I use micellar water and cotton balls for cleanser and am switching from jojoba oil to rosehip Seed oil for moisturizer. Anthelios Mineral Zinc Oxide Sunscreen SPF 50 whenever outside. I also use retin-a 0.1% daily (except in winter where its every other day, because drying).
I’ve heard mixed things about hyaluronic acid serums but used to use them and am too poor atm for a good vitamin c serum.
Critiques are welcome, don’t doubt I could improve it a lot
cigarettes
Shower every 3rd or 4th day & use a bar of soap/washcloth. My skin seems to prefer less washing over more. It was at it’s best when I had no access to any shower whatsoever for a year - the only wash it got was jumping into a body of water.
Might have good luck with less attention or I might have highly privelaged skin, but traditionally it’s always been either dry as shit from too much washing or stuck in a grease production feedback loop from getting washed too much. Seem to have found a middle ground these days
In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I’ll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
I never wash my face, never, no soap, nothing. Years of neglect has built up into the fine patina of antique porcelain, the envy of my peers
