What is your skincare routine?

Dec 31, 2013

Angel J.

I really don't have a skincare routine and I really need one. I have oily skin on my forehead, cheeks, and nose. Can anyone share their routine so I can create my own routine?

Dec 31, 2013

Yasmine G.

NIGHT
1. Take my make up off with make up remover wipes
2. use Witch hazel to take off excess make up off. most people use this after washing their face but I like it before to make sure everything is off before I wash
3. I wash my face with the Herbalism cleanser from Lush. It's for oily acne prone skin
4. I use Garnier serum and lotion for dark spots
5. Neutrogena eye cream

also every two days I do a face mask (:

MORNING
I use the same cleanser and finish with an Olay daily moisturizer and the same eye cream. then I use a rimmel London 5 in 1 matte primer before applying make up.

Dec 31, 2013

Kitty K.

My morning routine consists of...
I wake up to Green Tea ALWAYS.
I cleanse my skin with grinded up oats and my Foreo Luna ( Like the Clarisonic but much better in my opinion. )
I apply a DIY toner made up of Apple Cider Vinegar & Green Tea to restore my Skin's PH and help with blemishes.
I moisturize with CeraVe, and seal in moisture using shea butter, cocoabutter, coconut oil, or almond oil.

My nightly routine consists of...
Make up removal with either Coconut Oil, Vitamin E, or Olive Oil.
Facial Cleansing with a bar of Sulfur with Salicylic Acid, or Oatmeal ( If I did not wear make up that particular day. ) And using my Foreo Luna ♥
Same toner as above
Same moisturizer as above.
And apply Tea Tree Oil to any blemishes.

Through out the week I do different facial masks, these include...
Oatmeal and Honey ( Sometimes I'll add tea tree oil. )
Queen Helene's Mint Julep Mask
Avocado Oil/Olive Oil hydrating mask
Tomato and Honey mask



Annddd! To help eliminate your oily skin, use an oil...
Our skin is the largest sensory organ on your body. It produces oil to protect and moisturize as well as clean itself. Without the sebum that is produced by the sebaceous glands, our largest organ would not function properly. What we have traditionally done throughout the years, especially those with oily skin, is use harsh cleansers and astringents to strip away the oils. So when we go and use these harsh detergents and soaps and strip away our naturally occurring sebum, the skin goes into overdrive and produces even MORE oil to replace and compensate the oil that has been removed.
The more you take, the more it makes.
Basic chemistry lesson…like dissolves like. Meaning, oil will dissolve oil. ( Have you ever tried removing nail polish from your nails with nail polish? ) It will also clean and replace. You are better off taking a cotton ball, dipping it in oil, and cleaning your skin, then stripping it of oil. The clean oil will not only dissolve the dirty oil and replace it, but it will also clean out your pores.?

Jan 1, 2014

Caitlin M.

I've been keeping mine kind of simple as of late, and recently got some new products so this regimen is very new but so far I like it. I have oily and acne prone skin.
Morning:
- Cleanse with Pacifica Sea Foam cleanser. I love this cleanser, it gives a really nice thorough, yet gentle, clean.
- Andalou Pure Pore serum to clarify. I've only been using this a day or two but I already see a difference. I got it at Marshall's for much less than it is originally, although when its gone I will gladly pay full price for it.
- CeraVe moisturizer, or something else I have around. Usually I use Origins A Perfect World moisturizer with SPF 25. If I wasn't out of it at the moment I would use that instead of CeraVe.

And my night time routine is basically the same only I remove eye makeup with Salma Hayek's Nuance dual-phase remover and use my Clarisonic Mia 2 with the same Pacifica cleanser. Then the same Andalou serum followed by CeraVe. I also use a mask as needed. My favorite is Origins Clear Improvements Charcoal mask. A second favorite is the Freeman Dead Sea anti-stress mask. Both help with cleansing pores. Freeman's Starfruit paper mask is also good. It helps control oil and soothe and you just pat the remaining serum into the skin afterward.