My Skincare Routine, Part 1 : Morning

You know you have to keep it simple in the morning, because of the limited time and your needs to do many other things before you start your day. So in the morning I only pick something that would help me make a good base before I start my makeup routine.

A good moisturized skin is an important things before you start your makeup routine, believe me with a good canvas you can achieve a good final makeup face.

It needs me a lot of trial and error before I decide that, this is the best skincare I could get at this time.

My skin is responding good and no breakout whatsoever, of course every person has their own preference about the brand or the effect you want to achieve with your skincare. For me I just want a good moisturized skin and to prevent any wrinkle or dehydration in my face, I don’t really need a whitening effect.

From Left to right : Clarins gentle cleanser with cottonseed, first care serum sulwhasoo, menard lisciare lotion, kiehls powerful reducing wrinkle eye cream, menard lisciare milk lotion.

For starters, I wash my face with Clarins Gentle Cleanser with cottonseed (this is for normal or combination skin) this face wash will give you a squeaky clean sensation but not drying. I’m not a fan with clarins skincare, a lot of their product make me breakout, but not this one. I think this really works for me, I can feel it makes my skin looks more radiant. (Notes: always use cold water to wash your face in the morning, this will help you feel awake and fresh).

The first step after I wash my face, I use First Care Serum from Sulwhasoo, this actually is like First Treatment Essence in SKII, but SKII really give me a breakout, and the sulwhasoo one is not, I got this in sample size, 1 bottle is enough for around 1-2 weeks if you wear it morning and night. This one really give me a supple skin and a well hydrating feeling to my skin. You can actually skip this step if you don’t have the time and wear it only in night time.

Second step is menard lisciare lotion moist (Moist is for normal or combination skin, and extra moist is for dry skin), this is actually like a toner but plus a moisturizer in one bottle. You wear it with a cotton and tap-tap it to your skin, please don’t rub it coz you’re gonna rub off the first care serum that you wear it before.

Third step is kiehls powerfull wrinkle reducing eye cream, this is a must have for me, with only 1 week I can actually see my fine lines is calming down, my puffiness and black circle is fading. Apply it with your ring finger and tap-tap it around your eye area and make the circle shape from below your eye to above your eyebrow. Believe me you would love this eye cream if you’re in your 30s, or even 20s with some fine lines and dark circle issue.

Forth step is menard lisciare milk cream moist, this is actually a  moisturizer, it will give you a good hydration. Pour it in your hand about a pea size, rub it between your hand and press your hand in your whole face, don't rub it.

Fifth step is usually a sunblock, but lately my clarins sunblock made me breakout, so I skip this step and move forward to my makeup routine. I’m still searching for a better sunblock, If you could give me a suggestion, I will appreciate it.

For you who don’t familiar with menard, this brand is actually a Japanese brand, and I love love love their product, it can really give you a healthy skin effect, you should try it, even for a sensitive skin, and it safe to wear it even if you’re pregnant. I know because I wear it when I’m pregnant and having a very sensitive skin at that time.

Japanese brand is usually have more steps in their skincare, but believe me, it’s worthed, you should try this brand and feel the difference by yourself. (it’s my honest opinion)

If you want to try any of the skincare i mention above, and you don't know where to buy it, you can always ask me, they usually exist in some department store in big city, if they're not exist in your city, you could always ask me to help and buy it for you in my city ^^, i'll be glad to help.