Hello my lovely readers and welcome to the very first Self Care Sunday. Today I’m going to be talking about my skin care routine. Recently I’ve been wanting to take better care of my skin. I’ve been watching some YouTube videos about it and I really like Dr. Shah. Here’s a link to the channel he has with Dr. Maxfield https://youtube.com/c/Doctorly Here’s a link a specific video. https://youtu.be/ph0tBLZcnas I modeled my skin care regimen after this information. Dr. Shah says all you really need is a cleanser, a moisturizer, and a sunscreen. Here is a picture of all my current skin care products and tools.
Now I’ll go through each product/tool one by one and tell you how much I paid for it.
Step 1. Cleanser - CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser for normal to oily skin. Target $13.49. This is a really general cleanser that dot really foam too much. Or not at all in my opinion. To be fair I’m not seeing if it foams while I wash my face in the shower. i make sure my face is damp first. Then I use it all over my face and the front of my neck. Avoiding my eyes and mouth. I rinse it off with warm water. I apply just using my fingers and wash it off in the same fashion. I should be washing my face twice a day. Once in the morning and once at night. But ya’ girl lazy.
Step 2. Moisturizer AM- Up and Up Oil Free Facial Moisturizer with Sunscreen broad spectrum SPF 15 Target $7.99. It has a little bit of a smell, but more like a sunscreen smell than anything else. It’s really lightweight and leaves my skin feeling soft. I apply it to my face and front of my neck with my fingers. I also like that it has sunscreen in it. So even if I don’t put extra sunscreen on my face is a little bit protected. PM- Up and Up Nighttime Facial Moisturizing Lotion (lightweight + oil-free) Target $9.99. This moisturizer has the same effect just without sunscreen. I apply this to my face and neck after washing my face before bed. It’s also lightweight. The only real difference from the AM moisturizer is it doesn’t have sunscreen. I don’t need sunscreen while I’m sleeping.
Step 3. Sunscreen Neutrogena Clear Face Oil-Free Sunscreen (broad spectrum SPF 55) Marshalls $6.99 I’ve only used this sunscreen a few times. But I have to admit it doesn’t have a sunscreen smell. I hate the smell of sunscreen. It is really lightweight like they say. I use it over my moisturizer in the AM. I feel better knowing I have extra protection from the sun even though my AM moisturizer already has sunscreen in it. I don’t think protection after 30 SPF is really any different. But I like that this sunscreen is lightweight and oil-free as I have oily skin. I haven’t yet, but I’m considering reapplying this sunscreen in the midday. Especially on extra sunny days or days when my skin gets really oily. After washing my face with just some soap and water. I’m sure you could use this sunscreen anywhere. But I’m going to reserve it to my face. Since the rest of my skin can handle more oily sunscreen.
Occasional products/tools:
Up and Up Maximum Strength 10% Benzoyl Peroxide Gel Target $3.49 I use this as a spot treatment for big or persistent zits. After I wash my face I apply with my finger. I only put a tiny bit on and rub it on to the zit. I wait for it to dry a bit and then apply my moisturizer. I don’t want to rub the benzoyl peroxide places it doesn’t need to be as it is very drying.
Cake Birthday Cleansing Scrub Ross $3.99 I do not know this brand, nor is it good to do a face scrub too often. But it smelled much too good to pass up. I’ve used it once so far and it was pretty gentle. Although I made sure not to scrub too hard. I apply this with my fingers to a damp face after washing my face with my cleanser. Then I wash it off with warm water. This is something I might only use once a week or only a few times a month. You don’t to exfoliate your skin too often because it will get rid of the skins natural outer barrier.
Cala Spinning Facial Brush Ross about $4.00 (or maybe it was only $2.00) This is a simple battery powered facial spinning brush. It has two speeds slow or fast. Only one button. Press once for on (slow), twice for fast, and three times for off. It has 2 different brushes. The white whisker like one and the pink rubber one. I haven’t used the pink one, but my guess is it would be more gentle than the white one. The white one can get a little scratchy. To use I wet the brush under the faucet with cold water. Then put some of my cleanser in the center of the brush and rub it in. Be careful not to get it too wet. If you do it spins water everywhere. Then I move it around my face gently while it spins in circles. The down fall to this tool is I need to wet my face first to use it. I started using this originally because my back was hurting. I was having a hard time bending down to wash my face in the sink. I thought this would eliminate that part of the routine, but it didn’t. My back is feeling better now, but even if it wasn’t I probably would still choose to just use my fingers to wash my face instead of the spinning brush. Although I still plan to use it on occasion.
Well those are all my skin care products/tools. It’s pretty simple and short which makes me more likely to do it every day. Please take care of your skin. I used to have more acne. But just by washing my skin once a day I’ve noticed my skin is much clearer. Also a freshly cleaned face just feels nice. It’s the small things after all. I’d love to know your skincare routine or products you recommend. Comment down below. That’s all for now. Until next time catch ya’ on the flip side.
