I wish you an amazing year full of joy, peace, adventure, and wisdom. May all your resolutions will come true! I am very excited with this year because I have a lot of things I want to achieve. One of them is maintaining this beauty blog and share my love for beauty products to the readers.
As my first post in 2015, I would like to share about my daily skincare regime. Lo and behold, this sharing will take you quite some time to read since there will be a quick review as well on the products that I use.
A polished skin is necessary if you wanted
your makeup to look good and sits perfectly on your face. Everybody has
different skin type and condition, and it’s sure not an easy journey to find
your best skincare regime or combo to get that healthy glowy skin. But
nowadays, there are a lot of skincare products on the market that I believe can
cater our skin’s needs and it’s a matter of trial and error until your skin get
that perfect combination of products and finally can perform its best.
As for me, my skin type is normal to
combination but has the tendency to get dehydrated. You can see it easily after
I clean and wash my face, the skin is pretty dry and need quite moisture to
make it not look dull. I don’t have a lot of problems with acne, just occasional
zits that comes with my PMS period. I have big pores and some acne scars around
the cheek that I wish I can photoshop in real life as well as the persistent
eye bag that makes me look tired all the time.
I started to use skincare more than just
facial wash since I was in senior high school. I started with using facial
moisturizer. Gradually, I added toner, serum, and sunscreen. My skincare regime
nowadays involves cleansing oil, facial wash, toner, essence, serum,
moisturizer, sunscreen, and a frequent exfoliant. Occasionally I will slap on some facial mask when I feel my skin
needs a boost up.
Without any further due, let’s go to the
details, shall we?
Cleansing
Kose
Softymo Deep Cleansing Oil
La
Roche Posay Physiological Cleansing Gel
The
Body Shop Aloe Gentle Facial Wash
The first step is cleansing. In the
morning, I would only wash my face using La Roche Posay since I do not put
makeup on at night, so gentle cleansing is enough. As for night cleansing, I
always do double cleansing by using Softymo cleansing oil first to remove all
of my makeup and then followed by Garnier facial wash. I would lather my face
with the cleansing oil first, massage it a bit to make sure that no traces of
makeup left. Afterwards, I wash my face.
Facial wash is the part of my skincare
which I experiment on frequently because that’s the part which I know will
least irritate my skin unlike trying on new serum or moisturizer. Unfortunately,
up until now, I haven’t found my HG facial wash. I need something that I can
feel that my face is squeaky clean when I wash it but without drying it after
wash. You know that dry almost chalky feeling on your face after you wash it?
Well, me no likey those kinds of facial wash. This is my first time using The
Body Shop. I chose it because it is aimed for sensitive skin, so my thought it
will not make my skin dry. It actually not, yeayyy!! When you press the pump,
the foam will come out and usually I use 2 pumps for my face and my neck area.
You might ask why I dont just use LRP then?
Before this variant, I tried the Toleriane line which the after wash effect is
making my skin a tad dry, so I decided to get the more moisturizing one and the
SA recommended me this line. I would say this cleanser is more like Cetaphil
Daily Cleanser. The texture is the same and has no fragrance as well. I’m not
saying that it doesn’t clean well, it’s just I don’t get that clean feeling
washing my face with it, just like what I experienced with Cetaphil. Yes, it
did not make my skin dry but I just don’t feel clean, if you know what I mean.
So, I decided it will be best to use it in the morning for the non makeup face.
Toning and Prepping
SK II
Facial Clear Lotion
SK II
Facial Treatment Essence
As you can see in the picture, my skincare line
consists of many SK II products. I have been using them for around 4 years and
find it a trustworthy product, that’s why it’s hard for me to experiment with
other skincare brands.
I think I don’t need to explain a lot about
these 2 products especially because many of you would know how it works. After
cleansing my face, I would tone it with the clear lotion and continue with the
Facial Treatment Essence aka The Miracle Water. I used to spritz it using an
atomizer but then decided to just pour it on my palms and then pat it to my
face and neck. It’s a bit plentiful but my skin feel so hydrated after I do it
hence the result is better on me. Some people say that you can use it as a face
mask or to compress your acne to clam it down, but I never tried those, so I
cannot comment on that.
Serum and Moisturizer (See picture above)
SK II
Cellumination Essence EX
SK II
Stempower
SK II
Cellumination Day Surge UV SPF 30+++
A line up of SK II products waiting after
the skin is prepped. The Cellumination Essence EX goes first. This serum has
been my HG for achieving that glowy smooth skin texture. No more dull face whne
you’re friends with this serum. It brightens and evens out your skintone,
giving a supple glowing from within skin. This is the previous version before
they launched the Cellumination Aura Essence just a while ago.
As for moisturizer, I use two different
kind for day and night. I am very happy that SK II launched Cellumination Day
Surge UV SPF 30+++ to complete its Cellumination range, so without hesitating,
I changed my Cellumination Deep Surge EX moisturizer with this one. In my
opinion, it is the perfect day moisturizer for it contains broad sun protection
spectrum compare to the Deep Surge (it has no sun protection) yet it doesn’t
feel too heavy on your skin for daytime use. The texture is just a bit stickier
than the first, but its fine by me.
Anti aging product is essential to use as soon
as you feel, well.. aging. I think the ideal time to start investing on your
anti aging skin care is when you’re 25. Usually you’re also in the age where
budget is not so tight anymore so you definitely can afford the “advance” skin
care line. If you’re now more than 25 years old, fear not, but you better start
browse and googling which anti aging products that can accommodate your skin
issues. Better late than never, yes? The phrase aging gracefully is not without
a work you know ;)
2 years ago I discovered SK II Stempower
moisturizer. Attracted to its promise that it will enhance the ability to renew
itself and makes the skin look firmer, I purchased it. It also mentioned that
it will tighten the pores too. I love this red jar a lot and the texture is
actually pretty light so you can use it for day time moisturizer. But I use it
as my night time moisturizer because it doesn’t contain any SPF and I believe that an anti
aging product works better at night when we are sleeping. After application you
will feel your skin smoother and it is firmer in the morning after. SK II also has
the Stempower Essence, an anti aging serum to be applied before the
moisturizer. Experiencing satisfaction with the moisturizer, automatically when
it launched, I want to complete my anti aging line with the serum, but
unfortunately the ingredients in the Stempower Essence is a bit rich for me. My
usually free of zits face got visitors. Even though that the zit came one after
the other one’s gone, still I felt that something was not right, so I stopped
the serum application and my skin went back to normal. Considering that the
serum is too rich for my skin, I gave it to my mom who is in her 50s. As it
turned out, my mom loves it to bits because she found it helps with her aging
skin. So you might want to try it first for at least a week to see if the serum
works well for you.
Sun Protection
Ettusais
UV Block Base SPF50+ PA++++
When I am out and about, I would add more
sun protection to protect my skin better. Currently, I am using Ettusais UV
Block Base SPF50+ PA++++. The texture is a bit thick but it is still easy to
spread on your skin and my skin absorbed it pretty well too. I love the scent
of it which I would say a bit herbal-ish similar to tea tree scent even though
it said that its fragrances free. I also have other sunscreen sample from Lancome and Shu
Uemura, but let’s talk about it more on a different post.
Exfoliation
Paula’s
Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant (Salicylic Acid)
This is my HG liquid exfoliant! Found out
about it recently and I would say it’s a must have product in your skincare
arsenal. This exfoliant claims to shrink enlarged pores due to its ability to
exfoliate skin’s surface and the inside the pore, leaving the skin surface
smooth, unclogged pores, and improving skin’s turnover rate. I love what it did
to my skin, it really shrinks my pores because it cleans my pores well and my
skin texture also feel smoother. The direction is to use it daily but I only
use it 2 times a week. At first you may use it 3 times a week, but after you
see that your skin condition improving, you might want to reduce the frequency
because too much exfoliation will not give you better result. Don’t forget to
use sunscreen every time you go out
of the house because BHA usage leads to more sensitive
skin towards the sun exposure. You only need a small amount of it so this is a
good investment because one bottle will last you for quite a while.
Booster
SK II
Facial Treatment Repair C
SK II
Whitening Spots Specialist
Sometimes, our skin needs more that the
usual regime. I call it skin booster. My go to skin booster are SK II Facial
Treatment Repair C and SK II Whitening Spot Specialist. I usually put on the
Repair C 2 times a week to increase my skin’s moisture level and to improve the
texture. I use it before the moisturizer at night and the next morning my skin
felt so supple and smooth, plumped but not puffy, ready for the day. It also
claims to reduce the appearance of fine lines but that is something that I
haven’t really noticed.
SK II Whitening Spots Specialist comes to
the rescue when I feel my skin tone is dull. It will give me brighter
complexion within a week or two. Brightening or whitening products can dry up
your skin, so I usually use it before my moisturizer at night so I can slap on
extra moisturizer to keep my skin hydrated, something I cannot do on daytime.
Hopefully this product can also help me in reducing the appearance of skin
pigmentation or spots.
Well, that’s my skincare regime on a daily
basis. Hope my sharing can help to give some insight for you in terms of
picking the right skin care that suits you. So far, I’m pretty happy with my
regime result. I will update you again if I decided to change it. Thank you for
reading my quite lengthy post.
Toodles,
Stef
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