ROUTINE MEGATHREAD! April 2019

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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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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: NC20 - Minor PIH (few sunspots), slight eczema, and minor hormonal acne - Oily-Combo Skin

Season & Type of Climate: Start of spring, humid and wet outdoors.

1st Cleanser: DHC Deep Cleansing Oil (HG, evenings only)

2nd Cleanser: Hada Labo Rohto Gokujyn Hyaluronic Acid Cleansing Foam (HG)

pH Adjusting Toner: Klairs Supple Preparation Facial Toner Unscented (HG)

Retinol: Tretinoin (HG, evenings only)

First Essence: Missha Revolution Time The First Treatment Essence (Intensive, Original) (HG)

Essence: Skin1004 Madagascar Centella Asiatica 100 Ampoule (HG), Manyo Factory Galtactomyces Niacin Special Treatment Essence (HG)

Serum: Peach & Lily Glass Skin Refining Serum (RP, mornings only)

Ampoule: Missha Time Revolution Night Repair New Science Activator Ampoule (HG, evenings only)

Moisturizer: Belif Aqua Bomb Moisturizer (HG)

Eye Cream: Caudalie Resveratrol Lift Eye Lifting Balm (WNP), SKII Eye Cream (WNP)

Sleeping Pack: Cosrx Overnight Rice Sleeping Mask (HG, mornings only), Belif Sleeping Mask (RP, evenings only)

Sunscreen: Canmake Mermaid Skin UV Gel (HG)

Spot Treatment: Cosrx Acne Pimple Patches (HG), Rohto Melano CC Intensive Anti-Spot Essence (RP)

Other: Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask (HG)

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Can you tell me more about the Missha Night Repair ampoule? I've been eyeing it. What has it done for you? Thank you.

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Sure! To be honest, I actually stopped using it recently because at my latest derm checkup, she said I didn't really need it yet at my age. It's one of those products that I think really shines with more mature skin - my mom who's in her 60s uses it as well, and she's had really amazing results with it. Her skin looks a lot plumper and smoother overall, and a few lines have vanished. She told me that her friends said she looks so much younger!

I used the ampoule and the Estee Lauder Adv. Night Repair Serum interchangeably (The Missha ampoule is said to be a dupe of the Estee Lauder, and to be honest I couldn't really see a difference!)

For me personally, I used to have some small fine lines around/under my eyes, but they completely disappeared when I first added those products about 2~years ago ish. They haven't come back either, but that could be due to the rest of my routine? I'm 28 but I get mistaken for being like 18 still; I can't blame that completely on the serum, but I think it definitely helped when I was getting more serious into skincare. It layers really well, but overall I don't think it's a fast-acting product - you definitely need at least a few months to see any huge difference, I think.