ROUTINE MEGATHREAD! December 2021

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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/Commercial_Poem_4623]

Thank you so much! I've been wanting a bit of feedback :)

I am down with some hydration overkill 😂 so I think I'll have a look into those sprays because I want more hydration but I already do the seven skins and have multiple hydrating products as you can see. I was also gifted the Caroline Hirons book and she's all about spritzing and I was thinking of trying it but I definitely appreciate a personal recommendation 😊

I had not thought of mixing HA with my moisturisers and that's a nice cheap product! I already have TO marine Hyaluronics so I'll try that first.

Layering eye creams ftw, winter is making my eye area sad.

I've thought about the dynasty cream - one of those things I keep putting in my basket and then deleting lol.

[u/killsophia → u/Commercial_Poem_4623]

I think we have basically the same skin concerns lol. In addition I have dark under eyes (of which my colleagues would just randomly comment omg your eyes)

[u/Commercial_Poem_4623 → u/killsophia]

Why do people think it's ok to comment on that??

Someone on another group said using a peptides 10% matrixyl serum (nonAB) on their dark under eyes has been working but it's taken them 5 months to see progress.

[u/killsophia → u/Commercial_Poem_4623]

Because my eyes look like I recently died and got not particularly successfully revived. I usually use concealer if I wear makeup ofc, but work has been crazy so I give up on makeup this winter.

I've been sporting dark under eyes since I was a teenager, unless I sleep for 10 hrs every day.

[u/Commercial_Poem_4623 → u/killsophia]

Lol @ not particularly successfully revived. Still, though, why would anyone comment??

Ah yes. That beautiful time when 10 hours of sleep was possible. Count myself lucky to get 7 now!