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What's your current evening skincare routine?
What’s your current evening skincare routine? Share yours!
I almost always use a cleansing oil (likely shu uemura) to remove makeup and dirt, and I’ll use Lancome Bi-Facil on a Q-Tip to remove any last bits of eyeliner along the lower lash line. I use two prescription products, a topical antibiotic (clindamycin) and Differin, followed by Origins GinZing moisturizer.
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I am a big Shu Uemura fan too thanks to Christine! 🙂 cleansing oil + REN clearcalm cleanser / Oskia Renaissance cleanser + Kiehls Midnight recovery conc. + Pai eye cream + Nuxe reve de miel lip balm
*Sephora Waterproof Eye makeup Remover
*Hada Labo Tokyo Hydrating Facial Cleanser (+dab of Neutrogena Bodywash – pink grapefruit)
* Clarisonic (5x per week)
* FAB Ultra Repair Face Moisturizer
* Paula’s Choice Retinol or PTR 10% Glycolic Acid Hydrating Gel (alternate 5x per week)
* Cerave PM cream
* FAB Ultra Repair Sleeping Cream
*Josie Maran Argan Oil-Light version
*Lips – Yes to Coconut Lip Balm
Differin is a lifesaver! Currently on this Korean skincare regime, so I use a lot of Laneige and innisfree products.
1) Cleansing oil (currently using innisfree’s apple one)
2) Neutrogena Facial Wash (contains 2% salicylic acid)
3) Laneige Skin Refiner (toner)
4) Laneige Light Emulsion
5) innisfree green tea seed serum
6) innisfree green tea seed eye cream
7) Differin (if I do use Differin I skip steps 406)
8) innisfree green tea seed moisturizer
9) Laneige Sleeping Pack (2 or 3 times a week)
Some nights I throw in a clay mask or sheet mask too. The latter will replace the serum so I don’t actually apply more than 5 absorbant type products (as opposed to the stuff that’ll wash off) into the skin.
First I use a makeup wipe to remove all my makeup, and right now Im using Aveeno Ultra Calming Makeup Wipes. I then use Korres Greek Yoghurt eye makeup remover with my makeup wipe to make sure all my eye makeup is removed. Then I wash my face with L’Occitane Shea Cleansing Oil, followed by another cleansing with Philosophy Microdelivery Exfoliating Wash. I then tone my face with SKII Clear Lotion, followed by SKII Facial Treatment Essence. I apply Joanna Vargas Daily Serum all over my face and around my eyes and let it absorb. I follow with Dr. Lancer Advanced C Radiance Cream which contains retinol. Im constantly changing eye creams, but right now I’m using Sciote Peptide + Defense Firming Eye Cream. If I feel I need extra moisture on my face, I love Honey Girl Organics Face and Eye Cream or La Mer Creme.
If I have makeup on, I use an oil cleanser too. My go to for the winter has been Clinique’s Take the Day Off Balm. But,I have had some other oil cleansers form last summer that I occasionally used and samples as they happened my way.Then, I use Omorovicza Thermal Cleansing Balm,Omrovicza Gold night drops, and a Omorovicza cream. In the winter,it has been Gold rescue cream( a very emollient ,barrier cream..dry skin and cold ,harsh winter=not favorable). In the summer, I will switch to probably The Omorovicza Rejuvenating night cream.Once it is super humid, as it gets here around June( We get frigid ,dry cold to super humid, hot ,&sticky..it’s absurd and really hard to keep a skincare regime and really expensive) I will maybe just nee the Gold night drops after cleansing as it is in an oil base or maybe just that with a face oil as moisturizer. I like Nude Progenius oil, Fresh Seaberry, and Indie lee Squalene oils depending on how much moisture I need. The nude is the most emollient and fresh is middle, Indie Lee is light. One bottle of each will last me a year or maybe two because I dont use them much now that my skin is balanced with the Omorovicza. Yes, it is very expensive stuff. I just started using it about 3 months ago if that. But, I like it and it has streamlined my regime( before, I felt like I was in a japanese skincare ritual) . So,really,it probably is balancing out.Plus, I have been struggling with a health condition which came on suddenly and I felt the need to clean my body as much as possible. So,keeping things with harmful chemicals out of particularly the first layer of stuff into my skin is important to me. I am looking for a lower price range for my daughter(she is 9,almost 10) and only needs a basic mild cleanser and light moisturizer /sunscreen without all the chemicals and I prefer mineral sunscreen if anyone has a suggestion, I would appreciate it. I have a few sunblock Ideas if that has to be separate. In the summer she may just wear a sunblock. Her skin pretty much still regulates itself (lucky ducK).Oh, i forgot, when, i remember, I use a Dr Perricone Vit C 15%(?)Esther on a few mild dark spots. It hasnt seemed to do much. So, I kinda got lazy with it.
L’Oreal Gentle Lip&Eye remover for waterproof makeup + Juice Beauty Cleansing Milk + Lancome Tonique Douceur Alcohol-Free Freshener toner + Estee Lauder Clear Difference Blemish serum + Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Moisturizer.I don’t easy to break out anymore after I do this routine
I double cleanse with Eucerin and L’Occitane and then I apply Differen and a Paula’s Choice serum followed by my Olaz moisturizer.
I remove makeup with Clinique’s Take the Day off Cleansing Balm, then wash my face with First Aid Beauty Cleanser (their original one). I apply Paula’s Choice 2% BHA liquid, then a drop of her Resist Retinol Serum to my eye area, then her Clinical 1% Retinol Treatment mixed with her 15% Vitamin C Booster to the rest of my face and neck. Once all that sinks in, I apply the CeraVe nighttime face moisturizer and eye cream for hydration. Decollete and hands/arms get First Aid Beauty Facial Radiance Pads (AHA, I don’t put on my face due to rosacea) followed by Paula’s Resist Retinol Body Treatment mixed with the 15% Vitamin C Booster, or her 10% AHA body lotion. Lips get Silk Naturals Black Label lip treatment and Bite Beauty Agave Lip Mask. Finally doing a proper anti-aging routine, now that my rosacea has settled down enough to tolerate it!
I use just straight up oil to remove my mascara, and then Bioderma Sensibio all over to remove sunscreen and makeup. I then cleanse with CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser Bar. Follow with Clinique Mild Clarifying Lotion as a toner. Use CeraVe Skin Renewing Cream Serum (retinol), Cheryl Lee MD Ceramide+ Cream and Cheryl Lee MD Relieve and Protect Ointment on extra dry areas.
I generally use Coconut oil to cleanse skin from make up and dirt. Then I wash my face with a cleansing gel, Nivea or Garnier, Finale step is Bioderma on the eyes area. and clarifing lotion 2 by Clinique. As nightcare I’m using the Substiane crème riche LRP and Weleda Rosa mosqueta nourishing cream any other day.
-Remove makeup with MAC Cleansing Oil
-Wash face with Avene Cleanance Gel
-Clarins eye cream
-put on Obagi Nu-Derm Clear
-Obagi Blender mixed with retinonic acid every other day
-MAC Lip Conditioner
I’m keeping it sweet and simple. I wash my face, then I use Aqua Marina by Lush, and as a moisturizer I apply a generous amount of coconut oil!
Oh and remove make up first, ofcourse, with coconut oil too.
I use Sonia Kashuk’s eye make-up remover and then wash my face with Cetaphil (or a generic, I don’t see a difference). I use a 2.5% benzoyl peroxide, followed by prescription Differin cream, and I just started using Pond’s wrinkle remover a a moisterizer. Around my eyes, I use a lanolin based product,
My last step is to apply a Frownie which is a little sticky triangle you put right between the eyebrows. It keeps me from scrunching up my face in my sleep and has almost completely gotten rid of the crease between by brows. It’s kinda like a cheap, low rent botox without injections and it really works, I wish I had started using it when I was younger.
Cleanser, retinol or AHA product, age prevention serum, nighttime antioxidant moisturizer and eye cream.
I shower at night, so Clarisonic with a Neutrogenea benzoyl peroxide wash, followed by Garnier Rescue Gel moisturizer, and prescription products (adapalene and a sulfur lotion).
I begin my skincare regimen by removing my makeup with Bioderma Sensibio H2O on a cotton pad. It is fantastic at removing all of my makeup (I was previously using Neutrogena makeup remover which left my skin feeling oily or No7 makeup remover wipes which are my favorite wipe I have used thus far). I then cleanse my face using Origins Mega Bright cleanser which is so amazing – I did not know that a cleanser could do so much for my skin. It lightens and brightens my skin, including darkness under my eyes. Then I apply Tarte Maracuja Oil to my cheeks, eye area, nose, and forehead. If I have had a rough day, I apply Origins No Puffery under my eyes. Then I wait for those to sink in a bit and apply Origins A Perfect World serum, Origins Make a Difference Night, and A Perfect World for Eyes.
I remove my makeup using a bit of coconut oil, cleanse witht my Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser and then follow up with my Simple Micellar Water to make sure I’m all clean. Lastly, I moisturize using a little Josie Maran Argan Oil
I remove makeup with coconut oil (Tropical Traditions Gold Label), cleanse my face with Silk Naturals Apricot Oil, Spray my face with AOBiome cosmetic mist, moisturize with Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil Lotion.
I vary my night time products depending on how my dry, rosacea afflicted skin feels. My cleansing routine stays the same though. If I am wearing make up, I remove with a DHC cleansing oil and a soft wash cloth, followed by Aveeno Ultra Calming Facial Wash. I remove eye make up with Bioderma Sensiblo. Then I follow with Skin Actives Rosacea Serum, Skin Actives Bright I cream, and Skin Actives collagen cream. Often, I will layer another SkinActives appropriate cream lightly on top. On days when the weather has been very dry with low humidity I like to lightly tap on SkinActives Dream Cream for added nourishment.
My routine is pretty basic right now, but it’s actually working pretty great:
-fragrance-free Johnson’s baby oil to remove eye makeup
-Clean & Clear’s gentle foaming cleanser for sensitive skin
-a swipe of Paula’s Choice 2% BHA liquid all over face and neck
-Olay Regenerist Serum
1. Boscia Detoxifying Black Cleanser or Ole Henriksen Walnut Scrub 2x a week
2. Clinique Acne Solitions Clarifying Lotion
3. Origins Out of Trouble mask 1x a week
4. Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformstion Moisturizer
5. Origins Night A Mins night cream
I wash my face with Clean and Clear and that’s it! (I’m 64 and it has worked for me all of these years)
Everyday I remove my makeup with julep bareface. The 4 nights a week I wash my face with my clarisonic (I alternate between using Philosophy Purity and nuetrogena pore cleanser), 3 nights a week I use a facial scrub (Philosophy microexfoliant or nuetrogena deep pore scrub), and a face mask (typically st Helene mint, Aztec clay and freeman avacado, but I swap in others). I finish up witch hazel as a toner, benefit “it’s potent” eye cream and maracuja oil as a moisturizer. I recently purchased the Clarisonic Opal to use during my eye care routine!
I use an oil based cleanser to remove makeup from the day (Clinique Take Off The Day Balm right now), followed by a gel cleanser. I follow with two toners, eye cream, rosehip oil (but I like any kind of facial oil like Kiehls, or Tarte), Bioderma Sebium Global cream for blemishes, Sunday Riley Good Genes Treatment (holy grail skincare!!!), Indeed Lab’s Hydraluron, Kiehl’s Skin Rescuer moisturizer, and Tata Harper’s Replenishing Nutrient Complex (oil again). I change my cleansers, toners and eye creams quite a bit, but my serums and creams tend to be the same once I find one I like!
I cleanse by massaging Colleen Rothschild’s Radiant Cleansing Balm into my skin and then I apply Peter Thomas Roth ViZ1000 serum followed with Eucerin Q10 anti-wrinkle sensitive skin cream all over my face, neck, chest and under my eyes.
Albolene to de-makeup (also Simple mycellar water if I’ve got a bunch of makeup on), Cerave cream cleanser, Paula’s Choice Clinical 1% Retinol (<—M, Fri, Sat & Sun.) wait about an hour and then Cerave cream + Aquaphor. If it's Wednesday I do a Mandelic Acid peel and skip the retinol.
I remove makeup and do an initial cleanse with sunflower oil, then get in the shower to rinse. Depending on how dry my skin is, and the season, I may or may not cleanse again with Glytone mild cream wash. Once I get out and have patted my face dry, I usually apply Poppy Austin Vitamin C serum, then Retin A ( I use the .05 cream), then Medyskin Facelift oil. If I feel pretty dry, I’ll wait a few minutes and top it all with Epionce Medical Barrier cream, which BTW is the BOMB for dry skin anywhere on the body.
Lancome cleanser and toner then follow up with Swisse Maracuja Face Oil. My skin looks best the next morning.
on a good night – cleansing oil to remove makeup, purity face wash, toner, serum or oil, origins night a mins
on a lazy night [aka most nights oops!] – cleansing oil, toner, origins.
i need to be better about routine but sometimes i am just fighting to stay awake by the time i wash my face!
I cleanse with raw african black soap. I follow up with apple cider vinegar toner. I moisturize with raw african shea butter. Once per week I use a mask of aztec bentonite clay mixed with raw apple cider vinegar. Once a week, a use a facial scrub made with black seed and honey.
If I wore makeup, I use a makeup remover wipe to take my eye makeup off and get most of my face makeup. My Eminence Stone Crop Gel wash gets the rest of it off if I use my konjac sponge. I follow that up with a collagen jelly pack (Elisvecca Green Piggy Collagen Jella pack, which I got in a Memebox) and Origins Mega Bright eye cream. About once a week I use some kind of mask right after washing–right now I’m loving the PTR Rose Mask.
I use:
Sukin sensitive cleansing lotion to clean my skin/remove eye makeup
Natio serum for mature age
Ceramide oil capsules – which are fantastic by the way
Cetaphil moisture cream before bed
I remove all makeup with Bioderma and them cleanse with Glamglow Supercleanse daily treatment cleanser and follow with Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant. I do all four Glamglow masks at four different points during the week (using each one weekly) and I also use my clarisonic 3 times a week or so. I follow that with Etude House’s Wonder Pore Freshner as a toner. I put on some Clinique All About Eyes eye cream and once absorbed, I seal it in with coconut oil. I then apply some Mizon Snail Recovery Gel Cream ( don’t knock it until you try it. Finally I apply the greatest night cream ever– which is my nine dollar Walgreen’s “Studio 35 Alpha Hydroxy Face Cream”. I’ve tried so many night creams and this is not only the best, it is the cheapest. little Aquaphor on my lips and then nighty night.
Remove makeup with a Neutrogena grapefruit wipe. Cleanse with a St. Ives apricot scrub and Aveeno foam cleanser. Then use a Burt’s Bees tomato toner and Simple moisturizing gel. I also use RoC retinol eye cream for my fine lines, though I’m only 22 :/
I’m 36 and have “normal” skin:
* cleanse with Lancôme’s Huile Doucer Oil Cleanser
* Wipe any left over eye makeup bits with Boots No 7 eye makeup remover
* Shisedo Eudermine wipe down with an “exfoliating” cotton round
* Boots Protect and Perfect Intense Serum
* Clarins eye cream
* Boots Protect and Perfect Intense Night Cream
* thick layer of lip balm
* cuticle oil and Nutrogena Fast Absorbing hand cream
For exfoliation – Once a week Arbonne Cellular renewal mask and twice a week a morning cleanse with my clarisonic – other wise I DON’T wash my face in the morning other than to wipe it with a micellar water because I think its just toooo much cleansing.
I use Estee Lauder Take it Away to remove makeup followed by Cetaphil cleanser for oily skin and Dickinsons witch hazel. Next I use Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair serum. Then it’s either Estee Lauder Revitalizing Supreme moisturizer or FAB ultra repair cream.
I love EL skincare products.. I will always have a serum in both my morning and evening skincare from her line.
Clinique Take the day off Cleansing Balm, then use my clinique sonic brush and foaming facial wash, clinique acne solutions clarifying lotion and moisturizer. Finish with clinique repairwear laser focus serum and youth surge for oily skin. I mix it with the acne moisturizer.
Bhcosmetics Eye & Lip Makeup Remover to melt off my eye makeup. Nu Skin 180° Face Wash. Kueshi Pure & Clean Face Toner. L’Oreal Paris Double Extend Keratin Lash Boosting Serum (not technically skin care, but I use it at the same time). Nu Skin Night Supply Nourishing Cream. Nu Skin Tru Face Line Corrector under the eyes and eyelids. Occasionally, instead of the line corrector I use whatever eye cream sample I have open. At the moment, it’s and Estee Lauder eye gel. Lip balm. Nu Skin Epoch Baobab Body Butter on hands. Nu Skin Epoch Sole Solution Foot Treatment on elbows (to treat the eczema) and on feet if needed.
If I have foundation/make up to remove I use the Clinique Cleansing Milk followed by my holy grail Paulas Choice anti aging products. Starting with the Resist Hydrating Cleanser, The Resist Replenishing Toner, the Resist Retinol Serum Serum mixed with the Resist C15 Super Booster and lastly the Resist Barrier Repair Moisturizer with Retinol. Once a week after cleansing and toning I use the Resist Weekly Resurfacing Treatment 10% AHA followed with the same moisturizer.
Remove eye makeup with coconut oil
Remove face makeup with Pond’s cold cream
Gentle use of honey & sugar scrub (homemade)
Clarisonic with Johnson’s baby wash
PTR Retinol Fusion PM
Philosophy retinol eye repair
Yes to Coconuts balm on dry spots
Nivea cream from Germany on face and neck as a night cream
Remove makeup (if any)
On a cotton pad…
Organic extra virgin Coconut oil for Eye makeup
Estee Lauder Take it Away Makeup Remover Lotion
Olay Foaming Facial Cleanser for sensitive skin with my Ecco tools facial sponge
Estee Lauder micro Essence on a cotton pad
ACURE Moroccan Argan oil
Cerave Eye Repair Cream
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Complex II Serum
Estee Lauder Revitalizing Supreme Global Anti-Aging Creme
Earth Therapeutics Intensive Hand Repair
EOS Coconut milk lip balm
I remove make-up with cleansing oil, rinse then cleanse with a gentle sussing cleanser or a exfoliating cleanser once or twice a week pursuing a clarisonic brush. After I dry my skin, I apply a serum and facial and eye moisturizer and lip balm. I use Latisse every other day or so for maintenance.
Right now, it’s a wash of some sort, either one of my two oils, and then either a Neutrogena cream or a derma E one. Then I add an eye cream and a layer of Burt’s Bees lip balm.
*Sephora Waterproof Eye makeup Remover
* Shu Uemura Porefinist cleansing oil
* Neutrogena Naturals cleanser
* Hada Labo Gokujun Hyaluronic Lotion
* Hada Labo Shirojyun Albutin Milk
* BlueSkyWaters Best Face Forward Natural Serum Oil
* Cerave PM cream
* Paula’s Choice Clinical 1% Retinol Treatment
* Lips: Malin + Goetz Mojito Lip Balm
Oops–I don’t actually use the eye makeup remover! The cleansing oil is all I need for that!
Zest bar soap since I was 13. It just works, LOL.