Duac Review

Does it work you may ask? Ehh not really. I don't really see whats so special. It didn't do much for me, didn't even make me dry. I think it did not work much for me because the benzoyl peroxide strength is only 5%, where if you use oxy maximum strength it is about a 10%. It also comes with a face cleanser, the cleanser is weird because you do not have to use water with it. Perhpas this is because I have heard Duac is very drying for some people. I use the face cleanser to clean the oil paint of my brushes sometimes because it's interesting you can see the little beads of oil breaking up from the paint.
So~
Pros-

• could potentially work well for some people
• awesome cleanser.

Cons

• Drying
• Not very strong.
• Like everything with benzoyl peroxide you are more photosensitive

here is more "medical info" if you wish to learn more about the pharmacology of it all.
http://www.drugs.com/mtm/duac.html

Aczone Review/WORST ACNE PRODUCT KNOWN TO MAN!!!

Ok, since the Atralin wasn't working so well I got to try a whole new product called Aczone (dapsone gel 5.%), joy.

 Basically it is a sketchy anti-infecitve topical cream with the weirdest advertising ever. There website is geared to a "young" audience to the point of being laughable.

WTF?!OMG High school musical is so last year!

(this is totally for real by the way)

And it is tiny, ity bitty, probably because they spent so much on their cheesy advertising they had to skimp on the product. There website used to be really weird, with colors and "coolness" but they have since made it more serious. Anyway it is by far the worst acne product I have ever used. My skin broke out at first, I waited thinking that perhaps all the bacteria was coming out of my skin but no it never healed up. Worse than that it turned my face to an oil slick I was super greasy all the time, powder, blotting did nothing. My skin is so broken out now that I have to go on Accutane again. So in short I hate this product.
Oh and look the FDA has warned them about the misrepresentaton of there product!
http://www.free-press-release.com/news-allergan-inc-warned-by-fda-for-misrepresentation-of-aczone-product-results-1251047071.html
It is very expensive and there are no generics as of yet. Even with the voucher it will probably put you back 60 bucks.
So~
Pros

• ABSOLUTELY NONE!!!!

Cons

• It makes your skin greasy
• doesn't work like they say
• the brand is full of LIES
• weird advertising
• If you use it with benzoyl perioxide your skin will get orange/yellow
• super expensive
• It is gritty when you put it on.
• Passes into breast milk, could potentially be harmful

Oh and the scariest part of it all (taken straight from their website)
"ACZONE® Gel is dapsone with Solvent Micro Particulate (SMP™) technology. It's used exclusively in ACZONE® Gel. How ACZONE® Gel works is unclear..."
did you see that?
HOW ACZONE GEL WORKS IS UNCLEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The people that made it dont know how it works, does it even work at all? No, I say SCAM written all over it. Also in the old "cool website" , which has since been taken down, said something on the lines of Aczone is has this ultra cool micro particle technology which is to complicated to explain here. So in short Aczone says we have no idea how this works teens you don't have the  intelligince to comprehend it so look over here at this "viral video".
Link to more info
http://www.drugs.com/aczone.html 

The End -_-

Atralin Review

Ok so I've been on every anti-acne drug in the book (even accutane). But I still have breakouts, and recently they have been getting worse. So before getting on accutane again they give me this stuff called Atralin (tretinoin gel 0.05) which is basically a retinoid like a lot of other creams, which are perscribed commonly.

I haven't seen Atralin around alot, and there are hardley any reviews on it. At first it worked ok, but only on my blackheads, actually alot on my blackheads but not anywhere else on my skin. It wasn't very drying either and many retinoids can be super drying. But, overall it didn't do alot. I don't recomend it as it can be VERY expensive and most insurance plans don't cover it(says my pharmicist at least) and it doesn't do much, perhaps just get it if your only problem is blackheads on your nose. It sort of is a yellowcolor.

So~
Pros

• Not drying.
• Helps clear blackheads
• works faster than other retinoids

Cons

• Super Expensive
• Not great results
• not covered by all insurance
• You can get a wicked sunburn

Overall bleh...
Also they do not know if it is harmful to babies or not so be careful if you are pregnant/nursing.
Heres more pharmological info-
http://www.drugs.com/atralin.html

B5032 Pattern Review

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Well I just finished writing my first review. I actually finished this along time ago but It's the only thing I have pictures of at the moment : ) I must admit I don't really like it that much.

Here's the Pattern isn't it so classy? I sewed the dress to but i didn't like it so much...

 Here's the beginning, see my purple lining?

~in progress picture~
ALL DONE TA DA

The fabric is linen, I got it at Joann's and I really enjoyed working with it. And that button was awful working with because I realized my vintage machine's button holer didn't work. So I had to make the button hole BY HAND!!!!
              
REVIEW~

Pattern Description:
A capelet with collar, darts, single button in front
Pattern Sizing:
size 8
Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?
Exactly
Were the instructions easy to follow?
yes
What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern?
I liked the pattern, it seemed a little sparse in the directions though.
Fabric Used:
Linen, purple lining
Pattern alterations or any design changes you made:
I dont think it said to understitch the lining, but I did it any way because it looks a lot nicer, it was difficult to understitich though.
Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others?
No, though it came out nicely I realized a capelet is not something I'm ever going to wear.

here is link to pattern review 
http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/readreview.pl?readreview=1&reviewnum=53223
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