I have been trying to take care of my skin as much as possible lately so that on the days when I don’t feel like putting makeup on, I don’t look so bad. As I am getting older, I’m using makeup to enhance instead of hide all of my imperfections because I have insecurities just like anyone else. There are things about my skin that could be better but they’re not so I’m learning to accept the things I cannot change. For instance, I have a HUGE patch of hyper pigmentation (melasma) on my face that is probably never going to go away. The only thing I can do is to minimize the discoloration.
It is much darker during the summer!
Ok…back to the point of this post, lol. I wanted to share my skincare routine and the products that I use help my skin. They are pretty affordable and you can get them at Target or wherever you shop.
First, I take off my eye makeup with using eye make up remover. I use Target’s Up and Up brand because it’s the store brand of Neutrogena’s and it’s pretty comparable.
Photo courtesy of Target
Next, I use Pond’s Cold Cream to take off my face makeup. I just massage the cream all over my face and let it break down the makeup. Then, I use warm water to wet my muslin cloth (made from Keira’s old swaddle blankets ;)) to wipe off the dirty makeup.
Photo courtesy of Target
After that I use Cetaphil with my Clarisonic to really deep clean and make sure all of the makeup is taken off.
Photo courtesy of Target
Photo courtesy of Clarisonic.com
Finally, I pour some witch hazel onto a cotton pad and wipe it all over my face as the final cleaning step. You’ll find that sometimes there’s still makeup left on your face. It’s crazy!
Photo courtesy of Target
It takes me like 5 to 10 minutes to complete the whole routine. It’s easy and as a mom sometimes we don’t have all the time in the world to take care of us but it is so important that we do!
If you want, you can use a night cream after. I don’t because I feel like the cold cream kind of leaves my face moisturized even though it’s not a moisturizer. I just don’t like the feeling of my face feeling oily because I already have issues with that too. The only other thing I use sometimes is an eye cream but I ran out and haven’t bought another one. If you know a good eye cream, let me know! I would like to try it! I can’t do $$$ but I’m down for $ to $$ ;).
