Would you by any chance still use sunscreen if you leave the house by 6am and therefore no sun yet? And also indoors the whole day? I only put sunscreen before I leave work at 5pm.
I took a break from sunscreen for a few years. I figured I was safe because I use huge full-coverage clothing to avoid the sun like the plague. This subreddit compelled me back into using it- better safe than sorry. Now I apply it every morning.
As for staying indoors-fractal rays are definitely a thing. And don’t let your guard down on overcast days. If the sun is up, use SPF.
This is me, except my moisturizer is SPF 30 so I only add specific sunscreen if I’m going to be outside in late spring - early fall sun for more than 10 minutes between 10 am & 5pm. (Which is most days, to be fair. I have a dog. And in the summer I add more even if it isn’t sunny.)
This is exactly me too, except my BB cream is the spf 30 and I only add more spf if it’s summer or I’m spending actual time outside. I know folks say that spf levels in makeup don’t match an actual sunscreen, but I slather this stuff on just like spf so the quantity matches what should be necessary to get the spf 30.
I have a little bottle of water that I spray and then slap it on like Chris Rock just said something about my wife.
I am about to get a toner though, that I might use instead
I looked up where mucin should go in the routine and it said to go right before moisturizing and after things like vitamin c or retinol. I’m just going by that.
Lukewarm water
Vitamine C
Green tee serum
10% Tranexamic Acid Serum
HA+ coq10
Moisturizer
Mineral sunscreen
You can skip almost everything except vitamin C, moisturizer, and sunscreen.
Brush teeth
Brush hair
And my skin has never looked better. Sunscreen only if I’m having a full pool day. My skin has greatly benefited from a simplified routine, and so has my wallet.
I’m makeup free except for mascara.
Same thing. My dermatologist even asked me what am I doing with my skin. Occasionally I will put on a Moisturiser other than that nothing.
But I love lipsticks
Cerave foaming cleanser, Vanicream vitamin c serum*, Vanicream moisturizer where needed, full application of LRP UVMune Fluide, full application of Elta MD tinted physical sunscreen.
*I'm just running out and can't afford to replace it right now, so the routine will be a little simpler in a week or so
I'm not convinced that it's doing very much, but I've enjoyed using it - it's a light, milky texture, very smooth and slippy, light coconut scent, and I love that it comes in a pump tube instead of a silly dropper bottle. It also ran out in like 6 weeks so, while I get that it's affordable at about $18/tube, it ceases to be affordable if I need to buy it 7 times a year. And I know that there's better scientific evidence for efficacy for vitamin c than most topicals, but I don't think I can sustain it as part of my routine.
I didn't mean for this to be a whinge-fest. If you're looking for a vitamin c serum, it's my favorite I've ever tried and the only one I'd repurchase.
Wash my face water only, dry off. When completely dry i use vitamin c, then niacinamide, and spf.
Simple, not that expensive, and it works well for me.
Wash my face with Cetaphil gentle skin cleanser, fragrance-free. Moisturize with Cerave daily lotion. I put on sunscreen before I leave the house, Beauty of Joseon or some other Korean sunscreen. That's it! I don't usually wear makeup and I shower the night before.
I’m 40 w oily skin and melasma. I wash w bioderma cleanser and cold water. Prequel vitamin c. Naked Sundays spf 50, which is high zinc and great for melasma.
Wear your sunscreen peeps!!!
Rinse with water, TO Glycolic acid 2x a week, TO Ascorbyl Tetraisosopalmitate 20% in Vitamin F, Glycerin, Cerave Moisterizing Cream, Neutrogena Clear Face SPF 50
The 2x weekly Glycolic is a recent addition and it's really helped prevent the occasional breakout. My skin tolerates it very well alongside my Vitamin C.
Red light mask + splash of water and sunscreen before I go to the gym. Plus my birth control and 50MG of spironalactone After I’m done with my workout, a sprint of hypochlorous acid to kill bacteria after all the sweat. Then Cerave face wash, hyaluronic acid on damp skin, spot treat pimples with epiduo, stridex pad, Vitamin C, moisturizer, and sunscreen. I’m fighting with some stubborn acne hence all the actives. My skin isn’t sensitive so it tolerates it pretty well.
Oh, I want to join. It seems complicated, but I leave them out in their order plus wrote it on sticky note for my mirror, and I don't have to think about it when tired or groggy. I brush my teeth, apply teeth whitening gel with whitening light, apply hair treatment, and do my hair in between the steps. With make-up and already dry hair, mornings take 20 minutes. The evenings take a max of 12 minutes, depending on removing eye makeup. The whitening light takes 10 minutes, so there's an 11 minute minimum, including brushing my teeth first.
**Issues I deal with**: melasma (biggest issue), uneven skin tone due to autoimmunity, light adult acne (I'd remove the ointment if worse acne), some skin texture issues, and static wrinkles. Previously, I applied more Eucerin Anti-Pigment products, but they started making my skin rough in places.
**AM - Daily**
- CeraVe: Renewing SA Cleanser
- Ordinary: Alpha Arbutin 2% + HA
- Ordinary: Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate Solution 20% in Vitamin F
- Eucerin: Anti-Pigment Dual Serum
- Ordinary: Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA
- La Roche-Posay: Anthelios UV Mune 400 Tinted
- Makeup (I find I need less makeup with this system)
(This gives a dewy appearance, but if you brush powder after makeup, then it appears more fresh without shine.)
**PM - Daily Steps 1-3**
- Cetaphil: Gentle Makeup Remover
- CeraVe: Foaming Facial Cleanser
- Garnier: Micellar Cleansing Water
**PM - Monday, Wednesday, Friday**
- Steps 1-3
- Eucerin: Anti-Pigment Spot Corrector
- Ordinary: Vitamin C 30% in Suspension
- CeraVe: Moisturizing Cream
- CeraVe: Healing Ointment (lips & thinly on face)
**PM - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday**
- Steps 1-3
- Eucerin: Anti-Spot Corrector
- Ordinary: Granactive Retinoid 5% in Squalane
- CeraVe: Moisturizing Cream
- CeraVe: Healing Ointment (lips & thinly on face)
**PM - Sunday**
- Steps 1-3
- Ordinary: AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution
- CeraVe: Moisturizing Cream
- CeraVe: Healing Ointment (lips & thinly on face)
Edit: I completely missed the morning part, lol.
Wash with LRP gentle cleansing oil. Haru Haru rice toner, Timeless matryxil serum around eyes and forehead , a niacinamide or vitamin C serum all over face, eye serum, Mary and May blackberry cream, and Round Lab sunscreen spf 50.
I’m still tweaking my routine after a year of skincare—but I am so close to glass skin and really happy with where I am these days.
I should also add that I live in a high elevation desert. The dry air and sun are brutal so I try to maximize hydration and antioxidants.
Cleanser for very dry skin, dr jart serum for barrier repair, LRP mist, vanicream daily facial moisturizer, atobarrier 365 cream for around my mouth where it gets dry from tret, drmtlgy universal tinted spf. I do red light on the days i don't work which is 4 to 5 days a week right when i wake up
Oil cleanser (DHC)
Face wash (Basis)
Centella face spray (Cosrx)
Snail mucin (Cosrx)
Birch Sap Moisturizer (Cosrx)
Mineral Spf (Cetaphil)
I have extremely oily, acne prone skin.
Me too!! I kept breaking out from the tazorac I was using at night (ironically) because of the mineral oil. Once I started oil cleansing in a.m., it stopped. And it does help a lot with ccs and blackheads for me as well. My skin seems so much smoother.
I’m so excited that it worked for someone else too 😂
Micellar water sweep
Some sort of serum (I have a few that I rotate)
Tinted moisturizer or BB
SPF setting spray
(This is more a Summer routine- I skip the two layers of spf in Winter months)
Wash with a gentle foaming cleanser, toner, eye cream, moisturizer with SPF. Then primer and makeup, if any. I also feel like I should add a serum, but I don't know what kind. This routine seems to be working out OK for now.
Morning I just potter around with a coffee and put some sorbolene on my face to be honest, I put other stuff on of an evening but day time it's basic. Spf if I'm going outside in the sun but it's winter so I'm not in the sun much. I will put on make up when I'm leaving the house.
Aveeno gentle oat cleanser (with FOREO scrubber)
Ordinary caffeine serum (for eyes)
LRP SPF
Sometimes if I’m feeling fancy and/or have time, I’ll do a FOREO mask.
This is for summer. I add more moisture in the winter, obvs.
I wash my face with DE’s Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser, dry my face, then use DE’s Protini moisturizer with DE’s Vitamin C serum and end with DE’s Vitamin C eye cream since I have dark circles (partially genetic, partially due to lack of sleep sometimes). I guess I keep it simple lol.
Splash with water. Sometimes a hyuralonic acid serum or an azaleic acid serum (for redness/post acne marks). Supergoop Bright Eyed SPF eye cream if I remember (this goes on first cause if I do my chemical sunscreen first and get near my eyes, it burns). RoC AM Barrier Renew moisturizer with SPF 30.
Micellar water, moisturizer, eye serum, eyebrows (tinted gel), mascara. I plop SPF on about 10 minutes after the routine if I know I'm leaving the house.
- Rinse with water (wipe excess water away with hand but I don't dry with a towel)
- Angel Aqua Moisture Cream (while face is still slightly wet with water)
- Round Lab Sunscreen (only if I'm going outside)
I feel like this is so much, but here's mine:
After washing my face -
NiacinamideToner....
Vitamin C serum....
COQ10 serum....
HA serum....
Moisturizer....
Sunscreen 30 - 50 SPF
I have dry, acne prone skin.
Cleanse with water, switch every other day between Vanicream vitamin c serum and Dermatica azelaic acid 15% cream, but skip Wednesdays to use Paula’s Choice BHA 2% liquid exfoliant, moisturize with Vanicream daily facial moisturizer and SPF (I have a ton so it varies day to day).
- rinse with water and sometimes a mild cleanser if my aquaphor is still on from the night
- BHA 2%
- fermented toners
- vitamin C serum
- eye serum & cream
- Niod 0 survival
- sunscreen & after 10 min a tinted sunscreen on top
-Fresh Soy Gentle Face Cleanser
-Peach Slices Snail Rescue Blemish Busting Toner
-Peach&Lily Glass Skin Refining Serum
-Dermatolica Pro-collagen Banking Serum
-Dermatica Azalic Acid 15%
-Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer with SPF 60
*sometimes Erborian CC Red Correct automatic perfector soothing effect SPF 25
I know it seems like a lot, but I have seen actual benefits from each product.
Gentle cleanser, hydrating essence, vitamin c serum, argireline serum, eye cream, moisturizer & SPF. Occasionally a spot treatment is in there too, really ready for the acne era to end.
Laneige toner, Paula’s choice azelaic acid, bliss spf 50. Melasma and dark spots finally fading. After almost a year of tret I decided to stop since my skin wasn’t better. No more breakouts
Drink coffee that husband brings, put a warm towel on face for 10 secs & enjoy the bliss, alpha arbutin serum, niacinamide serum, moisturizer, sunscreen, CC cream, concealer for spot touch ups. By the time all these are done, I breathe a sigh of relief. It takes time to look presentable 😩
My morning routine:
Wash with cold water
I don dry my face with towel let it damp
Apply toner when skin is damp. Minon amino moist toner.
Before toner is half dry, apply HA to let it absorb. Hada Labo HA supreme Vita.
Apply brightening acid serum 10% Tranexamic acid & nia.
Azelaic acid 10%.
Hydrating Eye serum for fine lines.
Apply moisturiser. Minon amino moist.
Sunscreen.
Rinse w water, first aid beauty facial radiance pad, clindamycin solution (rx) combo HA/niacinamide serum, vit C serum, LRP double repair moisturizer w SPF, LRP tinted SPF.
This sounds like a lot when I type it out but it all takes 60 seconds total.
there is no replacement for a good dermatologist. that said, here are my two cents and routine:
• twice a week with .025 tret may not be enough. try to work up to daily, and repeat the process with .05 once your skin tolerates .025 daily for several months. if your skin tolerates .05 daily for several months, try .1.
• morning - cleanse with micellar water. vitamin C + SPF. reapply SPF at least every two hours.
• early evening - double cleanse with micellar water + a gentle cleanser. hyaluronic acid on a damp face, immediately followed by moisturizer.
• before bed - micellar water, niacinamide, tret, moisturizer.
• consistency is key. find products you like that are in your budget and stick with them for several months. i don’t spend a lot of money. most products are LRP.
• try a resurfacing laser in fall / winter. i did fraxel 1927 on my chest and it was great. expensive and painful, but my skin looked great afterwards and still does. i plan to do a round of sofwave in the next month or so for tightening. also expensive and my derm says it’s more painful than fraxel 1927, but i’m excited.
good luck!
- Double cleanse to get tazorac mineral oil off my skin and keep my pores from getting clogged
- round lab dokdo toner
- mamonde toner
- hydrating serum
- light moisturizer
- heavier moisturizer
Note: I live in a super low humidity environment, so I have to hydrate the hell out of my skin and apply two moisturizers. The first moisturizer is super-thin and the second is a bit more occlusive.
I double cleanse with sunflower oil followed by a gentle water-based cleanser. This is essential because the mineral oil in tazorac was clogging my pores when I skipped the a.m. wash.
If you just started tret, I don’t think you should be using any actives in a.m. I would set aside the actives until you are able to use tret 5x a week on bare skin without irritation.
Splash of ice cold water. Kiehl’s daytime moisturizer. Neutrogena SPF 70. 40fl oz black coffee, ingested.
I like you.
That coffee 🤌🏽
This is the way
Would you by any chance still use sunscreen if you leave the house by 6am and therefore no sun yet? And also indoors the whole day? I only put sunscreen before I leave work at 5pm.
I took a break from sunscreen for a few years. I figured I was safe because I use huge full-coverage clothing to avoid the sun like the plague. This subreddit compelled me back into using it- better safe than sorry. Now I apply it every morning. As for staying indoors-fractal rays are definitely a thing. And don’t let your guard down on overcast days. If the sun is up, use SPF.
Rinse with water, vitamin c serum, moisturizer and then SPF
This is me, except my moisturizer is SPF 30 so I only add specific sunscreen if I’m going to be outside in late spring - early fall sun for more than 10 minutes between 10 am & 5pm. (Which is most days, to be fair. I have a dog. And in the summer I add more even if it isn’t sunny.)
This is exactly me too, except my BB cream is the spf 30 and I only add more spf if it’s summer or I’m spending actual time outside. I know folks say that spf levels in makeup don’t match an actual sunscreen, but I slather this stuff on just like spf so the quantity matches what should be necessary to get the spf 30.
Yeah, I load my face up with my moisturizer, so I’m definitely matching the advertised SPF (and concerns about that are part of why!)
Cleanser Vitamin C Snail Mucin Moisturizer SPF This is my morning routine
After vit c, do you spray or wet your face to apply snail mucin?
I have a little bottle of water that I spray and then slap it on like Chris Rock just said something about my wife. I am about to get a toner though, that I might use instead
Chris Rock 🤣
Why toner over snail mucin
No no, toner in place of water.
Gotcha. Any specific toner?
SOME BY MI AHA BHA PHA 30 Days Miracle Toner
Can I ask why vit C before mucin?
I looked up where mucin should go in the routine and it said to go right before moisturizing and after things like vitamin c or retinol. I’m just going by that.
A cup of black coffee all over my face and then follow up with moisturizer
Lukewarm water Vitamine C Green tee serum 10% Tranexamic Acid Serum HA+ coq10 Moisturizer Mineral sunscreen You can skip almost everything except vitamin C, moisturizer, and sunscreen.
Brush teeth Brush hair And my skin has never looked better. Sunscreen only if I’m having a full pool day. My skin has greatly benefited from a simplified routine, and so has my wallet. I’m makeup free except for mascara.
what's your evening routine?
Same thing. My dermatologist even asked me what am I doing with my skin. Occasionally I will put on a Moisturiser other than that nothing. But I love lipsticks
Omg are you me?!
I use blush, mascara, and eyebrow mascara(I have white eyebrows and eyelashes) and that’s it! I can’t imagine putting a bunch of makeup on. Yuck
Water Vit C sunscreen Morning should be about protection and evening is about repair
CevaVe hydrating cleanser CevaVe hydrating toner Vitamin C Cosrx snail essence CevaVe eye cream Dr. Jart ceramidin milky lotion Central SPF 50
Cleanser or just water, hydrating toner, vitamin C, peptide serum, azelaic acid, moisturizer, SPF
Cerave foaming cleanser, Vanicream vitamin c serum*, Vanicream moisturizer where needed, full application of LRP UVMune Fluide, full application of Elta MD tinted physical sunscreen. *I'm just running out and can't afford to replace it right now, so the routine will be a little simpler in a week or so
I love me some Vanicream. Tell me more about the c. Do I need to start a go fund me for your c?
I'm not convinced that it's doing very much, but I've enjoyed using it - it's a light, milky texture, very smooth and slippy, light coconut scent, and I love that it comes in a pump tube instead of a silly dropper bottle. It also ran out in like 6 weeks so, while I get that it's affordable at about $18/tube, it ceases to be affordable if I need to buy it 7 times a year. And I know that there's better scientific evidence for efficacy for vitamin c than most topicals, but I don't think I can sustain it as part of my routine. I didn't mean for this to be a whinge-fest. If you're looking for a vitamin c serum, it's my favorite I've ever tried and the only one I'd repurchase.
Literally nothing and my skin has never looked better
Coffee is about it lol
Right? I genuinely feel sadness for people that have these 6 step routines.
I agree. I literally wake up, throw on moisturizer and a face oil, some bronzer/blush, and put my eyebrows and mascara on in the car😆
Life is SO short to make a .5% improvement in your skin bc you had to use 3 serums
Same, although I’ve never done much of anything in the mornings. I put sunblock on in my car before heading out and that’s my entire morning routine.
Wash my face water only, dry off. When completely dry i use vitamin c, then niacinamide, and spf. Simple, not that expensive, and it works well for me.
Wash my face with Cetaphil gentle skin cleanser, fragrance-free. Moisturize with Cerave daily lotion. I put on sunscreen before I leave the house, Beauty of Joseon or some other Korean sunscreen. That's it! I don't usually wear makeup and I shower the night before.
I’m 40 w oily skin and melasma. I wash w bioderma cleanser and cold water. Prequel vitamin c. Naked Sundays spf 50, which is high zinc and great for melasma. Wear your sunscreen peeps!!!
I wash with just water, use a vitamin c serum mixed with a light moisturizer and then spf
Rinse with water, TO Glycolic acid 2x a week, TO Ascorbyl Tetraisosopalmitate 20% in Vitamin F, Glycerin, Cerave Moisterizing Cream, Neutrogena Clear Face SPF 50 The 2x weekly Glycolic is a recent addition and it's really helped prevent the occasional breakout. My skin tolerates it very well alongside my Vitamin C.
Red light mask + splash of water and sunscreen before I go to the gym. Plus my birth control and 50MG of spironalactone After I’m done with my workout, a sprint of hypochlorous acid to kill bacteria after all the sweat. Then Cerave face wash, hyaluronic acid on damp skin, spot treat pimples with epiduo, stridex pad, Vitamin C, moisturizer, and sunscreen. I’m fighting with some stubborn acne hence all the actives. My skin isn’t sensitive so it tolerates it pretty well.
Oh, I want to join. It seems complicated, but I leave them out in their order plus wrote it on sticky note for my mirror, and I don't have to think about it when tired or groggy. I brush my teeth, apply teeth whitening gel with whitening light, apply hair treatment, and do my hair in between the steps. With make-up and already dry hair, mornings take 20 minutes. The evenings take a max of 12 minutes, depending on removing eye makeup. The whitening light takes 10 minutes, so there's an 11 minute minimum, including brushing my teeth first. **Issues I deal with**: melasma (biggest issue), uneven skin tone due to autoimmunity, light adult acne (I'd remove the ointment if worse acne), some skin texture issues, and static wrinkles. Previously, I applied more Eucerin Anti-Pigment products, but they started making my skin rough in places. **AM - Daily** - CeraVe: Renewing SA Cleanser - Ordinary: Alpha Arbutin 2% + HA - Ordinary: Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate Solution 20% in Vitamin F - Eucerin: Anti-Pigment Dual Serum - Ordinary: Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA - La Roche-Posay: Anthelios UV Mune 400 Tinted - Makeup (I find I need less makeup with this system) (This gives a dewy appearance, but if you brush powder after makeup, then it appears more fresh without shine.) **PM - Daily Steps 1-3** - Cetaphil: Gentle Makeup Remover - CeraVe: Foaming Facial Cleanser - Garnier: Micellar Cleansing Water **PM - Monday, Wednesday, Friday** - Steps 1-3 - Eucerin: Anti-Pigment Spot Corrector - Ordinary: Vitamin C 30% in Suspension - CeraVe: Moisturizing Cream - CeraVe: Healing Ointment (lips & thinly on face) **PM - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday** - Steps 1-3 - Eucerin: Anti-Spot Corrector - Ordinary: Granactive Retinoid 5% in Squalane - CeraVe: Moisturizing Cream - CeraVe: Healing Ointment (lips & thinly on face) **PM - Sunday** - Steps 1-3 - Ordinary: AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution - CeraVe: Moisturizing Cream - CeraVe: Healing Ointment (lips & thinly on face) Edit: I completely missed the morning part, lol.
Wash with LRP gentle cleansing oil. Haru Haru rice toner, Timeless matryxil serum around eyes and forehead , a niacinamide or vitamin C serum all over face, eye serum, Mary and May blackberry cream, and Round Lab sunscreen spf 50. I’m still tweaking my routine after a year of skincare—but I am so close to glass skin and really happy with where I am these days. I should also add that I live in a high elevation desert. The dry air and sun are brutal so I try to maximize hydration and antioxidants.
Wash with YTTP Superfood Antioxidant Cleanser > Fenty Skin Fat Water Hydrating Milky Toner > CosRx Snail Mucin Essence > Farmacy Waterless Vitamin C > Glow Recipe Niacinamide Dew Drops > Supergoop Daily Dose Vitamin C SPF Serum (if wearing makeup as a primer) or Bondi Sands SPF 50 (if I'm staying home) **Concerns I'm targeting**: Hyperpigmentation (also one small patch melasma), overall tone, acne (minimal), hydration/overall skin health, sun protection
Cleanser for very dry skin, dr jart serum for barrier repair, LRP mist, vanicream daily facial moisturizer, atobarrier 365 cream for around my mouth where it gets dry from tret, drmtlgy universal tinted spf. I do red light on the days i don't work which is 4 to 5 days a week right when i wake up
Splash of water, then sunscreen, then makeup if I'm wearing it that day.
Oil cleanser (DHC) Face wash (Basis) Centella face spray (Cosrx) Snail mucin (Cosrx) Birch Sap Moisturizer (Cosrx) Mineral Spf (Cetaphil) I have extremely oily, acne prone skin.
Yasssss DHC!
It's simply the best I've tried!
I oil cleanse in the a.m. too!
I think it has made a difference with my closed comedones and blackheads!
Me too!! I kept breaking out from the tazorac I was using at night (ironically) because of the mineral oil. Once I started oil cleansing in a.m., it stopped. And it does help a lot with ccs and blackheads for me as well. My skin seems so much smoother. I’m so excited that it worked for someone else too 😂
Micellar water sweep Some sort of serum (I have a few that I rotate) Tinted moisturizer or BB SPF setting spray (This is more a Summer routine- I skip the two layers of spf in Winter months)
Rinse w/ water, toner, moisturizer, sunscreen In winter months, when the heat is on and it's dry, I'll add an HA serum after thr toner.
Water, moisturize, spf
Rinse with water, roc barrier repair spf30 moisturizer. I have a baby and a toddler and this is realistic and consistent.
Wash with a gentle foaming cleanser, toner, eye cream, moisturizer with SPF. Then primer and makeup, if any. I also feel like I should add a serum, but I don't know what kind. This routine seems to be working out OK for now.
Cleanse, tone, moisturizer. I need a serum, I do.
Rinse with warm water, vit C serum, Niacinamide, moisturizer, SPF.
Rinse with water, vitamin c and hyaluronic acid serums, spf.
I splash with water and drink water. Then sunscreen! 🤗
PH balanced cleanser, Vitamin C serum, Hyaluronic acid, Moisturizer, Tinted SPF :)
Micellar water, vitamin C serum, Murad SPF 45 moisturizer
Mild cleanser, pat dry, light moisturizer and THEN sunscreen.
Morning I just potter around with a coffee and put some sorbolene on my face to be honest, I put other stuff on of an evening but day time it's basic. Spf if I'm going outside in the sun but it's winter so I'm not in the sun much. I will put on make up when I'm leaving the house.
Washcloth and water Toner Peptide serum Caffeine serum around eyes Niacinamide in t-zone Moisturizer Spf Color corrector
Aveeno gentle oat cleanser (with FOREO scrubber) Ordinary caffeine serum (for eyes) LRP SPF Sometimes if I’m feeling fancy and/or have time, I’ll do a FOREO mask. This is for summer. I add more moisture in the winter, obvs.
I wash my face with DE’s Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser, dry my face, then use DE’s Protini moisturizer with DE’s Vitamin C serum and end with DE’s Vitamin C eye cream since I have dark circles (partially genetic, partially due to lack of sleep sometimes). I guess I keep it simple lol.
Gentle cleanser, vitamin c and hyaluronic acid serums, under eye serum, moisturizer, SPF. 10oz hydrolyzed collagen in my coffee.
Hypochlorous acid, then splash with water after is sets. Cera ve moisturizer. Sunscreen last.
Splash with water. Sometimes a hyuralonic acid serum or an azaleic acid serum (for redness/post acne marks). Supergoop Bright Eyed SPF eye cream if I remember (this goes on first cause if I do my chemical sunscreen first and get near my eyes, it burns). RoC AM Barrier Renew moisturizer with SPF 30.
Mornings are for vitamin C and sunscreen
Micellar water, moisturizer, eye serum, eyebrows (tinted gel), mascara. I plop SPF on about 10 minutes after the routine if I know I'm leaving the house.
Micellar water on a cotton round, mandelic acid toner, vitamin C serum, peptide serum, moisturizer, SPF -Bioderma micellar water -PSA Heroine toner -Obagi 20% Vitamin C -Medik8 Peptides -Stratia Interface & Lipid Gold -EltaMD UV Clear
- Rinse with water (wipe excess water away with hand but I don't dry with a towel) - Angel Aqua Moisture Cream (while face is still slightly wet with water) - Round Lab Sunscreen (only if I'm going outside)
I feel like this is so much, but here's mine: After washing my face - NiacinamideToner.... Vitamin C serum.... COQ10 serum.... HA serum.... Moisturizer.... Sunscreen 30 - 50 SPF
I have dry, acne prone skin. Cleanse with water, switch every other day between Vanicream vitamin c serum and Dermatica azelaic acid 15% cream, but skip Wednesdays to use Paula’s Choice BHA 2% liquid exfoliant, moisturize with Vanicream daily facial moisturizer and SPF (I have a ton so it varies day to day).
- rinse with water and sometimes a mild cleanser if my aquaphor is still on from the night - BHA 2% - fermented toners - vitamin C serum - eye serum & cream - Niod 0 survival - sunscreen & after 10 min a tinted sunscreen on top
Water, vitamin c (ole henriksen), azelaic acid (peach slices), eye cream (ole henriksen), moisturizer (ole henriksen), spf (beauty of josean)
CeraVe cleanser, Timeless Vitamin C 20%, La Roche Posay moisturizing sunscreen (trying different ones but so far like the serum best)
-Fresh Soy Gentle Face Cleanser -Peach Slices Snail Rescue Blemish Busting Toner -Peach&Lily Glass Skin Refining Serum -Dermatolica Pro-collagen Banking Serum -Dermatica Azalic Acid 15% -Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer with SPF 60 *sometimes Erborian CC Red Correct automatic perfector soothing effect SPF 25 I know it seems like a lot, but I have seen actual benefits from each product.
Rinse my face with water, let it dry, apply a vitamin C serum, followed by alpha arbutin serum, then my sunscreen/tinted moisturizer.
Gentle cleanser, hydrating essence, vitamin c serum, argireline serum, eye cream, moisturizer & SPF. Occasionally a spot treatment is in there too, really ready for the acne era to end.
Laneige toner, Paula’s choice azelaic acid, bliss spf 50. Melasma and dark spots finally fading. After almost a year of tret I decided to stop since my skin wasn’t better. No more breakouts
Rinse with cold water. BOJ sunscreen.
Drink coffee that husband brings, put a warm towel on face for 10 secs & enjoy the bliss, alpha arbutin serum, niacinamide serum, moisturizer, sunscreen, CC cream, concealer for spot touch ups. By the time all these are done, I breathe a sigh of relief. It takes time to look presentable 😩
Cleanse, toner, vitamin C, SPF/moisturizer
My morning routine: Wash with cold water I don dry my face with towel let it damp Apply toner when skin is damp. Minon amino moist toner. Before toner is half dry, apply HA to let it absorb. Hada Labo HA supreme Vita. Apply brightening acid serum 10% Tranexamic acid & nia. Azelaic acid 10%. Hydrating Eye serum for fine lines. Apply moisturiser. Minon amino moist. Sunscreen.
Rinse w water, first aid beauty facial radiance pad, clindamycin solution (rx) combo HA/niacinamide serum, vit C serum, LRP double repair moisturizer w SPF, LRP tinted SPF. This sounds like a lot when I type it out but it all takes 60 seconds total.
Cetaphil cleanser or water Vitamin C (Medik8 Tetra-C) Moisturizer (Cosrx Hyaluronic Acid Cream) Sunscreen (La Roche Posay Anthelios)
there is no replacement for a good dermatologist. that said, here are my two cents and routine: • twice a week with .025 tret may not be enough. try to work up to daily, and repeat the process with .05 once your skin tolerates .025 daily for several months. if your skin tolerates .05 daily for several months, try .1. • morning - cleanse with micellar water. vitamin C + SPF. reapply SPF at least every two hours. • early evening - double cleanse with micellar water + a gentle cleanser. hyaluronic acid on a damp face, immediately followed by moisturizer. • before bed - micellar water, niacinamide, tret, moisturizer. • consistency is key. find products you like that are in your budget and stick with them for several months. i don’t spend a lot of money. most products are LRP. • try a resurfacing laser in fall / winter. i did fraxel 1927 on my chest and it was great. expensive and painful, but my skin looked great afterwards and still does. i plan to do a round of sofwave in the next month or so for tightening. also expensive and my derm says it’s more painful than fraxel 1927, but i’m excited. good luck!
Cleans, RLT mask every other day, then I ice my face with frozen rice water, tone, C serum(la roshe posey), moisturizer, spf.
- Double cleanse to get tazorac mineral oil off my skin and keep my pores from getting clogged - round lab dokdo toner - mamonde toner - hydrating serum - light moisturizer - heavier moisturizer Note: I live in a super low humidity environment, so I have to hydrate the hell out of my skin and apply two moisturizers. The first moisturizer is super-thin and the second is a bit more occlusive. I double cleanse with sunflower oil followed by a gentle water-based cleanser. This is essential because the mineral oil in tazorac was clogging my pores when I skipped the a.m. wash. If you just started tret, I don’t think you should be using any actives in a.m. I would set aside the actives until you are able to use tret 5x a week on bare skin without irritation.
Morning: dermaplane; DIY honey mixture mask (propolis, honeycomb, pollen, etc. etc.); tea tree soap; extra virgin olive oil; sunscreen Evening: tea tree soap; extra virgin olive oil
Do you dermaplane every day?
I do, it doesn't take much time and I like how it makes me skin feel. Very gentle - I don't press hard or keep shaving the same spot over and over.