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There might have been a similar post to this recently, sorry couldnt find the thread, and the others i found were not relevant to my issue. Please help out a girl in her 20s who can't do skincare to save her life 😳
Basically the more i try skincare the more it feels like a scam. Because my skin simply gets worse.
Hair care, health and dental care is so easy (a lot of effort but i know what to do). Why is skincare so hard?
Basically my skin is mostly clear, I can get away with no foundation, only need a little coverage. But I got greedy and wanted my skin to be even better. I started spending money on skincare, to try and imprvoe it even more that i never feel the need to wear foundation, and to make sure my skin doesnt age badly. Now my skin is breaking out, feels so lumpy and oily at the same time, has random red blotches and generally my face looks pale, dull and lifeless. I have wasted so much money on various products.
I tried rosehip oil because its supposed to be "natural" and "great for skin" - made me skin all red and blotchy. Not as an allergic reaction, just made it look redder. So I stopped using it pretty fast.
Then I started washing my face with bar soap everyday. This wasn't too bad, didn't do anything to my skin really. Still had the oily patches mixed with bumpy areas.
Now i've been exfoiliating then putting on the CereVe cleanser containing hyalorinic acid. And now im breaking out. My chin and forehead is so bumpy and oily that it is visible in my reflection. Sometimes I also use suncream with SPF to moisturise. I have the Cereve moisterizer but stopped using it because i discovered it had a carcinogen in it.
Where am I going wrong? What is the best skincare routine that is preferably 3 steps, not a 20 step routine? Are skincare prodcuts just bad for skin? Should I be using retinol now im in my mid 20s? How do I steer clear of acne? Any oil based products you could reccomended as im a big fan of oils?
Sounds like you have a lot of sound advice. The one thing that stood out to me was bar soap (that can be very harsh on the skin), and over exfoliation of the skin. You may have damaged your moisture barrier, so I would refrain from exfoliation. Sounds counterintuitive, but just use the most simple, gentle cleanser and a very basic water based lotion, slap some SPF on when you go outside, and call it a day.