I would like to know what your routine is in general, but I’m also specifically curious about what products you use, if you use them, and what the rationale is behind each product.
My routine:
Morning
- Rinse face with warm water.
- Scrub face and neck with warm, wet washcloth.
- Apply facial moisturizer with SPF (I use CeraVe AM Facial Moisturizing Lotion SPF 30) to face, neck, and hands.
Evening
- Shower.
- While in shower, scrub entire body with an exfoliating mitt (ie this one).
- Apply a retinol (I use Retin-A (tretinoin 0.05%)) to face, neck, and hands.
- Apply facial moisturizer (I use CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion) to face, neck, and hands
- Apply body lotion (I use CeraVe Moisturizing Cream) to whole body, excluding hands, and face.
I have used, and considered continuing using a BHA (also AHA?) liquid exfoliant (I have read that it shouldn’t be used at the same time as retinol due to PH requirements, ie use it in the morning and retinol in the evening) (I previously used Paula’s Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant), but I am unsure of what a good product would be, and the rationale behind it. I have also heard about Vitamin E, though I’ve never used it.
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Showering.
Thanks.
- Shower
- Moisturizer
That is all, folks.
Same, though I also wash my face again before bed
I use the same, just a moisturizer after showering, also for the skin under my beard. Don’t need any beard products as well really.
I have one skin, yes.
Showering is my skincare.
(I do not count the shaving)
I have one skin, yes.
Interesting interpretation/reading of my original title. As a result, I have removed the introductory clause:
If you have one,
I was trying to clarify the target audience of the question. Not sure the best way to go about wording it to achieve that end 🤔.
I use one side of the rag for the rest of me and the other for my face
Unless I actually have mud or dirt on my face, it only gets cleaned with water in the shower. Dove soap bar for rest. Pure aloe vera (or as close as possible) applied to the face to help with dryness when needed.
Water
Body soap
Done.I have read that it shouldn’t be used at the same time as retinol due to PH requirements
You can use a chemical exfoliant and a retinoid in the same routine. You don’t have to worry about pH once the product is on your skin and absorbed. One concern is just that both can be pretty irritating, so using them together might be overly harsh on your skin. Maybe start slowly introducing them one at a time until you’re ready, and always see how your skin is reacting. If you decide to exfoliate in the morning, keep in mind that AHAs make your skin more sensitive to the sun, so sunscreen becomes extra important.
I have also heard about Vitamin E, though I’ve never used it.
Your CeraVe Moisturizing Cream contains tocopherol, so you’re already using it. I don’t think you need to seek out a separate product.
In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I’ll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
Lmfao
Morning: Check that it’s still there and keeping my body unified
Noon: Check that it’s still there and keeping my body unified
Afternoon: Check that it’s still there and keeping my body unified
Evening: Check that it’s still there and keeping my body unified. Sometimes I shower before bed.In other words: I don’t really have one, and it seems to be working
I shower every other day, use a regular unscented bar soap (actually labeled soap, not “wash” or “cleanser”) every time with a focus on pits and junk. Wet hair but only shampoo once or twice a week. Morning and evening just splash the face with mildly warm water and hit the towel to dry. About as often as shampoo I’ll use a face cleanser in the shower too, cetaphil daily whatever, it’s just to help tackle my greasy face from poor diet.
I wash my face with soap and water. That’s it, I’m a dude, why would I need anything else?
What does gender have to do with it? Do men not have skin?
You should probably use a moisturizer at least. And spf isn’t a bad idea if you will be outside.
I look 5-7 years younger than my brother who is only a year older than me. I don’t do a lot other than washing my face and wearing moisturizer/sunscreen. Some men treat their leather boots better than their own skin, weird to me but I guess it’s macho to not take care of yourself.
I’ve never really been able to leave my zits alone, if i see one and don’t pop it i can’t stop thinking about it. So yeah i’ve been popping my zits into napkins since always and it’s kinda fine, it wouldn’ be fine if i got more though.
That’s my skincare routine in its entirety.
I have atopical dermatitis so besides the good old showering and applying shampoo twice, once to get the hair clean and the second time to keep the product there while I clean the rest of my body, I use some speficic products concerning the affliction.
For the shower, I use a highly moisturizing gel from the local store combined with one that’s supposed to be special for the skin that costs 20 times as much, and Blue Cap as a shampoo recommended by my hairdresser to help with dry scalp.
I usually shave in the shower with hot water so I don’t really need any aftershave cream but I have one for when I dry shave.
Besides that, I have some local moisturizing cream to be used occasionally when the skin dries too much, and the occasional cortisone paste for eyelids and specific body parts that like to specially dry and have bad reactions.
When I feel specially oily (which is almost never because yay atopical dermatitis) I tend to buy some natural exfoliant shower gels and then apply moisturizing cream afterward to “replace” bad body oil with good cream oil I guess xD.
I use Neutrogena soap on my face and occasionally a pore strip on my nose followed by one of those noxzema cleaning pads with salicylic acid to help shrink the pores. I also have some blotting paper in my backpack incase things get uncomfortable during the day.
I’d do more but I honestly can’t be bothered. Just the bare minimum to keep the acne and face oils at bay.
Oh and a beard trimmer. I don’t shave because I I don’t like the burn. Plus when I do get acne it really sucks to shave over.
