you asked! BB cream (which stands for beauty balm, blemish balm and even beblesh balm – explanation here) is an all-in-one multitasking product. Depending on what brand you get, it can hydrate, conceal, protect from the sun’s harmful rays and brighten your skin. My company’s version also reduces the look of aging. And it does all of this in just one step, so you’re not using multiple products. That’s really important to me because I am lazy and forgetful. I wear the Anti-Aging BB Cream when I work out and I also wear it on regular days — it gives me a flawless complexion and I don’t need foundation with it!

You can’t be serious. Do you have proof? Why yes, I do! I happened to record a Before & After BB cream - Part 1 to show how the BB cream perfected my skin and this is Before & After BB cream – Part 2,  to show how well the BB cream held up while running and sweating for 6.2 miles. The lighting’s not great, but my acne is much worse than it appears and I also have under eye circles and dry skin. The video was inspired by this photo I snapped of myself in an apartment building hallway after the last race I ran wearing the BB!

Enough of your rambling. Wrap it up! Even though I wear BB cream regularly now, it improved my daily life but it DRASTICALLY changed my exercise life. Before and after I work out, I no longer have to worry about running into someone I know. I don’t have to wonder if people are judging me. I don’t have to hide my head and hope whoever is speaking to me will just GO AWAY. And best of all, I feel confident and beautiful.

 

About the author

Dori Manela
Dori Manela manages Fit-A-Licious. Welcome! After years of not understanding why exercise was important, Dori learned firsthand how much her life changed for the better once she embraced health and fitness – and now she hopes to show women all over just how attainable living a healthy lifestyle can be. Dori is the social media manager at Hydroxatone. In her free time, she writes Dori’s Shiny Blog, where she shares her experience in fitness and the randomness of life. Her writing has appeared on NBC New York: GO Healthy NY and Blisstree. Dori’s devotion to sharing her love of exercise was the subject of a Bing: Friends Matter webisode. Her greatest fitness accomplishment was finishing the Richmond Marathon in November, 2011.



  • Stephanie

    Dori, Like you I am turning 28 and have had acne since I was 12… Enough already right?! A girl I work with suddenly went from skin like mine to clear and healthy… Her dermatologist put her on 100mg a day of spironolactone, and it is the ONLY THING that has worked for me too! Since we are older and still have acne it is considered hormonal, and the spironolactone works as a testosterone binding diuretic to flush acne causing testosterone out of our bodies. Believe me, I’ve tried accutance twice, differen gel, proactiv, retin-A (holy dryness!!!), probably hundreds of lotions and creams promising clear skin. This literally is the only thing that works because it fixes the problem on the inside! You seem like a normal regular girl just wanting clear skin and trust me I have suffered like you and I do not wish it on anyone. My acne is primarily jawline and definitely stress and period related. Do some research and let me know what you think!