Night time skincare routine - April 2013

Hey All -

I'm back with my night time skincare routine. A couple of posts/weeks ago I talked about my morning skincare routine which you can read about here. There are only a few products that are different from my morning routine. Before I talk about my night time routine I want to talk about how I remove my makeup. As much as I love putting makeup on every morning, I love coming home and taking it off. It's one of the first things I do when I get home and workout. Since I workout at home most of the time, I take my makeup off before I do it. I suggest you do the same and the best way to do it is with makeup remover wipes. I use the wipe to clean off any face makeup and always use eye makeup remover for my eyes since I tend to wear shadows, eyeliner and mascara on a daily basis. 

I am currently using the Equate Oil-Free Eye makeup remover from Walmart. This is NOT my favorite eye makeup remover and I haven't even found one I love yet. If you have any suggestions, please leave them below.

I love the Equate Exfoliating Cleansing Towelettes from Walmart to remove my face makeup. I have tried multiple kinds of removing wipes and by far these are my favorite and always come back to them. They also are a great price!

(They have since changed the packaging) 

**As reference  I use the wipes when I get home from work (6:30pm) and wash my face with the routine below right before I go to bed (10/10:30pm).

The Clarisonic, Tea Tree face wash, Tea Tree Toner, Tea Tree oil are all the same products from my morning routine. 

I want to talk about really quickly before I got over the products I use on my face how I remove my makeup. As much as I love putting makeup on every morning, I love coming home and taking it off. It's one of the first things I do when I get home and workout. Since I workout at home most of the time, I take my makeup off before I do it. I suggest doing the same. I always use an eye makeup remover for my eyes since I tend to wear shadows, eyeliner and mascara on a daily basis. 

I love all of the products that I mentioned above and here are the links to where you can purchase the products and read additional reviews. 

Clarisonic Mia 2 - QVC or Sephora

The Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearning Facial wash - The Body Shop

Lush's Tea Tree Toner - Lush

The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil - The Body Shop

First Aid Beauty 5 in 1 Eye Cream - Sephora

I use a different moisturizer at night. This one is the Tea Tree Blemish Fade Night Lotion from The Body Shop. Because I have a lot of acne scares on my face, I thought I would give this a try a year or 2 ago and at first I didn't think it was working but I defiantly have seen a difference in my scaring after using this. They have faded. They haven't gone away, but they have certainly faded and are less visible. This is actually my second bottle of this, that's how much I like it. I only us a small amount of this and put it all over my face, focusing on the areas where I have the most marks. This is enough moisturization for my skin, but if you have dryer skin this probably wouldn't be enough because it's pretty light. I would recommend using a small dot of this for your problem areas and using a different moisturizer to go over it. I have actually been doing that lately with a heavier moisturizer that I recently bought to try out. It's been doing the trick. I also only like to use a small bit of this because it's pretty pricey for how much you get. It's $18.50 for 1 oz of product. I do pretty much always buy it when it's on sale though so I've probably paid 1/2 of that. I think it's worth a shot, if you have some darker spots on your skin from acne. Go here to read reviews and purchase on The Body Shop's website. 

I don't use the Clarisonic all days of the week at night. 2 or 3 days a week I use a exfoliator. The one I have been using for probably the last 6/8 months is the Ocean Salt face and body scrub. I LOVE this stuff. I received a sample at one of the Lush stores and after using up the sample I went and purchased the full size product. Now, this might be to abrasive for people with sensitive skin. I don't have any issue with my face when I use this. It makes my face feel soooo smooth, like baby butt smooth!! It also smells amazing. You can use this on your body as well, but I honestly have only used it on my face. I really love this stuff, but it's pretty pricey. The 8.8 oz that I purchased costs $35.95 and the 4.2 oz is $21.95. BUT, you don't need a lot for your face and this has lasted me months and months. It will probably be over a year before I am able to get through of it, and also gave out a generous sample to my friend. Click here to see it on Lush's website.

This is what it looks like. There is a layer on the top of salt that I mix in with the mixture before I scrub my face with it. 

You can always go to Lush and ask for a sample of it to try. I am looking to try some new exfoliators, so if you have any suggestions please let me know! 

I also use a mask when my skin starts acting up or feel like my face needs a pick me up. I really love the Lush face masks. The one I currently have is the Mask of Magnaminty, which I like. It smells amazing and makes my skin look and feel good. But I really love the Cupcake mask. The cupcake mask smells amazing but is great for oily and acne prone skin. I have purchased this mask multiple times. You can only buy this mask in stores because it is a fresh face mask. You also have to store this mask in the refrigerator and gives you a nice cooling effect when you use it. The mask of magnaminty is a deep cleaning mask that's intense but not harsh or abrasive. I really enjoy this mask using this mask. This mask can just be left in your cabinet. The amount of times you can use it, depends on how much you put on your face. This mask I probably have used 5 times or so and I still probably have 2/3 uses left! 4.4 oz container retails for $12.95 and also comes in a larger size. Click here to read more about the mask of magnaminty. The cupcake mask is $6.95 for 2.1 oz and I can usually get 4-6 uses out of it. Click here to read about the cupcake mask! I love using these lush masks because you know they are fresh and the ingredients are more natural. 

If you have a face mask that you love, I would love to hear about it!! 

Hope you enjoy this post, let me know if you have any questions! 

Thank you so much for reading!!! 

-Jill