Time and time again, I feel like I’m given the same advice: use Cetaphil morning and night, and just forget about everything else.

Yet, I spend hundreds a year on skincare. I am a 🤡.

I love VOGUE bathroom beauty secrets, but I saw one the other day that was a 40 step skin care routine. I was like IM SORRY WHAT.

I think a lot of it is BS. How many of these influencers that do these elaborate skin routines get Botox and $$ peels, so you can’t even tell if the lotions and serums are working?? I try to keep it simple — gentle cleanser, exfoliate occasionally, moisturize, drink lots of water and I don’t smoke. Also using SPF is a huge part of it. I just started using a retinol this month bc #35+ but other than that… 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think… they’re fun. They provide routine and a sense of self-care that allows you to take time for yourself. Are the routines unnecessary? Yeah. But that’s why you should silence everyone around you and just do what you find to be fun, more than anything else. 

Let me tell you a secret: it's all BS. Sure, it might microscopically reduce fine lines and wrinkles, but only botox and filler will do the heavy lifting. There are only two products you need for hydrated and bright skin, and they are drug store buys. And hydrating and brightness is really all you can hope for, and all that is visible to the outside, when it comes to having "good skin" 1/2

Let's talk about the over-complication of skincare routines. I am exhausted and my skin is no better for it. My SC routine (yes I shorted it because I am that exhausted... maybe I should get my iron level checked. Anyways!) is trash. And I can't seem to figure it out. 

There are peptides, ceramides, AHA/BHA, hyaluronic acid, high brow/low brow skincare. And I just think it is too much. We gotta simplify, but then I am plagued with the IF I simplify it will be skin shrivel? But then again, my skin isn't where I want it to be. 

I AM A MESS. What are you thoughts on skincare routines? 

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