Night beauty routine

I struggle a little with my skin, since it’s prone to acne and blackheads. Although sometimes I just can’t avoid those little bastards, I try to prevent them as much as possible. One of the ways I accomplish that is by having a skin cleansing routine, which is super important.

Kind of related tip: I use make-up remover towels before I do my workouts, because when you workout and sweat your pores can clog, and we definitely don’t want that. However, sometimes I forget to do this, and then I go around beating my head against the walls (jk). Anyway not many people know about this and even put on makeup to go to the gym, so I wanted to let you know.

Here are the steps I take before going to bed (products I use pictured):

• First I wash my face with a facial cleansing gel: I use a very simple and unexpensive (although nice)one, it has glycerine on it and is water based, so that it’s not much agressive to the skin. I wash my face with this at night and morning, 2 times a day.

• After the washing I remove the eye makeup with makeup remover towels, usually I rip them in half so they last longer, besides I really don’t need to use a whole one, since my daily eye makeup consists on basically mascara.
• The third step is to apply a face tonic, and this is something I started doing recently and I’ve noticed that it really helps with oil control, although keep in mind that it will dry your skin. I have a combination skin type, which means that some parts of my face get super dry, and others (T zone) oilier, which means I have to be extra careful with those dry parts so that I can do the oil control thing on the others.

• After I let tonic dry, I apply my yves rocher anti-aging eye serum;

• Now one of the most important steps: moisturizing. Mine is specifically a night cream, from Nivea, it has regenerative properties and I usually apply a thicker layer on the drier parts of my skin, and also on my neck (never forget the neck!)
• Last but not least I apply vaseline on my lips to prevent peeling, this is a super important step when winter comes because they dry immensely.

So this is it, have a nice Friday and don’t forget your skin care!

Hasta 😗

Product review: Kiko city filter sunscreen primer

Today I wish to tell you about a primer I bought on Thursday: Kiko city filter sunscreen. I wanto to start by warning you that I have a combination skin type, and my experience with the product depends on that.

With that said, I’m going to start with what I liked about it:

• The scent: loved it, great aroma.
• The absortion: the skin absorbs it easily and fast
• The high SPF level, which is one of the main reasons I bought it in the first place.
• The price: I was ready to buy it at 12,90€ (the original price) and when I got to the store it was at about half the price, that was a very pleasant surprise :). It’s still at 6.90€ if you’re interested, it’s a great time to buy it.

What I didn’t like about it:

• It’s not the best for combined or oily types of skin because it leaves the skin a bit shiny. In my case the solution resides in powder, since it provides enough mattifying.

So this is it for my first product review, I hope it was helpful. The impression it made for now is pretty good, if there’s anything I notice about it that only comes with more time of use, I’ll let you guys know. And if you have any questions you’d like to ask about it be sure to leave a comment.

Farewell!

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