my excessive night time skincare routine

i fell asleep in the chair again

i'm very excited about my skincare routine
which might not interest you
but
i have to tell you about it anyway

ok
i bought the dhc astaxanthin
at ulta
i found it on amazon like a year ago
but i didn't want to buy it without testing it first
i've been aware of dhc since the 90s but i've never tried any of their stuff
but i was looking for an astaxanthin product
i got an email or something letting me know that ulta was carrying dhc
and i went by the same day
and it was there
on the shelf
no tester
i asked the sales girl and she opened one

i really like it
and i got a sample of the dhc cleansing oil
[which you might not know, but it's iconic
one sells every like 17 seconds or something]
and
i've never really been a cleansing oil girl
i just don't ever like it
and i didn't expect to like this either
but i do
it's olive oil, but it's whisper light
and it has a mild rosemary scent
(from rosemary oil)
and i am a sucker for rosemary
i hate when stuff smells like roses or ylang ylang or whatever
but rosemary sends me to the moon
but
it's subtle
i didn't notice it consciously

then i use my egg white soap
leave it on for 5 minutes as a facial

then witch hazel
this stuff cleans off any soap residue and rebalances my skin
i love it
i love how it smells
cannot quit this stuff
did not take it on the road with me the last time
and didn't miss it
so, idk, but if it's handy i can't walk past it

then
i start the serious stuff
i have a mist i'm using so i can start damp
it's not my favorite but i got it half price
and it does contain kombucha
but also rose water, so mixed bag

then the ordinary marine hyaluronics
i would rather fight than switch on this product
i love love love it
i had been using the vichy89 serum and i wasn't lookin to change
but the ordinary sent me an email telling me it had won a buch of awards
and telling me i could buy up to three at half price
that was months ago
i never used the vichy again

then propolis serum
this is new but i think it is effective so we'll see

then mizon night repair
this is a little less "clean"
but i like mizon
i used the snail all-in-one quite a bit in the past
and i got it cheaply enough on sale
that i wanted to see if the natto would do anything exciting
i use galactomyces in the day
and i was gonna use bifida ferment lysate at night
but i thought, no, let's see what mizon thinks is a good night "seruming ampoule"
whatever that is
i miss it if i leave it out
and i like the feel of it with marine hyaluronics
(which i had been leaving off at night)
much better than without

then resiliency serum
which i got in a box
and even though i really hate the smell of carrot seed oil
i'm using because it seems like the most active thing in the routine
aloe and carrot seed oil basically
idk honestly tonight is the first night i'm adding it into night routine

then astaxanthin all-in-one
and then
i stop
i do dinner and whatnot
my skin feels pretty happy at that point

then later
when i'm done with all that
if i got stuff on my face
i use a cleansing cloth to clean up
and if i need to
maybe touch up as needed
before the next round

the spa cream
i had put it on a subscription on amazon
and it came yesterday
and i had to do a little dance around the room
i love it so much
i'm trying not to slather it on

then honua olena oil
this came in a box too
but
my god, it is love in a bottle
it's turmeric and noni infused into hawaiian oils
all traditional healer method
and i love the smell of the turmeric
and the infusion oils seem to feel different

ok
are you ready
sometimes this is the last step
yasuni balm
this was in a box
and i love this
it makes me feel loved
and
i think it is doing really good things for my face
but
i don't know how i am going to afford to buy it
or live without it
i feel very intensely about it

now
sometimes this isn't the last step
sometimes i sit around
or fall asleep in the chair
and it all more or less sinks in
and i want another layer to sink in overnight
and that is this acai fig marula oil
i got this in a box too
i have literally spent days off just applying this oil every few hours all day long
i love it too

that's a lot of steps

and
the thing is
i wouldn't even say my skin is dry

although
who can say
i'm not normally leaving it bare
but it never feels tight
but
i think i've always tended toward dehydration
and the addition of hydrators
instead of just moisturizers
has made a big difference

i'm probably going to need to stop the boxes
i mean
i do about half the time with pearlesque
and maybe a third of the time with love goodly
but you can't skip on boxwalla
but there are only six a year
and they are mostly wonderful
but
if i get a routine that i want to stick with
i'll need to stop the boxes
and try to buy the stuff with that money


but
this is a big chunk of what i'm focusing on now


goodnight sweetheart
i love you very much