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Skincare (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 weeks ago by quinacridone@mander.xyz to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone
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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

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[-] dkppunk@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Oh man, I have so much sympathy for your boyfriend! My skin doesn’t react to things that badly except with certain ingredients, specifically flowery scents dry my skin out and make me super itchy.

I just feel the lotion all day long, it feels like it never fully absorbs into my skin and just sits on top, which is what makes me feel greasy. I can feel it when it rubs off on inside my clothes and I have to wash my hands multiple times before I stop feeling it on my palms. In the winter, when I get dry and itchy, I put lotion everywhere but I have to sit naked for like 30-60 minutes until I feel like it’s fully absorbed, and that’s the really lightweight stuff.

I did like an Olay face lotion with sunscreen that I don’t have issues with, but mostly stopped using it when I switched everything to cruelty free products. I have a light weight one I use when necessary but otherwise, I just cover my skin when I go outside. I also had a vitamin D deficiency at one point, so I don’t cover up everything all the time because I don’t want that again lol

I am definitely going to try your puff method! That sounds like it could work for me too.

[-] quinacridone@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Do try the cetraben ointment if you can, it starts off like Vaseline then when you stop rubbing it seems to vanish. It speaks volumes if my bf can handle it 😃

[-] dkppunk@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I definitely will thanks! If I can’t feel it on my skin I’m going to be praising your name lol

[-] quinacridone@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Or if you end up covered in a greasy slick you'll be cursing me instead 😄

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