April's skincare routine : Clinique

You may not even remember but I asked you which skincare line you would be interested to see reviewed here. My French poll attracted way more people and Clinique was the winner.
I so had to desing a new face routine using mainly Clinique stuffes and see how my skin reacts to it for about a month. I tried my best without splurging extra money on new stuffes I do not really need. As you will see I kept my beloved sunscreen as my day moisturizer as I really like it :p.

Morning : - Mild liquid facial soap from Clinique
- Clarifying lotion 2 from Clinique
- Dramatically different moisturizing lotion from Clinique
- All about eye rich from Clinique
- Cleanance SPF 30 from Avène mixed with the mositurizing base SPF 15 from Stila

Evening :
- Créaline H2O from Bioderma for the eyes and cheeks
- Sebactiv cleansing water from Roger Gallet for my oilier T-zone
- Dove Soft peeling cream beauty bar if heavy face makeup to remove last bits of make up
- Mild solid facial soap from Clinique
- Clarifying lotion 2 from Clinique
- Dramatically different moisturizing lotion from Clinique
- All about eye rich from Clinique
- Moisture Surge de Clinique

Masks :
- Purifying (every other day) : Atlas Moutain Clay Mask from Zakia's Morocco (= ghassoul) (online review already made) or Volcanic Ash Thermal Mask from MAC
- Moisturizing/nourishing (x1/week) : Argan oil from Zakia's Morocca or Nivea cream (yep the blue tin one) under a coton sheet mask from MUJI moisten with eye safe toner or floral water

Extra treatments:
- for spots: Lanvender vinegar from l'Occitane
- for shine control: T-zone shine control de Clinique (Pore Minimizer range)
- microdermabrasion (x1/semaine, on sundays) : Powerbrasion kit from Skin Doctors
- scrub (x1-2/week at night time) : Akno Natura from les Laboratoires Mascareignes

I will keep you updated with how the things go but for now it is fine. I try to use the less active other stuffes I know not to twist the results. You can not imagine how painful it was to leave my beloved Shu Uemura cleansing oil below my bathroon sink :))
If you want some extra information on the stuffes I used (except the Clinique ones I will thoroughly review at the end of the month) leave a comment!

See ya :)

My facial routine n°3

It has been a while since the last time I talked about my facial routine. Even if I still have a few ugly bumps my skin has greatly improved in texture. So now I have to find the perfect balance between spot treating and good moisturising because the cold weather dehydrates quickly my skin.

Morning : to sum up quickly, eyecream, basic 3 time, acne serum and local spot treatment. In order of application :
- Liquid facial soap mild formula from Clinique
- Clarifying lotion 2 from Clinique
- Acne serum from IQQU (Michelle Phan's skincare line, if you never heard about her have a look on YT)
- Dramatically different moisturizing lotion from Clinique
- Vanishing cream from Lush
- Drying Cream from Mario Badescu on spotty areas
- Line smoothing eyecream Inositol vegetal from Yves Rocher

Night:
- Liquid facial soap mild formula from Clinique
- Clarifying lotion 2 from Clinique
- Acne serum from IQQU (Michelle's Phan skincare line, if you never heard about her have a look on YT)
- Dramatically different moisturizing lotion from Clinique
- Vanishing cream from Lush + a few drops of Kalahari's melon oil
- Buffering lotion from Mario Badescu on spotty areas or tea tree oil from Body Shop
- Advanced night repair eye recovery complex from Estee Lauder + a drop of argan oil from Natessance

Masks :
- Radiance (1 x a week): Taï-Chi from Herborist (everywhere)
- Purifying (3 x a week): Refining mask from Proactiv Solution (T zone)

Blackhead treatment :
- Silver powder from Mario Badescu (2 x a week)

Whitehead treatment :
- Drying lotion from Mario Badescu (every night if needed)

That's it
See ya :)

My facial routine n°2

Ok I do not really know why but my skin is breaking like crazy these days so I decide to come back to a slightly more aggressive skincare routine. I konw that many people tend to think taht being sift with your skin is the baest wya to maintain it healthy. I do agree but it is only true for already healthy skin. I have microcystic acne and there is no real cure for this. I try to avoid most of the breakouts that is all I can do.
So here is my fighting plan for the next month

Morning :
- washing : Basic 3-Step skin type 2 (dry combination skin)
- serum Skin : rev-er upper from Bare Minerals
- moiturising lotion: Vanishing cream from Lush
- eye contour : Serum contour des yeux et des lèvres from Planter's eco-bio
- on zits, pimples : Effaclar A.I from La Roche Posay
- solar protection : high protection sunscreen brush SPF 50 from Sephora

Evening :
- eye makeup remover : oil makeup remover Isotéliale from Noviderm
- face makeup remover : refreshing milk for normal to combination skin from Ysiance (French supermarket brand)
- washing : Basic 3 times skin type 2 (dry combination skin)
- exfoliation : Gentle aromatic exfoliant with 3 roses from Nuxe
- serum : Gel serum visage from Innovatouch Cosmetic
- moiturising lotion: Vanishing cream from Lush
- eye contour : Serum contour des yeux et des lèvres from Planter's eco-bio
- on zits, pimples : Effaclar A.I from La Roche Posay

Masks :
- purifying (1 x week): Tai-Chi masks from Herborist
- hydrating (1 x week): masque apaisant hydratant d'Avène

Microdermabraison (1 x week) :
- Kit Powerbrasion from Skin Doctors

See ya :)

Liquid foundation routine

All in all I have two different foundation routine depending on my skin condition. One consists mainly in mineral cosmetics. Here is the other one :
- primes : on T-zone anti-shine base from Sephora professionnel + everywhere else base hydratante unifiante de Stila
- corrector : corrector stick green/beige from Avène
- foundation : superbalanced make-up (Ivory) from Clinique + vanilla complexion enhancer from Agnès B + a single drop of Lustre Drops Sun Rush -LE- from MAC
- concealer : Select cover up NW20 from MAC + Powderflage from Benefit
- powder : on T zone Stay Matte Sheer Pressed Powder (Invisible Matte) from Clinique + everywhere else Météorites powder for the face (Mythic) from Guerlain
- contouring : fresh bloom allover colour (almond blossom) from Clinique
- blush : cream colour base (Crushed Bougainvillea -LE-) from MAC
- highlight : Diamond Lust sheer eyeshadow (Champagne Buzz) from Revlon...

I know I put so many stuffes on my face but after all that my skin looks OK :)

See ya :)

My facial routine

In summer, my skin tends to be very oily! But I am anyway lucky enough not to get overall shiny... It is not perfect and I still have numerous enlarged pores that is why I decided to go for the following skin routine for the next 28 days which will normally show during this timeframe if it efficient for me or not. I know it is a lot of stuffes to spread on my face but I also need to take very careful care on my global sensitivity and the fact that even if my skin is oily I easily get deshydrated patches on my face.
So here it is

Morning :
- washing gel : Special cleansing gel from Dermalogica
- toner : Multi active toner from Dermalogica
- serum Skin rev-er upper from Bare Minerals
- moiturising lotion: Cleanance anti-shine regulating lotion from Avène
- eye contour : Serum contour des yeux pour le matin from Officinea
- on zits, pimples : Effaclar A.I from La Roche Posay
- solar protection : high protection sunscreen brush SPF 50 from Sephora

Evening :
- eye makeup remover : oil makeup remover Isotéliale from Noviderm
- face makeup remover : refreshing milk for normal to combination skin from Ysiance (French supermarket brand)
- washing gel : Special cleansing gel from Dermalogica
- toner : Multi active toner de Dermalogica
- exfoliation : Gentle aromatic exfoliant with 3 roses from Nuxe
- serum : Gel serum visage from Innovatouch Cosmetic
- moiturising lotion: Cleanance anti-shine regulating lotion from Avène
- eye contour : 100% pure argan oil from Natessance
- on zits, pimples : Effaclar A.I from La Roche Posay

Masks :
- purifying (1 x week): Tai-Chi masks from Herborist
- hydrating (1 x week): masque apaisant hydratant d'Avène

Microdermabraison (1 x week) :
- Kit Powerbrasion from Skin Doctors

I will try to organize this blog as well as I can. So I will probably make a table of content with link to products by name, type and brands. What do you think?

See ya :)