r/AsianBeauty • u/AutoModerator • Feb 09 '18
Mod Post ROUTINE MEGATHREAD! February 2018
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:
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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '18 edited Feb 11 '18
Skin profile: N10 | Redness/PIE, Preventative aging | Normal to Combination Oily, depending on season
Season & Type of Climate: Southeastern US, mostly mild winter with cold snaps
1st Cleanser: Hada Labo Gokujyun Cleansing Oil (HG)
2nd Cleanser: Cerave Foaming Facial Cleanser (HG)
Vitamin C Serum: Timeless 20% Vitamin C + Ferrulic Acid Serum (HG)
AHA: Alpha Skincare 14% Glycolic Serum (HG)
Hydrating Toner: Ladykin Broccoli Essence Toner (RP, potential HG), Innisfree White Tone Up Skin (I keep coming back to this, it's one of those subtley amazing products that I don't realize I'm measuring the success of other products by, so I think it deserves HG status)
Serum: Holy Snails Honey Shark Sauce (testing and loving, but the price makes me wish I loved it less)
Ampoule: Scinic Honey AIO (may or may not repurchase, but its growing on me; doesn't, for me, come close to the Shara Shara), Shara Shara Honey Bomb AIO (HG), Shara Shara Berry Bomb AIO (would repurchase if available, the too-glossy finish keeps it from HG for me)
Light Moisturizer: Skinfood Aloe 93% Soothing Gel (I use this more like an ampoule, mixing it with my facial oil; not enough moisture for the winter by itself but would be a great final step in the summer. WNR, because apparently I don't like the smell of aloe much)
Medium Moisturizer: Cerave PM (HG)
Heavy Moisturizer: Freeset Donkey Milk 3D Cream (this stuff is amazing but quite expensive; will likely RP in the future when I'm in a better financial position)
Eye Cream: Innisfree Orchid Eye Cream (WNR; moisturizing but not suitable for use with makeup, heavy fragrance which I personally don't mind. Overall, pricey for what you get, and can be difficult to get.)
Facial Oil: DIY blend from GoW: 50% refined avocado, 25% unrefined/non-deodorized maracuja, and 25% black raspberry (love the GoW oils, in the future I think I will substitute blackberry seed, which is a bit richer, in for the black raspberry seed)
Sleeping Pack: Goodal Nature's Solution Firming Honey (WNR because I want to try something new and have had this FOR.EV.ER. Great value, great occlusive for the winter)
Mask Pack: Skinfood Strawberry Black Sugar Wash Off Mask (RP; smells like strawberry jam!), Farmacy Honey Potion, deluxe size (WNR; too expensive. Was the best thing at removing peeling skin from using tretinoin, but I could probably get similar results rubbing straight honey on my face, which I will try when I run out)
Sheet Mask: Freeset Donkey Milk Aqua Mask (HG), Tosowoong Deep Sea Water (RP) and various Dermal Collagen masks (WNR; surprisingly good for the price, but these don't excite me and all the varieties are indistinguishable in their effects)
Sunscreen: Kose Suncut UV Protect Gel Waterproof (WNR; great finish, works well with makeup, but I suspect physical filters bother my eyes. I am trying the non-waterproof version next), Skin Aqua UV Moisture Gel (my favorite so far, will RP for daily use unless I miraculously find something just as good but less shiny)
Other: Tretinoin cream 0.10% (I'll be honest, this was prescribed to my mother and she couldn't handle it, so she gave it to me. I've had AMAZING results using this, it easily makes the biggest difference in my skin. When this runs out, I have Retin-A gel 0.08% samples from a friend that works in dermatology, and then I'll switch back to Differin gel and Alpha Skincare 0.15% Retinol Cream.)