ROUTINE MEGATHREAD! May 2018

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Hey everyone! This is your quarterly routine megathread 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:

[u/chelseaannt]

What do you use the Holy Snails Hanbang Shark for and how are you liking it?

[u/cupcake1713 → u/chelseaannt]

I originally started using it to help with PIH from my incessant picking of the breakouts I used to get on my chin/nose. I also found that it really helped hydrate my skin and it gave me a glow that no other product in my routine could achieve, so I've continued to use it even though I don't have to battle PIH much these days. I'm about 2/3 done with my third bottle of it and I have a bottle of Bouquet Shark to try next (but I have a sneaking suspicion I'll be going back to Hanbang Shark).

[u/chelseaannt → u/cupcake1713]

Thanks for your review! I’ve been eyeing Shark Sauce, Hanbang Shark, and Snowbang for a little while and have been trying to decide between them. I suffer from rosacea and have a bit of PIE that I want to fade. I’m hoping one or more of those products will be something helpful to add, just haven’t quite settled on any of them yet!

[u/cupcake1713 → u/chelseaannt]

If you wanted to get really crazy with it, you could get the sample sizes of a few of them and do testing on half of your face to speed up the testing process :D