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Oooh, subscribing to this one! My skin has been super wacky since going off BC in the fall. It feels like nothing works - I'm just stuck with what my hormones decide to do

I'm the worst at skincare and remembering to take my makeup off. Thankfully, pregnancy has pretty much made my skin like a 15 y/o. I LOVE IT! But, before getting pregnant, I invested in the Clarisonic Mia 2, and it changed everything! I use it every day in the shower, and try to remember to remove my makeup each night with the "Say Yes! to Cucumber" face cloths. Both of those together changed my face.

Good luck!!

I don't have the best skin so take my routine with a grain of salt:

AM: kirkland facial wipe and Cetaphil sunscreen moisturizer

PM: Cetaphil cleanser, Aveeno nighttime moisturizer

Ever since I stopped washing my face in the morning and using the wipes instead, I haven't had any pimples! I don't know if that's what did it, but I'm not going to change my routine.

@mrskc: I found the same thing happened with me, I got rid of washing my face in the morning and Bam, less pimples. I did read somewhere that you can over cleanse your skin which then creates more pimples.

I'm a little obsessive about my skin care, it's embarrassing. Here's the toned down version for summer weather, because winter is a different story.

Morning:
- Wash face with either Clinique Liquid Facial Soap (or their foaming face wash for acne if I'm having breakouts) or Dermadoctor Litmus Test Glycolic Acid facial wash. I'll also use Clarisonic 3x a week in the mornings while I wash my face.
- Softener or Essence Lotion (Estee Lauder or Shiseido)
- Serum (Clinique Repairwear or Dark Spot Corrector)
- Moisturizer (Clinique Moisture Surge)
- SPF Fluid (Shiseido Urban Environment Oil-Free UV Protector or Clinique Derma White Anti-Pollution SPF)

PM:
- Wipe off makeup with Pond's wipes and same routine as above, minus SPF. I'll also do an eye cream 3x a week - Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair for Eyes, or Clinique Repairwear Eye Cream.

I'm also a big believer in clay / mud masks and will do them 2-3x a week. I think they totally make a noticeable difference in my extremely oily skin (forehead and T-zone) and just shrinks the pores for a more "porcelain" look. My favorites on rotation are:

- C Booth Deep Cleansing Volcanic Mud Mask, one of my reliable go-tos. I used to get it off Amazon or Ulta in bulk and it's a cheapie.
- Freeman Facial Clay Mask Avocado & Oatmeal, a drugstore cheapie that is also amazing.
- DDF Sulfur Mask, one of my all time HGs.
- GLAMGLOW Super Mud Clearing Treatment.
- Omorovicza - if you really want to splurge. This stuff is unreal, and they finally carry it on Sephora.com.

Um... Wash it with whatever face wash happens to be handy?

@lindsayinny It's too embarrassing! I do believe that sometimes though, less is more with skin care. Sometimes I just cleanse and slap on moisturizer and call it a day, and my skin looks the same I think.

My skin was very oily, shiny, and prone to breakouts before I found a routine that worked for me. I found that anything stripping (foaming cleansers, soaps, toners, astringents, etc) would make me *more* oily and shiny instead of less. I've had the same routine for years since I'm afraid of my skin reverting to the way it was. I just recently added maracuja oil to my night routine because my friends have been switching to anti-aging/anti-wrinkle products, and I thought maybe it would be a good idea to add something anti-aging myself.

AM: Rub creamy cleanser into dry skin, wet fingers and emulsify then rinse off. Aveeno positively radiant moisturizer with SPF. If I'm going out, I mix in a bit of BB cream.

PM: Use cream cleanser same as above. Rub two drops of maracuja oil all over face followed by face cream (Yu-Be). Dab on eye cream.

@SupernovaJ: I need to get better with the anti-aging/preventative stuff though. Just don't know where to begin - there are SO many options!

Pre-baby I was really good!

Simple wash with water in the A.M. Followed by serum.
Shu Uemura Cleasing Oil and wash cloth OR Clarusinic with a foaming gentle cleanser at night. I can't use the Clairisonic everyday or I breakout like mad. Serum, face cream. And mask if I'm lucky every couple of weeks. Since pregnancy though I've gotten really slack and more often than I care to admit - clean my face with 2 face wipes and follow it with moisturizer.
Now that baby's getting to bed faster, I need to up my routine faithfully again!

@Mrs. Champagne: @LindsayInNY: i don't use anything too crazy expensive as far as anti-aging goes. i think Clinique's repairwear laser focus serum is awesome. so good for sensitive skin and i know it's highly concentrated with a lot of great ingredients. i also love kiehl's avocado eye cream, as well as shiseido's benefiance eye cream. with under eye / wrinkle care especially, my rule of thumb is to always go with a thicker, richer formula instead of an under eye gel, or something less moisturizing.

AM:
-wash face with water and wash cloth
-toner (currently using Boscia's Clear Complexion Tonic with Botanical Blast)
-serum (Caudalie's Vinosource S.O.S. Thirst-Quenching Serum)
-moisturizer (Caudalie's Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet )
-SPF (Tizo sunscreen spf 40)

PM
-double cleanse, first with Clinque's Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm followed by 100% Pure Lavender Seafoam cleanser
-double tone, first with Clarins Bright Plus HP Gentle Renewing Brightening Peel followed by Boscia's Clear Complexion Tonic with Botanical Blast
-Serum (Caudalie's Vinosource S.O.S. Thirst-Quenching Serum)
-moisturizer (Caudalie's Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet )

It looks like a lot of stuff but it only takes me three minutes, I promise!

EDIT: forgot to mention eye cream! I use Strivectin AM and PM

I'm a little more high maintenance when it comes to skincare, but I really enjoy the process of it.

Every morning I wash my face in the shower with a scrubbing face wash. Once a week I also add in a baking soda scrub while in the shower...it's the best thing ever!! It will scrub all the dead skin off your face and if you do it often, your skin will glow.

After shower I remove any excess makeup with a face wipe. Then I apply a hydrating toner, then eye cream, then a moisturizer.

At night I use a cleansing oil to remove my makeup (best stuff ever), then repeat the same after shower steps. I have a special night moisturizer I use though. My skin stays pretty clear all the time as long as I remove my makeup every night (which I sometimes get too lazy to do!)

My skin has gotten really oily lately...I buy those little oil blotting sheets and they work wonders! They really don't compare to just using a paper towel or something else.