Hey guys and welcome back to my channel! My name is Corrie and today we are gonna
be talking about my 2018 skin care routine. The first thing I do when I
wake up in the morning is to wash my face. To do that I'm going to be
using this guy. This is the Bosia Charcoal Cleansing Ball.
It cleans your face, it does a good job. You can see it's quite small
compared to when I bought. Pretty happy with my progress. Fun to use, it
leaves your skin pretty squeaky clean so if you don't like that feeling it might
be a little harsh for you but I love using it as my a.m. cleanser. To
follow up with a moisturizer I really like to use this CeraVe moisturizing
lotion for normal to dry skin. It has ceramides and hyaluronic acid in it. It's
supposed to be non comedogenic and non irritating. I really like it because
it's gentle, moisturizing, it's not too thick when you apply... It it's more of a
thinner formula. Once it's soaked into my skin I go ahead and apply my
foundation and makeup and start my day.
At the end of the day when I'm ready to take off my makeup I usually start with
my eye makeup. I really love this Clinique Take The Day Off
Cleansing Balm. I use it to take off my mascaras and my eye makeup. It's
just a balm so I scoop some out, apply it to my eyes, and then when I'm ready to
take it off I usually wipe my eyes with one of these cotton pads. I actually went
crazy and bought some of the Shiseido facial cotton but honestly I cannot tell
the difference between this and the Quo brand facial cotton so in the future
I'm going to cheap out and go back to the Quo facial cotton.
Once my eye makeup is off I take the rest of my makeup off with my favorite...
the Bioderma Sensibio H20 Makeup Removing Micelle Solution. I love the
stuff! Cannot get enough of it! To use that I either use my facial
cotton or if I want to exfoliate a bit I just use one of these little Joe Fresh
cotton pads.
Onto face cleansing... I've been enjoying this Indie Lee Facial Cleanser
that I got from my Lucky Bag 2018. It's actually pretty good at taking
off eye makeup as well. If I don't feel like I need the full Clinique Cleansing Balm I
often skip and just go right ahead to this step. I haven't been using this
enough to really recommend it but so far I think it does a really nice job and
again it's great at taking off makeup which I really like.
In the evening I like to treat my skin. Oftentimes I use these Dr. Dennis Gross
Alpha-Beta Universal Daily Peels but those are super expensive so I bought a
bunch during the VIB sale but I have been trying a cheaper alternative which
is this the Ordinary Lactic Acid 10% plus 2% Hyaluronic Acid which is a
high-strength lactic acid superficial peeling formulation. It's good because
it's super cheap but it's not the best because it leaves your skin feeling kind
of sticky and it also has kind of a gross smell. so I'm not 100% convinced
that this is going to be a permanent part of my facial routine but
I do enjoy using it on days where I am not using my Dr. Dennis Gross peels. If I
have an acne spot I will often times pop it once I've washed my face using a
extractor tool as long as it's a whitehead and ready to be
popped. I experimented with those CosRX Acne Patches and they were really
good but I ran out so in the meantime I'm trying a dupe for it. These
are hydrocolloid adhesive pads which I just bought at the grocery store in the
first-aid area. They're supposed to be the same thing as the CosRX patches
but you just take a piece of the bandaid and just trim a little square off with
just some scissors. Pop it on your acne and away you go.
The only downside to using the band-aids is they don't hide as well on your face
as the CosRX patches so I did order more of those patches
but there's nothing wrong with wearing those band-aids overnight. I do take
birth control. Currently I'm taking Alesse. I don't think this has had any really
big improvement on my skin or on my acne but I thought I would mention it just so
that we can track and see if things change if my birth control
changes. The very last step for me is I put on my night cream. Currently
I'm using the Clinique Moisture Surge Intense and on my lips I also use the
Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask which comes with this cute little spatula. The
Clinique Moisture Surge is pretty thick and goopy. It's quite a thick mask so you
don't need a ton of it and it smells like paint but it does a nice job of
keeping me super moisturized. The lip sleeping mask smells great, tastes great,
I feel like it lasts all night but honestly I still have dry lips so I
can't hundred-percent confirm that it actually does anything. I'm super
dedicated to panning this and using it every night. I do enjoy putting it on
which I can't say for a lot of other lip products. Not 100% sure that
it's actually made a huge improvement on my super dry lips.
That is a look at my current skincare routine. If you guys have any suggestions,
comments, if you guys want to share your routine.... please feel free in the comments
down below. Currentlymy philosophy is to get rid
of my acne, to moisturize and just be nice and gentle over all. Maybe lay off
some of the foundation and just give my skin a break. Thank you guys so much for
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