What are your favourite skincare products and rituals?
They can be cheap and cheerful pharmacy faves, or embarrassingly extravagant...
Got a serum or moisturiser you swear by?
An aging-well hack for happy skin?
Something that helps with peri/post menopause dry skin?
An indulgent face mask for your "me time"?
What can you not be without, and what has worked or not worked for you?
My current essential is cetraben ointment... it's bog standard and definetly no frills, but as I'm back on tretinoin its saved my skin from the dry, itchy, flakey stage, and the bonus is that it works on my bf's horrific scaly dry feet
My splurge is NIODs low viscosity cleansing ester, its the weirdest thing to clean your face with but it removes all the crap, and doesn't dry my skin. It feels 'oily' but isn't and my next products apply really well...its just really weird stuff
So, this is more than just skincare, but I have this comment already written for when someone asks about any of it! Here it is below:
Body:
Face
Wake-up
Bedtime
(yes, this has differences)
Self love days
(days I have off and want to do a little extra)
Hair (bonus!!!)
I wash my hair once every 3-4 days (so twice a week). At night, I put my hair in a bun to preserve it, and since I shower in the "morning" (for me), I'll leave it in the bun and put a shower cap on. I have somewhere between 1B and 1C hair (medium-high density) with a wolf cut, for reference
Wash days
Non wash days
And that's my routine! It looks very complicated, I'm sure, but I have it all down to a science at this point. Everything is routine, and I organize my products so I know which one to do next without having to think abt it. Everything has its place! My skin loves me for how I treat it, so I'm happy to go through every step in my routine. It feels so good to do skincare, bc it really is "me time". I'm doing so much just to treat myself well, and it works! I've had problems with cystic acne for years (especially on my body and neck), but at least since starting my face routine, my face doesn't really get breakouts anymore (unless I miss some makeup lol)! I may add a body serum to my repertoire at some point soon and see if that helps.
Anyways, hope u found this helpful! It's a lot, but I love my routine!
Holy Shit!!!
I thought my skin/self care was involved (and I have a carry organiser with separate segments for my products)
I like The Ordinary too and have a few of their serums-AHA 30% peel, peptides and copper peptides, ascorbyl 12%, the pink serum. I've just started to fall in love with their squalane oil only to discover they've discontinued it.
How do you find peptides for your skin?
I'm completely undecided whether they actually do anything, I have been using NIODs CAIL which helped my skin over winter, but as it costs a lot I'm not sure its worth the splurge
I only use peptides on my eye contour and lashes/brows, but I've felt like it's helped me! Granted, I also use a retinoid on my eye contour, so I'm not sure I could isolate the effect, but I have very nice lashes and brows as a result of the multi-peptide lash and brow serum I use (not sure if it's the peptides or not tho lol)! The biggest improvement I noticed was from using the niacinamide + zinc serum and my exfoliating toner (glycolic acid 7%), as it significantly improved my acne! I can definitely say that the other products make my skin feel better (softer, smoother, more hydrated, etc.), but I'm really not great at noticing subtle changes over long periods of time bc I have a horrible memory. I get compliments about my skin quite often, though!
Yeah I think retinol/tret does a lot of the heavy lifting in skin care, and its got a 50 year or so track record I think the peptides from geek & gorgeous are a more affordable option, if I want to keep using them in my routine
Seriously impressive routine, wowza! This is awesome! Thanks for sharing
I’ve seen a lot of The Ordinary in everyone’s comments hmmmm maybe they’re having a sale sometime soon…
They do a "slowvember" in November when everything is 23% off for the whole month... get researching now!
Well, The Ordinary is already very affordable, especially as fas as skincare products go! They're one of the most affordable brands on that list. Other than the quality of their products and my experience using them, the affordability is a big reason why I often recommend The Ordinary products to people.
Even better! Thanks :)