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When you want your skin to look its very best, what's your routine?
When you want your skin to look its very best, what’s your routine? Share!
Exfoliate the night before, then a hydration mask or extra hydrating serum/cream. In the morning, I’ll use a smoothing primer followed by a medium coverage foundation mixed with a liquid illuminator and set with loose or pressed setting powder, then dust finishing powder all-over.
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I start prepping my skin days ahead. I first wash my face with the Clarisonic. Then I exfoliate with a peel (Peter Thomas Roth 40% Triple Acid or his FirmX Peeling Gel are HG for me) and slather on moisturizer and coconut oil. The next 2 nights, I will put on Paula’s Choice Resist Retinol serums/creams, more moisturizer, and coconut oil. By now, my face is fresh and glowing. I can usually skip primer, put on a BB cream or light foundation, then Hourglass finishing powder, and I’m done.
After a careful cleansing and complete skincare routine, I use:
Kevin Aucoin Celestial Skin Liquid Lighting
Rimmel March Perfection liquid foundation
Shiseido Natural Finish Concealer
Maybelline Fit Me face powder
Max Factor blush in Classic Pink
I use the Rimmel Match Perfection foundation myself. It is the best shade for my skin colouring. It’s a great foundation.
Pray and hope the acne gods aren’t about to unleash their wrath upon me. These past few weeks they’ve been VERY angry with me and they’ve been punishing me plenty, I wonder what I did…
The ways of the acne gods cannot be known, for they are quixotic and spiteful. They care nothing for the fact that you may be in your late 30s, have had acne your whole life, and now must battle wrinkles as well!
I aim to make my skin looks it’s very best all the time. Mask everyday without fail.
Fresh sugar face polish(exfoliating mask) + Estee Lauder clear difference serum + Bobbi Brown hydrating face cream! my face hate scrubs/exfoliate.make my face drier than normal but I love to used it when I know tomorrow I want my facial skin look special good etc.
Get a good nights rest. Then exercise to release endorphins and relax my facial muscles, plus drink plenty of water. Shower and use toner and Kiehls Ultimate Moisturizer. Follow with makeup routine ending with Skindanavia setting spray.
I rarely ever change my rutine. I think it only makes my skin crazy., and gotta say my skin likes what I do, that is basically a serum fest, day and night with aminos, vitamins, peptides and acids. If I want to boost the smooth texture, I would clean and do a lymphatic massage using a cleansing balm like my Eve Lom, or the Colleen Rothschild one. That always evens out the texture. And though I am at risk to sound like a scratch in the disk, use my beloved Nars Light Optimizer primer and a sheer foundation. The result is believable fresh and well rested skin. Of course I use a good moisturizer with Hialuronic acid.
What are your favorite serums?? Thanks!
Face transplant.
No, just kidding:
Exfoliate
Blackhead clearing mask
Pore strips
Toner
Moisturizer
Armani Luminous Silk foundation
Consistency and an extra mask! I just ran out my exfoliator and I’m already looking bad 2 days later!
Cleansing diet, daily green drinks, good elimination all during the week before. Exfoliating just before moisturizing and applying makeup. Dewy foundation. Concealer after foundation as needed. Strategic highlighting. A pop of color on the cheeks over bronzer suited to time of year to light up the face. Lipstick with a warmer tone to flatter my warm-toned skin, e.g. red-orange, peachy pink, earthy nude. A final spritz of makeup setting spray adds a glow.
I exfoliate the night before – using Aveda’s gentle exfoliator for sensitive skin.
At night I use the Sukin Rosehip serum oil and the Elizabeth Arden Prevage night moisturizing cream.
In the morning I use the QV daily moisturizing cream with SPF, a primer and then my Rimmel Match Perfection foundation. I follow it by a light setting powder (Chanel’s), my blush (Natio – two tone – light brownish and peach). Afterwards I do my eyebrows, mascara, lipstick and last of all my eyeshadows.
Gentle but thorough cleansing, exfoliation, and at night I apply Hydrocortisone cream. Next morning, any troubles have been reduced. Takes away redness and calms the skin for a special day.
Night before, I’ll use:
1. shu eumura ultimate cleansing oil
2. caolion pore minimizing pack
3. a collagen mask from nature republic
In the morning, I’ll wash my face using Kiehl’s rare earth deep pore daily cleanser followed by my full face skin routine, I use O Hui products (age recovery super anti aging line):
1. skin softener
2. essence
3. emulsion
4. eye cream
5. cream
I can apply my make up afterwards.. its a ton of work!
I don’t do anything special, really. The only thing I can think of is that I’d probably wear foundation or tinted moisturizer.
If I want my face to look its best, I do the following the day before:
Exfoliate (Origins Modern Friction)
Mask (Origins Drink Up)
Eye (Origins No Puffery + Eye Doctor)
The day of:
Clean (Clairisonic + Origins Mega Bright Cleanser)
Oil (Tarte Maracuja)
Serum (Origins Perfect World)
Moisturize (Origins Mega Bright)
Eye (Origins Mega Bright)
Lips (Smith’s Rose Lip Salve)
Primer (NYX Green or MAC CC Lavender)
Concealer (MAC Studio Palette)
Foundation (Laura Mercier Tinted + MAC Studio Sculpt + MAC Face and Body)
Powder (Guerlain Meteorites)
Skinfinish (MAC)
it sounds like a lot, but I use very little of each product! It really does work well.
I usually cleanse with my Philosophy Purity cleanser and then exfoliate using the GlamGlow Super Mud. I follow up with my Ole Henriksen Nurture Me cream mixed with a little Josie Maran argan oil
Try to avoid binge drinking the night before in order to avoid swollen face but for some reason my complexions ends up looking clearer and luminous glow? no i am not trollin.