My Skin Care Routine

 
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I am going to drop my skin care routine because I am not going to lie, I at 30 years old have never had such amazing skin. Who would have thought. For many years I relied on mostly good genetics but did absolutely not much. Just plain old soap and water. And not even every day. I am prone to occasional hormonal breakouts but nothing too crazy. I have little to no fine lines or aging spots which is also a plus. As my 30s loom I have wanted to put more effort into self care and of course taking care of my skin so for Christmas this year I asked for a gift card from Sephora so I could get some real good vegan and cruelty free products. I had heard really amazing things about Tatcha and I fell in love with their packaging immediately. I decided to purchase the day water cream and the anti-aging night cream. I also bought an eye illuminator cream. I had previous moisturizer from La Neige that I really like as well. The other parts of my skin care routine involve a good exfoliator and toner and facial masks a few times a month. Whether an actual scrub/clay mask or a Korean sheet mask, I love face masks of all types. On occasion I do like a good facial mist spray. I keep them in my gym bag or if I am travelling because it is a good refresher when you need something quick. I also just recently started getting facials. This is something I plan to get every season when our skin starts changing. I may even experiment with gua sha facials and dermaplaneing.

Basically my every day skin care routine is very basic and simple I can do it in less than 5 minutes.

Morning:

  • Start with clean, dry skin.

  • Use a face cloth and dampen it with Thayer’s Rose Petal Oil and Witch Hazel (I swear by this stuff, it’s cheap and the ingredients are so good) and wipe it all over your face. This is what you will use for toner.

  • After the toner has soaked into my skin I use my Tatcha water cream. I always use the little spoon because it doesn’t transfer bacteria and it’s just so dang cute. It just needs a couple small little scoops.

Night:

  • I use Mad Hippie exfoliating serum every other night. Take a little drop, which is enough to lather my whole face. Let that soak in, wait 10 minutes.

  • Again use Thayer’s Rose Petal Oil and Witch Hazel toner. Allow to soak in for a couple minutes.

  • Tatcha luminous dewy night concentrate, again using the little spoon, with a couple small scoops, massage into skin.

From Delong Lashes and Aesthetics

From Delong Lashes and Aesthetics

From Amazon

From Amazon

From Sephora

From Sephora

From Sephora

From Sephora

 
From Sephora

From Sephora

 

I usually only wear the eye illuminator if I am going out as it is tinted and I don’t need that for every day. I think in the future I will purchase an actual under eye cream from Tatcha. I try to do a face mask once a week. Whether it’s an undereye mask, or a sheet mask, or an African black soap clay mask, or a charcoal facial scrub. I plan to get quarterly facials as well as I already stated. MacKenzie from Delong Lashes and Aesthetics does my facials and I absolutely love going to see her. Sunscreen in the summer now no matter what. I know I should wear it even in the winter but I really don’t get out much. My pale skin can attest to that. I do like my pale skin. I do also like my tanned skin but I tan much more in moderation than I used to when I was younger and always use sunscreen. The last thing I use basically daily is my all over body moisturizer which is the Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula which I am sure most women have used because it is supposed to prevent and fade stretch marks. Does it work? I find it works, but also stretch marks are genetic mostly and you need to be very consistent with it. Most pregnant woman use it, but I just love it for every day use. It is so moisturizing and leaves you smelling like chocolate, and the ingredients are pretty good. I also like to use Live Clean argan oil moisturizer. I will put links to all products that I have pictured.

From Amazon

From Amazon

From Shopper’s Drug Mart

From Shopper’s Drug Mart

From Amazon

From Amazon

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This picture is not filtered or edited.

I have been using these products for about 3.5 months now and I feel I can conclusively say these products have made an improvement on my overall skin. It’s not dry anymore or discoloured. I also feel as though my pore size became significantly smaller. I never really wore face makeup to begin with but now, never. It feels good to do something good for yourself. Everyone deserves a good skin care routine. You just need to find the right products for you.