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Skincare (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 weeks ago by quinacridone@mander.xyz to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone

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What are your favourite skincare products and rituals?

They can be cheap and cheerful pharmacy faves, or embarrassingly extravagant...

Got a serum or moisturiser you swear by?

An aging-well hack for happy skin?

Something that helps with peri/post menopause dry skin?

An indulgent face mask for your "me time"?

What can you not be without, and what has worked or not worked for you?

My current essential is cetraben ointment... it's bog standard and definetly no frills, but as I'm back on tretinoin its saved my skin from the dry, itchy, flakey stage, and the bonus is that it works on my bf's horrific scaly dry feet

My splurge is NIODs low viscosity cleansing ester, its the weirdest thing to clean your face with but it removes all the crap, and doesn't dry my skin. It feels 'oily' but isn't and my next products apply really well...its just really weird stuff

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[–] quinacridone@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This isn't basic if you're using retinol, niacinamide, vit c etc, this is a well curated and targeted skincare routine!

To be honest I'm whittling my lotions and potions down to vit c, tret, maybe peptides maybe not, barrier support serum, acid exfoliant, and moisture either lotion or serum etc

Also Glycerin is highly underrated for moisture, I'm going to diy a rosewater spray with some glycerin in it for on the go refreshment at some point

[–] unknown@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I’m going to diy a rosewater spray with some glycerin in it for on the go refreshment at some point

Unless you're also adding preservatives, only make a few tens of ml at a time as it will go off and get funky otherwise. You could repurpose an empty 30 ml actives bottle for it.

[–] quinacridone@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the tip, I'll make small quantities, I don't fancy having a slick of ming all over my face

[–] quinacridone@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Forgot to ask, what preservatives do you recommend for your diy skincare? Thanks

[–] unknown@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly this isn't really something I've dabbled much in, I've lived a pretty nomadic life for the most part and never really had the storage space for all the seperate ingredients that proper diy skincare involves.

My glycerin toner literally involves tipping a little bit of the pure glycerin straight out of the bottle into my hands, and then activating it with water and tapping it into my skin. It's hella basic, I just make very, very sure not to get water into the glycerin bottle.