Each time I
am in the midst of a ‘good skin’ month, I feel the urge to post a round-up of
the products that I’ve been enjoying. Despite suffering through what I believe
was an allergic reaction to my hair mask (exacerbated by constant scarf wear!)
I have been happy with the texture of my skin and am thankful for a range of
products for helping me out in that respect. Since I am consistently rotating
my skincare in order to review products on this blog, many are press samples or
things that I only use for a 6 week period to keep the reviews coming. Just
something to keep in mind!
In terms of
my morning routine, I like to keep it quite simple and use cleansing water like
Bioderma Crealine h20 to rid my skin of any remnants of my nightly
routine. I’ll be honest and say that this isn’t always a step I undertake daily
as I can be quite lazy in the mornings! I then pop on a full pump of Cetaphil
Derma Control SPF30+ moisturiser*, which is broad spectrum and non
comedogenic. This keeps my skin smooth and helps prevent acne whilst providing
UVA/UVB sun protection. I find this to be a great moisturiser and I’m glad that
the lightweight bottle is pump action and cheap enough when it comes time to
repurchase! While this sinks in, I begin applying my eye makeup, then move onto
applying primer and the rest of my makeup routine.
At night, I
take a lot more time caring for my skin. I begin by removing my eye makeup
before I hope into the shower, with Maybelline’s City Rescue makeup remover
which I am about to run out of. I then use Dermalogica Precleanse* and Antipodes
Grace cleanser* while I shower. I am still having a love affair with
Precleanse, and am enjoying the touch of class that Antipodes brings to
my bathroom. I find the creamy formula of Grace to still be quite
lightweight, and it doesn’t add any oil or shine to my skin as I at first
thought it might. I do still prefer my Soap & Glory Fab Pore Hot Clothcleanser* though, as I find it leaves my skin softer and smells a little
nicer than this luxe metal tube. I switch up my facial scrubs quite often, and
right now I’m using the Dermalogica Skin Prep scrub* (sample tube).
After
cleansing, I move onto layering a few treatments and serums depending on how my
skin is acting that particular day. I suffer from a little bit of acne, and so
without these treatments my skin acts a fool! Mario Badescu is wonderful
for acne prone skin, and I rely on the Buffering Lotion to take care of
my bumpy forehead and deep pimples, while the Drying Lotion stops the
spots about to erupt in their tracks. I also love La Roche Posay Efflacar
Duo to keep my skin acne free overall, and will definitely be repurchasing
when this tube meets its end. I sometimes use Lacura Hyaluronic Gel to
help suck some moisture into my skin, but lately I’ve been favouring my Kosmea Radiance 24/7 Youth Boost*.
To end my skincare
routine, I take time massaging in a night cream to moisturise the dry patches
of my face. I was using a lightweight lotion during the heat wave we
experienced earlier in the year, but now that it is chilly I have cracked open
my tub of Aveeno Positively Radiant Intensive Night Cream*. Such a lovely
name, isn’t it? I found the texture of this really strange, it is sort of like
curdled yoghurt, and at first I doubted how hydrating it would be. Happy to
report that I was way off, you need the tiniest bit of this to cover your whole
face and it works so well at hydrating without being heavy or breaking me out!
