Your Questions Answered: My Beauty Routine
Hello Gorgeous! Today, I’m answering a reader request for my beauty routine and sharing the ins and outs of how I care for my skin. As you may know, I am a true product junkie and I love trying new stuff but I don’t do much experimenting with skincare because I’ve found a suite of products that really work for me and I’m not one to mess with a good thing. Not too much anyway.
First, full disclosure. I’ve always had ‘good skin’ but it’s only because I’ve got good genes–thanks mom and dad. So in this regard, everything I do in caring for my face is an attempt to protect what my mama gave me.
My Daily Beauty Routine
So let’s get to it. For me, good skincare has always been pretty simple. Keep your face properly cleansed and moisturized and throw in a special treatment every now and again for good measure. Of course as I get older, my skincare routine gets a bit more involved. But I still keep it pretty simple.
Step 1: Cleansers and Toners
For cleansing, I use VERSED Day Dissolve Cleansing Balm. With my sensitive (sometimes dry) skin and I can’t use foaming products on my face, which means balm or cream cleansers are my jam.
Day Dissolve works gently without stripping or irritation and leaves my skin soft to the touch. I also sometimes use Counter Lotus Glow Balm (formerly Beauty Counter) for very similar results. Beauty Counter is the first balm I ever used and I’m nothing if not loyal. Use code PATRANILA10 for 10% off at VERSED.
After cleansing, I finish Step 1 with my long-time holy grail toner, Pixi Beauty Glow Tonic. It exfoliates and brightens with glycolic acid and ginseng. As an alternative, I also like Eadem Cashmere Peel Gentle Exfoliating Toner. It’s a bit stronger than Glow Tonic so I don’t use it as an everyday toner. Just when I need a little more oomph.
Step 2: Serum
My everyday serum, also a holy grail product for me, is U Beauty Resurfacing Compound. This stuff is pure magic in a bottle and I don’t say that lightly.
When I started using this, it changed the texture and clarity of my skin in less than seven days. Yes, seven!
Step 3: Moisturizer
For a daily moisturizer, I’m currently using REN Global Protection Day Cream. However, with REN shuttering its doors, I’m gonna have to find a replacement soon. Ugh! Sooo, I’m on the hunt for a new daytime moisturizer. Preferably one with sunscreen built in. Stay tuned!
At night, if I’m not super tired or feeling lazy, I cleanse with the Versed Cleansing Balm and then moisturize with First Aid Beauty Ultra-Repair Hydrating Night Cream and U Beauty The Return Eye Concentrate. I don’t know what it is, but something about completing a nightly beauty routine makes me feel yummy and well cared for. It’s all about the self-care!
Step 4: Skincare Extras
And finally, every 10-14 days I treat myself to a little extra moisture and exfoliation with Murad Intensive-C Radiance Peel. This peel is ah-mazing and I HIGHLY recommend it! It gently sloughs off every bit of dry/dead skin and leaves my skin feeling supple and looking bright. Every time I do a peel, I get comments on how great my skin looks. No joke. It’s the best over the counter peel I’ve ever used!
As an alternative to the Murad peel, I rotate in Sunday Riley Good Genes Lactic Acid Treatment. It also does an excellent job with deeper exfoliation. It’s gentle on skin and is a good choice for sensitive skin girlies.
And finally, when I need a extra dose of moisture, I sit for a quick session with my Vanity Planet Facial Steamer followed by my all-time favorite Pixi Beauty Glow Sheet Mask.
My Beauty Routine: In Conclusion
That’s it for my everyday beauty routine! Not a lot of hoopla involved at all. But, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention my efforts to stay well hydrated inside and out. Water, water, and more water with electrolytes. I always have a bottle with me as my lips are the first to inform me when I haven’t been drinking enough water. Dry, chapped and, oh you don’t want to know about it.
Also during the dry winter months, I sleep with a humidifier to avoid waking with a dry face and a crackly, dry voice. Gotta get my fa-la-lahs on you know!
What do you use on your skin? Any tried and true products you just can’t live without? Drop a comment and share with the people!
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Sounds like great products! I'll have to check some of them out!
I must admit I've been very lazy when it comes to "taking care of myself." As you show us, it's really not that hard or time consuming.
I always see Murad products at this shop that I frequent and I've always wanted to try, but am too scared. But after this review, I'll go try it out 🙂
I haven't tried most of those products but they look effective!
Oil free sun block seems to be a good one since this would be non-sticky.
I love over the counter peels. That make my skin look and feel so healthy. I will have to try yours!
sounds like quite a routine! These products sound great, I haven't heard of any of them.
hey gorgeous! 😀
This would be helpful for me taha i have a rough skin but, still handsome teeheee
Hey Lloyd, maybe I'll do a post for skincare products for men. Hmmm!
I think I need to give these a go… for some reason my skin has broken out the past week and I am suspicious that it's sensitivity to a moisturizer.
Look for an oil-free moisturizer if you're prone to breakouts. The PTR is a good one.
Those sound like a lot of great products! I bet it is hard to build a good routine like that.. I don't even have one go to product… lol 🙁
Yeah, but it's like working out. When you don't do it, you really feel the difference!
Great products! It seems I can't use the same products for a time because my skin gets use to it and I start to have problems with break outs and such, I wish I could stick to the same thing that would make my routine so much easier…ha!
Oh that's terrible. Sounds like you have sensitive skin and sometimes, less is more.
Thanks for sharing, i will pass this onto my wife, who is always on the lookout!
Fantastic! Thank you! I'm sure she'll find something she likes.
Thanks for sharing! You are so beautiful & letting us into your secrets is very kind. You have a great blog! Lots of love to you.
Thanks Lisa! And thanks for stopping by.