It’s been over a year since my first (and last) “seasonal” skincare update, so that idea for a regular feature worked out well, didn’t it" Why do I have such an aversion to my own deadlines" I can spend three hours thinking and writing about sink design, a topic so obscure and irrelevant to this blog that I should never have even penned the first sentence, yet I struggle to find the time and motivation to start what I’m actually supposed to be doing.
But let’s move quickly away from my inadequacies and into the glorious land of skincare; this post is all about what I’m currently using on my face. As with the previous skincare routine, this is more about the types of products I use and the frequency that I use them rather than giving specific beauty reviews. I’d say that the most notable features in this skincare video are: 1) the guilty admission that I don’t do two lengthy cleanses a day and 2) the regular use of retinols into my evening routine.
If you’re feeling itchy over the idea that I don’t do a proper morning face cleanse then let me expand on my statement and ease your potential fears: I do cleanse, I just don’t – usually – do a thorough balm-and-flannel cleanse. I rarely have the time. It tends to be either a face wash (sometimes splashed on and off whilst I’m having a speedy shower!) or, if I’m in a desperate hurry, micellar water on cotton pads.
And the r...