I gave you the steps to a simple AM anti-aging daytime routine here, so of course we need to talk about nighttime.
Yes, like I said for the daytime routine, you can also have all the steps you want in your nighttime routine as long as you’re not irritating your skin of course. But for those nights when you’re shuffling into the house late AF, you might want something quick and easy that gets the job done. Or if you’re just starting out, having something that’s easy to remember can help keep you consistent.
So the basics of a nighttime anti-aging skincare routine are:
Even if you don’t wear makeup, cleansing is an important step to cleanse the skin of things you can’t see with your naked eye: free radicals, dirt, oil, etc. And if you do wear makeup, or wear a hard-to-remove sunscreen (mineral and tinted mineral sunscreens can especially be stubborn to remove), consider double cleansing.
You can double cleanse with an oil-based cleanser or balm—massaging the product onto dry skin, rinsing, and then following up with your gentle cleanser. Or depending on your gentle cleanser, you can just cleanse with that twice.
SHOP CLEANSERS IN THE WIDGETS BELOW
OIL CLEANSERS
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DRY SKIN
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OILY/COMBO SKIN
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ACNE PRONE SKIN
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SENSITIVE SKIN (ALL TYPES)
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Retinoid is a collective term for derivatives of vitamin A. You can find a broken down explanation of them vs retinol using the Wu-Tang Clan in the video below.
Retinoids are the gold standard for anti-aging because they come with tons of receipts showing their efficacy. BUT when you first get on one, it can be pretty irritating for some people so you have to TREAD LIGHTLY.
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