u/Due_Brother371

I do have combo-oily skin, and it's often not easy to cleanse well the mixed sebum-hard water residue on my face with just facial cleansers.

I must do double cleansing, it's essential with very hard water, but I would like to know something else here:

I use cleansers for combo-oily skin, like Bioderma Sebium, Cerave Foaming, or Uriage Hyseac.

I wonder which cleansers for combo-oily skin would work the best with hard water?

Also, I would like to know how effective are toners to use to remove the residue after cleansing, and what kind of ingredients to look for in toners that will remove the residue most effectively?

I understand that other regions have great ambient music, Kaer Morhen, Toussiant, Velen, White Orchard, but Skellige's landscape, harsh but beautiful weather, cozy Kaer Trolde is unmatched to me.

Maybe it's because of my love for environment that Skellige matches perfectly, I just love colder weather, forests, mountains, and rugged shores.

Toussaint is beautiful, but I don't like hot weather in real life, and when I see hot sunny days while roaming in Toussaint, it reminds me of oppressive heat that lasts the whole Summer here where I live, and I feel for Geralt being roasted by the heat while roaming there 😄.

What is your favorite region to just enjoy atmosphere while roaming?

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The stronger it is, the better, especially for oily T zone.

I know this is not in a main game, but I'm still curious to see if anyone tried playing it in online?

There are so many new cards for any faction, even the old ones, you have leaders like Henselt and Radovid for Northern Realms. Nilfgaard, Scoiatel, Monsters and Skellige to not have new leader cards, but they have so much more unit cards, it really makes the game so much more diverse, you can really specialize in various different playstyles.

There are so many more unique cards in new factions with various abilities, Zerrikanian faction is really cool, you have so much more cards that have unique abilities, not just being spies, medics or tight bond, it's crazy how diverse is this, it really takes time to try all factions to see what you like the best.

Syndicate faction has leaders like Carlo Varese, Francis Bedlam and Whoreson Junior and Hierarch Hemmelfart.

Anna Henrietta is the leader of Toussaint Faction, one of her leader abilities is to destroy one commander's horn in any opponent's row, her other ability is to cancel decoy ability for one round, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

You cannot really say which faction is truly the best, Northern Realms and Nilfgaard now have a serious competition, and it's so much harder to counter opponents when you know how much more cards and abilities there are with all factions.

Let's hope that in the Songs of the Past, they put all those factions in the main game, would be absolutely amazing to see.

Scoiatel leader cards are very underrated, biting frost leader card is always nice, basically free weather card, especially strong against Monster and Skellige decks.

Another leader card is basically front row scorch card, great against Skellige and but also Nilfgaard, they have the most stacking front row cards.

One extra card may not be that strong leader card, but it's not insignificant at all, especially if you play vs Nilfgaard and Northern Realms.

Free horn for ranged combat units is also great, Scoiatel has many ranged unit cards that can also go to the front row.

And a leader card where you can move agile units to different place is a very unique ability, not the strongest, but it allows you to play with weather cards differently depending which the opponent's deck is.

But the strongest counter against Nilfgaard and Northern Realms is that you have 3 healer cards, combined with decoys, you can counter spies very strongly and have a ton of cards for yourself.

People are sleeping on this deck, but I can guarantee you, it's a very unique deck that requires constant change of your leader cards depending on who you play against.

Me personally, I use biting frost leader against Monsters, front row scorch vs Skellige and sometimes Nilfgaard, draw extra card leader vs Nilfgaard and Northern Realms, and double range units against other Scoiatel decks.

Of course, it's not always like this, I mix often, but majority of time I use this strategy.

What about you, which deck outside NR and Nilfgaard is favorite of yours?

Out of all real-life languages that you compare Nilfgaardian in order to try to find any similarities, Dutch languages wins in this context, at least to my ear.

I cannot think of any other language that is more similar.

Yoanna, a master armorer. I didn't even know about this, only years after, when I replayed Witcher 3 for who knows how many times. As a Lady of the Lake, she speaks very shortly, that's why I didn't pay that much attention, but it's clearly Yoanna, the accent is unmistakable.

If you listen closely, it does sound familiar, just with a different cadence and accent.

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or

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First of all, I already tried Cerave Foaming Cleanser and Bioderma Sebium, and Bioderma definitely cleanses better, a really good deep clean.

Now, I want to know out of these, how they compare, please share thoughts if you tried any of them:

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We see the same thing for non EU-SA dark horse contenders, they have enough talent, they play very good in significant parts of the game, but there are 2 glaring issues that must be improved if they want to be contenders for WC title or going at least to the semies.

In the second half, especially last 20 minutes, you can see how fatigue starts to catch them, and the reason for is that they play in the way that is extremely taxing to their bodies, with too much energy spent, and that is a big problem playing against strong opponents, they start playing passive and defensive, hoping to preserve the lead if they are ahead, or play for penalties if it's tied.

Because of this issue, another problem is connected to the first one, and that is lack of belief in themselves, because mentality of the team is affected by fatigue and badly conserved energy throughout the game.

Suddenly, you see more mistakes, more bad clearances, less composure in defending, they are forced more deep into its own half, inviting the pressure, while the opponents are very experienced teams that can smell that, and they start attacking with more players not fearing counter attacks as much as in the first half.

We saw this exactly scenario with Japan vs Brazil, Ivory Coast vs Norway, Congo vs England, and the biggest example in Senegal vs Belgium.

Now, on the other hand, Morocco is completely opposite of this. Morocco is very good conditioned team that plays better as the game progresses, they never panic, they did not allow Brazil or Netherlands to put pressure on their defense, they are not fatigued, in contrary, it was Netherlands that was reduced to playing deep into its own half and defending desperately, because Morocco did not allow them to have a ball more than 30% of the time.

Considering all of that, Morocco has the belief In themselves that other teams lack, and that makes their mental strength very strong and dangerous for even the best teams in the world to deal with.

When other teams show me that mentality against the very best in the world, I will put them on the same level, and two teams that can have this potential outside previously mentioned are Mexico and the US, but potential is one thing, demonstration of that is another.

Morocco is now on the very good path to meet France in the quarterfinals, last WC they eliminated Spain and Portugal and only lost in the semis vs France.

This WC, they draw vs Brazil 1-1, and beat Netherlands in the game where they were the team that controlled the tempo and possession of the ball, something we rarely see, if ever from teams outside EU and SA.

Those are all great teams they faced, and Morocco never showed respect and fear of their opponents because they really believe they can beat them. That's the mentality of a great team that is necessary to have in order to achieve a next great step, to be recognized as a team that nobody wants to face in knockout stages.

I believe that Morocco is very close to achieve a status of great team, not just dark horse epithet.

Yes, I can criticize South Korea for playing cowardly vs South Africa, Iran for not beating NZ, even though Iran had much bigger issues for political reasons, that would made 4 Asian teams into knockout stage, but even that would not change the fact how weak are Asian teams.

Look at Uzbeksitan, Jordan, Qatar, Iraq, even Saudi Arabia. No confederation has the collection of teams that are so below average and outright bad, not even Concacaf outside big 3.

But even these countries are not the main culprits for AFC struggles. You know who it is?

No other than China and India.

When 2 most populous countries in the world with so much resources and power, with so much diaspora around the world, are not competitive and cannot qualify in the weakest region, that's a major problem for the confederation.

It weakness Asian Confederation massively. Imagine Concacaf, but the US and Mexico are garbage and cannot qualify, while Curacao, Jamaica, and Trinidad qualify, but are getting the treatment in World Cups like previously mentioned Asian teams this World Cup.

It would've made Concacaf a joke, and rightfully so. Similar is happening to AFC.

Yes, Japan is Asian Superpower, but it's not nearly enough. Imagine competitive China and India that are serious threats in World Cups, it would've elevated the whole Asian Continent to a massive degree, because the standard for other Asian countries would suddenly be raised too, otherwise, they would not be able to compete vs China and India hypothetical Asian juggernauts.

That would create a very strong competition, and therefore, Asian Confederation would be so much stronger and respectful, no more pushover teams, because they would not be able to qualify anymore.

What do you think? Some people mentioned that while watching on TV and being at live at stadiums, they feel like it's still familiar, but somehow different and unique feeling.

What do you think about this, is it exaggeration or does it really feel different?

My guess is that larger soccer field, real grass that looks beautiful, and LED commercial panels around the field do create a distinct feel and aesthetics that is vastly different from NFL games.

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Which one removes sebum and sweat better?

American fans interacting with fans from other countries, singing together, chatting, a great cultural mix that cannot be replicated, not to mention how a big deal it is for communities in places like Spokane or Greensboro where Egyptian and Norwegian base camps are, something that may never happen again in the future for those places. Now, tell me which other sport can bring people together from all over the world like this? Literally doesn't exist, and that's why US potentially winning the World Cup one day would be the biggest sports achievement in the history of the American sports, at least in my opinion.

Do you agree?

It's really a significant difference between that area and the rest of state, and it happened multiple times.

I usually do not have back acne, but during the summer, it can be a problem from time to time, due to sweating that cause clogged pores and acne breakouts.

I tried Cerave Blemish control, but it's not that strong for body, it works better for face.

Out of these, which should I buy?

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Think about all potential that the game has to offer that Re 2 and 4 do not have:

Nemesis encounters

Open streets of Raccoon City with beautiful aesthetics and lighting

Very cool dodge mechanic

Unique ammo crafting

Variety in locations that are very different from each other, and feel fresh when playing.

Better puzzles ( exclusively from OG 3 ) that could've been implemented in the Remake

And a very sobering ending that felt emotional seeing RC wiped out with a nuclear strike.

When you see all that, no wonder R3make had a massive potential that was wasted and fumbled like no game before.

It's the main reason why many people, still to this day, haven't forgiven Capcom because Re3 original was a favorite game from OG trilogy for many people and they are angry because the game didn't receive the love 1,2 and 4 certainly did.

What do you think?