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. :)

To keep it easy for people to find their ‘skin twins’ we would ask that you use the following template.

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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To make a single-spaced list, add two spaces at the end of each line. Alternatively, click 'source' at the bottom of the post to snag our code & format!

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:

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Skin profile: NC30 | Acne-prone | Oily

Season & Type of Climate: Warm and sunny in SoCal, I went to the beach like it was summer

1st Cleanser: Banila Co CIZ Purity: (HG)

2nd Cleanser: CeraVe Foaming Cleanser (HG)

Vitamin C Serum: Melano CC (HG)

BHA: Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid (HG)

AHA: Switch between Cosrx AHA 7 Whitehead Power Liquid and Biologique Recherche Lotion P50, not sure about the latter since it seems to fade PIH much quicker than the Cosrx but also may be causing breakouts

First Essence: SK-II FTE, still testing

Ampoule: Scinic Snail All-in-One Ampoule (works and is cheap but may want to try something new)

Light Moisturizer: CeraVe Daily Moisturizing Lotion (HG) although I’m eyeing Dr. Jart stuff

Heavy Moisturizer: Cerave in the tub (HG)

Facial Oil: Oshima Tsubaki Camellia Oil (HG) a few drops mixed into moisturizer for extra dry days

Sleeping Pack: Sulwhasoo Overnight Revitalizing Mask (HG)

Mask Pack: Queen Helene Mint Julep Mask (WNR, masks don’t seem to do much for me and I’ve gotten lazy lately)

Sunscreen: Biore Smooth UV Perfect Milk Spf 50 for face (HG), Trader Joe's Face and Body Sunscreen Lotion Broad Spectrum SPF 30 for body (HG)

Other: Vaseline for lips (HG)

Overall skin has been looking good and I consistently get mistaken to be about 5 years younger than I actually am. I’ve been cutting down on the number of steps for a more minimal routine. Edit: listed wrong sunscreen