My Skin Care Routine

I thought I would post my skin care routine for those of you curious to know what products I'm currently using. Just so you guys know I follow the Korean 5 step skin care routine - with the exception of double cleansing. I've listed the general steps and then at the end I listed all the products I use.

Daytime Routine:

Since my skin has suddenly become combination over the summer I've reduced the amount of things I do for the daytime just to avoid breakouts and overall oily skin.

1. In the shower I splash warm water on my face to open up my pores and proceed to cleanse. I rinse the cleanser off with warm water and then right at the end I splash cold water on my face to tighten up my pores.

2. I apply eye cream. If my eyes are puffy I apply an eye gel prior to the cream.

3. I use toner.

4. Once I feel that the toner has completely dried I apply a pump of serum.

5. To finish up I use a mattefying moisturizer with spf.

For days when I use makeup or even just BB cream, I leave out the moisturizer or else my face feels too oily.

Nighttime Routine:

My bedtime routine is a bit more extensive.

1. I splash warm water on my face to open up my pores. I rub the cleanser on my face and work it in for a few minutes making sure to concentrate on my problematic areas (nose and chin). Then I rinse with cold water.

2. I pat my face dry and follow up with toner unless it is one of the nights I do a mask or exfoliate. If that is the case I'll do that first

3. If I did a mask then I'll take this step to use toner. If not, I move straight to applying eye cream.

4. I rub an acne spot treatment on the areas I get the most acne and/or blackheads.

5. When the acne treatment has fully dried I apply 2 different serums right after.

6. When the serums have dried I apply a correcting moisturizer.

7. Lastly I apply a wrinkle correcting serum on the areas where the first signs of aging tend to appear first (eyes, mouth, forehead, etc.).

The products I use are as follow:

Daytime

Purity by Philosophy Cleanser
Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado and 40 Carrots Retinol-Rich Skin Care Carrot + Cucumber Eye Gel (if needed)
Shiseido Hadasui Skin and Body Lotion or Kiehl's Cucumber Herbal Alcohol-Free Toner (I alternate my toners daily).
Naruko Niaouli & Tea Tree Balancing Serum
hope in a jar oil-free spf 30 moisturizer (prefer Cosmedicines mattefying lotion)

Nighttime

Clean & Clear deep action cream cleanser sensitive skin oil-free
Shiseido Hadasui Skin and Body Lotion or Kiehl's Cucumber Herbal Alcohol-Free Toner
Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado
Kiehl's Blue Herbal Spot Treatment (not the best but doing the job)
Naruko Niaouli & Tea Tree Balancing Serum
Kiehl's Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate
Kiehl's Acai Damage-Correcting Moisturizer
RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Serum

The Kiehl's Creamy Eye Treatment is a sample I got (a few samples actually). I normally use RoC Retinol Correxion Eye Cream. When I remember, I also use Kiehl's Ultra Moisturizing Eye Stick SPF 30 during the day - obviously.

Masks, exfoliants, and blackhead removers I currently use:

Queen Helene Mint Julep Masque
Boots Botanics Conditioning Clay Mask
boscia Luminizing Black Mask
St. Clare Facial Treatment Set
Amore Pacific Enzyme Peel
Deary Co-Q10 & Vit. C Mask
Plain Oatmeal