What's your facial cleansing routine?

Tubers, parboiled in corn syrup, slivered and applied in vertical pattern, then for chlorophyll cleanse, grass clippings firmly pressed over the shards.

I look like Trump's Ten Bill

Soap, wash cloth

Bukake

Noxema. or whatever antibacterial lotion soap they have in the dispensers at the gym.

Morning: CeraVe cleanser...Vivite serum...CeraVe moisturizer

Night: CeraVe cleanser...prescribed Retinol cream...CeraVe moisturizer

...as recommended by my dermatologist.

It depends on the glycolic peel and its strength. I used to use AHA 10% lotion every night and it was great.

Obviously other peels (some not really peels) and strengths are meant for less frequent use.

I shave without cream and use only a damp washcloth on my face - no soap.

R7, you in danger, gurl.

Dermalogica special cleansing gel

Skinactives marine nutrient moisturizer

I shave with aveeno gel & a regular fusion razor...despite all the hype over safety razors & the art of shaving products

I use dermalogica eye cream but it doesn't work, so the best concealer for undereyes is Mac studio finish concealer over Mac fast response eye cream (as a primer so it doesn't get in your wrinkles)....then clear powder on top so it doesn't smudge easily.

Occasional sun exposure - followed by Mario Badescu Herbal Hydrating Serum + Coola Radical skin recovery lotion if in the sun too much

Botox 2x a year, 40-50 units each time

I'm 35 and I look 12!

I'm 52 and I look like a fetus.

Amen

Article about a guy not using soap anymore says that his skin got softer and cleaner and his pores went away soon after he stopped washing with soap

I use lava

R9 That's an awful lot of maintenance.

Aloe Calming Cream Cleanser FOR SENSITIVE SKIN

I'm a chemist and started my life as a cosmetics chemist - in graduate school changed to analytical - however, I have clear skin and I only use Dove soap - 1X/day - also before washing, exfoliate with 70% Isopropyl alcohol - then several times a day wash your face with cold water and dry. Use a scrub brush on your back also. You will be radiant.

I wash my face with African black soap, use glycolic acid primer, after that’s dry rub on hylauronic acid, then a caffeine serum under my eyes and when that’s dry I used Burts bees baby ointment on my face. A cousin with a baby told me how good it worked a few years ago.

I have oily skin so I use an apricot facial scrub. I cleanse with witch hazel on a washcloth before getting into bed.

I've bought moisturizers but I forget to use them.

I forgot to add I can’t use anything with a lot of vitamin e because it makes my skin burn and I’ve really struggled finding moisturizers that’s work and won’t give me a rash

Kiehl's Rare Earth Deep Pore Daily Cleanser exfoliates and detoxifies without scrubbing. It's smooth not gritty non irritating and can be used daily. A small amount is all that's needed and it doesn't clog pores like soaps can. Highly recommended. It works.

I double cleanse because I wear physical sunscreen daily. First Clinique cleaning oil. Then I cleanse with Clinique extra general cleansing bar or Kiehl’s ultra facial cleanser. I follow with Clinique toner or Mario Badescu seaweed toner.

I then spray my face with La Roche Posay thermal water prior to applying my daytime serum or nighttime Adapalene gel 0.3%. I wait 15 min before using my nighttime moisturizer. I use Kiehl’s ultra oil free gel or Clinique moisture surge. During the day I use Clinique dramatically different moisture gel.

Queen Helene's Mint Julep Mask

Water, washcloth, dab of castor oil mixed with Trader Joe’s (or whatever) basic lotion.

If you have a facial cleansing routine that isn't simple, don't wonder why you're single.

A glycolic peel every night is unhealthy. That's a once a week sort of thing.

R26 once a week is too often. No peels!

Morning & Evening cleanse, serum, eye cream, moisturizer

Every 6 month a 15% TCA peel

R10 I’m so young looking I look like a sperm.

In the morning I don't wash my face, I just splash it with cold water, use a vitamin C serum and a moisturizer with SPF. In the evenings in the shower I wash my face with a rice water foam cleanser from Korea, then out of the shower I'll use a retinol serum and a heavier overnight moisturizer. Once a week I'll do a bentonite clay mask. I don't have any acne or fine lines anymore. Dry brushing your whole body works really well too. All of this takes maybe 3 minutes and isn't all that expensive.

Mario Badescu Enzyme Cleansing Gel

That’s Queen Helene’s Mint Julep MASQUE! It’s FANCY!

cleanse hten .1 percent Retin A gel every other night

I'm a big fan of konjac sponges. I pair them with Neutrogena cleanser with hyaluronic acid and twice a week I use the sponge with Neutrogena exfoliating scrub. I've always loved Neutrogena products; the konjac sponge just amplifies the product's effects.

^plus Neutrogena eye cream with Retin-A

What's with all the 2015 thread bumps today?

Morning: warm water, no soap, no washcloth. Vaseline as moisturizer.

Sunscreen if going out, no sunscreen if staying home.

Night: Aveeno body wash (on face). If I have used sunscreen, then I'll wash 2-3X. Vaseline as moisturizer.

Vaseline on your face??? I’d be covered with acne!

i used mario badescu facial spray, the aloe and green tea one, then derma e sensitive skin moisturizer. I use a kiehls calendula petal infused calming mask once a week. i have very dry sensitive skin.

I only wash my face a few times a week with sulphur soap and a scrubbie cloth. Then I moisturize with First Aid Beauty Repair Cream. That is all. My skin doesn’t like a lot of fuss. I think that disturbing the acid mantle is bad for your skin.

Wash my face every morning in the shower with a buf puf and Dr. Bronner’s peppermint soap.

Why would you use a petroleum jelly product on your face, R36? It’s been proven very harmful. Google it, and switch to something that actually hydrates your skin and pores.

I swear by Ivory Soap and Oil of Olay !!!! My colored Gardner says I am looking younger every day !!! And has one eye !!!

Crisco

I got even more depressed and stopped shaving , then stopped washing my face. Prior to this, I have used every cleanser and moisturizer, the thing is I had good skin anyway and probably could have gotten away with just soap and water.

My preferred routine involves Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser before bed followed by a facial cream derived from the semen (cum) of three -- it must be three -- 25 year old, American men. I keep six 25 year-old, American men on speed dial, so that three of them can jerk off in unison on my face at 10:46 each night.

Why, OP? What's your routine?

Now and then I spit on my hand and rub it across my face.

A camera!

Trust me, the fool who uses Vaseline on his face doesn’t care.

Charcoal scrub, then Pan-Oxyl. Every morning

Cremo shaving cream (every 2-3 days: fabulous!) and their Honey-Mint body wash. Every morning.

Tea tree oil for my scalp daily. Cremo dandruff shampoo once a week.

Cereve moisturizer and a steroid cream. Every night.

Restasis (rx drops) in the eyes, retinol cream underneath them. Both daily.

Doris Day once said her fountain of youth was slathering herself head to toe in Vaseline before bed every night. No wonder she stayed single.

I refuse to tell you what I do do!

[Quote] I have oily skin so I use an apricot facial scrub. I cleanse with witch hazel on a washcloth before getting into bed.

Witch Hazel is one of the worst things to use. Way too drying.

I’m more concerned about people’s ANAL cleansing routines.

R52- Witch Hazel is great for preventing HEMMROids.

I use this and have for 30 years.

Pre de Provence soap with a Foreo Luna 3 daily in the shower. After shower, a spritz of alcohol free witch hazel, and Egyptian Magic everywhere but my nose. I use Neutrogena Hydroboost oil free serum on my nose.

I grew a beard

Years and years ago a poster mentioned a webpage that he bought all of his skin care needs at discount prices. What are the odds anyone remembers it? Does anyone recommend something that isn’t too pricey?

I like the DERMA-E products R58. You can get them at Target, but it is less expensive to buy at Amazon.

I am using a peel by “the Ordinary” every few days-2x per week. Vitamin C serum, a heavy lancome moisturizer at night, a light moisturizer with Sunscreen during the day or sometimes a CC cream. Every once in a while a charcol masque and the a great many moisturizers applied over several hours.

[quote] What's with all the 2015 thread bumps today?

You mean, as opposed to other days??

I wash my face in the shower with the same acne face wash soap I've used for almost 4 decades, then I moisturize with the $12 stuff they sell at the drugstore, then I go about my life.

#10 grit sandpaper for my skin, followed by a warm turpentine wash. I then use a rasp to clean my nostrils and ear canals. (I think the bleeding is good for my pores, although I might be wrong. I seem to be getting a little anemic lately.)

R63 try the rasp up your filthy hole.

Do not use steroids on your skin every day or night. No more than 2 weeks on at a time. They thin your skin.

And what sort of a towel turban do you swan around in during your complicated skin care routine?

Put battery acid on your face for new skin

R60 that peel is great if you don't use it more than twice a week and more than 10 minutes at a time. It's done away with all my acne scars and it's cheap as hell. I follow it with a soothing sheet mask. Self care, bitches.

I keep coming back to Liz Earle's Cleanse and Polish (with the muslin cloth). I use her Skin Tonic toner, too. I try other products but keep returning to Liz Earle time and time again as it really is an excellent range.

Not a fucking thing.

R54 good to know 😉

Human feces after someone has eaten corn, the kernels are fabulous for scrubbing away dead skin. Then a hydrating mask of warm urine to really get the circulation going. Finally, I apply a cooling, soothing layer of black man semen to my face- especially around the eyes and lips.

I do this every Saturday, all day long. Also known as Self Care Scat Saturdays.

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R72 That's revolting. What is the matter with you?

I've been exfoliating for years with a mild version of the Buff Puff, it's called Wonder Puff.

These puffs come in 4 to 12 packs. They are hard to find these days, Duane Reade used to carry them as did liquidator stores, then I found them at a now defunct website called Hard To Find Brands, I ordered whatever they had left. When I run out, Lord knows what I will do. I use the puff with mild facial cleanser, such as Cetaphil.

I also use Retin-A. The lowest percentage.

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Peter thomas roth skin products.

Jesus. How do some of find time for your lives?

If I didn't have a beard/stubble, my face would rarely see anything but water. I will put a bit of shampoo or conditioner or a once over with bar soap (artisanal bay laurel, I'm not a complete savage) on the beardy part of my face; the rest just sees water and my hands or a wash cloth. If my skin gets dry in the winter, I might use some Malin+Goetz body moisturizer a couple times in a week: problem solved.

I rub on Ponds cold cream and use a damp face cloth, gentle circular motions to remove the cream. Yes, it contains petroleum gel or mineral oil, but it also contains a kind of borax. Disinfects, cleans, deodorizes. then, Stridex sensitive skin pads --no more than two passes over any part of my face. I wait 15 minutes between these two steps. I rarely use moisturizer. Sometimes, I'll pat my face with hand lotion. I have sensitive skin so most facial moisturizers make my face burn and get red. The hand lotion has menthol that cools my skin, if I need it.

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My what?

Urmm ... I guess it gets wet while I'm in the shower.

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