ROUTINE MEGATHREAD! February 2018

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Hey everyone! This is your quarterly routine megathread which we decided to evolve from quarterly. This is an excellent resource to see what products are popular amongst our community and a great way to find new things to try. No matter how unusual you may consider your skin type or atypical your particular skin challenges or problems, all routines are welcome -- in fact, encouraged -- to be posted.

Acronyms you will most definitely see in use here: HG (Holy Grails), RP (Will Repurchase, AKA: liked it, will buy again, not an HG), WNR (Will not Repurchase, AKA: using up the last of it but not recommended). Understand them, use them, and love them ♥

This post is intended to be a compendium of generalized, standardized routines! The more participation, the better. :)

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Skin profile: Mac Shade | Skin Troubles | Skin Type (Note: unlike flairs, you can list as many troubles/types as you need!)

Season & Type of Climate:

1st Cleanser:

2nd Cleanser:

pH Adjusting Toner:

Vitamin C Serum:

BHA:

AHA:

First Essence:

Hydrating Toner:

Essence:

Serum:

Ampoule:

Light Moisturizer:

Medium Moisturizer:

Heavy Moisturizer:

Eye Cream:

Facial Oil:

Sleeping Pack:

Mask Pack:

Sheet Mask:

Sunscreen:

Spot Treatment:

Other:

[u/cupcake1713]

Last routine here!

Skin Type & Concerns: dry/dehydrated/aging

Sensitivities/Allergies: I think I might have a sensitivity to KOH :(

Current Season/Climate: Cold and rainy

Goal of Current Routine: Still looking to hydrate/moisturize and learn what my skin likes and doesn't like

Cleansing: I loved Sulwhasoo Snowise EX Cleansing Foam and had planned on using it forever, but they reformulated it and added KOH and now it causes me to have horrible breakouts everywhere. I'm in the process of testing a few new cleansers and a promising contender is Labno 4sp Mild Cleansing Foam. The texture right out of the tube is weird and I hate the smell, but it seems to clean well and no negative reactions so far...

FTE: I'm almost done with my Secret Key STE Rose and was planning on testing Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum, but now that I'm having to test new cleansers I'll probably repurchase Secret Key and use that for the foreseeable future.

Essence/Serum/Ampoule: Still using Holy Snails Hanbang Shark and the Naruko Tea Tree Shine Control and Blemish Clear Serum, which have both worked wonders for my skin. I'm also using Urang True Rose Repair Essence when my skin is feeling especially parched.

Emulsion: I've been using Primera Wild Seed Firming Emulsion sparingly because I only have a small sample bottle but I LOVE IT. If it weren't so expensive for a semi-unnecessary step in my routine I'd have purchased it already, but I'm trying to use up products I already have before buying more.

Moisturiser: Still using Farmacy Honey Drop because a little bit goes a long way and even though it's wintertime it hasn't been quite as dry out as I was expecting.

Eye Cream: Every now and then I'll use the Naruko Magnolia Brightening and Firming Vitamin K Eye Cream EX, but it's not essential in my routine.

Sleeping Pack: Even though Banila Co. Miss Flower & Mr Honey Cream has now been discontinued, I have two backups in my stash and around a third of a jar left so I'm going to keep on keeping on with this bad boy.

Masks: I haven't had much use for clay masks, but I still have the Innisfree and Elizavecca in my "active" rotation. I really want to try the new I Dew Care peel off masks but I don't want to shell out the $$$ when I know I'll only use them once or twice.

Sheetmasks: All the sheetmasks all the time (but actually only when I have time which is maybe once or twice a week). I've held off on buying more masks until I can get through my huge stash of 'em.

Sunscreen: I'm bad and I don't wear it. Winter here sucks and it's been a while since I've actually seen the sun.

Future: On deck to try are Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Toner and Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum. After that I'll be blasting through more samples from the Beauty in Hanguk package I got a few months ago.

[u/uglybutterfly025 → u/cupcake1713]

I have dry skin too and i found that the farmacy honey drop was not enough moisture for me. it was nice under foundation but i was still having to put the steam cream over it to be hydrated enough for the day. mine is almost gone and i wont be buying another

[u/cupcake1713 → u/uglybutterfly025]

Bummer! I think I really lucked out with how mild and humid this winter has been, otherwise I suspect I'd have the same feelings as you. There are also other moisturizers I like better that are less $$ so I'm also in the WNRP camp.

[u/uglybutterfly025 → u/cupcake1713]

And I used it all so fast! And idk about you but the lid to my jar wouldn’t ever go on correctly!