Skincare routines with:
Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer

For two weeks to repair skin barrier: Morning: Rinse with water - pat dry (You can use your cleanser but ONLY if you need it! If you can get away without it, don't!) (The fewer times you wash your face during the day, the sooner your sebum production will calm down.) Moisturizer Sunscreen Night: Boj cleansing balm - remove makeup - use your hands, rub it in, rinse off. Cleanser Moisturizer

After having a bad breakout from perioral dermatitis last year that I'm only now coming out of (although some periorbital dermatitis remains) thanks to my beloved LRP sunscreen :'(, I've had to take a "zero" routine: No makeup, no sunscreen, no facewash, nothing except Sudocrem (which helped a lot after I learned about it) and water. Now I'd like to establish a routine that is better for my mid-30s skin. I haven't tried to find anything new for many years, and it's clear there are some changes happening, including more acne breakouts (!). So I'm fighting pimples while also fighting age spots, sagging, and wrinkles. Hooray! But first, I have to rediscover the basics: Face wash, moisturiser, and sunscreen. **NOTE: I'm actually trying the Natio Invisible Fluid Facial Sunscreen SPF 50+, but this isn't an option to select on WIMJ.

AM- -Rinse well with cold water, pat dry -(actives) Azelaic serum dime size -(actives) Vitamin C serum dime size -Vanicream moisturizer dime size -Purlisse CC cream/sunscreen PM- -Makeup remover -Vanicream cleanser -(active) Hydroquinone -(actives) Tranexamic serum dime size, mix with a dollop of (active) adapalene -Beekman if you want to -Vanicream moisturizer Cicaplast baume or FAB ultra repair cream, or both - whatever you feel your skin needs. Every 3 days: PM- Makeup remover Vanicream cleanser (AHA) Liquid exfoliant - put on the palms of your hands and apply all over your face, avoid eyes entirely. Beekman if you want to Vanicream moisturizer Cicaplast baume or FAB ultra repair cream, or both - whatever you feel your skin needs. Hydroquinone instructions: - Start small, half a dime size on your fingertips, spread between both hands on your fingertips and apply as evenly as you can to your cheeks, forehead, chin, and nose. If you have dark circles, you can apply there too but avoid getting too close to the eye. -Avoid crevasses (like around your nose), eyebrows, and eyelids. -If you feel like anywhere didn't get an even layer, use a little more and spread thinly. -I occasionally do a little extra on spots. -Let it sit for at least 10 minutes to soak in before applying anything else. If you apply your other products too soon you run the risk of getting it in your eyes as it will mix with anything you put on after. -Wash your hands after applying!! -If your skin is peeling/dry, skip the hydroquinone that day and resume when the peeling stops. -Dr. Idriss says to use it one month on, two months off. If you use it too much it can actually darken the skin. Notes: If before you do your skin care in the morning or evening, you feel like your skin is sensitive, skip the steps I labeled as actives. If your skin gets red and inflamed at all for any reason you can use a thick layer of triple paste and it will calm it down/heal by morning. The reason triple paste works for that is because of the high concentration of zinc in it. You'll look like a ghost but your skin will be sooo soft. Some extra notes/thoughts. -I skip hydroquinone a lot. I use it maybe once a week or two days in a row and then don't use it for a week. My skin can pretty much only handle two days in a row. If I do more than that my skin gets flakey and pills up under my sunscreen/cc cream. -I use a much stronger liquid exfoliant that's cheaper than the one I put on your list. I picked that one because mandelic acid is good for hyperpigmentation and it's what I used at the beginning of getting rid of my scarring. You'll have to let me know if you wanna try a different one. -I love the textures of everything I put on here for ya, if you don't like any of them I can easily find a different one.

Morning: Inkey azelaic $17 - Jun 27, 2025 Mad Hippie $28 - Jun 27, 2025 - Vanicream moisturizer $13 - Mar 14, 2025 - May 27, 2025 (used only at night) - Once a month using morning and evening. Cotz sensitive SPF $29 - Apr 26, 2025 Honest CC cream $17 - Mar 22, 2025 Night: BoJ Cleansing balm $18 - Apr 20, 2025 Vanicream cleanser $9 - Dec 2, 2024 - Apr 24, 2025 - every 4 months Ordinary peptides $20 Jun 10, 2025 - Naturium tranexamic $20 Mar 18, 2025 - Jun 14, 2025 - every 3 months Naturium arbutin $20 Jun 11, 2025 - Vanicream moisturizer $13 - Mar 14, 2025 - May 27, 2025 (used only at night) - Once a month using morning and evening. Exfoliating or microneedling nights Cetaphil salicylic cleanser $8 Jun 10, 2025 Bliss exfoliant $20 - Apr 13, 2024 Cos de Baha glycolic $10 - Apr 20, 2025 Salicylic pads $10 - Feb 22, 2025 - May 31, 2025 - every 3 months A313 $44 - Jul 18, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025 - every 8 months Honest DR cream $9 - Jun 6, 2025 Hyaluronic acid serum $14 - Feb 22, 2025 Things I'm not using: Bioderma $14 - Jan 12, 2025 Anthelios SPF $26 - Mar 14, 2025 Hero $20 - Jul 16, 2024 Vichy niacinamide $44 - Dec 2, 2024 Dermalogica fizz mask $26 - Dec 2, 2024 (wont buy again) Glycolic B5 $45 - Jul 16, 2024 Witch hazel toner $9 - Mar 14, 2025 Cicaplast $17 - Jan 12, 2025 - April 14, 2025 - every 3 months Triple paste $17 - Jun 15, 2024 Fully cleanser $20 - Jul 8, 2024 Baha azelaic $14 - Mar 14, 2025 - June 14, 2025 - every 3 months Cos de Baha arbutin $10 - Apr 20, 2025 Major fade $58 - Mar 14, 2025 - June 14, 2025 - every 3 months Rafa naturals $20 - Jan 26, 2025 - Jun 9, 2025 - every 5 months

Possible new routine