Skincare Routine Mondays: June 20, 2016

Happy Summer Y'all! Summer has hit, routines are a-changin' and I am done with wearing pants. Pants are the worst.

1. Oil Cleanser: Still occasionally using Shu Umeura High Balancing Cleansing Oil. Pretty terrible that I'm NOT always using this at night since I am ALWAYS using sunscreen.
2. Eyelid Cleanser: Ocusoft every morning that I  hopefully remember. I pulled a last minute sleepover and didn't have my eyelid cleanser the next morning. My eyes really did feel cruddy the next day, and the day after when I forgot to do it again. People are always dropping numbers on how many times you have to do something to make it a habit. STOP COUNTING and just do it by checking it off your to-do list. Habits are willed to life, not counted into prediction.
3. Water-based Cleanser: sum37's Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick, and on the impromptu sleepover I used Fresh's Soy cleanser because, Sephora Birthday Present 2016, sample size.
4. Toner: Though I do have CosRX's AHA/BHA toner in my closet, I've not been using it. It's more prep for actives, and I haven't had the time or will to introduce a new active considering the samples I've been using instead.
5. First Essence:  My FTE BAE: Missha's FTE Intensive.
6. Serum/essence/masks: Had a couple days of sticky SCINIC's AIO Honey Ampoule-- but as I wrote before, the STICKINESS of it all, UGH. So, yes, of course I am slacking, I have seen no "instant" results, and the stickiness of the product is an instant turn-off. How can so many people LOVE this stuff when it is so gosh darn sticky?!?!
7. Facial Oil/Night Oil: This is a bit trickier... I bought myself a travel bag from Sephora that is chock-full of travel ready samples. Mini sizes of products that they actually do sell individually for an outrageous price, but I digress. Sunday Riley's Luna Oil was in there. Pretty blue facial oil named Luna because "moon," because "night oil," because "retinoid-ish." Accidentally I put this oil on in the morning once and then freaked out about photosensitivity the rest of the day, which wasn't fun. (But, no, I did not get sunburn, thank heavens.) Been using this oil at night and it's the one thing that has improved the texture and appearance of those nasty lingering hormonal chin/jaw acne I've been dealing with for the past few weeks.
8. Moisturizer:
   Mizon Snail Recovery Gel Cream in the AM before Sunscreen, as usual. However, again with the samples from the Sephora bag I got recently, I've been using Ole Henriksen's Sheer Transformation moisturizer at night in conjunction with the Sunday Riley Luna Night Oil. Bad decision was that I started two new products together, so I don't know which one is actually working, or if they work well together. People RAVE about Sunday Riley, but I haven't heard much about Sheer Transformation. 
9. Sunscreen: Biore Aqua Rich Waterly Essence Sunscreen 50g Spf50+ Pa+++, because it's to darn hot and humid for anything less than this awesome mattefying product.