Alletse Aesthetic: Current Nighttime Skin Care Routine

Hey everyone!!

So today is part 2 of my current skincare routine.

Let's just start by saying my nighttime skin care routine is a mess right now, I'm on the lookout for new stuff to try, I desperately need to switch it up soon.

GarnierSkinActive Micellar Cleansing Water & Makeup Remover &

GarnierSkinActive Micellar Cleansing Water & Waterproof Makeup Remover

($8.99 each)

I absolutely love, love, love these micellar cleansing waters.

I never skip this step of the routine, even if I'm wearing very little or no makeup.

I think it's important to take all the makeup, oils, and daily buildup off my face so that the cleanser can really get into my skin and do its job.

It works amazingly fast and gets off all my eye makeup, and sometimes I wear a crap load of eye makeup. I use the pink more often and the blue one when I'm wearing liquid lipstick or waterproof makeup. As long as you saturate your cotton pad thoroughly it's a super quick and easy step.
Does not irritate my eyes or skin at all.

I would not recommend you use this or any other makeup remover without washing your face after, even if it says you don't have to. Don't be gross or lazy with your skin care, because I promise you'll be glad you did it 5-10 years down the road.

The biggest complaint I see with makeup removers (including these) is that they leave a residue.

It doesn't really bother me when a makeup remover leaves a residue or film on my skin because I wash it right after. It's only a problem if there's a film or residue even after washing.

I've been using this since February.

Olay Total Effects Revitalizing Foaming Cleanser

($9.99)

This is one of the same cleansers I use in my daytime routine, I'm currently wanting to use a different one at night though just to switch it up.

(read here:Daytime Skincare Routine )

Olay Regenerist Luminous Tone Perfecting Treatment**

($25.99)

This serum is fucking amazing. I can't even tell you how much I love this stuff. I have some serious scarring or marks (whatever you wanna call it) on the lower half of my face but my chin mostly.

Like, I'm talking intense deep reddish purple scarring that shows through medium coverage foundations (without corrector) and was very hard to cover. All these intense dark scars are from dry patches that would get so extreme I'd have skin flaking and almost scabbing (gross, I know).

While some of the smaller dots are from blemishes.

I know that scars can differ depending on type or cause so that's why the TMI.

This serum has lightened the marks on my face so significantly and even made some smaller ones disappear completely that I honestly can't even believe it myself. The marks that still remain on my face are now light, pink/nude, and easy to hide now even on a more natural makeup BB cream day.

They recommend using it twice daily (morning and night) but I only use it at night and still have had amazing results.

What's even more crazy is I have only been using this since August.

OlayRegenerist Micro-Sculpting Eye Swirl Gel Cream

($28.99)

This cream is okay. I'm about halfway through the bottle and I'm not sure yet if I'll be repurchasing it, but I'm leaning on the no side.

It doesn't wow me at all, I don't really see any changes, and it burns the shit out of my eyeballs.
At first I thought it burned because I had the Luminous serum on my fingers still, so I tried reversing those steps and it still burned so it definitely is from this eye cream.

I bought it because I love a lot of other Olay products and just thought I'd give it a whirl.
I've noticed it's a lot harder to find a good eye cream than any other skin care product.

I've been using this since August.

OlayRegenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream Moisturizer Fragrance Free

($25.99 (also available with fragrance $28.99))

I bought this pretty much only because it matched my eye cream (lol but true).

This one I actually really like though. Once again because my combo skin is dry/oily it's harder to find one cream that works good on my whole face.

When I wake up in the morning my skin feels hydrated and soft without being greasy in my t zone, which is super important for me because over moisturizing my greasy ass t zone gives me those weird white head, lotion clogged pore things by morning.
This one does not have an SPF but I bought it knowing that and I only use it at night so that doesn't matter but they do have a day one with SPF if you'd prefer.
Obviously I didn't try that one though so if it sucks, don't put that on me (lol).

So that's about it for my nighttime skincare routine, I know it's so sad right now.

Keep in my mind these are my routine items, I do use various masks, sheet masks, eye masks, and try a bunch of stuff in addition to these throughout the week.
I'm always on the look out for new skincare products, I feel like I've been using a lot of these for a long time and frankly I'm bored with this routine.

Let me know about any bomb ass skincare products I should be using below in the comments or on my social media.

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