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Skincare is one of those things I always feel like I should be better at (and that I'm failing as a girl because of it somehow). I'm lucky as my skin is fine really (I drink a lot of water) so I've never really done anything. Selfcare is something I struggle with generally so never found it worth the effort.

I'm thinking as I enter my thirties though I should. Just had a sheetmask and enjoyed it but I have no idea where to start generally in terms of it.

What's your skincare routine? Is it worth the effort/cost?

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[–] PotentiallyAnApricot@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I use a a drug store cleanser that’s gentle and nondrying every couple of days when I shower, and AHA every several days. My mother doesn’t use anything at all but water, which I’m hoping to eventually move toward. That AHA i use is from Krave, and it costs $25 and lasts about a year. I would say that’s worth it (for me) but a daily or weekly product routine would not be. I imagine it depends on your budget and your skin, and whether you wear makeup that you need to take off, but I have noticed my skin is in much better shape when i keep things simple, so i do. For me, I found that washing off my skin’s oil, then replacing it with lotion, every day, just created a necessity to constantly buy stuff to keep my face from either drying out or becoming oily, so i just stopped and within a few weeks my skin adjusted and looked a lot healthier. Definitely now feel like most products you’re ”supposed” to use every day are not worth it.