SPONSORED: Love your skin!
I’m lucky enough to say that over the years my skin has been pretty good to me. I had my ‘teen skin’ phase when I was about 12, but after that my skin cleared up quite nicely. My main issue since then has been oily skin. My goodness, it didn’t matter what I did, my forehead and nose would get extremely oily. This was problematic for me as when I’d wear makeup I’d look so shiny by the end of the day/night and I felt very conscious of it. As a result I’d use a lot of products that were said to combat oily skin (e.g charcoal) and I’d moisturise my face less to compensate for the oil. This as you can probably imagine made things worse and giving my face less moisture lead to my skin peeling at my nose and forehead which quite frankly was worse than the oil. So I did some research and tried to find out what my skin needed and subsequently built up a skincare routine that I could follow religiously using products that were super affordable and I’m really happy with the results I've managed to get. I’d planned to expand my routine slowly, and just by chance a lovely skincare company reached out to me asking for me to try their Retinol Eye Cream. Coincidentally an eye cream was next on my list so I was more than happy to trial it!
So this post is just going to be a breakdown of my skincare routine and a little review of YEOUTH’s Retinol Eyecream.
1. Makeup remover
So I wear some form of makeup pretty much everyday, day to day it’s just filling in my brows and some mascara whilst leaving my face bare and other times it’s a full face with lashes and the lot. I used to use makeup wipes every time I’d remove my makeup but I found it just wasn’t very efficient so I decided to try micellar water instead. Garnier's micellar water is amazing, I love the regular version and recently I switched to the oil based version (for no real reason to be honest other than it looked quite cool) which works just as well. It's super affordable and a big bottle lasts ages!
1. Makeup remover
So I wear some form of makeup pretty much everyday, day to day it’s just filling in my brows and some mascara whilst leaving my face bare and other times it’s a full face with lashes and the lot. I used to use makeup wipes every time I’d remove my makeup but I found it just wasn’t very efficient so I decided to try micellar water instead. Garnier's micellar water is amazing, I love the regular version and recently I switched to the oil based version (for no real reason to be honest other than it looked quite cool) which works just as well. It's super affordable and a big bottle lasts ages!
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For so long I used a charcoal face wash which I had no idea stripped my face of all the oils it needed. I decided to switch up my skincare motives entirely and instead of removing oils and moisture, I tried giving my face more moisture in the hopes my skin wouldn't try to counteract the lack thereof with more oils and have me glistening unnatractively. Lo and behold, as soon as I started using Neutrogena's hyaluronic acid face wash, I felt my skin responding much more positively. I really love this product, and I'd probably say it's my favourite new addition, it has a lovely neutral small and a good lather, leaving my skin soft and clean feeling but not stripped of natural oils.
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This is sort of an in between stage which I use about once a week just for a little bit of a pamper session and exfoliant. I do love how my skin feels after a clay mask and it does feel like a slightly more intense scrub down of my face which in this heavily polluted climate I really feel is necessary.
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3. Toner
Now this is the part of my skin care I feel I'm not 100% on. Maybe I'm not doing it right, (although it seems pretty difficult to apply toner wrong) maybe I'm not using the right product for my skin or maybe I'm expecting too much! But I haven't seen much of a change in the evenness of my skin tone which is a bit disappointing as Pixi's glow tonic seems to be a cult favourite so I am a little gutted I can't join on the bandwagon.
Now this is the part of my skin care I feel I'm not 100% on. Maybe I'm not doing it right, (although it seems pretty difficult to apply toner wrong) maybe I'm not using the right product for my skin or maybe I'm expecting too much! But I haven't seen much of a change in the evenness of my skin tone which is a bit disappointing as Pixi's glow tonic seems to be a cult favourite so I am a little gutted I can't join on the bandwagon.
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I'm not sure the exact definition of a serum but I wouldn't expect it to feel like this one. Marine Hyaluronics by The Ordinary feels just like water but the hydrating factor is great. It's a little bottle but it goes a long way! I got this instead of their hyaluronic acid as I'd read it was a bit on the viscous side. I do think I'll give it a go as I am intrigued to see how it works!
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My holy grail moisturiser is Bio Oil. Honestly I can't live without it! It gives the perfect amount of hydration to the skin without leaving a greasy film and making my face feel heavy and clogged up. It's super lightweight and you only need a drop or two so it's amazing value for money- I have the 200ml bottle and I'm very sure it'll last a year if not more. My second moisturiser is an SPF moisturiser, protection from the sun is important but so is making sure I don't have a pale cast over my face from the sunscreen. Again, I have to give credit to Neutrogena's Hydro boost range, this moisturiser is extremely light and melts into the skin creating a protective veil that no one can notice!
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So as mentioned before YEOUTH reached out to me to try their retinol eye cream and so far I really like the product. It has a light formula and a mild fragrance so in terms of putting it on I have no issues at all. I don't really have dark circles or anything like that however my upper eyelids are a little darker than the rest of my face so I would like to even that out but I'd never really decided to actually do anything about it so it was just my luck that YEOUTH asked me to try their product. This product contains hyaluronic acid which is one my essential ingredients when it comes to skin care. It allows for increased moisture to be drawn to the surface of the skin, leaving me feeling so hydrated. Retinol is great for anti ageing, tightening pores and smoothing the skin. This product states it'll reduce the visible effects of ageing whilst and give more radiant skin around the eyes, diminishing uneven skin tones and hyper pigmentation. After using this for a few weeks, I do feel like my top eyelids have a slightly more even tone that fits the rest of my face, I hope that by continuing to use the product I'll get even better results! A little reminder is to make sure you use SPF when using this eye cream as retinol makes the eyes more sensitive to UV
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