Skin Resolutions

I would like to establish this year, just exactly what keeps my skin nice.

I am quite fortunate that my skin has never been particularly problematic, I had a couple of spots in my T-zone from age13 to 15 but they cleared up so I'm pretty sure it was just typical teenage skin. I also had one unfortunate month a couple of years ago when I thought applying Niel's Yard orange flower facial oil all over my skin morning and night would be a good idea, suffice to say this was not the case - I ended up with a pretty chronic case of acne all over my chin which took months to clear up and was very painful. I'd love to try some of their other products though as the range is very large and that oil smelt absolutely delicious :) I kind of wish I'd kept my little pot just so I could get a whiff now and then!

This is my skin with a nice thin layer of Chanel Pro-Lumiere buffed in. (Taken at the end of summer hence the unnaturally tanned state ;) ) 

Normally I don't find it too hard to cover any blemishes or the redness around my nose and on my chin, but in the past two weeks there has been a serious decline. Honestly, the spots are just everywhere!
I think this is a combination of things:

• Firstly, I had to throw my muslin cloths away that I normally use with my Liz Earle cleanser so I have just been using a plain old flannel to remove it from my skin which I don't really feel is getting my skin "clean".
• Secondly, I've been mixing my regular pale Givenchy foundation with an even paler shade of Bobbi Brown skin foundation to get the right colour to match my neck at this time of year, so my skin could have flared up due to this sitting on my face all day.
• Thirdly, the central heating and freezing wind outside are giving me a lot of dry patches. I've been exfoliating every other day but it hasn't really cut it and I've had to reach for *gulp* the dreaded moisturiser....

Every single experience with moisturiser has been a bad one for me. Sure, in the short term my skin is moisturised, but the next day I wake to find my pores oozing oil and, yes, you guessed it, spots breaking out all over the place. My skin literally hates moisturiser, yet I know how important it is to moisturise...help!

Does anyone have any recommendations for any type of moisturiser which doesn't make you break out?