Come talk to me about skincare

[sweetkitty]

This is my routine just now
Night time
Superdrug Vit E oil cleanser
Superdrug Vit E hot cloth cleanser
Superdrug glycolic toner
Superdrug Radiant night cream
Serum or eye cream

Morning
Vit E Hot Cloth cleanser or splash of water
Radiant day cream

Anything else I should be doing? I’m 42 few wrinkles and greasy spot prone skin

Oh forgot to say I’m began so nothing that is tested on animals hence all the Superdrug stuff

Serum before night and day creams as it's lighter.

Sunscreen?

Ok thanks

Live in Scotland very rarely see the sun yes perhaps I should have a moisturiser with a high SPF.

there is no point in investing anything in your skin if you aren't investing first and foremost in an agreeable spf. regardless of where you live or how much time you don't go outside. unless you are a literal shut in with the windows tin foiled.

@MerryDeath do I need to reapply SPF during the day? Or would I be ok just with the lot I shove on at 7:30? I've seen an aerosol one for face but wasn't sure if I needed it

Just had a look at my moisturiser and it’s SPF15 so I have been having some sun protection.

Would this be enough or would I need a separate higher product and would this go on after my moisturiser/before make up.

I have such tired grey looking skin. Coupled with spots and wrinkles

If you are white or pale skinned Asian /Indian /mixed race then nothing less than 50 spf will materially improve skin pigmentation. If you are darker then you need at least 30spf. My skin care looks like this:

Morning:
Double cleanse with waterbased foaming cleanser (Simple)

A few drops of essence or serum focussing on eyes (expensive SKN stuff; but you can get snail creams from Holland and Barrett that have the same effect; I can’t use as am allergic).

Water based moisturizer (Simple)

Put my make up on

Spray with SPF50 face mist (whatever one is on offer in Boots).

Night:

Double cleanse (Simple)

A few drops of Midnight Recovery Oil

So SPF50 face must after make up? Never knew this I’m sure Superdrug will have a non animal testing one.

If not boots do it. Don’t buy the expensive ones in Premium beauty or whatever it’s called. If you go to the sunscreen section they nearly always have one spf 50 mist on offer. Yeah after make up helps makeup set better and gives oily skin a more matt finish.

Thanks

Through ignorance, I seem to have broken all the skin care rules and am now over 60. I wear sunscreen in the tropics and the Med, but very rarely in the UK, simply because the body only manufactures Vit D in sunlight and in winter, my face is the only bit of me exposed to the light. While there's no claim that my face is 40 any more, there are worse skins than mine.

I wouldn’t wear anything over 30 on a daily basis. The difference between 30 and 50 is actually minimal but there are a lot more chemicals in anything over 30.
I wear a mineral only spf daily( I like Clinique city block spf25) and only go over 30 on a really sunny day out. I like skinceuticals for that. Only use chemical based sun creams on a proper sun holiday.

I apply my spf liberally - the main reason a minimum of spf 30 is recommended is because most people do not use enough.

Facts about sunscreen from the British Dermatologists Association. Most North Indian and African skin is actually classed as Mediterrean which is the only skin type where spf 30 can provide ‘enough’ protection. Black and dark Indian skin are the only skin types that don’t necessarily need spf to prevent skin Cancer.

North European skin, however, should use spf 50. There is nothing ‘dangerous’ about it.

www.bad.org.uk/for-the-public/skin-cancer/sunscreen-fact-sheet

Spf 30 blocks 97% of uvb. Spf 50 blocks 98% of uvb.
Personally I prefer to stick to 30 daily and not have so many chemicals on my face. I still wear 50 on a sunny day. I am not against it
Completely. Just don’t think it’s neccesary or a good idea daily.