To find skin routines a con?

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I remember we use to be always told to cleanse, tone, moisturise. Now we have to double cleanse (two different cleansers), tone, moisturise, prime, serum, facial oils, BB cream, night cream, eye cream (obviously not all in that order).
AIBU to think we being conned into buying more and more or does anyone actually find it works?
At the minute I cleanse (once), moisturise, eye cream and occasionally prime. It cost me enough but when I see other ladies with lovely skin/make up I do wonder is it their skincare routine?

Ive been in a job for 6 months now where i work from home. Have only done the nursery run most days and haven't worn make up for months.
Wash my face in the shower with pears soap and use a loreal moisturiser. That's it. My skin has never looked better!
I used to work in london and use really expensive skin care products. Maybe the lack of air pollution, air conditioning and make up has helped ?

The best thing anyone can do for their face is stop smoking. All the smokers I know look 20 years older than the non smokers.

I have always been a sucker for the latest serum etc. My sister has only ever used Nivea. Her skin looks no better or worse than mine.

They say vit c, peptides and retinoids can help with fine lines and dullness but they aren’t going to do miracles. Also sun protection v important.

And what the duck is a "double cleanse"?

I think it's just a posh way of saying 'wash your face twice'!

I actually do this, but have oily skin and work in central London so I've got a sweaty mucky face by the end of the day. Some people have different cleansers for each of the two washes though. I don't - just lather, wash, lather, wash with the same stuff.

I don't mind double cleansing as it's surprising how much make up still comes off on the flannel after the second cleanse, and I don't even use a great deal of make up.

"I work down t'pit everyday, use castor oil to clean the soot off on bank Holidays only, and everyone says I look FIVE YEARS OLD"

How did you figure out my routine!?

Someone on mn said they started using organic rosehip oil with a drop of their night cream twice a day and after a few weeks their skin turned inside out.

I tried it (using la prarie before this) and it’s amazing i never use anything else apart from a cc cream with spf recommended on mn also.

I have much better skin ( no breakouts ) and have litterally saved a small fortune !

I work down t'pit everyday, use castor oil to clean the soot off on bank Holidays only, and everyone says I look FIVE YEARS OLD

Same. Also exfoliate with a handful of hot gravel at Christmas. I look bloody amazing.

I wash my face in the shower, use wipes to take off makeup if I'm wearing it. Use a serum and 30 SPF moisturiser daily and that's about it. I have very nice skin apparently and barely a wrinkle but I think genetics plays a part as my mother has always had lovely skin. I've never suffered from spots, even in my teenage years. I couldn't be bothered with the faff of a multi product routine, two's my limit.

@robynadair this is still 100% the advice any dermatologist has given me. The only change in those 30 years is it's now factor 50 every day, whatever weather , even if your indoors all day. You just have to take vitamin d , but then a lot of people have a vitamin d deficiency because of not spending much time outside. But sunscreen means you can't absorb it as well.

Prescription strengh retinol or hydroquinone for fading (read bleaching) sun spots also work to a certain degree.

Roaccutane of course for acne and rosacea is the best.

A dermatologist once told me that if you can buy it in boots it won't work, though that's not to say expensive stuff for hundreds of pounds is any better!

Oh and you should use a zinc sunscreen not a chemical one

I have a very simple face routine. Nothing too expensive. And I don't find it to be a scam because if I get lazy about it a couple of nights in a row my skin starts to look scaly and textured.

It depends, I used to take my makeup off with baby wipes and micellar water - skin looked horrendous. I used lotions and potions from Aldi to Clinique - skin looked horrendous.

Now I wash my face with CeraVe products and use The Ordinary Niacinamide and it looks amazing! Adding acids and ceramides into my skin care routine has been a game changer.

This is simple - yes it is important to have clean, moisturised skin. No we do not need all those products - it's called marketing

I've been trying to use less plastic recently with the result that many facial cleansing products are out. So I just use soap for everything and am pretty shocked that it has made no difference to my skin what so ever. Maybe at my age (mid 50s) my skin needs less specialised products, maybe its because I'm using natural soaps but there is no dryness or tightness

My gran used to use Oil of Ulay cream, she lived to her 90s. The only thing I use is sun cream on holiday and a hat.

Micellar water is the one thing that makes me break out horrendously. God knows what it does to my skin.

I just wash me face with wipes/simple make up remover and I’m done. I only need moisturiser in the winter

I take my make up off with gentle cleanser and that’s it. I’m 37 with no wrinkles at all. I don’t use sunblock either. I think it’s because I’ve always had oily skin which has kept me naturally moisturised. Occasionally, probably 4 times a year I exfoliate my face.

The big branded products can be a con, because they are over inflated for the same ingredients you can get cheaper.
It's not a con to clean your skin and protect it though.
I "cleanse" by using Cetaphil twice a day. In the evening I double cleanse because I use a make up remover before I wash it with cetaphil.
I always wear an SPF.
I use straight hyraluronic acid, because I have oily skin, and I prefer it to cream based moisturisers, as that's what hyraluronic acid is.
I sometimes use glycolic liquid as a toner if my skin is looking dull.
I due use a a retinoid cream which I got from Spain, as over there you don't need a prescription, and it's worked wonders on some fine lines I was getting and some pigmentation.

I think brands like elemis are a con.
However, I’ve always had a skin care routine and I think it’s important to remove make up before bed and wear spf throughout the year. I love when Superdrug have 3for 2 on make up and skin care as I think its definitely getting more expensive including simple and Rimmel.

I just wash my face morning & night with a normal bar of soap & use a cheap moisturiser (without spf). Occasionally I exfoliate using soap on the shower pouffe. I am 45, have no wrinkles & people usually think I'm in my early 30s. I don't really drink alcohol, eat reasonably healthily & keep out of the sun. I also don't usually use suncream & I have not been abroad in the last10 years. I have dryish fair skin & personally think expensive skincare is a con.

Forgot to say I've never smoked. Also I rarely use makeup. Think that is also why I can get away with what I do!

Could those that claim to be in their $0's/50's, name change and post pictures?

I've never met a white Woman who has no wrinkles, or signs of aging, unless they are obese (in terms of wrinkles).

There aren't any actresses past their middle 40's, who don't have signs of aging, so it is very unusual and must be a rare gene.

Are there any actresses past 45 with saggy faces, thinning lips and wrinkles? Most seem to look scarily young but don't quite look like they did when they were young.

The drinking more water is not going to help.

Sunscreen, sun hat, sunglasses. The last two are aren't easy to do in the UK, as the posts I've seen over the years about about what hat to wear without looking daft, and the poser-ish associations of wearing sunglasses when not in a heatwave or abroad attest. It's simpler in Au, and not because it's sunny all the time: as soon as the sun's out, out come the sunnies. Hats are everywhere in hotter weather, though more concentrated in young kids with vigilant parents, and elders.

Whatever moisturiser suits you, though none needed at night.

Don't smoke.

Good genes.