101 : Skin Care

Believe or not, I never knew what's with the fuss of people going through the tedious process of skincare and forking out tons of money for the products/facial. I guess all along I've been blessed with extremely good skin (good genes) and I've never bothered to take care of them until ... I was bambu by my colleague. -__-

She was going on and on about having wrinkly and age-spots face when I am older if I don't take care of them now etc etc. And I will lose my "face-glow" whatever that means. O_o"

My facial regime is facial cleanser (any brand that is cheap from Watson/Guardian). That's all. I am very quite suaku and I don't even know what's a toner for. Ok, you may proceed to snicker.

Over a short lunch period session, I was given a crash-course on basic skincare. And I've been religiously following my new regime ever since. Now for those who has relatively good skin, you need not splash on expensive products, (so-called) mediocre products are good enough in my opinion. Trust me when I said my skin was sensitive to Estee Lauder's moisturiser (itch like mad!). So girls, expensive need not mean it is suitable for your skin.

Just my two cents' worth of advice la. *shrug*

For those suaku like me, I shall share my simple and basic skincare tips.

(1) Cleanser - Garnier (less than RM20)

I've been using Garnier for the longest time ever. I love their lemon-y scent and to me it does the job perfectly well, so no need to change brands. 

(2) Toner - Neutrogena (RM19)

I have never ever used a toner before and my colleague gave me the wtf look. The lecture which I got from her was not pleasant at all. I even asked whether if I need to wash it off -_-" (I really thought I need to la!!). She recommended this brand, cheap and good in her words. To me, so long as it doesn't memedihkan my face then it's ok for me. So far so good la.

(3) Sunblock - Vaseline spf 30 (less than RM20)

This is useful not only when you go to the beach. So I learnt that you have to apply as base before putting on your full-on makeup. Apparently no matter where you go, you will get UV rays hence will destroy your face. Or something like that la. I was recommended to use Neutrogena's Ultra Sheer Sunblock, but the orange-y smell of Vaseline (yes by now, you would realise I am a sucker for nice smelling products) is too tempting to not buy! I only go through this step in the day time, at night you may skip this step .. unless if you think that flouresant lights in the room or the moon emits UV rays la 0_o

In case if you wanna know, this brand is pretty good in the sense that it is not sticky and doesn't smell sunblock~y if you know what I mean. [p/s: actually what's the correct spf you should get?]

(4) Moisturiser - Odbo Aqua Moisturiser (bought from Korea at RM80)
Yes yes I know I said I won't but expensive stuff but this one was back in 2010 during my honeymoon in Korea that I tangan gatal went and buy with my husband's money *impulse buying* sekali bought two tubes some more hehehe ~ I like it that the moisturiser will dissolve into water-like liquid once you apply on your face. Can't stand sticky products! urgh ~

(5) Eye Cream - Odbo (bought from Korea .. forgot the pricing)
I only use this in the night because I damn malas :p Apparently will help reduce under-eye bags la.. but in my case, it is pretty severe so I don't know if it will work or not. *I blame you TVB!!!!*

To recap:
Morning - Cleanse, Tone, Sunblock, Moisturise, Make-up
Evening - Make-up Remover, Cleanse, Tone
Night - Moisturise, Eye Cream

And that's my new facial regime at this point in time. Surprisingly it doesn't take too long. I know I know there is the facial scrub and mask which I skip. Cut me some slack, I'm a newbie! -_- Too many things and steps for me to remember!

Love;
Mrs Lee