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Skin Care Routine Compared

CherryHugs — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:01:13 GMT

When I was doing my daily skin care routine this week, I got to thinking about all the products that I use!! Not that i Have to use any or all of them. I do choose to.

And thinking to my Moms thru the years before she died 9 years ago.

She used Dove soap and then Oil of Olay on her face.

Some lipstick and she was done!!

Besides makeup, highlighter, bronzer, blush, mascara, eye liner, brow pencil,concealor: This is all the stuff that I use! Not all at the same time or the same day

Am and Pm cleanser, Pore Detox Cleanser, Body Butter, Skinn Botani-lift, Moisturizer, Orchid Gel (Primer) Argan Oil, Eye Cream, Neck Cream, Derma Peel, Lip Peel, Eye Mask, Lip Sugar Scrub, Wrinkle Soak, Lip Mask, Line filler for lips and eyes, Tinted lip balm, Retinol, Lip6X, Self Tanner, NuFace. Might be a few more too.

Thinking of how nice it would be to not use so much stuff and to have a simple routine that worked. I dont want to stop using the products though because SOME are preventative and some I need

Some days like weekends if Im not going out I wont put a thing on my skin to give it a break.

Re: Skin Routine Compared

phoenixbrd — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:52:41 GMT

Those options were not available to your mom's generation. I'm simple and old school and feel that beauty is internally driven both metaphorically and physically....it's the sleep, stress, exercise, diet, and, of course, genes as well as our nature that mostly (products do have a role) defines beauty. That is just my opinion and if you are happy with your routine, I think that happiness also influences your beauty.

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Sooner — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:54:51 GMT

My skin was in terrible shape about 4 years ago. I have pared down to a very simple routine and it looks a lot better. It is oily and I am old, not wrinkled but prone to redness and sensitive skin.

For me, my skin simply can't take all that junk and reacts badly to almost all of it.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:03:18 GMT

I've been having some liberating moments lately for the last several months. I have been going to my derm's office to get some facial spider veins removed and I have to go once a month, for several months in a row. Each time I go I can't wear anything on my face at all, including moisturizer or sunscreen...bare skin. Those days give me a sense of freedom away from my cosmetics and all. It really feels good to not have to worry about what I look like...even if it's only for a day...so liberating!

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Shanus — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:13:12 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I've been having some liberating moments lately for the last several months. I have been going to my derm's office to get some facial spider veins removed and I have to go once a month, for several months in a row. Each time I go I can't wear anything on my face at all, including moisturizer or sunscreen...bare skin. Those days give me a sense of freedom away from my cosmetics and all. It really feels good to not have to worry about what I look like...even if it's only for a day...so liberating!

@SilleeMee I so agree about it being freeing. I said on another thread that I love my days staying home without a stitch of makeup. At other times, I may think about what I look like, but I never worry about it.

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Shanus — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:16:25 GMT

My MIL lived to be 100. She had beautiful skin thanks to Ponds cold cream and Johnson’s Baby Lotion....that’s it. Go figure.

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phoenixbrd — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:26:24 GMT

@SilleeMee Love your posts and was thinking about your comment, how liberating it is to not have to worry about about what you look like if even for a day. Just a thought...what if that day can be extended in time:smileywink I can easily relate to what you are saying because i know that freedom from worry releases me. Maybe having those veins removed will influence your daily routine.

@SilleeMee wrote:
I've been having some liberating moments lately for the last several months. I have been going to my derm's office to get some facial spider veins removed and I have to go once a month, for several months in a row. Each time I go I can't wear anything on my face at all, including moisturizer or sunscreen...bare skin. Those days give me a sense of freedom away from my cosmetics and all. It really feels good to not have to worry about what I look like...even if it's only for a day...so liberating!

Re: Skin Routine Compared

kitcat51 — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:09:54 GMT

Skin care...Paula's Choice cleanser & Skin Perfecting 2% BHA. Makeup...a mineral powder & lip gloss. I also use Gold Bond neck cream. I've always kept it simple & at 68 I'm comfortable with aging...I know who I am, what I believe & live it.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:30:35 GMT

@phoenixbrd wrote:
@SilleeMee Love your posts and was thinking about your comment, how liberating it is to not have to worry about about what you look like if even for a day. Just a thought...what if that day can be extended in time:smileywink I can easily relate to what you are saying because i know that freedom from worry releases me. Maybe having those veins removed will influence your daily routine.

@SilleeMee wrote:
I've been having some liberating moments lately for the last several months. I have been going to my derm's office to get some facial spider veins removed and I have to go once a month, for several months in a row. Each time I go I can't wear anything on my face at all, including moisturizer or sunscreen...bare skin. Those days give me a sense of freedom away from my cosmetics and all. It really feels good to not have to worry about what I look like...even if it's only for a day...so liberating!

Yes! @phoenixbrd My goal is to go w/o makeup...any day, anywhere and feel comfortable about it. Right now I'm almost there...just a few more touch-ups to go, hopefully.

Re: Skin Routine Compared

phoenixbrd — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:32:11 GMT

@SilleeMee Love it! Singing George Michael's Freedom !

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Shanus — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:37:44 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
@phoenixbrd wrote:
@SilleeMee Love your posts and was thinking about your comment, how liberating it is to not have to worry about about what you look like if even for a day. Just a thought...what if that day can be extended in time:smileywink I can easily relate to what you are saying because i know that freedom from worry releases me. Maybe having those veins removed will influence your daily routine.

@SilleeMee wrote:
I've been having some liberating moments lately for the last several months. I have been going to my derm's office to get some facial spider veins removed and I have to go once a month, for several months in a row. Each time I go I can't wear anything on my face at all, including moisturizer or sunscreen...bare skin. Those days give me a sense of freedom away from my cosmetics and all. It really feels good to not have to worry about what I look like...even if it's only for a day...so liberating!

Yes! @phoenixbrd My goal is to go w/o makeup...any day, anywhere and feel comfortable about it. Right now I'm almost there...just a few more touch-ups to go, hopefully.

@SilleeMee Although I don’t use Philosophy, I agree with their premise of good skincare so we can choose to have “makeup optional” skin.

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Pook — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:10:26 GMT

Now I am just the opposite of many. I love the feeling my skin has from using all the products I do and have never felt I had to do it and I don't use all the products I do because I worry about my looks. I just like to look and feel my best and I feel so yucky with tight burning and itchy skin without all I do daily. My makeup/skin care rountine every day is so relaxing for me.

Way back there were not too many options. Thank goodness the days of dove soap (left a strange feeling on my skin) and Ponds, etc are gone along with all the heavy makeup feeling.

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SeaMaiden — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:24:41 GMT

@CherryHugs My Mother always had beautiful skin. I remember as a little girl, I would sit on the seat of the toilet in the bathroom each day and watch her( as she put it) PUT HER FACE ON"

My Mother always used Oil of Olay.... and to this day, I LOVE the scent of Oil Of Olay!

Back then there were not fancy washes or lotions or potions.... yet even with her fair Irish skin, it was poreless and beautiful.

So I wonder if any of these magical potions we use on our faces really do much of anything at all.....

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Fressa — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:47:48 GMT

A few years back I did a "make under". I have a small bathroom and even less space for all the jars and bottles of my lotions and potions. My make up is in another room. I in the 50+ and holding range and decided that Ineeded less fuss but still wanted to take care of my skin and look "decent" when I went out in public. i thought that at this stage I really don't care if I have a full face of makeup on like I did when I went to the office.

I thought about just how many jars of "stuff" do I need for the am and the pm. Once they were empty I only re-ordered my "core" products. I did the same thing with my makeup and elimated some of these highligther, etc. I kept most items to the "universal" color shades and/or palettes to make it easier and faster.

Now a few years later, I could kick myself that I didn't do this sooner when I was working.

Re: Skin Routine Compared

GenXmuse — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:04:20 GMT

No one said we have to use all those products.

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Porcelain — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:56:41 GMT

They still make Oil of Olay "Classic" night cream and Dove soap.

One thing you might add if you want skin like your mother or grandmother is to wear a hat and gloves whenever you go out. Prevents sun damage without having to wear sunscreen.

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Drythe — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:39:12 GMT

@GenXmuse wrote:
No one said we have to use all those products.

@GenXmuse

OP stated this right up front.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:42:41 GMT

UV radiation from the sun has increased since our mothers' time. But the UV measurements taken have only been done accurately in the polar regions of the earth's atmosphere. I suspect that if there were accurate measurements done in urban areas, then that would also show an increase in UV radiation levels, meaning there is more reason to wear sunscreen now more than ever before....something our parents were not too concerned with because it probably wasn't as bad as it is now.

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GenXmuse — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:14:19 GMT

@Drythe wrote:
@GenXmuse wrote:
No one said we have to use all those products.
@GenXmuse

OP stated this right up front.

And?

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Montana — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:28:47 GMT

My skin care routine is fairly minimal. I feel I have very odd skin. I’ve tried cleansing twice a day but my skin looks so much better when I only cleanse once a day - smoother and more hydrated. Unfortunately, that limits the number of products I can use.

I prefer to clean my face in the morning and apply products then. At night I do nothing except use a lip treatment. I don’t wear makeup and don’t think I would be able to do this routine, if I did.

This works for me.