Throughout this time in quarantine, I really have made a conscious effort to take care of my skin. I think this is the best it has looked in a really long time, partly because of how I've been keeping up with this nightly routine.
So here is the quick video version of it and then I'm going to go into detail of what exactly I am doing...
If I'm wearing make-up, I first use Biore's Charcoal Cleansing Micellar Water to take off my make-up, or at least the majority of it. Now even though, it says on the bottle you can use this without rinsing it off, I feel like it still leaves a film which is why I go to wash my face with soap afterwards.
To wash my face, I vary between different gentle cleansers but for this video I used Lancome's Miel-en-Mousse Foaming Face Wash, which smells incredible! Washing my face after removing my make up, helps make sure there is no remaining residue of make up on my skin before I continue with my routine.
After washing my face, I pat it dry. Next step is using Murad's Rapid Age Spot and Pigment Lightening Serum. I have used this on-off for countless years now and this really helps with the acne scars I get from zits. What I've learned by mistake, is that it is really important to use a lightening serum like this all over your face, not just in a spot where you need the lightening to happen. I did this once, hoping to remove a specific acne scar I had, and instead it ended up lightening up my skin in that one part lighter than the rest of my face. Hydroquinone is quite the powerful ingredient, which also means it is so important to wear SPF on your face when you are using a product that includes hydroquinone.
I let that soak into my skin before I put on my moisturizer, which right now is Cetaphil's Moisturizing Lotion, super simple and moisturizing. I learned this early on that when you put on any skin product is so important to push up, against gravity (if you know what I'm saying 😉 ), we don't want our skin to sag, so up, up, up, the moisturizer goes.
Again, I let that soak into my skin before the final step of eye cream! I am obsessed with Lancome's Renergie Lift Multi-Action Eye. First of all it smells so good! This is definitely a splurge of a purchase but I think it is worth it, but because of the price tag, I only use it at night to really make it last. So with my ring finger, I put the eye cream from under my eyes, all the way around to my brow bone. I also put a small amount in between my eyebrows, where I get wrinkles at times and this eye cream has definitely minimized that. The last spot I put it on my face, is the nasolabial fold; be sure to watch the video at 1:13 to know exactly which area of the face I am referring to, because it's very important to include!
And that's the whole routine! Simple yet beneficial!
You can shop some of these products here!
And ICYMI, here is the video routine of my morning skin care routine, another mix of high to low end products:
So here is the quick video version of it and then I'm going to go into detail of what exactly I am doing...
If I'm wearing make-up, I first use Biore's Charcoal Cleansing Micellar Water to take off my make-up, or at least the majority of it. Now even though, it says on the bottle you can use this without rinsing it off, I feel like it still leaves a film which is why I go to wash my face with soap afterwards.
To wash my face, I vary between different gentle cleansers but for this video I used Lancome's Miel-en-Mousse Foaming Face Wash, which smells incredible! Washing my face after removing my make up, helps make sure there is no remaining residue of make up on my skin before I continue with my routine.
After washing my face, I pat it dry. Next step is using Murad's Rapid Age Spot and Pigment Lightening Serum. I have used this on-off for countless years now and this really helps with the acne scars I get from zits. What I've learned by mistake, is that it is really important to use a lightening serum like this all over your face, not just in a spot where you need the lightening to happen. I did this once, hoping to remove a specific acne scar I had, and instead it ended up lightening up my skin in that one part lighter than the rest of my face. Hydroquinone is quite the powerful ingredient, which also means it is so important to wear SPF on your face when you are using a product that includes hydroquinone.
I let that soak into my skin before I put on my moisturizer, which right now is Cetaphil's Moisturizing Lotion, super simple and moisturizing. I learned this early on that when you put on any skin product is so important to push up, against gravity (if you know what I'm saying 😉 ), we don't want our skin to sag, so up, up, up, the moisturizer goes.
Again, I let that soak into my skin before the final step of eye cream! I am obsessed with Lancome's Renergie Lift Multi-Action Eye. First of all it smells so good! This is definitely a splurge of a purchase but I think it is worth it, but because of the price tag, I only use it at night to really make it last. So with my ring finger, I put the eye cream from under my eyes, all the way around to my brow bone. I also put a small amount in between my eyebrows, where I get wrinkles at times and this eye cream has definitely minimized that. The last spot I put it on my face, is the nasolabial fold; be sure to watch the video at 1:13 to know exactly which area of the face I am referring to, because it's very important to include!
And that's the whole routine! Simple yet beneficial!
You can shop some of these products here!
And ICYMI, here is the video routine of my morning skin care routine, another mix of high to low end products:
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