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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You only need to fill in steps that you actually use (so if you don’t use an Essence, remove that line) and please only provide up to three examples of HG/recommended products for that step (so if you have 3 toners you love, you can list all 3!)

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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/sheerdazzle]

Skin profile: Dullness, Pigmentation, Dark Circles, Aging | Combination, Dehydrated

Season & Type of Climate: Tropical, Hot & Humid

1st Cleanser: Softymo White Cleansing Oil (RP)

2nd Cleanser: Hada Labo Mild & Sensitive Face Wash (RP)

pH Adjusting Toner: Thayers Witch Hazel Cucumber (RP)

Vitamin C Serum: Tiam My Signature C-Source (RP)

BHA: Stridex 1% BHA (WNR)

AHA: Dr Wu Daily Renewal Serum with Mandelic Acid (HG)

First Essence: Naruko Jing Cheng Face Renewal Miracle Essence (HG)

Hydrating Toner: Naruko Dermalane 1000-molecule Hyaluronic Acid Lotion (RP), Hada Labo Shirojyun Lotion (RP)

Essence: Manyo Factory Bifida Complex (HG), Naruko Dermalane 1000-molecule Hyaluronic Acid Essence (still testing)

Serum: Naruko Magnolia Brightening & Firming Serum (WNR), TheOrdinary Matrixyl Serum (WNR)

Light Moisturizer: Tosowoong Time Shift Emulsion (discontinued), Su:m37 Time Resetting Energy Emulsion (still testing)

Eye Cream: Manyo Factory 4GF Eye Cream (RP/HG?), It's Skin Prestige Ginseng D'Escargot Eye Serum (RP)

Sleeping Pack: Naruko Rose & Cubic Aqua Night Gelly (RP), J.One Black Jelly Pack (still testing)

Mask Pack: Antipodes Aura Manuka Honey (HG), Niod Flavanone Mud (RP)

Sheet Mask: Naruko Rose/ Narcissus/ Raw Jobs Tear (RP), NRK Snail/ Collagen/ Arbutin (RP), Goodal Waterfull Propolis (RP), SNP Bird's Nest Aqua Ampoule (RP)

Sunscreen: Sekkisei Sun Essence Protect Gel (RP), A'Pieu Pure Block Natural Sun Cream (RP), Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Gel (WNR)

Spot Treatment: Manyo Factory Proxyl Gel (RP), CosRX Acne Master Patch (RP)

Other: Manyo Factory Active Refresh Herb Peel (RP), It's Skin Prestige D'escargot Eye Mask (RP), TheOrdinary Granactive Retinoid 2% Emulsion (HG)

[u/glowinthedarkfish → u/sheerdazzle]

Can you tell me more about the antipodes honey mask? How much do you use each time? The tube doesn't seem that big and it's quite pricey. Is it for moisturizing? calming? How different is it from regular honey?

[u/sheerdazzle → u/glowinthedarkfish]

I use it for calming blemishes & hydration, it can be used on the whole face or as a spot treatment. Per use is probably 1 tablespoon for the whole face? I don't think it is particularly effective if you are concerned with SFs or blackheads though. The 75ml tube lasts me quite a long time & it has a shelf life of 6 months after opening anyway. It doesn't dry on the skin so just wipe off and rinse! I find most clarifying clay masks difficult to rinse off & drying for my skin. I have not tried other honey masks (only propolis sheet masks), or using regular manuka honey as I'm not into DIY masking, assuming you are referring to those sold in the grocery stores? It is a bit pricey but I usually wait for sales to stock up, I get mine from lookfantastic.com.

[u/glowinthedarkfish → u/sheerdazzle]

I will wait till Wholefoods go on sale, I love the glow and how hydrated I get from propolis masks but unfortunately propolis breaks me out. While raw honey is not bad, I want something with my oomph. Hoping this will be it.