🐌 Fantastic Skincare: Is Everyone Having Botox Without Me? 💉

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For those who are taking a peek and wondering what this all about, we mostly discuss a bit of advanced skincare here with a perspective of seeking out the right ingredients (rather than the latest new shiny product and all its empty promises) for our particular skin needs. Distinguishing the acid toners from the actives whilst avoiding the truly unimpressive and harmful ingredients with a hope to achieve a bit of anti-ageing, alleviate irritation and sensitivities with some idle chat in between. Newcomers are always welcome but please note the following:

Questions and asking for help on this thread is encouraged, however, we can’t give you a specific routine to follow and hope it works out for the best. There are no overnight miracles in skincare whether it be in the form of products or techniques. It’s about perseverance, understanding your skin, assessing its needs and responding to that in a diligent manner.

These threads were created to help those who want to learn for themselves. We’re a group of interested and invested skincare nuts happy to offer tea and sympathy and dole out advice. Everyone’s journey with skincare is different, what is universal and binds us is that through actually learning about the different active ingredients it helps us get to know our skin and help us adapt as it will change many times throughout our lives - with seasons, hormonal changes, ageing, genetics etc. It's in everyone's best interests to get to know their skin and to keep reviewing those changes with the confidence that comes from the gathered knowledge here. We really encourage you to spend the time reading through previous threads and linked info sheets that the many contributors have taken the trouble to share.

By no means are we experts, we're only a bunch of amateurs that can only respond by suggesting what we would do in your place, for any severe conditions please seek out professional help.

Ahem, and finally a little note on spending. I'm well aware these threads cause many to reach for their wallets and spend with wild abandon. There can sometimes be a bit of a frenzy surrounding the excitement around a newly discovered product or on the back of great improvements when someone reports back. This is all great, it doesn't however, mean everything that's a sudden miracle for one will be it for you. Usually, it's a light bulb moment for connecting the right skincare ingredient with an individual experiencing a specific problem. Take your time to mull over decisions and question whether it's right for you too. Skincare is highly individual, it's a slow game that should cost mostly in patience, input, education, and perseverance. Please don't make it cost you financially needlessly.

I am very slowly working on consolidating the gathered information from previous threads into easier to read formats but it’s slow going. I would suggest reading thread 1 and at the very least the following info sheets (provided they apply to you):

Where to Start

Basics of an Actives Routine

Skin Types vs. Skin Conditions Info Sheet

Anti-Ageing Info sheet

Adult Acne Info Sheet

Understanding Which Sunscreen(s) to Buy

Do I Really Need to Wear Sunscreen Every Single Day of the Year?

A Damaged Skin Barrier - Now What?

NEW SERIES:

So You Want To Buy A Retinoid - A Guide

December 2019: Time for The Snailies way more reliable and better than the MN recommends annual roundup (yes I'm still bitter about them quoting me in isolation and making me sound like a wanker please don't revoke my special image allowance privileges, MNHQ )

Also: Thread 20 in time for 2020!!! Ahem, where are my presents?

Wishing you all the very best of luck village. Yes I do think it made a difference with my pores.

Despite how it might come across at times, here is a picture of my v minimalist dressing table. And one of my bedtime stash for feet, pillow spray, eye drops, HRT.

Cleansers kept in bathroom. (Assume that's okay). Is SPF okay in bathroom? (En-suite so not used constantly).

Using up my pestle and mortar on hands a few nights a week (obviously applying SPF).

(I seem to determined to finish this thread off!).

Hi all
I desperately need some sort of skincare storage unit. Any inspiration??

Question inspired by your pics @Pupsiecola !

ag I did a lot of research into this a little while ago, but ultimately I don't have that many products and my make up products run to about 5. I didn't want something too big so I bought a pack of these:

JLP Storage Bricks

They're perfect and so handy. My make up bag is from when we lived in Singapore about 8 years ago. I still love it.

When we start the new thread guys shall we do a 'current routine'?

This looks good ag. Not checked dimensions. The reason I like the ones I use is that everything fits well and the sides are tall enough that tubes don't topple over etc. With this one the circular shape means things might not do so but it might be good if you have lots of smaller products or for make up.

JLP turntable storage

JLP have a lot of good storage ideas!

JLP like-it range

thanks Pupsie that’s a good idea re mixing niacimide with cerave, I’ll give that a try.

Also a good idea about using up pestle and mortar on hands/body. I tried it a couple of winters ago and whilst it was nice to use and didn’t cause any dryness or flaking etc I didn’t get any results with it so went back to tret but I’ve got an unopened one in my stash.

I’m also inspired by the dressing table pics to sort my makeup and skincare out, unfortunately the tip near me is still closed and I’ve already got a pile of purged clothes and shoes clogging up the spare room so until it opens there’s not much I can do to get rid of stuff. Definitely interested in some storage solutions as well though.

I don’t keep anything in the bathroom apart from stuff I use in the shower plus face cleanser and toothpaste, brush etc, not sure why but I’ve always kept and used skincare and makeup in my bedroom.

All the best Village and I hope you can start again soon, we can’t keep everything on hold indefinitely

Sallie I have been able to take clothes to my local supermarket where the clothing recycling charity bins have had plenty of space. Not sure if people aren't using them atm or if they're still being emptied often (unlikely?). Just an idea.

Most skincare and certainly actives shouldn't be kept in a bathroom because of the rise in temperature and humidity. I tested this early on in these threads by moving my bedside clock (which shows temperature) into the en-suite. The spike in temperature after someone showers was quite remarkable. The general feeling is it's just not worth the risk when it could degrade the efficacy of the product.

But now I'm wonder about SPF, because I do keep these in the bathroom. I'm wondering if I should move them all to the downstairs loo cupboard, which actually makes them more accessible during the day so I'd be more inclined to top up.

I'll catch up properly later but since you're all so chatty this morning I've created a new thread. Routine roundup is fine, although I don't think mine changed since the last one.

New Thread

For the newbies, Shelf Porn is a thing on here where we post pictures of pharmacy/beauty shelves to drool over while on holiday (usually France).

This is such a great thread! Please could you help me with my products too please? I use

Morning
Cleanser - Eve Lom
Ordinary hydrolonic acid
Ordinary buffet
Dr sebagh eye cream
Am using up a load of moisturisers - so Dr Sebagh, Origins, Sisley

Pm
Cleanser - Eve Lom
Ordinary - granactive retinoid or mandalic acixld
Ordinary buffet
Dr sebagh eye cream
Any of the moisturisers

Once a week I use up a pile of face masks - rodial hangover, dr sebagh rose, nip tuck. Sisley black rose

Ive gone from using really expensive ones to the ordinary and have generally been happy but would like my skin to glow and look smoother.

I have no lines or wrinkles but have dehydrated skin

Thank you in advance!

@botemp i’m having a hard time finding the simple cleansing oil in stock... do you have any other first cleanse budget friendly suggestions please? I’ve got a basket going on look fantastic so can add to that.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

@Newhouse76, sorry I've only just seen your post, we've moved to a new thread. The link is in the post just above yours. You can repost there.

Cake, on lookfantastic there aren't really any budget oil cleansers to recommend. The Ordinary squalene cleanser is cheap to buy but not in use, so a bit of a false economy. If you can stretch to it, the DHC is good and this combo with the lip balm is pretty decent value here. It's a nice lipbalm too.