You may be anticipating that this blog is about the bride. Let me disabuse you of that notion: this blog is for everyone attending the wedding except the bride. In the cruel light of inept camerapersons (all the aunts that hate your guts), everyone is a star at a wedding.
A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog (see below) detailing how to prepare your skin for the mountains of make-up that I anticipate any reasonable woman who is not a philistine would wear. I recently revisited this advice and realised that it was not what I am doing. (I am 30 days away from attending an Indian wedding and my skincare routine couldn’t be more different.
It struck me that, there is a dichotomy between what bloggers/influencers say they will do and what they actually do. And this is one of those situations.
My actual skincare routine
Today I will outline in detail the intense nature of my skincare routine. Like preparing for a marathon for my skin, it is planned, unrelenting and not for the fainthearted.
Morning routine
Evening routine
The aim of my evening routine is to space out different types of treatment without damaging my skin barrier. So, I do not exfoliate or oil cleanse more than once a week, as I am concerned that excessive use of both treatments would harm my skin.
My evening routine in a nutshell is:
- 5-6 days a week using a nuface device including its laser attachment. At the very minimum, this is a 30 minute routine.
- 1x / week exfoliate
- 1x / week oil cleanse
- 2-3 x / week use a face mask
- 2-3 x / deep cleanse using NIOD’s Sanskrit Saponins
Depending on how my skin feels, I may apply a Vitamin C serum and light moisturiser to finish off my evening routine. But this is not a given. I decide on the day itself whether my skin needs it.
Closing
This is my face yesterday and I will take a photo in a month’s time showing you what my face looks like. You can then decide whether you want such an involved routine because let’s be honest, this is expensive as a trip to Mars and back.
All the products that I am using and where to buy them
- Face wash
- Kama Ayurveda Ros Jasmine Face Cleanser (INR 850 for 100ml). Available for sale at Kama online
- Tata Harper Regenerating cleanser (US$ 42 for 50ml). Available for sale at Tata Harper online
- NIOD Sanskrit Saponins (US$ 33 for 90ml). Available for sale at NIOD online
- Toner
- Shiseido Vital Perfection White Revitalizing Emulsion (AED 480 for 100ml)
- Serums
- Vitamin C: Clinique 10% Vitamin C Daily Booster (US$ 21). Available for sale at Clinique online.
- 111 Rose Gold Radiance Booster (US$ 135 for 20ml). Available for sale at 111 skin
- Lash, Eyebrow and Lips
- Revitalash Eyelash serum (US$150 for 6 month supply). Available at Revitalash online
- Uma Intensely Nourishing Brow Oil (US$36 for 1 month supply)
- NIOD Lip Bio Lipid Concentrate (US$69 for 15ml). Available at NIOD online
- Sunscreen
- Ultrasun anti-pigmentation sunscreen SPF 50 (US$ 42 for 50ml). Available at Space NK
- Moisturiser
- La Roche Hydraphase Intense Moisturiser (US$36 for 50ml). Available at La Roche
- Exfoliator
- Tata Harper resurfacing mask (US$ 65 for 1 oz). Available at Tata Harper online
- Oil cleanser
- Tejasvi Brightening Emulsion (INR 2,175 for 30g). Available at Forest Essentials online
- Nu face Trinity device and primer. Available at nu face online
- Face Mask
- 111 Skin Rose Gold Face Mask (US$ 135 for 5 masks). Available at 111 Skin online
- Sarah Chapman Instant Miracle Mask (£46 for 5 masks). Available at Sarah Chapman online
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