alexandra23

I actually don't cleanse my face that much. I usually only cleanse it to remove my makeup at night or if I've worked out, as I don't like putting too many chemicals on my skin. My philosophy is that the sebum produced naturally by the pores is there for a reason, and it's healthy for the skin. What's key is maintaining the skin's moisture barrier and not depleting it by over-cleansing. So, in the morning, if I don't shower, I don't do anything to my face before applying my makeup. If I do shower, I generally just let the water wet my face; occasionally, I'll use my ProActiv cleanser (active ingredient: benzoyl peroxide). To remove makeup at night, I'm usually lazy and just use a makeup removing wipe. If I'm not lazy, I'll use face oil or Vaseline to remove the makeup. To prevent breakouts, I apply either Mario Badescu Glycolic Gel or ProActiv Toner (active ingredient: fly colic acid) to the places I'm acne-prone a couple times a week. Both of these products also moisturize the skin. I apply eye cream (Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado) to my eye area if I remember, as well. I also apply moisturizer or face oil to the rest of my face if needed. Although face oil doesn't make me break out, when it comes to moisturizers (lotions), I need to use oil-free formulas - Clinique Dramatically Different Gel and, to a lesser extent, CeraVe work for me.

Recently I've been cleansing and moisturizing my face with the Garnier Clean + Nourishing Cleansing Oil. It works really well for both cleansing and moisturizing, and you can get it at the drugstore. I've learned you have to be careful with the oils you use on your face. Many oils you'd use on your body, such as coconut and avocado oil, can make your face break out. Garnier's face oil contains jojoba and macadamia oil, which will not clog your pores. For eye cream, I've been using Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado for several months now and I like it.

Reaction to the lip sync video: Why did VS choose a song that no one knows? I really don't think that song is in rotation on the radio yet - if it is, it's brand new. The girls' lip syncing/dancing seemed awkward because I doubt any of them were actually familiar with that song.

1. Leo 2. Channing Tatum 3. Prince Harry 4. Tim Tebow 5. Patrick Schwarzenegger 6. Alex Pettyfer 7. Will Smith 9. Andy Roddick 10. Bradley Cooper 11. Nicholas Hoult 12. Bieber

Kylie... What's disturbing is she was trying to reenact photos taken with a blow-up sex doll.

Thanks, but if you try to adjust the "messenger" setting, you'll see it doesn't let you choose to not receive emails. That appears to be the one section where you can't adjust the toggles.

Throwback to summer

I am happy. It's a great day.

Rumi quotes: "Tear off the mask. Your face is glorious." “What you seek is seeking you.” “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of that which you truly love. It will not lead you astray.” “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” "Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop."

I don't want to receive email notifications of PMs, but it appears to be impossible to set my preferences to that. Am I missing something?

^ I'm not a Gigi fan really, but I like that post. You make a lot of good points. (Y)

I don't disagree with this. She might be a workout junkie more so than someone who doesn't eat much. Regardless, I have the feeling she's counting calories a lot and monitoring the eating/working out in an OCD-type way.

My opinion is that she has some degree of anorexia right now, but there's a good chance it's just a phase. I think she'll reach a balance. Seems like she may be in denial about it, but I'm sure she has an unhealthy obsession with working out/eating healthily right now.

Candice and Taylor are the only current VS models who have "it" IMO. Adriana and Alessandra do too, but they're too old now. Lais is pretty good. Behati's personality is cool, but I've never found her attractive.

Irish, English, French, Native American (Algonquin), and a sliver Dutch on my dad's side German and Norwegian on my mom's side Percentage-wise, I'm mostly German, but I have darker hair and features like my dad.

^ hahahahaha. Thank you for that, JazzyJas.

haha, defense. practice or practise?

Yes, very much so. Are you excited for Thanksgiving?

Resembles Cindy Crawford's daughter, Kaia Gerber.

Teen Vogue just did a piece on her for the December/January 2016 issue. Video: http://www.teenvogue.com/story/kaia-gerber-photo-shoot-exclusive-video Photoshoot: http://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/kaia-gerber-photo-shoot

^ that looks so good, Storm! So much protein. HitchcockBlonde, your dishes all look amazing, as well! Thanks for sharing!

Congrats, Raf!!!

Leni is so going to be a model some day.

^ Agree. How come Lily and a couple others do VS and SI while the rest seem to (intentionally) stay separate?

100% agree. She's probably the only one of this generation I could see modeling alongside the '90s supermodels - Tyra, Niki, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, etc.