Skincare Haul

Every time I travel to Toronto, I visit my beloved Shopper’s Drug Mart to check out all of the skincare. They renovated the stores years ago to include premium skincare and cosmetics brands and I love checking out all of the different lines they carry.


Now don’t get me wrong, I love Walgreens and CVS, but goodness, there’s just something special about Shopper’s Drug Mart and the availability of the premium brands is a huge differentiator. I wish we had them in the states.


I picked up some tried-and-true products and some new ones so I thought I’d share those here. As you know, I totally minimized my skincare routine during pregnancy and since having Harper, I hardly use any products on my skin other than a cleanser, moisturizer, two preventative/spot treatments (as needed only) and (sometimes) eye cream. No anti-aging serums or creams, masks, toners or exfoliators. My skin was in such great shape while I was nursing that I didn’t need to do much so I decided to keep it really simple.


Now that my body and hormones are getting back to normal, I have no idea what to expect. When I went off of the pill a couple of years ago, I had great skin for a month or so and then my entire back and face broke out—to date, it’s the worst breakout I’d ever experienced. I’m not sure what to expect now that I’ve weaned from pumping…I’m trying to be cautiously optimistic that my skin will do okay but I know that’s probably just wishful thinking. 

I got the products on the far left and right as a “gift with purchase” from the Bioderma rep at Shopper’s. She was so fantastic and recommended I try out the Sensibio eye cream. I have to admit that I was SO lazy with my eye cream after Harper was born. It would be generous to say I used it once a week. Basically it just sat on my counter top and I used it when I felt like it. Having said that, my under eye area looks okay, but I thought a new product might motivate me to be more consistent with restoring moisture to that delicate eye area.