My Evening Skincare Routine
Or, how I remove a full face of makeup.
If I’m going to be honest, the main reason I started this blog is because of skincare. Up to a few years ago, I really didn’t know much about it and felt quite intimidated. Whenever I got a facial I would brace myself for the judgement and buy whatever they told me to buy. But now, I am the one in control, giving my esthetician advice!
This was mainly a reaction to my celiac diagnosis — if I could no longer obsess about noodles/pie/sandwiches, I needed another addiction. What I put on my face/body has replaced food to become what I feel the most passionate about (so long as nobody asks me anything historic or scientific). And so, I want to empower anyone else looking for a more approachable/practical place to start.
The question I get asked the most is about my skincare routine. When people find out how old I am (I’m currently 46) they gasp. I have always looked really young for my age, and my feelings about getting older are quite complicated/layered… I’m not quite ready to dive into all that just yet. There’s a lot to unpack there. (And if you think I just divulged my age with 100% confidence, I didn’t. That took a lot of pumping myself up/talking myself down off the ledge.)
In general, there’s a lot to unpack re: my skincare routine as well. I have tried/used a fair amount of products and had nobody to share my feelings about them with! Not as many as the beauty writers/experts out there, but more than most people that I personally know. I have learned a lot from Susan Yara (who I mention in the video below) and Charlotte Palermino but also Kate Spencer and Doree Shafrir, whose podcast Forever 35 was my introduction to “talking a lot about serums.” When I was a guest on the show a few years ago, it was literally a dream come true.
So yeah, skincare! Let’s get to it now. I’ll just dive right in because otherwise, I get too overwhelmed.
MY EVENING SKINCARE ROUTINE
This is for a night when I wear makeup. I previously shared the full makeup look from the Madonna Inn wedding.
Now here’s a video showing how I took all that makeup off.
Note: IMO I did not use that much makeup for this look (compared to how much I wear when I’m filming an acting role) but this exact regimen always works, no matter how much stuff is caked on my face. And when I don’t wear makeup during the day, I skip the double cleanse.
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