Skincare Routine Monthly Check-in: July 1, 2017

July 1st! check-in:

1. Oil Cleanser: After I started to break out earlier in May I stopped using this step because it was fairly new and I wanted to go back to basics.
2. Son & Park's Beauty Water: No idea what I am doing with this step. I use it and then I wash it off and then I slap it on again. I realize I don't like using cotton balls to apply or wipe product on/off. Seems like such an inefficient hassle to me. I have no idea what I am doing with this step, or if it's even helping.
3. Water-based Cleanser: Finally finished the sum37's Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick from Nov. 7, 2016. Instead I have found myself reaching for my sister's Cosrx Low Ph Good Morning Gel cleanser. The minty fresh part of it has grown on me, and I actually like using it in the mornings. Especially when my Rose Stick has been increasingly hard to dispense.
4. First Essence: Thinking of incorporating Missha's FTE, but also want to give my skin a break  because I still don't know what I am doing with Son & Park's Beauty Water.
5. Hydrating Toner:  A mix between Kikumasamune Moist toner and/or Enprani’s Dear by Enprani Moistfull Booskin. Whatever I feel like reaching for that day. Usually Enprani's because I want to use it up, but also because Kikumasamune has been mixing smells and makes a terribly stench with mixed with something I can't quite put my finger on it.
6. Serum:  I took a break. Laziness.
7. Moisturizer: Good ol' Mizon Black  Snail AIO. Skin's been a bit hormonal, but it loves the stuff nonetheless.
8. Sunscreen: Mornings I stick to using a pump of Nivea Sun Protect Super Water Gel SPF 50/PA+++. Only use Shiseido Senka Aging Care UV Sunscreen SPF50+ PA++++ at the gym. Really liking my aerosol SPF 50 coconut sunspray from Alba. Cheap, smells like alcohol at first, but that helps it evaporate quickly and dry nicely. Really does well on my arms and feet (still wearing leggings or long pants because the office is like ice).

Kiehl's clay mask of Turmeric & Cranberry Seed Energizing Radiance Mask and Pacifica's Future Youth Enzymatic Resurfacing Mask on my neck. Perfect combo, though I don't really get a "wow" factor from Kiehl's and would probably not purchase it for myself. But I sheet masked twice last week, which was nice. Trying to use up my crazy stash.

Still keeping it simple since I have been having a weird period and hormonal acne jaw is still in the works.

Why did I buy Beauty Water? I have no idea what the hell I'm supposed to be doing with it. Nothing seems right.