Ayyyy, as promised. Here's my morning skincare routine! Not much difference though, I only switch one or two products from my night skincare routine, and the rest stays the same. My morning routine is a lot simpler than the night, that's because I don't like to layer too much in the morning.

1. Cleanser



Same product, I use the Mario Badescu Enzyme Cleanser for my morning cleanser too, but without the clarisonic. I used to use it only at night, and use a foaming type cleanser in the morning but I find that my T-Zone still gets oily throughout the day. So I figured that the foam in the cleanser might be drying for my skin, causing the sebum to produce more oil to compensate the oil loss by the foam cleanser. I switched to this gentle cleanser and viola! The sebum production on my T-Zone has been reduced tremendously! I'm just gonna stay away from foaming cleansers from now on. Sorry for the torn looking bottle, I've had this for almost a year now haha!

2. Toner



I use the same toner in the morning too, which is the Son&Park Beauty Water. For some days, when I am in a hurry or don't feel like washing my face with facial cleanser after shower, I only use a cotton pad and this toner to clean off any debris from last night and that works just as good.

3. Serum



In the morning, I only use 2 instead of 3 drops of this serum for my entire face. Like I said, I don't like to layer too much in the morning. I like to keep it light, avoiding as much causes for an oily skin as possible. But I still want the benefit of this serum to speed up the process of brightening my hyperpigmentation so I have to use it in the morning too.

4. Eye Cream



I just included this eye cream from Skinfood to replace my Garnier one, so I can't really tell how much it has improved my dark circles. But it has been moisturizing my under eyes very well I would say. Will keep you updated!


5. Moisturizer



I have only used this Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel for around two to three weeks, but oh my god. It has become my holy grail moisturizer! I never thought I could find anything that would work so well for my oily T-Zone, but this moisturizer really hydrates your skin very well that my sebum forgot to produce its oil like they usually do lolol. My foundation applies so smoothly on top, it never looked so flawless before. And it feel so light on the skin too! Really, no complain at all if you can overlook at the price. But hell no I am not gonna switch to anything anymore. I even bought for my mum for Mother's Day and she loves it too that she asked me to buy the whole 3 step set for her hahahaa. This one is a BAE. Okay enough, I'll do full review on it soon, but I'll have to test it long enough first okay?

If you have been following my blog before I think you'd know that I used the Royal Expert White Cream as my moisturizer. I still have it, but I stopped using it just because I needed something that would help with oil control. It's still a great cream if you're looking one for brightening, but I guess it's not moisturizing enough for my skin. Maybe I'll use it sometimes for night time, just to finish up the jar hehe.
Update : Lately there has been a scandal about the Royal Exoert Cream that says it contains a high amount of mercury but they are running a second test for it. Thank God I've stopped  using it! No mercury withdrawal symptom happens on me so far so the scandal might be true or no, we'll just wait for the test result.


5. Sunblock


Sun protection is a must. There's no way I'm gonna let the Sun to darken my hyperpigmentation after every effort and money I've spent to brighten them up lol. My favourite two to use would be this one by Biore and another one from Innisfree. But I like the Biore one slightly better just because the Innisfree can get a little oily on me throughout the day, so if you have dry to normal skin, go for the Innisfree one!

I've been wanting to post about my skincare routine for the longest time ever, but ya know me, I'm a girl who change my skincare products pretty regularly so I wanted to wait until I have found the products that I am confident to not be able to live without. I want to share the products that I know have been doing miraculous changes for my skin, and so here they are! As a guide, I have a combination skin where the area of my cheeks are normal, but the T-Zone is pretty oily.

1. Makeup Remover

I do double cleanse. For some reason I forgot to put the product that I use to take off my makeup before I cleanse my skin using normal cleanser lol, but I use the Senka's Perfect Watery Oil  to first melt off any makeup that I have on. I find that double cleansing is really important because your normal cleanser should be cleansing your skin, kills any nasty bacteria and clean all sorts of gunk inside the pores, so you should really take off that layer of makeup first for your normal cleanser to be able to do its job to the maximum potential. Any makeup remover will do!

2. Cleanser


I am currently using the Mario Badescu Enzyme Cleansing Gel as my morning and night facial wash, and I specifically use it with clarisonic at night time. These two together, is like peanut butter and jelly. It's just perfect! Clarisonic itself can be a little harsh to use daily, but I do want to use it daily anyway because I find that it really helps to really clean any excess makeup that my makeup remover couldn't remove. And it has helped so much in clearing out my skin, therefore I have to make sure that I use a really gentle cleanser with it. I have tried using my clarisonic with a bunch of other foaming cleansers but they just dry my skin out so I decided to use with with a non foaming gel cleanser, and it's just perfect. Highly recommend these two.


2. Exfoliator


One of my skin concerns right now is blackhead, so I try to incorporate BHA (Salicylic Acid) in my skincare routine to help with that. Most of the nights, I'll use the Cosrx's BHA Power Liquid after toning my skin. This is a chemical exfoliator so it is gentle enough to be used regularly. But once a week, I'll use a physical exfoliator to really scrub the dead skin cells and dirt off. Also containing BHA, I loveee scrubbing with this St. Ives Green Tea Scrub.


3. Mask


I do not have any specific nights to put on a mask, I just use them whenever I feel like. But the two out of my masks collection that I use the most are the B&Soap Apate Black Mask and the Skinfood Rice Wash Off Mask. The Black Mask I use specifically when my skin is going through a breakout or during that time of the month when I have one or two pimples showing up because it contains ingredients such as charcoal and ash which are great for drawing out impurities. It is a bit drying, that's why I only use it for that purpose. The Rice Mask is great for brightening and moisturizing, so I always use it when i know I have somewhere important to go out tomorrow, so I'll just slather this on the night before. I love it so much, almost running out of it.

4. Toner


I use Son & Park Beauty Water as my toner. It's a great hydrating toner. I find that it really works wonders to take off any excess makeup after cleansing. This product is super famous in Korea and I can clearly see why. Kinda like micellar water, but this one works as a toner too as it has the pH balancing and hydration properties. So it's like 2 in 1 product. This takes off the most stubborn waterproof mascara and liquid lipstick like a breeze. But if you have troubled skin like acne or clogged pores, this won't really help in that department. It's a great product, but I think I love my Eucerin Dermo Purifyer toner a lot more so i'm gonna repurchase that once I am done with this.

5. Serum


I use the Dr. Color Effect Red Serum to help lighten up my hyperpigmentation and acne marks. So far, it has done a great job at that. Doesn't make my skin oily or anything. I usually use 3 drops of this at night, wait for at least 5 minutes for the product to completely absorb into my skin before proceeding to the next step because I don't want whatever product that I apply after to interfere with the ingredients of this serum.


6. Eye Treatment