21/11/2013

Skincare Routine | Morning

Hello all! Today's post will be the first in my skincare routine 'series'. There will be three; my morning routine, night routine and extra products I often use. In this post I'll be sharing the skincare products I use every morning!


Starting out with cleansers:


Clearasil Daily Clear Vitamins & Extracts Daily Wash
Lately, this cleanser has been my pick for morning time cleansing. It is a nice light, creamy texture that smells divine! I find it very gentle, and if I have any eye makeup that has appeared after sleep, I can remove it with this. It doesn't dry out my skin at all and in fact feels moisturising. My skin feels clean and refreshed! I also think that is does help somewhat with acne, my skin has been quite well behaved since using this consistently. It also functions as a mask, but I don't find it too effective in that regard.

Some other cleansers I like using in the morning are:

Clarins Cleansing Milk with Alpine Herbs
This is a really light, liquidy milk that is very gentle and can also be used around the eyes. In the mornings I look for very light cleansers as there isn't much dirt or makeup that needs to be removed, just the previous night's skincare and any yuckies that have accumulated overnight. This work really well!

Natural Instinct Foaming Cleanser (Full review)
When I feel like my skin is a bit oilier, I use this cleanser as it is foaming. It doesn't dry out my skin at all but it helps if my skin is feeling particularly oily. Like the others, it is light, refreshing and gentle around the eyes.


Toner time! I have full reviews of both of these toners which will be linked so I won't talk too much about them.

Natural Instinct Clarifying Toner (Full review)
This is my preferred of the two, but I'm running out of it! I'll probably repurchase it once I get the chance. I find this tones and refreshes the skin well, and doesn't leave the skin feeling dry or tight at all.

T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel toner (Full review)
This one does contain alcohol so I do find my skin is left on the dry side, not tight or uncomfortable, but it is dry. It is an effective toner and I will continue to use it, but won't be repurchasing.


Indeed Labs Hydraluron
This is a hydrating serum that has gotten so much hype and good grace throughout the beauty community, particularly from Caroline Hirons ie. skincare goddess. To be completely honest, I'm not really sure I notice any difference in my skin when I use this, possibly my skin feels a little softer and slightly more hydrated, but nothing substantial. My skin is combination, oily in the t-zone and normal everywhere else. Maybe it's not really suited for my skin type, and I guess I was expecting miracles from this product.

Garnier Dark Spot Corrector Daily Illuminating Moisturiser (Full review)
I love this moisturiser, and this is my second tube. I find this helps brighten my face, even out my skintone and help fade acne scars. I have been using this for a long time (since the beginning of the year) and I can't really say that it totally makes my scars disappear, but it helps a lot. It's a nice moisturiser for day time too. It's lightweight and doesn't make my skin oily.

Lush Grease Lightning (Full review)
I don't hate this product nor do I love it. I find it works decently but not amazingly. I'm using it to finish it but won't repurchase. If you have spot treatment recommendations, let me know!

Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Suncreen
This is my second mini sample tube. I actually got my mum to get the gift too haha so I've been scraping out every last drop. I really like this sunscreen and it's not greasy or thick like others can be. I would purchase the full size, but I'm going to Hong Kong later this month and would prefer to try out some Asian SPFs which seem awesome! This one is definitely my favourite that I've tried so far though.


I hope you guys liked my first installment of my skincare 'series'. The others will be up soon!

What are your favourite products for the morning?

10 comments:

  1. Lovely products. I actually love the witch hazel toner! I'd love to try out the natural instinct one though.
    I have been using a pretty strong spot treatment that I'll probably review eventually ;)

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    1. Thanks. I look forward to reading your review!

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  2. I'm updating my skincare routines at the moment too! Twins haha! I've used a few of these products and I'm glad to hear you're enjoying them. Especially the Natural Instinct toner - that's one of my favourites.
    Can't wait to see your other posts xx


    Sarah | More Than Adored

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  3. I love the Sukin cleanser and scrub as well as St Ives Scrub. The Neutrogena sunscreen is really nice although I didn't know you could use it on the face haha!
    xxx Kat

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    1. I've heard lots of good things about both of those products! Yeah, that particular Neutrogena sunscreen is able to be used on the face, at least I haven't had any issues with it.

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  4. I love reading about people's skincare routines, so this post was very interesting to read! All of the products were new to me (except the Neutrogena sunscreen) but I might try out the Clarins cleansing milk once I run out of my make-up remover. I have always been curious about Clarins products!

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    1. Clarins products are so nice, I do recommend you try them out!

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  5. Great post, I also like the Clearasil wash :) the Clarins cleansing milk sounds interesting!

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